The weather in August is so hot that people can't stand it, the trees know a louder sound, there is no wind outside, many people can't stand the heat, some men and children directly take off their clothes and jump into the pond to soak in water to cool down, and women also hide in the shade to enjoy the cool.

Shen Lan's house is backed by the cliff, the shade behind the trees is sprinkled on the roof of Shen Lan's house, the back vegetable garden is not very hot because it is shrouded by the shadow of the mountain, but the knowledge on the trees in the back mountain makes people irritated for no reason, but the front house is still very hot, so Shen Lan and Shen Wei moved the bamboo bed to the back of the house in order to enjoy the cool, the sisters cut the watermelon and sat on the bamboo bed with the stone to enjoy the cool, this watermelon was naturally smuggled out of the space by Shen Lan, and the two or three were soaked in the water tank at home, and often cut the watermelon directly to quench their thirst when they were thirsty, It's a luxury.

In addition to the two Shen Lan sisters hiding in the shade behind the house, the group of chickens that Shen Lan fed were also behind the house, idly eating | excellent | excellent | small | said that more | new|fastest | WWW.UUXS.CC | insects and grass, and occasionally pecked one or two mouthfuls on the vegetables planted by Shen Lan, Shen Lan's vegetable garden did not show signs of drought, because she usually drew out the water from thunderstorms in the space to irrigate this small vegetable garden, so her family's vegetable chief was particularly watery and thriving.

Shen Lan doesn't like rain, especially after coming here, she hates rain even more, disgusted with mud everywhere after rain, and disgusting animal feces, usually in the small puddle of stagnant water, the water is brown, people don't know how to get down, and there are no rain boots in this world, either barefoot or wearing cloth shoes, no matter which one it is, as long as you step into such a puddle, Shen Lan is not willing to accept it.

But it doesn't rain for a long time, Shen Lan still feels a little worried, rain is too important for people in this era, no rain means that crops have no water to irrigate, although Jixian County is not a county that lacks water, but to bring water up from the river, it is not an easy thing, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to do it, so it will increase labor, Shen Lan's family has no adult men, and there is no field, so naturally it is not her family's turn to serve, but her mother's family has to go out of labor, So she still hopes that God can open his eyes and make it rain soon, even if the environment becomes terrible after the rain, she also hopes that it will rain.

"Eldest sister, it seems that the wind is blowing." Shen Wei said suddenly.

Shen Lan looked up, and sure enough, the leaves of the spotted thatch on the cliff behind were shaking, and it seemed that the wind was not small.

"It's getting cloudy, so let's put things in." At the same time, Shen Lan noticed that the sky in the distance was a little heavy, presumably dark clouds.

Shen Wei nodded, Shen Lan walked towards the house with the stone, Shen Wei helped bring the cut watermelon to the house, and as soon as she carried the stone into the house, she heard someone shouting: "Lan Niang, Lan Niang, hurry up and close the doors and windows, no, the locusts are coming, the locusts are coming, the locusts are coming......"

With this call, Song San's sister-in-law crashed into Shen Lan's house, Shen Lan put the stone on the bed, hurriedly walked out and asked, "Flying locusts, what flying locusts, what's going on, isn't it going to rain?" ”

Song San's sister-in-law was full of anxiety, and when she saw Shen Lan, she immediately said: "Hurry up and close the doors and windows, don't let the locusts enter the house, you have a lot of food in the house, you must pay attention, I won't say much, you hurry up and pull out as many vegetables as you can from the back vegetable garden as soon as possible, otherwise as soon as the locusts cross the border, nothing will be left for you, you hurry up." ”

After saying this, Song San's sister-in-law hurriedly ran out, Shen Lan didn't understand at all, but she still obediently closed the doors and windows, and then called Shen Wei to go into the house to look at the stones, and she hurriedly ran outside to the vegetable garden to pick all the vegetables that had just grown and could be eaten, and before she could pick all the vegetables, she heard a "buzzing" sound from the sky, and when she looked up, she saw locusts flying all over her head, and her scalp was suddenly a little numb, so she hurriedly carried the basket and ran into the house, and closed the back door as soon as she entered the house, and then put the vegetable basket on the ground. I'm afraid that the two children will go to the room.

