Chapter 167: Calculate the food
Nowadays, the crops grown in the village are only a few days away from ripening and can be cut off. However, now at night, no one knows after the locusts fly over, so wait for the night to pass.
The rice, wheat and other food grown in Qingshan Village were eaten by the locusts.
When the villagers who woke up early the next morning saw this situation, they immediately started to wail and cry.
The food that was about to be collected was ruined by locusts, and it was a day when the old food was eaten up and new food needed to make up for this gap.
Now that the food cannot be collected, isn’t this the rhythm of starving people to death?
First there was a man-made disaster, but now there was a natural disaster. I should recite the saying, disaster will not happen alone.
However, the three acres of paddy fields and five acres of wheat grown by the Huang family were also eaten very little.
Not only Qingshan Village, but the entire Qingxiang County and even Wenfu City were also plagued by locusts.
After waking up from the dream, Huang Yiyun opened her eyes suddenly, covered her chest with one hand, and her heart beat violently. She lay on the bed and gasped heavily.
"This is the extreme drought and locusts. This year's food will inevitably not be collected. How many people will not be able to eat, so what should I do? Could it be that I will flee to Qingshan Village? Unlucky encounter drought and locust plague, and I will be forced to leave my hometown again?
No, no, since God has given me a dream that can be warned and can't stop the prophet, so I have to face the difficulties and protect my family while trying to help the villagers avoid this natural disaster." After Huang Yiyun calmed down, although he showed an anxious look on his face, he had a firm look on his face and said with his hands clenched his fists.
The next day, Huang Yiyun woke up and went to Huang Li directly.
Seeing this, Huang Li looked at Huang Yiyun deeply, then pulled down her room and closed the door and said to Huang Yiyun, "Is there something big dream about?"
"Dreams of a severe drought are accompanied by locust plague."
"What? Why is this happening?" Huang Li was shocked after hearing this.
Before, my family had a drought in their hometown and fled to Qingshan Village.
Not only did the wife and children break up, but they finally found the person, but they were still missing two daughters. Now they finally settled in Qingshan Village, with houses and fields. If there were droughts and locust plagues again, Huang Li was a little afraid to think about it, and shook his head pale face.
"It probably happened when the matter happened." Huang Li asked after calming down.
"The rice planted in the village is about to mature. It should be June, and the latest is early July."
"It's only February, and there's still half a year left, so we can prepare."
"My grandma, how much money does our family have now?" Huang Yiyun asked after thinking about it.
"Come on and on, there are eighteen taels of silver."
"A lot of food this year will inevitably have no grain harvest. Our family can use all the money to buy grains and eat them after garrisoning them. Didn't our family build a cellar?
It won’t break even if it is placed in the cellar. In addition, the food can be quickly turned into cash and there is no need to worry about buying more. In addition, our family does not have to pay taxes. As long as we buy more grain this year, we can survive for at least two or three years. It is impossible for natural disasters to occur frequently in the past two or three years.
There is no way to plant paddy fields, so don’t our family have a few acres of dry land? Plant all these acres of dry land into sweet potatoes, potatoes, and other grains that can be buried in the field.
Even if the locust plague comes, it will only eat the stems exposed on the ground, so it is impossible to get into the soil to eat the fruits. These six acres of grain from dry land can be preserved, and there is no tax payment. The grain produced is enough for our family to eat for more than a year.
Also, after spring comes, wild vegetables grow wildly, including bracken, spring bamboo shoots, wild vegetables, mother-in-law vegetables, wild celery and other wild vegetables, our family can pick more, dry them all, and store them for winter. If we calculate this, our family can survive at least three or four years, and we don’t have to worry about food." Huang Yiyun thought quickly and said.
"Big girl, you have a good analysis. After a while, you will ask your father and your uncle to exchange all our money for food. Two natural disasters will come out one after another. We must spread this news."
"Don't worry about buying food and spreading this news. If someone tells Ah Mi now that there will be drought this year and locust plagues, do you believe it or not? Let's wait a little longer." Huang Yiyun's heart changed slightly, and thought of the abbot of Huayun Temple.
"Oh no, your father and the others are growing seedlings in the greenhouse? If there is a drought and locust plague this year, will these seedlings be wasted?" After thinking about this, Huang Li hurriedly ran into the large hut in the backyard.
"Don't raise seedlings first, wait for this matter." After Huang Li ran to the bamboo house in the greenhouse, he saw that Huang Pingcheng and his son had already prepared the seedlings and started sowing. After Huang Li shouted, Huang Congjiang was about to sow seeds.
"Mom, why is this?" Huang Congjiang asked in confusion.
"There is no reason, I'm sure I'll take a few days off first. Boss, I have something to do. Go to the cellar to calculate what we eat, and our family will eat wheat, rice, sweet potatoes, and potatoes. How long can we eat for a family of 70% full?" Huang Li said to Huang Congjiang after thinking about this.
"Yes, mom, I'll go now." Although Huang Congjiang felt that what Huang Li ordered was a little strange, he still obeyed Huang Li's words and turned around and headed towards his own cellar.
"Second, now we have sterile seedlings sow seedlings. These seedlings are easy to collect and move them to the cellar. By the way, your elder brother will calculate the grain in the cellar and give your mother a number."
"Mom, I'll go now."
"Old woman, what are you doing?" After Huang Pingcheng saw that Huang Li's instructions were all related to food, Huang Pingcheng was immediately suspicious, as if something was about to happen.
"It's okay, as long as you listen to me, there will be nothing." Huang Li waved his hand at Huang Pingcheng.
Half an hour later, the two brothers Huang Congjiang calculated the grain in the cellar, and after coming up, they said to Huang Li, "There are the least rice in the cellar, followed by wheat, and the most are sweet potatoes and potatoes. My son guesses that if we eat so many people in our family, if we eat 70% full, we can eat at least half a year. Of course, among these grains, there is no such thing as growing rice, wheat and sweet potatoes. Mom, do you think about what our family’s grain is doing? Could something happen this year?
Huang Congjiang was originally smart. After Huang Li asked him to do something, Huang Congjiang turned around and thought about it and asked.
Chapter completed!