"I'm all set." After finishing speaking, Su Xiaoxia went out and took out the hoe and firewood knife, as well as the wooden barrel, some tools and a large sheet that was useless at home, "Everyone take a little, and then carry two big baskets." ”

"Xiaoxia, what's going on? What do you want all this for? Aunt Xu looked at everyone's hoes, firewood knives and sheets in their hands, and her eyes were full of doubts.

It was the first time she had seen someone use these things to get rid of locusts.

"Let's talk as we go." When the sound fell, Su Xiaoxia explained that Xu Lanhua and the children were obedient at home, closed the door, and the adults didn't come back, so don't open it if anyone shouts.

After explaining, Su Xiaoxia also carried a basket on his back.

And the rest of the people each took the tools in it, and after they distributed it, they followed Su Xiaoxia out of the door.

On the way to exterminate the locusts, Su Xiaoxia told Xu Yiyun and others about his plan.

In fact, this plan was seen in a history book at the beginning, mainly to record the story of "Yao Zhen exterminating locusts".

It tells the story that after Tang Xuanzong succeeded to the throne, in order to restore the country's prosperity, he named Yao Zhen as the prime minister and led the country to rejuvenate all kinds of waste.

In the end, with the help of Yao Zhen, the country prospered, but on the way to prosperity, there was a serious locust plague among the people.

There was a very serious locust plague in that area, and the vast land was full of swarms of locusts as far as the eye could see.

And the place where the locusts flew was black and oppressive, like a dark cloud covering the top, and even the sunlight was completely blocked.

Wherever the locusts flew, the crops were gnawed to the ground, leaving no roots, and even the weeds were eaten clean.

Although there are also locusts entering Xujia Village, it is not very serious on the whole, if the locusts continue to be rampant, the disaster will only get worse and worse, and it will be very difficult to remedy it at that time.

At the beginning of the period of Yao Zhen's existence, people were also the same as the people of Xujia Village, because they did not have any agricultural knowledge, they thought that the locust plague was a natural disaster, so they constantly prayed to God and did these useless works all day long.

In addition, many people at that time were feudal and superstitious, thinking that this was an inevitable disaster, and God punished the world, so they kept it aside.

So it went on like this for a long time, and everyone watched all kinds of crops being ravaged by locusts, and finally the locusts multiplied more and more under the nourishment of crops, and the disaster became more and more serious!

Seeing that the matter was getting more and more serious, Yao Zhen proposed that locusts were just a kind of pests that could be eliminated, and that this locust plague was not a so-called natural disaster, but a natural disaster.

But at that time, some people retorted that this was a natural disaster, and if they intervened forcibly, they would be against God, and it would become more and more serious at that time.

Both approve and disapprove of a lot of people, but in the end, Tang Xuanzong still agreed with Yao Zhen's approach and let Yao Zhen deal with this matter.

Fortunately, Yao Zhen lived up to expectations and exterminated the locusts.

Because of the records in the history books, Su Xiaoxia told them about the method used by Yao Zhen, after all, it was only recorded in the book, and whether it could be done depended on the situation.

And this method is to wait until night and light a fire in an open area of the field.

Locusts are phototaxis at night, and when they see the light of a fire in the dark night sky, they will fly in droves.

At that time, it was the perfect opportunity to catch all the locusts that were rushing into the flames.

Of course, it is impossible to destroy all the locusts at once, but it is possible to burn them with a broom or anything, beat the locusts to the ground, and then trample them to death.

After Xu Yiyun and Shen Lan listened, they agreed, but after Aunt Xu and the others heard what Su Xiaoxia said, they always felt that it was not feasible.

This set a fire to attract locusts, will the locusts really be attracted to them?

And this is written in the book, no one has tried to do it, in case it doesn't work, this weather is so dry, if the fire is not extinguished, what can be done if it burns somewhere else?

Seeing that Aunt Xu and the others had questions, Su Xiaoxia was a little helpless, although no one had tried the current method, it was better than no way and then watching the locusts rage!

She didn't tell them about "Yao Zhen exterminating locusts" when she was sick just now, because even if she did, they didn't know who Tang Xuanzong was, and they would get to the bottom of it when the time came, which would be a great waste of time.

And she can't explain it so clearly, after all, sometimes, it's just chickens and ducks.

But now everyone can't think of other methods, so they can only try it according to Su Xiaoxia's method.

When Su Xiaoxia and the others came to the field, they found that the light of the torch in their hands quickly attracted the locusts.

Seeing this, Su Xiaoxia was overjoyed, thinking that the fire was still effective, and hurriedly said to everyone: "Quick! Everyone, do what I told you just now, this little fire can attract locusts, then let's quickly set a trap, otherwise when there are more and more locusts, we won't be able to parry if we are not prepared! ”

When Xu Yiyun heard her words, he rolled up his sleeves without saying a word, and picked up firewood from the side, while Xu Dayan and Xu Jiushu dug a pit with a hoe and asked Xu Yiyun to throw all the firewood into it.

In a short time, there was a lot of dry wood piled up in the pit.

There was also a puddle next to the fire pit, and there was a circle of hay around it.

After listening to the sound of swarms of locusts flying through the air around her, Su Xiaoxia said, "Everyone come here." ”

After everyone came over, Su Xiaoxia picked up the torch and lit all the dry firewood.

The weather is dry, as soon as this dry wood touches Mars, it will burn at once.

As a fire burned, the locusts scrambled to the fire.

I don't know if I don't see this, but I'm shocked when I see it!

With the help of the firelight, Su Xiaoxia and the others saw that the black pressure above their heads was full of locusts.

Su Xiaoxia's face changed greatly, she thought that the locusts had just come to Xujia Village, but she didn't expect that so many locusts had already come.

Fortunately, I thought of a way tonight, otherwise I would have waited for tomorrow, I am afraid it would be more serious.

"Do it!"

Su Xiaoxia gave an order, and Xu Yiyun took the broken sheets and fished them up, and then pressed the locusts into the fire very tacitly, and within a while, there was a sound in the air.

When the locust's wings are burned, the locusts naturally fall near the pit and in the puddle.

"Wonderful!" Uncle Xu Jiu couldn't help but raise his thumbs up, "Xiaoxia is really smart!" ”

Aunt Xu and others also began to learn from each other.

Although tired, it only took a short time to get a lot of locusts to the ground.

"The kids should be shouted...... If the children were there, they would have trampled all the locusts on the ground to death! ”

Hearing Shen Lan's words, Su Xiaoxia shook her head: "After all, there are still a lot of locusts, the children are here, I'm worried that the children will be in chaos." ”