Chapter 146: Cleaning Up Invasive Plants

However, the Qinghe Alliance did not give up on any of them. They took good care of them with good food and drink every day, and provided them with movies, variety shows and other entertainment, just to divert their attention and give them the motivation to persevere.

Moreover, the Qinghe Alliance is particularly scheming and plays videos from abroad to these infected people every day. For example, the government of Zuo Siguo has not yet stepped forward to treat the patients infected with Unknown No. 1. There are patients lying everywhere on the streets. Zuo Siguo is now a living hell.

Therefore, the patients in Qinghua Country who were infected with Unknown No. 1 are particularly grateful to the Qinghe Alliance. They appear to be in good spirits when they talk to their families on the phone or video every day. After all, only with the comparison do they know how happy it is to live in Qinghua Country.

Although the rainfall in early March brought a disaster to mankind, the groundwater level rose after the rainfall and the global drought ended.

However, because of that rain, no country has dared to use the restored river and lake water until now, including Qinghua.

But it's not a good idea to just stay in this stalemate. The feeling of being able to see but not touch is more frustrating than never having experienced it at all.

Chief of the Alliance Li Cheng called the research institute again, "Old Xu, please give me a definite answer on what's going on!"

Dean Xu was silent for a while before he spoke: "We have some clues. After Unknown No. 1 disappeared, some trace elements appeared in both the soil and the river water. We also tested plants and animals, and found some trace elements in their bodies.

This means that we may live in a world with excessive levels of these elements for a long time in the future.”

"Then why don't you tell me what the impact will be? We can't just keep dragging it on like this, right?"

"If you take these elements in small amounts in the short term, they won't have much impact on your body. However, if these trace elements accumulate too much in your body, they can cause some diseases, such as developmental delay, loss of appetite, joint pain, anemia and other symptoms."

Chief Alliance Officer Li was silent. "Then if we consume water and food with excessive amounts of this element every day, how long will it take for serious poisoning to occur?"

"About 20 to 30 years!"

After hearing this, Chief Alliance Officer Li Cheng wanted to beat up President Xu. You must be living too comfortably and don’t know the sufferings of the world, right?

Li Cheng's chief alliance officer suppressed his urge to speak sweetly, took a deep breath and said, "Don't you know that people all over the country are waiting for water?"

Dean Xu sighed, "Isn't this for the sake of our future generations? If we continue to consume water and food with excessive trace elements, our human heritage may be cut off in the future!"

"Alright, alright. I really can't talk to an old fogy like you anymore." Chief Alliance Officer Li Cheng hung up the phone angrily and asked his secretary to urgently notify a meeting.

The meeting went smoothly. Apparently, the current living conditions did not allow them to consider whether the elements exceeded the standard or not. If they did not supply water, the citizens of Qinghua might die before they could be poisoned by the elements exceeding the standard.

So, the next day, a notice was issued on the Qinghe Alliance official blog.

"Dear citizens of Qinghua Country, the Qinghe Alliance has good news to tell you. That is, in three days, Qinghua Country will fully restore its water supply!

However, the Qinghe Alliance has another piece of bad news to tell you. That is, according to the report of the research institute, the water resources, plants and animals in Qinghua Country have been tested and found to have excessive trace elements.

If you consume water and food with excessive elements for a long time, it will affect your health. According to the research institute, if you consume water and food with excessive elements every day, your body will develop serious poisoning symptoms in 20 to 30 years.

Here, the Qinghe Alliance can only tell you the truth. It is up to you to choose whether to eat and drink and wait 20 or 30 years, or to not eat or drink and die right now! "

This Weibo post once again set the entire network on fire, with netizens saying that the Qinghe Alliance was simply inhumane. Couldn't they just lie to them? Why did they have to let everyone live and wait for death in plain sight?

However, some more rational netizens agree with the Qinghe Alliance's actions, because with psychological preparation, everyone will no longer blame the Qinghe Alliance in the future. Moreover, even if certain elements in the body exceed the standard, there are ways to deal with it. It is better than saying nothing and waiting until your body collapses without knowing what happened!

Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan were also surprised after seeing the news. No wonder Qinghua Country had not restored the water supply for so long. However, in the context of the apocalypse, is it necessary to consider so much? Can an element exceeding the standard delay last for a month?

The two didn't think any more about it. Just for safety's sake, they decided to continue using the water in the space in the future.

As April approached, the temperature was getting higher day by day. The corn and sweet potatoes planted by Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan had already sprouted and grown leaves, but the two of them didn't pay much attention to them and just went to check on them occasionally.

One day, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan were processing documents when they were notified to have a meeting in five minutes.

The two of them quickly saved their work and entered the conference room. When they came out, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan both felt that this mission was a bit incredible.

It turned out that they were arranged to go to Hucheng County to clear invasive plants.

During this period, the Qinghe Alliance's policy of "universal farming" was implemented very well. However, plans could not keep up with changes. After the temperature rose, many cities and villages were occupied by invasive plants.

It wasn't very obvious in the past when there were many plants, but invasive plants have no natural enemies and are extremely resilient. Now there are no native plants to compete with them for nutrients. If things go wrong, all the plants in Qinghua Country may be killed by invasive plants.

There was no other way, the Qinghe Alliance could only arrange for laborers and staff from various local units to go to areas with high incidence of invasive plants and manually clear these invasive plants.

In this way, the Human Resources Management Office was assigned to Hucheng County.

After Director Zhu conveyed the spirit of the meeting to everyone, he informed everyone that they could go home to prepare, and agreed on a time to gather at the unit gate at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning and drive to Hucheng County together.

After Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan returned home, they took out two pairs of white gloves for work from the space, and then prepared toilet paper, wet wipes, sunscreen, etc., and put them all in Qiaoan's bag.

Then Bi Qiaoan went to the kitchen to prepare tomorrow's lunch, fried pork, mapo tofu and rice.

The next day, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan wore loose sportswear and sneakers, wore sunglasses, masks and straw hats, carried small bags and lunch boxes, and set off!

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