There are many people surnamed Niu in this village, and Li Banfeng thought that this was Niujia Village.

Later, I learned that this village is called Pancake Village, and there are more than 100 households in the village, with more than 500 people.

In Sandaoling, they are one of the few villages where there is still food.

The insect plague has reached this point, and there is still food to eat, which mainly depends on three conditions.

The first condition is to be able to plant.

Li Banfeng saw their cultivation, a man in his forties, this man is called Niu Jingchuan, he has cultivated many special seeds, sowing seeds in the middle of winter, and harvesting grain in the same month.

Li Banfeng was very surprised: "According to your planting method, wouldn't you be able to produce twelve seasons of grain in a year?" ”

"That's not going to work!" Niu Jingchuan shook his head and said, "This is a quick planting, if you plant it a few times, the soil will be wasted.

Fast planting generally only plants two stubbles, and you have to raise soil for a year (let the land rest for a year),

Sandaoling soil fertilizer, up to three stubbles a year, next year also have to raise a year of soil. ”

Niu Jingchuan didn't say anything more, he went into the field and inspected each crop one by one.

This cultivation is the capital of the pancake village to persist until now.

But with the capital, you have to keep it.

The second condition is to be able to keep it, and the people in the pancake village can really keep it!

The grain harvested in autumn was directly looted by mosquitoes, and the cultivation was immediately planted.

From the beginning of grain heading, there are mosquitoes to infest, the first crop is planted quickly, and less than 20% of the grain is harvested.

When the second crop was about to be planted, the villagers had experience, smoked, sprinkled medicine, and waited for the grain to be tasseled, and the men, women, and children of the whole village watched day and night, and kept half of the grain.

After receiving the grain, send it directly to the cellar, and send people to take turns guarding the cellar entrance, every hour, go down to the cellar to check once, and kill the mosquitoes when you see them, not only the mosquitoes can be killed, but people can't come out!

That's the attitude to live!

The third condition is that the grain must be shared.

The method of distributing food is very simple, go from house to house, according to the population, each person is only given two days of rations, do not store it at home, otherwise they will all have to feed mosquitoes.

The method is simple, but the execution is not so simple.

People who know the food distribution must want to share more.

When one person gets more, the others want to share more.

If there are many such people, some people will suffer.

If there are many people who suffer losses, some people may not be able to divide the grain equally, and they will have to grab the grain.

The pancake village has worked hard to distribute the grain, and each family has a person who is responsible for bagging.

After the bags were filled, they were not allowed to take them away, and no one was allowed to leave the granary, and all the grain was piled up at the door of the granary for another person in the family to pick it up.

If there are a few people in the family, they will take a few bags of rice, and if there is food repair at home, there will be additional distribution.

These rice bags are made together in the village, and they all look the same, and no one can tell which bag belongs to whom, and which one is picked.

There are still ways to cheat, such as marking food.

But cheating is difficult and has serious consequences, and once caught, you will be expelled from the village.

The food distribution is fair, and the people's hearts are united, and it stands to reason that the pancake village should be able to survive this insect plague.

But there was an accident the other day.

There was a thief outside the village who came to steal food, and his skills were so skillful that he deceived the village guards.

It didn't hurt to let him steal a little grain, but this thief lacked morality, and without closing the granary door, the mosquitoes went in and ruined most of the grain.

Cultivating and repairing had no choice but to plant the third crop quickly.

There are still five days left before the harvest, and the heading is about to be pulled.

There are more and more mosquitoes in the vicinity, and the effectiveness of various poisons is getting worse and worse.

Niu Jingchuan was nervous, he had already seen mosquitoes near his crops.

The presence of just one mosquito can mean that the particles are not harvested and everything that has been done before will be wasted.

If this grain cannot be kept, the pancake village will starve, and the villagers will starve to death, or they will become evil spirits that feed on people, and eventually become like other deserted villages.

Li Banfeng looked at the various colors of smoke wafting in the farmland, looked at the mosquitoes wandering in the smoke, and listened to Niu Fuzhi tell about the things in the village.

"These medicines are sent by the merchant, we know the merchant, but we don't know you, so we fought with you at the entrance of the village.

