In order to survive and live, the battle between man and nature has never stopped.
Fighting with heaven is endless fun, fighting with earth is endless fun, fighting with people is endless fun!
This was a major matter related to the rations of the two families, and a good solution had to be found immediately, so everyone gathered at Xiaoman's house.
Not only Qiaoyun came, but even Xu Dazhu leaned slightly on Xiaoman and paid attention to the affairs at home.
Everyone has his say.
The first person to speak was the experienced Xiao Manye. The old man had lived a long time and heard more things than others said.
"Now is the time when the beans are growing. If they are destroyed, they will be a sprout, and if they are destroyed, they will be a season. You must not be negligent!" Xiao Man said heartbrokenly.
The early discovery this time was all due to the old man's inspection every morning. Now he has recognized almost all the seedlings, and he can spot even one missing one.
"Rabbits give birth to a lot of babies and eat a lot. They form a group in a blink of an eye. We need to hurry up!" Xiao Mannai added.
At this time, she was speaking through gritted teeth and wished she could immediately dismantle the rabbit circle in the corner of her yard.
Xu Errui said: "Let's plant a few more straw men, which will not only scare the birds, but also defend the ground!"
This is the most commonly used and the most immediate.
Mr. Xiaoman nodded: "Er Rui is right, we are going to kill people today."
Rabbits are timid, especially when foraging, and will panic at the slightest disturbance.
Putting up more grass figures in the fields and hanging some fan strips that make noise in the wind and move when the wind blows can play a role in driving them away.
However, this is only temporarily useful. If you encounter a bold and thick-skinned rabbit, it will be ineffective if you try it a few times and find that those straw men with arrogant teeth and claws are just fakes.
On the kang, Xu Dazhu, who seldom spoke, said: "Let Xiaoman and the others find the rabbit hole first. There are rabbits' old paths, and they can be trapped!"
This is also a routine operation. Catching rabbits can protect the crops and also eat them.
Everyone was talking lively, and even Qiaoyun said that her mother-in-law used dogs to chase rabbits away.
Only Jiang Zhi remained silent. She was born in a rural area and had a certain understanding of the dangers and habits of hares.
In the past, hares were considered three-legged animals and were protected by law. But this is no longer the case here. If you try to steal food from others, you will die.
Rabbits are timid. They stay up during the day and come out at night to eat young seedlings, damaging a large area in one night.
If left alone, the soybean seedlings and sorghum seedlings on the hillside will be gone in at most ten days, and the wheat seedlings and vegetable seedlings next to the houses will also be threatened.
The area is large, the duration is long, and relying on human capture and dummies is a huge amount of work. Jiang Zhi came up with a plan that can be implemented on a large scale.
Eat to eat!
It is said that rabbits eat all kinds of grass, but there are some grasses that will kill them as soon as they eat them.
The grasses that rabbits are most afraid of include potato seedlings, tomato seedlings, larch, nasturtium, Pulsatilla, rhododendron, wild ginger, delphinium, castor, hedyotis, aconitum, dense flower, black fairy, belladonna , calla lily, camel thorn, datura.
Just mash the grass into juice and sprinkle it on the bean sprouts, and the rabbits who eat it will die.
It's just that this method is too vicious, and it also destroys the seedlings. Killing one thousand enemies will cost you eight hundred, making both sides suffer, and it is not worthwhile for the rabbits to die and the seedlings to die.
There are other ways to eliminate poisoning.
Jiang Zhi said to Xiao Man and Xu Errui: "You go find mugwort today, pound it, mix it with water, and spread it on the hillside where rabbits infest."
Just use mugwort? This is somewhat surprising.
Mr. Xiaoman had never heard of this method. He asked: "Rabbits eat all kinds of grass. Can it be done with mugwort?"
Jiang Zhi said: "Rabbits can also eat mugwort, but rabbits don't like the taste of mugwort leaves. If there are other foods to eat, the rabbits will definitely not force themselves to eat something they don't like, and they will choose to leave.
Now we need to protect the seedlings first, whether using straw men or catching rabbits with traps, these can be done slowly. "
Seeing that everyone still didn't believe it, Jiang Zhi said that this would be easy to do. Nini was raising rabbits and she would try it out soon to see if it works!
Mugwort is a wild grass and easy to find. It has young branches and leaves with plenty of juice now.
Xiaoman found moxa leaves and threw them into the rabbit pen. The rabbit, which was originally hungry for food, sniffed it twice and jumped to the corner to comb its fur, ignoring the green moxa leaves.
When they saw that it was indeed effective, Xiaoman and Errui immediately put their baskets on their backs and went to find Ai Ye.
Xiao Mannai smiled and fed her rabbit a handful of grass: "If you do it right, I will feed you more of your favorite milk grass every day."
Next to her, Nini’s little head clicked hard: “Grandma, Nini knows where the milkweed is most abundant!”
She will now carry the basket made by her great-grandfather to cut grass for the rabbit.
Everyone was busy protecting the crops. Xu Dazhu was lying on the kang: "Master, bring me some brown silk!"
Little Man was puzzled: "Why do you want brown silk?"
Xu Dazhu said: "Twist brown silk into a thin rope, and I will teach Xiaoman how to set up rabbits!"
He used to burn charcoal in the mountains and stay there for a month. When he had nothing to do, he would set traps around and catch rabbits, pheasants and the like to take home.
With carefulness and patience, I can always catch one or two to take home for meat.
But when people are paralyzed and their hearts are dead, this craft will naturally be wasted.
Hearing that his eldest grandson wanted to do something on his own initiative, Little Man was filled with joy and hurriedly went to find his coir raincoat.
There are palm trees on the mountain, but Xiaoman has gone out to cut mugwort. He has no time to look for it now, so he can only take off his raincoat and use the brown silk on it.
That night, several people from Jiangzhi spread bean seedlings, melon seedlings, and sorghum seedlings with thick mugwort juice in the direction where rabbits were likely to appear.
He also randomly placed a few stones in the crop field and painted them with white lime water. The bright moonlight would scare the rabbits who stole their mouths.
Jiang Zhi's method worked. Several people came to check early the next morning, and no more broken seedlings were added.
Next, Xiaoman began to lay nooses outside the rabbit holes everywhere, which Xu Dazhu taught step by step.
Unexpectedly, there is also a gift package for newbies here. On that day, Xiao Man’s trap caught a live one, which was good for everyone. Xiao Man and Er Rui were so happy that they had to set traps every night.
Xiaoman made a meritorious service, and Xu Dazhu also regained some self-confidence. Every day, he would ask Xiaoman where to place the trap, how to release it, and point out what was right and wrong one by one.
I also need to be taught how to deal with rabbit skin, and my spirit will become better and better.
It was May and the wheat seedlings were already one foot tall. Because of the sufficient fertility, the seedlings were tall and strong. Little Man's face was filled with joy and anticipation.
From the looks of it now, there must be a great harvest. He never expected that a famine year could turn into a good one.
It's a pity that there is little land. If we plant ten to eight acres, it will be enough for two families to live for several years.
Jiang Zhi only felt that these wheat seedlings were ordinary. After all, he was a person who had seen hybrid varieties in the world, so he would not be excited when he saw ordinary wheat seedlings.
She is now starting to raise seedlings again, and the time is right for corn seedlings and cotton seedlings.
In fact, Xiaomanye and her have always had conflicts over farming.
According to the custom of Xujia Village, there is no spring wheat, but now spring wheat is planted, and the corn should be planted in March, but Jiangzhi delayed it until May.
