In the hall of the county government, Wu Feng had a sad face, pacing back and forth, his eyes looking out of the door from time to time, as if he was waiting for something?

"Report, sir!" A messenger rushed in from outside.

"How's the situation going?" Wu Feng said urgently.

"My lord, the locusts pass through Tangxia Village, Shangtan Village, Xiatan Village, Luojia Village....." The messenger reported the affected villages one by one.

Wu Feng listened to the report of the yacha, and his heart sank, so many places were affected, and the granary of the county government couldn't take care of it at all.

"Xiaba Village, Dalin Village, Beishan Village... To the back mountain village .... Stopped. ”

When Wu Feng heard this, he suddenly came back to his senses, "Stopped, what did you say stopped, where did you stop?" ”

"Back to my lord, the locust plague stopped in Beishan Village, and I heard that it was the fairy bird that appeared and swallowed the locust, so it was spared."

Wu Feng's eyes lit up, and he asked urgently: "The news is true!" ”

"Back to my lord, the villagers of Beishan Village said it themselves, I asked more than a dozen people, and they all said so."

Wu Feng stroked his palms and laughed, "Okay, well, that means that the disaster has stopped in Beishan Village, and several villages in the east of Beishan Village have not been affected." ”

"Yes" The errand servant replied loudly, and Wu Feng was relieved when he heard it.

"Okay, okay, you go down first, and if there's any news, I'll report back."

"Yes." The yacha answered.

Seeing that the yacha had gone out, Master Shen Quan stepped forward and said, "My lord, I am very happy, the disaster is finally under control." ”

Wu Feng smiled, "Yes, God has finally left a way for the people to live." ”

Then he thought of the affected villages, and said to Shen Quan: "Master, count the affected villages, and open the warehouse tomorrow to release grain." ”

The smile on Shen Quan's face suddenly stopped, "My lord, no, without the handwriting of Lord Futai, it is necessary to open a warehouse and release grain without authorization." ”

Wu Feng snorted coldly: "This disaster situation must not be limited to Xixian County and Xincheng, wait for the disaster information from all over the country to go up, wait for the approval of the saint, the household department will allocate funds, and the disaster relief grain will be deducted from the panpan, and I don't know how much will be left in Xincheng. ”

Shen Quan wiped the sweat on his face, "My lord, although the decree has always been like this, but there is no handwriting from the Lord of Futai, it is not good for you to open a warehouse rashly, although those villages have suffered a disaster, but the original grain of each household can last for a few days, you might as well report the situation to Lord Futai first, if it is seven days later, the disaster relief money and food have not arrived, and it is not too late to open a warehouse." ”

Wu Feng pondered for a moment before he nodded: "Okay, just according to your words." ”

After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered what Fang Cai Yacha said about Beishan Village, as well as the matter of fairy birds, so he went back to the backyard, and he still had to ask about some things again.

As soon as I entered the door, I happened to meet Wu Tianyou's little servant Wu Qing, "The young master is here, call him to come to the study, I have something to ask him." Without waiting for Wu Qing to answer, he went to the study.

Seeing that the adults were gone, Wu Qing hurriedly walked towards Wu Tianyou's courtyard.

In the study, Wu Feng sat behind the desk, his brows furrowed for a while, and stretched for a while.

Seeing Wu Tianyou come in, he hurriedly asked, "Last time you asked you to go to Beishan Village to check the fairy birds, you told me again from the beginning." ”

It wasn't until Wu Tianyou finished speaking that Wu Feng said: "It was because the girl of the Xu family picked up the little fairy bird from the mountain and brought it home, so she brought out the fairy bird." ”

"Yes."

Wu Tianyou didn't know why his father asked about this today, but he still answered honestly.

"Has the fairy bird always been in the Xu family and has never left?"

"I saw it a few days ago, and I shouldn't have left."

"Okay, I know, you can go back."

"Dad, why are you asking this!" Wu Tianyou was a little puzzled.

Wu Feng touched his beard and smiled: "The matter of the Xu family's fairy birds, I'm afraid it can turn bad things into good things." ”

Wu Tianyou's eyes lit up, "Oh, Dad, what do you say." ”

"Your father and I plan to write a letter and tell the truth about the Xu family's fairy birds!"