The merchant is really our benefactor, at the beginning of his medicine can be effective, now it is getting more and more ineffective, but we can't forget his kindness, he is really a good person,

You were sent by a merchant, right? Are you talking?

Even if you haven't studied, you still have cultivation, and the merchant always recognizes it, right? ”

Li Banfeng was stunned.

The merchant delivers medicine to the pancake village?

Isn't the merchant a businessman?

Maybe his identity isn't that simple?

Li Banfeng was still thinking about it, and Niu Fuzhi said beside him: "I've been talking about it for a long time, where is your medicine?" Take it out and use it! ”

Li Banfeng was about to take out two packets of medicine, but after looking at the surrounding situation, he shook his head again.

"You can't use medicine here."

"Why?" Niu Fuzhi was very puzzled.

Li Banfeng said: "I'm afraid of attracting mosquitoes. ”

Niu Fuzhi frowned and said: "What we want is mosquito killing medicine, what are you doing with mosquito medicine?" If you don't say you, you haven't studied at first glance. ”

Li Banfeng frowned: "You haven't studied!" ”

Niu Fuzhi puffed up his chest and said, "I haven't studied in the first place. ”

I can't explain it to him.

Li Banfeng chose the location of the medicine three hundred meters away from the farmland, and according to the instructions on the prescription, Li Banfeng asked Niu Fuzhi to prepare a large pot and prepare some firewood.

"Do you still need to boil soup for this medicine? What are you going to do to feed the mosquitoes? We all smoke it. ”

"You haven't studied, and you still have so many things, hurry up and get something!"

After a while, Niu Fuzhi came with a cauldron on his back, and Li Banfeng added water to boil the medicine.

The water boiled, a packet of medicine dispersed, and the smell of medicine steamed.

Niu Fuzhi smelled the smell of medicine and quipped: "Don't say it, this smell is quite fresh, can people take this medicine?" I'll try it ......."

Airplanes!

Before he finished speaking, a large number of mosquitoes gathered under the black press, some rushed directly into the soup pot, and some circled near the pot.

Niu Fuzhi shouted: "You birdman, you are really harmful, you really attracted mosquitoes?" ”

Niu Fuzhi was scolding his mother, and Niu Jingchuan, who was working in the fields, smiled.

The mosquitoes that used to wander in the rice fields are gone.

Looking in the direction of the mosquitoes' flight, they all flew towards Li Banfeng.

The mosquitoes that had gathered from all directions gathered together and surrounded Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng calmly stirred the spoon in the soup pot, watching the mosquitoes fall to the ground one by one around him.

Yao Lao's medicine can attract and kill mosquitoes.

As soon as it smells a little, the mosquito will fly over, and when it touches a little mist wafting from the medicine pot, the mosquito will kill instantly.

Niu Jingchuan walked closer and said with a happy face: "This medicine is a true spirit!" ”

Niu Fuzhi was a little scared: "This medicine can poison so many mosquitoes, and it can also poison people, right?" ”

To be honest, Li Banfeng was also a little worried.

But the wine gourd reminded: "Before leaving, Lao Yao said that this medicine does not hurt people." ”

Did Lao Yao say such a thing?

It should have been said.

Yao Lao will not harm people with medicine.

The mosquitoes near the medicine pot were piled up with a thick layer, a pair of medicines, which could survive for a day and a night, Li Banfeng stayed up for two hours, and Niu Fuzhi found someone to replace him.

"Benefactor, let's go to my house for a meal first."

Eat again?

Didn't you just eat it?

But Li Banfeng was really hungry.

This meal is the best pancake in the pancake village.

After eating a meal at Lao Niu's house, the hostess was a little unhappy, but she didn't say it.

After eating, Li Banfeng checked the effect of the medicine.

From the place where the medicine was boiled, he walked out for more than two miles, and Li Banfeng could still see that many mosquitoes were constantly flying in the direction of the medicine pot.

Walking out for three miles, there are basically no mosquitoes in this area, and the mosquitoes are all attracted away by the fragrance of medicine.

After some further distance, mosquitoes reappeared.

The smell of medicine can't float here.

Li Banfeng carefully distinguished the taste with the exquisite technique of Baiwei, and there was indeed no medicinal smell in the air.

