"Village Chief Yin, go back first, we'll come after we clear this piece." Du Mei responded with a raised voice.

She turned around and looked back, she did a good job today, almost thirty acres were destroyed. If it weren't for the delay on the road, there would have been more to do.

"Okay, I'll go home and prepare first, and let Huzi lead you home in a while." Village Chief Yin left his precious grandson behind. Xiaohu is about five or six years old, and he was born with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain.

The fat servant had nothing to do, picked some plantain, and taught him to play with fighting grass. Xiaohu is honest, often pulls off the grass, and falls on his butt, but if he has fun, he doesn't care if it hurts or not.

In the distance, a galloping carriage came from the avenue, and Xiaohu jumped up and shouted: "Look, look!" ”

Hearing the shouting, the driver caught a glimpse of Dumay, and he urgently reined in the reins, and the horse threw its head back, its front hooves into the air, and neighed.

"Plum!" The driver couldn't control the horse, so he jumped down and ran towards Dumay.

"Brother Niu? What are you doing here? Du Mei blinked in surprise and greeted him.

"So you're here, let me find it!" Niu Er raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and threw it on the ground.

"What's going on in the grain store?" As soon as Du Mei saw him coming in a panic, he knew that nothing good was good, so he asked nervously.

The locust plague came suddenly, although she asked Du Ying to pass the word, but the disaster outside was much more serious than she thought, her duck could point to the grain store, and nothing could happen.

"There is nothing major, but Liang Ji has raised the price three times in the past two days. You're not here, and the black loaches have gone home to kill the locusts, and I'm alone, and I don't have anyone to discuss, so I don't dare to make decisions on my own, so I have to ask you. Niu Er said with a frown.

"As the saying goes, there is no business without treachery. It's really true, at this time the locust plague is raging, his price increase, the people in the town don't know the situation in the countryside, and they have to rob the grain crazy! When Du Mei heard that it was okay, she was slightly relieved, but she hated Liang Ji's approach.

"What you said is not false at all, I have been scared when I have watched people pouring into the store these days, and the dog's leftovers and eight catties of rice are only enough to sell for half a day! What can I do? Are we going to raise prices too? Niu Er rubbed his hands and looked at Du Mei with a blank eye.

"Mei Ji Food Shop sells grain by reputation, and does not make natural disasters. In this way, our prices will remain the same, but we will only be allowed to buy 10 litres per person per day. Lest Liang Kee take advantage of the loophole and hire someone to buy our rice, and then sell it at a high price to earn the difference. In addition, you are familiar with everyone in the town, and you can talk to the big guys a lot, don't panic or mess around. The plague of locusts is not terrible, and we are doing everything possible to extinguish it. Du Mei casually pulled a dog's tail grass around his fingers, and whispered to Niu Er.

"Uh-huh, well, good, good. I'll do as you say. Niu Er lowered his head and listened, and agreed again and again.

Niu Er was reassured, and he didn't stay, turned the head of the car, and rushed back to Sheshan Town.

"Sister, let's go back." Du Tao saw that Dabai was full, climbed up the ridge, and said to Du Mei, who was looking at the road and contemplating.

"Okay, call all the ducks." Du Mei retracted his thoughts, at the moment, the most important thing is to keep the food of the villagers. Only when there is hope for autumn grain can the price of grain be stabilized, otherwise, it will not be enough to rely on her family grain shop to support it.

Du Tao knocked on the food bowl and called the duck, Du Mei dusted the little tiger with dirt and grass clippings, picked him up and said, "Little Huzi, will you take your sister home?" ”

"Okay, go here." Xiaohu stretched out his chubby little hand and pointed forward, and said in a milky voice. Don't look at the little tiger is small, but it's okay

It's a clever ghost, and he knows that Du Mei is here to help them, and he is very close to her.

Du Tao gathered the duck and followed Xiaohu back to Village Chief Yin's house. His house had five large rooms, several lower rooms, surrounded by a large courtyard. A piece of land has already been circled in the corner of the courtyard, which is dedicated to the duck flock of Guan Dumei.

Dinner was particularly sumptuous, with a bowl of roasted pork with plum vegetables, a bowl of braised silver carp, a plate of scrambled eggs with dried mushrooms, a plate of fried water spinach, and a large bowl of winter melon soup. Because it was to entertain the Du Mei sisters, Village Chief Yin specially asked his daughter-in-law Tian to sit with him and pick up vegetables.

Village Chief Yin took out his home-brewed rice wine and invited Han Liuthe three to drink it, but they refused. He had no choice but to give up and beckon the old woman who was busy in the kitchen to hurry up and serve the meal.

The village chief's daughter-in-law enthusiastically brought vegetables to Dumei, because of the lack of water, the water spinach was old and bitter, and the winter melon tasted soft like cotton. Du Mei didn't speak, just ate silently.

Because Han Liusan was a servant, Village Chief Yin was a little uncomfortable. He didn't have anything to say, he just kept bringing them vegetables and piling up their bowls. Fortunately, the three of them didn't talk much, so they ate what they wanted, gobbled it up for a while, wiped their mouths, and left the table.

After eating, Du Mei wanted to help clean up the dishes and chopsticks, but was stopped by Village Chief Yin. Tian led the Du Mei sisters into a room, which was specially vacated, and the bed was covered, although it was half-old, but it was very clean.

"Thank you, auntie." Du Mei thanked him again and again.

"We should thank you. If you have packed up, go down to the lower room and fetch water and bathe. Tian pointed to it, and a lower room in the courtyard was lit with dim lights.