Wu Tianyou was stunned when he heard this, "No, Dad, didn't you say last time that you would suppress the news and let the Xu family have a buffer, why now...."

Wu Feng waved his hand, "This time is different from the past, the matter of fairy birds in the past was just a legend, and it had an auspicious name, if it was known by those people, it would definitely be seized by force to please the emperor."

Now it's different, yesterday the locusts passed through Beishan Village, it was the fairy bird that appeared and devoured the locusts, so that the disaster was controlled.

The fairy bird can come to the Xu family, just because of the virtue of the Xu family's girl, my father will go up with the disaster information this time, and the emperor may reward the Xu family, and this matter has passed the clear road, and those people will not dare to make up their minds anymore. ”

Xu Qingyan didn't know that a disaster disappeared like this.

At this time, she was staring at the spirit peacock in the backyard, but the big-eyed spirit peacock, she was the little eye.

"You can eat locusts, why don't you tell me!"

Xu Qingyan was full of resentment about this, not only about collecting the grain in advance, but because this matter had been hanging on her heart for several days, making her stay like a stalk in her throat, unable to eat or sleep, and then when the day the matter really came, she suddenly found that it was so easy, it was called a depression.

"You didn't ask me." The spirit peacock raised his head, not wanting to explain.

Looking at the spirit peacock's raised head, Xu Qingyan clenched her fists with both hands and endured it again and again, before she squeezed out a few words from between her teeth.

"Locusts. . . Insect. Good. Eat? ”

Spirit Peacock "......"

After being angry at the Ling Peacock, she returned to the front yard and looked at her family who were busy drying rice, Xu Qingyan smiled, but fortunately, the loss was not too big.

It's just that Beishan Village was able to escape because of the help of the spirit peacock, and other villages are afraid that they will .....

Xu Qingyan sighed, hoping that Lord Wu, who had a good official reputation, could provide disaster relief in time.

The next day, in the wasteland at the head of the village, Xu Qingyan was squatting in the ground to dig sweet potatoes, although the locust plague had passed, but the sweet potato vines had been cut before, and the sweet potatoes could not grow in the ground, so the whole family of the Xu family went out to dig sweet potatoes.

"Hey, don't say this sweet potato is quite big, and there are seven or eight in a nest." Xu Guanghua was picking up a nest of sweet potatoes and signaling to everyone. Hu laughed loudly: "Yes, I have a lot of nests, and the yield is quite high, but I don't know if it's delicious or not." ”

Cao Shi carried a bunch of sweet potatoes and said: "How can you be so picky in a disaster year, it's good to be full." ”

For the first time, Xu Qingyan was so enthusiastic about farm work, holding a small hoe and digging in the ground, she would always guess the amount before planing, and if she dug a nest of big and many, she couldn't help but show off to her family, this kind of game similar to winning the lottery made her happy.

The Xu family's movement caused many villagers to watch, and Lin Su was also among them!

Seeing Xu Guangqi digging out a round lump with soil from the soil, he couldn't help but be curious, "Xu family boy, what are you planting in this field, why haven't I seen it." ”

Xu Guangqi smiled and said, "Sweet potato." ”

"Oh, how do you eat this thing?"

"Grandpa Lin, this can be eaten as a meal when it is cooked, and I will send you some when it is cooked later." Xu Qingyan felt that this was a good opportunity to promote sweet potatoes.

Lin Su was amused by her and laughed: "You girl is generous, okay, the old man is waiting." ”

After a pause, he said: "It's good if you can eat it as a meal, I think you have a lot of this acre." ”

Xu Guanghua smiled and said: "I look at a lot, I don't know the specifics yet, I'll know when I weigh them." ”

When the onlookers heard this, they all looked forward to it, and if the yield was high, they also wanted to plant some.

"Where did you get this?" Lin Su asked again.

Xu Guangqi said with a smile: "I bought it from a Fanbang vendor. ”

Lin Su sighed when he heard this: "It's a pity, I don't know that I haven't had a chance to meet that Fanbang businessman yet." ”

"Master Lin, if you want to plant, when you keep the seeds, I can give you evenly." Xu Guangqilang said with a smile.

"That's what you said, don't regret it when the time comes!" After the fairy bird incident, Lin Su is very optimistic about the Xu family, and now although he has not tasted this sweet potato, he has a hunch that there will be no mistake.