"Uncle Maoda, are you embarrassed? Is the food money given unsatisfactory? Du Mei's fingertips caressed the rough clay cup, the water in the cup was cold, and she looked up and asked.

"No, no, how could it! You can still help your neighbors exterminate locusts without pay, let alone me, a big man. Besides, the county lord has taken a fancy to us and wants us to contribute, what an honor this is! Qian Maoda spat out a puff of cigarette and waved his hand repeatedly.

"In that case, why don't you go to the field to try ducks?" When Qian Maoda's wife heard this, she asked a little angrily.

"What do you know, a woman, with long hair and short knowledge! Now my son is working in the town, and the family can't come back after such a catastrophe, and the daughter-in-law is sitting in confinement again, and there is a milk baby, so you can't serve at home. More than 100 of our ducks have never been out of the house, so how can I take care of it alone?! Qian Maoda glared at his wife angrily.

"You are short of manpower, this is easy to do, I will find you someone now, Du Leng from our village, who is doing things well." When Du Mei heard this, she didn't think it was a big deal, and she was stunned.

"Du Leng?" Qian Maoda asked with a frown. lives across the river, he hasn't heard of this person in Dujiagou.

"Oh, I'm talking about his big name, and everyone calls him a dumbfounder." Du Mei covered her mouth and smiled.

"He, this person is unreliable." Qian Maoda looked at Du Mei suspiciously. He walks the streets and alleys all year round to sell duck seedlings, and he has heard of it a little.

"He didn't have a good reputation, but now he has been following me and is quite a capable and enthusiastic person." Du Mei has witnessed the change of the two stunned little by little, of course, I hope that the villagers can also see it.

"Is there anyone else who is suitable?" Qian Maoda is still a little hesitant, the so-called invitation to God is easy and difficult to send God, in case of provoking such a person, don't make money and food yourself, and then take a duck.

"Now, every family is exterminating locusts, and I really can't find anyone else. When I went out to exterminate locusts this time, I had to bring a younger sister to take a hand, but the younger sister in the family was too young, so I always had to leave the eldest sister to take care of the family. My sister is diligent and neat in her work, but my master and my wife are not in good health, and they all rely on her to take care of the fields. Du Mei wrenched his fingers and counted them, and it was most appropriate to be stunned.

"Is this man really useful?" Qian Maoda was skeptical.

"He goes out with you, as long as he eats three meals to his heart's content, and then he will be paid some wages. If anything else happens, come to me, and I will guarantee him. Du Mei said very sincerely.

"You can rest assured about this, when you go out, you have something to eat, you can't let him go hungry, the salary will naturally be given, the county lord will give ten yuan, as long as he does well, I can pay two yuan." At this point, not to mention eighty wen a day, it is one hundred and fifty wen a day, and Chen Qiancun also found someone who could work with him.

The reason why Du Mei was able to agree for the second stunned son was because the rice in his field did not grow well in comparison, and the eldest girl and her two younger sisters, or Du Shu, could clear it for him when they had time. Besides, there is a grain store in the town, and no matter how poor it is, you will never go hungry.

"Okay, I'll agree to this on behalf of the second child, is there anything else?" Du Mei took a sip of the cold sugar water, sweet and relished.

"It's a shame to say that." Qian Maoda scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled a little awkwardly.

"If there is something, you open your mouth, there is nothing to be ashamed of." Du Mei whispered.

"My duck head is back and going out, do you think you can let me practice in my own village first?" Qian Maoda stuffed the tobacco pot with tobacco leaves.

"Isn't this how it should be, there are two villages close to Chenqian Village, and I will do it for you together

That way, you can go home and help your aunt do something at night. "Du Mei thinks well for others.

"When the locusts are exterminated in their own village, the villagers are naturally happy, but they only go to other villages, and they don't know what will happen." Qian Maoda lit the smoke pot and took a hard breath, and the tobacco leaves burned.

"The county lord will send three officials to guard tomorrow, and when the time comes, I will ask them to come over two to help you, just enough to help you watch the ducks." Du Mei watched Qian Maoda's smoking pot go out like an eye.

"Is this really?" Qian Maoda became excited, and the officials served as guards for the common people, which was the first time he had heard of it in his life.

He secretly thought in his heart that if the locust extermination was done well, not only would his reputation spread far and wide, but it would also be of all benefit to him in selling duck seedlings in the second half of the year. In this way, a hundredfold of confidence and pride were added to his heart.

"This is still false, when you want to go to the outer village, send the second stunned man to find me, and I will let them come." Du Mei smiled shallowly, this Uncle Mao Da thought so much, really far.

"Let's go to the field and try ducks!" Qian Maoda got up and went out with a cigarette stick in hand.

"This person, wherever he wants to do, he has to cook dinner now!" Qian Maoda's wife muttered a little dissatisfied, her daughter-in-law is nursing the child, and she must not be hungry.

"Auntie, you cook at home, and Uncle Mao Da and I will go." Du Mei picked up the bag containing the locusts and picked up a thin bamboo branch.

Qian Maoda walked in front with a whistle, and the duck dripped two small round eyes, and tentatively stepped out of the house. The ducks stumbled after them, and a few of them almost ran away from the desertion, but Du Mei drove them with bamboo branches in the back.

The Qian family's field is very close, and they will arrive when they turn out of the village. His family's rice field is six acres of contiguous fields, and because it is the first field in the village, his family's rice has been destroyed a little more than other people's homes. Du Mei handed the locust bag to Qian Maoda and taught him how to lure the duck into the field.

