Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty-One The Ears of Wheat Obtain the Seeds of Large Plants

The police attack was repelled, and the astronauts were finally able to breathe in peace.Soon evening came, and then night.Know-it-all and his friends lay down to sleep without leaving the rocket.For the sake of safety, the dwarfs decided not to turn off the weightlessness instrument at night.This didn't prevent them from getting a good night's sleep, as they had anti-moonstones to shield themselves from the effects of weightlessness. In the morning, after everyone got up and had breakfast, an emergency meeting was held. Know-it-all said: "Dear friends! We must be extremely careful now. The inhabitants here are hostile to us for some reason. I think this is the result of the absurd behavior of Omniscience and Little Bread (of course, especially Omniscience). Now that we are here, we must have shown ourselves in the worst light. I think we should stay here for the time being and not make further voyages, because that will only make the moon people more angry. We are now going to build the first on the moon. A cosmic city. We're going to build houses for ourselves, build rocket hangars, and plant plants on Earth to ensure food for us people in the future, because we don't know how long we'll have to stay here. Wait until the residents here see what we're doing When no one does bad things, they will be more friendly to us, and we can ask them about the situation of Quan Shi and Little Bun and their whereabouts."

Know-it-all's suggestion was approved, so the little dwarfs started to build under the leadership of the architect's little building blocks.A little screw and a little chisel and immediately started assembling the track-mounted all-purpose composite motocross bike.It was disassembled and shipped in a special compartment of the rocket.There's a lot more to this motocross bike than just riding it.The vehicle contained a boiling water tank, an auger, a washing machine, a plow, a centrifugal pump with nozzles for watering the plants, an air-cleaning regulator, a motor, a short-wave radio, a trencher, and a vacuum cleaner.In addition, remove one front wheel of the off-road motorcycle and replace it with a circular saw, you can saw trees, trim branches, break logs, and open planks.

After the little screws and chisels rode into the woods on dirt bikes, the logs, square beams, planks, purlins, battens, battens, and other lumber flowed onto the job site.Of course, it goes without saying that all the work on the construction site is carried out under weightless conditions, which greatly reduces the labor intensity of the dwarfs and speeds up the progress of the project. Know-it-all saw that the small screws and chisels were almost ready with wood, and he ordered them to suspend this work for a while, and go to repair the instruments damaged by the moonmen.Passepartout himself studies the properties of moonstones and anti-moonstones with Fuchsia and Herring.They changed the moonstone in the weightlessness instrument several times, and found that the size of the weightlessness zone directly depends on the size of the moonstone: the bigger the moonstone, the bigger the weightlessness zone.Fuchsia put the moonstone between the two poles of a horseshoe-shaped magnet, and found that the zero-gravity zone no longer expands around, but only expands in one direction like light.

This is a scientific discovery of great significance. Know-it-all said that in the future, a directional weightlessness instrument can be manufactured, and the phenomenon of weightlessness can be remotely controlled. Our researchers conducted another series of experiments with the anti-moonite, and they found that the size of the anti-moonite has no significant effect on its ability to eliminate the phenomenon of weightlessness.Whether it is a large anti-moon stone or a small anti-moon stone, it will help the little man maintain his weight with the same effect.The little herring explained that this is because the energy released by the anti-moonstone has a lot of power, but its effect is limited to a small range, or in scientific terms, it is only manifested within a short distance.

Know-it-all, Fuchsia, and Little Herring were so immersed in their own experiments that they didn't even notice that a moonman appeared behind the hill, waving a piece of paper in his hand and walking towards them quickly.The lunar man ran down the hill, entered the zero-gravity zone, and suddenly rose into the air involuntarily, screaming wildly in fright. Knowing nothing, Golden Bell, and Little Herring turned their heads to look for Sheng Sheng, and saw the little man struggling in the air. "You don't move!" the know-it-all shouted at him. "We'll be here to help you right away!"

At this time, due to the effect of inertia, the moonman was flying towards the place where the rocket was parked in the clearing in the forest.The dwarfs, who were busy building their houses, saw him too. "I'll turn off the weightlessness instrument right away, you catch him, don't let him fall to the ground and fall into the ring!" Wan Shitong shouted from a distance. Know-it-all yelled and turned off the weightlessness instrument.Immediately the Moonman fell straight down into the arms of the little tin tubes and little pills that were rushing by.Seeing that the moonman was dying, Little Pill immediately put him on the ground, leaned his back against the short post holding the barometer, and put a small bottle of ammonia water under his nose.

