The village was being found home by his father, and when he heard that Xinchang County was going to make an insect plague, he hurriedly called Li Aniu and the two ran almost all the way to Situ Yan's house, and they didn't even enter the house when they entered the courtyard, so they pulled Situ Yan and asked, "Girl, you said you want to make an insect plague, but it's true?" This is a worthy matter. ”

"Uncle Wangfu, I also heard from the owner of the grain shop in the county, as for whether it is true, I don't know, I hope it is not true, at least there is some food in the field."

"No, if it's true, I'm afraid I won't even be able to find a single grass. I still remember that year, not to mention the village, it was difficult to find food in the mountains, and my family even dug up the grass roots to eat. Li Aniu stomped his feet anxiously and sighed again and again.

"It's over, it's all ruined, and when this insect plague comes, this year's harvest is completely gone. At that time, even if you go into the mountains, it will be difficult to find a stutter. What can I do with this? Muramasa's temples jumped suddenly, and his body shook and he was dizzy.

"Uncle Wangfu and Uncle Niu sit first, although this matter is urgent, but the body is more important." Situ Yan hurriedly found two Mazha for the two of them to sit on, she was really afraid that the two of them would faint in her house like this, then she wouldn't be able to tell if she had a mouth.

Murazheng drank a sip of water, and then eased up a little, thinking that when he entered the door just now, he saw Da Lang driving a mule cart to pull a cart of firewood to the field, and his heart moved, maybe this girl can have a good way, this heart has hope, people's eyes are brightened, and he pulled Situ Yan's arm and asked, "When I came over just now, I saw Da Lang and a few people driving the car to pull firewood out of the house, what is this for?" Girl, if you have any good ideas, you have to tell your uncle. When Li Aniu heard what Muramasa said, he also stared at Situ Yan, and he also hoped that this clever girl could have some good ideas to keep the harvest in the field.

"Uncle Wangfu, this is not a good way for me, but I have heard people say before, this insect, it is afraid of smoke, so I want to burn more firewood and grass at the edge of the field, and when the smoke in the field is big, maybe it can disperse the insects? But whether this method can be done or not, I don't know at all. Situ Yan's method was told to her by her grandmother in her previous life, locusts like light and are afraid of smoke, and the smoke that burns has the effect of blocking vision and interfering with the sense of smell, although she has not tried it, but she still has some confidence in her heart.

"It's really a good way to make trouble, that's okay, the girl and your Uncle Niu have to notify the people in the village and let them follow suit, it depends on God's if it can be done!" Mura Zheng and the others are not staying, when will this insect plague come, no one knows, Situ Yan will remember the Internet, mobile phone, TV live broadcast in her previous life, if there are these, she doesn't have to wait and be in a hurry. In fact, Situ Yan was also in a hurry, if there were really those modern things, as soon as the plane sprinkled medicine at this time, the insects would not be destroyed directly, and they would have to spend that amount of effort.

Situ Yan's family was busy until the end of the night, and then they rested for a while, and generally the locusts would not fly again, and the locust swarms could usually be seen flying after dawn.

Before dawn, Situ Yan's family had a simple meal, and then went to the field to guard, San Lang and Shiro covered the livestock shacks with the gauze covers sewn by Situ Yan, and built a firewood pile in the backyard, and put the herb bag on it, although there were no crops in the backyard, but for the livestock or to light a fire to repel insects.

Situ Yan took the snow wolf to his own field to see first, and saw that the firewood had been piled up, Li Dalang was afraid that it would be too late, so he lit a lot of torches, and stood guard around the field with his younger brothers, ready to set fire at any time.

Seeing that everything was in order in her own field, she went to see the land of Liangzi, Li Si and Li Aniu's house, and stuffed two packets of herbs into the firewood piles of these three families in the upper hand, except for the four packets in the backyard, she didn't even have a packet of herbs in her hand.

