Chapter 96: Thief
Accompanied by Aden, Willy came to the land where the stellaria was planted.
"Mr. Tunchang."
A villager about the same age as Aden saluted Willy. He and Aden were vigil together last night. When this happened, he was very uneasy. The loss of sixty gold rams, even if he and Aden were sold, would not make up for one-tenth.
Willy nodded slightly to him as a gesture.
This calmed the hearts of the young villagers. At least there was no sign of anger on the faces of the villagers.
"Lord Tunchang, here are the two stinkbugs that were bitten."
Aden took Willy through the wall and pointed to the corner.
Willy and Aden walked over together, then crouched down.
"right here."
Aden pointed to the ground. The two star-spotted snow roots whose roots were bitten were still in the ground and had not been taken out. The reason for this was that Aden was afraid that he would destroy the scene and increase the difficulty of subsequent exploration of the root cause.
Willie lowered his head slightly.
I saw two star-spotted snow roots slanted on the ground. The upper part of the stem and leaves were intact, but they were already withered and yellowed. The lower part, the roots that had grown in the soil before, had been eaten clean and exposed.
Willy's brows are slightly wrinkled. The thief who ate the stink root seems to know the goods. A stink root, its main nutrients are all concentrated in the root, and the upper half of the stem and leaves have very limited nutrients. .
Willy picked up one of the star-spotted snow roots and took a closer look at its rhizome.
He found that there were rodent-like bite marks on the root of the star-spotted snow root.
"It seems to be a trace left by a mouse..."
Aden also saw the shape of the bite mark.
Willy shook his head gently, it couldn't have been bitten by a rat, if it was a rat, they couldn't just bite off the rhizome, leaving only the top half of the stem and leaves, they would eat the stem first Leaves, and then dig out the roots and eat them.
Apart from that, there were no traces of turning the soil around the two star-spotted snow roots. Moreover, if a mouse really digs the soil, it will definitely be heard by the two of Aton.
"Ok?"
Willy pressed the soil subconsciously, and suddenly found that the land under the two trees planted with star-spotted snow roots turned soft and fluffy.
He scratched twice, and opened the soil with ease.
This is very wrong. The soil seems to have been dug under the ground.
Willy grabbed a handful of dirt in his hand and moved to add it, but suddenly saw a small black particle appearing on top.
"This is……"
A strange color suddenly appeared in Willy's eyes.
He put the small black particle in the palm of his hand, smelled it lightly, and crushed it. A faint medicinal scent came from inside.
Willy laughed suddenly, he never thought that such a little guy would come to Fandoutun.
"Lord Tunchang, what is this?"
Seeing the smile on Willy's face, Aden felt very strange.
With such a big loss, and you still don't know what the culprit is, why is Master Tunchang not worried at all, but rather happy?
"An animal dung."
Willy put the small black particle in Aden's palm.
"Is this feces?"
As a child who has been growing up in the countryside, Aden doesn't mind these dirty things at all.
He took the small feces, and the faint fragrance entered the tip of his nose.
"how can that be?"
Aden looked at Willy in surprise. This small black particle looked very smooth and smelled. What kind of animal feces not only did not smell, but also smelled like medicine?
"What animal is this?"
Adon asked Willy in confusion.
Willy shook his head gently, but didn't answer directly: "Don't worry, I'll keep vigil with you tonight to catch the thief."
"tonight……"
Aden was stunned by Willy's indifference, who seemed to have grasped everything. As expected of a colonel, not only did he not care about the loss of sixty gold rams, but he also had such a wealth of knowledge. . It is a great honor to be able to do things under the masters of Tunchang.
"By the way, if you dig deeper into the soil under the roots of these two star-spotted snow, you should be able to dig out a lot of these small particles of feces. Don't throw it away. This is a high-grade natural fertilizer. Collect it, After drying, it is ground into powder and added to the grass ash, which will have an unexpected fertilization effect."
Willy ordered in an orderly manner: "Also, don't throw away the stems and leaves of these two star-spotted snow roots, save them, and sell them to the Duval family for ten gold rams, they will respond. ."
Although the main nutrients are in the rhizomes, the upper half of the stems and leaves are also of some value, so naturally they cannot be wasted.
"Yes, Mr. Tunchang."
Aden greeted another young man and digged the land together.
At this time, the sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the people of Pandou Village had already started to work on the land.
Although the main plants have been planted, the industrious people of the Fandou Tuntun still insist on getting up early to fertilize and water the beans, and plant some simple and easy-to-grow small vegetables The Tunmen met Willy , they all took the initiative to say hello, but everyone was very curious, and the Tunchang adults actually took the initiative to come to the land. This is rare, because the village elders rarely deal with the specific affairs of Fandou village in person.
"Aton!"
Willy was just about to return home for breakfast when he suddenly heard old Joel's shouting from a distance.
I saw Old Joel with a thick and long wooden stick in his hand, rushing towards this angrily.
Just now, Old Joel heard a neighbor tell him that there might be a problem with the planted star-spotted snow roots, and even the elders of the village went to check it in person.
Old Joel exploded with rage after hearing this. Last night was in charge of the vigil, but Aden, that stinky boy, actually lived up to the expectations of the head of the village.
If he didn't work hard and neglected his duties, he had to educate Aden well, otherwise the colonel would think that he had no way to teach his younger generation.
After Aden heard Old Joel's voice, his body trembled, but he still bit the bullet and continued to scrape the soil.
"Lord Tunchang..."
Old Joel suddenly saw Willy, and then he managed to restrain his violent temper: "I'm sorry, Mr. Tunchang, because of Aden's negligence, Xingbanxuegen has a problem, I will teach him a good lesson, Then……"
Seeing Old Joel like this, Willy laughed, patted Old Joel on the shoulder, and motioned for him to calm down: "Aden did a good job, he didn't make any mistakes, on the contrary, he brought me the Got a good new."
"what?"
Old Joel was a little confused for a while, but seeing Willy say so, he also put the stick behind him.
Aden glanced at Old Joel timidly, but when Old Joel saw it, he shouted loudly, "Specially work, don't be distracted!"