"I'm afraid I'm scattered and flew to other villages." Du Mei tilted his head and thought about it.

"Our Dujiagou is a water source, and it is inevitable that we will bear the brunt, but the locusts will not only drink but also eat, and it is probably possible that they were frightened by us two days ago and fled to other villages." Du Jiasuo spat out a cigarette and said sullenly.

"Hey, these ten miles and eight towns have to suffer again. There is no spring this year, and the New Year is really not good. Fang thumped his legs and sighed.

Du Mei looked at the ducks in the rice field with deep eyes, they ate happily, but the locusts gnawed quickly. It took nearly two hours for Du Mei's seventy ducks to wipe out the locusts in the Fang family's five acres of land. Because there were too many locusts to eat more than the ducks could eat, Dabai took a small nap on the ridge with the ducks, and it was only completed after the second trip.

Du Mei was afraid that the ducks would be broken, so she didn't dare to rush to Aunt Zhang's house, so she only put them in the stream by the field to play with them. About a stick of incense passed, Dabai swam happily with the ducks, and when he was hungry, he went ashore one after another.

By this time, the sun had set in the west, and the earth hung like a yellow corn tortilla in the sky. Aunt Zhang was still waiting in the field, Du Mei drove the duck off the field, her family has three acres, and after eating her family, the sky will be completely dark.

Du Ying had already driven her ducks home, and seeing that Du Mei had not returned, she searched all the way. Seeing that Du Mei was still helping Aunt Zhang exterminate the locusts, she really felt very sorry for the eldest sister in her heart, so she had to help watch the ducks, and don't run out of bounds when it's late.

The moon rises in the east, and the stars bloom in the deep blue of the night. The evening breeze was blowing, and some villagers who had come early had already lit the bonfire on the edge of the field, and Du Ying led the well-fed ducks back, and Du Mei followed behind, in case the ducks were lost in the dark.

Du Mei used ducks to kill locusts for two days in a row, and the sharp-eyed villagers soon saw the difference between catching insects with manpower and ducks to kill locusts.

It is much faster to use ducks to kill locusts, and people are also less skilled, and there is less damage to rice ears and leaves. In addition, duck manure can also be left in the field as fertilizer.

But manpower is different, people are tired and panicked, and they catch slowly, and three or five adults walk back and forth in the field, stepping on the mud in the field, which is not conducive to the growth of rice.

In such a comparison, the villagers invariably and Du Mei warmly climbed into friendship.

That night, the Dume family was sitting around for dinner when there was a knock at the door.

"Who?" These days, everyone is busy, who has the time to visit the door and chat.

"Meizi, are you at home?" The fat aunt grinned in the dark.

"So late, what's the matter?" Du Mei was a little blind, but he still carried the lamp and opened the courtyard door.

Good fellow, four women came in through the shadows, each carrying a cloth bag. Du Mei couldn't help but take a few steps to the side.

"Auntie... What do you guys do here? Du Mei asked in surprise.

"We're here to send wages, and Ming'er wants to ask your ducks to treat us in the fields." The fat aunt is the leader and takes the lead in speaking.

"No, it's not, it's a joke between the two stunned people and Aunt Zhang, it can't be true." Du Mei waved his hand again and again, and the three liters of rice promised by Aunt Zhang have not been brought so far, but it is not just a joke.

"We are no more than some people, who can take back the words they say and the water that they throw out. Besides, you don't want much, we can take it! Right. The fat aunt next to her looked at the person next to her

Motioning for them to speak.

"Yes, yes." The other three women nodded their heads in agreement.

"Meizi, our villagers live, and you also know that if this locust is not destroyed, the rice will be gnawed. If this is the case, there will be no hope for autumn grain, and the days of this winter and next spring will be difficult! The fat aunt peeked at Du Mei with a pitiful face. Helplessly, the lights were dim and flickered, and it was not really visible.

"That's it, I'll just drive the ducks to your field tomorrow. But I can't ask for food, so take it back. Du Mei had to agree hard, and when her mother came out in a while, she must have been enamored by them, so it was better to agree to send it away as soon as possible.

"Meizi, who's coming?" Xu was eating at home, and when he saw Du Mei talking in the courtyard, he didn't come back for a long time, so he hurriedly came out to take a look.

"It's okay, it's okay, Erjin's family, it's been a busy day, let's rest early." The women, who had received Du May's promise and looked forward to tomorrow, did not talk nonsense, and went away one by one.

"Mother, go back to dinner." Du Mei reached out and grabbed Xu.

"It's your fat aunt, what is she doing, why didn't she come in and talk?" Xu Shi looked puzzled.

"They want me to help exterminate the locusts tomorrow." Du Mei does not hide it either.

"You promised?" Xu asked tentatively.

"If you don't agree, what can you do?" Du Mei laughed. Her mother is a bodhisattva, and she can't see others begging to come to the door. If she doesn't agree, it will only make her mother in a dilemma.

"Oh, it's just that I'm going to have to work hard for you again." Xu Shi turned his head to look at Du Mei, the little meat that had just been raised on his little face a few days ago was now gone.

