farmer legend

Chapter 153 Insect plague
"Hey, why do people in Honghe Village look worried recently?"

"Yeah, the family I'm staying with is also forced to smile, as if something big happened..."

"I heard that the vegetables in their greenhouse are infested with insects!"

"..."

Over the past few days, tourists have found that many villagers in Honghe Village have lost their smiles. They have worried faces all day long, and they rush to the shed and come back with a tired face.Tourists don't know that the villagers are worried about the pest infestation of vegetables, because pesticides can't be used, and other methods don't work. Some people suggest to catch insects manually. Vegetables costing 50 yuan a catty are expensive.

So I had no choice but to grab it with my hands.

But manually catching bugs is really too slow. The original lush vegetables have turned yellow, wilted and lifeless in the past few days, except for the vegetables that have been manually removed.

"Hey, it's such a big piece, how long can you catch it with your hands?" Oolong sighed.

Although his father admired his son's complaints, they are of the older generation who are down-to-earth, "Don't complain, don't stop when you talk, this is a dish that costs tens of dollars a catty, it's too much to be eaten by bugs." Pity……"

"Why didn't you tell Brother Asheng? Maybe he can find some way to get rid of the bugs..."

Another villager heard what Oolong said, wiped the sweat from his cheeks, and said, "What can we do? We can't use pesticides, let alone let chickens and ducks in to eat. What good way can we do besides manually grabbing it with our hands? "

"But……"

"I don't tell him because I'm afraid he'll be worried. Brother Asheng has something to do in Yangcheng, so it makes him worry..."

"Yeah, let's hurry up, look how hard Sanshu and the others are working!" Oolong's father glanced at Tang Qingshan and the others, and sighed.

……

"What? What did you just say? Vegetables are infested with insects?" Tang Shenyuan almost threw away the phone, and his voice became so loud that Tang Shilong over there was almost deafened; "Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier? "

"Third Uncle and Three Aunts won't let us tell you, it's useless to tell you, and it will make you worry..."

"You can't hide it from me, no, I'll go back today..."

Tang Shenyuan was in a hurry, because Tang Shilong said that all the vegetables in the greenhouse had provoked insects. Except for the part that was caught at the beginning, the other eight acres of land were severely infested by insects, and the insects in the vegetable fields seemed to have mutated. , they are all bigger than the average ones of the same kind...

"Brother Asheng..." Tang Shilong wanted to persuade Tang Shenyuan not to get angry, but when he heard that the other party was about to hang up, he hurriedly said, "Victoria's supply is no longer available, Assistant Sun called me just now Woolen cloth!"

"All the acre of land in my house has been affected?"

"Ok!"

Tang Shenyuan calculated that it has been nearly 20 days, and there are really not many vegetables in an acre of land, only a few thousand catties, and it is time to finish picking.

"The vegetables in the greenhouse will soon be on the market, right?" Tang Shenyuan asked.

"If it wasn't for the pests, it would be on the market in a few days!" Tang Shilong nodded. "It's a pity that because of the bugs, many vegetables have turned yellow and miserable..."

This insect disaster was really beyond Tang Shenyuan's expectations. He knew that space spring water is good for the growth of creatures. Since it can promote the growth of vegetables, it stands to reason that it is also good for insects and other creatures; this insect disaster is obviously because of spring water For the sake of worms, let them grow tenaciously, which is why Tang Shilong just said that the worms are bigger.

"What should I do? These vegetables cannot be treated with pesticides, otherwise not only will this batch of vegetables be useless, but the next batch of vegetables after the land is polluted will not be safe, and more importantly, word-of-mouth issues!" Tang Shenyuan grabbed his hair and said to himself: "How can we use pesticides to kill insects?"

"By the way, ask Professor Wu Shengming!" Professor Wu is a biology student, so he should know how to prevent bugs. "The important thing now is to go back first!"

There is no room for loss of vegetables this time, because if this planting fails, many people in the village will have doubts about the project proposed by Tang Shenyuan, and they may not believe him in the future. How will they lead everyone to become rich in the future?

"No, I have to go back and have a look first..." Tang Shenyuan hurriedly took the car and drove back home, and told Dong Xiyu, but she was too busy with work to go, Tang Shenyuan got rid of her, told the fat man and the others, and went back with the mouse.

It takes eight hours to travel from Yangcheng to Honghe Village. It is not the Spring Festival travel season, so the traffic on the road is good. If there is a traffic jam, it may not be possible to get home all day.

"Father, Mom, I'm back..." Tang Shen saw his parents from afar and stopped the car quickly, "Where are you going?"

"Asheng, why are you back?" Father Tang was surprised to see his son, but the smile on his face was a little forced because he was worried about the vegetables, "I must be tired after driving back, you and your classmates should go back and have a rest first... ..."

