【179】Tumbleweed
It's hard to imagine how hot this dry season is, but all the plants that are not shaded by the shade are all dying from the sun, the branches are softened and lying on the ground, and the tall trees are not much better, the leaves on the branches are all yellow, dry and cracked, and even curled up, completely losing their vitality.
In this hot weather, there is also a very serious problem within the Huangqiu tribe, which plagues all the Huangqiu tribesmen, including Shen Nong, that is, the mosquito infestation.
As we all know, places with dense vegetation are prone to breed a large number of mosquitoes, especially in summer, where water sources are abundant, and the progeny of mosquitoes is even more rampant, almost to the extent that even humans dare not approach.
The terrain where the ancestral land of the Huangqiu tribe is located is the forest, where there are huge plant species, wild grasses and bushes everywhere, it can be said that there is no place where the number of mosquitoes is more than the forest.
Looking at the swarm of mosquitoes above the water surface in the ditch, which were sizable, flying everywhere, and jet black, Shen Nong couldn't help but feel a headache, in the past, the thing he hated the most was mosquitoes, of course, it is still now.
The problem for Shen Nong is how to eradicate the mosquitoes that have occupied the ditches, and their presence has obviously hindered the daily water intake of the Huangqiu people.
I remember that there was a Huangqiu tribesman who dared to run to the side of the ditch to get water, but he was wrapped by those mosquitoes in an instant, and his skin was full of red envelopes, and finally the whole person passed out directly in place, or Shen Nong had a wit, and used the dry grass to light the smoke to save him, otherwise those mosquitoes would at least have to suck up the blood in his body before they were willing to let him go.
And this unlucky person who was sucked unconscious by the mosquito swarm was not small, and Shen Nong used seven medicinal herbs with a spicy taste and swelling effect to save him from his coma.
This unexpected danger also made everyone vigilant, and they didn't dare to underestimate those mosquito swarms, and everyone stayed away from the ditch to hide far away, for fear of being entangled by those mosquito swarms.
Although people are safe, it is not a sustainable solution after all, because the Huangqiu people and those eel slaves need to drink water every day, not only them, but also gray gulls, old whites, white cattle and other animals need to drink water, and those transplanted berry trees and berry bushes also need water irrigation, otherwise it is easy to die due to lack of water.
In general, the daily water consumption of the Huangqiu tribe is very huge, after all, since there is a ditch connected to Bai Ze in the tribe, everyone knows that there is no shortage of water, and naturally they will be lavish when using water.
It's easy to go from simplicity to luxury, but it's very difficult to go from luxury to simplicity, and now you let the people of the Huangqiu tribe don't have enough water, which is even more uncomfortable than not letting them sleep.
However, with a large number of mosquitoes occupying the only water source in the Huangqiu tribe, this has caused them to fall into a serious water shortage crisis.
Shen Nong sat on a stone outside the entrance of the big cave, frowning and thinking about how he could drive away or completely eliminate these mosquito ancestors who lived in primitive times.
In order to get rid of those mosquito swarms, he also used a lot of soil methods, such as burning haystacks by the ditch, and then using black smoke to smoke those mosquitoes, this method is quite effective, but the problem is that those mosquito swarms are also thieves, when you smoke the smoke, they will withdraw from the ditch area, but when the smoke clears, they immediately flew back uninvited, which can be said to be Shen Nong's anger.
If it weren't for the fact that he hadn't found a trace of wormwood in this era, otherwise he would really have to let those mosquitoes know what the power of mosquito repellent grass is.
In this situation of mosquito infestation, Shen Nong couldn't help but miss the mosquito coils and electric mosquito swatters, which were mosquito killers, if Shen Nong could have an electric mosquito swatter in his hand at this moment...... It will be very refreshing to kill these dense mosquitoes.
And in addition to smoke, Shen Nong didn't have any good way, because there were too many mosquitoes in the mosquito swarm, and everyone couldn't step forward to slap and kill those mosquitoes, because once you got close, you would immediately be attacked by all the mosquitoes, and even before you had time to slap a few more palms, you were already directly stunned by the mosquito swarm.
In general, Shen Nong is now at a loss.
"Squeak! squeak. Just when Shen Nong was at a loss, Lao Bai suddenly ran over from where he didn't know where to hold a grass ball the size of a basketball, and then put the grass ball at Shen Nong's feet, standing on the ground with two legs upright and dancing.
"What is this?" Shen Nong was also attracted by this grass ball, for no other reason, because the shape of the grass ball is too peculiar, its whole body is round and spherical, and the surface is all wrapped together by dead grass, and finally forms such a round sphere.
Shen Nong picked up the grass ball and observed it very curiously, but he didn't know what the reason was, maybe it was because Shen Nong's grasping force was too great, and the entire grass ball exploded directly in his hand, turning into a large amount of dead grass scattered on his legs.
"It's hollow inside!" Shen Nong let out a curious 'huh', then lowered his head and asked Lao Bai, "Where did you find this thing?"
How could Lao Bai understand what he said, he just hugged Shen Nong's calf vigorously, and then pointed in the direction of the southern wall and screamed.
Seeing that Lao Bai suspected that he had discovered something special, Shen Nong jumped directly from the stone, and then walked straight towards the southern wall.
Lao Bai's movement speed was much faster than Shen Nong's, plus it was a little monkey with a fiery nature, and before Shen Nong could reach the bottom of the southern wall, Lao Bai had already climbed to a height of two or three meters above the wall, and kept lowering his head and shouting at Shen Nong, as if he wanted him to climb up too.
Shen Nong was a quasi-warrior, and climbing a tree was naturally trivial for him, so Shen Nong even climbed and jumped, and he had already reached the top of the wall in a few strokes.
"Squeak!"
Finding Lao Bai's position among the many branches, Shen Nong walked over with his help to the branches, and stood still on the branch where he was sitting, looking down and enjoying the scenery outside the wall.
I have to say that the scene you see when you stand on a high place is different from what you see when you stand on the ground, and this forest Shen Nong has walked many times, but he has never felt that it is beautiful before.
But now that he looks at it, Shen Nong has changed his mind.
I saw the golden sunlight shining on the earth from the sky, all swaying on the branches and leaves of those tall trees, and the yellow and clear imprints were extremely bright.
The sunlight that penetrated through the gaps in the leaves was like golden pillars of light projected onto the grassy ground below, revealing irregularly shaped spots of light.
At this moment, Shen Nong appreciated the natural beauty of this primeval forest.
At the same time, in Shen Nong's field of vision, there were also spherical clumps of withered grass that were constantly rolling from the direction of the depths of the forest, and these clumps of withered grass moved with the wind and walked with the wind.
It looks like it's floating and flying.