Chapter 132 Sharp-mouthed Rat
When Xia Xiaoman heard what was coming from the loudspeaker outside, he broke out in a cold sweat.
She knew about rabies. She had seen a son of a family being bitten by a mad dog in her hometown. The family took their son to get rabies vaccine in time, but within 3 days, the child suddenly went crazy and convulsed and died.
The mortality rate of rabies is almost 100%, and even if you get a rabies vaccine, it cannot be guaranteed to be effective.
The more Xia Xiaoman thought about it, the more worried he became. He checked the house for the third time and installed wire mesh in all the holes to leave no room for mice.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Shijin returned the car. She didn't dare to go out wearing canvas shoes anymore, so she changed into a pair of high-top waders before going to the garage.
"The car was used up so soon? How is the person who was sent to the medical station?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Wang Shijin had a sad face and slowly shook his head, "He couldn't be saved. The medical station didn't have rabies vaccine, so they could only perform ordinary rescue."
Xia Xiaoman sighed, "What is that sharp-mouthed rat? Is it a new species?"
"A sharp-mouthed rat is a shrew. Its scientific name seems to be shrew. It is a blind rat with a long and sharp mouth."
When Wang Shijin mentioned the name of Sao Rat, she knew what it was. "Sao Rat usually doesn't attack humans, and rarely runs to places where humans live. How come it suddenly appeared in the floating city?"
"I heard he ran down from Wucheng..."
Wucheng has lush forests and is located in a humid and hot area, making it the best habitat for sharp-billed rats.
Before the natural disaster, sharp-billed rats could often be seen in the mountains and fields of Wucheng. After the natural disaster, the sharp-billed rats were forced to hide in the mountains by floods, and then encountered a drought and locust plague that was rare in a century, and all the grass and trees in the mountains and forests and the earthworms and insects underground disappeared.
Without food, the sharp-beaked rats can only go down the mountain to find food.
But the city is different now. There is no uneaten food on the streets, and no restaurant sewage in the alleys. The hungry rats are ferocious and not only attack humans, but also eat corpses.
The sharp-nosed rats that ate the corpse became even more ferocious, and carried more and more germs and viruses in their bodies.
Many rabies patients gradually appeared in Wucheng. At this time, the local government began to pay attention to the various hazards caused by sharp-mouthed rats and carried out rat eradication throughout the city. The sharp-mouthed rats were forced to leave Wucheng and head south, all the way to Fucheng.
"Half a month ago, many sharp-beaked rats suddenly emerged from the haze and attacked humans. Their eyes were red and they looked very dangerous."
Wang Shijin said with a heavy heart: "We didn't take these sharp-mouthed rats seriously at first. It was not until rabies patients appeared one after another in the community that we realized the harm of sharp-mouthed rats."
"In addition to our community, many rabies patients have appeared in other places in Fucheng. The medical station is crowded with people. On average, a rabies patient is sent here every five minutes. The medical station does not have rabies vaccines, so these people can only wait to die..."
Xia Xiaoman only knew that the sharp-nosed rat had toxins in its body. If bitten, the wound would be numb for a short time, and then gradually become red, swollen and painful, and it would take several days for the swelling to go down.
But few people know that today's sharp-nosed rats are so dangerous that people can be infected with rabies after being bitten.
"Will anyone who is bitten by a sharp-nosed rat be infected with rabies?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Wang Shijin shook his head. “No, but the chance of infection after being bitten is very high. At least eight out of ten people will be infected with rabies.”
Xia Xiaoman frowned, "What are they going to do? Just let the sharp-mouthed rats run rampant?"
"Uncle Luo asked someone about it, and it seems that the higher-ups are studying something more important than the sharp-mouthed rat, and they don't have time to deal with this matter for the time being. However, they have sent people to urgently make mousetraps, and when the mousetraps are completed, they will be put on sale at the trading point."
Xia Xiaoman grasped the key point and asked, "Is there something more important than the sharp-mouthed rat? Is there another disaster that's going to happen?"
Wang Shijin laughed bitterly, "Uncle Luo couldn't find out the answer, so who should I ask if you ask me?"
"Okay!" Xia Xiaoman curled her lips and changed the subject: "Do you know how to make a mousetrap?" The government can make a mousetrap, and so can she. There is no need to wait for the trading point to put it on the shelves.
Wang Shijin shook his head. "I can't, but Sun Haiyun should be able to. You can ask Fu Baiwei."
After Fu Baiwei joined the shooting team, she seldom came to see her. She didn't know how long she would have to wait for Fu Baiwei to come to her.
Xia Xiaoman knew Fu Baiwei's address. After sending Wang Shijin away, she took some rice and flour to find Fu Baiwei.
At around five in the afternoon, Fu Baiwei finished her day's work and returned home. Seeing Xia Xiaoman squatting at the door, she asked in surprise, "Xiaoman! Why are you here?"
Xia Xiaoman stood up and stretched. "I have something to ask you. Does your boyfriend know how to make mousetraps? Can you make a few for me?"
"Mousetrap? Are there mice in your house?" Fu Baiwei asked as she opened the door and invited Xia Xiaoman in.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw a transparent plastic oil bottle placed on the side of the corridor. The two sharp-mouthed rats in the bottle seemed to have heard the sound and were running back and forth excitedly, trying to climb out of the bottle.
Unfortunately, there was a plastic board on top of the bottle, and the two sharp-mouthed rats couldn't climb out no matter what.
"Is this the mousetrap made by your boyfriend?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Fu Baiwei hummed, "This mousetrap is pretty useful, it always catches the mouse. But after catching the mouse, you have to find a way to kill it, otherwise once you open the lid, all the mice will run out."
"Can you make ten for me? I'll provide the materials and this is your reward." Xia Xiaoman put the rice and flour he brought on the table.
Fu Baiwei waved her hand and said, "Take it back. It's just a few mousetraps. Why do you want a reward? Just prepare the materials."
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said, "Let's put things in perspective. Just take it if it's given to you." If you want a long-lasting relationship, there must be give-and-take, and you can't be greedy for small gains.
Fu Baiwei couldn't persuade her, so she nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll shamelessly accept it. Bring the materials over later, and I'll ask Ayun to rush the work for you tonight and try to deliver it tomorrow."
"No rush, we can wait two days." After that, she said, "Weiwei, your boyfriend can make mousetraps, why don't you make more and sell them?"
There is an urgent shortage of mousetraps now. Once you take them out, they will be snatched away in minutes without any need for shouting.
Fu Baiwei glanced at her and said, "Do you think I don't want to? It's just that we don't have the materials. We collected all these mousetraps with great difficulty."
The mousetrap made by Sun Haiyun is made of simple materials, including hard iron wire, oil barrel, and a piece of plastic board.
Wire and plastic sheets are easy to find, but oil cans or containers of the same size as oil cans are hard to find.
So Fu Baiwei could only watch helplessly as this opportunity to make a fortune was missed...
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