During this period, insect infestations occurred in the seedlings in the village, and the commonly used soil methods such as sprinkling with lime in the past had little effect, and the villagers were worried. The Xiao family's several acres of paddy fields were not spared. Although it is not difficult at home now, Xiao Pei is still worried.

In the year of famine, it is inevitable that starvation will be everywhere, and the people will not have a good livelihood.

Xiao Yu remembered that when she was a child, she lived in a village, and she also encountered the disaster of grass seedlings giving birth to borers, and her mother spent a lot of effort to make medicine for the villagers, mixed with grass and lime and sprinkled it on the field, and the effect was remarkable. She and Xiao Pei went to the field to see that now the one that harms the seedlings in the village is the green worm borer, and I think the old recipe should be available. So she searched through the codex left by her mother and found it.

Although it took a lot of time to develop this insecticide, it was simple to prepare and easy to obtain. Xiao Yu quickly made it, and first asked Uncle Zhou Qi to sprinkle it in the fields of the two families for testing, but in one day, all the pests in the field were extinct, and the seedlings regained their vitality.

Aunt Zhou Qi, who came to the door on purpose, was overjoyed and praised Xiao Yu's ability again and again.

Xiao Yu was secretly sighing in his heart that it was useless, and he made potions and pills buried in the soil by touching the bypass. Because the rice in the village was affected by the disaster and the amount of pesticides was large, she was a little too busy, so she called Xiao Pei and Xiao Yucheng over to prepare them together in the evening.

"Such a bag can be used for six or seven buckets of water, and spraying two acres of land is enough." Xiao Yu tied up the medicine powder with banana leaves, "Just take a penny and a pack." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Pei turned his head and looked, "It's not good for the villagers to be like this, right?" ”

"It takes a lot of time and materials for us to make this powder. Because the people in the village are all familiar with each other, they are not easy to take for nothing. Everyone is at ease when they receive a penny. Xiao Yucheng said beside him.

Xiao Pei thought about it and felt reasonable, before nodding. Spending a few pennies can save the rice that was originally thought to be unharvested, and the people in the village must be extremely willing. Besides, the other people in the village did not help the Xiao family much more than the seventh uncle's family, and it was reasonable to collect some money.

"It's still Ah Yu and Yu Cheng who are thoughtful." Xiao Pei boasted.

The three of them worked on the preparation of insecticidal powder for several nights, and there was an endless stream of people who came to ask for medicine, and the insect infestation in Niujiao Village was soon cleared, and there were several people from nearby Zhuangzi who came to ask for it. In the past few days, I have earned nearly two dollars just selling pesticides.

Hearing this number, Xiao Yu was slightly surprised: "It's quite a lot." ”

"That's right." Xiao Yucheng said with a smile, and there is honor, "But money is secondary." This time, thousands of acres were saved because of this medicine, and the neighbors were all grateful to Dade and praised my Xiao family's benevolence and righteousness. Now I greet each other on the way to and from school every day, and those who catch the car are rushing to carry it, as if I have seen some treasure. ”

Xiao Yu couldn't help laughing.

Some time ago, I got a lot of money because I sold fairy grass at home, and there were cars parked in front of the door from time to time, and there were always many people in the village who were red and said some sour words, and even sometimes Xiao Yucheng had someone chewing on the root of his tongue behind his back when he was so rich.

Xiao Pei and Xiao Yu returned it, but Xiao Yucheng was very angry.

I think that few people will say such irresponsible things to the Xiao family now.

Xiao Pei stopped the needle and thread in his hand and interjected: "That's all the credit of Ah Yu, Yucheng, don't be complacent because of this, learn more from your second sister how not to be arrogant or impatient." ”

"Sister exalts me too much." Seeing that Xiao Yucheng was a little embarrassed, Xiao Yu smiled.

After dinner, the three of them were enjoying the shade in the courtyard, when the sky suddenly changed, and dark clouds rolled. The sisters and brothers had only entered the house, and it was stormy outside.

The thatch on the roof of Xiao's house was repaired last winter, and there was some leakage in the kitchen and west room, so I had to take pots and buckets and put them on the ground.

"It's been raining a lot lately, so it's not okay to go on like this, I still have to let Uncle Nineteen come tomorrow." Xiao Pei looked at the kitchen floor that was a little muddy due to wetting, and frowned slightly.

