1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 346 Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet
While they were talking, the water in the pot had already boiled.

Chu Xue called out, "Mom, it's time to cook."

Mother Liu stepped forward, picked up the lid made of sorghum stalks, and walked towards the stove: "Hurry up and eat, we might have to call the heads of each household over to discuss this later."

Chu Xue was a little worried: "Dad, if the Party Secretary assigns you work, you have to take it easy. Your leg has only just recovered, so you can't do heavy work."

Seeing his daughter's concern for him, Liu's father smiled and said, "I know."

Chu Xue suddenly remembered something: "Dad, how did you usually chase away badgers?"

Just then, Liu's mother finished cooking the first batch of noodles. She scooped out a large bowl, poured the stir-fried sauce made by Chu Xue on top, and added some chopped scallions and cilantro to the bowl before handing it to her husband: "Eat quickly, your daughter's stir-fried sauce is quite good."

His eyes were full of smiles as he spoke.

Father Liu took the large bowl: "They divide into several small teams and take turns guarding that area. If they see a badger or hear any noise, they take the village gong and bang it. It will definitely scare it away. If they persist for a few days, it will not dare to come back."

Chu Xue thought for a moment: "Actually, badgers are also afraid of those strong smells. Why don't we go to the junkyard and find some bicycle tires? Then we can light a few bonfires in that area, put some wet firewood in them, and make sure there's a lot of smoke. We can put the bicycle tires in there too. If that doesn't work, we can throw in some chili powder."

"Just have someone watch over the fire to make sure it doesn't go out. With the smoke and pungent smell, it won't be long before it has to be moved."

Mr. Liu waved his hand and said, "I'm afraid it won't work. Even if the recycling station has it, it would cost money, and I'm afraid no one will agree to it."

Chu Xue thought about it and realized she had probably been naive. Not only were individual households struggling, but the village itself was likely short of money. As Chu Xue chopped noodles with her knife, her mind was preoccupied with the badger: "Dad, why don't you try making a few straw men and hanging some rags on a rack, preferably brightly colored ones? That should have a deterrent effect."

Father Liu nodded in agreement: "That's something we can try, but we'll have to use a gong to drive the badger away first, and then put up some straw figures there."

Sure enough, he was called to a meeting right after he finished eating.

Although what Chuxue said was unrealistic, he still mentioned it to the Party Secretary and the Village Chief.

Unexpectedly, Zhicun said, "Going to the scrap yard to buy tires with money is probably not an option, but everyone has dried chili peppers at home, so we can give it a try. We can start a few fires, throw some chili powder in them, and I don't believe those guys can stand it. Add the sound of gongs, and see if those bastards are scared to death."

Finally, the village decided to take a three-pronged approach: using gongs, burning chili powder to create smoke, and using scarecrows to drive away the guys who were ruining the corn as quickly as possible.

However, being old farmers, they didn't put wet firewood in the fire; instead, they found rotten leaves and other things, then sprinkled soil inside. The village chief even contributed a string of small firecrackers, which they picked off one by one and mixed in, thinking that once lit, the firecrackers would go off every now and then to scare away the badgers.

In the afternoon, Chu Xue followed Liu's mother to the peanut field to weed. They happened to run into Liu's wife, oh no, she's no longer an accountant, and met Peng Ailan and her daughter.

This was the first time Chu Xue had seen the two of them since that day.

When Liu Shuqin saw Chuxue, the hatred in her eyes was obvious to everyone. She was about to rush over to Chuxue when her mother, Peng Ailan, grabbed her and said, "Have you forgotten what your father said? Don't cause trouble."

(End of this chapter)