Kunming Office of Xuanwei county.

This is a courtyard on the back street. There are few signs to prove the official identity except a wooden plaque.

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

However, if you use your sense of smell instead of vision, you can smell the flavor that is not strong, but extremely delicious.

"Xuanwei ham, stir fry is a room fragrance, stew is a hundred meters fragrance." Kanghong's monkey head wriggled twice and said, "Xuanwei County Office is very popular. You smell it, so we cook ham all the year round. If we come late, we can't eat it. Let's come early, we can eat toudao."

If important cadres from the provincial or municipal government come, it's not too late, but Kang Hong's relationship is not so hard.

In spite of this, Kang Hong invited the master of the office.

After a while, a whole piece of water stewed ham was brought up.

Kang Hong pointed to the big leg made of the whole pig leg and said with high interest: "the most delicious part of Xuanwei ham is the top, which is this piece, followed by the Chinese side... The oil head is the most important part. If you smell the smell, you have to cut it and throw it away. This piece has been stewed for several hours, and it's ripe. Let's shake it out from each position and taste some."

The first thing that comes from the ham is the attractive aroma. Then, the master cuts the whole ham on the spot. Take the top, the Chinese side, the slice is as thin as a cicada's wing, almost transparent, and put it on the bright white porcelain plate

"Ham must be sliced, cut across the fiber of the meat, cut off the fiber, otherwise you will feel that the meat is old and stuffed." Kang Hong's introduction is very important.

The master of sliced ham also smiles and says, "we have outsiders here who buy ham back. In order to satisfy their hunger, they cut it into large pieces or thick slices like braised pork. When they come back, they will say that the meat is so old and not delicious. I will say that you have wasted our good ham. Try it first."

Yang Rui did not use chopsticks, so he twisted a piece of it with his hand and put it into his mouth.

After a little chewing, there is a faint fragrance in the mouth. With the salty fragrance from pickling, it immediately makes the mouth salivate.

"Delicious." Yang Rui raised his thumb.

Li Zhangzhen also said with his big tongue, "very good, very good!"

Li Zhangzhen, Liu Shan, he Quangui and sun Ruyue also came together. He Quangui, a senior of this year, has decided to be assigned to the Beijing Institute of biological products. He has more leisure time and follows Yang Rui to travel. He doesn't know that Yang Rui has actually dug a hole and is waiting for them to work. Sun Ruyue, a sophomore, is young and strong. He is responsible for running errands and carrying luggage. He has to work whether there is a pit or not.

Li Zhangzhen's Hong Kong identity is very convenient. Now he is more like Yang Rui's great assistant. He also likes this position. After all, although the working conditions in the mainland are poor, Yang Rui's salary is at a premium. The most important thing is that today's Beijing costs very little, so Li Zhangzhen can save money to study and buy a house for his son and daughter.

The master was very happy to hear the praise of big tongue. He let Yang Rui go and said with a smile to Li Zhangzhen, "it's always our Xuanwei people's wish to let our compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao eat authentic Xuanwei ham. Just a moment, I'll give you another one."

He chopped the ham with a knife, sliced it open, and cut a bright red rectangle out of it.

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

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

Li Zhangzhen grabbed it and put it in his mouth. He nodded and couldn't say a word.

"Yang Rui, try it, too." Kang Hong finally knew who was the leader.

"Another one?" Master Fu Xian greets Hong Kong compatriots.

Li Zhangzhen wanted to nod and worried about Yang Rui's displeasure. He pretended to hold up his water cup and said, "I'll wait for a while."

Master Fu smiles like a river god and slices it to Yang Rui again.

The very thin ham, as if a layer of only one cell, chewing the first time, burst out a strong aroma, taste level is more rich.

After swallowing it, Yang Rui immediately asked, "when you go, can you buy two to take with you?"

"No one else can. You can do it." Kang Hong had already guessed it with a smile.

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

The master looked at Yang Rui strangely and said, "our Xuanwei ham is purchased and sold by the state. Professor Kang has cooperation with our factory, so we can only take a few in a year."

Yang Rui suddenly, embarrassed way: "I forget this matter, then only take a good.""It doesn't matter. I can't afford two hams." Kang Hong waved his hand and said, "what I'm helping them do now is to improve pig breeds. When the yield comes up, I'll send someone to bring it to you."

"Improved pig breeds mean that we don't need the pigs now? Is that Xuanwei ham? " Yang Rui always feels wrong.

"I can't help it. The local birds and pigs are growing too slowly. The farmers are unwilling to raise them, and the meat ratio is also low. They can't do without improvement. I was caught just because I was studying biology. " Kang Hongyi looks helpless.

Yang Rui frowned and said, "don't foreign countries pay attention to the protection of origin? This famous product should be kept as it is. "

"If we keep the status quo, the factories will die." Big master dissatisfied with the way: "local farmers have begun to raise foreign pigs, we do not improve, there may not be Xuanwei ham in the future."

"Can't foreign pigs be used to make Xuanwei ham? The price of pigs making ham should also be higher. "

Kang Hong coughed softly and said, "the state's monopoly of purchase and marketing is not what the factory wants."

"What should we do to improve pig breeds?"

"Use American Duroc as male parent and local black pig as female parent. In addition, try to cross Landrace and black pig. Now, these two are the most suitable ones."

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

"If we don't change it, we can't do it any more. We also made a comparison to try our best to keep the original flavor of Xuanwei ham."

"Local government requirements?"

"Almost."

Yang Rui curled his mouth and said, "I still want two hams while they are still authentic."

Kang Hong laughs and answers.

……

After playing in Kunming for three days, Yang Rui felt that it was almost time. He just took the crowd to Tengchong and announced his goal: "let's go to the hot spring. In addition, let's investigate several hot springs to see if we can isolate several unknown microorganisms."

Unknown animals or unknown creatures sound wonderful. In fact, countless new species are published every year, which is not rare. Unless there are revolutionary species, the scientific research value of discovering new species is a little higher than that of scientific exploration in middle school.

Because of this, biologists are not active in finding new species. There are enough species on the earth, and we can't finish studying them alone. As a matter of fact, it is just human beings themselves that many generations can not understand. It is just a good wish for a veterinarian to solve all animal problems.

However, there are some exceptions for microorganisms in extreme environments, because extreme environments have limits. Thermophilic bacteria growing in hot springs at 50 ℃ are totally different from thermophilic bacteria growing in water at 80 ℃.

If future biologists find that microorganisms can be stored in the high temperature of several hundred degrees, then its research value will be even greater.

Wei zhenxue and others all know that Yang Rui is not a pure playwright. He nods his head as expected.

Liu Shan didn't know what hot spring was about. After asking, she blushed and said, "I choose to do research."

"There is no conflict between hot spring and research. Hot springs are similar to swimming, except that you don't wear swimming glasses and swimsuit. You can decide when you go. If you don't want to take a hot spring bath, it's OK to just do research. " Yang Rui explained casually and told the truth.

Liu Shan weakly answered "Oh". She still has a lot of trust in Yang Rui. Everyone is a classmate, a fellow townsman, and a member of Ruixue group. Although Liu Shan still does not understand the nature of Ruixue group, it does not hinder her trust in Yang Rui.

This kind of trust, there is also a feeling that the road is not clear.

In other places, Liu Shan is more willing to be close to Yang Rui and let Yang Rui make a decision.

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