Yu Xiaocao looked at the corn that had not yet finished filling, and his brows furrowed tightly. If the locust plague comes, all plants will not be spared, and these corns will be harvested in more than half a month, and if they are plagued by locusts, the losses will be immeasurable.

Let's not talk about the economic losses of their family, the imperial court and the small county king are eagerly looking forward to this corn harvest, planting corn in a small area in the capital, and gradually promoting the high-yield crop of corn to the whole country in the future, especially in the north and northwest.

Let's talk about their family, more than ten acres of land are planted with corn, if it is harmed, then this season will be in vain! Yu Xiaocao estimated that with the emperor's benevolent and loving style of the people, his family should not be allowed to farm for the imperial court in vain, and it is very likely that their family's corn will be recycled as seeds at a high price.

Other Yu Xiaocao dare not guarantee that there is no one more capable than her in terms of planting. Those officials in the capital, although they took her planting experience, but after all, it was the first year of planting, where could it compare to her rich experience in planting corn in her previous life? Besides, the spirit stone water in her hand is more effective than any fertilizer, and the corn she grows is big and tastes good. No one else wants to grow the same corn!

The little king also said that after the corn harvest, he would help their family ask for a reward. The things given by the emperor, not to mention whether the glory is glorious, the value will definitely not be low.

All in all, in a word. If there is a locust plague, their family will definitely suffer a lot of losses! No, she had to do everything she could to minimize the damage.

"Little Mending Stone, do you know when the locust plague will come to us?" Yu Xiaocao took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

Xiao Tianshi had a heart-to-heart with her, and noticed the nervousness and uneasiness in her heart, and also solemnized: [From the words of the birds, it should be a two-day journey for them. 】

Fortunately, they had at least two days to deal with the locusts before they arrived. Doesn't the Little Mending Stone have the skill of ripening plants? From now on, count as much corn as you can harvest!

When Yu Hai picked up a load of water and came over, Yu Xiaocao hurriedly greeted him, looked around carefully, and mysteriously pulled Yu Hai aside.

Yu Hai saw that his daughter's expression was very serious, and his eyes revealed anxiety and anxiety, and asked repeatedly: "Cao'er, what's wrong?" What happened?? ”

"Dad, do you believe that there are gods in this world who have dreams to warn?" Yu Xiaocao pretended to be worried and asked in a low voice.

Yu Hai remembered that after Xiaocao broke her head and fell into a coma two years ago, she said that she had traveled to the underworld and talked to the king of Yama and a god of wealth. Could it be that the little girl has met the fairy again?

"Believe it! What's going on? Did you dream of immortals? Yu Hai looked at his little daughter nervously. The youngest daughter's early wisdom, some elders in the village said that she may be born by a child in the sky, and I am afraid that she will not be able to raise it. Because one day, the gods in the sky will take her away. Don't......

"Dad, I was just watering when I suddenly lost consciousness and fell to the ground. The god who taught me the art of planting and cooking suddenly appeared in front of me and told me a very important news! Yu Xiaocao was as if it were real, and the expression on his face was sincere and full of anxiety.

Yu Hai was also upset: "What's the news?" The gods don't want to take you away, do they? Cao'er, you are your father's good daughter, don't promise the gods to go with him! If you go to heaven, your father and mother will never want to see you again in this life! ”

A few drops of cold sweat spilled on Yu Xiaocao's forehead, and her father's brain hole was bigger than hers. Where are the gods? How could she be taken to heaven?

[Although this space lacks spiritual power and is poor in resources for cultivating immortals, there are still immortals. Last time, the owner of the woodware shop was struck by lightning, do you think it's a coincidence? That's when this divine stone went to get close to the thunder and lightning mother set in the sky, so I asked them for help! The little mending stone reminded her of her mistakes of principle in her heart.

Yu Xiaocao rolled her eyes at it in her heart: "Is there a god who has anything to do with me?" Anyway, I haven't seen it, and I don't want to see it! ”

After speaking, he no longer ignored the little mending stone that had been emphasized to her again and again that there were immortals, but comforted the father who was so anxious that his eyes were red: "Dad, I don't know why you think so, but the immortals didn't want to take me away." He told me that in two days, a once-in-a-century locust plague would befall our Dongshan Village, so we should make plans in advance. ”

"What?!" Although Yu Hai has not experienced locust plagues, he has heard of the dangers of locusts. When he was a child, he heard the 90-year-old grandfather in the village talk about the miserable scene after the locust plague. That's really a sorrow all over the wilderness, and it is easy to eat!

Like Yu Xiaocao, Yu Hai first thought of the corn and potatoes he had tried to plant, but they were not yet ripe. If the errand of the imperial court is delayed, their family will definitely suffer! It was the court that forgave them for the sake of natural disasters. But the little county king traveled thousands of miles to the West to get seeds, and he paid so much effort, and came to Dongshan Village almost every day to inspect (he came to mix rice, okay), with the degree of attention he paid to, he would definitely be very disappointed and angry. What to do? What to do?!

