Hospitality has always been a common problem of the Han family, especially when dealing with people like Mao Wenlong who have been kind to him, the old man has become a little overly enthusiastic. The countryside doesn't have the elaborate food of the city, but it has a different taste.

At home, you are accustomed to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and it is also a good pleasure to taste simple rural delicacies once in a while. Under the warm hospitality of the old man and his wife, Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou had a full lunch.

After lunch, the old man made some tea to entertain, and chatted over tea, and Mao Wenlong explained the purpose of his trip.

"I wonder how much the old gentleman knows about this locust, or does the old gentleman know what to do in order to effectively prevent the occurrence of locust plagues?" Mao Wenlong asked yes, but he didn't dare to expect too much.

"Why did Childe suddenly become interested in locusts?" The old man obviously didn't expect that Mao Wenlong, the young master of the official family, would be interested in locusts, a pest.

"The severe drought in Shaanxi for many years has led to several locust plagues, which have brought immeasurable disasters to the people living here. If the old gentleman knows something, please give me a lot of advice. Although Mao Wenlong didn't have too many expectations, he was still full of respect for the old man.

The old man's eyes suddenly lit up, he didn't expect that Mao Wenlong, the son, would actually care about these locust disasters. You know, since the drought in the north for several consecutive years, the imperial court has almost ignored it. Every time, after a disaster, some food is always obtained to give away, and how much of the food that has been allocated can really reach the hands of the people?

Whenever a disaster strikes, how many families have to leave their homes because of this, and when the continuous war continues, there is at most only one out of ten people who survive during that difficult period.

Every time the imperial court got some food after a disaster, it coped with it, but no one came to find the root cause of the disaster or take some measures to prevent the recurrence of the disaster. There are no these, not even pretentious, and the court has caused the people to be cold.

"Dare to ask Gongzi's surname, whose young master is it?" The old man suddenly became serious.

"The surname is Mao, and the word is Wenlong." Mao Wenlong hesitated for a moment, but finally revealed his identity.

"The grass people deserve death for their crimes, and they don't even know that the general soldiers are coming......"

As soon as Mao Wenlong's voice fell, he saw the old man plop down and kneel directly in front of Mao Wenlong. It happened so suddenly that no one could react.

Mao Wenlong didn't dare to slack off, immediately got up and personally helped the old man, and said with a wry smile: "The old gentleman doesn't need to panic, and there is no need to be polite, now you are an elder, just treat me Mao Wenlong as a junior." ”

The old man shook his head resolutely: "The general soldier is the savior of our people in Shaanxi, that is, with you in Shaanxi, we, the people who were not far from death and could not see any hope, have the hope of continuing to live, and only then do we have a peaceful and happy life." The little old man was really blind, and he couldn't recognize the chief soldier, which was really damned. ”

Seeing that the old man became more and more excited, Mao Wenlong didn't want to talk like this anymore, the purpose of coming here was to find a way to control locusts. It's not to make the old man grateful to himself.

"Sir, if you really want to repay me, tell me that there is a way to deal with the locusts. The matter is urgent, please do not hesitate to give advice. There was no way, Mao Wenlong had to emphasize his purpose again and turn the topic to business.

Back to business, the old man chuckled lightly and said confidently: "Speaking of locusts, the chief soldier is the right person. Xiao Lao'er's family has lived in Shaanxi for generations, and has been farmers for generations. ”

Mao Wenlong was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "In this way, the old gentleman knows some ways to control and prevent locusts?" ”

The old man said mysteriously: "If you want to understand the locusts, the chief soldier might as well go to the fields with the little old man now." ”

Mao Wenlong looked at the cold wind blowing outside, and said suspiciously: "Is there still locusts outside now?" ”

The old man nodded heavily: "Yes, but not much, and it was raised by Xiao Lao'er himself." ”

Mao Wenlong was very surprised, he had never heard of someone going to raise locusts, with a face full of doubts, Mao Wenlong asked again: "Dare to ask the old gentleman where to raise locusts?" ”

The old man arched his hand and said, "Just behind the courtyard of the little old man, please come with me." ”

After speaking, the old man immediately walked out of the door first, and after Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou glanced at each other, the two hurriedly followed. Only Hao Da was following behind them, and the rest of the people were left in the courtyard and were not allowed to follow.

Behind the courtyard of the old man's house, there is a low earthen embryo room, only about ten square meters of earthen embryo room without any windows, only a small door for entry and exit. The door was also locked, the old man took out the key he was carrying, skillfully unlocked it, and only after opening the door did he invite Mao Wenlong and others in.

There are more than a dozen oil lamps on the walls around the house, and although there are no windows, it is not dark at all. Moreover, after Mao Wenlong entered the house, he obviously felt that the temperature inside the house was much higher than outside.

The old man quickly closed the door again, and then led Mao Wenlong and the others to a large wooden box with a sand tent hanging in the depths of the house.

The old man pointed to the wooden box and introduced to Mao Wenlong with a smile: "It's the time of winter, and locusts are afraid of the cold, so they won't come out easily. It's warmer to hide in a box. ”

As he spoke, under the gaze of Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou, the old man reached out and penetrated the sand tent and opened a doorway in the wooden box. I saw a dense pile of locusts crawling inside.

The old man looked at the shocked expression on Mao Wenlong's face, and he laughed and said, "These locusts are all caught and raised in the summer, and now there are more than three thousand. ”

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but ask: "Why does the old gentleman raise these locusts, these things are all pests?" How terrible the harm of locusts is, doesn't the old gentleman know? ”

The old man heard the doubt and anger in Hong Chengchou's tone, but he was indifferent, and snorted coldly: "People in the world have always been afraid of these pests, so these scourges have been harming the world, but no one dares to eliminate them. The most ridiculous thing is that there are still people who deify these scourges, in the eyes of Xiao Lao'er, these people are simply unreasonable. ”

Mao Wenlong will be regarded as seeing that the old man is indeed different from others, in Mao Wenlong's contact, everyone talks about locusts, but the old man in front of him is the opposite, completely disdainful. From this point of view, this old man really understands these locusts nine times out of ten, and Mao Wenlong's heart suddenly became hot.