"Dad, what's going on with this locust plague? How long will it take? Qin's second sister-in-law looked at Qin Dazhuang worriedly and asked.

There's no way not to worry, she has a big belly.

In case of a sudden seizure, Wen Po will not be able to come at that time, what can I do if I want to have a child?

The rest of the people also looked at Qin Dazhuang.

After all, no one else had ever seen a plague of locusts.

Only Qin Dazhuang is old, has a lot of experience, and knows a lot.

Qin Dazhuang sighed.

"A plague of locusts is a plague of locusts and a rebellion in large groups."

"Locust plagues usually break out after a major drought."

"When the locust plague is complete, the grain in the field will almost be eaten. There are even mountains and forests, and other green things such as vegetables, which are all gnawed clean. ”

"Wherever the locusts pass, there is hardly any green left."

"Also, if there is a locust plague in the first year. In the coming year, or even in the next two or three years, the trouble may continue. ”

"Even if we don't make trouble, there will be more locusts in the fields next year."

"Locusts eat crops, and if there are more of them, the grain in the fields will inevitably decrease."

When the people heard this, their hearts sank.

Reduced food production, what does that mean?

As long as the local grain cannot be harvested and the grain merchants bring grain from other places, the price of grain will inevitably not fall.

There was a drought in Lingquan Town, and there was not enough food to eat, and some people even panicked.

The locust plague is making a fuss, and now I am afraid that it will really become a famine.

At the same time, everyone was a little happy in their hearts.

Fortunately, they only bought 1,000 catties of grain from the Song family and came back, otherwise the price of grain would continue to rise, and their family would be sad.

"Daddy, how long does this locust plague last?" When Qin's second sister-in-law heard Qin Dazhuang's words, she was almost scared to tears.

Seeing this, Qin Erhu hurriedly pulled his mother-in-law to sit down, reached out and patted his mother-in-law's back to show comfort.

Qin Dazhuang also saw the worry of his second daughter-in-law, and said, "Don't worry, it won't be a few days." ”

"When they're done gnawing, they fly away and fly to the next place to continue gnawing."

"It is estimated that in five or six days at most, the locusts will leave." After thinking about it, Qin Dazhuang said.

Second sister-in-law Qin was a little relieved.

touched his belly, looked at his man again, and cheered himself up.

Seeing this, Qin Dazhuang looked at his two sons.

"The old family went to Liu's house, and in the next few days, don't go out."

"The second one's body is heavier now. Take care of it these days. ”

"The work at home, the eldest and the second, you two will discuss it together."

Qin Dahu and Qin Erhu glanced at each other.

"Huh!" Answered.

On the other side, the Liu family.

Because of the locust plague, it happened to be at mealtime, and the Liu family also coped with it very well.

However, their house did not prepare a cloth to cover the windows and door frames, and many locusts broke into the house.

Fortunately, the impact is not too great, people are not idle, and it is not difficult to catch the locusts that break in.

After catching it for a while, Liu Xiaomei even got a little addicted.

"So many locusts, sprinkle a little salt after frying, it must taste good!" While catching locusts and stuffing them into cloth bags, Liu Xiaomei said.

Li Daniu was just watching from the sidelines because of her big belly.

Aunt Liu was also catching locusts, and at the same time replied to Liu Xiaomei's words.

"It doesn't take oil to fry! Now pork and lard are not easy to buy, and there is no oil for you at home! ”

"Oh, mother! But this thing is not fried, it is not delicious! ”

"What a pity that the grain is wasted!"

Hearing this, Aunt Liu's face improved.

"Let's catch it first!" Answer.

It doesn't matter if it's delicious or not. If you can eat it, you can eat it!

It's a pity that Liu Xiaomei doesn't know her mother's thoughts at the moment.

Otherwise, there would definitely not be such an active fight against locusts.

Compared to the good mentality of the three women.

The three men of the Liu family had solemn expressions.

"Luckily, we moved. Otherwise, if you are still in Xiashui Village and catch up with this locust plague, I am afraid it will not be so easy to deal with. Liu Daniu said.

The houses in Xiashui Village are dilapidated and small, and if they hadn't moved, they would still have raised poultry.

As soon as the locusts come, it's too late to take care of people, where can we still take care of poultry?

Liu Erniu agreed.

"There are so many locusts, I don't know where they came from, when will they stop?" Pick it up.

Uncle Liu frowned.

"It doesn't matter where they come from, as soon as these locusts come, our Lingquan Town, I'm afraid it will be sad in the next few days." He sighed heavily.

"What's wrong?" Liu Erniu asked.

I didn't realize the seriousness of the problem yet.

Only then did Uncle Liu tell the horror of the locust plague.

Now the brothers of the Liu family are not calm.

"Isn't that the price of food going to have to go up, and it's going to be high for a long time?"

"We don't have much food left!" Liu Daniu said anxiously.

Uncle Liu slapped his thigh.

"Isn't it?!" Said angrily.

Immediately, he quickly looked at the brothers.

"When the locusts outside have stopped, you two, take all the money at home and go directly to the grain store."

"It doesn't matter what the price is, you can buy as much as you want. Buy the grain back! Uncle Liu said quickly.

He knew that there would be a locust plague, so he shouldn't have listened to his mother-in-law, and he didn't buy food at home for a while.

Well, now this locust plague is in trouble. The grain in the grain store was so afraid that it would be robbed. I don't know how high the price will be.

Liu Daniu and Liu Erniu glanced at each other and hurriedly responded.

It's serious, there's a famine, it's really going to be a fuss......

After another half an hour, the black locust cloud finally dispersed.

Most of the locusts flew away, leaving only a few locusts that remained on the ground to continue to gnaw on plants.

Of course, this minority is relative. The opposite is the army of locusts that flew away.

So, when people walked out of the room, there were still a lot of locusts outside.

Song family.

The people of Yong'an Lane came out of the Song family hall house, saw the clear sky, and felt the hot sun, all of which felt like a world away.

I don't know if it's because I was scared by locusts before, everyone thinks that the weather is not so hot.

Not only did the people in the hall come out, but the Song family also came out of the house.

When people saw Qin Xiaoyao and the others, they immediately came forward to thank them.

Qin Xiaoyao and others, let everyone be polite.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Qin Xiaoyao also announced that the family would continue to sell bean sprouts and water.

And during the next locust plague, there is no restriction on the time and amount of water and bean sprouts sold.

As long as the locusts don't come, everyone can come and buy water and bean sprouts when it's convenient.

In addition, the price of bean sprouts has also been reduced to two catties and three Wen, and Qin Xiaoyao told that families can take this opportunity to buy some vegetables and go back to stock up.

Everyone thanked the Qin family for their righteousness, and then only a few people stayed to continue to buy water, and most of them left.

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