Chapter 206 Are the newcomers nowadays so arrogant?
Fortunately, when this medicinal herb planting base was established, there was an ultrafiltration system, which even livestock farms and agricultural planting did not have, so the agricultural sector that has been using rainwater for planting has been in trouble recently.
A few days ago, people were excitedly preparing to grow fresh vegetables for the people in the city to eat, and the people were looking forward to the future.
People all over China thought that now that there was no shortage of water, they could finally grow things. But since yesterday, Jing's mother has been complaining that the vegetables she planted had a lot of insect eggs. She is trying to find a way to get rid of them, but insects are still quite common.
I guess I'll go home from get off work today and cry about how I tried so many ways to get rid of the eggs but couldn't.
Originally, everyone thought that ordinary pesticides could cure the disease, but it was useless. The red nematodes have a stronger vitality than many living things. You know, they evolved from bacteria.
The medicinal materials base was a lucky find, as it has its own ultrafiltration system and uses filtered water for watering, and there have been no problems so far.
It was not until the last few days that the news of the production of many red nematode eggs after ordinary water was used for irrigation in other places gradually spread among the well-informed, but the government did not pay enough attention to it... It was not until these worms could not be removed no matter what that people began to pay attention to it.
"What are you shouting for? Isn't it normal to have bugs around? Let's go over and take a look." Taoist Zhou Paopi was in high spirits and he wanted to show his strength to the newcomer Jingshu.
Jingshu followed Zhou Baopi to the third floor where Gastrodia elata was planted.
It was still a small experimental field, about the size of a frame. The Gastrodia elata in the field were covered with white insect eggs all over their bodies. They were extremely small and densely packed, as if the Gastrodia elata were wearing a layer of white clothes.
At this rate, lively red nematodes will be able to hatch today or tomorrow, which is great.
Zhou Paopi was both distressed and shocked when he saw this: "How long has this bug been around? It definitely didn't appear today! Who's responsible for this batch of Gastrodia elata?"
"Yes, it's President Tie's assistant, Xiaoxiao." A big man said with his head down.
"I was fine before I went on a business trip, but it became like this when I came back. You guys are responsible." Xiaoxiao put her hands on her hips, rolled her eyes, and pointed at the people in front of her.
"That was the day when it rained heavily. You said the Gastrodia elata was about to burst. They couldn't wait for the filtered water to flow to the third floor, so they went out to collect rainwater for irrigation." Another woman with baby fat retorted.
"What does that have to do with the rain?"
"My uncle's crops only grow these insect eggs because they are watered with rain."
Seeing that an argument was about to break out, Zhou Paopi stopped them and said, "First, explain the situation, and then we can determine the responsibility."
Then the chubby woman said, "Since the day before yesterday, this batch of Gastrodia elata has been covered with dense patches of these things. We, we originally wanted to solve it ourselves."
Zhou Paopi frowned and bent down to carefully examine the insect eggs.
Another young man said, "This is really weird. We've tried insecticide and all sorts of other methods, but nothing works. These insect eggs seem to be growing inside the leaf stems, and it's hard to pull them out. We even scraped some off with a razor blade, but there are still some inside the stems and leaves."
"It's just like blackheads. You have to squeeze them hard to get them out. And even if you squeeze them out, you don't know if they will grow back. Anyway, my uncle hasn't solved this problem either." The chubby girl said angrily.
Zhou Paopi remembered that there was a salt pond in front of Su Mali's house, and his eyes lit up. "Go get a bowl of highly concentrated salt water."
Jingshu shook her head. High-concentration salt water is only useful for hatched red nematodes. Salt water will increase the water content in the red nematodes' bodies, causing them to curl up.
But as for the insect eggs... they have no effect at all. Maybe they are even nutrients for them.
"President Zhou is really awesome." Xiaoxiao also said excitedly. She was finally saved, otherwise she would be miserable if Tianma died. At the same time, she rolled her eyes at Jingshu. Who is this person? She always shakes her head over there, making her act like she is so awesome and knows everything. She hates people like this the most.
Jingshu also glared at Xiaoxiao. This woman was so weird!
The high concentration salt water was quickly brought in. Zhou Paopi first used one plant to conduct an experiment, but after a few minutes
Hours passed, and the eggs remained stuck to the stems and leaves without any change. Zhou Paopi tapped them with his hands, but there was still no response.
"Add more salt."
Zhou Paopi repeated the experiment several times to no avail. He frowned and collected the rainwater, and the red nematodes in it immediately curled up into a ball. "It seems that salt water is useless for these insect eggs."
Zhou Paopi was very disappointed.
The chubby girl said, "It's useless. These are red nematode eggs from the rainstorm. The crops my uncle planted have all hatched. This is Xiaoxiao's responsibility."
"If I'm held accountable, you won't be able to escape. You've been taking care of me these past few days!"
"Let's try some folk remedies." Zhou Paopi was also experienced and knowledgeable, and he immediately began to experiment one by one.
Jingshu kept shaking her head as she watched, just like watching someone solve a math problem 2*2=4. They tried 12356 but just couldn't try 4, which was frustrating.
She also thought that someone with Zhou Paopi's rich experience might be able to find a solution. Should she remind him that conventional methods were useless in removing insect eggs?
Xiaoxiao had long been fed up with Jingshu's pretentious behavior, and she couldn't help but ask:
"President Zhou, who is the person next to you...?" He is so awesome, could he be some rich kid?
"Oh, Jingshu, the new gardener I invited, just came to the association to start work today. She is very talented in planting." Speaking of Jingshu, Zhou Paopi couldn't help but praise her.
The people around couldn't help but exclaim, this person is so awesome, he jumped three levels in one go and became a formal staff member. You know, there are more than a hundred people in the entire medicinal materials association, but there are only 7 formal staff members. Oh, now there are 8.
When Xiaoxiao heard that it was a newcomer, she rolled her eyes again:
"Are newbies so arrogant nowadays? You shook your head in disdain when your superiors were speaking. When we first arrived, we all kept our heads down. As newbies, how could we be so arrogant? Chairman Zhou is a good person with a good temper, so you shouldn't bully me like that."
Seeing that Zhou Paopi had no other options, Xiaoxiao wanted to please Zhou Paopi and ask him to take less blame, or at least bring a few other people in.
Jingshu rolled her eyes. What? She just shook her head and that wasn't enough? This was wrong in the first place.
"Then why are you so disdainful of this newcomer? Do you have any good ideas? Don't hide them. If you don't have any good ideas, just stay aside and learn with an open mind."
The chubby girl snorted coldly: "Xiaoxiao, that's enough. Every time a new person comes, you ask them to do this and that, and you always think that others are not doing it well, just to show off your status as an old person."
"But it was me who was officially enlisted, not you, Wang Danai."
Wang Danai's chubby face turned red with anger.
"Who said I don't have a good solution? I just don't know if this cure will count towards my nomination for vice president."
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