Chapter 160 Is this still modern society?

When the young men heard Xu Ying's words, they looked at each other with flickering eyes.

Xu Ying immediately understood that these little brats must have skipped class.

She didn't want to preach either, after all, children hate being preached to.

Xu Ying said calmly, "Let's go back to the village first. Which village are you from?"

The teenagers were a little surprised to see that Xu Ying didn't blame them, but just chatted with them like a friend. "We are from East Village."

"Have there been any signs of fertilizer pollution near your village recently?" Xu Ying asked them as they walked. "For example, white particles appearing on the soil, poultry and livestock inexplicably falling ill, or boiled water that smells strange?"

The young men's eyes widened when they heard what Xu Ying said. "Master Xu, how did you know that? You're even more powerful than the master the village chief invited to summon the land god!"

"Almost every family in the village has been affected by what you're saying. My cow has been walking like it's drunk lately, with a strange gait and sometimes even shaking."

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When Xu Ying heard the teenagers say "invite the expert from the land god", he was confused. Is this still a modern scientific society?

However, in an ancient village like this, the villagers all believe in some gods to some extent, and compulsory education has only been popularized for one generation of children, and most of the villagers have deeply rooted traditional feudal ideas.

Xu Ying asked curiously, "Inviting a master from the land god? Who is this person? Are you inviting him to perform a ritual?"

"Yes, the harvest in the village is getting worse year by year. The elders in the village are saying it's because of natural disasters and that the land god no longer blesses our land."

"So we have to perform a ritual to invite the land god back, and also offer sacrifices to ask the land god to forgive us."

“That’s right!”

Among the teenagers, there was a boy wearing a gray jacket. His name was Song Dongbai, and he was the eldest of the six.

Song Dongbai pointed at the steamed bun frogs in Xu Ying's airline box and said, "That Taoist master also said that the croaking of these steamed bun frogs in the village is a bad omen. After the land god left, these chaotic creatures came to the village. These frogs are evil stars, and their croaking is a curse."

"We think it's outrageous. I've read in my biology textbook that fertilizers pollute the soil. These frogs may have moved from the fields to the houses in our village because of the soil pollution."

Another young man said, "But these frogs keep croaking. What's going on? Isn't their breeding season in the summer?"

The boy had a very childish face and clear eyes, and he was a little afraid of the rumors spread by the adults.

Before Xu Ying came, he had checked the weather forecast for Crescent Oasis. Recently, due to the invasion of cold air from the Atlantic Ocean and the encounter with the mountains near the Crescent Oasis, orographic rain was formed. It has been raining from time to time in Crescent Oasis recently.

After Xu Ying guessed the reason, he explained to the teenagers, "They quack because it's been raining occasionally lately."

"Mantou frogs are very sensitive to rainfall. They usually start singing within fifteen to thirty minutes after it rains. If you think carefully, do they always sing after it rains?"

The boys opened their eyes wide and recalled carefully, and found that it was indeed true.

"These little frogs really took the blame!"

"The sage said that to get rid of the evil spirits, we had to first exterminate these animals that bring bad luck. We thought that was a bit outrageous, so we volunteered to catch the mantou frogs and release them into the water."

"The mantou frogs' arrival in the village is clearly due to fertilizer pollution, and the decline in harvests is also due to fertilizer pollution. This can all be explained scientifically."

The children scratched their heads, puzzled: "But why do the adults say it's because the land god left our Crescent Oasis?"

As they were talking, Xu Ying and his group had already arrived at the village entrance and ran into the village chief who was looking for someone with the teacher's family.

When the village chief saw Song Dongbai and his group, he quickly shouted to the large group behind him: "Found it, found it, the child is not lost!"

Seeing that the teenagers were safe and sound, the parents rushed up with sea buckthorn strips and slippers in their hands, and were about to grab their children's ears and teach them a lesson.

"You kids are really good. You don't study hard and you skip class!"

"Six of you were thrown in this time. Didn't you six even bother to say hello to your families?"

"Where did you go to play again?"

The villagers' eyes fell on Xu Ying: "Who are you? Did you take our children out to play after skipping classes?"

Song Dongbai and the others quickly explained: "No, no, my sister is an animal rescuer, she came here..."

Xu Ying spoke loudly at this time, showing his ID to the villagers, and said in a loud voice: "I was sent by the organization to inspect the cattle, sheep, chickens and other livestock in the village."

"I came across the children near the water on my way here. I was worried they might drown, so I brought them back."

Xu Ying pulled a stethoscope from his backpack. "If there are any animals in the village that have contracted strange diseases, please report them to me and I'll go check them out right away."

When the villagers heard what Xu Ying said, their expressions softened a little. This girl came to treat the animals in the village and also helped bring back the lost naughty child. They felt that she was a nice person when they first met her.

Song Dongbai and the other six teenagers turned their gazes towards Xu Ying and blinked. Their sister's explanation was different from what she had just told them. However, these teenagers now considered Xu Ying their accomplice. They were allies, so of course their job was to help their ally cover up his lies.

"This veterinarian is amazing! She knows everything about astronomy and geography. She can answer all the questions we ask!"

"My sister also told us to study hard and take the exam to join the army in the future."

The teacher got angry and pointed at their noses: "Why don't you guys come back to school with me? Why are you still hanging around here?"

Xu Ying smiled and patted Song Dongbai on the shoulder: "Hurry up and go to school, kids. I look forward to you becoming my colleagues in the future."

The teenagers were greatly encouraged. Although they were scolded, they still followed the teacher back happily.

The villagers who thought the parents were all a little surprised that these naughty kids didn't talk back to them this time and were so well behaved.

The village chief had been looking at Xu Ying from the side. The staff member looked very serious, but his superior had greeted him.

"Hello young lady, I am Miao Kangji, the village chief of Yueya East Village. Is there anything I can help you with?"

The village chief is about fifty years old. He is not tall, but he is very sturdy. At first glance, he is an honest farmer.

He wore a blue cloth hat that was washed to a pale color. The brim of the hat was a little soft and crooked, pressing down on his gray temples. The cuffs of his coarse cloth clothes were frayed, but they were washed clean and the buttons were buttoned meticulously.