"Dad, I'm not just trying to grow more crops. I'm conducting experimental research in planting. Since I'm idle anyway, there's a chance it might yield some results. Look, how are these small green vegetables?"
Ding Yun didn't explain too much, just briefly mentioned what she was doing and then pulled her parents to the area specifically for growing small green vegetables, asking for their opinion. She felt that the vegetables hadn't changed much. They seemed no different from normally planted ones. So, she wanted to ask for others' feelings.
Xiao Haizhe looked at the small pot of green vegetable seedlings in front of him. He deliberately crouched down, squinted his eyes, and examined them from top to bottom. After thinking for a while, he said with some hesitation, "Very good, your small green vegetables are growing very well. They're not only large but also pest-free. They should be great, right? Your mother and I don't usually grow vegetables, so we really don't know how to describe them, but they're pretty good anyway!"
Since they weren't professionals and had never grown vegetables before, how could they describe them? However, to avoid making their daughter sad, and because these small green vegetables were indeed growing quite well, he could only say they were good. After all, saying they were good was never wrong.
"Dad, I mean, I want to ask if there's any difference between these green vegetables I've planted and the ones on the market, like whether they are bigger than the market ones?"
"This... it's a bit hard to say..."
"Oh, dear daughter, what's the use of asking your dad? He doesn't usually buy groceries. He doesn't even know which way the entrance to the vegetable market is. Ask me, your mother. I do the cooking for our family's three meals a day."
Huang Juan rolled her eyes at her husband, who couldn't provide any useful information, pushed him aside, and directly pulled up a green vegetable seedling. She held it in her hand, carefully examining the leaves and roots, and even pinched some to taste. "The taste is quite fresh and sweet... How to describe it? It does feel a bit different from what's sold on the market. It seems to have more moisture, but the fiber in the leaves is also more prominent, making the texture not great. Yunmeng, is this a new variety?"
"The fiber is also more prominent? Speaking of it that way, there's no problem. The leaves have grown bigger, and a bit more fiber is normal. Without the ability to specifically alter genes, there will indeed be flaws. It seems I'll have to pay a little attention to this in the future."
After muttering a few words, Ding Yun took her mother to continue observing and evaluating other species nearby. As for her father, he was useless, so there was no need to bother with him anymore. Having someone to discuss and observe with was indeed more conducive to sparking inspiration and summarizing situations than doing it alone. In no time, Ding Yun successfully identified which species were definitely unsuitable for amplification, which might be unsuitable, and which should be suitable for amplification.
Among them, those with originally more pronounced fibrous leaves were considered unsuitable for amplification. Of course, since Ding Yun's only requirement for amplifying species was that the taste shouldn't be too bad, if some people already preferred coarse fiber foods, or wanted coarse fiber foods to help with digestion, weight loss, etc., then that would be difficult to say. Anyway, Ding Yun disliked coarse fiber foods, so naturally, she would first rule out plants with more prominent fiber and not work on them. Why would she use her golden finger to specifically work on things she didn't like to eat?
Those that might be unsuitable for amplification, or rather, where the amplification ratio needed to be adjusted, only slightly amplified, and not too much, were mainly things like radishes. This was because they worried about the radishes becoming hollow after amplification. However, whether this was true or not would have to wait until the batch of radishes planted earlier had fully grown to determine.
As for the species that were more suitable for amplification, they were naturally watermelons, cherry tomatoes, and the like. And Ding Yun wasn't just picking randomly in this regard. For watermelons that were already large and had thick skins, there was no need for amplification at all. Ding Yun mainly amplified those with particularly thin skins, those that would split easily with the slightest carelessness, were small in size, and were very difficult to transport. But these watermelons also had a superb taste. If these watermelons were slightly larger and their skins slightly thicker, wouldn't it be more convenient for transportation, and they wouldn't have to worry about not being able to sell them after leaving the field?
As for cherry tomatoes, the ones sold on the market now were already small and had thick skins, so there was naturally no need to amplify them. The ones being amplified were mainly those with very thin skins that ripened and rotted easily, were not very preservable, but had an extremely rich flavor.
After this analysis, Ding Yun had roughly figured out which fruits her golden finger was most suitable for. Undoubtedly, it was most suitable for fruits that already had excellent taste but were particularly prone to spoilage due to their thin skins, making them difficult to transport. For these fruits, after amplification, their skins would become thicker, which would not be a disadvantage.
To verify her idea, Ding Yun specifically told her parents and then, under the guise of sourcing goods, traveled to the origin of some particularly delicious but difficult-to-transport fruits. She personally purchased some ripe-on-the-tree products and amplified them for tasting. Then she discovered that although there were some differences in taste after amplification, as long as they weren't amplified too much, around two to three times, the differences were not significant. However, after amplifying them by two to three times, the difficulty of transporting these fruits was greatly reduced.
At this point, Ding Yun finally reached an accurate conclusion. She then began to lease land across the country, establish fruit plantations, and select and plant superior varieties based on the local soil and environmental conditions. Finally, she would amplify the seeds of those superior varieties, amplifying them at the roughly estimated ratio, and begin comprehensive cultivation. Within a few months, Ding Yun harvested her first batch of herbaceous fruits, such as cantaloupe, watermelon, and strawberries. Since they were all special varieties that were previously difficult to transport away from their place of origin for long, their taste was truly unparalleled, far surpassing the varieties sold on the market.
Some of these fruits were brought back to her shop to be sold, while the majority were sold online. After operating for a while, her physical store and online shop were doing quite well. She had even opened quite a few direct-run branches, so there was no need to worry about not being able to sell the fruits produced. As these fruits were sold, customer feedback was extremely positive. Some people were even asking when the next batch would be available. They had worried they wouldn't taste good and didn't buy much last time, and now they wanted to buy more but there were no stocks. How to describe it? The user reviews were so good that some people suspected how much money her store had spent on buying good reviews, praising them so highly. Some even directly complained about their store, saying that those who hadn't bought the products were definitely talking nonsense, and the good reviews were all paid for.