In the end, Meng Wei took a comprehensive look at the insect pests of the pepper tree that she saw along the way: the first is the more common pepper tiger longhorn, Meng Wei remembered that when she was a child, she often caught the kind of yellow carapace with black spots on the tree with her friends, with two long whiskers on her forehead and a mouth like a sickle.

The second type is the order of ticks, which can also be called hawthorn spiders, but the appearance looks more like blood-sucking mites.

The third is the scale insect of Zanthoxylum pepper, which feeds on the sap of plant buds, leaves and twigs, and if the number is too large, it will cause withered shoots and yellow leaves, and the tree will weaken and die in severe cases.

Master Xu looked at Meng Wei frowning from the side, thinking that she had no choice, so he couldn't help but comfort: "Little master, do you have a way to pest this peppercorn?" Since I discovered the insect infestation, I often let people come to catch insects and remove insects, but in the end, not only did there be no improvement, but the production of pepper became less and less, and even a lot of pepper trees have died, but the little master, you can come today is already very good, no matter whether you can get rid of this insect pest in the end, I Lao Xu will not blame you. ”

In Master Xu's heart, Meng Wei's willingness to listen to him and come with him is enough to make him grateful, not to mention that Meng Wei also taught him to make two breakfasts, which is tantamount to opening up a new world for people like him who only knew soup noodles and wonton porridge for breakfast in the past.

Meng Wei smiled, knowing that he had misunderstood, but she was not in a hurry to explain, how could she say that she had only read part of it, and if there were any other questions, she would have to ask again to know.

"Master, are you back?"

In the distance, an indigo figure came towards them, with a joyful smile on his face: "Didn't you come back the day after tomorrow?" Why did you come back today? ”

"I'm not worried about our peppercorns."

"Sichuan pepper?"

"It's our secret recipe, this little master said that the name is peppercorns, let's take a look."

Hearing Master Xu's introduction, the woman smiled softly at Meng Wei, and did not show any other eyes because of her young age, which made Meng Wei very satisfied.

Later, Meng Wei saw Master Xu's mother, although she was old, her legs and feet were sharp, and she looked much younger than she actually was.

After listening to Master Xu's introduction, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law nodded at Meng Wei, and then talked about the problem of the pepper tree with a sad face.

"I thought it was just a small problem, but who knew it was getting worse and worse, and we also mobilized the little guys at home to catch insects, but it didn't work, and I didn't know what to do."

The reason why peppercorns are planted is to make Master Xu's better job in Xiangyun Building, if this pepper can't be used, then Master Xu's position is likely to be replaced.

After all, the business of Xiangyunlou was so good before because Chef Xu added Sichuan pepper as a secret recipe to many dishes, making the taste more different, even if other restaurants want to follow suit, but because there is no proper seasoning, it can be said that Chef Xu's craftsmanship is unique.

But if Master Xu has no peppercorns, those regulars of Xiangyunlou come here to eat the different tastes, if Master Xu has no peppercorns, even if Master Xu's craftsmanship is better than others, as long as others study a little, it is not impossible to do the same level as Master Xu.

The same taste, so why do those people have to be in Xiangyun Building?

In the long run, Xiangyunlou's business will definitely decline, and maybe sooner or later Master Xu will be replaced.

Master Xu's family depends on him to feed, if Master Xu has no job, then their life will return to the previous days of starvation.

"I only saw three kinds of insect infestations, right?"

The two of them were stunned, but they didn't expect Meng Wei to suddenly speak, and then it was Master Xu's wife who reacted in time and nodded: "It is indeed three kinds, at the beginning there were only those small yellow insects, but we didn't care, I didn't expect that the insect pests came more and more later, like an infection, there are already three kinds of insect pests now." ”

Meng Wei nodded, this ancient is not like the modern times there are so many kinds of pesticides, most of them are plant ash.

The advantage is that the food is healthy and natural, and there is no need to worry about pesticide residues, but the disadvantage is that pests are prone to occur.

"I took a preliminary look, and if these peppercorns only have these three insect pests, it is not a big problem."

Master Xu's parents were a little dumbfounded, and asked in disbelief: "Little master, are you saying that you can get rid of this peppercorn pest?" ”

"Don't call me little master, call me by my name, my name is Meng Wei, as for this insect infestation, except that I dare not say it, but at least the situation will be much better than now."

Seeing that Meng Wei was full of confidence, Master Xu and his wife glanced at each other, their eyes were full of excitement: "Little Master Meng Wei, no matter what you do, you said we will do it, I don't want this pepper to get rid of insect pests now, I just want this flower watering tree to not die, even if it only produces one-tenth of the previous pepper, it is better than the death of the pepper tree, but I don't know what we should do?" ”

Meng Wei opened her mouth, wanting people to prepare paper and pencils, but suddenly remembered that this is ancient times, many characters are traditional characters, the original owner has never learned words before, and although she knows most traditional characters, she can't write.

After thinking about it, Meng Wei said: "I can't read, I said you just remember, first, collect all the branches and pepper trees that have died or withered and burn them, second, as long as it's a sunny day, mobilize your family to catch the cattle every morning, it's the kind of yellow little insects, third"

Meng Wei proposed two or three methods for each insect pest, and at the end, Meng Wei said, "As long as you do what I say, then the problem will not be too big." ”

Because there was nothing to do today, they didn't rush to go back now, so Chef Xu spontaneously cooked to entertain them.

Although Meng Wei had tasted Master Xu's craftsmanship during the tasting before, it was impossible for the dishes on that table to be the hands of the chef Master Xu, so Meng Wei didn't know how many of them came from Master Xu.

Xiao Jing didn't eat Aunt Lin's craftsmanship in the Hou Mansion, so when she ate what Master Xu cooked, she didn't even bother to speak, she only knew that she was immersed in the food.

Relatively speaking, Meng Wei seemed much more normal, although it was not as pleasing to the eye as when Ye Zichuan was eating, but she did not have the slightest sense of artificiality.

Master Xu's family ate the food cooked by Master Xu, and the voices of admiration were endless, and they seemed to enjoy Master Xu's craftsmanship.

But the person concerned looked at Meng Wei with some anxiety like a primary school student being inspected by a teacher, and even used the wrong hand to hold the chopsticks.

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