Every day is one step closer to reality

Wu Ji did not reply on the phone.

He came directly to the door.

"You really didn't hear anything last night? My parents live downstairs from you, and the mice gnawed the screen window all night!"

Wu Ji had two big dark circles under his eyes and was depressed.

When chatting on the mobile phone, I still felt that Feng Yi was talking nonsense, but now I saw that Feng Yi was in a state that did not look like he had been disturbed at night.

Feng Yi replied: "I just came back last night and didn't see the mouse. It may be that I slept too deeply at night and didn't hear anything. If you didn't tell me, I almost forgot about it. I didn't even throw the takeaway garbage into the disposer. , I just cleaned it up this morning. Didn’t it say that the property management organization hired a rodent control company to come over, but it didn’t work?”

"It worked!" Wu Ji said angrily, "It is said that after several underground nests were raided, the rats ran upwards. In broad daylight, some people also saw rats running along the outer walls from downstairs to upstairs. Our community is not the only one. , the rat infestation situation in the surrounding communities has rebounded. It’s very annoying!”

Wu Ji took the bottle of purified water handed over by Feng Yi, opened it, took a few sips, and continued: "I don't think it's a big deal if rats steal food. In the past two days, everyone has been a little nervous and temperamental because of the rat troubles. He also became impatient, and would get into quarrels in the group just by chatting about the slightest thing.

"However, the person in charge of the community has said that the next step will be a comprehensive cleanup. Professionals will be sent to the door to deal with it, but some services have to be paid. I have reported my room number and that of my parents and are waiting in line to come to the door to eliminate rats. If you need it, you can go directly to the person in charge of the property and register."

"Do you want to kill rats at home?" Feng Yi asked.

"I just come to your home to see if there are any holes in your home that are not blocked for rats to get in. The house next to me had someone come to the door last week. Exhaust pipes, air conditioning holes, and all kinds of holes are places where rats can get in.

"Due to the material of the exterior wall, it is troublesome to seal some holes. The price is about 80 to 100, which is the price of sealing one hole. It costs about 500 in addition to finding the holes. There is a family in the group who asked someone to come and seal seven holes. , 1,200, 500 for the hole search fee plus 700 for the hole sealing fee. But I think if it can be done once and for all, it is still worth the money. I heard that the price of this kind of private rodent control company has increased again, but the community can find it It should be cheaper in person. Just buy it in a group.

"If you are not sure, ask a professional to come and take a look. You don't usually pay attention to the owner group, but you don't know that in a building with a small difference, an owner asked a master to come to clean the air conditioner. Summer is coming and the air conditioner was cleaned in advance and set aside. The master came to the door and took apart the air outlet and found a pile of mouse droppings... I'll go!"

Wu Ji looked at the air outlet of the central air conditioner in Feng Yi's home and said, "If you have time, you can also make an appointment to come and clean the air conditioner."

As he spoke, Wu Ji's face fell, he pointed at the dark circles under his eyes, then raised a finger and pointed at the top of his head: "Have you ever experienced a ceiling-mounted disco at 3 o'clock in the morning?"

"No." Feng Yi said.

"Mouses these days don't know what they eat to grow so big. They have no idea of ​​their own tonnage. They don't know where to get into the ceiling. You chase me and jump around. I later wore earplugs to sleep, and when I woke up in the morning At first glance, the antique Zen-style carved ceiling that my dad particularly liked was cracked!"

Feng Yi said: "You don't have pets or children at home, so you can use rat poison."

Wu Ji waved his hand, "You underestimate them too much. There are also some variants that are resistant to commonly used rodenticides. Harmful rodenticides are strictly controlled and most of them are banned from sale. I am counting on the rodent killer robot now." Listed."

"Didn't you go to Qian Feiyang to borrow the cat?" Feng Yi asked.

Qian Feiyang was their college classmate. They rented a house in the same community. He didn’t live here at first. Because he loved photography, he took on some photo retouching work before graduation. After graduation, he did it as a meal job. He started working half a year ago. I opened a small photography studio and rented a large apartment in their community. Three months ago, the community arrested and dealt with stray cats. Qian Feiyang, like many people in the nearby community, went to adopt one.

Wu Ji: "He won't borrow it! He said his cat doesn't catch mice now!"

Wu Ji got angry when he talked about this, "How could a cat born as a stray not know how to catch mice! Someone in the owner group gave him an idea, 'If you starve it for two meals, it will catch it on its own.' I thought so too'. Within two days, Qian Feiyang said, 'No, I forgot what I was thinking as soon as it called.' I couldn't understand it!"

Wu Ji sighed, "So, I'd better look forward to the rat-killing robot."