Qian Maoda bent his body and retreated step by step, the big gray duck was greedy for locusts, and he didn't care about his feet at all, and walked into the field little by little.

"Uncle Maoda, you shake the rice leaves around you!" Du Meiba shouted in a high voice, shaking his hand incessantly.

"Got it!" Qian Maoda also replied loudly.

He waved the bag in his hand with one hand, and shook the rice leaf beside him vigorously with the other, and the panicked locusts flew up.

"Gah!" The big grey duck jumped up and swallowed the locusts that flew under its nose.

Qian Maoda moved slowly in the field, causing the locusts on the leaves to fly one by one, and the big gray duck kept quacking while eating. Seeing the situation, Du Mei raised the thin bamboo pole and slowly drove the timid duck flock into the field.

"How?" Qian Maoda went up the ridge from the other end of the field and walked towards Du Mei, he asked anxiously as he wiped his sweat with his sleeve.

"It's more than half successful, and the ducks have all gone down to the field, so it's up to them to see if they can catch insects and eat them themselves." Du Mei smiled and raised the thin bamboo pole.

"Hmm." Qian Maoda took out the cigarette stick behind his waist, squatted on the ridge, sniffed hard, and the smoke pot burned again.

After waiting for a cup of tea, not a single duck came out, Du Mei opened the rice leaves and peeked inside, only to see ducks scrambling to devour the locusts on the rice leaves, and the ducks began to swell.

"Uncle Maoda, it's done! It's done! Du Mei called out in surprise.

"I'll see!" Qian Maoda opened the rice leaves in front of him, and sure enough, he saw that the duck was eating happily.

"Uncle, you go out and bring a food bowl in the back, and knock on the basin while whistling, so that the sound is loud and spreads far away." Seeing that this step is the right one

Du Mei thought about it for a while, and still gave Qian Maoda a suggestion.

"Well, your method is good, whistling works at home, and when you get to the field, the human voice alone will not matter." Qian Maoda nodded approvingly.

"There's nothing to do now, so I'll go back, my ducks are still in the field." Du Mei smiled and said goodbye.

"Meizi, don't worry, I will train the duck as soon as possible and participate in the extermination of locusts as soon as possible." Qian Maoda sent two steps, but he was not worried about the duck, so he turned back.

Du Mei returned to the field to see that the ducks were full, and were resting on the ridges, some were grooming their feathers, and some were playing with each other, she looked at the sun, and estimated that it was the beginning of the unitary time, so she and Du Ying drove the ducks home.

She took the work for the second stunned son, and always had to tell him, just as she closed the duck and was about to go to the second stunned son's house, the eldest girl and the second stunned man came together.

"Hey, you know I'm going to look for you? What a coincidence! When Du Mei saw him, he said in surprise.

She let them sit in the kitchen, and the three small ones also gathered around, and Du Tao brought everyone a cup of herbal tea.

"Are you going to take me out to exterminate locusts?" As soon as the second stunned man heard this, he became energetic, and squeezed his eyebrows at the big girl.

"Are you blind? It's not in shape! Du Mei said angrily.

"Sister Meizi, do you really take him there, don't you take me?" The big girl was about to cry aggrievedly.

"What are these words, it's not a good errand to go out to exterminate locusts, not to mention the wind and sun, three meals a day, eating, living and sleeping are not more comfortable than at home." Du Mei said solemnly.

"I'm not afraid of hardship, you take me there." The eldest girl shook Du Mei's arm, almost pleading.

"Big girl, the master and the master are not in good health, and the little girl is so small, how can you follow me out to exterminate the locusts and stay home all day." Du Mei shook her head and patted her hand in comfort.

"Say it, Meizi will definitely take me." When the second stunned man heard this, he smiled loudly.

"Speaking of duckling to exterminate locusts, I have something to tell you." Dume said solemnly.

"I will surely listen to you, and tell me to go east, and I will not go west." The two stunned hands waved from side to side, making the three little ones amused.

"Words, you have to listen to me, but the work is not done with me, I invited Uncle Mao Da from Chenqian Village to exterminate locusts together, he has no labor at home, so I recommended you to him." Du Mei couldn't help but laugh and said seriously.

"What? I don't know him, I'm not going! The second stunned man thought that he would work with Du Mei, but he didn't expect to do things with a living person, and he was not happy in his heart.

"Are you really not going? Then I'll let Du Shu go! Du Mei got up and went to find Du Shu.

"No, no, I can't go." The second stunned man made a bitter face and grabbed Du Mei's sleeve.

"It's pretty much the same, I've given you a guarantee, don't be lazy and embarrassed Dujiagou! Besides, people won't let you work in vain, two cents a mu of land, if you do well, eighty wen a day will not be moved. Du Mei rolled her eyes and sat down again, babbling a few more words.

She naturally felt that Du Shu was more reassuring to go than to be stunned, but where could the Wei family see idlers, these days, staring at Du Zhong and his son every day to catch locusts, if Du Shu left rashly, Uncle Zhong would definitely have endless trouble.

"Don't worry, I will never embarrass you!" The second stunned person heard that there was money to be earned, so he didn't care if he knew each other, anyway, he would quickly become familiar with it after staying together for a few days.

"Neither me, nor a dumbfounded, tomorrow, who are you going to take with you to exterminate the locusts?" The eldest girl asked curiously. 2k reading web