The little man frowned at the smell of ammonia.His face became a little angry.He wanted to say something, but felt that his tongue was not in control, so he silently handed the stock of a large plant company to Xiao Pill.The dwarfs gathered around at once and looked carefully at the stock with the picture of big cucumbers, watermelons and ears of barley. Pill turns the stock over, and everyone sees a spaceship and Don't Know in a space suit drawn on the back. "Brothers, it's not our ignorance!" cried the little tin pipe. "Wait a minute, what else is written on it," said Little Pill, and began to read what was printed on the back of the stock.

The Moonman was now fully awake.He told the astronauts.His name is Wheat Ear, and he lives in Uncomfortable Village not far from here. Then he asked for some water to drink, and said: "Once I read in the newspaper that there was a spaceship coming from a distant place. Flew to us from the planet of , the spaceship is loaded with seeds of large plants. The article says that anyone who buys stocks can get such seeds. Our village is very poor, but we managed to scrape together enough money to buy a Stocks. Many poor people chipped in to buy stocks at that time. However, the rich didn’t like the fact that the poor quickly grew large plants and stopped working for the rich after getting out of poverty. Some articles began to appear in the newspapers saying that there is no There are no big plants, no spaceships, it seems that all this is made up by crooks to rob the gullible poor. People sell their stocks in a hurry. But some poor people still believe that there are big plant seeds, Hope is not lost in getting these seeds."

None of the dwarfs understand what a stock is and how it can still be bought and sold.But the know-it-all who knows many things understands them all.He then said: "The poor have not lost hope, and they are doing the right thing. We are really bringing in the seeds." Xiaomai's face showed joy. "When I saw the rocket in the sky," he said, "I immediately thought it was a spaceship coming to us with seeds." Know-it-all asked the dwarfs to prepare all kinds of seeds for the ears of wheat, and he asked him in detail if he had heard of the situation with the little bread.

"Why haven't I heard of it, why haven't I heard of it!" Wheat Spike said loudly. "I've heard a lot about ignorance. In the beginning. People said he was a brave hero who flew from space. Even on TV, in movies. Said he brought us big Plant seeds. Said he was a good guy and he wanted us all to have a good life. Then said he wasn't a hero at all, wasn't a good guy, didn't fly from nowhere, but just a philistine who made up things about seeds A lie to defraud the poor out of their money. And the papers say he should be caught, beat him up, and thrown in jail.