The sound of "buzzing" came in through the window lattice, and from time to time there was the sound of something hitting the doors and windows, which made people tremble, Shen Lan was not the first time to see a large number of locusts migrating, but it was the first time she really encountered it, she had only seen it on TV before, a large number of locusts were overwhelmingly migrating, but now she witnessed the picture of locust migration, although there were not many locusts in the first wave, but she did not miss the picture behind the black pressure that completely covered the entire sky, dense locust swarm, It's terrifying.

In the silent space, Shen Lan and Shen Wei didn't even dare to breathe, only the stone who didn't know anything sat on the bed, whining meaninglessly, and pulling their mother and aunt's clothes with a worry-free face, hoping that they would come to play with him, but unfortunately Shen Lan and Shen Wei were waiting with bated breath at this time.

Only the time is very difficult, Shen Lan always feels as if a century has passed, and finally there is no sound outside the house like a stone hitting the door panel, but Shen Lan still does not dare to open the door, for fear that after opening the door, it will be greeted by dense locusts, to say that Shen Lan is not afraid of locusts, and he has encountered it when he harvested rice before, but the quantitative change has caused a qualitative leap, and he has seen a locust plague, but he is afraid that most people will suffer from intensive disease, and his scalp will be tight when he sees a dense pile of things.

It really took a long time to hear the sound of knocking on the door outside the house, and there were human voices outside, saying that it was a human voice should actually be said to be a cry, this locust plague is bound to spoil the crops in the field, and it also indicates that the autumn harvest will be in vain, how many people can not cry in the face of such a scene?

Shen Lan walked out of the room to the door, opened the door, and saw Song San's sister-in-law's tired look, and her eyes were red, and she knew that she had cried at a glance, and Shen Lan felt bad when she saw it.

"Third sister-in-law." Shen Lan shouted in a low voice, and Song San's sister-in-law answered, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lan Niang, are you okay with the two children?" Is it scary? ”

Shen Lan shook her head and replied, "Before the locusts came, I let the two children hide in the house, but I didn't scare them. ”

"That's good, that's good......" Song San's sister-in-law repeated these three words, and her eyes were unconsciously filled with tears.

Shen Lan saw that her heart was even more uncomfortable, and she hurriedly introduced Song San's sister-in-law into the house, as Song San's sister-in-law entered the house, there were still residual locusts that jumped in together, Shen Lan took the opportunity to look outside the house, although there were not as many locusts outside as at the beginning, but there were still a lot of lying on the trunk and on the door, and the original lush trees outside were all bare, only branches remained, that is, the weeds that could be seen everywhere in the past had no leaves, and the spotted thatch used to surround the vegetable garden in the east was only left with poles.

Such a bare world, as if winter had come early, it was obviously a scorching summer, but I was afraid that all the people who suffered from this locust plague would be like falling into an ice cave and getting chills.

beckoned Song San's sister-in-law to sit down, Shen Lan hurriedly went into the house and took a watermelon and cut it out to entertain Song San's sister-in-law, but where did Song San's sister-in-law who suffered this disaster have any mood to eat watermelon, as soon as Shen Lan sat down, Song San's sister-in-law howled and cried.

Shen Lan didn't dare to persuade her, because Shen Lan knew that it was useless to say anything, after all, the crops in the field would never grow back, so she still let her cry, maybe she would feel better, so Shen Lan accompanied Song San's sister-in-law to cry a while, and waited until Song San's sister-in-law was tired of crying before stopping.

"Lan Niang, what do you say this can do? I can't pay the rent for the second half of the year, woo woo ......" said Song San's sister-in-law couldn't help crying again.

Shen Lan didn't know how to comfort her, at this time, she couldn't wait to open ten or eight golden fingers, like the heroines who farmed in the novel, and opened up her abilities to bring the people around her to get rich and become well-off, but those are novels after all, even if she opens the abilities, it is impossible to help everyone.

