After Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan met up with everyone, they drove towards Hucheng County.
An hour and a half later, the convoy arrived in Hucheng County and successfully made contact with the local escort team.
The guard team led everyone to the area where the invasive plants were rampant. The plants in front of them were over a meter tall, standing upright like sticks without branches.
The guard captain explained that this plant is called White Gorge Yellow Flower. When it grows up, it can reach a height of 2.5 meters. At the top, it will bloom a long string of small yellow flowers, each flower bud being only three to five millimeters long.
It has extremely strong vitality and a very short growth cycle. After the inflorescence at the top matures, it will produce thousands of seeds.
Moreover, the root system of the Baixia Yellow Flower is extremely developed, and a single Baixia Yellow Flower plant can reproduce hundreds of seedlings every year just by relying on its root system.
Since the white chrysanthemum has not yet formed reproductive bodies, we can simply pull out this patch of white chrysanthemum. Moreover, the root system of the white chrysanthemum is relatively shallow, making it easy to clean.
Therefore, the task of the Human Resources Management Department is to clear away the yellow flowers in Baixia.
Looking at the hundreds of acres of white chrysanthemums in front of him, Shen Yanming couldn't help but feel a headache. How long would it take to harvest them all?
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan took out white gloves from their bags and put them on. Without saying much, they got to work, and the others followed suit.
No one dared to slack off. Before they came, Director Zhu had said that the Qinghe Alliance Guard Team would conduct spot checks and give scores. Those who were rated as outstanding groups or individuals would receive preferential treatment in terms of promotion or welfare benefits in the future.
If you are caught not working properly, your resume will be tarnished, and all your future benefits will be cut in half.
They're working incredibly hard here, and other cities are doing just as well.
Invasive plants in other places may not be white chrysanthemums, but they are just as harmful to the environment. According to Shen Yanming, a certain body of water is densely covered with water hyacinths, and several residential gardens in a certain city have been occupied by phoenix flowers.
Compared to water hyacinths and phoenixes, their assigned tasks were relatively easy to complete. They only needed to pull up the plants in front of them and then collect them to burn. Water hyacinths, on the other hand, required not only water-based operations but also collection and processing to be used as feed for chickens and ducks in the future.
As for the phoenix, that's even more troublesome. Many people in Qinghua Kingdom like this plant, but its reproductive ability is too strong. Any soil where a phoenix has been planted may produce another phoenix. Moreover, a dead phoenix is not necessarily truly dead; each tiny leaf may reproduce a new phoenix.
Therefore, even with manual cleaning, it is difficult to completely remove the Phoenix.
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan were well-prepared and only a little tired after working for half a day. The others either didn't wear hats or sunglasses, and they were almost dizzy from the sun.
"I'll never call you two pretentious again. If I had another chance, I'd be just as delicate!" Yu Shui said, slumped on a pile of white and yellow flowers, panting heavily.
Shen Yanming glanced at Yu Shui but didn't say anything. Zhu Shiliang walked over to Yu Shui and helped him up. "Your physical condition isn't good. You're already this tired after working for just over an hour. Take advantage of these next few days of work to work on your body."
"Director Zhu, it's not that I don't want to work, it's just that when I'm not working, I feel weak in my limbs, and when I am working, I feel like I could faint on the spot!" Yu Shui was also speechless. "Why have I become like this? I've been eating quite well lately."
"Young man, you're so weak, you're not good enough?" Zhu Shiliang teased Yu Shui with a smile.
"Boss, don't think that just because you're in charge you can subtly criticize me like that. You can say whatever you want about me, but you can't say I'm incompetent!"
With Zhu Shiliang's help, Yu Shui returned to the work team. Zhu Shiliang, still worried, stayed a short distance away from Yu Shui.
The two hadn't been working for long when Choi Hyun came over clutching his stomach. "Boss, where's the restroom?"
Zhu Shiliang was taken aback. "Um, it seems the nearest restroom is about two kilometers away!"
"I can't take it anymore, my stomach hurts so much I can't stand it!" Choi Hyun hunched over, clutching his stomach with both hands, a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
Seeing this, Zhu Shiliang could only say, "Why don't you go somewhere further away and relieve yourself in the bushes? Look, these white chrysanthemums are already a meter tall. If you go further away, we won't be able to see you..."
Choi Hyun looked embarrassed after hearing this. He looked up and gazed into the distance, finding it unacceptable that someone would defecate in public.
Just as Choi Hyun was about to say, "Never mind, I'll go find a public restroom," his intestines felt like they had been twisted, and the pain intensified. Choi Hyun didn't care about saving face anymore and ran towards a deserted area.
Cui Xian walked about twenty meters through the patch of white chrysanthemums before stopping. He then pulled out some of the chrysanthemums, clearing about one square meter of space. Then, he pulled down his pants and relieved himself on the spot...
A few minutes later, Choi Hyun felt better and her stomach pain subsided. After wiping her bottom clean with toilet paper, she prepared to leave.
But he didn't know what he was thinking. Before leaving, he glanced down and saw several long, white worms wriggling around. Instantly, his scalp tingled with fear...
"Ah!!!" Cui Xian screamed in panic as he ran out, and as soon as he saw Zhu Shiliang, he rushed forward and hugged his arm tightly, "There's, there's a bug!"
Zhu Shiliang frowned. "Isn't it normal to have insects? Where in the wild are there no insects?"
"No, no, it's because I have worms in my stomach!" Cui Xian stammered.
"What?"
Choi Hyun fidgeted, her cheeks flushed, "I... I passed worms..."
Well, although Cui Xian's voice wasn't loud, he made a lot of noise just now, so everyone was worried and rushed over from the surrounding area. As a result, they heard what Cui Xian said.
"Hahahaha, Cui Xian, you actually have worms in your stomach! Haha, cough..." Yu Shui covered her stomach and laughed at Cui Xian, then choked on her own saliva.
Shen Yanming felt he couldn't bear to look. "It's a good thing that it came out. It's probably because you didn't keep up with personal hygiene during the dry season and accidentally ingested some worm eggs. Why don't you go back to the city and get a checkup at the hospital?"
Cui Xian nodded and looked at Zhu Shiliang, "Then, shall I ask for leave?"
"Okay, I'll ask for leave for you. See what the doctor says. If there's nothing serious, come back tomorrow." Zhu Shiliang readily agreed. Work is nothing compared to health!
Choi Hyun was genuinely scared, and his steps were unsteady as he left.
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhu Shiliang called everyone to go back for lunch.
The area was all yellow earth, and there wasn't a single building around, so everyone could only find a rock to sit on.
Shen Yanming laid a cloth on the rock for Bi Qiaoan, and Yu Shui took off her coat and laid it on top as well.
"Um, it's a bit hot..."
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