"What's the matter, have you caught him?" asked Know-it-all. "Where can I catch it!" Wheat Spike said with a wave of his hand. "He's gone. Haven't heard anything from him lately. The rich man probably put him in jail anyway. You know, it's hard on the rich man to let him go around and tell everybody about the big plant seeds." No good. Not long ago it was said in the papers that it was a crime not only to talk about the seeds of large plants, but even to think about them, because we are doing well here without any seeds. Therefore, anyone who thinks about seeds is dissatisfied, just Someone has to be put in jail." "Where is this prison of yours?" asked the know-it-all. "Have we got a prison? There's plenty of prisons. Every town has them." At this time, the dwarfs brought a big bag containing all kinds of seeds.Everything leads to the ear of wheat, which explains how the seeds on the earth should be planted and how to care for the young seedlings.Later, Wheat Spike put on his pockets and prepared to go back. "Please tell the dwarfs in the other villages to come to us for seeds too," said Passepartout in parting. Wheat Ear was so happy that he hummed and left. Little Yaowan said: "Now the moon people are going to come to us to get the seeds, so let's ask them about Quanwu and Little Bread in detail. Maybe we can always find out where we should go to find them." "Maybe Don't Know and Little Bread will find it by themselves," said Know-it-all. "As soon as they hear that there's a rocket coming in (and the news spreads quickly), they'll understand that we're here to rescue them." "They can only come if they are not in custody," said Little Herring. "What if these annoying rich people really locked them up?" "Then we'll just have to let them bear it, until we find them," replied Passepartout. Suddenly, gunshots rang out.The dwarfs turned and saw the ears of wheat running back.At this moment, five policemen sprang out from behind the hill.They ran quickly, stopped as if following the password, and raised their guns to shoot.Seeing this situation, Wan Shitong turned on the weightlessness instrument without delay.There was a burst of firing.The police officers did not expect to fire their guns in a weightless state, and the reaction force of firing the guns pushed them back.As a result, they darted through the air with terrifying speed, disappearing in a moment as barely discernible dots below the horizon. "See if you still dare to shoot at the little dwarf in the future!" Wan Shitong said angrily. Seeing that the ears of wheat were tossing helplessly in the air again, Wan Shi Tong hurriedly turned off the weightlessness instrument.The ears of wheat fell at that moment, and, having recovered from their shock, hurled insults at the policemen, calling them outlaws, pirates, robbers, mad parasites, and brutes. "Before I got down the road to the woods, the police came out from behind the trees," he said. "Fortunately, I found out it was them in time, so I ran back, otherwise I would have to go to jail!" "What do these policemen do?" asked Little Herring. "It's a robber!" Wheat Ear said angrily. "Really, robbers! The duty of the police is to protect the residents from robbers, but in fact they only protect the rich. And the rich are the real robbers. It's just that they exploit us under the protection of the law, And the law is their own idea. Tell me, exploit me according to the law, or exploit me not according to the law, it makes no difference, it’s not all the same to me!" "You guys are really weird here!" said the little screw. "Why do you listen to the police and these... what are they called... rich people?" "Everything is in their hands: land, factories, money, and weapons. In this case, try not to listen!" Wheat Spike said sullenly. "As soon as I get home now, the police have to pick me up and put me in jail. The seeds have to be taken. That's obvious! Rich people don't allow people to grow large plants. It seems. We are destined to be poor." !" "Never mind," said Know-it-all. "We'll give you a weightlessness device. Let them try it with a weapon! Did you see the five cops fly away like that?" The little screw and the little chisel made a weightlessness instrument for Wheatear on the spot, and taught him how to use it. "What is this?" Wheat Spike asked puzzled. "So I have to hang around in weightlessness all the time?" "No," Jack-of-all-trades laughed. "We will give you another anti-moonstone crystal, and you can work as usual. The anti-moonstone can protect you from the effect of weightlessness." Know-it-all gave Wheatear a handful of anti-moonstone crystals. "Whoever you give this crystallization to, can maintain the weight and even go into the zero-gravity zone," says Know-it-all. "But you have to be careful. You have to be careful that not a single crystal falls into the hands of robbers, that is, you rich people or the police. As long as the secret of weightlessness is not revealed, the rich will have nothing to do with us." Maisui personally tested the effect of the anti-moonstone, and was obviously happy. "So we've got to take on the rich!" he exclaimed. "They don't want us to have large plant seeds, but we still have them. Now I just want to go home!" "Get on a dirt bike," suggested Little Screw. "Little chisel and I can take you home in one go." The ear of wheat shows where it needs to go.Three people got on the motorcycle.Little Screw sat at the steering wheel in front, and Little Chisel sat behind him with a weightlessness instrument in his hand. Behind Little Chisel was wheat ears.He clutched the seed sack to his chest. When the little screw saw that everyone was seated, he turned on the ignition and stepped on the starter pedal.The engine roared.The motocross bike slammed forward.In a few moments it was through the clearing, over the hills, onto the road, and was racing away into the dark forest beyond.The travelers were not far from the edge of the forest when they suddenly heard another gunshot ahead. "It's the police!" Wheat Ear shouted. He was so frightened that he fell off his seat and