Xuanwei County Office in Kunming.

It is a courtyard located on the back street, and there are few signs of official identity other than a wooden plaque at the door.

In Yang Rui's view, this place is no different from the car wash in the suburbs of later generations.

However, if you use your sense of smell instead of sight, you can smell a smell that is not strong, but it is extremely fragrant.

"Xuanwei ham, stir-frying is a room of fragrance, stewing is a hundred meters of fragrance. Kang Hong's monkey head squirmed twice, and said: "The office of Xuanwei County is very popular, you smell it, so it is boiled all year round, and if you come late, you can't eat it, let's come over early, we can eat the first way." ”

If an important cadre from the provincial government or the city government comes, it is naturally not too late, but Kang Hong's relationship is not so hard.

Despite this, Kang Hong still invited the master of the office out.

After a while, a whole strip of ham stewed in clear water was served.

Kang Hong pointed to the whole pork leg made of zuò large ham, and introduced it with high interest: "The most delicious part of Xuanwei ham is the top, which is this piece, followed by the Chinese ...... The oil head is the most inferior part, if you smell a peculiar smell, you have to cut it and throw it away, this piece has been stewed for several hours, it is fully cooked, let's shake it out and taste some in each position. ”

The first thing that came from the ham was the tempting aroma, and then, seeing the master master, cut the whole ham on the spot, took the top, the middle side, the slice was as thin as a cicada's wings, and the Cheng dù that could almost be transparent was laid out on the bright white porcelain plate......

"The ham has to be sliced thinly, cut horizontally across the fibers of the meat, and cut off the fibers, otherwise the meat will feel old and stuffed. "Yasuhiro's introduction is very important.

The master chef of the sliced ham also smiled and said: "We have outsiders here to buy the ham back, in order to satisfy their hunger, cut large pieces like braised pork, or thick slices, and when they come back, they say that the meat is so old and not delicious, I will say, you have wasted our good ham, you taste it first." ”

Yang Rui didn't use chopsticks, so he twisted a piece with his hand and put it in his mouth.

After a little chewing, there is a faint fragrance in the mouth, and with the salty aroma from the pickling, it immediately makes the mouth and tongue relish.

"Delicious. Yang Rui gave a thumbs up.

Lee Jang-jin also said with a big tongue: "verygood, verygood!"

Also here came Li Zhangzhen, Liu Shan, He Quangui and Sun Ruyue. He Quangui is a senior this year, and he has already confirmed that he will be assigned to the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, and he has more free time, so he followed Yang Rui to travel, but he didn't know that Yang Rui had actually dug a pit and was waiting for them to work. Sun Ruyue, a sophomore, is young and strong, responsible for running errands and carrying luggage, whether there are pits or not, they all have to work.

Li Zhangzhen's Hong Kong identity is extremely convenient, he is now more like Yang Rui's assistant, and he himself likes this position, after all, although the working conditions in the mainland are poor, Yang Rui's salary is at a premium, and the most important thing is that today's Beijing expenses are very small, so that Li Zhangzhen can save money to study and buy a house for his son and daughter.

When the master heard the praise of the big tongue, he was very happy, let Yang Rui go, and smiled at Li Zhangzhen: "It has always been the wish of our Xuanwei people to let Hong Kong and Macao compatriots eat authentic Xuanwei ham, you wait a minute, I will give you another slice." ”

He chopped it down with a knife, slashed the ham open, cut out a crimson rectangle from it, and peeled off the skin.

This time, it was even thinner than the previous one, especially the skin, which was as translucent as resin.

The master handed the blade to Li Zhangzhen and said, "Eat like this." ”

Li Zhangzhen stuffed his mouth when he grabbed it, nodded again and again, and couldn't say a word.

"Yang Rui, you can taste it too. "Kanghong finally knows who is in charge.

"Another piece?" said Master Fu first greeted the Hong Kong compatriots.

Li Zhangzhen wanted to nod, but he was worried that Yang Rui would be unhappy, so he pretended to pick up the water cup and said, "I'll wait for a while." ”

The master smiled slightly like a river god, and slice it to Yang Rui again.

The extremely thin ham seems to have only one grain of cells in a layer, and the first time you chew it, it bursts out with a rich aroma, and the taste level is even richer.

