Chapter 952 Reconstruction
Once, the search team found a large number of escaped toads by a pond, but the surrounding environment was very dangerous, the ground was slippery, and there was a risk of falling into the mud. Qi Tongwei was the first to step into the mud without hesitation, and led the team members to carefully capture the toads one by one. After several days and nights of hard work, most of the toads were found, and the breeding base was restored to life with everyone's efforts.
With the arrival of relief supplies and funds, the reconstruction of the village was in full swing. The construction team entered the village again, and new houses, farmhouses and picking gardens rose from the ruins. This time, the building structure was more solid and adopted a more advanced windproof design. While rebuilding, Qi Tongwei also focused on improving the quality and safety of rural tourism. He invited professional tourism planners to re-plan the village and add more safety facilities and emergency shelters.
After several months of hard work, the village has taken on a new look. The farmhouse is more spacious and comfortable than before, more varieties of fruits and vegetables are planted in the picking garden, and the toad breeding base has become a special attraction integrating breeding, popular science and viewing. When the first batch of tourists stepped into the village again, they were shocked by the scene before them. The traces of the disaster have been replaced by brand new buildings and vibrant scenes, and the faces of the villagers are full of confidence and enthusiasm.
Qi Tongwei stood in the village square, watching the tourists coming and going and the busy and happy villagers.
The peaceful days did not last long. One morning, the villagers were preparing to work in the fields as usual, but found that the sky was gradually covered by a shadow. At first, everyone thought it was a dark cloud, but the speed and shape of the shadow were strange. As the shadow approached, a rustling sound was heard, as if countless tiny footsteps were stepping at the same time. A villager looked closely and shouted in horror: "It's locusts! The locusts are coming!"
In an instant, the whole village was shrouded in fear. The dense locusts came like a surging black tide, and wherever they came, the crops were eaten up. The green watermelon vines and plump wheat ears were quickly turned into dead branches and leaves under the crazy ravages of the locusts. The villagers watched helplessly as the fruits of their hard work were instantly wiped out. Some collapsed on the ground and cried loudly; some waved farm tools to try to drive away the locusts, but it was just a drop in the bucket.
Qi Tongwei reacted quickly and called the villagers again through the radio. In the open space in front of the village committee, the villagers looked haggard, their eyes full of despair and helplessness. "Fellow villagers, locusts are coming, our crops have suffered a great disaster, but we can't just give up!" Qi Tongwei's voice was firm and powerful, trying to ignite hope in everyone's hearts. "Let's work together to find a way to save as much as possible!"
Led by Qi Tongwei, the villagers rushed to the fields with various tools. Some people took bamboo brooms and slapped the locusts vigorously; others carried sprayers and tried to use pesticides to drive away the locusts. But the number of locusts was too large. When one wave was driven away, another wave quickly replaced it. The effect of pesticides was greatly reduced in the face of such a large swarm of insects.
The children in the village also joined the struggle. They carried small buckets and followed the adults to collect the killed locusts. Although they were young, they knew that this disaster was related to the fate of the entire village. A little boy named Mingming, with tears in his eyes, said as he collected the locusts: "These locusts are too bad. We must drive them away to protect our crops."
However, the destructive power of the locust plague was far beyond imagination. In just a few days, the crops in the village were almost completely eaten up, not only the watermelons and grains that were about to be harvested, but also the weeds on the edge of the field. The economic losses were huge, and many families lost their main source of income and fell into difficult lives. Moreover, the rampant locusts also brought about the problem of food shortage, and the villagers' food rations became a problem.
Worse still, some villagers have developed allergic and poisoning symptoms due to long hours of working in the fields and close contact with locusts. The village clinic is overcrowded, doctors are overwhelmed, and medicines are running out. The lives and health of the villagers are seriously threatened, and the atmosphere of fear is growing stronger in the village.
Qi Tongwei was extremely worried when he saw the villagers in pain. On the one hand, he organized people to take care of the sick villagers and contacted medical institutions outside for medicine and medical support. On the other hand, he continued to lead the villagers to find ways to deal with the locusts. He asked around for ways to control the locusts and contacted agricultural experts through the Internet and phone to ask for their advice.
Experts gave some suggestions, such as using natural enemies of locusts for biological control, or using smoke to drive them away. Qi Tongwei quickly organized the villagers to take action. They bought a large number of chickens and ducks from surrounding areas, and these poultry became the "new force" against locusts. In the fields, chickens and ducks happily pecked at the locusts, alleviating the harm of locusts to a certain extent. At the same time, the villagers made a large number of smoke generators and ignited them around the village and in the fields. Thick smoke rose up, and the locusts were driven away by the smoke, temporarily reducing their attacks on the village.
But these methods can only provide temporary relief and cannot fundamentally solve the problem. The locusts reproduce very quickly, and new locusts continue to hatch and continue to wreak havoc on the land. The villagers are on the verge of physical and mental collapse. Faced with the endless stream of locusts, they feel unprecedented despair.
At this difficult time, outside assistance finally arrived. After the government learned about the situation in the village, it quickly dispatched a professional locust-killing team with advanced equipment and a large amount of supplies. They used airplanes to spray biological agents to disinfect the locusts on a large scale. Amid the roar of the airplanes, the agents sprinkled onto the fields like fine raindrops, and the locusts fell to the ground and died one after another.
With the help of the locust eradication team, the locust plague was finally effectively controlled. The number of locusts in the village was greatly reduced, and the villagers finally relaxed a little. However, the trauma caused by this disaster is difficult to heal easily. The village is full of depression after being destroyed by locusts. The villagers are exhausted physically and mentally, and are full of confusion about the future.
Qi Tongwei knew that restoring the vitality and confidence of the village was a top priority. He organized villagers to clean up the dead locusts and dead branches and leaves in the fields and replan the farmland. At the same time, he actively communicated with the outside world to strive for more financial and technical support to help the villagers resume production. The government provided agricultural subsidies, enterprises donated seeds and fertilizers, and volunteers also came to the village to help the villagers rebuild their homes.