The next day, Zhuqing was woken up by Xu Xucao, who came to collect seeds.

In the morning, the sky was still numb, and the white light and shadow in the distance sprinkled over, and she could only barely see the vague shadow of Xu Jicao, and a light blue coarse cloth old clothes, and she couldn't even see the freckles on her face.

Her voice was a little anxious, and her face was not too good: "It's not good, it's not good." ”

Zhuqing was still a little confused: "What's wrong?" Won't the seeds go bad again? ”

Xu said urgently: "The seeds are not bad, but there are mice in the ground." ”

"What!" Zhu Qing's two eyes widened, and his original sleepiness was now quickly left behind by him, and he came to the field with Xu Xuancao.

Xu Zhicao pointed to the rat pit she found and said, "When I came here just now, I heard a movement in the ground, so I looked over and found a small pit here. ”

Zhuqing stared at the hole in the field, the hole was not big, it was next to the first tried potato, and there were fragments of potato residue outside the hole, which were obviously scattered outside by the rats before they had time to eat them.

"That strange red rat just came last night, and there was a rat in the field, could it be that guy who did it? Have you ever seen a red-haired mouse? Zhuqing was also a little anxious.

Xu Zhicao said suspiciously: "Red-haired mouse? I didn't see it, I shone it with a flashlight, and I saw a few black shadows in a trance, but it should be either red or an ordinary earth mouse. ”

Zhuqing squatted down and carefully inspected the ground with the light of the flashlight in Xu Xucao's hand.

In addition to this rat's digging pit, there are also two or three rat holes in the turnip, and he pulled the radish out of the ground, except for the upper part of the radish that was originally large in the bowl, and the lower part buried in the ground has been eaten by the rat.

A large turnip, less than half of which remains.

Zhu Qing hurriedly pulled out the other four ripe radishes, and as a result, two of the four ripe radishes were damaged, only half of the radishes remained, and the other two did not completely escape the blessing of the mice, they were all gnawed off a few bites, although they were not eaten too much, but they were gnawed by the mice, and this thing naturally has no appearance.

"Damn!"

A black line flashed between Zhuqing's eyebrows, and he hurriedly took the hoe, and dug out the four nests of ripe potatoes, and two of the four nests of potatoes were also damaged, and only one or two of the two nests of potatoes that were larger than a fist were left, and one or two potatoes in the other two nests were eaten a lot by mice.

“******！”

Zhu Qing hurriedly checked the tomatoes and eggplants, both of which hung on the trees, and fortunately they had not been plagued by rats, but the four nests of potatoes and turnips had been almost half destroyed, and if he continued like this, half of the vegetables he planted would have been fed by rats in the field.

"I wonder what happened to the other radishes and potatoes that weren't ripe yet?"

Zhu Qing was very angry, and hurriedly began to check the first seven thousand seeds, and soon he found a rat hole in the ground, Zhu Qing dug out the radish that had been harmed by the rat hole, and the radish that had just grown was eaten by the rats, but the gnawed fruit lacked the protection of the skin, and the radish was actually rotten.

"These beasts!"

Zhuqing grinded his teeth and gritted his teeth, thinking that the first batch of rats he had finally stumbled and planted was plagued by rats, and it was difficult to calm down in his heart, but the rats in the field were gone.

"Don't let Lao Tzu catch you, grab you and destroy your ancestors."

Zhu Qing was furious, carefully patrolled the seven thousand potatoes and seven thousand turnips, and found five or six rat pits, as long as there were rat pits, without exception, the fruits were all plagued by rats, and naturally they could not be sold for money.

But fortunately, it is not too strict, and only a fraction of the thousands of fruits have been harmed, but now we must find a way to solve these rat infestations immediately, if these beasts are allowed to develop, the more they will be harmed.

"I didn't expect the fruit to be delicious, and the animals were coming, so it was really ****** difficult to grow some vegetables honestly, in my duty, and in peace."

Zhuqing stood in the ground, his brows furrowed.

Xu Zhicao knew that it was not a good thing for a rat infestation at this time, and seeing that the first batch of fruits was about to ripen, it would be a pity if it was plagued by rats now.

"Is there anything you can do?" Zhuqing asked Xu Jicao beside him.

Xu Zhicao was silent for a while, and said: "Mice are afraid of cats, this is a natural enemy, poisonous rats are strong, rat traps are not suitable, the ground on the mountain is too wide, how many rat traps have to be put here, it can only be a relatively effective method in the front." ”

"With such a big land, how many cats do you have to buy back, and even if you buy a cat now, if the big cat can't keep it for a short time, it has to be closed for a while, if the kitten doesn't have the ability to catch mice, buying a cat can't solve the difficulties in the field, and these seeds are about to mature, so you can't hold it anymore." As for the poisonous rats, it is impossible for every mouse to eat stupidly, even if there is food to lure rats, it is not enough to ensure that all rats are poisoned, and the poisonous rats die in the ground, emitting a burst of smell, I am afraid that it will also be a harm to the fruit, which is even more troublesome. ”

Zhu Qing frowned, he found that he had denied all the methods.

"At least you need to solve the difficulties now, after all, there are not many seeds that you have matured, and there are not many that have been plagued at the moment, so you should do your best to solve them. In the future, you can only think of a way later, your seeds are very strange, and the fruits you produce are also very strange, especially delicious, so it is so easy to attract rats. "Xu Jicao is still very pragmatic.

"It seems that I can only buy a few big cats to come back and scare this group of beasts, fortunately, the land is not big now, even if it is tethered, as long as the chain is longer, a few cats together should still be able to expand the protection area, even if it is out of reach, as long as there is a cat meow, it is estimated that it can still shock this group of beasts, after all, it is a natural enemy."

Zhuqing frowned, there may be a short-term solution for now, but in the long run, if the scale is expanded, the rodent infestation will still be a problem.

"It's almost dawn, and today's seeds haven't been planted yet." Xu Zhicao said.

Zhuqing took the seeds and said, "I'll help you plant them together, and go to the town to buy cats at dawn." ”

Xu Yicao did not refuse, and said: "I thought of a simple way, no need to dig a seed nest, you plant a seed in each nest is not more than one, just use a sharp object to pry a hole in the ground, throw down a seed, and wait for the seeds to mature, a thorough renovation of the unified pair, which can save a lot of things, anyway, you don't need fertilizer for this kind of seed, at most it is to pump more water when the sky is dry and planted." ”

"Do you think that's possible?" Zhuqing asked.

Xu Zhicao shook his head and said: "I'm just putting forward an opinion, if you think my opinion is not good, you can deny it, I still follow the original method." ”

"If you can save trouble and effort, why not." Zhuqing said.

Xu Jicao looked at him suspiciously: "Do you think it's okay?" ”

"Yes." Zhuqing said.

Xu Jicao responded, and then said in a snort: "It's been many days this month, and Uncle Mo's medicine money is running out. ”

"I'm sorry, I forgot about it, I'll go to the town to withdraw money in a while, and buy a cat back, rat poison is still unsafe in general, and it used to happen in the village that dogs ate rat poison and cows accidentally ate rat poison and were poisoned."

After planting the seeds, it was already more than 9 o'clock in the morning, and Zhuqing took advantage of the sunrise to hurry to the town, in addition to taking money to pay Xu Xucao's salary, he also bought a cat back.

At night, he kept the cat on a leash in the ground, and he did not enter the house himself.