Chapter 346: Enemies Are Envious of Each Other

While they were talking, the water in the pot had already boiled.

Chuxue shouted, "Mom, it's time to go down."

Mother Liu walked forward, picked up the curtain made of sorghum stalks and walked to the stove: "Hurry up and eat. You never know when we will have to call the heads of each family over to discuss things."

Chu Xue was a little worried: "Dad, if the secretary assigns you some work, you have to take it easy. Your leg has just recovered a little, so you can't do heavy work."

Father Liu saw that his daughter was worried about him, and smiled: "I know."

Chuxue thought of something: "Dad, how did you chase badgers in the past?"

At this time, Liu's mother's first pot of noodles was also cooked. She scooped a large bowl of noodles and poured the fried whistles with Chuxue. She also cut some green onions and coriander into the bowl, and then handed it to her husband: "Eat quickly, your daughter's fried whistles are good."

His eyes were full of smiles as he spoke.

Father Liu took the bowl and said, "We divided into several teams and took turns to guard that piece of land. When we saw a badger or heard any noise, we would take the village gong and beat it, which would scare it away. After a few days, it would not dare to come again."

Chu Xue thought for a moment and said: "Actually, badgers are also afraid of those strong smells. Why not go to the scrap yard and find some bicycle tires? Then light a few fires in that field and put some wet wood in them. When the time comes, make the smoke bigger and put the bicycle tires in. If that doesn't work, throw in some chili powder.

Someone will be there to keep the fire burning. There will be smoke and a pungent smell, and it won't be long before it has to move."

Father Liu waved his hand and said, "I'm afraid it won't work. Even if the recycling station has it, it will cost money. I'm afraid no one will agree."

Chuxue thought about it and realized that she had taken it for granted. Now not only each household was poor, but the whole village was probably short of money.

Chu Xue was cutting noodles with a knife, but she was thinking about the badger: "Dad, why don't you try making a few hay men, and then hang a few pieces of rags on the rack, preferably brightly colored ones, which should also have a deterrent effect."

Father Liu nodded and said, "We can try this, but we have to drive the badgers away with a gong and then put up some straw men there."

Sure enough, he was called to a meeting just after he finished his meal.

Although what Chuxue said was unrealistic, he still mentioned it to the branch secretary and the village chief.

Unexpectedly, Zhicun said, "It's not possible to go to the scrapyard and spend money to buy tires, but everyone has dried chilies, so we can give it a try. Start a few fires and throw some chili powder in them. I don't believe those guys can stand it. Add the sound of the gong and see if we can't scare those bastards to death."

Finally, the villagers decided to use a three-pronged approach: gongs, chili fires to create smoke, and scarecrows to drive away the guys who were destroying the corn as soon as possible.

But he was an old farmer after all, so he didn't put wet firewood in the fire. Instead, he found rotten leaves and the like, and sprinkled soil in them. The village chief also contributed a string of small firecrackers, which he picked one by one and mixed in the fire, thinking that after lighting them, the sound of firecrackers would be heard every once in a while to scare the badgers.

In the afternoon, Chuxue followed Liu's mother to the peanut field to weed. They happened to meet Accountant Liu's wife. Oh, no, she is not an accountant now. They met Peng Ailan and her daughter.

This was the first time Chuxue had seen these two people since that day.

When Liu Shuqin saw Chuxue, anyone could see the hatred in her. She was about to rush to Chuxue, but was stopped by her mother Peng Ailan: "Forget what your father said, don't cause trouble."

(End of this chapter)