Looking at the scene of flying locusts in front of him, Cui Jianxuan no longer felt numb in his scalp. The cart not far from him was full of cages, which was the result of him having people catch almost all the ducks that could be bought in Dengfengfang City and the neighboring villages, and many of them were even just ducklings. Because of the lack of manpower, he unceremoniously asked Dengfeng Ling Cui Yunzhi to seconded more than a dozen servants at home to handle this matter.

At this moment, seeing a few duck herders who really drove ducks to the shelves opened the duck cage and drove a batch of cute ducks out, and then the ducks flapped their wings in the field full of green seedlings and fluttered happily, pecking at those locusts, this situation seemed ridiculous at first glance, he couldn't help grinning, but when he thought that on one side was the villagers catching locusts, on the other hand were ducks going into battle, and there were almost no fish that slipped through the net, and the locusts were wiped out for a while, and the efficiency was more than doubled. Before I knew it, I raised my eyebrows.

The so-called prodigy who I couldn't look down on at all in the past is really a bunch of ghost ideas!

"Gaga...... Ga...... Ga ......"

The duck cry was particularly harsh in the field, even if the villagers who had regarded the locusts as gods and did not dare to do anything were moved by Du Shiyi's loud persuasion after seeing the scene of driving the ducks and catching the locusts. If it is really a manifestation of God, how can it be easily swallowed by a mere duck? Seeing that Cui Jianxuan ordered people to search for ducks everywhere, the servants heard Du Shiyi say that locusts can feed pigs in Songqu that day, and the reduction of production per mu this autumn is almost inevitable, and meat will naturally rise. Therefore, there is no need for Du Shiyi to say that after these old oils were summed up, they also collected many piglets in Dengfengfang City and Sixiang within one or two rì.

Now it is only a dozen rì, and the piglets they bought have been raised in the fields, and under the feeding of endless truckloads of locusts, they have fattened up more than a few times, and it is obvious that they can sell their goods within a month. This profit is enough to make them smile and become the most active people. If it weren't for Cui Jianxuan's being too rich, even the duck chicks in the market township would have been bought, and they would have been eager to plug in that one. At this moment, Wu Jiu, who was sweating profusely, came back from the ridge with one foot high and one foot low, and when he arrived in front of Cui Jianxuan, he said with a smile on his face: "Cui Langjun, this rì head is vicious, why don't you take shelter under the shade of the tree?" ”

"I look at that kind of person who can't get sun?" Cui Jianxuan snorted coldly, then looked up at the firelight not far away, and knew that Du Shiyi was burning locusts with the villagers who were catching locusts.

In the firelight, Du Shiyi looked at the countless locusts that had turned into ashes, and felt quite sorry in his heart, but he understood that there was no way to do it.

In the past few days, although the news that locusts are edible has spread in Dengfeng County and various townships and villages, after all, there are only a few people who dare to try, and even fewer who have dried it and stored it as winter food. He himself also asked Tian Mo to hire a few people to dry the locusts that had been stored for one or twenty stones, and raised chickens and ducks in the bamboo forest grass hut, but the rest could only be burned like this, after all, the landfill was afraid that the grass would not be cut and the roots would not be removed, and the water would run too far. He dared to sell crispy locusts, but there were few people who dared to try them, just like the bold Cui Shiyi dared to eat it, but Cui Yunzhi, who was the Dengfeng Order, didn't dare to touch it!

After walking in the fields for more than ten days in a row, and leading the villagers to fight and drown in the fire, his face, which originally looked pale after illness and was easy to raise, was now a little blackened by the sun, and his throat was a little hoarse because of Lian Rì's running around commanding. A few times ago, when he went to a village, the village who was offering incense to worship the so-called locust god also took the villagers indiscriminately to the front, leaving a few bruises on his arms, but Zuihou finally led the whole village to join in the extermination of locusts under his persuasion. Nowadays, many people everywhere in Dengfeng have started to chase and intercept the locusts, even if the locust plague has not been solved, but it is much stronger than the previous negative treatment.

"Brother, drink some water!"

Hearing the voice next to him, Du Shiyi, who wiped his sweat with his sleeve, suddenly turned his head. Although she initially concealed Du Sanniang, the little girl was smart and clever, and soon found out the truth from Tian Mo, who was not good at lying, but she couldn't help but follow her. Dressed in men's clothes, she follows him every inch of the way, never complaining about being tired, although he has tanned in the past ten days, why not a little girl? After taking a few sips of the water handed by Du Sanniang, he smiled at the little girl.

"The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and now most of the people in Sixiang have responded to the locust extermination, and you don't have to follow me every day!"

"Brother is not afraid of heat, how can I be afraid of heat?" said this, but Du Sanniang, who was wearing a soft hat, had a red face fluttering on her face. Seeing that Du Shiyi sighed, and while taking the bamboo tube, she handed over a handkerchief, she wiped her face with a smile, and then said with a happy face, "Brother, if Dengfeng can succeed in exterminating locusts this time, will you be very meritorious?" ”

Du Shiyi couldn't help but touch the head of Du Shisanniang, who was half a head shorter than herself: "At the moment of the catastrophe, if we can, we will contribute, if we don't destroy the locusts, we will have no food to eat, and we will not be able to stay in Songshan, so we have to roll up and go back to our hometown, so this can be regarded as self-help." As for the merit, when your brother went to the county office to recommend himself, he didn't go for the merit! ”

Du Sanniang nodded as if she didn't understand, and her face showed deep respect: "Brother is really a bodhisattva." ”

"It's just that you follow every day, go and rest for a while.!"

