As the saying goes, you are like a grasshopper after the autumn and can't be around for a few days.

But this time, the grasshopper after the autumn gave people a profound lesson, as profound as a slap in the face.

The locust plague has come in autumn.

In the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were not no locust plagues, but most of them broke out in the spring, and they almost ended after autumn, and what the imperial court had to do was to control the disaster and kill the insect eggs to prevent the locust plague from coming back in the coming year.

No one expected that the locust plague would break out before autumn, and everyone's crops were just about to be ripe, and the harvest of the granary was eaten up.

Almost instantaneously.

As if enchanted by a sorcerer, the black locusts buzzed and tumbled over like a mass of cannibalistic black monsters.

All of a sudden, it was dark, and the people were frightened and hid in the house, and they didn't have time to run, and they ran slowly, until they finally broke free from the black shadow and came into the house, and found that they had been gnawed and scratched, and their clothes were torn.

The grasshoppers after autumn are menacing.

Bud Ya stood in front of the window, against the window, listening to the sound of locusts outside cracking on the door, her face slightly pale.

Wei Wangchu stood next to her, reaching out and pressing the window, "I'll come." ”

The girl looked at him with palpitations, "The grasshopper is so terrifying, and the speed is so fast!"

Wei Wangchu received a letter from the giant falcon and immediately rushed here, but he didn't expect that before he finished speaking, the grasshoppers arrived in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Zhizhi leaned against the door, with a shocked face and a look of chagrin.

When Wei Wangchu said that the locust plague was coming, he hadn't taken it seriously, how powerful could the grasshoppers be after the autumn?

"Hey, the corn is confiscated, now, it's all over!"

Xiao Wu and Amber leaned against the window on the other side, and said, "This year, the corn is ripe late, and it will not be confiscated, this time, it is really a disaster." ”

Amber looked back at Wei Wangchu and said suspiciously: "The book says that there have been records of locust plagues in all dynasties, and most of them occurred in spring, why is there a locust plague in autumn now?"

Yes, it doesn't make sense.

The buds also looked at him, the locust plague in the big dream should occur in the spring of next year or the year after, and the wheat seedlings in the field were gnawed clean, and after a winter of consumption, each family had no grain in stock, and they all counted on the summer harvest, but the result was = gnawed grains were not harvested.

Before, when Xiao Wu said that there was a locust plague in the east, she was still secretly expecting, since she was in Beiji, would she be safe here?

At the very least, wait until everyone collects the corn in the granary.

But it's often undesirable.

Xiao Wu also said suspiciously: "The locust plague was launched from the east, didn't they all go north?

Expect them to freeze to death in the north, are they so spiritual?

Wei Wangchu didn't squeak all the time.

Everything is abnormally awesome. No plausible explanation can be found at all.

The dark "monster" stayed in Chunshan Village for a day and two nights, and when the third day was bright, the people opened the door and walked out.

The ground was already in disarray, the corn had almost been eaten up, and even the leaves had been gnawed, leaving only the bare poles and protruding pestles in the ground.

Occasionally, some locusts that did not leave were chased and shouted by angry people, or trampled to death in the ground, or caught, disemboweled, washed and fried in a pot, and became a cup of bitter wine to accompany the snack.

Zhou Mingzhi secretly rejoiced that thanks to listening to his daughter's words, he built a dark room and stored some food, if he eats it at home, it will definitely be no problem to last until next year's summer harvest, and there is still a surplus, but if it is to be distributed to the villagers, I am afraid that it will not be able to survive this winter.

The people of the village live with their backs to the sky, and the rest of the harvest of each season is sold to the grain store in the town, except for the payment of public grain, some rations and seeds for the next year.

This disaster came at an inopportune time, and the villagers probably had little food to stockpile.

He can't just feed himself, can he?

As soon as he said that he wanted to help the villagers, he was immediately rejected by Yaya.

"Dad, let's take out this bit of food, the people in the village can't eat for half a month, not only can't save the people in the village, but also put us in by ourselves. ”

"Then you can't watch the villagers starve to death, can you?"

Mother is not a virgin, but father is a holy father.

What does it matter to him that the people in the village are starving to death?

He died tragically back then, and his mother was calculated, who cares?

"Dad, people won't starve to death, isn't there still a court? In addition to such a big disaster, the court will come to relieve the disaster. ”

"Waiting for the court, people have already starved to death. ”

Zhou Mingzhi was quite stubborn, "It's not to help the people of the whole village, just care about a few lonely old people, okay?"

Ya Ya said solemnly: "Dad, there is no impermeable wall, once it is known that our family has food, have you ever thought about the consequences? ”

Zhou Zhizhi looked incredulous, "It's all from the villagers, how can it be?"

"Why not? You were exposed to your wealth first, those big families in our village, you can take a look at the situation first, okay?"

Ya Ya is really afraid that his father will make a mistake!

When the time comes, if you are targeted by those ill-intentioned hunters, you will really not be able to eat and walk away.

The Zheng family has been a landlord for generations, and the surplus grain in the family has been robbed, and they still have spare money to go to the town to buy high-priced grain once or twice, but their family doesn't have it.

Moreover, since the disaster came early, she was still waiting to see what happened to Zheng Jichen, so she didn't let her father go into battle to block his gun.

Xiao Wu decided to leave on the fifth day after the locust plague.

"The Xiao family is not as good as before, business is more difficult to do, and it depends on the harvest in the field, and it is also difficult to endure this time, I have to go back and take a look. ”

Xiao Die'er wanted to speak and stopped, only said: "If there is any difficulty, call someone to bring the letter over, my sister-in-law has no ability, and Dr. Wei may be able to help." ”

Regarding the dark room, Yaya told them to keep all their mouths shut, and Xiao Wu and Mrs. Zhang were not allowed to tell them.

It's just that others can ignore it, if the Xiao family really can't open the pot, she has to take care of it.

After all, it is a mother's family, and brothers, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews are all relatives.

Yaya, Zhou Ajiao, and Zhou Xing sent Xiao Wu to the entrance of the village.

"Cousin Wu, if you have any difficulties, remember to bring the letter back. ”

Xiao Wu smiled, "It's different to have Dr. Wei as a backer, and I have enough confidence to speak." ”

Yaya glanced at him, her confidence did not come from Wei Wangchu.

"What, how expensive food is now, even if Dr. Wei has a lot of silver, he may not be able to buy much. ”

Zhou Xing looked proud, and said bluntly. "Maybe he'll have to ask for bud relief!"

Now, there are only a few families in the Zhou family who have grain in the entire Chunshan Village.

Although Wei Wangchu has silver, his family may not have food.

Zhou Ajiao poked her arm without a trace.

Although the action was small, Xiao Wu still saw it.

He glanced at her suspiciously, and saw that a look of annoyance suddenly appeared in her eyes, and his heart moved.