Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

Niu Xiaomin couldn't stop laughing, "Put it back in the spittoon first, and we'll talk about it when we get home tonight.

In my opinion, if we count the number of people, it should be enough if we count all the people in our families.

Hurry up and spread the bait and collect another wave. Maybe we can all get first place!"

After re-baiting the emptied cardboard, Han Zhaozhao left immediately. The smell here was too intoxicating and she couldn't stand it!

She didn't go home, but went to the scrap collection station instead.

When she arrived, the old lady and old man Wang were flipping through piles of paper with sweat all over their faces!

"Grandma, Grandpa Wang, what are you doing? No one is here to sell the scraps, so why are you two still working so hard?"

"Zhao Zhao, come quickly, there is a big rat running to that corner, help me catch it!"

When the old lady saw her granddaughter coming, she thought, "That's great! Let her help catch the mouse!"

"Where is it? Where is it?" Han Zhaozhao climbed over piles of books and finally found his way to the corner. He watched helplessly as the mouse dived into the pile of books and then disappeared... disappeared!

I bent over and was sweating all over. I searched through two large sacks of waste paper, but still couldn't find the escaped mouse.

"No, it's too hot, grandma. I'm tired and thirsty. I need to drink water." Han Zhaozhao knew that the old lady would definitely not listen if she just asked her grandma to rest for a while.

She had to find another way and say that she was thirsty and tired to get her milk to stop flowing.

"Okay, let's stop doing this for now, Lao Wang, wash your hands, drink some water, and take a break before catching them.

Anyway, the mouse can’t escape for a while, so we’ll let Zhao Zhao help us catch it later.”

The three people, young and old, entered the duty room, washed their hands first, and then sat down to drink water.

"Grandma, how are you and Grandpa Wang doing today? Are you busy? How many mice did you catch?"

"Ah! It's not busy. We are busy with 'eliminating the four pests' today, and no one comes to sell scrap.

Your Grandpa Wang and I worked for most of the day and finally caught a nest of baby mice. There were a dozen of them at least, but they were too small. They were only a few days old and hadn't grown any fur yet. I don't know if they could count.

How many have you caught? Where did you catch them? "

"Zhao Zhao, don't go catch them somewhere else. I tell you, there aren't many other animals in the station except rats, so you should catch them here.

After catching the three of us, it will save some energy for me and your grandma.

Your grandma and I are strong, but our hands and feet are not as nimble, and our eyesight is not as good as yours.

More than a dozen groups of people came in the morning and wanted to enter the station to catch rats, but they were all driven away by us.

The scrap collection station is filled with things that are worthless, but they are public property.

Without a bottom line, we dare not let anyone in. If anyone takes away even a little bit, it will be a loss to the country, and your grandmother and I will be held responsible.

You are one of us, so you can help catch the rats. Let me tell you, there are quite a few rats in the warehouse where waste paper is stored, even though there are few in other places.

Every time the paper mill comes to collect waste paper, they find scraps of paper that have been eaten into pieces by rats!

Damn, I had cats twice before, but I don’t know who took them away and killed them.”

Han Zhaozhao never expected that this base was actually protected by two old men. How awesome!

The scrap collection station is a paradise for rats and flies, now they are going to get rich!

Han Zhaozhao got the consent of the two old men and found some materials at the station. He wanted to weigh them and pay for them himself, but Old Man Wang waved his hand to refuse.

"You don't take it out, it's all waste, just throw it back after use, and the government doesn't suffer any loss.

Go for it! Let me see what kind of rat trap you can make with these sheets of metal.

If it really works well, there is no need to dismantle it in the future, and the scrapyard can continue to use it. "

So, under the watchful eyes of the two elderly people, Han Zhaozhao made six rat traps with his bare hands without using any tools.

"Oh, I see. With the cylinder at the entrance, mice can get in but can't get out. This means they have no escape route.

Hmm? Why are there holes in this wooden box? To allow mice to breathe?

There's no need to waste your energy. It's best to let the mouse suffocate to death without leaving any eyes. You don't have to pour it out and then smash it to death.

The blood is so disgusting, and it will dirty the bucket when you hand it in."

Han Zhaozhao asked her grandmother to find some food to throw into the trap box while explaining to Old Man Wang: "Grandpa Wang, these holes are specially left, not for mice to breathe.

You know, mice have very sensitive noses and can smell food from a long distance.

These eyes can emit smells. If there is food in the box, they will come here by smelling the food.

At that time, put wooden boards on both sides of the box, and they will drill into the cylinder along the wooden boards. Once they enter the cylinder, they can only fall into the box, and it will be difficult to get out once they fall in."

"Oh! Is that so? That makes sense, it really makes sense! Don't mice have good noses?

No matter whether the food is locked in a box or stored in a jar, they can find it by smelling it.

This trap is well made, very nice, and does not require any other materials. Wooden boards and iron pipes will do. Well, these two are made of cardboard rolled into paper tubes, so they don't affect their use.

Hahaha, you kids are smart. It seems we are really old. We have so many materials but we don’t even use our brains to set a trap.”

Han Zhaozhao was very modest. "Grandpa Wang, that was before you didn't need it. My grandma told me that when the scrap yard was rid of rats, didn't the government distribute rat poison?"

"Oh! That's just how much there is? It's not enough to use several times."

Rats are nocturnal animals, so if you set a trap in the afternoon, it will definitely not be effective so quickly.

They planned to leave it overnight and collect it early tomorrow morning. Han Zhaozhao was worried that the mice would fall into the trap, so he secretly put a handful of wheat grains grown in the space in a trap box.

Now it’s safe, no need to worry about not getting anything tomorrow!

Scrap collection stations are not much cleaner than garbage dumps, especially since they collect hair and animal bones.

These things were piled in a corner of the yard, and fermented naturally under the sun. The taste... was especially sour and refreshing!

Flies were buzzing around in swarms, and some of them were extremely large.

"Huh? Bones and hair are nutritious, so the flies raised from them are particularly fat?"

Han Zhaozhao asked in surprise.

When he got closer, he spat and said, "Oh my god, it's a green-headed fly!"

She regretted it so much. She shouldn't have encouraged her grandmother to work at the purchasing station. She never expected that the environment here would be so dirty and messy in summer.

There were usable materials everywhere, so Han Zhaozhao quickly made more than twenty fly boards, sprinkled the homemade bait on them, and nailed them to the wall in the corner with iron nails.

As soon as I finished nailing it, the first few fly boards that were nailed on had already caught five or six green-headed flies.

"People die for money, birds die for food, and flies end their dirty lives for sweet mouths!"

Han Zhaozhao lamented that animals’ instincts were equally difficult to resist the temptation of desire!

That afternoon, Han Zhaozhao and a few others handed in half a spittoon of flies and two rats, becoming an example in their street.

"You guys did a great job today. Keep up the hard work tomorrow and try to catch more mice!"

"Niu Xiaomin, please share your experience!"

"Yes! How did you guys catch so many flies? They are still intact. You definitely didn't use a fly swatter. Please share your experience with us!"

We are all from the same street, and if we all catch so many, we might be able to get first place in the city!"

"That's right. Collective honor is more important than individual honor. You can't keep your experience to yourself. You have to share it with everyone!"

"That makes sense! Brother Min and Brother Sanzi, you two can tell everyone about our method. We will go home and cook first."

After saying that, without waiting for the two boys to react, Han Zhaozhao grabbed Niu Xiaolian and Niu Xiaoyun and ran away!