Chapter 0039 Rodent eradication campaign
"Xu, do you have any good ideas?" Old John became interested and reminded: "If it's drugging, that's not okay. It's very bad for the environment, and it's possible for cattle and sheep to accidentally eat rat poison.
Or, another carnivore accidentally eats the drugged rat."
"Don't worry, John, I won't do something as stupid as drugging." Xu Xiaoyu smiled mysteriously. The preferred method to kill rats in the country is rat poison. I have to say, this approach is really stupid.
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Not to mention that poultry and animals may be eaten by mistake, even ignorant children may eat it by mistake. Tragedies like this have happened before, but not twice.
As a person who grew up in the countryside, Xu Xiaoyu had quite a lot of methods for catching rats. He chose two types according to local conditions. So he made a special trip to Reno and bought back a large number of cages.
and short iron rods and thin wire.
"I thought you had some good ideas, but it turned out to be getting out of the cage."
Old John looked at the pile of things he bought and said nonchalantly: "I have set up cages before, but mice are more cunning than foxes. After catching one or several, it is difficult to catch them again. And it is difficult to catch them."
They are all little mice, big mice won’t come in at all!”
Old John was telling the truth. Using a cage to catch mice is indeed what it means.
Xu Xiaoyu didn't say much to him. Since he bought so many cages, he naturally had his own way.
Kelti, who was next to him, was playing with a short iron rod and asked curiously: "What is this used for?"
"Take the noose." Xu Xiaoyu said, took an iron rod, and then took a thin iron wire, wrapped the thin iron wire tightly around the iron rod, and made a looper.
This is exactly the same principle and method as the noose he used to tether the rabbit that day, except that he used wooden sticks and ropes to tether the rabbit, while he used iron rods and wires to tether the mouse. After all, the teeth of mice are very sharp, and the ropes and sticks click.
'It bit it in half, it was useless.
"Oh?" Old John followed Xu Xiaoyu's method and made a simple device. He put his hand into the iron wire cover and found that the iron wire covered his wrist with a slight movement. It would be okay if he didn't struggle. The more he struggled, the more he struggled.
, the wire becomes tighter and tighter, feeling like handcuffs.
Discovering the mystery, Old John couldn't help but laugh and said: "Xu, this thing is much more interesting than a cage, but mice won't stupidly crawl into it."
Kelti guessed: "Xu, are you going to place this thing at the entrance of the mouse hole?"
"It won't work without opening the hole. I don't expect the mice to crawl in here by themselves." Xu Xiaoyu said approvingly and gave Old John a squeeze.
Old John did not blush this time, and insisted on his opinion: "Xu, you underestimated the cunning of the mouse. Even if you put this thing at the entrance of the hole, it will go around, or it will destroy it first. In my opinion,
If you can catch one mouse with ten traps, it's considered a good success."
"Xu, is John's judgment correct?" Kelti said.
"Right or wrong, just wait until the results come out." Xu Xiaoyu smiled mysteriously.
"Then let's wait and see." Old John shouted unconvinced.
Next, the three people began to make this noose.
The short iron rods and thin wires that Xu Xiaoyu brought back were much more than cages. He was not just planning to eliminate the rats in the vegetable field. He was clearly planning to eliminate all the rats in the entire pasture!
Not to mention that Xu Xiaoyu really just wants to kill all the rats in the pasture at this moment. Of course, this is unrealistic, but he also wants to eliminate as many of them as possible!
Because Xu Xiaoyu knows very well that although the taste of vegetables irrigated by space water is different from that of vegetables produced in space, it is much better than ordinary vegetables. Inevitably, the vegetable patch will consume most of the food in the pasture.
Grass animals were attracted, including the most greedy rats!
Now haven't the rats dug more than a dozen tunnels leading to the vegetable fields? Aren't there dozens of vegetables being chewed up now?
This is just the beginning!
Xu Xiaoyu was sure that if he didn't take any measures and left things alone, there wouldn't necessarily be many more "tunnel exits" in the vegetable field, but the entire vegetable field would definitely become a paradise for mice, their paradise!
By then, rats will be overrun inside!
Therefore, for Xu Xiaoyu, eliminating the mice in the pasture is equivalent to eliminating the mice in the vegetable field!
The three of them made hundreds of nooses, and first blocked the mouse hole in the vegetable field, because this wire noose could only trap one mouse, and it was powerless against the rats that came one after another.
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Of course, blocking the entrance to the hole is only a temporary measure. Faced with the temptation of delicious fresh vegetables in the vegetable field, the crazy mice will definitely dig out another exit!
"Willy, Nick!"
Old John summoned the two cattle dogs that were lazing in the sun beside the cattle not far away. They had to leave it to them to find the mouse holes.
With the help of Willy and Nick, Xu Xiaoyu and the others placed hundreds of wire nooses at the entrances of mouse holes.
As the saying goes, you won’t know until you look at it, and you will be shocked at first glance. After all this busy work, everyone found that there were really enough rats in the pasture. This made Xu Xiaoyu and Kelti speechless. And Old John was gritting his teeth.
, scolding the hateful thief and hateful destroyer!
After the arrangement was completed, it was already sunset and the sky was getting dark.
Old John patted the grass clippings on his hands and asked with a smile: "By the way, Xu, what are we going to do with those piles of cages?"
"Leave this matter to me. Let's go back to the villa to make dinner first." Xu Xiaoyu said with a smile.
Back in the villa, we started cooking. Xu Xiaoyu was the chef according to the old rules, and An Linna was learning from the side.
Kelti, who had officially established a relationship with Xu Xiaoyu, also watched with interest and helped An Linna wash the dishes.
"Kelti, you are a guest, how can I let you do something? You can go outside and watch TV." Anlina said to her with a smile.
Kelti, who has a straightforward personality, shook her head and said: "Anna, actually, I mainly want to see how Chinese food is made, because I have never seen it before."
"I think you want to see Xu's heroic appearance while cooking." An Linna teased her.
"Yeah." Kelti admitted without blushing and said, "This is one of the reasons why I want to stay in the kitchen."
The two women were talking and doing things while Xu Xiaoyu put on his bib and started to show off his skills.
Holding the spatula in his hand, he seemed to be holding a peerless magic weapon. His aura of dominating the world and being so majestic that he could dominate the mountains and rivers came out immediately!
This was the first time Kelti saw him cooking a spoon. Looking at his arrogant appearance, Kelti couldn't help but stare with her big watery eyes. She was shocked and a voice shouted in her heart: Mom, how can you be so domineering in cooking?
Side leak?! Xu, you are so charming, you are worthy of being my dear!! No wonder the dishes you cook are so delicious!! I love you so much!!
Then, Xu Xiaoyu's series of flowing, artistic and ornamental movements made Kelti extremely surprised. At the same time, her heart jumped like a frightened deer, and she found that her Chinese boyfriend was...
She was excellent in her imagination and felt very happy!
After enjoying the delicious dinner, Kelti and old John Annalin watched TV and chatted, while Xu Xiaoyu took a small bag of beef cut into small pieces and came to the cabin.
He ducked into the space, took out a small bucket of space water, and soaked the beef in it.
After soaking for a period of time, place a piece in each cage, set up the mechanism, and then distribute the cages in the pasture.
Chapter completed!