Chapter 241: Fruit Orchards and Coconut Trees Are Endangered
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On Yunsha Island, Lai Shun'er and his two subordinates cleaned up the situation after the typhoon, and after hard work, they generally recovered a lot.
That morning, while he was repairing the fence in the vegetable patch, suddenly Shi Suo'er ran over panting.
"Brother Shun'er, go and take a look, our fruit trees and coconut trees are all wilted."
Lai Shun'er was shocked when she heard this, the storm had just passed the day before yesterday, and when they were inspecting, they saw that there was no major damage to the trees in the hundred orchards, so they didn't take it seriously and went to work else. What's wrong with the end?
He put down the tools in his hand and followed Shi Suo'er to the Hundred Fruit Garden.
When I arrived at the destination, I saw that all kinds of fruit trees that had been growing and developing well all had branches and leaves, and they were all depressed. Step forward and pick up a branch, and the curly leaves are easily detached and fall.
What's going on, is there a lack of water?
No, during the typhoon, it rained moderately to heavily every day, and there was no sunny day after that, so how could there be a shortage of water? If you look at the roots of the tree, the soil is still wet.
In the past, I had seen trees wilt in my hometown of Mopanzi Village, but it must have been caused by drought, and I had never seen this situation before.
Lai Shun'er's head was spinning, pondering this strange thing. Shi Suo'er is a layman for farming, so he is naturally in a hurry and can't help.
"The same goes for coconut trees?" He asked.
"It's the same." Shi Suo'er said in an affirmative tone.
Lai Shun'er then descended the mountain from the east and took a look at the edge of the silver sand beach. The situation of coconut palms is indeed similar to that of Hundred Fruit Orchards.
This is even more strange, the coconut trees were blown down by a typhoon. After replanting, nutrient water was also watered on the stone pit on the edge of the gourd depression. That's a hundred tried and tried, why doesn't it work?
Shi Suo'er stood in place and took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Kiko. Not long after, Kiko, who was repairing by the tidal flat breeding pond, rushed over.
"What's the matter with me?" Kiko approached and asked impatiently.
"Look, the trees are dying." Stone lock pointed to the fruit grove.
Kiko raised her eyes and her face changed.
"Wow. What's going on? ”
According to Brother Chenzi's calculations, it is estimated that next year will be able to show a fragrant scene of hundred fruits, and everyone can count on it. It's going to be dead.
At this time, Lai Shun'er also returned from the bottom of the mountain to exchange opinions with Kiko. According to their previous experience in the countryside, they couldn't figure out why for a while.
The two of them walked slowly along the orchard, trying to find out why.
"Hey. You see, the trees in that area seem to be fine. Kiko noticed something strange and pointed to the fruit tree in the southwest to the top of the mountain.
Lai Shun'er took the opportunity to look, and sure enough, the shape of the fruit trees in that area was relatively normal, which was a strange thing. They are all planted together, and the maintenance methods are the same, why is there such a big difference?
"Did the sea water let the wind blow up, and the position over there was high, so I didn't go up?" Kiko then guessed.
Lai Shun'er heard this, and her heart moved. Hurriedly squatted down and stretched out his left hand to pick up a piece of mud from the root of a tree. Observe it first, then put it to your nose and smell it.
"Alright, Kiko, you kid has finally come in handy." As he spoke, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
The reason was finally figured out, in the storm, a large amount of seawater was blown ashore, splashed on the location of the hundred fruit orchards, invaded the soil, and caused it to salinize, and the fruit trees naturally couldn't stand it. As for the southwest to the mountain, it may be that the sea water does not fly so high.
In addition, the other forest vegetation on the island, due to its long-term survival in this environment, naturally has a tolerable adaptability far beyond that of outsiders.
"What are you talking about? What do you mean it's finally come in handy? It seems that I used to eat white rice. You've got to make it clear to me. Kiko was very dissatisfied with Lai Shun'er's comments.
"It's good, it's useful, it's a little better than eating rice. Don't talk nonsense, go, take the guys. I've got to be busy again, big project. Lai Shun'er didn't want to argue with him, threw down the mud in his hand, got up and shook his hand, and then walked in the direction of the cave station.
Kiko also roughly understood what was going on, shook her head and sighed, ready to suffer for a few days.
Shi Suo'er followed inexplicably, and I don't know what big project is coming.
Lai Shun'er had already figured out the ins and outs of the matter while walking, and in most areas of the Hundred Fruit Orchard, the soil at the roots of the fruit trees was eroded by the sea, and the situation was relatively strict, if no measures were taken immediately, the fruit trees were very likely to die in patches.
As for the rescue methods, depending on the situation, the amount of seawater immersed in the sea is not small, and it penetrates deep into the soil layer, and it may be too late to rely on fresh water to rinse, and the effect is also very limited.
At present, the only way is to dig up the saline-alkali soil at the roots of the tree as much as possible, then wash and irrigate the roots with nutrient water from the stone pit, and finally transport the normal soil from the high place for backfilling.
There are more than 100 dozens of fruit trees, plus 16 coconut trees, no carts, no motorized tools, this amount of work, tsk, it is a headache to think about. But there's no other way, riveting it.