Xiao Yu thought in his heart that after the autumn weather was crisp, the family could also consider building a house.

The next day, Xiao Yucheng took a break and got up early to practice martial arts. After he regained his momentum, he stretched out his fists and feet, and said to Xiao Yu, who took out the medicinal herbs to dry in the yard: "Soaking in the medicinal bath is really different. ”

Xiao Yu bowed his head and was busy, and said, "Of course, what do you want to do if you spend money to buy those medicinal materials." ”

Xiao Yucheng changed his sweaty clothes, prepared the straw mud, and asked the nineteenth uncle of the Wang family, who was a mason, to come over and help.

After the roof was repaired, Uncle Wang Nineteen had something to do, and thanked the Xiao family for their kindness in staying for dinner.

Xiao Pei paid ten centimen to send it to the door, and took needlework to make new clothes for several people.

The tiger next door was idle, and came to invite Xiao Yucheng to catch fish in the river, and Xiao Yu took the fish basket with him. It has been half a month since the bamboo shoots were put in the jar and soaked, and I caught some fish and came back for lunch just to cook with the sour bamboo shoots.

I never thought that today, in addition to the fish and shrimp that are fed to the chickens and the steamed bamboo herring, I also happened to get a catfish weighing nearly a pound.

Huzi jumped up and down behind Xiao Yu, looked at the fish basket in Xiao Yucheng's hand, and asked strangely: "Sister Ayu, why only catch two baskets of fish, wouldn't it be better to catch more and feed the chickens?" ”

"If you overfish, there will be no fish and shrimp in the river for you to catch in the future." Xiao Yucheng knocked on Huzi's head.

Huzi scratched his head as if he didn't understand, looked at the small bamboo basket in Xiao Yu's hand, swallowed his saliva unconsciously, and said suddenly: "That's why you only catch two bamboo herring?" ”

Bamboo herring is a specialty of the streams along the Yuejiang River, named for its resemblance to a large bamboo leaf and its scales are bluish, most of which are about two inches wide and slightly shorter than chopsticks. Its meat is delicate and has a unique fragrance, and it can also nourish the spirit and replenish qi, and it is difficult to catch and the yield is very small, and ordinary fishermen rarely have a tail for several months, so the price is quite expensive.

What's even more strange is that although it is the same bamboo herring in the waters of the river, only the one in Qinghe County is the most delicious, and the taste is different from this water, and diners who are particular about it can taste it. It is the horse herring produced in this place that is more valuable and unmarketable.

The Yangmei River near Niujiao Village is a tributary of the Yuejiang River. Xiao Yu once coincidentally got a bamboo herring and was impressed by its deliciousness, and then spent more than half a year looking through the codex of the ancestors of the Su family, and combined with the previous bait, he finally prepared an ideal bait that was both safe and effective and did not affect its taste.

In fact, although there are not many bamboo herring in the stream, it is not as scarce as imagined, but it likes to hide in stone crevices and is difficult to catch, which leads to the scarcity of production. Xiao Yu still remembers that when the bait was just made into a temptation, she placed the fish basket in the hidden place of the stream in the evening, and when she got up the next morning, she saw several bamboo leaves crowded into the bamboo basket, and there were many swimming around.

However, Xiao Yu only left the three tails that time, and the rest were released. Now I only catch a few new ones every ten days and half a month.

If you eat too much good food, you will lose its taste.

The value of this bamboo herring was so expensive, but Xiao Yu somehow caught a lot at that time and didn't think to sell it for money, so as to avoid attracting attention. Otherwise, the bait is estimated to be coveted like the fairy grass jelly formula. But then again, this herring is already caught, and if she only sells one or two occasionally, no one else should guess that she has a secret bait. It's better than selling fairy grass jelly.

Money still has to be earned, just try not to show it off.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu smiled and said to Huzi: "Bamboo herring is extremely difficult to catch, haven't you seen a few people catch it?" However, there are few fish in the first place, and if you catch too much, they will become extinct. ”

"This fish is so difficult to catch, Sister Ayu has caught it, it's amazing!" Huzi looked at Xiao Yu with great admiration.

Xiao Yu pursed her lips and smiled.

The tiger flew first and ran back.

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