Chapter 184: Grab the Grain
It has been more than twenty days since the Huang family lent money to their family last time.
After taking medicine for so long, Village Chief Zhang's body gradually improved. The broken leg was not complete without a hundred days of effort.
"Auntie and Yiyun are here, come in and sit in." After seeing Huang Li and Huang Yiyun coming from home, Village Chief Zhang leaned on a crutch and asked Huang Li to sit down and said.
"Uncle, please sit down, don't be polite." After seeing this, Huang Yiyun hurriedly helped Village Chief Zhang sit down and said.
"Auntie and the eldest sister come to my house. Is there anything wrong?" Village Chief Zhang asked in his heart when he saw Huang Li and Huang Yiyun's sad faces again.
"Uncle still remembers what the host of Huayun Temple said, "This year there will be drought and locusts that will be at extreme drought? Now the drought has worked. The crops planted in the paddy fields will almost die of drought after they are not watered. This locust plague is coming soon." Huang Yiyun thought for a while and said.
"Aunt, what does the eldest sister mean?" Village Chief Zhang asked Huang Li with a calm expression when he heard Huang Yiyun's words.
"When my eldest sister went up the mountain today, she found a large area of dense locusts in a valley. These locusts were big and small, like laying eggs and hatching. Once these locusts hatched, they would inevitably attract locusts to go down the mountain and eat crops. So, let's notify the village chief and ask the villagers to prepare in advance," Huang Li replied.
"Uncle, now there is a severe drought. There is not much water in the river in front of the village, and I can't irrigate the paddy fields. There are even many rice planted in the paddy fields in the villagers' homes that have died of drought.
Although the rice planted has not been filled for a long time, at least some of it has grown, so I think I can harvest the rice in advance.
If you really encounter locusts going down the mountain to eat crops, you will be afraid that you will have no grain this year. Now you can still receive some food, not."
"Really, big sister, where are you watching the locusts with a large number of them? Take Dalang to see them, otherwise it would be difficult to explain to the villagers." Village Chief Zhang said with a change in his face.
"Sure, I can take Brother Dalang up the mountain and see the dense locusts." Huang Yiyun also understood Village Chief Zhang's concerns and said without refusing.
Huang Yiyun and Zhang Dalang carried water bottles and went up the mountain.
After Huang Li left, Village Chief Zhang asked Zhang Silang to go to Wang Lizheng's house and invited Wang Lizheng to their house.
Huang Yiyun took Zhang Dalang and walked directly to the valley.
The valley is surrounded by tall trees, covering the sky and the sun. In addition, there is a stream separated by a distance in the valley, and the humidity and temperature in the valley are suitable. These conditions add up to make the large area of dense locusts nest in the valley and become the base camp.
After Huang Yiyun took Zhang Dalang to the valley, he saw the dense locusts in the valley. Suddenly, his expression changed drastically. If these locusts flew down the mountain, the crops that came down from the village this year would have been eaten up.
After seeing the dense locusts, Zhang Dalang went down the mountain and rushed home quickly, without caring about Huang Yiyun. He hurried home and told his father the news, asking his father to inform the villagers quickly, at least to harvest the exposed grains such as rice or corn before talking about it.
"Dad, it's not good. It's really like what the eldest sister of the Huang family said. There are many locusts in that valley. These locusts are big and small, most of them are small, and some are even hatching and laying eggs." After Zhang Dalang returned home, he hurriedly said to the village chief Zhang.
"Li Zheng, you see this is..."
"Since this matter is true, although we don't know if the locusts will go down the mountain to eat the crops we planted, we have to tell the villagers about whether to collect grain or not. Whether to report it is our business." Wang Li was invited to their house by village chief Zhang today. Village chief Zhang told him before that the Huang family, who lived at the end of the village, found a valley on the mountain, with dense locusts everywhere. He had asked their father to verify it and asked himself to discuss the matter.
The presidency of Huayun Temple said that there will be drought this year, and there will be locusts that will be caused by drought.
The drought has worked. When Wang Lizheng heard Village Chief Zhang say that there were dense locusts in a valley in the back mountain of Qingshan Village, when the locust plague would occur, Wang Lizhenghe immediately believed it.
Now that Zhang Dalang's confirmation is confirmed, I believe it in my heart.
"Dalang, Erlang, Sanlang, Silang, you four hurried to inform the villagers at home, saying that the village would hold a conference and all went to the square at the entrance of the village." Village Chief Zhang ordered his sons.
"Dad, now there is such a big sun, and there is no sunshade in the square at the village. I inform the villagers to go to the square for a meeting. Will the villagers go?" Zhang Silang scratched his head and said immediately.
Village Chief Zhang and Wang Lizheng looked at each other, and they smiled bitterly on their faces. The villagers really wouldn't go.
"It's just that I'm notifying the villagers from door to door." If I hadn't been broken, I should have done this by myself. After I had no choice but to ask Wang Lizheng to inform each household.
Others notify them either because they lack the status or have no prestige, and the villagers will not believe them.
"It's okay."
"Dad, what should we do now?" After Wang Li was leaving, Zhang Dalang asked Village Chief Zhang.
"I've harvested it, now I'll get the sickle. I'll harvest all the rice first. After cutting some of the rice, you brothers take turns to send all the rice they have been harvested into the granary. Don't wait until all of them are harvested before picking them home.
I will ask your wife to go to the fields to harvest rice, and be careful not to get heatstroke. If it really doesn't work, do it for a while and take a rest." Village Chief Zhang gritted his teeth and ordered.
Now that this scene is not enough, it is impossible. What's more, if other villagers want to harvest food in advance, shouldn't their own families set an example?
Otherwise, how can other villagers believe that there will be a locust plague?
Now Village Chief Zhang is worried about when the locusts in the valley of the back mountain will fly down the mountain to eat crops.
I hope God blesses you and wait until the villagers harvest the grain. Otherwise, many families will live a hard life this year and tighten their belts and stay alive.
"Wait, boss, second, third, please ask your wife to go back to her parents' home. If you believe it, let them go. If you believe it or not, please go. Boss, please find the village chief in the surrounding villages and tell it. If you believe it or not, let them go." Village Chief Zhang called Zhang Dalang, who was going to leave to harvest rice.
Chapter completed!