Yu Xiaocao's eyes rolled and said, "Dad, don't worry! The gods gave me a spell that ripened corn and potatoes. However, this spell is a one-time spell, and when it runs out, it is gone! ”

"So what are you waiting for? Hurry up to ripen the corn and potatoes, our family has worked hard for the past two days, and the corn and potatoes have been harvested first! Yu Hai listened and breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Xiaocao hesitated for a moment and said, "Dad, should we tell the people in the village the news of the locust plague?" If they ask where the news came from, what do we say? ”

Yu Hai gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry about this, I'll go tell the village chief!" You go and ripen the corn in the middle of the acres. Be careful, don't let anyone see it! ”

Yu Xiaocao nodded and said, "Dad, don't worry!" The corn stalks are so tall and dense that no one can see them when they get into them! ”

Yu Hai watched his little daughter enter the cornfield, lowered his head and thought for a moment, stomped his feet, and rushed towards the village chief's house. The youngest daughter said that the plague of locusts would come in two days. Time is food, time is life!

When he arrived at the village chief's house, Yu Hai panted and pushed open the door. The village chief, who was drinking tea in the courtyard, looked at Yu Haihai in surprise and looked anxious, stood up suddenly, and asked repeatedly, what happened?

"Village Chief, something is wrong! The locust plague is coming!! Yu Hai didn't wait for his breath to even, so he shouted like this.

The village chief was shocked again, and asked in shock, "What's the matter?" Locusts? The sea, this kind of joke is not to be made! ”

Yu Hai took two heavy breaths, and told the story he had made up and stumbled: "I was carrying water at the bottom of the West Mountain, and I saw a snow-white elk, so I wondered if I could catch it and improve the food. Unexpectedly, when I chased halfway up the mountain, I met an old man with white hair and beard. This elk turned out to be his mount. The old man told me that in two days there will be a disaster that will befall us in the Tanggu area. I asked again, and he said in a profound way that this disaster was a plague of locusts that had not been seen in a century. He couldn't bear to see the loss of life, so he asked the elk to lure me over and tell me the news. Village Chief, do you think this is reliable? ”

Yu Hai and Yu Xiaocao are father and daughter, and they are both good at making up stories.

The village chief anxiously walked back and forth in the courtyard a few times. He knew Yu Hai's personality and would not joke about this kind of thing. If the plague of locusts is coming, as the old man with the white beard said, then they should not expect to harvest their spring crops!

The land in Dongshan Village is barren, and most of it is sandy land that is not suitable for crops. But there are not many people in the village who farm, and most of them are high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes. There is still nearly a month before the sweet potato harvest. Now we can't wait until then, how much can we receive!

The alarm bell sounded by the village chief gathered the whole village and repeated Yu Hai's "encounter" to the villagers. In the end, he said: "With Yu Hai's personality, he will definitely not fool the whole village with such a big thing." As for what the white-bearded old man said, it is better to believe it than to believe it! If it's as he said, let's grab it now. Although the yield of sweet potatoes will be reduced a lot, it is better than feeding all locusts! Now ask for your opinions, and if you want to believe, you will take it, and if you don't believe it, you will do it! Everyone should think about it, after the locust plague, there will be no harvest, and half a year's hard work will be in vain! ”

Yu Hai's current credibility in the village is second only to the village chief. Most of the villagers in Dongshan Village were convinced, and immediately returned to their homes to take farm tools and go to the field to harvest sweet potatoes. The village chief told everyone that when the sweet potatoes are harvested, the sweet potato seedlings are also recovered, and they can be used as food in times of famine.

Those who have no land at home hurriedly go to collect the vegetables grown in their own homes and store them in the cellar. The family is a straw house, and they are busy hoarding straw and repairing the house after the locust plague.

There are also some who don't believe it and want to wait and see. For example, Zhang's family, in her garden, there are many vegetables that have not grown, and now they have a big loss. In case the white-bearded old man Yu Hai met is unreliable, won't these vegetable seedlings all be defeated?

Zhang, who was lucky, only collected those ripe vegetables, and left a small half of the vegetable seedlings in the vegetable field. Yu Dashan proposed to go to the town to buy some grain and come over to store it. If there is a locust plague, food prices will surely soar.

Zhang felt that the grain was prone to insects, so he only gave Yu Dashan a hundred catties of coarse grain.

Like Zhang's who are lucky, there are still a few who are distressed that the sweet potatoes in the field have not grown, or the vegetables in the vegetable field are still small.

Of course, there are also a few people who are not right-minded, jealous of Yu Hai's ability, and don't deal with him, thinking that he is pure nonsense, and they don't take this matter to heart at all.