Chapter 191: Preparing for the Great Calamity

"What the hell are you looking for me, tell me quickly... I'm very busy. ”

"It's a big New Year, busy fart... Tell me quickly, why are you upset? ”

Wang Shihua thought about it and told her everything.

When Zhang Cuiyun heard this, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed in astonishment: "Do you also believe in this kind of fairy fortune-telling?" Aren't you fooling around? ”

"This is not fortune telling, but many elderly people in the family have judged it based on their own experience, and the probability is very high. As the head of my family, I'd rather believe in what I have than what I don't... This must be taken into account. By the way, Cuiyun, how did your mother's family deal with drought and locusts in the past? ”

"To deal with a small drought, the most important thing is to choose some drought-resistant seeds, and if there is a big drought, then there is no good way. As for the locusts, ......" Zhang Cuiyun shook his head helplessly, and said: "This is also a natural disaster, and there is no good way, most of them are waiting for the locusts to come, and then set fire to the fields and mountains." ”

"Hey~... It seems that there is still no way to do it, but to watch these locusts gnaw away our food crops. ”

Seeing Wang Shihua close his eyes, shake his head and sigh in pain, Zhang Cuiyun's strong temperament was stimulated, slapped the table, pointed at Wang Shihua and shouted: "Husband, is he a good man if he is afraid of locusts?" It's a big deal to fight with them, they eat our food, and we eat them. If you can't finish eating, let the chickens and ducks go up to eat, but if you can't eat it, you can grab it, dry it, grind it into powder, and feed it to pigs, sheep, cattle and horses. I, Zhang Cuiyun, still don't believe in this evil, so many people eat horses and chew them, but they can't eat them? ”

After speaking, she remembered the disgusting feeling of eating locusts, and hurriedly looked at Wang Shihua, seeing that Wang Shihua looked at her in amazement, the surprise in her eyes became heavier and heavier, and she hurriedly shouted: "But let's talk about it first, I don't eat it, you are not allowed to eat it, Ah Xia and they are not allowed to eat, it is disgusting to think about it." ”

As she spoke, she frowned, covered her mouth violently, and was about to grab Meng Tan and vomit. didn't think about it, he was picked up by Wang Shihua and turned in circles.

"Cuiyun, you're so good, you finally helped me solve the locusts, ha... Ha... Come, kiss one. ”

"Ahh Let go of me, let go of me, in broad daylight, like a word? Do you want people to live? Zhang Cuiyun's face was flushed with shame, and she instinctively looked towards the door while struggling. saw Xiaomei showing half of her head and looking over from the half-open door. looked at each other, and immediately retracted with a red face, which provoked Wang Shihua to laugh, extremely happy.

Let go of Zhang Cuiyun, Wang Shihua ran out dancing.

ran to the edge of the bamboo forest, but stopped suddenly. Break off a bamboo branch, squat on the ground, and muttered as he painted.

"Tie Niu, what is the head of the family doing, do you know?"

Seeing Tie Niu shaking his head, the second dog could only wait.

About half an hour later, Wang Shihua suddenly threw the bamboo branch in his hand to the ground, stood up excitedly, and shouted, "That's it..."

"Master, you've been painting here for a long time, what good things do you think of, can you tell me about it? It's good to be happy with you. ”

"It's nothing, it's just to teach everyone how to spend money to eat locusts."

Eating locusts? Still spending money? Ergouzi looked at Wang Shihua in amazement, and couldn't turn this corner in his mind.

Wang Shihua patted Ergouzi on the shoulder and said with a smug smile: "You will know when the time comes." ”

"By the way, the head of the family, you also know that my father-in-law's whole family has come to Longtang Town for the New Year, and I want to ask you for two days off to accompany my father-in-law and Huahua."

"Well... After the meeting, everyone will go back to Laosi City together. ”

"Let's go back together?" According to the rules, Wangjiaping is the birthplace of the Wang family, and three days before and after the Chinese New Year, Wang Shihua, as the head of the family, has to take the important people of the family to spend here.

"Family master, don't you have to wait until the fourth year of junior high school to return to Lao Sicheng?"

"Rules are dead, people are alive. If there are big things, I can't take care of them. ”

"Something big? Is that going to war? That's great. "The Wang family, who have benefited greatly from several wars, are now all raised to be militants, and they all believe in one thing: if there is a big thing, it means to fight, and to fight, it means to be rich.

"Happy? Not only did we not fight this time, but we might have to lose a lot of money. ”

Are you so happy to lose a lot of money? Watching Wang Shihua walk out with his hands behind his back, the second dog touched his head, and he couldn't figure it out.

Wang Shihua greeted several doctors in the family one by one, and asked at the same time: Is there anything bad about eating locusts for people?

The answer is almost the same: in medicine, locusts are dried and ground into powder, which can not only treat chest tightness and other problems, but also be a good medicinal material for treating glaucoma. It's just that everything has a degree, and locust powder can't eat too much, otherwise, there will be constipation and other problems. In fact, people sometimes eat large locust legs (I've eaten locust legs, which taste similar to chicken, but have a slightly lighter flavor).

Wang Shihua, who heard this, was very excited, and at noon that day, he called Uncle Jiang, his son, and Wang Jiping's family several main stewards, not to discuss, but to give orders.

