The grasshoppers on the flowers and leaves, some yellow and some green, jumped around in panic when they saw people coming. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

How can there be so many grasshoppers?

Lu Shuo remembers that this grasshopper is an agricultural pest, there are so many small gardens in the house, so isn't there even more in the farmland?

This is the rhythm of the insect plague!

"Wow~" Yuan Wenlin screamed, "What kind of insect is this, densely packed, looking strange and disgusting." ”

Yuan Wenlin said as he took a few steps away from the plants.

The little girls were already afraid, and when they heard Yuan Wenlin's words, they pulled Yuan Wenyi and Lu Shunying to follow and take a few steps back. Lu Shunying turned her head and saw Lu Shuo behind her, so she hurriedly ran to Lu Shuo's side, hugged Lu Shuo's legs with both hands, and buried her face in his back.

"Brother, I'm afraid. Shun Ying's voice was glutinous, and she said in a thin voice.

As soon as Lu Shuo lowered his head, he saw his sister's black grape-like eyes, wet, like a poor pug.

It seems that because of Yuan's departure, Xiao Shunying looks very insecure today, very different from the cheerful in the past, and she cries as soon as she opens her mouth.

Lu Shuo's heart softened. Because she was still young and couldn't hold her, he pulled her in front of him, hugged her in his arms, patted her little back, and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, little insects, everyone is here!"

Zhu Yi also squatted beside Shun Ying and said to her, "Yes! That insect only eats crops and does not bite." ”

In fact, it will bite when you are very hungry, Zhu Yi thought to herself. But how dare she say it?

"Sister Zhu Yi, do you know what kind of bug this is?"

When Yuan Wenlin heard that Zhu Yi actually knew, he couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, and asked directly.

"Of course I do. Zhu Yi opened her mouth and paused, she stared at the yellow, yellow, green and green insects that were still jumping around, her expression was a little melancholy.

"This is a locust, speaking of which, the slave maid still has some relationship with them!" Zhu Yi's voice was a little low.

Is the locust of the "plague of locusts"?

But Lu Shuo clearly remembered that this was a grasshopper.

Lu Shuo remembered that once when he went to the farmhouse, the proprietress brought a special dish of fried grasshoppers, which he didn't dare to eat, but then he reluctantly tried it and fell in love with the taste.

When the proprietress was leaving, she gave each of them a grasshopper sauce.

Why did Zhu Yi call grasshoppers locusts? Could it be that grasshoppers are its other name?

Lu Shuo thought of the photos of the locust plague that he had seen in his previous life, and he was a little shocked in his heart, and suddenly looked at those insects with a slightly different look.

Everyone present stared at Zhu Yi intently, wanting to listen to her continue, but no one noticed the change in Lu Shuo's expression.

"Slaves and maids are not the sons of the house. When she was six years old, the weather was drought, and the villagers were busy watering and irrigating. The scene at the time of the locust plague is still remembered by the slaves and maids. ”

Lu Shuo stopped thinking nonsense, and quietly listened to Zhu Yi talk about his own experience.

"When the locusts came, they were densely packed, like a dark cloud pressing down on the realm, and the whole sky was dark and dreary. Where the locusts have swept away, there is not a single living thing left. When the slave was still young, my father and mother did not dare to let me go out, so I had to hide at home and watch the locusts destroy the crops. ”

"Ah~" The people who listened to the story let out a sigh.

Lu Shuo looked at it and saw that everyone had a look of surprise and emotion.

Yes, needless to say, the four masters here all grew up with small brocade clothes and jade food, except for him who changed the core, of course, those little maids, most of them are also born in the family, and almost never left the house, and this kind of natural disaster is naturally far away from everyone.

The rest of the story is the same as everyone thinks. "The slave maid's family had no harvest back then, and they really couldn't support a few children. My father and mother had no choice but to sell the slave and my sister to Renyazi, and the slave and maid entered the Lu Mansion. ”

Lu Shuo saw that there were already some tears in Zhu Yi's eyes.

"Sister Zhu Yi, then do you hate your father?" Yuan Wenyi, who had been silent, suddenly raised his head, looked at Zhu Yi and asked.

Zhu Yi was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head.

"The slave doesn't hate, the slave knows that there is no way for the father and mother, otherwise they will never be willing to sell our sisters. Besides, selling us also found a way for us to live, you see that the slave and maid are now in the Lu Mansion, they don't have to worry about food and clothing, and they are still very decent, and the slave and maid are already very satisfied. It's just that I don't know where my sister was sold, and I don't know how the family is doing now. ”

After Zhu Yi said this, although there were still tears in his eyes, he smiled very satisfied.

There were two or three little maids who were also sold into the house, and they seemed to have been reminded of the past by Zhu Yi's words, and their eyes were a little moist.

It's all some hard-working people who can't help themselves!

Lu Shuo's attention was not on this, he asked Zhu Yi, "Sister Zhu Yi, I heard that this locust can be eaten!

"Brother Shuo, who are you listening to? This locust looks so disgusting, how can people eat it?" Yuan Wenlin immediately looked at him with disgust when he heard Lu Shuo's question.