"Third sister-in-law, don't cry, are there still a lot of locusts outside?" Shen Lan asked suddenly.

Song San's sister-in-law nodded with tears in her eyes, Shen Lan grabbed her hand and said excitedly: "While these locusts haven't gone far, let's hurry up and take the bag to catch some more." ”

Sister-in-law Song looked at Shen Lan with the expression of looking at a fool, this girl can't be scared stupid, right?

"Lan Niang...... What do you want locusts for? Sister-in-law Song looked at Shen Lan with some horror and spoke.

"Third sister-in-law, this locust can also be eaten, even if people can't eat it, it can be used to feed chickens." Shen Lan suddenly remembered the "Warm Spring" she had watched before, which once said that Xiaohua caught grasshoppers for her aunt to eat, grasshoppers are similar to locusts, and Shen Lan has also seen on TV, locusts can be eaten, and now that the crops have been destroyed, the only way to catch a large number of locusts is to supplement the missing food.

Swallowing her saliva, Song San's sister-in-law really felt that Shen Lan was crazy, how could the locusts be eaten, but the chickens could eat them, but even if the locusts were eaten by chickens, the locusts would not live long, and the dead locusts would stink after a long time, how could the chickens eat them?

Seeing that Song San's sister-in-law didn't move, Shen Lan was a little strange, so she turned around and looked at her.

"Lan Niang, how can this insect be eaten? Besides, if this insect is not released, the chickens will be able to eat it for a day or two, and then they will all die, and then they will stink. Song San's sister-in-law explained.

Shen Lan was stunned, thinking that she had been criticized for eating snails, this eating locusts would definitely not be acceptable, but even if people can't eat them, they can feed the chickens, where it stinks, as long as the locusts are watered, and then dried in the sun, and then use the stone mortar of the rice to scoop the locusts into powder to make insect powder, scoop a little bit every time you feed the chickens, the chickens will definitely grow fast after eating such insect powder, after all, the protein is high enough.

"Third sister-in-law, as long as the locusts are dried in water, then scooped into powder, and fed to the chickens, the chickens will grow quickly." Shen Lan hurriedly explained.

Song San's sister-in-law didn't believe it at first, but when she heard Shen Lan say that it was dried and turned into powder, she believed it a little, fresh locusts do not last long, but if the sun-dried locust powder is definitely able to last for a long time, as for whether the chicken will grow, there is no need to discuss, who doesn't know that if you give chickens a living creature like insects, chickens are willing to lay eggs, but also grow meat.

Suddenly, Song San's sister-in-law was stunned, no matter whether she could eat it or not, she was relieved to clean it up, Song San's sister-in-law also wanted to open it, turned around and went outside, Shen Lan wanted to go out, but there were two children at home, and she was not very relieved, so she didn't go out with her in the end, but went into the house and sewed a net pocket, ready to catch the locusts outside, no matter what, she also had chickens at home, and she was also plagued by these locusts The vegetables in a vegetable garden.

Speaking of the vegetable garden, Shen Lan remembered that when she went back to the house, she forgot to take care of her chickens and cats, and she didn't know what was going on now, so she sewed the net pocket, Shen Lan hurriedly went to the vegetable garden at the back door, and when she opened the back door, the vegetable garden was a mess, and the vegetables that had grown so bright were left with bare rods, that is, the hibiscus and uri bubbles on both sides were only left with stems, and the leaves and fruits were all plagued by locusts. The bamboo bed that had not had time to be taken back outside was also crawling with locusts.

However, Shen Lan's chickens were very happy to peck at the insects on the ground, looking very satisfied, she was still worried about her chickens, isn't this chicken the natural enemy of the insects? It was only when the locusts came that they covered the sky and the sun, and that caused the famine, but if there were a large number of birds, I was afraid that these locusts would also be caught by the birds.

Catch the insects on the ground with a net bag, prepare to boil the water to scald them to death, and then put them outside with a dustpan to dry, and then dry them when there is sun, and when the insects are completely dry, she grinds them into powder, which is a good feed for the chickens.

