Chapter 172 Picking Cotton
As soon as it was dawn the next day, someone came to inform everyone that they would leave in an hour. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The road is not difficult, before the catastrophe, the Chinese government did a good job in government affairs, in order to let the people of W province live a good life, not only vigorously develop their agriculture, tourism, but also the supporting facilities are in place. In order to transport the agricultural products grown in time, the roads built are wide and flat.
It only took two hours to get into the car and stopped, and by the time they reached the endless cotton fields, the sun had evaporated the moisture from the cotton flowers.
The white and fat cotton blooms on the cotton plant, and from a distance, it looks like a crystal snow, and the green leaves dotted with it are like unyielding wheat seedlings in the snow, faintly revealing their existence.
Because of the mutation, all the plants have become perennials, and they have the physique to grow all the time, so the cotton plant, which originally only reached the waist and abdomen of a normal adult, has now grown into a small tree almost two meters tall, and the cotton flowers are about the size of a fist.
"How do you pick it up so high?!"
"Yes, you won't have to cut down the cotton plant, right?
"Cut off the handle of cotton with a knife like picking an apple, and then pick it up, but then won't the cotton get dirty when it falls to the ground?"
There was a lot of talking.
"Don't bother with it, we just need to cut a path, divide a few more people to make a move, and the rest of us will open our pockets and continue there. Ling Tian said loudly.
"It's so simple?" If it was really that easy, then how could the people in Ling Tian's base lack cotton to keep out the cold?! They were too incompetent, right? Others couldn't do it, and Ling Tian couldn't either?
"Of course not, it's not so easy to cut off the cotton plant, because along with the cotton plant, there is another organism - the mutated cotton bollworm. Ling Tian opened his mouth to explain. "The mucus in the larvae of the mutant cotton bollworm and the powder on the wings of the adult worm are extremely harmful to the human body, especially the powder on the wings, which floats in the air and makes people unguardable, and when it enters the respiratory tract, it will be slowly burned to the wall tube, and if it unfortunately enters the eye, the retina will be burned and lead to lifelong blindness. ”
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"Don't worry, Miss Hu, if there is no external stimulus, the mutant cotton bollworms will only come out in the evening, but Miss Hu was so loud just now, I don't know if those mutant cotton bollworms have been stimulated~" Ling Tian smiled disdainfully when he saw her embarrassed and somewhat annoyed face, the carefully cultivated daughter only has such courage and bearing, and the Hu family is really enough.
"Can the cotton that the mutant bollworm has been in close contact with still be used?" Xing Lu asked him.
"After repeated experiments, after high-temperature disinfection, the virus carried by the mutant cotton bollworm will be killed and will not affect the use. "She still gets to the point the most when she asks questions.
"Now we only need to wear this protective suit, and with this cotton tool, we can avoid the attack of the mutant cotton bollworm. He took out the protective suit specially made by the craftsman Zhang in the 'Heavenly Selection Supply Station' of the Tianyou Base, as well as a kind of extra-large pocket, and distributed it to everyone.
I saw that this protective clothing was extremely light and thin in my hand, and I would not tear it if I tore it hard with my hands, and it was as if it was the same as before, and I didn't feel stuffy. The head, on the other hand, is wrapped in its entirety, with only transparent material for the eyes. The mouth and nose are layers of mesh-like fabric, but it is not the kind of gauze that bandages wounds, and I don't know what material it is made of. Such a tight protective clothing does not feel stuffy, and people can't help but admire the craftsmen who make this kind of protective clothing.
Of course, Ling Tian knew the benefits of this thing, and when everyone showed a look of amazement, he promised everyone: "The protective clothing you wear is specially customized by me for the craftsmanship of the 'Heavenly Selection Supply Station', in addition to the crystal nuclei that need to be given to you when purchasing cotton, this set of protective clothing on your body is regarded as a thank you gift from me." ”
"What's so embarrassing, this suit alone requires more than 30 fifth-level crystal nuclei, right? Situ Nanfeng refused. The price of protective clothing is not cheap, even if they pick all the cotton in front of them, more than 100 sets of protective clothing as compensation is enough. What's more, he also knew that Ling Tian had purchased so much cotton, but he had never intended to ask for crystal nuclei from the people in Ling Tian's base.
"Hmph, let's work for him, of course we have to provide work clothes, how can we use work clothes to offset the wages we deserve?" Xia Fei had already held a grudge against Ling Tian for embarrassing her face in order to protect Xing Lu, and now she finally had an opportunity to speak without thinking. "Ling Shao definitely won't be so stingy, oh?"
Ling Tian looked at her and smiled, "Of course, I can still get the crystal nuclei of a few sets of clothes." I will also give you a satisfactory price for the cotton you get, and I will never let you suffer. ”
"Let's hurry up and try to finish the harvest before dark, okay?" Ling Tian finished speaking, and took the lead towards the cotton field.
If the method of picking cotton before the cataclysm was used, more than 100 people in such a thousand acres of cotton fields would have to pick it for half a month. However, according to Ling Tianjiao's method, he only needed to cut off a row of mutant cotton plants in the middle, and the cotton flowers of more than ten meters on the left and right would break away from the cotton plants and shoot towards everyone. Because of the cushion of cotton, even if the cottonseed in the middle is much larger than before, it is like tickling on the body.
The disturbed mutant bollworms have come out to defend their territory, but neither the mucus sprayed on them by the larvae nor the powder falling from the wings of the flying adults can do them any harm.
In the end, they were all colored by mutant cotton bollworms, but they were still careful not to let them stain the cotton.
Ling Tian stopped everyone and cast a fire dragon on Yuan Shikang's protective suit beside him.
"Hey, what are you doing here!" Some people couldn't believe that Ling Tian would casually make a move on others. The person who was attacked must have been seriously burned, which is really regrettable.
But when the fire was extinguished, not only was the man safe, but even the protective clothing on his body was as clean as it had been washed.
Not to mention that others didn't believe it, even Yuan Shikang, who had been told by Ling Tian in advance, was a little surprised.
"If you master the heat, you can remove the traces left by the mutant cotton bollworm. Ling Tian explained to everyone, "This protective suit is specially made for mutant cotton bollworms, not only is it fireproof, but it also has substances on it that neutralize their mucus, but it can only be neutralized about ten times. Over time, the mucus of the mutant bollworm will penetrate into it, so it is best to clean it every three hours. ”
"I thought it was some kind of great protective clothing, and I said I was going to give it to everyone, but it turned out to be just a one-time thing!" (To be continued.) )