After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1123 Nationwide Rat Extermination [4]

Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
"Hey, cousin Lü, be gentle! My grandniece said that although this sack is covered with two layers, it's not sealed. If you slam it too hard, the rat blood, carrying the disease, will splatter out!"

Qin Liupo stood in her front shop, looking through the crack in the window at Lü Jiu's two older brothers outside, gesturing and talking.

Lu Jiu's two older brothers: "..."

Even with her mouth and nose covered, her in-laws still kept talking. It's a good thing my sister was adopted by her uncle's family, otherwise how could they control her and support her?

"Don't worry, Aunt Qin, we'll just kill the rats, not smash them into mincemeat. You can rest assured," replied Lu Jiu's two brothers.

They covered their mouths and noses, wore smocks from head to toe, shook the sacks, and seeing that the rats hadn't moved, they were certain that the rats were neither dead nor able to escape. After that, they threw the sacks containing the rats into the baskets.

"Squeak squeak squeak!" Another squeak came from not far away on the same street. It was Zhu Yiqing, Xu Azheng, Ye Xifen and the others.

They had just come out of Qin Xiaomi's house, Qin Eryong's house, and Xu's house, each carrying a sack full of rats.

Both Qin Eryong's and Qiao Lizi's families have infants and young children, so Grandma Qin instructed that they should help these two families get rid of the rats first.

"Squeak!"

The rats in the sacks squeaked pitifully, lamenting their misfortune. They had just survived the harsh winter and were barely able to move when humans went mad and started smoking poisonous fumes into their holes.

They had no choice but to rush towards the cave entrance.

As a result, several generations of rats from the entire family rushed into the sack.

Bang bang bang!
Squeak!
Bang bang bang!
After a series of slapping sounds, the rats were killed, and the three women threw the sack into the basket.

They then rushed to the homes of Qin Cunquan and Su Shi, as well as Qin Dashi and Qin Dayan, to help exterminate rats.

Shen Luniang, Xiao Baiying, Xiao Shanglu and other female doctors split into several groups and entered the homes where rats had already been exterminated, burning packets of medicinal herbs to fumigate the houses.

This herbal pack is made from ten kinds of herbs, including Stemona japonica root, mint, Atractylodes lancea, camphor wood chips, and pyrethrum.

First, they fumigate Qin Eryong's house and Qiao Lizi's house. Because the medicine for killing fleas and lice is very potent, pregnant women and babies can only move in two hours after the house is fumigated.

First, we need to smoke it out so that there is enough time for the smell to dissipate and for both families to bring their children back to stay.

At this moment, Qiao Lizi is staying at her parents' home with Xiao Lubao.

The Qiao family and the Xu family lived close by. When the Xu family was smoking their house, the Qiao family also closed their doors and windows to prevent the smoke from getting in.

"Auntie, I'm a big brother now. I don't need adults to take care of me anymore. I can even protect Xiao Lu Bao." Xiao Fu Bao said comfortingly as Qiao Li Zi held Xiao Lu Bao without saying a word.

Qiao Lizi snapped out of her daze upon hearing this, looked at him and laughed, "You're not even as tall as the window. You're just a kid. How can you not need an adult to take care of you?"

"Fu Bao, you have to stay with the adults in the family lately. When we're escaping, you have to stick close to them. Don't think you're some big brother who can protect people, understand?"

Although she had her own biological child, Qiao Lizi still valued Xiao Fubao very much... This brat was someone they took turns carrying on their backs, feeding and raising, and raising from a tiny little boy who couldn't even walk steadily on the road of fleeing famine to this age.

They wouldn't be able to bear it if they perished in this ordeal.

"Yes, I will be good and stay close to the adults. I will never run away or get lost, so Auntie can rest assured." Little Fu Bao promised, then opened his book and said to Little Lu Bao in his swaddling clothes, "Brother will read to you. You are Little Lu Bao, and you are destined to be an official. You must start learning now."

Xiao Lubao: "..."

"At the beginning of life, people are inherently good... This means that when people are first born, they are all kind. This is referring to Little Lu Bao."

Little Lu Bao couldn't understand and was sleepy. He squirmed in his swaddling clothes, closed his eyes, and quickly fell asleep. Little Fu Bao wanted to shake him awake to get him to continue studying because he realized something: "Auntie, Grandma Qiao, could it be that our family doesn't have a talent for studying?"

