Pick up the hoe, I can kill one with one blow."
"Captain Lin, I'm not kidding you.
Based on my observations over the past few days, due to this year's famine, there is less leftover food in the fields.
Those mice won't be able to find enough food, so they will definitely gather together slowly.
And it's not just our production team. I'm afraid that more than a dozen production teams in the entire commune will soon face a rat plague.
You don't have to believe what I say.
But I hope you can report this information to the commune, and then the commune will make arrangements for rat extermination and prevention.”
The forest fire was unwilling to give up, and once again emphasized the possibility of a rat plague with reason and evidence.
However, Lin Jianguo was obviously stubborn and didn't listen to a word he said.
He continued to mock Lin Huowang and said, "Well! Not only do you want to appoint me as the team leader, you even dare to appoint the commune as well."
It was the deputy captain Lin Shuisheng who heard Lin Huowang's detailed analysis and basis.
Considering that he had often seen rats traveling in groups in the past few days, he couldn't help but frown and began to take it seriously.
He pulled Lin Huowang aside and asked carefully, "Awang, if there is a rat plague, how can we prevent it? Will gasoline work? If there is no gasoline, can we use diesel?"
"Of course. If that doesn't work, prepare some soybean oil or something like that, anything that can be burned will do.
Uncle Shuisheng, human life is at stake.
As I just said, it’s not just our village, but also a dozen nearby production teams…”
Seeing that Lin Shuisheng was a little shaken, Lin Huowang immediately explained it to him in detail.
In fact, Lin Huowang had a very good impression of Lin Shuisheng.
In his previous life, he was demobilized and served as the director of the Forestry Bureau. When he returned to Linjiagou, Lin Shuisheng has been the village director. He has been wholeheartedly devoted to the villagers from beginning to end and has worked hard all his life for the villagers to get rich and live a well-off life.
"Well... would it be a bit too... exaggerating to report this to the commune?"
Lin Shuisheng frowned and hesitated.
“How is this making a mountain out of a molehill?
Uncle Shuisheng, it’s better to be cautious.
Even if there was no rat plague, what would be wrong if you suggested to the commune that each production team should raise awareness of rat prevention during the New Year, strengthen supervision of granaries, etc.?
If a rat plague really breaks out, this would be a great achievement, saving so many lives!"
Lin Huowang continued to persuade.
"Okay! It's up to you then.
It just so happens that I'm going to the commune to stretch my muscles."
Nodding, Lin Shuisheng also felt that what Lin Huowang said made sense.
However, when Lin Shuisheng reported his plan to the commune to the team leader Lin Jianguo, Lin Jianguo said with even more disdain:
"Shuisheng, do you really believe this kid's lies?
It's snowing heavily, and I went to the commune, but I had nothing to do after eating."
"I just happened to be on my way to the commune to look for my brother-in-law, so I just did this by chance."
Lin Shuisheng smiled and without further explanation, prepared to harness the donkey cart.
Lin Huowang took his hunting rifle and followed him out of the team headquarters.
Just at this moment, two educated youths, Zhong Yuejin and Tian Jinbu, happened to be walking towards them, talking and laughing.
Zhong Yuejin was holding an envelope with a stamp on it in his hand. As soon as he entered the team compound and saw the raging forest fire, he immediately hid the envelope behind him out of guilt.
The smiles on their faces also came to an abrupt end.
However, Lin Huowang had just got the shotgun and was about to test the accuracy of the shotgun. He did not care about the changes in the expressions of the two people and quickly left the team headquarters.
"Phew! I was scared to death.
How come this cripple happened to be at the team headquarters? "
Zhong Yuejin breathed a sigh of relief only after Lin Huowang left, and took out the envelope again.
“He must have come to get a gun, but the hunting rifle in his hand is so rusty, can it still be used?
You don't know your own limitations! A crippled man wants to be a mountain ranger and hunt for a living?
It's not that I look down on him, but if he can kill a squirrel, he is considered great."
Tian Jinbu said, pointing at the deputy captain Lin Shuisheng who was harnessing a donkey cart, and said to Zhong Yuejin, "Brother Zhong, the deputy captain is harnessing a donkey cart, so he must be going to the commune.
Give him the letter quickly. If you do it quickly, maybe it will be printed in the next issue of Poetry Magazine!"
"Well! The sooner it is published, the better.
I can’t wait any longer. If this song “Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms” becomes famous all over the world, maybe I can return to the city earlier.”
Zhong Yuejin was also full of enthusiasm. He caught up with the deputy captain Lin Shuisheng in a few steps and gave him the trust to submit his manuscript to Poetry Magazine.
…
Deputy team leader Lin Shuisheng rushed to the commune and repeated what Lin Huowang had said.
But unfortunately, the director of the commune was a lazy and responsible idiot. Like Lin Jianguo, he thought that the "rat plague" was an alarmist statement.
Not only did they not take Lin Shuisheng's words seriously, they even thought that he was looking for trouble and deliberately causing panic.
Finally, Lin Shuisheng had no choice but to take back three barrels of diesel from the commune in advance on the pretext that he would need a tractor to pump water for irrigation next year.
After returning, Lin Shuisheng truthfully told the team leader Lin Jianguo the response from the commune.
Lin Jianguo immediately burst into laughter and mocked him:
"You believed that cripple, so you got scolded!
There's nothing to be afraid of with little mice. Even if there is a plague of mice, we are all living people with a hoe each, and we can kill all the mice."
…
On the other hand, Lin Huowang, who got the shotgun, went home and disassembled it first, removing the rust part by part.
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