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When the two of them came back from their work, it was already afternoon.

"The food is still hot, please eat some." The speaker was an old lady with a lame leg.

Xu Wenyan nodded: "Thank you for your help."

"It's not a problem. You brought it here, Xiao Xu."

The corn and pumpkin porridge I cooked at noon was quite tasty.

After eating and drinking, Xu Wenyan put on his armor again. He was going to dig out the beehives today.

Xu Wenyan's action attracted everyone in the shelter to gather around him. Xu Wenyan slowly approached the box that they had been curious about for a long time.

Zhan Laowu had told me before that when I came here, I should not touch other things and should listen to Xu Wenyan in everything.

Xu Wenyan walked forward, took out the lid of the box, and broke off several pieces of honey with his hands.

Even people who have never eaten honey should know that these bees were relatively quiet. Xu Wenyan kept some of them and then covered the beehive.

Looking at the honey in the bowl, the three children licked their lips but did not dare to say a word that they wanted to eat it.

It is the best blessing for them to have food to eat here, why would they ask for so much more.

Xu Wenyan used a bamboo stick to scoop a spoonful for each of the three children: "Children, come here." He waved to the children.

The three children looked at Zhan Laowu. After Zhan Laowu nodded, the three children ran over happily.

When you put a spoonful of honey into your mouth, the sweet feeling is so unforgettable.

Afterwards, Xu Wenyan collected the other beehives again and installed the finished ones in different locations.

Xu Wenyan left a small can for Zhan Laowu: "This candy can be used to coax the children. You should also remember the location of these beehives in the future.

Bees don't usually sting people, so just stay a little further away from the beehive."

After that, Xu Wenyan gave them a few more instructions and left with Chen Sanlin. When they left, they each carried a basket of pumpkins.

Pumpkins are also planted on the reclaimed land.

This thing is really easy to grow, has a high yield, and is more durable to preserve.

After returning to the yard, before Xu Wenyan had time to rest, he heard Xiaohu's anxious voice.

"Brother Xu! Xiaoman is looking for you." Although he didn't know what the matter was, Xiaoman looked quite anxious.

"coming."

Xiaohu pulled Xu Wenyan's arm and trotted down: "What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Let Xiaoman explain it to you. I don't really understand it either."

This time we went to the watermelon field instead of the factory.

Xiaoman was also walking towards this side at the edge of the field.

"What's the matter, Xiaoman?"

Xiaoman calmly took the thing in his hand and showed it to Xu Wenyan: "Xu Wenyan, I found a lot of locusts in the fields these two days.

Looking at the locusts in Xiaoman's hand, Xu Wenyan had a bad feeling.

Since ancient times, the hardworking Chinese people have been fighting against locusts.

Following Xiaoman along the way, they indeed discovered quite a few locusts. Xu Wenyan's first reaction was to use biological control. These locusts must be nipped in the bud.

But it’s okay to have ducks in the rice field, as the ducks won’t eat the rice seedlings. But it’s not a good idea to put them in the vegetable field, as the chickens and ducks will eat the vegetables after eating the insects.

Not worth the candle.

But in fact, now all we have to do is to keep the rice. Xu Wenyan had seen locust plagues when he was a child. In the face of such absolute numbers, nothing we do will make much sense.

The black balls flying all over the sky could make a large area of ​​farmland disappear in just a moment.

Xu Wenyan now only hopes that these are locust eggs left behind last year. If a swarm of insects really comes, there is no way to avoid it. The most she can do is use drugs to destroy the crops and her.

After walking for a while with Xiaoman, the three of them crushed all the locusts they could see. After doing this, Xu Wenyan went up the mountain.

I have seen a few Tripterygium wilfordii plants before, and in addition, I also need to find a plant called pyrethrum.

Pyrethrum is a perennial herb in the Asteraceae family and a natural insecticide.

The plant is silver-gray in color, and the easiest thing to identify is its flowers, which mostly have white petals but also pink, and the stamens in the middle are yellow and round.

Pyrethrum tastes bitter, is cool in nature and is poisonous.

The flowers, stems and leaves can all be used as medicine, and the flowers have the best effect.

This plant grows in large patches and is easy to distinguish, but now it is the end of summer and there are basically no flowers.

It was easy to find. Before long, Xu Wenyan saw a large patch of it. From a distance, it looked somewhat like mugwort.

The bottom of its leaves also have white hairs.

Xu Wenyan pulled out a large piece and planted it in the yard and beside the field.

Especially near ponds, you need to plant more kinds of pyrethrum. Pyrethrum is the most lethal to mosquitoes.

As for Tripterygium wilfordii, it is even easier to deal with. There are no big ones, but there are many small ones.

After carrying a large pile back, Xu Wenyan dried the pyrethrum and thunder dragon vine first.

After that, he went up the mountain again with a hoe. This time, he wanted to transplant the seeds, but the piece he found before was not enough. Xu Wenyan searched a long way before he found it.

He gave the things to Chen Sanlin and asked him to plant them, while Xu Wenyan went to find Chen Xingjie to ask for a lot of tobacco.

All the rural people here smoke opium. The leaves of this kind of tobacco are somewhat choking. In the past, only the elderly smoked it, but now Xu Wenyan has never seen anyone smoking it in the village.

Naturally, so many tobacco leaves were left behind. A batch had been harvested, and some were still in the field. Xu Wenyan greeted them and took some.

Xu Wenyan crushed some pyrethrum and tripterygium into juice, mixed it with clean water, and sprayed the juice on crops, which can play a certain role in preventing insects.

Because there are too few of these things, Xu Wenyan can only guarantee the crops of his own family, and the effect is still unknown.

Xu Wenyan dried the remaining tobacco, twisted the dried opium, pyrethrum and wormwood together, and lit them when the locusts came.

Thick smoke with drugs can drive away locusts more quickly.

Xu Wenyan placed these things at the door, ready to use at any time.

It took most of the day just to plant the pyrethrum and spray the pesticide.

After dinner, Xu Wenyan took the kerosene lamp.

Chen Sanlin brought an iron bucket and the other person came to the farm.

Xiaohu has already settled down here, and the three of them entered the sheepfold together.

"Brother Chen, Huzi, do you know how to milk?"

When the two heard Xu Wenyan's straightforward words, their faces instantly blushed, because in the village, milk generally refers to women's breasts.

Seeing the two people hesitating, Xu Wenyan knew that he could only rely on himself for this matter.

Carrying a small stool, they walked into the sheep pen. Chen Sanlin held the bucket and caught the sheep below while Xiaohu turned on the light.

Xu Wenyan started to milk according to the techniques in the short video. At first it did feel a little... strange, but it turned out to be quite relaxing later on.

But the sheep did not resist. In fact, they would feel very uncomfortable if there was too much milk. With Xu Wenyan's help in squeezing out the milk, they would feel more comfortable.

There are currently thirteen sheep in the family that can produce milk. Xu Wenyan felt that this bucket would definitely not be enough after squeezing out the second one.

He asked Chen Sanlin to go back and get two buckets, and Xu Wenyan squeezed a little for each sheep.

Then he carried three large buckets of milk back to the house.