Whose farming family has the male protagonist giving three piglets as a gift at the beginning?

"So serious?" Su Ziling muttered and began to rack his brains to think of a solution.

In modern times, this would just be a matter of a few packets of insecticide, but now...

Besides catching insects by hand, what other methods did the ancients use to get rid of insects?

Chili pepper? Garlic? Sichuan peppercorns?

And sulfur, or maybe wormwood juice?

Pine needle juice and wood ash are both good, but they are definitely not suitable for Cordyceps.

These things are still useful for common cabbage worms, but they are of little use for borers.

what else……

Is there anything else that might work against borers?

Su Ziling bit his chopsticks, muttered to himself, and stared at the table without focusing.

Her appearance frightened Su's mother so much that she was about to raise her hand to call her, but was stopped by Mr. Su.

He lowered his voice and said, "Don't disturb her yet. She just mentioned the name of the bug. Maybe she can find a way to deal with it."

After hearing the old man's words, everyone's eyes fell on her. They stopped eating, put down their bowls and chopsticks, and just stayed with her.

For a moment, the whole house was silent.

Or castor leaves, but no, no, castor leaves are too mild and can only prevent and control maggots, cabbage loopers, leaf beetles, etc. on onions, leeks, garlic, radishes, and cabbages.

It is very effective against mosquito larvae and fly maggots, but it is ineffective against borers.

What else?

Oh, right, reed vine!

Su Ziling's eyes lit up. Reed vines are okay, but they require some effort to grow. This thing grows in tropical and subtropical areas. Their side is the border, which is also subtropical. If they walk to the side, they will reach Tianmen Mountain!

The corners of Su Ziling's mouth gradually widened. He thought that he might be able to find reed vines in Tianmen Mountain.

But what if not?

I have to think of another one that is easy to find and 100% certain...

Peach leaves...peach leaves seem to work too, peach leaves plus lime.

Yes, peach leaf liquid, this is easy to find.

These two can be done at the same time, and then we can see which one works best.

"I figured it out! Uh..."

She looked up suddenly and found that everyone was looking at her.

"Why don't you eat?"

Mother Su shook her head, "What did you think of?"

Su Ziling looked around and saw that everyone's eyes were full of anticipation, so she didn't keep it a secret. "I've thought of two ways to get rid of the insects. There's at least an 80% chance of success."

"Eighty percent?"

"What method?"

"One is reed vine, and the other is peach leaves. Reed vine is poisonous, so it has a better chance of killing insects than peach leaves, but it is harder to find. Peach leaves are easier to find, but we can't worry about that now. Let's make plans for both. So, let's put the work on hand aside for now. After dinner, Twenty and I will go find reed vines, and Grandpa and you guys go pick peach leaves. Try to pick as many as possible."

"Whether we can find it or not, we will be back at noon. If we can find it, that's great. If we can't, we can use peach leaves. I will come back to deal with it. We will go spray the pesticide in the afternoon, and we should be able to see the effect tomorrow."

After hearing her words, everyone was encouraged. Old Master Su also had an appetite. "Okay, it's definitely not possible to catch it with your hands. Let's try it first. But there are only two of you. Where are you going to look for it? How about asking your eldest brother to come with you?"

Let big brother go with us? No, no, she hadn't forgotten that Su Zizhong was allergic to lacquer tree.

Su Ziling shook his head, "No, twenty and I are enough, and the demand for peach leaves is relatively large, so you should pick more. If you can't find the reed vine, then it will be a wasted trip, right?"

"It would be better to let my eldest brother go with you to pick peach leaves. If there are really reed vines, we can find more people to dig them tomorrow."

"That's right," Su Ah-nai nodded and asked again, "Where are you going to find it?"

Su Ziling: "..."

She lowered her head and took a bite of rice. "We need to go to a place that is farther away and warmer. Let's see later."

Now that they had a solution, everyone became more energetic and no longer looked as lifeless and listless as before.

After dinner, Su's mother and her friends took their backpacks and sacks and set off early. Su Ziling took the sack, backpack, bamboo tube, sickle, hoe and hat.

Two people were too few, so she also called Su Yonghe. At present, she knew that they were the only two people who were not allergic to lacquer tree.

Su Yonghe followed her, "Going into Tianmen Mountain again? Aren't you going to catch insects?"

As we walked along, we saw the cornfield was full of people. Everyone was bending over, catching insects with chopsticks and bamboo tubes.

This insect is fat and can be taken back to feed chickens and ducks.

"Catch the bugs? How can we catch them all? The borers reproduce very quickly. Each female can lay four to five hundred eggs. Can we catch them all at this speed? God knows how many eggs have not grown yet."

I haven't been here for more than half a year, and Tianmen Mountain has become even more difficult to climb. The original path is gone, and I have to start over.

Twenty walked in front to lead the way, Su Ziling walked in the middle, and Su Yonghe walked at the end.

"So many?" Su Yonghe frowned. "No wonder we can't catch them all. We just caught the first few and there are more. I thought I missed some."

"Then why did we come to Tianmen Mountain? Could it be that there is a way to deal with the heart-boring insects here?"

"You're right, there is a way, but we have to see if we can find it."

Su Ziling explained the general appearance of the reed vine to the two of them, "One of us will look up and the other will look down. Twenty, you are responsible for looking ahead. The reed vine is a climbing shrub with oval leaves. The new leaves are brown. It likes hot and humid places. Let's go inside. I estimate that there will be some on both sides of the stream."

Su Yonghe was stunned. "Hearing your description...why do I feel like I've seen it before?"

"Really?" Su Ziling turned around and looked at him.

"I'm not sure, but it feels a bit like it," he scratched his head, "Well, I'll go ahead and we'll go take a look first, just in case it's true, right?"

Finally, Su Yonghe walked in front, leading the two of them, and followed their memory to look for it. Unfortunately, it was not a reed vine, but it did look a bit like it, with oval leaves.

Su Yonghe looked at her, and Su Ziling shook her head. "Although the leaves are all oval, this new leaf is not brown. Let's climb up and then walk inside."

Finally, a few people climbed all the way to the middle of the mountain and walked in listening to the sound of water.

Arriving at the stream, the three of them separated. Su Yonghe waded across the water to look at the other side, while Su Ziling and Twenty looked on this side.

The three of them climbed up while searching, and after searching for a while they would call out to each other, "Uncle Yonghe, do you have any over there?"

"No." The sound of running water was so loud that even though the two shouted very loudly, their voices were still half covered up.

"Then let's climb up again. You should walk slowly by yourself. If you need anything, just shout."

Su Ziling's cheeks were red from the sun, and he was sweating profusely, with strands of hair sticking to his face.

She shouted so loudly that veins on her neck popped out. The forest was too dense, and they had to squeeze through the vines, so the hat was of no use.

Her hair was a mess, caught on branches and thorns, with even dry branches and spider webs hanging on it.

After walking up a little further, I suddenly heard Su Yonghe's voice coming from the opposite side, "Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing."

Su Ziling was entering the woods. There were rustling sounds in his ears, but he didn't hear anything until he got out of the woods.

Twenty told her, "He called you, maybe he found something."

Su Ziling exhaled lightly and smoothed back her messy hair.