After teaching the team members, Zhou Ziwen had some free time.
He walked around the various workshops in the mushroom cultivation base, learned about the growth of the mushrooms, said hello to the Chen sisters, and left the base.
He went to the black market yesterday because of the leopard skin, which kept him busy.
He originally wanted to see what good stuff there was on the black market, and it would be even better if he could come across some books on Feng Shui.
He planned to go to the black market again tonight and come back early.
He came back late last night and didn't exercise with Chen Shiying and Shen Zhaodi.
"Ziwen, don't leave yet. Come with me. Something happened in the silkworm breeding group."
Just when Zhou Ziwen was about to go home, Li Lei hurried over.
"Something happened to the silkworm breeding team? What happened?"
Seeing Li Lei's eagerness, Zhou Ziwen followed him to the silkworm house.
"The silkworms in the sericulture group are sick. Uncle Wu asked me to ask you to come over and take a look."
On the way, Li Lei began to explain.
Zhou Ziwen felt nervous when he heard that the silkworms were sick.
Sericulture is one of the more important industries in the village, and the health of silkworms is directly related to the income and livelihood of the villagers.
"How can silkworms get sick? Have you noticed anything abnormal recently?" Zhou Ziwen asked Li Lei as they walked.
Li Lei shook his head, looking a little anxious. "I'm not too sure either. I just heard from the silkworm breeding team that the silkworms suddenly stopped eating mulberry leaves, their bodies became emaciated, and some have even started dying."
The two soon arrived at the silkworm house, where Wu Dagang and several other villagers were already waiting anxiously.
Seeing Zhou Ziwen coming, Wu Dagang hurried to greet him.
"Ziwen, you are finally here. Come and see what's going on with these silkworms." Wu Dagang pointed to the situation inside the silkworm house.
In fact, he called Zhou Ziwen over with the attitude of trying everything possible.
No matter what, Zhou Ziwen is also a doctor and knows a lot. Now that the silkworms are sick, who else can we turn to if not him?
Zhou Ziwen walked into the silkworm house and carefully observed the sick silkworms. He found that they were indeed as Li Lei had said: they had stopped eating, their bodies were emaciated, and some were already dead, their bodies shrunken.
Zhou Ziwen frowned. Because of his medical skills, he knew a little bit about everything. It made no difference to him whether he was treating humans or animals.
He doesn't know much about sericulture.
"Has the temperature and humidity in the silkworm house changed recently? Is there any problem with the source of mulberry leaves?" Zhou Ziwen asked the silkworm breeding team members present.
"The temperature and humidity are normal, and the mulberry leaves are picked from our fixed mulberry trees, so there should be no problem." A member of the silkworm breeding group replied.
Zhou Ziwen nodded. He decided to look for clues first from the silkworm's body. He reached out and picked up a sick silkworm, carefully observing its physical characteristics.
"Ziwen, have you figured out anything?" Wu Dagang asked anxiously.
"It's hard to say right now. I need further examination," Zhou Ziwen replied. "How about this? I'll take a few sick silkworms back to study them and see if I can find the cause."
He already had a general understanding of the silkworms' condition, but he was not sure how to save them.
Fortunately, although he could not save the silkworm, he was confident that he could stabilize its condition.
Next, he planned to go to the county town to buy some books on sericulture, and on the premise of stabilizing the situation of the silkworms, he would also hone his sericulture skills.
Leave professional matters to professionals.
Once my silkworm rearing skills are improved and combined with medical knowledge, I believe the problem can be solved quickly.
Of course, Zhou Ziwen did not tell Wu Dagang about these ideas.
"Okay, okay, just take it. Just tell me if you need anything." Wu Dagang agreed quickly.
Zhou Ziwen placed a few sick silkworms in a small box and said to Wu Dagang, "Uncle Wu, I'll go back and do some research. I'll let you know as soon as I have the results."
"Okay, Ziwen, we are all counting on you." Wu Dagang patted Zhou Ziwen on the shoulder and said.
Zhou Ziwen brought the sick silkworms back home and began to study their condition.
He knew that time was crucial for saving silkworms. The sooner the cause of the disease was found, the less loss could be achieved.
He first placed the silkworms on a clean plate and carefully observed their skin, mouthparts and other parts, looking for possible lesions or abnormalities.
At the same time, he is also thinking about possible causes, such as viral infection, parasitic infection or environmental factors.
Through his observation, he noticed some tiny spots on the silkworms' skin, which might be the early manifestations of the disease.
After careful observation, Zhou Ziwen decided to take some preliminary treatment measures.
He used his medical skills to create a potion to increase the resistance of silkworms, and then let the silkworms absorb it.
After a while, all the silkworms he brought back were fed with medicine.
"Then it all depends on the silkworms' reaction."
After carefully feeding the silkworms the medicine, Zhou Ziwen breathed a sigh of relief.
According to his medical theory, this method should have some effect, but whether it is useful or not will have to be tried to know.
Next, Zhou Ziwen put a few silkworms away and rode his bicycle to the county town.
He wants to go to the bookstore to buy some books on sericulture.
Fortunately, the books in the bookstore are quite comprehensive.
After a while, Zhou Ziwen arrived at the county town and went straight to the bookstore.
In the bookstore, he selected several professional books on sericulture, paid for them, and rode his bike home.
After returning home, Zhou Ziwen immediately began to study the materials.
After reading a book, Zhou Ziwen's idle panel has already shown the skill of raising silkworms.
He didn't delay and immediately deactivated his fishing skill, then switched to silkworm rearing.
After finishing all this, he carefully studied the contents of the book.
Combining his medical knowledge, he gradually gained a certain understanding of silkworm diseases.
He found that the silkworm's disease might be an infectious disease caused by a virus and required specific antiviral drugs for treatment.
At the same time, he also realized the importance of sanitary management of the silkworm breeding environment for disease prevention.
He decided to make suggestions to the village to improve the silkworm breeding environment, such as regular disinfection, maintaining appropriate temperature and humidity, and using fresh mulberry leaves.
Over the next few days, Zhou Ziwen continued to observe and treat the sick silkworms while beginning to put into practice what he had learned from the books.
At the same time, he also used the hang-up panel to improve his silkworm breeding skills.
After a few days, his silkworm-raising skills reached level one, close to level two.
【Five Animal Exercises LV10 (761/1000)】
【Medical Skills Level 3 (1501/3000)】
Dog Training Level 10 (286/1000)
【Cooking Level 9 (884/900)】
Planting Level 2 (1771/2000)
[Grow Mushroom LV10 (128/1000)]
【Bow and Arrow Crafting Level 6 (553/600)】
【Management Level 5 (173/500)】
[Silkworm Breeding Level 1 (88/100)]
[Feng Shui Level 0 (210/500)] (End of this chapter)
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