Yao Lao's medicine is indeed powerful, within a radius of five miles, all mosquitoes will be attracted to the vicinity of the medicine pot and poisoned.

This is equivalent to forming a protective cover, which can keep the food of the pancake village.

Heading within five days, harvesting within three days, threshing and warehousing for a few days, leaving them with more than a dozen packets of medicine powder, should be enough.

The pancake village is saved.

Li Banfeng also wanted to see if there were any other villages that insisted on living like people.

There must still be.

As long as you can get one step earlier, maybe one more village can hold on.

He was about to hand over the medicine to Niu Fuzhi, but after thinking about it, he felt that this was wrong.

I survived this time, what will I do next time?

As long as this mosquito is not extinct, the pancake village will always struggle on the line of life and death.

If you want to save the pancake village, there is only one way, give them the prescription.

But the prescription is for Pan Dehai.

Wouldn't handing it over to this group of villagers go against Yao Lao's original intention?

Besides, this prescription is so toxic, if you give it to ordinary people and change the prescription, will it be used to do evil?

While thinking about it, Niu Fuzhi chased after him: "Benefactor, where are you going?" It's time for dinner, hurry up to our house to eat! ”

Dinner again?

Li Banfeng followed Niu Fuzhi into the house.

Niu Fuzhi's daughter-in-law was counting the grains of rice into the pot, grabbed an extra handful into the pot, hesitated for a moment, and grabbed back a little.

A family has two days of rations in hand, this is the third meal Li Banfeng has eaten here, and the hostess is distressed.

"What the hell!" Niu Fuzhi scolded his daughter-in-law, "The benefactors are here, what are you doing with the search!" ”

The daughter-in-law bit her lip and grabbed two more handfuls of rice into the pot.

Niu Fuzhi went into the cellar, groped for a long time, and brought out a jar of wine.

"Engong, don't dislike it, we don't have any good wine, we brew it at home,

This year's disaster, the wine brewed this jar, I wanted to drink it for the New Year, Engong, I will give you a taste today. ”

Li Banfeng felt a pain in his chest.

It hurts terribly.

It wasn't poisoning, it wasn't that he was injured, he felt guilty.

He wanted to hand over the prescription, and now he would hand it over immediately.

Niu Fuzhi poured the wine: "Engong, what's wrong?" Why don't you drink it?

If you don't like this wine, I'll go out tomorrow to find good wine, I heard that there is still wine in Mitang Village, and my daughter-in-law has a bracelet, so I will treat him as a wine and drink it for Engong! ”

Li Banfeng's heart hurt again.

"Drink a bowl first, you taste it first!" Niu Fuzhi lifted the wine bowl.

Li Banfeng picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip.

The wine was very mellow and spicy, and Li Banfeng was hot and dry.

Niu Fuzhi greeted his daughter-in-law again: "Stew that piece of pickled pork for Engong!" ”

The hostess couldn't help but reply: "There is only this piece left, and the baby is reluctant to eat it." ”

Niu Fuzhi said angrily: "What do you say, let you stew it!" ”

The hostess did not dare to make a sound.

Li Banfeng was speechless.

Niu Fuzhi took another sip of wine and said to Li Banfeng; "Engong, I know, your medicine is not ordinary, can you give us two more packs?

We don't want you for nothing, we pay for it, we ...... We'll give you what we can give,

Engong, I beg you, I will kowtow to you! ”

As he spoke, Niu Fuzhi was about to kneel.

Li Banfeng took a deep breath and said, "Stand up, don't kneel!" ”

Niu Fuzhi said: "I am sincere. ”

Li Banfeng frowned and said: "You are not allowed to kneel if you are sincere, Lao Pan, come out, don't spoil this honest man." ”

Niu Fuzhi was stunned and said, "What are you talking about, who is Lao Pan?" ”

Li Banfeng said: "Niu Fuzhi, blessed, ambitious, such a person should not kneel, this time Lao Pan forced you to kneel, don't kneel again in the future,

Lao Pan is already here, let your daughter-in-law put away the marinated pork, and don't give him food, you find a place to hide for a while, and I'll talk to Mr. Pan. ”

PS: Pan Dehai, here.

(End of chapter)