Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn
Chapter 108 - 46: All-Natural "Hair Loss Agent

Chapter 108: Chapter 46: All-Natural "Hair Loss Agent

Thank you very much to Feichang Lan and Shui Ren for the rewards, I bow in gratitude, and will strive harder.

Zhou Ziang nodded, using the gesture to signify his agreement.

He didn’t fix his gaze on anyone around; instead, his hands shuttled across the experiment table, replaying in his mind the data from the "borrowed" paper last night.

After about ten minutes, the solution of Yao Feng’s group was still clear, far from the experiment’s requisite beautiful orange.

Meanwhile, another group, Helen’s, had their solution undergo several color changes, turning from red to pale orange.

Just as the experiment time was about to end, Zhou Ziang suddenly asked, "Can I borrow the measuring cup?"

All the steps were being carried out in an orderly manner, until Zhou Ziang asked to borrow a wide-mouth bottle.

Only then did Yao Feng notice, among the newly replaced utensils, the only thing missing was the wide-mouth measuring cup, the same one that just caused his finger to be eroded by nitric acid; how could Zhou be so careless.

Among the observers seated in the front rows, some furrowed their brows; from the act of borrowing utensils, it was evident that Zhou Ziang’s group wasn’t very experienced. It was highly frowned upon to interrupt others during the experiment process.

Perhaps in an effort to leave a better impression on the observers, Helen’s group did not raise any objections this time but pretentiously and cheerfully lent the cup to Zhou Ziang.

Soon after, Zhou Ziang returned the bottle, Helen inspected it and then set it aside, waiting to use it for the final measurements.

The final step was the heating process; both groups’ alcohol lamps were already lit. After several fusions of the chemical agents and purification, the solvent displayed a striking orange-red color, and Yao Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Yao Feng, using his left hand, brought over a pot of evergreen pine. The final product of their experiment today was an improved version of a leaf-falling agent.

Simply by spraying it on the surface of trees, it could cause the leaves to fall off. This type of agent was widely used in large farms in the United States, facilitating selective weeding.

"This agent’s biggest advantage is that it’s odorless, has a short duration, and after the leaf fall, it automatically decomposes harmful substances, causing no pollution to the topsoil," Yao Feng began to explain. The previous turn of events had thrown him off balance, but seeing the solvent on the alcohol lamp was exactly the same as what he personally made

Zhou Ziang used the experimental utensils and chemicals just right; had Yao Feng not known he was only a freshman, he might have thought him a senior researcher. The anxiety he had been feeling was alleviated, and the previously extinguished flame of hope was rekindled. His explanation also returned to its usual level.

"Pssh, what’s there to show off about being odorless," Mitchell scoffed, her solution also having been fully tested. It only needed to be poured into the measuring cup.

Helen, not waiting for Yao Feng to finish, cut in: "Just a mere odorless ordinary leaf-falling agent, even an ordinary student of plant ecology could have developed it. Our agent includes the aroma of roses, completely indistinguishable as a chemical solvent when used, and its effectiveness lasts a long time, guaranteeing that no new weeds will grow for three years."

She believed her rhetoric was more enticing than Yao Feng’s. Mitchell had poured all the solvent into the wide-mouth bottle, gently swirling it, and a pleasant rose scent filled the lab, as brilliantly radiant and expansive as her smile.

Zhou Ziang watched from the side, the corners of his lips curling up, lasting effects, right? Is a lifetime long enough?

Just as Mitchell was about to pass the measuring cup to the Mengshan Company observer, the rose scent vanished, replaced by the foul smell of burning plastic.

"Shit, the old-style Agent Orange," exclaimed the gentleman from Mengshan Company, standing up with disgust in his eyes, "What is this joke? Are you mocking us?" It was well-known that Mengshan Company had hired the prestigious institute under Cornell University specifically to develop a new generation to replace the notorious old-style Agent Orange. And Helen and Mitchell’s leaf-falling agent, regardless of its actual effects, that smell had instantly repelled several observers in the lab.

Everyone knew that Mengshan Company had been condemned by domestic and international public opinion for decades because, during the Vietnam War, they provided the government with the "old-style Agent Orange" as a biochemical weapon, causing severe damage to the mountains, forests, and local people in Vietnam.