Zhuang Xiaochu, the second year of junior high school, still took the old lady and Brother Sun to Huazizhuang for the Spring Festival. (Huazizhuang specially prepared room), and so the county magistrate and his wife go back to their parents' house to worship the New Year, it is almost the fifteenth day of the first month, and they will take them to Huazizhuang to celebrate the Lantern Festival, eat the Lantern Festival and appreciate the lanterns made by themselves, and guess each other's lantern riddles, which is endlessly fun.

After the Spring Festival, sent back to the county magistrate's family, Huazizhuang returned to normal, begging on the street for those who should beg on the street, and practicing martial arts for those who should practice martial arts. The branch also began to operate normally, and the small temple was still thriving (in fact, the small temple also continued to burn incense during the Spring Festival, but the old gentleman did not go to work, and the owner let him rest.) The old gentleman also began to deal cards for divination, and everything was no different from before.

The biggest thing in the only village is that Xiao Qi is pregnant.

Xiao Qi hasn't been here for more than a month, and she hasn't paid attention to it. Other people will feel uncomfortable when they are pregnant, they will vomit, Xiao Qi doesn't have these feelings, she has become very fond of meat, sleepy and sleepy, often eats and sleeps during the day, wakes up and eats, and it doesn't take long for her to gain weight.

First of all, Aunt Hua in Zhuang found that Xiao Qi was a little different, she said: "Mrs. Qi loves to sleep so much, it is different from before, and she looks rounder than before, is she happy?" Everyone was happy. Not to mention Zhuang Xiaochu and Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi wants a son, as resourceful as the owner, and the owner wants a daughter, as beautiful and lovely as Xiao Qi. After finding out that there was joy, Xiao Qi had a dream, and dreamed that there was an old man who gave away flowers to people, one left and one right, and when it came to her, the old man still had a bouquet of delicate flowers in his hand, and he gave all the flowers to Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi held the flowers, looked left and right, the flowers were so beautiful. When she woke up from the dream, Xiao Qi told Zhuang Xiaochu about the dream, and Zhuang Xiaochu went to consult Aunt Hua the next day, and Aunt Hua said: "Mrs. Seven must be pregnant with a girl, and the girl is a flower." A pretty flower is a pretty girl. Zhuang Xiaochu was very happy.

After three months, I invited a huge husband to come to the pulse, everything was healthy, and asked the sex of the fetus, and the huge husband said that the owner of the village got his wish. The owner of the farmer was glad to hear this.

Xiao Qi can eat every day, and his body is like a balloon and he gains weight quickly. There was no hospital and no caesarean section, Zhuang Xiaochu was afraid that the fetus would be too big to give birth, and he was even more afraid that Xiao Qi would be in danger when he was born, so he didn't let Xiao Qi eat more, Xiao Qi said angrily: "Brother, do you think I'm fat and ugly, so you don't let me eat it." Zhuang Xiaochu said: "Xiao Qi, you will always be the most beautiful in my heart." When you become a youkai, I really love you too. Later, Zhuang Xiaochu changed his strategy, waiting for Xiao Qi to eat every day, and after a quarter of an hour, he took Xiao Qi for a walk.

Because there are many things in the village, I can't always be by Xiao Qi's side to take care of them, so I invited Aunt Hua to take care of Xiao Qi. Aunt Hua is experienced and careful, and with her by Xiao Qi's side, everyone is relieved. She knows exactly what to eat and what not to eat, what to prepare and what to pay attention to.

After another two months, Xiao Qi was less binge eating, her diet was normalized, and Zhuang Xiaochu was a little relieved. The women's army on the village spontaneously made small clothes, small bibs, small shoes, and small quilts for Xiao Qi's children, all of which were made beautiful and comfortable, and there was still half of the time before delivery, but everything was prepared properly and neatly.

More than half a year has passed, and everything is calm and calm. The divination of the first day of the new year made the old gentleman anxious every day. He always felt that something was about to happen, and the owner comforted him: "Divination will also have failures, don't worry too much." The old gentleman said, "My hexagram was handed down by my grandfather's grandfather, and it is usually very spiritual, and there are very few times when it is not." "The old gentleman said a lot. The owner also muttered a little in his heart. But he didn't know what kind of disaster would come, and what preparations should be made, only a little control in terms of living expenses, and the patrol of the Zhuangshang Martial Arts Brigade would be strengthened.

Disasters can come in unexpected ways, and in autumn, the rice in the fields gradually fills up, and in another twenty days or so, the rice will bend down heavily, and it will be ready for harvest. At this moment, half a catty and eight taels sent a chicken feather letter: The locust plague is coming.

A large number of locusts have drifted across the ocean from Wangu Island to the southern region, and everywhere they go, they have covered the sky and the sun, and no grass grows, they eat everything, the crops in the fields, and the grass in the mountains....... Thousands of acres of farmland up and down Meishan were swept away almost overnight, and there were no grains left. The locusts even attacked a grain depot in the village. The door of one grain depot was broken by the locusts, and the grain inside was looted by the locusts. The owner of the village received the chicken feather letter, it was already the fifth day after the locusts, and the locusts ransacked Meishan, diverted from Meishan, and went to Yinzhou in the west.

Zhuang Xiaochu said: "This is a natural and man-made disaster. It seems that the brothers are having a hard time this year. Hurry up and take out all the money in the village and buy grain, and buy as much as possible. "The price of grain has skyrocketed, and one or two pieces of silver can buy a sack of rice, but now you can only buy one liter, and in another day, you can only buy half a liter, and in the end, the silver is still there, and the grain can no longer be bought.

Zhuang Xiaochu ordered to buy everything that could be eaten, sorghum, soybeans, sweet potatoes, corn, as long as it could be used as a substitute for grain, buy them all, but unfortunately these are the same as grain, and in the end they can't be bought. As for chickens, ducks, fish, meat and eggs, not to mention the price, in the end, like grain, no one sells it.

A cart of grain was lost in the farm, and there was also a grain storehouse, but that grain could only be moved in half at most, and the rest must have to be kept for seeds. There is still some grain in Huazi Village, but it is not enough for the brothers to have a year's rations, so how can they last until next year's autumn harvest? Zhuang Xiaochu's heart was full of pressure.

Zhuang Xiaochu said to his brothers: "We don't have enough food, and now we can't buy food on the market." Everyone had to tighten their belts. From today on, except for the old, weak, sick and pregnant, the other brothers can only drink porridge. "The porridge is multigrain porridge, and the porridge is filled with beans and sweet potatoes,...... Zhuang Xiaochu eats a big pot of rice with everyone, and his small kitchen cooks some slightly better meals for the pregnant, the newly born, the sick, and the very old, and the children.

The old people said that we are all old, what are we doing with so good food, and we keep it for the dolls. I didn't go to the small kitchen, I went to eat a big pot of rice. Everyone asked the owner to eat in the kitchen, saying that the owner was troubled every day and had to eat better. Zhuang Xiaochu said: "I will eat a big pot of rice, and when the difficulties come, I have to face them with everyone." ”