Feng Yi took out a tea can and handed it over, "Someone else gave me two cans. You and Qian Feiyang will share this one."

"What kind of tea is this?" Wu Ji became interested.

His shop at the entrance of the community is called "Jixiang Tea Garden". Young people like to have afternoon tea or find a quiet place to work. Elderly people can also go to him to drink tea, play chess, and chat. There are teahouses and elegant rooms, so they don’t interfere with each other.

As soon as Feng Yi took out the tea can, Wu Ji no longer cared about the rat's troubles.

"Some kind of...unknown farm tea?" Feng Yi didn't know tea, and Uncle Ya didn't say what kind of tea it was.

Feng Yi took a small amount of tea and tried it when he had breakfast in the morning. It had a strange sweetness and was particularly refreshing. Others, I didn't feel anything. He is not a tea lover.

Wu Ji took it with both hands and looked at it, much more seriously than when he took the bottle of pure water.

The tea jar was divided into several layers, with only the top layer containing tea leaves. The lower layers contained unknown contents, some of which were powders and some of which were granules. Wu Ji guessed that this was probably to "remove the heat" from the newly made tea leaves.

"Is this some secret method of making tea?" Wu Jida said.

"I don't know about that. The whole process takes about two hours." Feng Yi said.

"It will be completed in two hours?" Wu Ji thought: It sounds a bit rough.

But Wu Ji likes all kinds of novel tea-making methods. After smelling it just now, I feel that the tea in it is not inferior.

"The people who make tea say that they should be brewed for two days before drinking." Feng Yi said.

"I know, I understand. I will give him Qian Feiyang's share when the time comes." Wu Ji put it away carefully.

"By the way, Qian Feiyang and I made an appointment to go fishing this weekend, are you going? Some of the uncles Liu from our community's fishing group mentioned when they went to my shop for tea yesterday that there is an ecological reserve not far from Rongcheng. As you know, there is a farmhouse outside the reserve. Uncle Liu said that it would be great to spend the weekend there. I plan to take my parents there for two days. They have been too busy recently. Qian Feiyang said that he wanted to take photos and collect photos, so he made an appointment with us. Are you going? I'm not interested in my parents going to pick vegetables, the three of us can go fishing!"

Feng Yi recalled his previous experience of being dragged fishing: "Fishing? The kind of fishing where you can't catch a fish even if you throw the pole a hundred times?"

"Hey, it's definitely not this time! Uncle Liu said the fishing there is great!" Wu Ji opened a video and showed it to Feng Yi.

The fishing group in the community in the video did have a great harvest and the atmosphere was fiery.

Considering the situation on his side, Feng Yi said: "If you have nothing to do on the weekend, you can also join me. Do you want to bring your own fishing rod?"

"If you have it, bring it with you. If you don't have it, go and rent a pole. This is the only time we're going there to have some fun. Unlike Uncle Liu and the others, we can just rent it directly. There are a complete set of fishing tools available for rent there, as well as bait. Sell."

"OK."

After Wu Ji left, Feng Yi checked several air conditioning vents in the house and saw no signs of mice. Looking at the group of property owners, those queuing up to make an appointment for door-to-door rodent control have already been scheduled until next week.

Feng Yi searched online and found that all rodent control companies were very busy, and they all had to make appointments. He didn’t know when they would be scheduled.

Give up calling a pest control company for now.

After a while, Feng Yi searched on his mobile phone: "natural enemy of rats"

Search shows:

[Cats, snakes, eagles, ferrets, people, etc.]

Feng Yi searched again: "natural enemies of snakes"

Search shows:

[Eagles, honey badgers, meerkats, humans, etc.]

Feng Yi touched his chin: "Human beings are indeed at the top of the food chain!"

Suddenly I felt a sense of security in my heart.

I am a human, not a snake, a being at the top of the food chain! What am I afraid of! !

Putting that aside, Feng Yi planned to drive to the supermarket to stock up on goods. Since the old housekeeper said that he would have some small changes in the next period of time, it would be better for him to go out less in the past two days. If the changes were too big, he would not participate in Wu Ji's weekend farmhouse.

Wearing a mask, the elevator goes directly to the underground parking lot.

I haven't been at home for the past two days, and I haven't used the car.

Unlocking the car door and preparing to get in, Feng Yi suddenly paused.

Close the door, open the trunk, and take out an enhanced long-handled clip-on retriever. I bought this thing two years ago and have only used it less than five times. It has always been in the trunk.

After thinking about it, he took out a pair of gloves from the box and put them on.

He walked to the right front wheel of the car, took two steps back, suddenly stamped his foot, and at the same time quickly reached out with the hand holding the long-handled clamp!

"squeak!"