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The surface is quite dry.

He pinched a grain of rice, peeled off the husk with his fingers, and checked the moisture inside.

Almost there, Li Yu nodded slightly.

Then he put the grain into his mouth and started chewing.

New rice is just great, it has a faint fragrance when eaten.

In the greenhouse, he found An Ya and Xiao Shi, who were fertilizing the freshly harvested land.

”Director Li.”

”Director Li.”

.....

A few people immediately saw Li Yu walking in from outside the greenhouse and greeted him.

”Hmm, An Ya, I have something to ask you,” Li Yu said.

”Hmm? Director Li, please go ahead,” An Ya, who seemed to have gotten fairer recently, perhaps from staying in the greenhouse and not being out in the sun as much, replied.

”When is the next crop season expected to start?” Li Yu asked.

He knew that heavy rains and flooding were about to occur. Although he had gone through it in his past life, he was in another place at that time, so he wasn’t sure what big impact the rains and floods would have on Xin City, especially the Big Camphor Tree Base.

According to his previous life, where he was at the time, the greenhouse was very likely to be flooded.

In his past life, he escaped to a city’s landmark building to avoid disaster. That building was 150 meters tall.

When the heavy rains and floods came, they directly submerged two-thirds of the building.

One hundred meters!

Of course, the reference level is different; the city where he was in his past life was at the mouth of the Long River, at a relatively low altitude.

He didn’t know how much impact the heavy rains and floods would have on the base, so Li Yu felt it wasn’t quite suitable to plant the next crop season yet.

If the flood exceeded his expectations, the crops already planted would also be affected.

This was Li Yu’s concern.

An Ya thought Li Yu was urging her to begin the new planting, so she explained, ”Now it’s best not to sow immediately; the fertility of the land needs to recover. Moreover, we’re currently fertilizing, so it should be left idle for at least ten days to half a month. During this time, we’re also just preparing seedlings.”

Hearing that An Ya didn’t plan to start a new planting schedule right away, Li Yu was slightly relieved but still calmly said, ”No worries, just go with your plan. I’m not rushing you, just came to ask.”

An Ya looked seriously at Li Yu and, upon realizing he genuinely meant it, said, ”Thank you, Director Li. Anyway, we will finish fertilizing as soon as possible.”

Li Yu quickly said, ”No rush, no rush. Fertilization is also important, and the land needs recovery time too. Let’s develop sustainably. Take it slowly.”

”Alright.” An Ya seriously nodded, her eyes filled with joy.

She was happy because Li Yu trusted her so much, leaving most of the matters related to planting at the base to her.

For this, An Ya was very grateful to Li Yu, for she could do what she liked and excelled in, and her work showed value without interference from those who didn’t understand, which was very rare.

And Li Yu provided her with such an environment, and she was very satisfied, so she was full of enthusiasm when investing in the planting business of the Big Camphor Tree Base.

”Alright, then you guys keep busy. I’m heading off now.”

After receiving the answer he wanted, Li Yu left from there.

Stepping out of the greenhouse, the intense sunlight outside could be felt distinctly, sultry and with little wind.

On the cement road, Old Lv, Xie Weishan, and others were using wooden rakes to clear the rice stalks from the paddy and also turning the grains to dry them more evenly.

Li Yu thought for a moment and walked over to them saying, ”I just checked the rice, it’s pretty much dry. After the sun sets today, have someone collect all the rice.”

Old Lv responded, ”Director Li, should we just collect them directly? Should we store them temporarily in the plant or directly in the grain warehouse? And should we continue drying them afterwards?”

”Hmm...” Li Yu pondered for a moment and continued, ”Later, I will have Li Yuan and Dapao come over. Let’s store these grains in the warehouse for now, separating the new rice from the old. Don’t worry, I’ll discuss it with Li Yuan later. For now, wait until the sun sets and then start collecting the rice.”

Xie Weishan hesitated for a moment and said, ”Well, Director Li, I used to farm and have some experience; although the rice appears dried now, only drying for two or three days might not be enough to dry it thoroughly...”

Li Yu frowned. If the rice wasn’t collected today, and with the rain coming tomorrow, it would become even more complicated later.

One must know that if the rice isn’t sun-dried or air-dried, it can easily become damp and even start sprouting.

Suddenly, he thought of a method. Second Uncle had brought over some food processing equipment from the food factory.

Among them was a drying machine.

Large drying machines, which operate very efficiently.

So he said, ”Alright, after the sun sets, collect the grains, and take them to the food processing plant to be dried with the drying machine.”

As far as he knew, those massive drying machines could dry two tons at a time and typically required an hour, but since these grains were almost dry, it surely wouldn’t take an hour, maybe only about twenty minutes would suffice.