Chapter 2763: If there are insects, you need to take medicine
"Rise your hand?"
Not only Jiang Yu, but also Zheng Qing looked at the Black Gem Cat in surprise, wondering what it was saying.
The black gem cat responded to the boy's eyes full of contempt - Zheng Qing suddenly felt a subtle emotion, and he felt as if he was looking in a haha mirror - the black gem cat's explanation to Jiang Yu came from his ear: "I mean, when Professor Li asked about the weaknesses and secretions of earworms... I think you should know... After all, Li Meng often attracts insects, and you must know very well about these. But why didn't you raise your hand?"
"Oh, that one."
The witch tweaked the long hair that was hanging down from her ears, pinched the black gem cat's neck, put it back on Zheng Qing's shoulder, and looked at the boy and the cat with a smile: "—I said I didn't pay attention to what the professor was saying just now, do you believe it?"
The black cat pulled his ears.
Zheng Qing nodded obediently.
Although this explanation sounds unreasonable, it is indeed the most reasonable explanation. As for the witch who was thinking about what she hadn't listened to the teacher's lecture just now, just looking at her smiling expression, Zheng Qing didn't have the courage to ask questions.
The distance between the teaching building and the Baicao Garden, where students often go, is not far.
Soon, the low two-story building appeared in the sight of the young wizards.
Thin and dilapidated arched garden door, black door signs, hollow runes on the stone wall and gray wall rolled up in the corners of the wall, etc., everything here seems to be solidified in time, just like Zheng Qing remembered that when he first came to Baicao Garden.
"Everyone hurry up."
Professor Li had already changed into a dragon-skin protective suit, his eyes flew over the kitten on Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu's shoulders, and turned to the others: "Do you still remember the rules of Baicaoyuan?"
"See the teacher's instructions!"
"Don't move around!"
"See the teacher's instructions and don't move around!"
The young wizards' chaotic answers obviously did not satisfy the professor. They stopped and calmed down. Only after they calmed down did he add: "In addition to these, remember not to bring magical items that were not related to the garden without permission!"
This reminder is very clear.
Jiang Yu immediately removed the clone transformation technique and put the white jade into his pocket.
The black gem cat rushed to the big oak tree at the entrance of the garden just before Zheng Qing took action, and screamed: "You go to class by yourself, I'll help you drive squirrels!"
The screams attracted many students under the tree to look at each other.
The originally comfortable squirrels on the oak tree were also chased by the black cats that suddenly jumped over.
Zheng Qing hesitated for a moment, but did not remove the clone transformation technique. He turned around and took the incense handed over by Xiao Xiao, inserted it into the incense burner in front of the shrine in the door of Baicao Garden, prayed silently for a few words, picked up a cluster of incense ash, and threw it over his left shoulder.
Then follow everyone and enter the park in sequence.
Shatang wood needs to grow in the calcium-based soil after the limestone is flourishing, and likes wind, sun, and cold, because it is planted by Uncle Stendar on the outside of Baicao Garden.
"——This kind of tree looks like a tree, the flowers are yellow, the fruit is red, and the samurai fruit tastes a bit like plums, but has no cores. After consumption, it can allow the wizard to briefly gain the ability to breathe underwater. It is similar to the gillus, but it tastes much better than gillus... Of course, everyone must pay attention to the risk of suffocation, so don't eat it casually because of the good taste."
When the professor said his last sentence, he glanced at Fat Xin with a warning.
This made the fat wizard quite unhappy.
"Do I look like the kind of person who eats casually?" He whispered to the doctor in a angrily manner.
"It's not like it." Zhang Jixin, who was walking on the other side of him, suddenly appeared three words.
The fat wizard was furious when he heard this.
But it is not easy to touch the red-faced witch.
Because Professor Li had already handed over to Uncle Stendhal, who was in charge of Baicaoyuan, in front of the team, the old school worker was standing in front of a snowy forest with a pickaxe.
He spoke slowly when the young wizards gradually calmed down.
"——The insect you are going to deal with today is called date lice, the scientific name is 'Yingzhou wax scale' and 'jujube buckle wax scale', which is a very annoying insect."
Old Man Stendhal introduced today's task in a rough voice: "Its nymphs will attach to the leaves of Shatang, suck the sap, and then secrete waxy excrement, forming hard scale shells, fixed on the leaves and branches. It doesn't matter if one or two, but this insect has strong reproductive power. Each female insect lays eggs at one time. In April and May, this season, it starts to hatch and attaches densely to the branches. From a distance, it looks like snow accumulates on the trees..."
As he said that, he waved his hand to the grayish-white forest behind him.
Only then did Zheng Qing realize that what he thought was snow-covered was actually insect shells. He seemed to notice the gaze that was being watched by the outside world. The "white snow" suddenly trembled, and in a moment, the black insect heads appeared, which were set against the white scale shells, as if they were eyeballs. A dense sense of fear arose, which made Zheng Qing shiver involuntarily.
He is not the only one who responds to it.
Almost as the old school workers finished introducing the school, the witches in the team took a step back and made extremely slight and disgusting sounds. The other male witches did not perform better, the difference was that some just leaned their heads back, while others lowered their eyelids, as if they wouldn't be upset if they couldn't see them.
Perhaps I noticed the disgust of the young wizards.
Uncle Stendhal's eyes paused on Zheng Qing, and suddenly the topic changed: "———Everyone has seen these insects. Professor Qi Huang will teach you how to prepare insect pills later. His prescription is very fierce. If he uses his medicine, all the leaves of Shatang wood will fall out, and a single fruit will not be born this year. So some people do not agree with medicine. But everyone knows that if you don't take this medicine, the insect will chew on the roots along the bark and leave the insect eggs in the soil. Next year, these Shatang woods will not even grow leaves. So, don't be afraid. You still need to use medicine to spray medicine... Because the roots are saved, there will be next year... The fruit trees will still bear new fruits next year. If the roots are rotten, there will be no new fruits."
When he said this, the Potions Professor frowned slightly and didn't say much. He just took his hands and stood quietly aside, not seeming to notice the slightly confused gazes around him.
Including Zheng Qing.
He was not the young freshman when he first entered college.
"Why do I think there is something in Old Man Stendhal's words?" He quietly attached himself to the doctor's ear and muttered in a low voice.
Xiao Xiao held his glasses.
Instead of answering Zheng Qing’s question directly, he recited a sutra: “Preface is born from the mind, environment changes with the mind, life is created by the mind, blessings are summoned by itself… You are looking at the scenery on the bridge, and the people who are watching the scenery look at you upstairs, that’s it.”