An Ning hurriedly closed the window, ran out to close the window of the children's house, and then shouted loudly to Wyeth and Xiao Ling to close the window and close the door quickly, and be sure to tie the doors and windows.

She carried all the clothes that had been dried outside into the house.

At this time, Xiao Yuan was already dressed, and as soon as An Ning entered the door, he quickly tied the door to death.

An Ning leaned against the door, holding her clothes in her hands, her heart pounding.

At this moment, I heard a burst of exclamations and screams from outside, and the sound of locusts crashing against the door and hitting the window.

The doors and windows were all tied to death, and An Ning couldn't see what it was like outside, Xiao Yuan reached out and threw his clothes over and threw them on the bed, stretching out his arms to hug An Ning: "It's okay, we're all ready, it's going to be fine." ”

An Ning took a deep breath, stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Xiao Yuan's waist, and put his face on his chest, and the two of them hugged him quietly, with all kinds of chaotic sounds outside in their ears, as well as the sound of locusts flying, biting things, and hitting the wall.

With such a dense sound, the scalp of the listener is numb, and even if you don't go out and can't see it, you can still see what it looks like outside.

Someone must have been bitten before they had time to hide in the house, and the flowers and plants in the yard must have been eaten clean, and the crops in the fields and the trees on the roadside were probably eaten by the locusts.

In another room, Xiao Jin hugged Wyeth.

Wyeth has never seen this, her face turned pale with fright, and she kept crying quietly.

Xiao Jin was also afraid, but he was a master, and he couldn't show his cowardice in front of Wyeth: "Don't be afraid, the master is here, if the master is here, he will definitely protect you." ”

Wyeth looked at Xiao Jin with tears in his eyes: "Master, I'm still a little scared, I'm ...... I'm afraid, if we hadn't been with the third brother and sister-in-law, what would we be like now?"

Xiao Jin was stunned for a moment.

Then, he thought of the old man.

What about them?

"It's okay, aren't we in the same place as the third brother. ”

Xiao Jin didn't dare to think about what happened to the old man, so she could only whisper to comfort Wyeth: "The third sister-in-law has expected everything, and we have made full preparations, we will be fine." ”

"I believe in you. ”

Wyeth was still worried, but she didn't show it again.

She is already very content to have such a situation as she is now.

Locusts flew everywhere, the town was in chaos, and there was crying everywhere.

Everyone stayed in the house and didn't dare to come out, and the children were scared enough.

Xiao Fu hugged Xiao Yin with one hand and Xiao Ke'er with the other, Xiao Ying with several younger brothers and seven children in one room, all of them didn't dare to come out, and they all listened to the chaotic sounds outside with their eyes open in horror.

"Sister, I'm afraid. ”

Xiao Ke'er's big eyes were full of tears, she didn't dare to cry, she just said in a soft and glutinous voice.

Xiao Yin took Xiao Keer's hand: "Don't be afraid, we are all here." ”

Xiao Yin was also scared in her heart.

Even if she is an orphan, she has lived in an orphanage since she was a child, but the orphanage has always been very good, and there are many kind-hearted people who often come to help, and the children in the orphanage are not worried about food and clothing.

The world society she lives in is stable and prosperous, what she has seen since she was a child is peace and stability, she has never seen such a disaster, at this time, Xiao Yin has no bottom in her heart, she doesn't know if their family can survive to Nanyi, what to do when they get to Nanyi, I heard that there is very poor, and people's lives are very sad.

Xiao Ying listened carefully to the movement outside, and didn't know how long it had been, it seemed that the locusts had passed.

He walked to the window, thinking about taking a closer look, Xiao Rong grabbed him: "Brother, don't open the window." ”

Xiao Ying shook her head: "I don't open the window, I just want to listen carefully." ”

Xiao Zhong squatted by the door and looked out through the crack in the door.

The crack in the door is so narrow that locusts can't get in, but they can see through the thin slit vaguely outside.

He glanced at it and exclaimed, "All the flowers and plants outside are gone." ”

"What about locusts?" Xiao Yun asked him.

"It seems to be gone. ”

"I'll see. Xiao Yun also squatted down and looked out.

Before he could look at it, he heard a peaceful voice outside: "Open the door, it's okay." ”

Xiao Yun hurriedly opened the door and rushed into An Ning's arms at once: "Mother." ”

An Ning asked the children to come out, and as soon as they came out, they saw that some of the flowers and plants that had been planted in the yard were all gone, and even the big tree was bare, and the leaves were all bitten by locusts.

"Where did the locusts fly?"

Xiao Ying asked.

An Ning pointed to the north: "Flying north, there must be a lot of places affected this time, and the price of food will soar in the future." ”

Now the old grain is almost eaten, and they are waiting for the new grain to come down so that they can continue to be on, but before the new grain comes down, the locusts will eat it up, what will happen in the next year?

"Doesn't the government have a regular liquidation? ”

Xiao Ying said softly.

An Ning took her seven children to her house, and said as she walked: "Who knows, I can't say that the grain that is often closed has been resold by someone." ”

When the children entered the house, they were stunned when they heard this.

Xiao Yuan beckoned them to sit down: "That's right, now you can't point to Chang to close the position." ”

"Why is that?"

Xiao Chong is only one year younger than Xiao Ying, and now he is also a half-old child, and he knows a lot of things, so he had doubts in his heart, so he asked in person.

Xiao Yin also looked at Xiao Yuan without blinking.

Xiao Yuan smiled bitterly: " Don't look at the common people who work hard for a year, but the grain is not enough for the family to chew, every year when the green and yellow are not harvested, they have to borrow money to buy grain, at this time, the price of grain will be higher, and every year the new grain comes down, because the grain is sufficient, the price will be lower, many local governments are using the grain that is often closed to make the difference, they are in the new grain is about to come down, but when the people have not eaten or drunk, they will sell the grain that is often closed, and then wait for the new grain to come down, fill it with new grain, come and go, they can make some money。 ”

A few children understood in an instant.

"Now that the new grain is coming down soon, the standing positions in many places are empty. ”

Xiao Yuan sighed: "Yes." ”

The faces of several children also began to become solemn.

Even Xiao Ke'er understood what was going on, and she began to be afraid: "Will we starve?"

"It's not just going to starve. ”

An Ning squatted down, and Xiao Ke'er's eyes were level, she quietly said to the children: "Drought, locust plague, this will make us have no food and no drink, in the future, there will be a lot of disaster victims, there will be people who want to rob our food, there will be people who starve to death because of famine, there are more people who die, plus this kind of weather, I am afraid that the plague will be rampant, from today on, we must be careful, we must be energetic to deal with it." ”

Several of the children nodded heavily: "We will eat less, we will be careful." ”

An Ning continued: "Along the way, we will meet many poor people, but what I want to tell you is that no matter how poor people you meet on their knees begging for alms, no one is allowed to give food or water out, and besides, I will give you some things for self-defense, which you should take with you. ”

While An Ning was talking, Xiao Yuan brought a box over.

An Ning took it and opened the box, which contained seven daggers that shimmered with cold light.

An Ning sent it down: "Take it all, in case you meet someone who doesn't have long eyes, you have to use this to resist desperately." ”