Chapter 058: Everyone Catches Insects
So good people will be rewarded. It can be said that Jingshu has another trump card to save her life. The unexpected surprise that a drop of pure spiritual spring can save people came at the perfect time, because it was used again within a few days.
"Everyone, this time we want to express our special thanks to Xiaoshu Villa District. It was thanks to her that she took a family of three with a viral cold to the hospital at 2 a.m. The child has now passed the critical period, and the adults are fine. Because the hospital was overcrowded, we have completed the discharge procedures and returned to the community. I would like to remind everyone to take protective measures, as the hospital is running low on medicine."
On the third day, the couple came with their children to thank Jingshu, and brought a box of dried purple potatoes and dried sweet potatoes as a gift of thanks. These were life-saving food after the apocalypse.
The couple opened a small dried sweet potato shop in the city. Recently, they couldn't sell out and the supply of raw materials stopped, so they had to close the shop temporarily. They still had a lot of dried sweet potatoes they had made before at home. Since Qian Jingshu didn't want them, they could only give her their own specialty as a thank you gift.
Jingshu was very satisfied and ate a lot with Xiaotuanzi, the couple's son. Xiaotuanzi's appetite increased greatly after drinking the spiritual spring water. Fortunately, he ate more and defecated more, and there was no other abnormality at the moment.
It is sweet and chewy, and is a very good food in the apocalypse. Jingshu decided to make some dried sweet potatoes herself in the future.
As expected, Jing's mother scolded Jing Shu again that day, saying that she should at least bring Jing's father with her when saving people, and that it would be too dangerous for one person to go alone. "It scares me just thinking about it. Wang Hong, one of the female colleagues who came with me to sell the house that day, got sick in the middle of the night. By the time we found out and went to the hospital to queue up, she was already dead. She died today. Oh, and I have to pay 500 yuan for the funeral, plus she still owes me 800 yuan."
Jingshu: “…” The focus seems different?
As people around them continued to die and the darkness showed no end, people became more and more panicked. The country's vaccine was delayed in being distributed, but a national mission was announced instead.
As the news broadcast was being broadcast that day, governments across the country also issued task targets.
"In 2017, Australia injected Wolbachia bacteria into toxic mosquitoes, rendering them sterile. They then released 20 million sterile mosquitoes to prevent normal mosquitoes from spreading Wolbachia. This resulted in more and more mosquitoes carrying the bacteria, preventing them from continuing to reproduce. This sterilization method effectively eliminated the toxic mosquitoes, achieving excellent results."
"This method is also effective when applied to black fungus beetles."
"However, this method has the disadvantage of being regional, so it needs to be implemented by local governments. The bacteria has been distributed to all urban and rural governments. Each region needs to capture a certain number of black fungus beetles locally, inject them with the bacteria, and then release them to sterilize them, preventing them from reproducing the next generation. Once the current generation of black fungus beetles dies, the beetles will become extinct."
Just like in the previous life, the country began to find things for the people to do in order to dispel their inner panic and enhance their sense of collective honor.
There is a saying that goes: "When you have nothing to do after eating, you like to daydream." This saying has a philosophical meaning. If a person is so busy that he falls asleep and has no time to think about other things, he will not think about anything else. The Communist Party is good at putting themselves in the shoes of the people and grasping their minds.
Every day when the water truck delivers water in Wucheng, there is a truck for collecting insects. They also distribute tools such as head covers, sacks, and nets. A sack of black fungus beetles can be exchanged for an extra bucket of water, which has boosted everyone's enthusiasm.
The possibility of people risking their lives to fish for free is too small, this must be based on cooperation between the two parties.
In addition, although many families have not yet reached the stage of filling their bowls with clean water after meals, they have reached the stage of using toilet paper to wipe the bowls. The water is just enough for drinking and cooking, so everyone is happy to have extra water.
When the temperature dropped that day, the people in Jingshu Community formed a group. Every household put on a hood, wore thick socks and rain boots, applied floral water, put on gloves, and wrapped themselves up tightly to catch insects.
"Each of us has to pay at least ten sacks of live worms. Other public institutions also have to pay bags." Jing's mother said worriedly while eating an apple.
When the black fungus beetles just came out, Jing's father sent a batch of floral water, mineral water and vegetables to Jing's grandmother, so he was very leisurely at the moment and said easily: "Then I will go to the community too."
I'll catch you at the door."
"How long will it take to catch them? You can't catch a sack in a day."
At this time, Jingshu took out a sun protection light stick and said, "Use this."
Jing's father always thinks that his daughter is the reincarnation of Doraemon.
Just as the neighbors in the community were working together with nets to catch flying insects one by one next to the only street light at the gate, Jingshu and Jing's father arrived in front of their villa fully armed, took several light sticks, turned on the strong light and placed them on the ground. Soon, many flying insects fluttered down and buzzed non-stop.
Jingshu put a sack on it, and then pulled out the light sticks that were crawling with insects, so that one-third of the bag could be filled.
Jing's father followed suit, and in less than half an hour, the two of them filled ten sacks and completed the task. During the process, Jing's father shuddered when he saw the densely packed big black insects, and his daughter took the initiative to catch them. Sometimes, the daughter would catch the flying insects that were missed and throw them into the air.
My daughter recently picked up a giant chicken and the chicken flew up to catch it, and then my daughter would praise it. It seems like he was training the chicken like a dog...The key is that the chicken did a very good job. Jing's father didn't know if there was something wrong with the world or with him.
"Give this to the neighbors in the community." Jing's father said that you can catch at most three or four fish with a net, and it will take a long time to fill a sack.
"They finally have some evening entertainment, Dad, please don't ruin it." Jingshu waved to No. 1, who had just crossed the clear road in the past two days: "Number 1, let's go."
Number 1 reluctantly pulled himself out of the pile of bugs, wagging his big butt, and returned to Jingshu's side. This guy was a bottomless pit. After resuming his spiritual spring intake, he could eat as much as he wanted. The bugs outside became his delicious meals, and he could never get enough because he kept pooping while he ate...
The nationwide insect catching activity was very successful in arousing everyone's enthusiasm. Every household had a few more buckets of water. Within three days, the Wucheng government announced that all the insects had been injected with bacteria and released.
It will take less than ten days for this batch of black fungus beetles to die off and the insect plague will be completely over, allowing citizens to rest assured.
Fifty days had passed since the apocalypse. The number of black fungus beetles had been decreasing rapidly. Just as the domestic situation was improving, Jing's father received a call from Jing's crying daughter:
"Come and take a look! Jinglai and Youai have been infected by black fungus beetles and have contracted a viral cold! The nearby hospitals are refusing to see them, saying they have no medicine. What can we do?"
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