Back at the cave station, Lai Shun'er asked everyone to eat as quickly as possible, and eat as much meat as possible to keep their bodies in order.
The work of rescuing fruit trees cannot be done slowly, so it can only be done by fighting.
At the dining table, Shi Suo'er also figured out the severity of the situation, he picked up the oyster pancakes and munched on the brine fish, filling his stomach as quickly as possible.
After the meal, a few people took shovels, hoes, bamboo baskets, flat poles, buckets and other tools and went to the hundred fruit orchard to start working.
digging under the trees, loading baskets, and pouring saline soil out of the forest; Carry water, irrigate, go uphill to dig and backfill. The procedure is repeated over and over again, and the labor intensity is hardly as hard as a marathon battle.
The soil under the trees and the hillside is moist and easy to dig. But Rao was like this, and after a few hours, the three of them were also exhausted, and their hands and feet were blistered.
"Rest, rest." Lai Shun'er wiped the sweat from her forehead and gave the order to rest again.
When the two men heard this, they put down their tools and sat down on the spot, resting against the trunk of the tree, whether it was dirty or not.
"Whew, it's been a long time since I've fought like this." Kiko tilted her head back and pressed the back of her head against the trunk of the tree, gasping for air.
Shi Suo'er didn't speak, and took the water bottle and poured it through. He wore only a single vest with bulging muscles on his chest and arms.
Just this figure, so that Xizi has always been envious, once said that if you go back 20 years, it will definitely be a weapon for picking up girls. It's a pity that time has passed, the gold content has declined, and now I can't fight for a house ticket.
Lai Shun'er took out a sewing needle from the pocket of his coat hanging on the branch, picked the blister on the palm of his hand, picked it himself, and stuck it on a small branch and threw it to Xizi.
None of them are white-collar workers sitting in the office, working every day, even so they can foam their hands, and the labor intensity can be imagined.
Kiko takes off the sewing needle and pinchs it with the index finger of her right thumb to break the blisters on the palm of her left hand.
"Oh, oops, I forgot, it's contagious." Kiko exclaimed suddenly, and squeezed the blister she had just popped.
"Contagious what?" Lai Shun'er didn't come back to his senses for a while.
"You didn't watch the TV series last time, so what kind of AIDS is needle-infected, what do you want to harm people?" Kiko popularizes hygiene.
Because I don't smoke and others, I don't have a lighter on my body. So he turned his head and asked Shi Suo'er to go back to the cave to find one to come over and disinfect it.
"Damn, you say I have AIDS?" Lai Shun'er was furious when she heard this, and reached out to pick up a branch and threw it at Xizi.
"I didn't say it must be, but it could be. It's also worth being angry about. Kiko covered her head with her arm.
Lai Shun'er thought about it for a while, the current situation is not more than usual, and it is not worth it for this wasteful body. Just spare him for now.
Seeing that Shi Suo'er had already gotten up to go back to the cave, Lai Shun'er hurriedly stopped him, and by the way, brought another emergency lamp and a pot of pancakes.
"Brothers, carry it, we have to fight at night today." Lai Shun'er said apologetically.
"It's okay, I'm not tired." Shi Suo'er agreed, and left.
"Comrades, the motherland and the people are looking at us and looking forward to the news of our victory." Xizi recited aloud with an exaggerated expression, using the lines of red-themed film and television dramas.
Lai Shun'er ignored him and squinted to herself.
"Hey, look at this typhoon, if we come here for a few more than a year, it's really enough for us to bear." Seeing that the performance did not resonate, Kiko immediately sighed and said.
"I heard on the radio that this is a once-in-a-decade typhoon, and if you want to encounter it again, you'll probably have to see it in ten years." Lai Shun'er looked at the sky as the night was getting darker, and comforted herself.
In this way, everyone fought hard together for three days before finishing the work.
The nutrient water in the stone pit next to the gourd depression may be diluted due to the moderate to heavy rain for several days, and the effect is much worse than before, so the dosage naturally has to be increased. As a result, the water in the pit bottomed out.
Xizi and Shi Suo'er were in a hurry, but saw Lai Shun'er take out a secret weapon, a small plastic flat bucket, filled with a light green liquid.
It turned out that this was given to him by Jiang Yichen last time, saying that it contained a concentrated nutrient solution specially developed by the company, and it could be diluted in the stone pit at a ratio of 1:300.
And sternly instructed him that this is the company's core technical secret, and it must not fall into the hands of outsiders.
At that time, when Lai Shun'er saw that Brother Chenzi trusted him so much, he was very moved. So I kept it locked in my cupboard and didn't show anyone.
Lai Shun'er instructed Xizi and Shi Suo'er to use a shovel to introduce the spring water upstream of the gourd depression into the stone pit, and then mix it with a concentrated nutrient solution.
Xizi already roughly understood what was going on, and Brother Chenzi entrusted such an important matter to Lai Shun'er, and it seemed that he really trusted him completely. But because Shi Suo'er was there, he didn't say much. (To be continued......) (