In a short time, all kinds of rat-catching equipment in the two supermarkets in Zone 3 were sold out, but the needs of more than 100 households could not be met at all.
However, in the apocalypse, everything is in short supply. Apart from food and water, the production capacity of other things is also very low. After all, factories need electricity to start production, but now electricity is restricted, making it very difficult for factories to start production.
In addition, the hot weather requires cooling of various equipment, otherwise the parts will wear out very quickly. As a result, various rat-catching equipment on the Internet are in short supply, and some people are even looking to buy them at high prices on local websites.
The reproductive capacity of mutant mice has clearly exceeded people's understanding. Normally, a single mouse can only produce a dozen or so offspring in a litter, but mutant mice are different. Lu Yuan even saw cases online of litters producing more than fifty mice.
Lu Yuan was also very worried. Although he had a big yellow dog at home, it was still not enough. Although the doors of his house had several layers of protection, it was basically impossible for mice to get in.
However, some rats still climb over the high walls of their homes and wreak havoc in their vegetable gardens.
A few days ago, things were fine. Da Huang was full of energy and could catch more than ten mice every day. But after a while, Da Huang couldn't keep up. After all, catching mice day and night would tire even a machine, let alone a dog.
"Sigh, Dahuang has lost weight these past few days. We need to think of some rat-catching equipment. We can't just stand by and watch these rats gnaw on our fruit trees," said Aunt Lu, stroking a ring of teeth marks on the apple tree trunk.
Soon, the mutated rat infestation spread across the country, and the government responded quickly. Research institutions established a special project team to develop rat poison to combat the mutated rats.
However, the most urgent task at present is to minimize the damage caused by the mutated rats as soon as possible, otherwise the country will face the situation of having no food available. Obviously, the country has also realized this.
The next morning—or rather, it was still daytime, around five or six o'clock—people in the group started gathering outside. The topic of discussion was the shift schedule for the rat-catching team.
Lu Yuan followed the others to the big locust tree at the village entrance to wait for them. Before long, more than a hundred people had gathered, many of whom were carrying hoes, kitchen knives and other such items.
If you didn't know, you would definitely think they were going to fight with people from the neighboring district, but everyone looked anxious and no one was joking.
Seeing that most people had gathered, but no one had stepped forward to organize the event, some people started asking questions.
"Who's the organizer? We can't just keep chatting like this!"
"That's right! We need an organizer, otherwise this discussion can't go on any longer!"
"Right, how about our group admin? Chen Ke is always hauling and delivering goods, right? He's the group admin, so why don't we let him be the organizer?"
So everyone agreed with this statement, after all, he was the one who initiated it, and it was the will of the people to make him the administrator.
Chen Ke had no choice but to step forward. After all, she was used to traveling around and had a lot of experience, so she wasn't intimidated.
Chen Ke immediately called out the names of everyone. Almost every household had someone present, except for some elderly people who were left behind and didn't have any young people in their homes.
Lu Yuan also saw Huang Huahua in the crowd. When she looked at him, she had a grateful smile on her face, but she didn't come over to say anything, obviously afraid that others would gossip and cause trouble for Lu Yuan's family.
"Now that everyone is here, I think we should still mention this rule, since not everyone knows it."
"The rat-catching team is a small team organized by our District 3. Every household must participate. Anyone aged 15 to 60 without a disability or serious illness must participate! Does everyone agree to this?"
Everyone responded that it was no problem.
“I calculated it at home last night. Every time the rat-catching team goes out to catch rats, they should get the reward they deserve, but this reward must be collected from each household.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the people below immediately began to discuss them, and soon someone expressed their own thoughts.
"We don't have many mice in our house, and we don't need them for the time being, so we don't have to pay, right? Otherwise, we'd be at a huge loss!"
"Yes, our house is so small, I can see everything with just a turn of my head, so I don't need to. But I want to join the mouse-catching team!"
"That's right! This has to be reasonable, otherwise some people have a lot of rats in big places and some people have a lot of rats in small places. There has to be a standard!"
Chen Ke reached out to quiet them down, but the people below continued to make a huge fuss. In the end, he had to ask for a pot lid and tap it with a spatula to quiet everyone down.
"Wait a minute, I haven't finished yet! What I mean is, if anyone wants to catch mice, they can make an appointment in the group beforehand. Then the mouse-catching team will come to your door to catch the mice. They'll charge you per mouse caught, one bottle of water per mouse, and half a pound of rice for catching five or more mice! If you don't have any, you can pay them off with money!"
Now everyone was satisfied, although some were still unhappy. But most agreed, so those who wanted to cheat and shirk their responsibilities had nothing more to say.
Next, we assigned manpower. We arranged two shifts each day, a day shift and a night shift. Of course, if there was no night shift, we would work according to the time. When there was no work, the person on duty could stay at home. If someone needed to catch mice, they just needed to say so in the group chat.
Lu Yuan was assigned to the Wednesday night shift by drawing lots, which made him a little uncomfortable. Although everyone's schedule was disrupted, his family strictly followed their schedule for rest.
Since Lu's father went to work, Lu Yuan took his place and took the Sunday day shift. This was quite good, since Lu's father had to go to work every day. Although Du Heng wasn't very busy, he was always arguing with the old man at home, so he would simply stay far away when he couldn't win the argument.
Back home, Lu Yuan saw a pile of vegetables ruined by rats by the door, and his mother was sighing and preparing to use them as fertilizer.
After explaining the rat-catching team to his mother, Lu Yuan saw Big Yellow resting to the side. This guy had really been working hard for the family these past few days, catching rats from morning till night. In just a few days, he had caught dozens of rats, but he had also lost a lot of weight.
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