In the first year of the establishment of the Vine Tribe, the night of May 8th was clear.
"Buzz buzz..."
"Pa!"
Jiang Xuan lay on the bed and accurately swatted to death a mosquito that was about to lay on his thigh to suck blood.
But not long after, two more mosquitoes flew over, circling around him, looking for the best place to suck blood, which was very annoying.
After Jiang Xuan swatted five mosquitoes to death, he finally sat up helplessly, completely sleepless.
As the weather gets hotter, the number of mosquitoes increases sharply and becomes very rampant. From time to time, they bite people, suck out a drop of blood, and leave an itchy patch, which is very uncomfortable.
Not only mosquitoes, but other insects also increased in number. Various flying insects flew in through the gaps in the bamboo houses, and then flew around the fire pit. Some even fell into the fire and were burned to ashes.
Jiang Xuan sat on the bed and said helplessly: "It would be nice if there were mosquito coils."
If there is mosquito-repellent incense, mosquitoes will not dare to blatantly bite people, and those bugs will be fumed away or fainted.
It's a pity that in the previous life, you could buy a box of mosquito coils for a few dollars, but in this primitive and primitive world, you can't find them.
When Jiang Xuan was helpless, Chi Shao seemed to hear the movement and came over to him.
"Why don't you sleep?" Chi Shao asked with concern.
"There are too many mosquitoes, so I can't sleep." Jiang Xuan looked helpless.
After listening to Jiang Xuan's words, Chi Shao thought for a while, picked up the spear, and said: "Take the torch and follow me out for a while."
"Okay!"
Jiang Xuan didn't know what Chi Shao was going out to do, but he was still very curious.
There are more than a dozen ready-made torches in the bamboo house. They are made of broken bamboo, tied with a large number of oil-rich branches, and then tied together.
Because tribal people do not have electrical appliances, torches are the most important lighting tool at night. They usually make some in advance. When they want to use them, they can just light them in the fire pond.
Jiang Xuan took a torch, lit it, and followed Chi Shao to open the door of the bamboo house.
Going out at night is actually a very dangerous move, but the Vine Tribe is guarded by ancient vines and there are no wild beasts nearby. As long as you don't go too far, it's relatively safe.
"Chi chi chi chi..."
After walking out of the bamboo house, the sound of insects all around became more obvious, one after another, very lively, but it did not seem noisy, but added some life to the summer night.
"Cuckoo..."
"Quack, quack, quack..."
There are unknown birds chirping in the trees, and various frogs are chirping in the ponds and streams. Some are trying to attract the attention of the opposite sex, while others are full and have nothing to do.
Jiang Xuan listened to the sounds of various animals and blew the cool night wind, and felt that his irritable mood was relieved a lot.
If the flying insects attracted by the fire weren't so annoying, walking at night would feel better.
"Pa!"
A snake appeared in front, but did not move away even after seeing the light of the fire. Chi Shao used a spear to hold down the head slightly behind it, then cut off the snake's head with a stone knife, and put the snake's body into the animal skin bag that he carried. Chi Shao's movements were so smooth that even the expression on his face did not change.
Many animals are attracted by the light of fire at night, and snakes are the same. This unlucky snake was just attracted for a long time and became the food of the Vine Tribe.
Then Chi Shao caught two more unlucky frogs and unlucky big bugs, and finally came to the forest on the left side of the bamboo house and found a clump of low plants.
This is a kind of weed that looks no different from ordinary weeds, but when you get close, you can smell a strange and unpleasant smell.
I can’t say whether this smell is fragrant or smelly, but it doesn’t smell very good anyway.
While Chi Shao was cutting this kind of grass with a stone knife, he explained to Jiang Xuan: "This is called stinky grass. When the people in the hunting team spend the night outside, they like to cut a few handfuls and throw some into the fire from time to time to drive them away.
Mosquitoes."
I cut a lot of red peony root, then I found a piece of rattan and tied it up, then I carried it in my hand and walked back.
After the juice from the bundle of stinkweed flowed out, the stink became more obvious. Jiang Xuan was surprised to find that even the flying insects attracted by the fire became fewer.
After returning to the bamboo house, Chi Shao placed a large bundle of stinkweed next to the fire pit, pulled out a pile of red-hot charcoal from the fire, took out a handful of stinkweed, tied them up, and placed them on top of the charcoal.
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Under the scorching charcoal fire, some smoke emerged from the stink grass, and the unpleasant smell was instantly aroused, and the entire bamboo house was filled with this smell.
Even the three teenagers who were sleeping frowned slightly, opened their sleepy eyes, and glanced towards the fire pit to make sure there was nothing unexpected before lying down to sleep again.
Although the smell is very strong, the effect is still very obvious.
Jiang Xuan was surprised to find that almost all the flying insects surrounding the fire pit and those pesky mosquitoes were smoked away.
Chi Shao said: "Tie the stink grass into a bundle and put it on the charcoal fire. It will burn longer. If you throw it directly into the fire, it will be burned to ashes in a short time."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "If the mosquitoes come again in the middle of the night, I will put another bundle of smelly grass on it."
"As long as you know, I'll take care of these prey first."
Chi Shao yawned, and quickly cleaned up all the snakes, frogs, and big bugs caught on the road, and then hung them above the fire pond to smoke and roast them.
She thought for a while, washed her hands again, and then went to bed.
Washing hands is not out of love for cleanliness, tribal people don’t pay attention to this.
Mainly because Jiang Xuan likes to be clean, so he would wash his hands carefully every time he got them dirty. Over time, Chi Shao also developed a good habit of washing hands.
Jiang Xuan lay on the bed again and waited for a long time. Sure enough, no more annoying mosquitoes came to suck blood.
He smelled the strange smell and gradually fell into sleep...
The next day, as soon as Jiang Xuan walked out of the bamboo house, an anxious Gan Song came running over with a few tourists.
"Chief, it's not good, there are a lot of bugs in the fields, and everything we planted is almost eaten up."
"What?"
When Jiang Xuan heard this, he immediately woke up. He immediately thought of the insect plague.
He didn't even have time to wash his face and said hurriedly: "Take me to see it quickly."
The grain crops in the fields are very important winter food for the Vine tribe.
After working hard for so long, we have finally reclaimed so much land and planted so many food crops. We must not be destroyed by insect pests.
Jiang Xuan followed Gan Song to the field, and saw countless insects gnawing at the crops in the field. The leaves of many crops were eaten up, and even the younger stems and leaves were not spared. p>
The tourists are trying hard to catch bugs, but their speed is too slow. Compared with the huge number of bugs, they are really stretched.
Jiang Xuan was shocked and angry, it was indeed a plague of insects!
"Chief, what should we do? There are too many bugs and we can't catch them at all."
Gan Song, who had always been calm, couldn't hold his breath anymore. He had put a lot of effort into these crops. Seeing the crops being eaten by insects, he felt that his heart was bleeding.
"Don't worry, I'm thinking of a way."
Jiang Xuan forced himself to calm down, constantly searching his mind for various experiences on pest control, and trying to find a method that fit the current situation.