As noon approached, Situ Yan's uneasiness became stronger and stronger, and after thinking about it, she lit up the four piles of firewood in the backyard, locked the courtyard door, and walked towards Guantian with the snow wolf. ”

"Brothers, set fire!" Situ Yan shouted and ran, Da Lang listened to the sound, and hurriedly began to light the fire, Situ Yan also got busy, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he could hear the sound of thunder on a sunny day, and the rumbling sound instantly hit his ears, which shocked Situ Yan with goosebumps all over his body.

"It's still too late, hurry up, hurry up!" Situ Yan didn't care about whether there was firewood and grass at this time, so she threw the torches on the firewood and grass pile one by one and ran.

"Come in, brothers!" Situ Yan could already see patches of locusts falling from the sky, and hurriedly shouted Li Dalang and the others to go back to the shack to hide. Here, Situ Yan had already covered herself with a thick gauze cover. San Lang and Shiro were the closest to the shack, and rushed in after a few steps, Da Lang was the farthest, and when they ran into the shack, there were a lot of locusts crawling on their bodies, and several people slapped for a while, and then looked at the field.

The snow wolf was anxiously circling in the shack, roaring and screaming from time to time, and Situ Yan squatted beside it and hugged it to make the snow wolf quiet.

Nature's devastating power makes humanity seem so small, and the five people hiding in the shack look through the veil to look at the locusts that are all over the ground, and they have no other feeling than fear.

Hearing the sound of locusts slapping at the shack and hitting the wooden planks, and even the screams of the native dogs, women and children in the village, I couldn't help but fall to the bottom, "I'm afraid this crop won't be saved?" ”

Shiro had already cried and fell on Da Lang's body, and Erlang was punching, although he was standing strongly, his legs were shaking so badly that even San Lang was next to Situ Yan.

Even Situ Yan could feel San Lang's body trembling, but she couldn't say any comforting words at this time, no matter what she said, she looked so pale in the face of such a disaster.

The crops in the field have been swept into the smoke, and they have long been invisible, and even the shack is filled with smoke, Situ Yan spread the straw mat on the bed on the ground, so that several people are lying on the ground, don't let the locusts not smoke away, but smoke people out.

San Lang was so scared that he gritted his teeth so that he didn't let the tears flow, thinking that it might be better to find something to say, "Little Wu, why do we want to lie on the ground?" ”

"The smoke goes up, and we lie on the ground so that we don't get smoked." Situ Yan felt that it was better to say something at this time, which was better than quietly listening to the sounds outside.

"I also feel more comfortable than standing." Erlang also interjected, this person made a sound, and several people were lying on their stomachs, unable to see the situation outside, but they were not so afraid.

Situ Yan felt that time passed very slowly, and she even had a feeling that time was simply static at this moment. I don't know how long it took, the crackling sound of slapping the wooden planks became louder and louder, Situ Yan knew that this was the time when the locust swarm was the most dense, and after this period of time, it should be less.

At this time, Situ Yan could even smell the strong smell of herbs, which made her cough a little, so she hurriedly found a cloth to wet it with water, covered her mouth and nose for a few people, and even covered it for the snow wolf.

I don't know how long it took, it seemed to be getting dark for a long time, and there was no sound outside, but the smoke was still a little big, and a few people didn't dare to get up. After waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, the fire was lighter and the smoke was thinner, and then several people got up and looked at the field.

"Little five, little five, look, ears of wheat, I can still see ears of wheat." Li Dalang took Situ Yan's hand with one hand, shook excitedly, and pointed to the ears of wheat in the smoke with the other. After the insect plague, all crops, vegetables, fruits, green leaves and green grass will be eaten by insects. Ears of wheat can still be seen in this field today, maybe it's not so bad in this field.

"I saw it too, Xiao Wu, I saw it too." A gust of wind blew, and the smoke dispersed a little, and Erlang and Saburo happily pulled Shiro and Xiaomei and shouted.

"Big brother, don't rush out first, wait, this smoke is poisonous, although it is not harmful to the body, but it is not good if you smoke too much."