"Dad, is the vegetable infested with insects?" Seeing that his father was very surprised, Tang Shenyuan was a little angry: "Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing? No, I have to go and see first..."

Although he drove for eight hours, Tang Shenyuan was in good physical condition and didn't feel tired. On the contrary, the mouse in the car looked tired. Tang Shenyuan immediately stopped him when he saw him, "Help me drive the car back Come on, and take a break!"

Mouse wanted to say more, but Tang Shenyuan had already left, so he had no choice but to drive to Tang Shenyuan's house.

"Brother Asheng, it's great that you're back!"

"Look at these vegetables, they are full of bugs..."

"I feel like my waist is broken after catching insects these days. I am so tired but have no results. These insects are simply 'inexhaustible'. No matter how I catch them, I still have them. Seeing such good vegetables being eaten by them bit by bit It's a pity to eat it..."

"..."

When the villagers saw Tang Shenyuan's figure, they immediately gathered around him and said.

"Uncles, brothers, uncles and aunts, you have worked hard..." Tang Shenyuan said apologetically, "This kind of thing happened during my absence, thanks to your help in dealing with the insect plague..."

"Why is this kid so polite..." "He's a college student after all, he can talk!" "Don't talk so much, let's see how to control the pest plague!" "..."

Tang's father said to Tang Shenyuan: "Most of these insects are aphids, spider mites and cabbage caterpillars. Originally, these insects are not difficult to control, but they are all twice the size of the normal ones, and they cannot be treated with pesticides. , can only be caught manually..."

Tang Shenyuan touched his face, and said in a very embarrassed way: "It's useless to grab the vegetables manually...there are still some on the ground above the vegetables, and they can't be cleaned." He saw everyone bent down to catch the small bugs on the vegetables. There are at least dozens of small bugs on the dishes, and they are relatively hidden. It is difficult for people to catch them all, so the work progress is not to mention very tiring. "Let them stop first, let me think of a way..."

"Is there any way?" Mother Tang said incredulously, "We've been planting for a lifetime, and we've thought about all possible ways. Besides using pesticides, is there any way to kill all the bugs?"

"We can't use pesticides..." Tang Shenyuan said in surprise.

"We all know green vegetables... that's why we waited until now. If we want to use them, we should have used them long ago!" Oolong came over at this time, followed by Tang Guang'an.

squeak!
Tang Shenyuan pinched an aphid with his hands, and its juice splashed out; it was an aphid the size of a soybean, and ordinary aphids were the size of a grain of rice. It can be seen that after they were transformed by the spring water in the space, something happened. Mutations!
Tang Shenyuan wondered, why did insects grow in the acre of land he planted in his home before, but in this greenhouse?It stands to reason that there should be no bugs in the greenhouse, because the vegetables outside are easy to provoke bugs. "Well, it should not be about the greenhouse, but about the Lingshui!"

Why do you say that?
Because Tang Shenyuan thought of a problem, that is, the seeds of the one-acre vegetables grown in his home were not soaked when they were planted, and these vegetables in the greenhouse were soaked in spring water before planting; and the other was the problem of watering. Vegetables have not been watered with spring water, but those at home have been watered!
There should be problems in two links, but the most important thing right now is to control the pests!

Tang Shenyuan asked Tang's father, "Dad, are Professor Wu and the others still in the village?"

"No, they left the second day after you went to Yangcheng... If the old professor is here, we will definitely ask him to help find a way..."

Rural people are like this. They are in awe of learned people, thinking that they know everything.

"Oh, then I'll call him and ask him what he can do...don't catch bugs, it's useless!"

"Well, you should call first, and we'll wait later!" Although Tang's father was dealing with Tang Shenyuan, his subordinates did not slow down, but sped up the speed of catching bugs.He just thought that if he could catch one, he would lose one, "Blessed be the chickens at home later!"

These bugs are good chicken feed.

"Dad...Mom..." Tang Shenyuan felt a little helpless when he saw that his parents didn't listen to him.

"You call the old professor first, we have nothing to do and catch bugs here..." Father Tang took the time to wave to Tang Shenyuan, signaling him to leave first.

Although the other villagers were not very happy about catching bugs like this, they couldn't be lazy when they saw that Tang's father and mother were all hard at work, so they mobilized an army of bug catchers to clean up the bugs on the vegetables...Okay, It's a bit exaggerated.

"Brother Asheng, you should go back first. While it's still early, let's catch it for a while, and we should be able to clear out three or four points of land..." Oolong bent over and said, but his hands were not slow. He has practiced his unique skills in catching bugs. As long as he sees bugs, none of them can escape from his palm. He catches one and throws it into a bucket filled with water, soaks it to death and brings it home to feed the chickens... …

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