Liu Xisheng really has a lot of influence in the forest farm.
Moreover, the forest farm was also preparing for the festival, and all the loggers, including the investigators who were stationed on the mountain, went home.
As soon as I heard that there were rats in Chaihe Brigade.
I borrowed three blowers by being thick-skinned.
This thing is a machine that uses diesel to blow air.
In later generations, it was mostly used by fire-fighting teams or firefighters.
This time is mostly used by lumberjacks to clear snow around trees to ensure safe production.
On the brigade side, Wang Daiba also took Wang Nizi to tour the brigade again.
Dried mugwort and wormwood cost 30 cents per pound, almost as much as wild boar meat.
No one had any objection to the price. That thing is now used for foot bathing, or as a medicinal material to clean pimples on the body.
Besides, after the Chinese New Year, when spring comes, both sides of the road will be full of this stuff.
There is one villager who doesn't sell it.
After everything was ready here, Liu Xisheng came over from the forest farm carrying Ye Bufan.
Liu Xisheng was riding a bike and holding a blower.
Ye Bufan held two blowers in his hands.
The temperature was over thirty degrees below zero, and both of them were freezing cold.
My hands are almost frozen off.
Seeing that the blower was ready, Lu Xinghe directly lit up the newly enlarged rat hole at the entrance of the village.
After filling up the diesel, Lu Xinghe and Wang Dai each took one and kept the other as a spare.
After pulling the rope several times in succession, it started to tremble like an old man's blower.
This ignited it.
The trembling was due to the cold weather, and the diesel fuel had solidified a bit.
However, this old-fashioned thing passed down from the Russians is really practical.
The quality is excellent.
As long as it can still start, its function is better than that of later generations.
As the smoke from the mugwort grew thicker, the two men immediately used a blower to blow towards the rat hole.
Lu Xinghe knew what was going on, so he blew the smoke instead of the weeds below.
Wang Dai brought the tiger together, but he lost control and blew the burning wormwood into it.
In less than a moment, several large rats with burning hair ran out.
Lai Fu, Lai Cai and four dogs were guarding the village, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
However, the lynx, having eaten its fill of rat meat, jumped over to the house with its two cubs and stared at it.
Feeding the baby while watching the fun.
At this time, the young and old men in the village, some were holding earthen baskets, and some were holding earthen baskets.
Most of them were holding shovels, searching for things, and just staring at the rat holes in front of them.
Be prepared to kill the rat if you see it.
but!
Everyone has a good idea.
As the smoke blew into the hole, more and more.
Many aunts who are looking after children at home jump up and down and curse as soon as they open the door!
"Fuck you, it's stinking me up. Are you trying to catch mice or people?"
"You've even come to my house. Without you, my house would be a rat's nest!"
"Ahhh!! The rat has become a spirit, it's biting people!! The rat has gotten on the kang!!"
“…”
The whole village was filled with the smell of wormwood.
The whole village is in chaos.
It's like these rats know where the danger is.
Either come out from the hole outside, or come out from someone else's house.
Or they could start from the granary and push open the bricks covering the hole.
Run outside like crazy.
I originally wanted to get a few live rats, skin them and make rat skin clothes, so that the villagers won't have to use baskets to wear them.
They all picked up shovels and axes and smashed the rats they saw.
The aunts and sisters-in-law were like crazy, all screaming and waving the brooms in their hands.
"Your village is really lively. What's going on? Are there any unique customs in your village?"
Just when Lu Xinghe was getting excited, a familiar voice suddenly came to his ears.
This blower makes more noise than an old tractor.
He really didn't hear anyone approaching.
"Grandpa Cao?"
Lu Xinghe handed the blower to Ye Bufan who was helping beside him.
He said with over excitement.
"What are you doing? I heard women screaming before I even got to the village. I thought the Japanese invaders had entered the village again."
Mr. Cao pulled Lu Xinghe aside and made a joke.
However, Lu Xinghe looked at the stick of truth in Secretary Kong's hand.
I guessed that Mr. Cao was definitely not joking just now.
If the Japanese really entered the village, he would definitely be the first one to rush forward with a gun.
"No, Grandpa Cao, there are rats in the village. They are all big rats from the mountains. Normally, we can just leave them alone and drive them away by setting traps and using some medicine.
But it’s almost Chinese New Year, and we have a lot to eat at home, so I thought about killing them all at once.”
Lu Xinghe explained embarrassedly.
The village is in chaos now. If other brigades saw this, they would laugh at the Chaihe Brigade for the whole year.
It doesn't look very decent.
Rat?
Mr. Cao was stunned when he heard this.
"It's a good thing to see mice. It proves that your village is prosperous this year."
"What good news?" Lu Xinghe said with a smile, "I heard from Brother Ye that he started to cause trouble for rats in the mountains a while ago. There was a big red rat, and it looked like a rat spirit."
"Oh Red Mouse?"
When he heard these three words, even Brother Kong, who was on guard all around, turned his head to the side.
The ears stood up like a rabbit.
"Well, Big Red Rat, I didn't believe it before, but look at this village. It's not a bumper year. Is there an earthquake or something? I guess there must be a leader organizing this.
The reason why they chose Chaihe Brigade is probably because there were rats in the area before.
Besides, the production team leader at that time didn’t take any responsibility and just blocked the rat hole with mud, otherwise it wouldn’t have turned out like this.”
"If there really is a red rat, catch it and show it to me." Grandpa Cao narrowed his eyes when he said this.
It's as if I'm reminiscing about the past.
"That red rat is a good thing. If I can really catch it alive, I will definitely give you some benefits."
Lu Xinghe instantly became alert upon hearing this.
After settling Mr. Cao at home and letting He Xiaoyu accompany him, he pulled Secretary Kong over to question him.
"What's wrong, Brother Kong? What does Mr. Cao mean? Does he have a hobby of collecting rats?"
"Get lost, who collects that stuff? But red rats are different. I remember hearing from my grandfather that there was a rat plague in the capital just after liberation.
Because there was a rat half a man's height inside.
You know, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, rats were not allowed to become spirits. This was a big taboo. That time, it was Mr. Cao who led a team and used explosives to blow up the rat infestation.
But I heard that the half-man-high rat took away the body after killing me.
Even he didn't know where he took it. You have to know that at that time, Mr. Cao was already the head of the group. He didn't know, so where do you think he went?"
Secretary Kong described it vividly, as if he had experienced it personally.
But Lu Xinghe didn't listen.
This rat spirit is so important and precious that I have kept it all in mind.
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