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Chapter 143 0142 The best lettuce! (Subscribe)
"Vegetables with top-grade properties?"

"The results were achieved so quickly?"

Chen Jue was stunned when he saw this, and found that what the old farmer was holding was actually the "lettuce" which is very common in the catering industry!
You know, right after recruiting the [Breeding Expert], Chen Jue assigned several targeted breeding tasks to this big-nosed old farmer.

Except for the most important breeding idea of ​​'desert soybean', it has to be put on hold for the time being due to the lack of excellent drought-resistant soybeans as hybrid mother plants.

One of the breeding directions that Chen Jue decided on was to develop a type of 'hydroponic vegetable' that could be launched on the market on a large scale to curb the ever-increasing vegetable prices and was suitable for large-scale industrial cultivation.

After all, there are many kinds of vegetables suitable for hydroponics, such as Shanghai green, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, celery, garlic, water spinach, etc., and there are already mature commercial cases in the market.

Moreover, hydroponic vegetables do not have such high requirements for soil and planting sites. They only need a qualified culture solution and sufficient light to grow quickly. They are very suitable for large-scale cultivation in the high-tech "vegetable factory" that Chen Jue originally envisioned.

Just imagine, if we combine rapid infrastructure and hydroponic vegetables, how much energy will be unleashed?

But no one would have expected that after tinkering in the underground base for so long, the big-nosed old farmer would actually choose lettuce as the target of his attack.

This was far beyond Chen Jue's expectations!

I took the green lettuce and looked at it carefully, and a line of MC subtitles began to appear.

[Lettuce (new unnamed variety): A variety of lettuce from the genus Lactuca in the Asteraceae family. This is a top-quality lettuce bred through sexual hybridization. It has an excellent raw taste and a prosperous vitality. (Note: Steve can immediately restore a red heart x 1 after eating it)]

"Unnamed species?"

Seeing this, Chen Jue muttered to himself for a while.

Taking a closer look at the pixelated lettuce in my hand, I found that its shape is indeed very different from the common 'loose-leaf lettuce' sold on the market.

Apart from the fact that the whole vegetable appears to be very large and heavy to hold.

Its leaves are very lush, and from a distance they look like they are coated with a thick layer of wax. The branches are upright and white, without any yellow creases. The leaves are bright green, with MC dewdrops hanging on them, giving a strong visual impact with a crystal clear look.

Judging from the nearly perfect appearance of this single plant alone, this new variety of lettuce is exactly the same as the jade cabbage carved from jade that is placed in Chen Jue's office!
At this time, the big-nosed old farmer slowly explained, "This new variety of lettuce is the best variety I bred according to your request, using cross-sexual hybridization breeding technology. Its parents come from romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, butter lettuce and loose leaf lettuce. It not only takes into account the advantages of these four types of lettuce, but also completely eliminates the original bitter taste of the lettuce. If you don't believe me, try it!"

Chen Jue immediately became interested when he heard it: "Lettuce without bitter taste?"

You should know that compared with common domestic seasonal vegetables such as Shanghai green and Chinese cabbage, lettuce is not common on domestic family dinner tables.

Because lettuce has a crisp texture, it is famous for being eaten raw. Once heated or fried, it will have a bitter taste that is difficult to swallow.

Just from the bitter taste, it conflicts with the taste of everyday fried, stir-fried, boiled and steamed Chinese hot dishes.

In addition, lettuce is also considered an imported product and foreign vegetable in China.

It is native to the Mediterranean region of Europe and prefers a cool environment. It is neither cold nor heat resistant.

It was only with the rise of the great voyages hundreds of years ago that it was slowly introduced into China, and was first cultivated in the southeastern coastal areas, especially in Guangdong and Guangxi.

For example, lettuce with oyster sauce in Cantonese cuisine is a classic Chinese lettuce recipe.

Although lettuce is naturally incompatible with Chinese food, in fact, in the entire domestic and international catering industry, lettuce is one of the top vegetables and its consumption is very large.

Western fast food hamburgers and salads, fried chicken restaurants, barbecue restaurants, and even Chinese cold dishes cannot do without lettuce.

Such a wide range of application scenarios has also made lettuce one of the crops with the largest hydroponic vegetable planting area in the world. Chen Jue had tried weight training in college before, and had eaten light meals and vegetable salads for a long time to control body fat, which were mixed with a lot of chopped lettuce.

It would be difficult to cover up the bitter taste of lettuce without squeezing a lot of sweet salad dressing on it.

So when Chen Jue heard that this new variety of lettuce bred with MC technology could actually optimize the biggest flaw of lettuce, his eyes naturally showed great anticipation.

Pick up this green lettuce with dewdrops on it and put it in your mouth. Chew it gently, and a refreshing and sweet taste of the lettuce will naturally bloom in your mouth.

"Such a big lettuce, which is obviously overripe, actually doesn't have any bitterness at all!" Chen Jue's eyes widened, and the more he chewed, the more excited he became.

The crisp taste, mixed with a light aftertaste, made him feel like he was tasting some newly-released fruit rather than eating vegetables.

He chewed with a constant crunching sound, and in just a few bites, half of this large lettuce, which weighed at least 2 kilograms, went into Chen Jue's stomach.

You should know that the weight of a single raw plant is approximately between 250 and 500 grams, and although late-maturing varieties with a longer growing period can reach more than 1000 grams, they will definitely taste very bitter and it is impossible for them to have this incredible sweet aftertaste.

"Cool!"

“This lettuce tastes great even if you eat it dry as a vegetable salad!”

"Is this the power of top-grade agricultural products?"

Chen Jue thought of the top-quality seeds on the [Breeding Expert] trading column that needed to be exchanged for emeralds, and his heart began to heat up.

However, before he finished eating the lettuce in front of him, Chen Jue suddenly thought of a new way to eat it.

He took out a piece of hot MC [cooked chicken] from his backpack and tore it into pieces bit by bit by hand.

Tear off a piece of the new variety of lettuce, hold it in your palm, wrap the fragrant hot chicken in the leaf, and put it in your mouth.

With just a light bite, Chen Jue felt that the taste buds on his tongue were almost lost in the impact of this mixed deliciousness!
The delicious hot juice flowing from the chicken, after being blended with lettuce, bursts out an amazing taste of 1+1>2.

The fresh and sweet taste of the lettuce, paired with the 9.9-point MC roast chicken, seems like a perfect match.

The last 9.9 point shortcoming of 0.1 points was directly made up!

"Delicious!"

“It’s so damn delicious!”

"The ancestor who invented the way to eat meat wrapped in lettuce is absolutely a genius!" Chen Jue couldn't help but admire.

The mixed stimulation of cold and hot is more fascinating than simply eating MC roast chicken.

In a short while, the whole roasted chicken and the remaining half of the lettuce leaf were completely eaten by Chen Jue.

After eating more than 3 kilograms of food, Chen Jue’s stomach was about to burst!
He moved a golden nanmu armchair and lay down, then he burped contentedly towards the ceiling of the underground base.

Chen looked at the big head of lettuce that the big-nosed old farmer handed over again in despair, and immediately realized that this thing might become a new side dish that would perfectly match the secret roast chicken in Chen's restaurant.

"Let's just name it 'Emerald Lettuce'!"

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