Shen Lan didn't know if Song San's sister-in-law had caught locusts, anyway, she caught a lot, and asked Shen Wei to boil water to cook locusts at night, so that Shen Wei always looked at her with a kind of look at monsters, Shen Lan was sad, her family had a lot of surplus food, she really wouldn't feed Shen Wei with this worm, it was rare that Song San's sister-in-law didn't come to sleep with her this night, and this night was destined to be a sleepless night for most people.

After this locust plague, most of the people in the village were depressed, and the rice fields that had been eaten away were slowly cleared out, and the people who were hit by the disaster did not have much time to give them how long to be low, and soon had to cheer up, and it was impossible to replant rice, but after all, some crops could still be planted at this time, and compared with rice, these crops were more drought-tolerant, and they were more suitable for planting in this semi-arid time than rice.

The people in the village suffered a disaster, and Shen Lan's mother's family was naturally no different, at this time, Shen Lan didn't go back, so Shen Lan learned to be obedient this time, and entrusted the family to Song San's sister-in-law and his wife, please leave them alone at night to spend the night in their own house and help take care of the family's food, such a request Song Sange and his wife naturally would not refuse, so Shen Lan took Shen Wei back.

Back to the Shen family, the Shen family is really busy, the Shen family is more than 30 acres of middle field, now Shen Xiaoquan is ready to use it to grow buckwheat, no matter what, buckwheat is also food, and the yield is not low, the yield of the medium field is two to three stones, if it is hilly and saline-alkali land, it can produce one stone and six buckets, in fact, it is more cost-effective than planting rice, but the price of rice is relatively high, and the price of buckwheat is lower, generally have to choose, everyone will plant rice, and will only eat buckwheat on some reclaimed wasteland, but now the situation is different, After encountering a locust plague, if you want to reduce your losses, you can only grow buckwheat, black beans, radishes and other crops, and the Shen family chose to plant buckwheat, mainly because buckwheat belongs to the category of grain and can be traded.

There are naturally a lot of black beans, but in this era, black beans are usually used to feed livestock, of course, people can also eat, but as a staple food is a few, as for the radish is big, it can be stored in winter, but it is not easy to store after winter, it can be used to satisfy hunger but it is not good to store, and it hurts the stomach to eat too much radish, and buckwheat is completely different, not only can it be dried and stored like grain, but it can also be eaten as a staple food.

In addition, the Shen family's grain was not sold, it can be said that it was thanks to Shen Lan's blessing, and there were more than 30 stones of millet at home, if it was sold in winter and in March and April of the next year, I was afraid that the price would not be low, so although the Shen family suffered from the locust plague, the loss was not large.

Because of the drought, the mud in the field has been half-dry, and planting buckwheat needs to be cultivated carefully, so Shen Xiaoquan must plough all the fields before he can start planting, but at this time he is facing a difficulty, that is, the problem of cattle, the cattle of the Shen family are shared with the people in the village, that is, the cattle bought by the gang are partnered by three families, usually the cattle are put by the family for a month, and whoever herds the cattle belongs to whom, except when the farm is busy, because of the locust plague, the cattle are naturally in demand, according to the rules, who herds the cattle and who uses them first, Then the remaining two families discussed the order of use, which naturally delayed farming, but there was no way to do it.

When Shen Lan returned to her parents' house, she happened to see Shen Xiaoquan preparing to plow the land, but she didn't see the cows, how could she plow the land without the cattle? Shen Lan couldn't help but ask, "Dad, why don't you have a cow?" ”

Shen Xiaoquan, who was about to go out, suddenly said with a bitter expression: "The cow hasn't come to our family yet, if you wait for the cow, I'm afraid that you will miss the crop." ”

"So what are you going to do?" Shen Lan asked.

Shen Xiaoquan also knew that his daughter had lost her memory, Shen Lan asked this, and he was not surprised, but replied: "Your mother and your second sister are pulling in front, and I am pushing in the back, how much can I cultivate." ”

Shen Lan was stunned when she heard this, manpower to pull the plow? Even the ox pulls the plow a little hard, and now his mother and second sister act as an ox to pull the plow, how hard is that?

