In Northeast China, there are many kinds of rats.
The most common image in later generations is a small mouse as long as a palm.
That thing lives in the city all year round and feeds on picking up garbage.
In the mountainous areas of that era, there might be a few such little rats except in the brigade’s granary.
Basically, the species you can see are either water rats or mountain rats.
Needless to say, water rats are caught by people in many places and eaten as snacks.
As for the mountain mouse, it is equivalent to a slightly larger rat.
It’s just that its tail is not as long as that of a mouse, because it has to find food in the mountains and avoid attacks from wolves, lynx, and various prey.
So it has long legs, a big body and a short tail, which can be considered as an evolution for survival.
The rats that were causing trouble in Chaihe Brigade were this kind of mountain rats.
At this time, there were at least twenty big rats gathered in front of Lu Xinghe's house.
The hunting dog caught mice but didn't eat them, which made Lu Xinghe feel disgusted.
So he just followed Ye Bufan and threw these rats into the woods.
Wang Daiba and his siblings led the militia team to go door to door to spread the words that Lu Xinghe reminded them of.
This includes spraying pesticides near homes.
However, most of the villagers have been eating wild rats for many years.
Because this thing is the most abundant in the mountains and the easiest to catch.
As long as you find a rat hole, you can use a few corn cobs to lure them out.
Rats are big and rarely eat this kind of fine food, so they can be smashed into pieces with a shovel.
Therefore, many families did not take it seriously and simply skinned the rats and soaked them in water.
Wang Nizi shook her head helplessly when she saw this.
As the saying goes, good words can hardly persuade a damned devil.
Although she didn't know what Lu Xinghe meant, after all, she had eaten a lot of mountain rats when she was a child.
But she felt that what Lu Xinghe said was right.
In her heart, Lu Xinghe saved her life. She heard from Wang Daba about the scene of Lu Xinghe fighting three bears alone that day.
This is all for her, the captain of the militia.
For this life-saving favor, if it were in ancient times, it would not be an exaggeration for her to be Lu Xinghe's maid.
Notice: Rats are collected by cart.
At this time, people worked efficiently. In less than an hour, the dispersed militia teams threw all the cell phones and mice into the grove.
Bury it in snow first, and then burn it after all the rats in the village are caught.
Then he took all the men in the village to look for mice.
It is very easy to catch mountain rats in winter because the ground is covered with rat footprints after it has just snowed.
Even if the mouse burrows into the snow, a small bulge will appear.
Whether it's a shovel or a pickaxe, every hit is accurate.
The temperature outside was more than thirty degrees below zero, and even a mountain rat would be frozen and have stiff hands and feet if he went outside.
However, there is one disadvantage to catching mice in winter, which is that these creatures are naturally good at digging holes.
Moreover, in this era, there are basically no cement roads except Lu Xinghe's house.
There are old holes everywhere in the underground.
This mountain rat just needs to pick up the ready-made garbage.
Now that all the frozen rats have been caught, there's really nothing we can do about the remaining ones.
In this winter, the ground is harder than stone. We can't turn over all the land in the village.
"How?"
Auntie Wang and Widow Wang went to the brigade kitchen to cook for all the men, young and old in the village.
Liu Xisheng, holding his waist with a worried look on his face, discussed countermeasures with Lu Xinghe.
"Brother Liu, what's wrong with your waist? Is it injured?"
Lu Xinghe asked knowingly, a man and a woman were alone in a room, and there were extravagant sounds coming from next door.
Add to that the hazy feeling of drunkenness.
Even seeing an old sow can make him show off.
Not to mention Chunhua, who is pretty good looking.
Ten years ago, Chunhua was the most beautiful girl in the whole town.
He just couldn't do anything. Liu Xisheng didn't do anything with Chunhua that day.
Otherwise, why didn't she, the acting production team leader, come for such a big thing?
"You little brat, why are you always looking at my waist? I'm asking you about your little thing!"
"How do you do your job as the secretary? You ask me everything. Am I the secretary or am I the secretary?" Lu Xinghe rolled his eyes to the sky when he saw that he didn't hear the gossip he wanted to hear.
But this thing is also like this, you ask the protagonist about his gossip in front of him.
It’s strange that he can speak!
"Get lost, aren't you a farmer protector? If not you, who should I ask? What I'm researching is advanced thought, which is not the same as what you're researching!"
Liu Xisheng knew that he was in the wrong. He had been eating for free and asking Lu Xinghe for help recently. He felt a little uneasy if he didn't ask Lu Xinghe about everything.
With Lu Xinghe, his position has indeed become much easier.
Enjoy the flowers (Shang Shang Hua) on Sunday, take in the scenery, and learn about the latest newspaper policies with the production team leader.
The day passed.
"Advanced, you'd better be careful. My sister's husband is very tough. He can do anything for a sip of wine." Lu Xinghe reminded kindly.
Without waiting for Liu Xisheng to get angry.
Then he continued, "It's easy to dig a rat hole. Aren't you from the forest farm? Go to the forest farm and get a few diesel blowers. Then ask Wang to take some money out of the brigade's account.
Go door to door and collect all those mugwort and wormwood, and then directly fill the rat holes with smoke!"
At this time, farmers will have trouble collecting wormwood in the spring.
Some are the kind that are hung on the door during the Dragon Boat Festival, some can be eaten as cold dishes, and some are also used for foot baths.
But no matter which type it is, the smell of dried wormwood when burned is something that insects and animals don't like.
Of course, mugwort is equally effective.
In fact, what Lu Xinghe wanted to use most was chili peppers, but chili peppers were not produced in Northeast China at that time, and each household did not have many. At most, they could grow a few strings of dried chili peppers in their own plots.
This is a must-have item in winter.
If anyone goes up the mountain or leaves home, he should carry a handful of dried chilies in his pocket. Eating one in the cold weather can save lives.
If this is used to smoke rats, the villagers will definitely poke Liu Xisheng in the back.
"Okay! This year the brigade is well-off, so it's time to give some benefits to the villagers."
"㱕㱕㱕, go get it quickly, you're the only one who can get that thing back."
Hearing these familiar words from the future, Lu Xinghe almost couldn't help but kick over!
Give out benefits? ?
Give benefits to family members?
When did the person who said this start to treat netizens as family members?
Liu Xisheng just rode his bicycle out of the village, then turned around and came back with a big swing of his hips.
He was yelling a lot and didn't act like a leader at all.
"Xinghe! Come with me! Damn, I think I saw a wolf, looking in the woods at the entrance of the village!"
"Fuck! I don't even want to fuck you. Brother Ye, you go with Brother Liu. I still have to stay home to look after my wife and mother!"
Lu Xinghe patted Ye Bufan on the shoulder.
He did not take Liu Xisheng's words about the wolf seriously at all, thinking that he was afraid of the big rat and did not dare to go.
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