Now, the crops planted in the village are only a few days away from being ripe and ready to be cut, but now at night, after the locusts fly, no one knows, and after the night has passed.

The rice, wheat and other grains planted in Qingshan Village were eaten by the group of locusts.

The villagers who woke up the next morning, after seeing this situation, immediately wailed and cried for their fathers and mothers.

At the end of the year, the grain that was about to be harvested was spoiled by locusts, and it was the time when the old grain was exhausted and new grain was needed to fill the shortfall.

Now that the food can't be harvested, isn't this the rhythm of starvation?

First there was a man-made disaster, and now there is a natural disaster.

However, the three acres of paddy fields planted by the Huang family, five acres of wheat were also eaten.

Not only Qingshan Village, but also the entire Qingxiang County and even Wenfu City were also plagued by locusts.

After waking up from the dream, Huang Yiyun opened his eyes suddenly, covered his chest with one hand, his heart beat violently, and he lay on the bed and gasped for breath.

"This is a drought and locusts, this year's grain is bound to not be harvested, and how many people will not be hungry, what can be done? It is difficult for the family to flee to Qingshan Village, but unfortunately encountered a drought accompanied by a locust plague, and it is difficult to be forced to leave their hometown.

No, no, no, since God gave me a dream that could warn and be able to prevent the prophet, I had no choice but to rise to the challenge, protect my own family, and try my best to help the villagers avoid this natural disaster. After Huang Yiyun calmed down, although his face showed an anxious look, his face was firm, and his hands were clenched into fists.

After the second day, Huang Yiyun woke up and went directly to Huang Li.

Seeing this, Huang Li took a deep look at Huang Yiyun, then pulled down the door in her room, closed the door tightly, and said to Huang Yiyun, "Did you dream of something big?" ”

"I dreamed that a great drought would be followed by a plague of locusts."

"What? How so. When Huang Li heard this, he was immediately shocked.

Before, my family fled to Qingshan Village because of the drought in their hometown.

After the wife was scattered, he finally found the person, and there were still two daughters, and now he finally settled in Qingshan Village, with houses and fields, in case of another drought and locust plague, Huang Li didn't dare to think about it, and shook his head with a pale face.

"Approximate time of events." Huang Li asked after settling his mind.

"The rice planted in the village is almost ripe, it should be June, and at the latest it will be early July."

"It's only February now, and there is still half a year to go, so we can prepare."

"Grandma, how much silver do we have now?" Huang Yiyun asked after thinking about it.

"Come and go, and eighteen taels of silver."

"It's a lot, this year's grain is bound to be in the realm of no harvest, our family's money can be used to buy all the grain for the tun to eat later, didn't our family build a cellar?

Put it in the cellar, it will not be bad, plus the grain can also quickly become cash, and there is no worry about buying more, and our family does not have to pay taxes, as long as we buy more grain this year, our family can survive at least two or three years, and it is impossible for natural and man-made disasters to occur frequently in these two or three years.

Paddy fields can't be planted, don't we have a few acres of dry land? Plant all these acres of dry land into sweet potatoes and potatoes, which can be buried in the ground.

Even if the locust plague comes, it will only eat the stems and leaves that are exposed on the ground, and it is impossible to burrow into the soil to eat the fruits. The grain of these six acres of dry land can be saved, and in addition, there is no need to pay taxes, and the grain produced by these crops is enough for our family to eat for more than a year.

Also, after spring comes, wild vegetables grow wildly, there are bracken, spring bamboo shoots, wild vegetables, mother-in-law vegetables and wild celery and other wild vegetables grow, our family can pick more, all of them are dried in the sun, stored and eaten in winter, so that if you calculate, our family can survive at least three or four years, and you don't have to worry about food. Huang Yiyun quickly calculated in his heart and said.

"Eldest sister, your analysis is good, after a while, call your father and your uncle, exchange all our family's money for food, and two natural disasters come out in succession, we are bound to spread the news."

"Don't worry about buying food and spreading the news, if someone tells grandma now that there will be a drought and locust plague this year, do you believe it or not? Let's wait. Huang Yiyun's heart turned slightly, and he thought of the presiding abbot of Huayun Temple.

"Oh no, your dad is raising seedlings and sowing seeds in the greenhouse? If there is a drought and locust plague this year, won't these seeds be wasted? After Huang Li thought of this, he hurriedly ran to the big shed in the backyard.

"Don't raise seedlings yet, wait for this." After Huang Li ran to the bamboo house in the greenhouse, he saw that Huang Pingcheng and his son had already prepared the seedlings and began to sow seeds.

"Mother, why is this?" Huang Congjiang asked puzzled.

"There's no reason, it's right to listen to my mother, let's delay it for a few days. Boss, my mother has something for you to do, you go to the cellar and calculate how long our family can eat wheat, rice, sweet potatoes and potatoes. After Huang Li thought of this, he hurriedly instructed Huang Congjiangdao.

"Cheng, mother, I'll go." Although Huang Congjiang felt that what Huang Li ordered was a little strange, he still obeyed Huang Li's words, turned around and walked in the direction of his cellar.

"Second child, now don't sow seedlings, these seeds are good to put away, move to the cellar, and by the way, help your eldest brother calculate the grain in the cellar and give your mother a number."

"Mother, I'll go now."

"Old woman, what are you doing here?" Huang Pingcheng saw that Huang Li's instructions were all related to food, and Huang Pingcheng was suddenly suspicious, as if something was going to happen.

"It's okay, as long as you listen to me, nothing happens." Huang Li waved his hand at Huang Pingcheng.

Half an hour later, the two Huang Congjiang brothers counted the grain in the cellar, and said to Huang Li's family, "The cellar has the least rice, followed by wheat, and the most is sweet potatoes and potatoes. Mother, what are you thinking about what our food is for, is it possible that something will happen this year. ”

Huang Congjiang was originally smart, and after Huang Li asked him to do something, Huang Congjiang turned around in his heart, and after thinking about it, he asked.