"Brother is not tired, and I am not tired!"

Seeing that the little girl was very stubborn, she just refused to go to the shade of the tree to rest, Du Shiyi was helpless for a while, and she could only let him go. When the village Zheng Song Eighteen came over with a few young people, he couldn't take care of Du Shisanniang anymore, and told him all kinds of matters to pay attention to when burying the soil, and Zuihou advised: "Now the extermination of locusts is just to ensure this year's harvest, but in order to prevent it from coming back next year, we have to take precautions." First, if there are too many aquatic plants near the river pond, it is easy to attract locusts to lay eggs, so we must pay attention; Second, when the eggs hatch and are born, the locusts can only jump on the ground, so when they see a piece of loose soil on the ground, they need to report to the government to bring someone to extinguish it; Third, when the locusts are now full of locusts and gnawing on the green seedlings, you can use a cloth rope to catch them. Of course, if you have the ability to raise more ducks in one or two acres of land, even if the locusts reappear, they will have natural enemies! ”

If it is said that ten days ago, Song Eighteen was still a little skeptical about the extermination of locusts, then now his confidence is six or seven points, to say the least. Especially the idea of driving ducks and locusts is even more breathtaking, now there are so many green seedlings in the ground, if all by manpower, the locusts are wiped out, and the green seedlings do not know how much to step on, and may not be able to annihilate them all, now Song Qu because of the earliest response, the locust plague is already very small compared to the neighboring townships!

So, Du Shiyi said a word, and he focused on it again, and only then did he say convincingly: "If the locust plague can be calmed down this year, Du Xiaolangjun is the great benefactor of our Song Qu, I really don't know how to thank you!" ”

Du Shiyi suddenly smiled heartily: "When it's time to harvest, give me a cart of newly harvested grain and vegetables, which is more real than any thank-you gift!" ”

Song Shibai immediately agreed: "Okay, let's definitely pick up the first stubble and give it to Du Xiaolangjun!" ”

"By the way, Du Xiaolangjun, how did you concoct the crispy locusts you fried last time? Several of us have dried a lot, but I really don't dare to follow your example! ”

Du Sanniang, who was on the side, heard the locusts, and her pretty face turned pale for a while. However, watching her brother calmly explain to a few villagers how to pickle, how to cook, and how to season, as if she was talking about just an ordinary trivial matter, she couldn't help but admire her brother even more while she was terrified. It's easy to be busy, it's another whole day, Song Shibai and other villagers must enthusiastically invite Du Shiyi to go to the house for dinner, she can't stop it, Zuihou can only helplessly follow behind to Song Qu, but at the entrance of the village and Cui Jianxuan's people bumped into each other.

Compared with the cold eyes and opposition they suffered last time they came, now that Du Shiyi and his party have stepped into Song Qu again, the villagers up and down are much more polite. That night, Song Shiba's wife Liu personally went to the backyard to slaughter two chickens, and several other neighboring families brought eggs, some brought melons, fruits and vegetables, and some brought home-brewed rice wine. Although the wine is turbid and not delicious, and the dishes are all local flavors, but under the smiling faces, everyone can't help but persuade them repeatedly, Du Shiyi had to drink several bowls, and when he arrived at Zuihou, he only felt that his head was slightly dizzy, but he saw that Cui Jianxuan had fallen drunk there and didn't know who was there. Faced with such a scene, coupled with the fact that the night was already deep, for fear that the road would not be easy, Wu Jiu discussed with several errand servants and Cui Jianxuan's two servants, and Zuihou left Cui Shiyilang, who was really not good at drinking, in Songqu.

And Du Shiyi and Du Shisanniang naturally stayed at the Song family. Song Eighteen cleaned up the two rooms where he sat in the north and faced the south, one was given to Cui Jianxuan, and the other was naturally Du Shiyi and Du Shisanniang's "master and servant", and the paper lattice fan borrowed by the neighbor in the middle was still asked. After closing the door, I vaguely heard Cui Jianxuan's earth-shattering snoring outside, and saw that Du Sanniang, who was afraid of revealing her stuffing in front of people during the day, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and sat on the bamboo mat on the ground with her knees held tiredly, Du Shiyi stepped forward and sat down next to her.

"I didn't expect to stay out today, I came home late a few days ago, and I can always go back...... Although the Cui family will go to the grass house to deliver a letter, Zhuying must be in a hurry, I should have taken Tian Mo with me and left you at home. ”

"Tian Mo can plough the fields and grow vegetables if he stays at home, and Zhuying can also clean up the house and buy things, I can't do anything even if I keep it, and I can only be sure of my brother's heart." Du Sanniang said and gently hugged Du Shiyi's arm, and said in a low voice, "Otherwise, I'm always afraid that when I open my eyes, my brother won't be like this." ”

"You!" Du Shiyi couldn't help pinching the little girl's nose dotingly, and was about to tell her to rest early, when she suddenly heard a knock on the door outside the courtyard. After a while, it was obvious that someone had answered the door, and even if he listened carefully, the whispered words still seemed indistinct in the silence of the night, and he could only vaguely hear an exclamation. But it wasn't long before he heard a low call from outside the house.

"May I ask Du Xiaolangjun, can you sleep?"