When the smoke cleared again, the men came out of their huts, and the corpses of locusts were everywhere on the ground, all of which had been killed by the smoke. He looked at the crops in the field again. Although the herbal smoke was released, nearly forty acres of crops were still lost in one hundred acres, Situ Yan was distressed, but the four brothers of the Li family shouted happily, "Little five, we, we have become." After shouting for joy, the four hugged each other and wept bitterly.

Situ Yan's eyes were also red, her throat seemed to be blocked by something, and she couldn't even say words of comfort, so she had to gently pat the shoulders of the four of them and hug everyone again.

Several people stood on the edge of the field and cried with joy for a while, and before they came back to their senses, Muramasa ran over, shouting as they ran, "Girl, Dalang, the crops have been saved, they have really been saved." ”

Situ Yan asked in detail about the situation of other families in the village, and the worst ones were Li Daniu and Li He's family, because these two families were reluctant to pour oil on firewood and grass, and the firewood and grass burned slowly when the fire was lit, so they only kept less than 10 acres of crops. The three families who Situ Yan sent herbs kept the most, with nearly 40 acres, and the others had the least 20 acres and more than 30 acres.

"Girl, you have a lot of protection in this field, and I look at no less than 50 acres." Muramasa is also curious, this is all a pile of firewood to set off smoke, why Li Dalang's family has kept the most land, and even his family's land has only been kept 30 acres.

Although he was puzzled, after all, every family in the village had food, and he showed his face again, and he didn't take this matter to heart, but kept thanking Situ Yan, "Girl, you saved the people of our village this time, can you let Uncle thank you?" ”

"Uncle, I don't deserve your thanks, you are alone in Zhang Luo, I haven't done anything. It's just that I really have something to do right now, and I want to ask my uncle for help? ”

"Girl, you say, what's the matter, Uncle will do it for you." When Mura Zheng heard Situ Yan say this, he obviously didn't want to take this good thing on himself, so that all the credit became his, and he was happy in his heart, and he was happy to agree.

"Uncle, after this smoke, there must be these insect corpses on the ground, this can't be left alone, otherwise there will be regeneration of insects in this field next year, and then it will not be possible to prevent it by smoking."

"What do you do?"

"Uncle went to inform the people in the village, this insect was collected by my family, and a sack of 2 cents was paid."

"Girl, what are you doing here?"

"Uncle, I'll take it and feed it to the chickens. Doesn't that chicken eat insects, use this to feed the chicken, and save some food at home. "In fact, Situ Yan not only has to feed the chickens when collecting locusts, but mainly because as long as the locusts are roasted, they can be used in medicine after the research is completed. But this is her means of making money, of course, it is impossible to tell Mushimasa. Another reason is that the villagers will pick up all the insects and save them from suffering from insect plagues next year.

"As long as you have a lot of ideas, okay, you can wait at home." The village is busy informing the villagers that Li Dalang's family collects insects in exchange for money. Of course, the villagers were happy that the pestful insect could still be exchanged for money, and the families went into the fields to get busy.

"Brothers, go home first and have a bite to eat before going to the field."

"Little Wu, I'm not hungry, I want to take advantage of the dawn to do it for a while?" Li Dalang discussed with his little sister and wanted to stay and work.

"That's okay, I'll go back first, and I'll bring the food to my brothers in a while." Situ Yan went home with the snow wolf, and the four brothers of the Li family stayed in the fields.

Everyone in the village was busy until noon the next day, when they picked up all the insect carcasses in their fields, and the children in the village knew that they could exchange this for money, so they ran to the wasteland to pick up the ones in their fields.

The only moment in July that made the family feel comforted was the birthday celebration of Li Dalang on the tenth day of July, only that moment, a few people were happy as if they were celebrating a holiday, and several people were busy on other days.

Because of the smoking, even the Great Wilderness Mountain escaped a catastrophe. Situ Yan also went into the mountain to take a look, although the fallen leaves were damaged, they were not completely bald, and wild vegetables could still be seen on the ground, at least people could live with these. Although she didn't know what other villages were like, at least the people in this Lijia village wouldn't starve to death.