After a long journey of more than a month, Ling Muchen and Ye Xiaohua finally arrived at the place with the army, which was only a dozen miles away from the place where the insect plague occurred, and soon the army of locusts would come over this way.

The people complained bitterly, but there was no good way, they could only watch the crops in the field being eaten away and clean, although they saw the army sent by the imperial court, but the common people did not have much hope, the army was to fight the enemy, catch insects, unreliable.

The army was stationed that night, and although the large army of locusts did not come, the locusts that appeared here were like advance troops, and there were many more locusts than in other places, and they could easily catch one.

Ye Xiaohua's time is well controlled, it generally takes about twenty-eight days to hatch ducks, at this time, a car carrying not only the thousands of ducks she brought, but also the hatching on the road, she calculated the time, if she arrives here and breaks the shell, then the ducklings will have to be raised for a period of time, and they will be strong enough to be released, otherwise it will be useless.

If the shell is broken on the road, it has been raised for more than ten days, although there is damage, but the survivors are all strong and strong, and they are also superior and inferior, and one by one the duckling warriors, majestic and high-spirited, are eager to try to eliminate locusts.

It was too late that night, so Ye Xiaohua asked the soldiers to release the ducks first and have a full meal nearby.

In the eyes of the soldiers, Ye Xiaohua's behavior was completely revenge, she didn't eat the big steamed buns with good white rice, and actually ate locusts, isn't this a trouble?

Ye Xiaohua didn't explain too much, anyway, it was better to let them taste it if it was more.

The soldiers didn't go to the battlefield of life and death, so they behaved very easily, even if they couldn't defeat the locusts, they couldn't be eaten to death.

After eating and drinking, they faced Ye Xiaohua's request to catch locusts, although they didn't understand, they still did it.

But to their surprise, don't look at the ducklings are not very big, but they can catch insects, and it is really not easy to grab food under their mouths by ten people at a time.

This water test battle showed them the strength of ducks, and one hundred and ten people caught so many bags of locusts.

The locusts are not yet edible, so they have to be left on an empty stomach for two days to expel the feces from their bodies and then fried in oil.

Ye Xiaohua looked at the bag of locusts, and then looked at the soldiers who were pressed by the black, she felt that it was not enough, but if she let them catch it, it would definitely not work, the nearby area had already been eaten by the ducks.

But the only bad thing is that the ducks are too full, a little panicked, and they didn't stop all night.

The next day, Ye Xiaohua asked the soldiers to drive the duck army out on the expedition, and she and Ling Muchen didn't have to go in person for this kind of thing, but they were not idle, and planned to go to the homes of the surrounding people to see the situation, but in order to avoid trouble, they only said that they were passing businessmen.

The people can walk away, and the rest either can't go, or they can still hold on for a while, but looking at the empty village chief and the people who are constantly flocking to the capital along the way, the two of them are also a little heavy.

As a businessman, Ye Xiaohua hopes that the country and the people will be safe and prosperous, so that she can make a lot of money, the country is in turmoil, and her life can't be saved.

When they were tired of walking, the two of them planned to go to a farmer's house to ask for a bowl of water to drink, but the door of their house was open nearby, so the two of them walked in directly, but they didn't want the yard to be a little lively.

The little girl, who looked a little younger than Ye Xiaohua but not much younger, was kneeling on the ground and begging with a fat man, meaning to buy her and let her take her younger brother.

But the man said that he only bought one, don't be burdensome, it's not easy to feed these years.

Ling Muchen subconsciously glanced at Ye Xiaohua, Ye Xiaohua was indeed a little moved, seeing the crying girl in front of her reminded her of herself and Xiaodouzi.

The obese man also found Ling Muchen and Ye Xiaohua standing at the door, "What do you see?" Who are you?"

The little girl also looked over, looking at the two of them blankly, but she was very smart, and when she saw the dress of the two, her eyes lit up, so she ran over directly and knelt in front of Ye Xiaohua, "Sister, sister sees that you are from a rich and noble family, and there is no shortage of servants in your family, please accept my brother, don't need money, just give me food." ”

Ye Xiaohua glanced at the thin boy who was cowering in the corner, not as good-looking as Xiaodouzi, and not as clear as Xiaodouzi's eyes, he was there at this time, looking at them timidly.

"There is no shortage of people in my family." Leaf small flower road.

The obese man was a little impatient, "Don't talk nonsense, it's good for someone to buy you these days, and Lao Tzu has a kind heart, who wants to be more burdensome, hurry up and follow me, Lao Tzu's time is wasted." ”

"Master, please, I will serve you well, be a cow and a horse, please take my brother with me."

"Don't bring it, I don't have that money, and I won't even buy you and me if it's nonsense, hurry up and ask your father to get the silver back, there is so much nonsense, it's annoying to look at."

As soon as the man roared like this, the little girl was frightened, and looked at her younger brother in the corner with red eyes, reluctant but helpless.

"My father is gone, I don't know where he went, I don't have any money for you."

"Then stop talking nonsense and leave quickly."

Ye Xiaohua and Xiaodouzi had a good relationship, Ling Muchen felt that she should not see this kind of scene of separation between sister and brother, so he spent two taels of silver to buy the girl from the man's hand.

The man bought it for a tael of silver yesterday, and sold it for two taels as soon as he changed hands, making a tael of silver for nothing, and the girl is not a beautiful woman, so he has nothing to disagree with.

The man took the silver and put down the deed of selling his body and left, the little girl was happy in her eyes, and she could see that she liked Ling Muchen more than the previous buyer.

It's just that she still begged to take her brother with her.

Ling Muchen smiled and returned the deed of sale to her, although he bought it, but he didn't want it, there was no shortage of people in Ling Wang's Mansion, even if he didn't need to bring one back from here.

He just couldn't bear it for a while.

"Childe, please take me in, or we will starve to death."

"Soon the plague of locusts will pass."

The little girl didn't care whether what he said was true or not, knelt on the ground and said, "After the locust plague has passed, my brother and I have no way to live, and my father has sold everything that can be sold in the land and yard, and we ...... There's nothing left, so I beg you to be kind enough to take us in. ”

Ling Muchen looked at Ye Xiaohua, Ye Xiaohua spread her hands, the trouble was caused by him, she didn't help clean it up.

Ling Muchen said to give her money again, but she didn't want it, saying that she wanted to repay him as a cow in her dreams.

Only then did Ling Muchen know why Ye Xiaohua couldn't hold back and didn't open his mouth at the beginning, he was really in trouble.