The Dumei sisters were tired from the day, and after washing, they turned off the lights and lay down. Although this was not at home, Village Chief Yin was polite, warm and thoughtful to them, and the two sisters whispered for a while, and fell asleep unconsciously.

Outside, in the bright moonlight, the ducks also fell asleep quietly.

Han Liu asked them to sleep in the room closest to the ducks, and at this time, there was only one thin servant on the floor, and the snoring was constant. The fat servant was sitting in the shadows under the porch with a killing stick, and the two of them took turns looking at the ducks.

Han Liu sat on the roof with a knife, and Shen Zhanghua gave thousands of instructions before leaving, first, to ensure the thoughtfulness of the Dumei sisters, and second, to ensure the safety of the ducks, and he didn't dare to forget for a moment.

In the dead of night, there was not a single breeze. The branch of the old elm tree behind the house moved faintly, and Han Liu immediately stood up vigilantly holding the knife: "Who is coming?" ”

After a long time of no response, the fat official in the courtyard held the killing stick tightly, and his palms were sweaty.

"I'm Han Liu, the head catcher of Qinghe County, wait for the rats to get acquainted and leave quickly!" The old elm tree was black, and although Han Liu couldn't tell the person, someone came, for sure.

"The sixth master is hard, he is not a wicked person here, he is just here to protect my girl." Someone finally spoke in the shadows.

"Who are you? I don't believe in the official errand! When Han Liu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

"Where the responsibility lies, I hope the sixth master will not be blamed." The man in the shadows said lightly.

Although Han Liu held his breath, the other party was polite, and he really couldn't hold any handles, besides, the other party had never seen the level of skills, so he could only snort twice and deal with it in a sloppy manner.

got up early and was greedy for darkness, and Du Mei stayed in Yinjia Village for another day and a half. On this day, all the fields in the village were destroyed. Village Chief Yin was full of gratitude and insisted on staying at home for lunch.

Wang Genfa, the patriarch of Lao Wangzhuang, was old and sent his son Wang Youcai to lunch to pick up Du Mei and his party.

Wang Youcai was the leader who went to Dujiagou for the first time to grab water, and he was a little embarrassed to see Du Mei, so he didn't have any gossip to talk about, and took Du Mei directly to the field.

If Du Mei hadn't promised the county lord to help exterminate the locusts, as far as she was concerned, she wouldn't want to come to Lao Wangzhuang. In addition to Wang Youcai taking the lead in grabbing water in Dujiagou, which made her unhappy, it was also because there lived Wang Fuquan, Ding's and Xiao Wu'er's family, which she hated the most.

Although Du Mei is unwilling, she still does things meticulously. Because of the drought, Laowangzhuang has delayed the time to cure locusts, and the rice in the field has grown small and dry yellow, and it seems that there is no boot and flowering, and the rice leaves are densely inhabited with locusts.

Ducks to exterminate locusts, need water in the field, Du Jiagou opened the dam and released water again, Du Huaibing last time and the village chiefs of each village said hello one by one, so Lao Wangzhuang this time has water very smoothly.

Da Bai led the ducks down to the field, and it took almost half an hour for an acre of land, which was much slower than in Yinjia Village. Although Du Mei was anxious, she had no choice but to do it slowly.

There were a lot of strange people who came up to see the excitement on the ridge, pointing and pointing, these people were mixed with seven or eight brightly dressed teenagers, not like country children, these people saw Du Mei, gathered next to mutter, I don't know what to say.

Du Mei was in a hurry and couldn't finish her work, so she delayed in the field for a while, and when a crescent moon hung on the treetops, she drove the duck to Wang Youcai's house. Han Liu walked in front of him holding a lantern to illuminate it, and although the fat and thin officials were men, they did not bother to help protect the ducks on both sides.

Walking to a high hill, lined with low-lying rice fields, with only a slippery path in the middle, Du Mei was extra careful, and in order to prevent the ducks from squeezing each other down, she deliberately widened the distance between the ducks.

Seeing that he was about to pass through this narrow place, suddenly four or five people rushed out of the ridge on the swarthy side, each bent down to pick up a duck, and quickly ran over the other side, disappearing into the field.

It happened very suddenly, and the flock of ducks was suddenly disrupted, and the frightened ducks quacked and fluttered, and some ran forward and ran onto the road, and some were hit by the spread wings of their kind, and slid directly into the field below the kanzi.

"Stop, stop!" The fat and thin two servants dropped the ducks and went to chase the people, and the four or five people seemed to have been discussed, and one ran away in one direction.

"You put the duck together, I'll chase it!" Han Liu looked at Du Mei and then at the embarrassed brothers in the field, he had to help.

"Well, you go!" Du Mei nodded in confusion.

In the panic, Du Tao knocked on the food bowl, the ducks gradually quieted down, Dabai stood on the road and quacked, and the ducks slowly gathered around it. A few ducks fell under the ridge, which was so high and steep that they flapped their wings as hard as they could, but they could not climb up, and they quacked in a hurry.

Du Mei carefully climbed down the ridge, the ducks were lifted up one by one, the rescued ducks happily went straight to the ducks, Du Tao was carrying the lantern to count carefully, Du Mei lifted the ducks on one side all up, and climbed over the other side to support the ducks on that side.

"Sister, there are still eight left." Du Tao counted three times with full attention, and said to the black canopy.

No one answered her, only the desolate cries of lone ducks.

"Sister?" Du Tao's heart was beating wildly, and an ominous premonition hit her heart. She walked carefully back to the path, and shone on both sides of the lantern, and there was no shadow of Du Mei except for the three poor ducks curled up on the edge of the field! 2k reading web