Yuan Wenyi and a few little maids also felt the same way, but they didn't show it.

Lu Shuo didn't care, and waited patiently for Zhu Yi's answer.

Zhu Yi smiled, and the melancholy just now disappeared. She looked at Yuan Wenlin and said, "Young Master Cousin, no matter how small the locusts are, they are also meat." It's disgusting, but it's edible, don't believe it!"

Yuan Wenlin's mouth opened wide with "ah", and the shape could be stuffed with an egg. He was a little stunned by Zhu Yi's revelations, but he didn't know what to say.

"Not only are these locusts edible, but they are also very tasty. Whether it's grilled or fried, it's fragrant. On weekdays, when there is no locust plague, children will go to the fields to catch some locusts to satisfy their hunger. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yi pursed his lips, stood up, looked at Lu Shuo and said, "But although it can be eaten, when the locust plague comes, the adults are busy driving locusts and harvesting crops, where can they still have leisure to catch locusts." Besides, no matter how many locusts there are, they are not food after all, and people can eat them for five or six days, but if they eat locusts every ten days and half a month, people will not be able to stand it. ”

Lu Shuo listened to Zhu Yi's words, and couldn't help but feel that his thoughts were a little naïve, obviously not very suitable for this status quo in ancient times.

Zhu Yi added: "Locusts are not easy to keep alive, and they will not be released long after they die, so if you want to eat them, you can only eat them in the days of the disaster." ”

It makes sense!" Lu Shuo had to nod.

He must now admit that since he came to ancient times, his sense of superiority as a modern person is too strong, thinking that if he occupies the advantage of time, he can be a big step ahead of the ancients. As everyone knows, the wisdom passed down from generation to generation by the ancients, although it does not look so scientific, has been personally tested by generations of people, and the practicality is obviously stronger.

For example, the matter of "eating locusts" is a small matter, but Lu Shuo has to reflect on his attitude from this! Just because of a modern experience of eating locusts, he rashly asked, who would have thought that the ancients had their own survival wisdom and had already practiced this. That simple conjecture of his own seems a little funny.

Although this question may seem somewhat innocuous on this occasion, it is not known what the outcome will be when similar questions are asked in other situations in the future.

It seems that when we want to use the "knowledge" of the future generations, we should still think carefully about it, so as to avoid more serious consequences.

However, Lu Shuo felt that a little effort on "eating" might have some miraculous effects on the control of locusts.

But the first step to consider now is to let Lu Yun and the others know the signs that this locust plague is coming.

So Lu Shuo proposed: "Look at it, there are so many locusts on this flower tree, I don't know if there will be a locust plague in Cangzhou." We might as well go to my father and tell them about the situation, so that my father and uncle can be prepared earlier. ”

Yuan Wenlin and Yuan Wenyi glanced at each other and nodded.

Although they were still children, they also realized that in the land ruled by Lu Yun and Yuan Zheng, if there was really a locust plague, if the governance was not good, it would involve officials.

As soon as Zhu Yi heard Lu Shuo's words, she agreed very much, so she wrapped a few locusts in a handkerchief, and she could take them to the two masters for a while.

When Lu Shunying saw Zhu Yi's movements, she also had to take it. Zhu Yi saw that she was different from just now, and she was not afraid of this locust at all, so she gave her the handkerchief in her hand.

The group slowly walked out of the garden again.

It was just noon, and there was still a short time before Lu Yun went down, and Lu Shuo took Yuan Wenlin and them into his east wing.

The little girls opened the curtains, and a few people went directly into Lu Shuo's study, dismissed the maids, and sat down on the Luohan bed.

As soon as Zhou's mother came in, she saw a few little masters sitting directly on the Luohan bed, not grooming, and there were no tea and fruit snacks on the small desk, so she couldn't help but scold the little girls who served for not being blind.

"The lady has just left, and she can't call you? One by one, without the slightest eyesight, the masters have only come back from outside, and they do not know how to serve the change of clothes, freshen up, serve tea and snacks, and make this lazy appearance, and be careful of your skin. ”

Zhou's mother is in charge of the girl's mother-in-law, and no one dares to disobey her words. Bi Tao Hongxing listened to the reprimand silently, and hurriedly served the copper basin to the copper basin, and the refreshments to the refreshments.

Lu Shuo couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard the little maids being scolded, and hurriedly said to Zhou's mother: "Mom, don't scold them, it's a few of us who have something to discuss, so we let them all go outside the study to guard." ”

"Eun, we want to cure locusts!" Lu Shunying repeated their words in a milky voice as she stretched out her hand holding the handkerchief.

Those locusts were pinched a little by Lu Shunying through the handkerchief.

Mother Zhou looked at the locusts in Lu Shunying's hand and this fierce movement, she was startled, hurriedly trotted to her side, took the handkerchief out of her hand, and lamented: "Oh, Sister Ying, this dirty thing, why are you still playing with it in your hand?"

The maids who had just been scolded all lowered their heads again, and Zhu Yi also realized that she had done something wrong and broken the rules, so she hurriedly knelt down.

"What did Sister Ying take?

Lu Yun's majestic voice suddenly sounded from outside the door.