Chapter 335 Red Bugs in the Mist
Because of these little red bugs, Xia Xiaoman took her first hot bath since the beginning of winter.
She washed herself from head to toe and washed her hair three times to make sure not a single bug could hide in her hair.
After taking a shower, Xia Xiaoman found Maodan lying at the door, staring at the crack.
Xia Xiaoman's heart skipped a beat, and she turned on the flashlight to shine through the crack in the door. Sure enough, small red bugs seeped in through the crack. Xia Xiaoman's face turned green, and she picked up the freshly boiled water and poured it into the crack in the door.
After cleaning the door, Xia Xiaoman did not relax. He still stared at the door cracks and windows vigilantly. Occasionally, he would shine a flashlight on the roof to see if there were any bugs crawling in through the gaps in the tiles.
Xia Xiaoman is not afraid of insects, but anyone surrounded by dense insects will feel their scalp tingling and goose bumps. The key is that she doesn't know what these insects are and whether they are harmful to humans.
After thinking for a while, Xia Xiaoman felt that she couldn't just sit there and wait for death. She put on a raincoat, took out a bucket and a ladder, and planned to pour a layer of ice shell on the roof to prevent the insects from entering the house.
I climbed onto the roof and was about to pour water on it when suddenly a scream came from the neighbor's house next door.
Xia Xiaoman was worried about the skuas attack, so she didn't bring a flashlight and couldn't see what happened at Chen Peiqiong's house next door. But she recognized that the screams were from a man, so she shouted in the direction of Chen Peiqiong's house: "Sister Pei! Do you need help?"
"Needed! Help me call the security team or the crossbow team over!" Chen Peiqiong's voice floated over, and Xia Xiaoman immediately jumped out of the house and went out to find the security team.
Recently, the crossbow team has been patrolling frequently, but the security team has disappeared. After Xia Xiaoman went out to look for them for a while, he found the crossbow team chasing the jaeger.
The crossbow team usually doesn't care about anything other than the Jaegers, but if something really serious happens, they will help to deal with it. Hearing that someone broke into the house to rob, the captain of the crossbow team arranged for five people to leave with Xia Xiaoman.
Seeing Xia Xiaoman coming with helpers, Chen Peiqiong put down the two knives in her hands and leaned against the wall exhausted. "These people climbed over the wall into my house. Please take them away." She pointed at the four people lying on the ground.
The crossbow team responded and happily took the men away. Yesterday, a new message was sent out that if they caught a robber during patrol, they would be rewarded. They didn't expect that they would encounter such a good thing just after the message was sent out.
After the crossbow team took the man away, Xia Xiaoman asked, "Are you okay? Are you injured?"
"I was stabbed twice on the back. Could you please apply some medicine for me?" Chen Peiqiong looked pale and she slowly moved into the room while holding onto the wall.
Xia Xiaoman stepped forward to help her into the room and carefully helped her take off her bloodstained clothes. The wound on Chen Peiqiong's body was very long, but fortunately not very deep, probably because she was wearing too many clothes, which blocked a lot of damage.
After taking off her clothes and revealing her smooth back, Xia Xiaoman gently wiped the blood around the wound with a clean cloth. At this moment, she discovered something was wrong.
After several red particles on Chen Peiqiong's back stretched out, they tried desperately to crawl in the opposite direction of the wound. Two of them that crawled slowly were swallowed by the blood and instantly struggled. It was more severe than being scalded by boiling water, as if the blood was sulfuric acid, causing them extreme pain.
After struggling for a while, the two insects stained with blood stopped moving. Xia Xiaoman curiously poked the two insects, but they showed no reaction, as if they were dead.
Xia Xiaoman frowned. Since these insects were so afraid of blood, they were most likely harmless insects.
Seeing that Xia Xiaoman had not made any move, Chen Peiqiong asked, "Xiaoman, is the wound on my back very deep?"
Xia Xiaoman came back to his senses and said, "No, I was just wondering if there was any Yunnan Baiyao powder left at home. I was so absorbed in thinking about it."
"I have hemostatic medicine. It's in the first compartment of the backpack. Just take it out and sprinkle it on the wound." Chen Peiqiong said, pointing to the backpack next to the kang.
Xia Xiaoman responded and took out a hemostatic drug from her backpack. What Chen Peiqiong called a hemostatic drug was some common herbs dried and ground into powder. Xia Xiaoman sprinkled the drug on her wound, bandaged it, and went back.
After returning home, Xia Xiaoman poured a layer of water on the roof and hid in the house without going out again.
The next day, the red fog was even heavier, and at the same time, the skuas in the sky disappeared. Xia Xiaoman took a broom and swept out all the insects that crawled into the eaves, wondering whether to make some ice bricks to block the insects' path.
Suddenly, a loudspeaker sounded outside, "Attention, residents! Attention, residents! A red fog is blowing in the floating city. It has been found that this 'red fog' is formed by insects hung up by the wind."
"The insects in the fog are tiny and can be easily inhaled into the lungs. We advise all residents to take precautions when going out to avoid inhaling insects into the lungs and causing illness."
"It has not yet been determined whether the red worms are harmful to humans, and the authorities are investigating. Before the results of the investigation come out, it is recommended that all residents avoid going out as much as possible..."
Xia Xiaoman sighed heavily. These insects are too small to be guarded against. If they are harmless to the human body, it would be fine. If they are harmful to the human body, I really don’t know how to prevent these insects from invading the house.
Suddenly, she remembered the scene of helping Chen Peiqiong treat her wound yesterday. She didn't have the ability to get so much blood to stop the bugs, but she remembered that human blood contained salt, so maybe she could try using salt water.
Xia Xiaoman did it right away. He shook the broom to shake off the bugs on it, then threw the broom by the door and went into the house to boil a pot of salt water.
After the salt water was boiled, she sprinkled it around the house. Sure enough, the insects were not afraid of blood, but the salt in the blood. Not long after the salt water was sprinkled, the insects changed direction and scrambled to crawl out.
After proving that salt water was effective, Xia Xiaoman told Zhang Can about this method and asked Zhang Can to inform Li Yu'e. If she remembered correctly, Sun Qing brought a lot of sea salt to Li Yu'e when she came to Fucheng, so she should have some in stock.
Knowing that salt water can repel red worms, Li Yu'e immediately ordered people to boil salt water and sprinkle it around each greenhouse. She didn't have much sea salt, but compared to cotton, this little sea salt was nothing. As long as it could stop these red worms from attacking cotton seedlings, she would be willing to use any amount of salt!
At the same time, officials also discovered that salt water can restrain red worms. In addition, they also discovered another characteristic of red worms, which may make humans stronger!
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