On the second day, Du Mei kept his word and drove the ducks to the fields of the four families yesterday, but fortunately they were connected from front to back, so they saved the toil of driving the ducks around.

In the evening, some more people came to ask for help, and Du Mei had to agree. Du Ying's ducks have been trained and have fully adapted, and the fields on the river beach are naturally close to the water and the buildings are the first to get the moon, and Du Ying has helped to cure them one by one.

Seeing that there are more and more fields that have been exterminated by ducks, and watching the rice growth in other people's fields, Zhou's heart is like a cat's scratch. She has 12 acres of land, and she is considered a rich family in Dujiagou, if it is the autumn harvest, she will be tired and tired and unable to harvest food, and if she is not good, she will be squeezed by some good things, she feels like a nest when she thinks about it.

"Then, we also beg Du Mei to go?" At the dinner table, Zhou's chattered for a long time, and Dajin asked tentatively.

"This damn girl was born to be my nemesis!" Zhou said hatefully. She took a bite of the cucumber in the sauce, and chewed it crunchy.

"You can't say that, when she provokes you, it's all your own humiliation!" Daikin was also annoyed and couldn't help complaining.

"Who am I for? It's not for this home yet! Hearing this, the Zhou clan was like a lit cannonball, crackling and exploding.

"If you want to do it for the good of this family, you won't break up in the first place! If you don't have a family, the duck is not used casually! Dajin roared angrily, since the split, his family has not been going well, and he naturally sprinkled all his anger on Zhou's head.

"Daddy, don't argue. I've done a day's work, and I'm not too tired. Du Zhu said with resentment in his eyes

"Yes, with this noisy work, you might as well catch more bugs!" Daikin tilted his head and poured the last mouthful of porridge into his mouth, wiped his mouth, got up and went out, he didn't bother to argue with her.

Daikin provoked the courtyard

The firewood and the burden are ready to go to the field to burn the bonfire. I happened to meet the Du Mei sisters driving ducks to catch them in their fields.

"Uncle." The Dumei sisters whispered in unison. They didn't have anything to say to him, so they drove the ducks away.

"Plum!" Daikin licked his chapped lips and screamed a little helplessly.

"Huh?" Du Mei didn't expect Dajin to call her, so she responded a little suspiciously. The three small voices also stopped and stopped.

"Your duck...... Duck ......" Daikin stumbled and his face flushed.

"Uncle, what do you want to say?" Du Mei guessed in his heart that ** is not far from ten, but it is difficult to say it clearly.

"Hey, it is said that the uncle also has no face to say, your aunt owes a lot to your mother, but for my sake, you can help us." Daikin licked his lips again, as if he had made up his mind.

"Uncle, do you know that my ducks exterminate locusts, but the one who receives the salary is two liters of rice per acre." Although Du Mei didn't hate Dajin, his wife and children were really hateful, so she quoted the price set by Erzi, intending to force him to give up.

"I've heard that it's not one liter per acre." Daikin blinked, a little puzzled.

"It's in line right now, and it's too busy, I think you might as well think of something else." Du Mei didn't want to bargain with him and refused directly.

"Meizi, we are close relatives, we must be closer than the side relatives outside." Daikin's face changed, and he said almost pleadingly.

"Snort......," Du Mei sneered coldly, and drove the duck away.

"Okay, two liters is two liters." Daikin gritted his teeth and agreed, twelve acres is twenty-four liters of rice, and it is indeed painful to take it out at one time, but thinking that it can reduce the loss, he has to admit it in his heart.

"Doesn't the uncle have to discuss with the aunt?" Du Mei looked back and said, she was originally using this prevarication to make a big gold, but she didn't expect him to agree.

"Ask her what a girl does? I'm in charge of my family! Seeing Du Mei ask this, Dajin said with a little annoyance, as if he was questioning the authority of his master.

"Okay, tomorrow I will go to your field when I receive the rice." Du Mei said lightly, but she knew that Zhou would not agree so easily. If there was no rice, she would not need to help their family.

"Okay, I'll deliver it early tomorrow morning." Daikin was unconsciously relieved when he saw that Du Mei agreed.

Du Mei smiled, walked away, and drove the duck to his field.

In the middle of the night, Du Mei inevitably slept a little deeper, and she stared in a daze only to feel that it was noisy outside. Looking through the window, I saw someone jumping outside her yard and cursing. She hurriedly got dressed and simply freshened up.

"Dead girl, black-hearted, even her uncle's family dares to blackmail!" Zhou stood outside the courtyard, spitting and scolding.

"What did Meizi blackmail you?" Xu Shi originally stayed at home and didn't want to deal with her, but when she scolded her daughter, she couldn't bear it anymore and asked angrily.

"Two liters of rice and one acre of land, your ducks are made of gold!" Dajin measured the rice in the barn early in the morning and was caught by the Zhou family. How could she endure this breath, so she ran to scold.

"It was the uncle who asked me to exterminate the locusts, and I didn't rush to go." Du Mei hugged Xu Shi and said coldly. She bit the accent on the word "please." 2k reading web