Thinking of this, Shen Lan felt a pain in her heart, but she didn't know what to do for a while, why didn't she think of buying a cow? At this critical time, it may come in handy.

"Dad, if you don't delay for a day, I'll borrow an animal and come back, and you can go to the field again." Suddenly, Shen Lan remembered that there was a person who had a lot of livestock at home, and if she opened her mouth to borrow it, that person should not be stingy.

Shen Xiaoquan frowned, and said sadly: "Lan Niang, at this time, whoever can borrow livestock will rush to plough the land and sow seeds." ”

"Yes, eldest sister, do you know anyone who has idle livestock at home?" Shen Lian brushed up and said as if she was feeling.

Shen Lan has already paid attention, since she sent Shen Lian back last time, she has always targeted herself, Shen Lan has always felt that she is an adult, and she doesn't care about a child, but is this child stabbing her twice? But now is not the time to reason with her, Shen Lan sighed in her heart and decided to put up with her again.

"Dad, why don't you go down to the ground first, I'll try it." Shen Lan said, but she was not sure.

Shen Xiaoquan saw that his daughter looked serious, and knew that his daughter really wanted to help the family, so he nodded and said: "Okay, you can borrow the best, if you can't borrow it, forget it, this cultivated land is hard work, and besides, you have a lot of things at home, and it's not good to stay for a long time, if you can't borrow it, just come back and take the stone back, so as not to be robbed again." ”

Shen Lan nodded, put the stone in the Shen family, and hurriedly went out of the door, and headed in the direction of Black Tiger Mountain, now the only person she thought of was Yuan Hao, after all, Yuan Hao's family did not farm, and there were many horses, so it should be completely okay to borrow one or two.

It's just that Shen Lan went out on the front foot, and Shen Lian on the back foot was unconvinced and rushed at her father: "Dad, you just spoil her, she doesn't let her do so much work, she goes to borrow some livestock, where does she know someone who has idle livestock at home, so she obviously avoids working." ”

Shen Xiaoquan glared at Shen Lian, although the eldest daughter did avoid planting rice last time, but after all, she changed jobs with someone, and it was not lazy to say it, but she still had a plan in her heart about Shen Lan running away because she was afraid of snakes, so she didn't say that Shen Lian was not, but just said: "What are you talking about, you know that there is a lot of work in the field, and you can't move faster." ”

was said by Shen Xiaoquan, and the others didn't dare to say anything, sorted out the farm tools, and followed Shen Xiaoquan to the field, leaving only Shen Wei at home to watch the children, of course, Shen Hailing was studying in the county, and he was not at home at this time, and the Shen family could say that in addition to Shen Xiaoquan, there were only a group of women and girls left.

Shen Lan walked out of the door of the Shen family, and ran towards the Black Tiger Mountain, Shen Lan returned to Linchun Village It was already noon, and the Black Tiger Mountain and Linchun Village were opposite to each other in Songjia Village, Shen Lan now wanted to go to Black Tiger Mountain, she had to walk more than twice the distance from Songjia Village to Linchun Village, if she followed the previous speed, she was afraid that when she arrived at Black Tiger Mountain, it would be dark, and she might not be able to get there.

It's a shame that Shen Lan has space to cheat, if she is really tired, she will hide in the space to rest for a while, and then come out and run forward, so Shen Lan's speed is naturally not slow, but she is really tired enough, Sen Sen thinks it would be good if she had a bicycle, but unfortunately she can't draw the mechanism of the bicycle, otherwise it is not impossible for people to build one, but no matter what she thinks in her heart, she must run now.

Time passed minute by minute, Shen Lan felt that the road in front of her seemed to have no end, but for the sake of her father and mother, she couldn't give up, so she kept running, she had only one goal, that is, Black Tiger Mountain, where her father, her mother and sister didn't have to pull the plow, this belief supported her to run forward quickly, ran through a village with a village, and finally came to the foot of Black Tiger Mountain. R1152