Happy peasant girl

Chapter 272
Fortunately, Linqingxi not only knows that apple snails are terrible pests like the people of Chu State, but also knows that it is a delicacy on the table. As long as it is fully heated, it will become a delicacy with delicate meat, and it is also some precious aquatic animals. feed.

However, Lin Qingxi also knows that if this kind of apple snail is eaten raw or not heated thoroughly, it is likely to be infected, which can cause headache, fever, and neck stiffness in mild cases, and paralysis, coma or even death in severe cases.

"Girl, what should I do? When I was in the secret garden before, I didn't find these snails!" Mu Jin saw that some rice seedlings in Lishui Bay had been eaten by apple snails. Although the victims helped catch a lot, but There are still many in the paddy fields.

"These are not snails, they are apple snails, which are more terrifying than snails." After Lin Qingxi came to the rice field, she found that there were more apple snails than she thought, and it was imperative to get rid of them.

"Fushou snail? Xi'er, do you have any good ideas?" Jing Xiu also came over with Linqingxi today. Although he sent people to secretly protect Linqingxi during this time, some people took Linqingxi, Xin Moyang and Wei Xuan every day. Report the situation together to him, but his heart is always a little uneasy.

"Jingxiu, can you make some medicine to kill these apple snails without harming the rice seedlings?" In this time and space, there are no modern chemicals, and it is impossible to effectively kill them with high-efficiency pesticides, Lin Qingxi thought. Check whether it is possible to use pesticides formulated with traditional Chinese medicine to deal with them.

Jing Xiu said with some embarrassment: "Xi'er, I have learned how to save people since I was a child, and those strong poisons are not suitable for spraying in these paddy fields, as they will cause harm to people. I'm afraid I can only think of other ways gone."

"I have asked people to find some ducks, and Xin Moyang also wrote to Han Xiao, asking him to bring me some teal ducks from the country of Wu, but the best time to raise ducks and eat snails is about eight days after transplanting rice seedlings. The rice is at the end of the booting stage, and there are a lot of ducks, so I’m afraid this method won’t work.” Linqingxi has always said that he should raise more poultry and livestock, but every time he is delayed by other things, what will he say in two days? Also find a way to hatch eggs and duck eggs artificially.

"Xi'er, besides the method you mentioned to raise ducks and eat snails, is there any other way?" Jing Xiu asked.

"Yes, you can install some denser fishing nets in the downstream where there are many apple snails, at the water inlet of the living rice fields, to prevent these apple snails from entering the paddy fields. I have already got rid of the surrounding fishermen and re-weaved the fishing nets. I should be able to bring them today. .” Lin Qingxi said.

After a few people walked in the field for a while, Linqingxi touched the roots of the rice seedlings in the paddy field with both hands, and she could touch many apple snails. After reading these, her brows became more and more wrinkled. Eight hundred catties per mu is really empty talk.

"Hibiscus, ask someone to cut some half-meter to one-meter-high bamboo slices, and then insert them in the rice fields. There are at least seventy bamboo slices per mu of rice fields. These apple snails may be lured to lay eggs on the bamboo slices. Humans remove the eggs every two or three days and destroy them. At the same time, people go to the ground to touch apple snails every day, and then boil them all in a large pot with hot water, add salt, pepper and other seasonings, remember Don't worry, cook them thoroughly, as this will harm my crops, I will eat them all." Lin Qingxi said viciously on purpose.

"Girl, can you eat the apple snails you mentioned? I heard that some people will get sick after eating snails, and some people will die after eating snails." During famine years, people even ate bark, let alone snails. But many people died after eating it.

"As long as it is cooked, there will be no problem. Tell them not to eat raw or undercooked apple snails and field snails." Lin Qingxi instructed Mujin.

"Understood, girl!" Mu Jin hurriedly sent someone to prepare the bamboo slices that Lin Qingxi mentioned.

Not long after, someone brought bamboo chips and fishing nets, and began to plant bamboo chips and arrange fishing nets in the paddy fields, and some people touched apple snails in the paddy fields with bags.

Lin Qingxi wasn't idle either, she asked for a bag too, and touched the apple snails herself, and quickly found a bag.

Jing Xiu also followed her to help, even Yun Shi found the bag, and followed Linqingxi and Jing Xiu to touch the conch.

Lin Qingxi directly brought the apple snails of himself, Jing Xiu and Yun Shimo back to the ancestral home of the old Lin family, and then cooked himself, made a stir-fried apple snail, and sent people to Lishui Bay and Beishan Bay to pull a lot at night When the apple snails came back, they boiled them all in a big pot at once.

But the people in Lishui Bay and Beishan Bay alone were not enough. After the transplanting of rice seedlings, the flood in the south had also ended, and a large number of victims took the wages given to them by Linqing River and went back with their families.

For them, leaving their hometown is a last resort. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will return to their homeland again. Isn’t there a saying that goes like this: “A golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as their own grass nest.”

At the beginning, when they heard that Linqingxi made food about apple snails, many people were afraid to start talking about them. Later, they heard that even Jing Xiu, a genius doctor, had eaten apple snails, and he also said that apple snails are a delicacy in the world. If you don’t eat raw or undercooked apple snails and snails, those who eat them will be fine.

Sometimes the words of the miracle doctor are more effective than the imperial decree, so many people tasted it with some trepidation, but they did not expect that the apple snails would be so delicious after using chili peppers, even after Yipinxiang launched spicy boiled apple snails, Temporary supply is in short supply.

"Girl Xi, many people come to buy and eat this spicy boiled apple snail, because it is not only cheap but also tastes good, and the doctor has said that you will be fine if you eat a well-cooked apple snail, but there are almost no more apple snails in the backyard." Mu Mu After seeing Lin Qingxi in Yipinxiang, Yuexuan hurriedly said to her.

"Sister Yuexuan, someone will bring you apple snails later. There are a lot of apple snails in the paddy field, but I don't have enough people. I just keep catching those apple snails day and night, and I can't catch them all. I tried some ways to get rid of them, but there are still a lot of them in the paddy field." Linqingxi also has troubles.

"Girl Xi, it's okay for Dabao and Xiaobao to stay at home. They are very mischievous. They usually like to fish in rivers and birds in trees. You can ask them to help you touch apple snails in paddy fields. Save some time for me." Mu Yuexuan said with a smile.

Mu Yuexuan's words reminded Lin Qingxi that maybe she could call some children to help her go to the fields to touch the conch shells. Anyway, there is no such thing as child labor now, and she can also give them money.

"Sister Yuexuan, thank you. I have figured out a way. Later, you can ask your cousin-in-law to pick up Dabao and Xiaobao and send them to Lishui Bay. I will take them to touch the conch shells together. In addition, you can ask your cousin-in-law to ask you People in the village, if there are any children willing to come with Dabao and Xiaobao, I will give them rain boots, and each child will touch a bag of apple snails, and I will give them a penny, and I will ask my cousin-in-law to take one back to show them the size of the bag." Lin Qingxi hurriedly asked Haitong, who was following her, to go to a nearby cloth shop to buy a one-foot-long small cloth bag, and then handed it to Mu Yuexuan's husband.

(End of this chapter)