lay straight with his pockets in the middle of the road.Seeing this, Little Screw turned the motorcycle around a sharp turn and drove backwards.Gunshots were ringing.Bullets whizzed all around. "Hurry up and turn on the weightlessness instrument, you idiot!" shouted the little screw. The little chisel came to his senses and pressed the button of the weightlessness instrument.The gunfire stopped immediately. Little Screw stopped the motorcycle, jumped off and ran to the side of the ears of wheat lying sprawled in the dust on the road. "Are you hurt?" "Well—well—seems not," Wheatear stammered frightened. The little chisel followed the little screw.The two of them helped Xiaomai to stand up, and helped him onto the motorcycle. Seeing that the little screw wanted to go on, Xiao Maisui said, "Where are you going? There are policemen in the woods!" "Don't worry! The police don't care about us now. Don't you hear?" Wheatear listened carefully.There was a wail in the woods. "Let's go and see what's going on there now," said Little Screw and started the motorcycle. The travelers came to the edge of the forest and saw some policemen among the trees.They struggled in the air helplessly, holding on to the branches and shouting in despair. "Got to get them off the tree, and let the wind blow them away from here," said the screw with an idea. "Yes!" Little Chisel agreed. "What are they doing here!" The little chisel ran to a big tree with a policeman holding a branch on it, grabbed the trunk and shook it. "Help me!" the policeman begged like chaff all over his body. "I'm here to help you!" muttered Little Chisel.He shook the tree so hard that the policeman flew aside, then rose and floated away over the tree like a soap bubble blown away by the wind. The fate of several other police officers was also the same.The one who supported him the longest was the fattest policeman named Zhiligeri.Seeing that he couldn't shake him no matter what, Little Screw grabbed the rifle that was floating in weightlessness, climbed up the tree, and stabbed Zhiligli's fat stomach with the barrel. "Hey! Hey! Hey!" cried the policeman in terror. "What are you doing? Be careful! It's a gun!" "So what if it's a gun?" Little Screw asked. "What about what? It'll hit someone!" "What's the big deal!" Little Screw said with a sneer. "Don't you guys like beating others?" Seeing that he was bound to be punished, the fat policeman cleverly found an opportunity to kick Little Screw on the forehead. "Ah, what are you doing!" Little Screw shouted angrily, and then he stabbed Zhiligli hard with the gun barrel, and the branch he was holding broke off.The plump Zhiligli immediately flew up, floated over the treetops, and flew away with the other policemen.He flipped some buckets in the air.He screamed desperately in fright, holding a broken branch in his hand. "I want to teach you a lesson and tell you to kick people again!" Little Screw shouted behind him. For the rest of the way our friends encountered no more trouble.Within ten minutes they were out of the woods and into an uncomfortable village of rickety huts.When the villagers heard the sound of the engine, they all ran out of the house, saw an inexplicable motor vehicle approaching, and ran back in panic. "Don't be afraid, brothers!" Wheatear shouted. "It's me! Look, I've brought the seeds back!" The dwarfs were all happy when they saw that it was wheat ears, and surrounded them with off-road motorcycles. "Where's the seed? What kind of seed?" they shouted. "It's not a seed! Look! It's a big seed!" The scene here is simply indescribable.People shouted with joy, jumping and jumping.One of the dwarfs somehow sat down on the ground, put his head in his hands and began to cry. "Why are you crying, dear?" Little Screw asked him. "Could something bad happen?" "Hey, honey, I'm crying because I'm happy. I thought we'd never have such a happy life!" After the joyful scene calmed down a bit, a dwarf named Xiao Shucong walked up to the ears of wheat and whispered, "The police came here this morning!" The little boys were sullen at the thought of the police. "Yes, yes!" Everyone said suddenly. "Suddenly a lot of police came. There was a large group. They kept asking us if anyone saw the rocket coming. We said yes, and said you went to the rocket to get the seeds. They were very angry. They Let's stay at home and keep our heads out of the street." "I don't think they'll let us grow any big plants," said Bush. "We don't ask them for instructions at all," said Wheatear. "The police can't do anything about us this time. We're weightless." "What weightlessness?" everyone asked. "This is such a force," said Wheat Spike, pointing to the weightlessness instrument. "I pushed the button and this force came out of the little box and threw the cops into the sky. Stand still. You'll see it all." After Wheatear finished speaking, he pressed the button of the instrument, and the dwarfs immediately felt as if they had lost their footing.They flew into the air, flailing their arms and kicking their legs desperately, trying to reach the ground, but to no avail.When they saw that they could no longer fall to the ground, they all cried out in terror, and demanded that the Ear of Wheat should cease its magic tricks. "Trust me, my friends, it's not magic at all!" said the little chisel. "Yes, yes," said Screwdriver authoritatively. "It's completely believable scientific fact, it's not magic at all." Maisui shouted: "Now imagine it, as if you are the police and want to arrest me. Come on, arrest me!...Why don't you arrest me?...Hahaha!" But he saw that the dwarfs didn't have the mood to laugh at all, because many of them had turned their heads upside down and screamed in horror, so he quickly turned off the weightlessness instrument. The dwarfs immediately fell down, and sat down on the grass after a little sobriety.People looked around in bewilderment, wondering what had happened.Then Bush stood up, turned his head, and said, "Yes, my brethren, that weightlessness looks like a terrible power. It's not a power for our policemen!"