Shen Qiqi held the brand new hoe, stroking the smooth wooden handle, but her eyes fell on the overgrown vegetable garden in front of her.
This is not a vegetable garden, it's a wilderness survival scene!
Her brows were furrowed so tightly that they looked as if they could pinch a fly to death.
"If we don't solve the pest problem, even the best tools will be useless."
Lu Qing stood beside her, also looking at this "field of hope", and sighed helplessly.
"That's right, this thing is harder to deal with than my mother."
Old Madam Lu had sharp ears and heard these words from a distance. She immediately came over with her cane, looking aggressive. "What are you talking about, you little brat! You're comparing your mother to a pest. I think you deserve to be punished!"
Lu Qing shrank his neck and quickly apologized: "Mom, that's not what I meant, I was just using a metaphor, a metaphor!" He looked at Shen Qiqi for help, his eyes full of "wife, help me" signals.
Shen Qiqi suppressed her laughter and came out to smooth things over: "Mom, he just said it casually, don't take it to heart. We are just discussing how to deal with pests." She pulled her son who was looking at her curiously over and pointed at the vegetable garden and said, "Look, there are so many small insects in this vegetable garden. They will eat all the vegetables, and then we will have nothing to eat." The little guy nodded as if he understood, his little face full of seriousness.
"Isn't Uncle Liu, the pest expert, very good at this? Why don't we go ask him?" Lu Qing suggested.
As soon as she said it, Shen Qiqi immediately set off for Uncle Liu's house.
Uncle Liu stroked his beard, and after listening to Shen Qiqi's description, he said confidently: "It's very simple, just spray it with tobacco water."
Shen Qiqi tried Uncle Liu's method for a few days, but the effect was minimal.
She found Uncle Liu again and said firmly, "Uncle Liu, this method doesn't seem to be working. The bugs are still everywhere."
Uncle Liu's face flushed, and he was a little unhappy: "Impossible! I've been using this method for so many years, how could it not work? It must be that you're using it wrong!"
Lu Qing stood behind Shen Qiqi, silently supporting her: "Uncle Liu, Qiqi has always been serious about her work, she will definitely not make mistakes. Is there any other way?"
Uncle Liu was questioned by the two and became even more annoyed: "No! This method is the most effective! Believe it or not!"
Shen Qiqi looked at the increasingly yellowing leaves in the vegetable garden, her heart boiling with anger.
Isn't this Uncle Liu's "secret recipe" a scam?
She paced back and forth in the vegetable garden like an ant on a hot pan, softening the soil under her feet.
The sun scorched her back and beads of sweat slid down her cheeks, but she was completely unaware.
"Did this bug eat Xuanmai? Why do they keep coming the more I kill them?" Shen Qiqi kicked away a cabbage that had been gnawed to the point of only its skeleton, wishing she could pull out all the little bugs and beat them up.
Lu Qing stood aside, looking at his wife's anxious look, and his heart began to wrench in his heart.
He took a step forward and gently put his arm around Shen Qiqi's shoulders: "Don't worry, it will be fine." His voice was low and gentle, but it couldn't hide the worry between his brows.
Old Mrs. Lu was so anxious that she stamped her feet and knocked the ground with the cane in her hand.
"What should we do? If all the vegetables die, what will we eat?"
My son's face wrinkled up, and his original anticipation for the new vegetable garden was overshadowed.
"Bugs are so annoying! They ate all my vegetables."
Only Uncle Liu still looked calm and composed, as if it had nothing to do with him.
"I'm telling you guys, you just lack patience. Just spray it a few more times and it will be fine. Why are you in such a hurry?" He drank his tea leisurely, his tone full of pride.
Shen Qiqi took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in her heart. She just couldn't believe that this little bug could turn the world upside down!
She ignored Uncle Liu and squatted down, carefully observing the pests that were eating the leaves. They were black and looked like moving exclamation marks in her eyes.
"I don't believe I can't handle you little brats!"
She began to search around the vegetable garden, her eyes sharp, not missing any weeds.
Suddenly, she discovered several plants that emitted a special smell and there were almost no pests around these plants.
Her eyes lit up instantly, as if she saw a savior.
"Found it! Haha, so the secret is here!" Shen Qiqi jumped up excitedly and grabbed Lu Qing's arm. Her eyes were shining with excitement, as if she had discovered a new world.
"These grasses can repel insects!"
Lu Qing looked at her sparkling eyes and felt a surge of admiration in his heart.
My wife is such a treasure girl!
Old Mrs. Lu and her son also gathered around curiously, and when they heard Shen Qiqi's discovery, they showed anticipation on their faces.
"Really? Qiqi, please don't fool us!"
Shen Qiqi smiled mysteriously, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised: "Just wait and see, next, let these pests enjoy the 'plant aromatherapy'!" She bent down and pulled up a handful of grass with a smile on her lips, while Lu Qing looked at her back, but he felt vaguely in his heart that this vegetable garden would be lively from now on.
Shen Qiqi did what she said, crushing the special plants she had collected, mixing them with water, and making a "plant bomb" that exuded a unique fragrance.
She sprayed the "bomb" evenly in every corner of the vegetable garden. The air was filled with a herbal fragrance that was even a little intoxicating.
A few days later, a miracle happened!
The pests in the vegetable garden have really decreased visibly!
The leaves that had been eaten to pieces began to show new life.
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