"Uncle Jiang, you go to Shanghai, Shoucheng goes to Wuhan, and take the waterway. It is not necessary to arrive in Shanghai and Wuhan, as long as you try to buy as much grain as possible along the way, and harvest as much as you want. ”

"Master of the family, the old slave is old, and his health is not as good as day by day, and I am afraid that I will not be able to complete your orders on this trip to Shanghai. However, the old slave recommends someone to you, and the old slave guarantees that he will be able to do the things you explain beautifully. ”

"Oh~... What kind of people? ”

"You have also seen it, it is the nephew of the old slave, Jiang Afu, nicknamed Ah Gou. He has been at home for four or five years, thoughtful and clever, the key is to have clean hands and feet, and know how to advance and retreat. The first two times he went to Shanghai, his ability to do things was obvious to everyone, and the old slave felt that he was a teacher. If the head of the house agrees to send him this time, the old slave is willing to guarantee it. ”

"Someone else?"

"It's right outside." After speaking, he turned around and shouted, "Dog, come in, the family wants to see you." ”

Jiang Ah Gou hurriedly ran in, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Little Jiang Ah Gou, please meet the head of the family." ”

"So it's you... Get up. Wang Shihua nodded with a smile and asked, "Would you like to go to Shanghai?" ”

"As long as it is ordered by the head of the family, no matter what you do, the little one will go to the soup and go to the fire."

"Uncle Jiang is very optimistic about you and is willing to give you a guarantee, do you know what the guarantee means?"

"The little ones know. Even if the little one makes a mistake and messes things up, Uncle will have to bear the same punishment as me. ”

"En..." Wang Shihua nodded, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Since Uncle Jiang gave you a guarantee, I can't help but give Uncle Jiang face." In this way, you and Shoucheng will take 100,000 oceans with you and buy as much grain as you can along the way. ”

Jiang Afu kowtowed with joy and shouted: "Thank you for the trust of the head of the family, the little one is desperate, and he will definitely complete the things that the head of the family has explained." ”

After shouting, he kowtowed to Uncle Jiang very cleverly: "Little nephew, thank you for your support." ”

"One family talks two words." Pointing to the back seat, he smiled, "Where are you sitting?" ”

"Yes..."Being able to have a seat here is a manifestation of promotion in itself, Jiang Afuxi's eyes lit up, but his face was still restrained. This made Wang Shihua very satisfied: not to mention ability, he knows how to exercise restraint at such an age, and strives to be a good housekeeper.

"Second uncle, how is the rice market in the county town?"

"The head of the family, our Jiangyin County and the surrounding areas have had a bumper harvest for three consecutive years, and now the price of rice has fallen sharply." After a slight hesitation, he tentatively persuaded: "Family master, I think even if you want to buy low and sell high in this, it is better to wait for a month." According to the market trend in recent years, the price of rice will fall to the lowest after the Chinese New Year. ”

Wang Jiping was beaten down by Wang Shihua last time, and he suffered hardships, but now he can stand up again, naturally he doesn't have the courage to collide with Wang Shihua in the past, he knows how to cherish it, and even his words are much more subtle.

"I'm not worried about the price, I'm not worried about not making money, I'm worried that I won't be able to buy rice even if I have money."

Seeing that everyone looked at them in astonishment, Wang Shihua smiled confidently: "So, you just have to collect it, the more the better." I will reward him with a great reward. But if anyone has unclean hands and feet, and treats me Wang Shihua as blind, I will make his whole family blind. ”

"This is natural." Under the leadership of Wang Jiping, everyone hurriedly got up and promised.

Immediately, an older steward got up, clenched his fists and asked: "Master of the family, it is said that we are not qualified to ask, but the matter is serious, in order for everyone to handle your explanation more smoothly, can you tell us why?" ”

"Well...... It's hard to talk about now. When the time comes, everyone will naturally understand. ”

According to the family rules, housekeepers and stewards are actually qualified to ask about business reasons, but now Wang Shihua is powerful, and the Wang family has become his hall. Last year, Lao Sicheng killed twelve stewards and dozens of heads fell to the ground, which makes everyone shudder when they think of it. If he doesn't say it, who dares to get to the bottom of it?

"Also, go and post a notice now, on the Wang family's territory, only potatoes and sweet potatoes are allowed to be planted in the sandy soil, and potatoes and sweet potatoes must be planted in the eaves and small ditches. From today onwards, all households, except for those who are confined and those who take medicine, are strictly forbidden to slaughter domestic animals, and those who dare to slaughter a chicken or duck, and those who dare to sell eggs and duck eggs will be fined twice the market price. If you do not accept the lesson, you will be fined ten times the second time. The third time, you tied me up and paraded the streets...... This is a dead order, and whoever dares to disobey it, or deliberately conceals it and does not report it, the relevant people and others will have to sit down in a row...... From now on, every household, according to the capitation, each person must have a livestock to raise, and the money for buying livestock will be posted by the family first, not counting interest, and this matter will be managed by Uncle Jiang. I would like to tell everyone that when there is nothing to do, let the children and the elderly go to herd chickens and ducks and other livestock, and every month, each village should compare who has the most chickens and ducks, and I will reward him with five oceans. Instead, hand me a piece of the ocean...... Okay, that's all for it, what to do, you guys discuss it yourself, I don't look at the process, I just want the result. ”

This seemingly unreasonable mandatory order was said by Wang Shihua with a murderous aura, so that everyone didn't dare to open their mouths if they wanted to ask the root cause.

I told everyone a few more words, and repeatedly made it clear that I was not joking this time, but I wanted to strictly enforce it, so that everyone dispersed. But seeing everyone's sneaky glances, Wang Shihua knew very well in his heart: everyone thought that his head was struck by lightning.

Wang Shihua didn't bother to bother with them: who is a fool, we will know when the time comes.

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