After Yang Rui swallowed it, he immediately asked, "When you leave, can you buy two and take them away?"

"No one else can do it, but you can definitely do it. Kang Hong smiled as if he had guessed.

"Isn't the yield high?" Yang Rui asked suspiciously.

Master Fu looked at Yang Rui strangely and said: "Our Xuanwei ham is purchased and sold by the state, and Professor Kang has cooperation with our factory, so we can only get a few pieces a year." ”

Yang Rui suddenly said embarrassedly: "I forgot about this, so just take one." ”

"It's okay, I can't afford two hams yet. Kang Hong waved his hand and said, "What I am helping them now is to improve the pig breed, and when the output comes up in the future, I will ask someone to bring it to you." ”

"The improved pig breed means that there is no need for the current pigs? Is it still Xuanwei ham?" Yang Rui always felt that it was wrong.

"There is no way, the local birds and pigs grow too slowly, farmers are unwilling to raise them, and the feed ratio is also low, so it will not work if it is not improved. I was also chasing ducks to the shelves, and because I was a student object, I was caught and sent in. Kang Hong looked helpless.

Yang Rui frowned and said, "Aren't all foreign countries paying attention to the protection of the place of origin? ”

"If you keep the status quo, the factory will die. The master said dissatisfiedly: "Local farmers have begun to raise foreign pigs, and if we don't improve, there may be no Xuanwei ham in the future." ”

"Foreign pigs can't be used to make Xuanwei ham, right? The price of pigs made into ham should be a little higher. ”

Kang Hong coughed lightly and said: "The state purchases and sells as much as the factory wants. ”

"What do you want to change to improve the pig breed?"

"Using the American Duroc pig as the paternal parent, the local black pig as the female parent, in addition, I also tried to use Landrace pigs and black pigs to crossbreed, and now it seems that these two are the most suitable. ”

"So, you won't be able to eat pure black pig's Xuanwei ham in the future?"

"If we don't change it, we also made comparisons and tried to maintain the original taste of Xuanwei ham. ”

"What the local government wants?"

"Pretty much. ”

Yang Rui pursed his lips and said, "I still want two hams, while they are still authentic." ”

Kang Hong laughed and responded.

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After playing in Kunming for three days, Yang Rui felt that the time was almost up, so he pulled everyone towards Tengchong and announced the goal: "Let's soak in hot springs, in addition, let's investigate a few hot springs to see if we can isolate several unknown microorganisms." ”

Unknown animals or unknown creatures may sound amazing, but in fact, countless new breeds are announced every year, which is not uncommon. Unless there is a revolutionary species, the scientific value of discovering new species is a little more high-end than that of scientific exploration in middle school.

Because of this, biologists are not very active in discovering new species, there are enough species on the planet that it is impossible to study them alone. In fact, human beings alone have been incomprehensible for many generations, and it is just a good wish to have a veterinarian solve all animal problems.

However, there is a slight exception for microorganisms in extreme environments, because extreme environments have limits, and the thermophilic bacteria that grow in a hot vent at 50 degrees Celsius mean completely different from those that grow in water at 80 degrees Celsius.

If later biologists discovered that microorganisms could be stored in temperatures of several hundred degrees, then its research value would be even greater.

Wei Zhenxue and the others knew that Yang Rui was not purely playing, so they nodded as expected.

Liu Shan didn't know what was going on in the hot springs, and after asking, she blushed and said, "I chose to do research." ”

"There is no conflict between soaking in hot springs and doing research. Hot springs are similar to swimming, except that you don't wear swimming goggles, you can wear swimsuits, and you can decide if you go, and if you don't want to soak in the hot springs, it's okay to do research. Yang Rui explained casually and told the truth.

Liu Shan responded weakly with an "oh". She still trusts Yang Rui quite a lot, everyone is a classmate, a fellow villager, and a member of the Rui Xue Group, although Liu Shan still doesn't understand whether the Rui Xue Group is a god, but it does not hinder her trust in Yang Rui.

This kind of trust, and a bit of an inexplicable feeling in it.

Being in the field, Liu Shan is also more willing to get close to Yang Rui and let Yang Rui make decisions.

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