Chapter 238: Locusts
After ten days of busy work, the first batch of buckwheat was stored in the warehouse, and the second batch of sowing was completed.
After ten days of pumping and turning, tired people, the village has a two-day holiday, and most people do not have to go to work, and they have to recuperate at home for two days, and they have to start preparing for hunting.
There are still more things to be busy, at the end of July, the bracken is also ripe, like last year, the tender tips are pinched back first, make dried vegetables, raise the old roots, and wait until September and October to pick the rhizomes, grind and store.
In the middle of summer, the weather is hot, the front and back doors of the hall are wide open, and the family is eating with the wind blowing through the hall.
Jian Ning took a bite of pork ribs, sucked a mouthful of cold noodles, and then sandwiched a piece of vinegar mixed with cucumbers.
Suddenly, the person with a keen sense of hearing suddenly heard a dense "buzzing" sound, Jian Ning was stunned, his hand gnawing on the ribs paused, and he tilted his head to listen to it.
As soon as the old man put his chopsticks down, he stared at Jian Ning with burning eyes and asked with concern: "What's wrong with Ning Ning?"
The two have been married for more than three months, and the old lady and the old man like to observe Jian Ning eating the most, and every time there is a slight abnormality, the old man will say, "Do you feel disgusting and disgusting?" The first few times, Jian Ning was asked with a confused face, and after a few more times, she understood that she was looking forward to her pregnancy.
It's no wonder that the two old men are verbose, mainly because Jian Ning often leads the team into the mountains and wilderness, in case of a cub, the first three months of action is too big, and it is easy to have accidents.
Jian Ning's expression changed, she put down the dishes and chopsticks and ran to the back door, shouting as she ran: "The locusts are coming! Dad, you and Jiang Yihua cover the greenhouse, the third sister and grandfather are also here to help, hurry!"
The people at the table were startled by Jian Ning's movements, and were stunned on the spot with the bowl, Jiang Yihua was the first to react: "Dad, you come and help." With that, he knocked over the chair and blew it out like a gust of wind.
Jian Zhenjun and a few people reacted at this time, and then ran to the vegetable garden, at this time, Jian Ning didn't know where to drag out a pile of woven cloth, threw a few bundles to the next yard, and roared angrily: "Milk, you go to the backyard to grab vegetables, the locusts are coming!"
When the sound fell, I heard the jingle of the bell in the courtyard next door and the sound of the chair door panel colliding, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps: "My chicken, Deli first moved my chicken and rabbit into the house, the third and fourth quickly spread out the woven cloth, the vegetables were blocked, and the vegetables were pulled out and thrown into the house in the places that were not blocked......"
"Defu, Degui, you go to your eldest sister's yard to help, there are us here. Cao Fengzhen called the third and fourth sons to support Jian Huanhuan while pulling vegetables.
Defu and Degui also moved quickly, and went directly over the wall to the small courtyard next to them.
The old lady patted her head: "By the way, keep the land for yourself!" Boss, you and the fifth child take a few bundles of woven cloth to save the food in the land for yourself, hurry up." ”
"Huh. ”
Although they didn't see the shadow of the locusts when they arrived in the backyard, the person who shouted that the locusts were coming was Jian Ning, so they didn't delay for a second and acted quickly, and no one even issued a questioning voice like "Where are the locusts, I didn't see the locusts," and they all carried out the instructions issued by the old lady with their heads down, hugging the chickens, moving the rabbit cages, pulling the woven cloth, and collecting the vegetables......
Jian Ning's side also acted quickly, Old Man Jiang helped Jian Mingyu spread out the woven cloth to cover the greens in the field, Jiang Yihua and Jian Zhenjun built the roof of the shed, and Jian Ning shook the woven cloth alone to cover the tomatoes and the taro planted on both sides of the ditch, the tomatoes had just hung fruit, and the fruit was still green.
Hearing the old lady shouting about the self-reserved land, Jian Zhenjun hurriedly covered the greenhouse, beckoned Jiang Yihua to run with him to the self-reserved land, Jian Ning covered the tomatoes, and randomly scraped some soil to press on the corners, and suddenly thought of the precious flowers raised in the old man's courtyard: "Grandpa, flowers, your flowers!"
Old Man Jiang pulled out the uncovered vegetables like crazy, and when he saw her running towards the courtyard, he kicked and said, "Don't care about my flowers, it's important to save food, you go and help your father by yourself." ”
Jian Ning's footsteps paused, the goal remained the same, and ran to the courtyard, the old man lived in a new house, and carefully took care of his courtyard every day in the past few months, especially the few rare flowers and plants that Jian Ning collected from the other world, and the one that was taken care of was called a careful and careful, and the heat was no less than taking care of a newborn.
The old man spent his hard work on the things Jian Ning felt that it was necessary to protect them, and he didn't keep them close, so he might not be able to catch up if he went, so it was better to keep the old man's heart in front of him.
"You kid!" Old Man Jiang stomped his foot, threw the vegetables into the basket, and hugged them into the house.
"Grandpa, you go and help the fourth sister, let me finish here. Jian Mingyu snatched the basket in the old man's hand, they had woven cloth, as soon as they tore it open, the stones and soil were pressed, and it was soon over, and there were only a few scattered dishes exposed outside.
"Okay. Old Man Jiang looked at the tightly covered vegetable patch, relaxed slightly, and ran towards the courtyard, buzzing in his ears halfway through. Secretly, it's too late, it's false to say that you don't feel distressed.
"Grandpa, you hide in the house!" the woven cloth shook in the air, and before the locusts arrived, Janine had only time to cover the most precious flowers planted in the middle of the courtyard.
Master Jiang raised his head, only to see the overwhelming black dots coming over ten meters away, and suddenly sweated, and dragged Jian Ning, who was still busy, to hide in the house: "Let's go, don't care, people matter!"
"Third sister, milk, you go into the house," Jian Ning helped the old man into the house with his backhand, turned his head and shouted at the front.
The grandfather and grandson stumbled into the house to hide, Jian Ning still held a woven cloth in his hand, passed by the grape trellis, and threw the woven cloth on it, blocking a little bit of it.
The door closed, the old man Jiang gasped and sat on the ground against the door, Jian Ning also sat down next to the door panel, the old and the young looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and then they heard the crackling movement outside, like the sound of an airplane passing at a low altitude, which shook people's ears and made their hearts bitter.
Jian Ning turned his head to look out from the crack in the door, only to see the courtyard flying through the dense locusts, stopping for a short time, making a rustling sound, they frantically gnawed on the green, their wings vibrated rapidly, batch after batch, looking outside through the gap, it had formed the effect of covering the sky and the sun.
Old Man Jiang slowly stood up with his hands on the ground, his eyes were close to the crack in the door, he gasped, and muttered with a pale face: "It's over, it's over, this insect plague is even worse, the burden on the G family is great, how can the people live!"
Janine sniffed and didn't speak.
The two of them leaned on the crack of the door, looking outside in silence.
The mood is heavy.
The buzz lasted for four or five minutes before it gradually faded away, and after another few minutes, Jian Ning opened the door, only to feel that the sunlight was dazzling.