The word "talent" is often used by Sister Xiaomi to praise Sister Xiaozhu, and he understood it.

Qiao Lizi and Aunt Qiao thought of the three Xu brothers.

“…Practicing martial arts can also lead to excellent career prospects, just like your third uncle and Young Master Jiang, who are already captains and centurions. After we defeat the Eastern Desert people, they can be promoted.”

Little Fu Bao frowned: "But Sister Xiaomi and Sister Xiao Zhu both said that being a military general is tiring, bitter, and easy..."

He didn't dare say the word "death," after all, his third uncle was also a soldier.

“Studying, taking the imperial examinations, and becoming a civil official is the easiest thing to do. All you have to do is use your brain, and you can get a lot of people’s admiration… Haha, our little Lu Bao wants to be that kind of person, taking the easy path so he doesn’t have to suffer.” Little Fu Bao poked the sleeping Little Lu Bao with his fingertip.

But when he practiced martial arts, his strength was a little too great, and he woke up little Lu Bao, who had just fallen asleep.

The little guy pouted and burst into tears.

Little Fubao: "..."

Qiao Lizi laughed: "Go to the front bunk to do your homework. Don't run around playing outside. You have to tell your family where you're going. It's chaotic outside right now, and it's not safe."

"Okay, I understand." Xiao Fubao hurriedly packed her schoolbag and went to the front bunk to do her homework.

Before long, the aroma of meat filled the air.

Fortunately, the Qin, Jiang, Xu, and Qiao families have been living very well these past two years and have no shortage of meat, otherwise Xiao Fubao would be drooling with envy.

He no longer craved meat, but he wanted to go to the wasteland behind the old street to watch the roasting of rats.

The rat-burning site in Taifeng Town was set up on a wasteland two miles away from the old street. Soldiers guarded the site, receiving rats from various households and throwing them into the fire to burn.

A one-meter-deep trench was dug around the bonfire, and members of the Miao, Kong, Lü, and Wu families guarded the trench. This was because some families had not killed the rats completely when they were thrown into the fire. When the rats were burned and the burlap sacks broke, they would run out and fall into the trench, which the guards would then kill.

The Zhou family members did not come because there was another rat-burning site near the ghost village, which was guarded by Ling Baihu's soldiers and the Zhou family members.

In short, there were five places in the four villages and the town where rats were burned, and the whole town smelled of meat.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"Hey, Cao Laizi, stop right now! You're not allowed to eat rat meat! If you do, you'll be arrested and locked up for seven days!"

Cao Laizi was poor and an old bachelor. He was so hungry for meat that he ignored all the warnings and opened his mouth to bite, and then...

Bang bang bang!
The soldiers raised their sticks and struck him, knocking the rat meat out of his hand and knocking him to the ground.

"I was wrong, sir, I was wrong, I will never eat rat meat again, please stop hitting me... Village chief, Village chief Cao, cousin Cao, please save your brother!" Cao Laizi cried out for help.

"Bah! Save your father, you wretched bastard Cao Laizi! I'm not dead yet, and you dare to drag my son into this and make him clean up your mess? You're dreaming!" Old Mrs. Cao, the village elder, was furious. She snatched a wooden stick from one of the Wu family members and started hitting Cao Laizi.

Bang bang bang!
The beating was extremely brutal, and the soldiers rushed to stop her, saying, "Grandma, stop hitting her! If you keep hitting her, someone will die."

The village elder's wife then threw away the wooden stick and laughed at the soldiers, "Hey, hey, hey, let's stop fighting! Then, sir, hurry up and arrest him and lock him up. If we don't arrest him, others will follow suit, and then how will we exterminate rats in our town?"

"Aunt Cao, don't be so vicious! Ouch, that hurts!" Cao Laizi twitched in pain.

The village elder spat at him and cursed, "If I weren't vicious, you wretched child, who knows how much trouble you would have caused my son!"

"Sir, sir, my son has a tough job as village chief. Sometimes he doesn't even dare to sleep at night. He has to keep watch near Cao Laizi's house, afraid that this scoundrel will harm the women in the village at night."