Chapter 789 How to deal with the carrion worms?
If someone has the financial means, they can also rent a small insect car and let the insects pull them along, which is at least more comfortable than walking.
At worst, one or two families can pool their money to buy one and take turns riding it during the day, which at least saves energy.
These days, it's really cool to be able to use a vehicle that doesn't require gasoline. It has a panoramic sunroof, leather seats, and consumes only a handful of gasoline for a hundred miles.
Is there any creature more cost-effective than this?
Hey, you guys are really born in a good era. At least after my rebirth, you don’t have to suffer again. Even Jingshu was sighing, in this life, the people of Wucheng are really happy.
In this cold world of ice and snow, everyone is busy. In the previous life, because there was no productivity, many people had no work to do and no food to eat, but in this life, because there was food, there were many things to do.
I don’t know when it started, but people’s lives are no longer numb, but seem to have a little new expectation. As long as they have food to eat, they can survive. Sometimes people’s demands are so low.
During the time Jingshu was stockpiling delicious food, the number of synthetic meat factories increased to 36, basically covering all major cities in China, but the supply was simply not enough to meet the demand. In the end, with purchase limits per person and daily supply restrictions, the freshly made meat patties were sold out early.
The factory opened very quickly, and the local town government basically sold all kinds of machines and venues at half price, which can be said to be full support. The fewer deaths in the area under its jurisdiction, the better!
It can be said that synthetic meat has greatly alleviated the food shortage.
But the fundamental problem has not been solved. To put it bluntly, the products still cannot reach the same yield as rice and corn.
There are still many people who have no food to eat. The imperial capital has begun to mobilize all its grain reserves and put them into emergency operation. However, it is just tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall. Is there any place in the country that is not short of food?
I only heard that some dark grains were produced in some areas, such as the green algae, which had a very abundant production and was also transported to various places.
The spread and proliferation of carrion beetles finally forced the Chinese to take action against them.
Just like the development in the previous life, in areas with no special products, people began to study how to eat the carrion beetles and make them into concentrated pills. When you swallow them in one gulp, they taste more bitter than Chinese medicine.
Or you can grind it into powder and drink it with water.
There are also those who are reckless and just pour a bowl of boiling water into their mouths without chewing and swallow it raw.
The bodies of carrion beetles contain a large number of bacteria and are generally inedible. Eating them will cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, and mild food poisoning.
But compared to the feeling of being starving to death, the stomachache and diarrhea are all forgotten. If the table can be eaten, I would probably be able to finish it.
This is the state of being extremely hungry and wanting to eat everything. Jingshu certainly knew this because she had been so hungry before. She had to eat all the carrion worms in one mouthful and was able to survive until she found new food and finally survived.
Besides, eating carrion beetles is at least better than eating soil. Eating soil will make your stomach bigger and bigger, and you will die from overeating. But eating carrion beetles can at least help you survive for a few months without killing you.
In this life, Wucheng is also facing the problem of carrion beetles.
Now people have the cheapest insect cakes to eat, as well as high-end food, synthetic meat cakes to eat, and some people can even eat luxury foods such as eggs, chicken, and milk.
As long as you are obedient and do the work assigned by the town government, you can at least have two meals a day and won't starve to death.
Who would eat the carrion worms in this situation?
The mutated carrion beetles lay eggs in various places, and the whole world is full of carrion beetles.
Especially in this snowy weather, that shovel of snow will reveal dense swarms of carrion beetles, and the speed of their growth is extremely terrifying!
Many people in Wucheng were bitten by carrion beetles, and their bodies were covered with frostbite and red spots, which were itchy and painful!
Although everyone is very careful about this issue, before going to bed every day, they will get rid of all the insects in a closed place, and if conditions permit, they will use sheets to make a mosquito net or something like that.
But when I woke up the next day, I was either
There are either carrion beetles on my mother's bed or on my quilt, which is completely impossible to prevent.
When Hao Yunlai, with his eyes blinking and red spots all over his head, looked at Jingshu pitifully, Jingshu realized that the carrion beetles were now more rampant than in her memory of her previous life.
After all, in the past life, everyone was catching carrion worms...
In this life, almost no one in Wucheng catches these things because they are almost inedible. Only some thrifty old ladies catch them, dry them in the shade, cut them into small pieces, and marinate them with salt.
Then when I’m hungry, I eat a little bit as a snack.
Jingshu took some moxa sticks and gave them to Hao Yunlai.
This thing is made by Master Jing by compressing mugwort and wormwood into long strips. When using it, light it and place it like a mosquito coil. It can drive away most mosquitoes and is also particularly effective against carrion beetles.
A few days ago, Jingshu's villa was surrounded by carrion beetles, and some of the fields and soil were also infested with them. Although Jingshu sprayed medicated oil and floral water every day, the villa was too big, and she had to spray it every 4 hours, which was too much consumption.
So Jingshu buried mugwort in every corner around the villa, and also covered the roof and walls with a layer of mugwort. She would smoke it from time to time, and then release fat chickens, snakes, and frogs to eat all these things clean.
The effect is very good. No more insects can be found in the villa.
Hao Yunlai said somewhat embarrassedly: "I...can't use mugwort. My whole family will be hurt."
Jingshu: “…” Holy shit!!
This is fucking ridiculous! This left Jingshu speechless for a moment. Then she remembered, Hao Yunlai's entire family seemed to be following him everywhere? ... Mugwort is a very yang substance, and it has the effect of exorcising evil spirits.
"Okay, first I'll give you a bottle of Fengyoujing. Dilute it with water in a ten-to-one ratio and spray it out. I'll see if I can make an insect repellent later."
Hey, Hao Yunlai is such a powerful person, but he is also afraid of insects. How...
A few days later, Jingshu was invited to Xishan to attend a discussion meeting. The content of the meeting was that the rampant carrion beetles had seriously affected the lives of the people in Wucheng and had become the second biggest enemy besides the icy and snowy weather.
So, what should we do to deal with the plague of carrion beetles?
Many people were invited this time, and everyone was very active, with almost no one absent. This was because almost no one, whether rich or powerful, was spared and was harassed by carrion beetles every day.
Everyone really wants to solve this problem.
After all, there are only so many resources. How can we solve the problem without wasting them?
The production of toilet water and mosquito repellent has been discontinued for a long time, and all the raw materials are gone. Apart from a batch of mugwort planted by the Pharmaceutical Association some time ago, there are almost no other resources now.
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