There are many people with the surname Niu in this village, and Li Banfeng thought this was Niujia Village.

Later I learned that this village is called Pancake Village. There are more than 100 households in the village with a population of more than 500.

In Sandaoling, they are one of the few villages that still have food to eat.

When the insect infestation has reached this level, still being able to eat depends mainly on three conditions.

The first condition is to be able to plant.

Li Banfeng met their cultivator, a man in his forties, named Niu Jingchuan. He had cultivated many special seeds. He could sow the seeds in the middle of winter and harvest grain that month.

Li Banfeng was very surprised: "With your method of farming, wouldn't it be possible to produce twelve crops of grain a year?"

"That won't work!" Niu Jingchuan shook his head and said, "This is quick planting. After planting a few times, the soil will be useless.

Generally, quick planting only requires two crops, and the soil needs to be cultivated for one year (let the land rest for one year).

Sandaoling's soil is fertile, so it can produce up to three crops a year, and it will take another year to nourish the soil next year."

Niu Jingchuan said no more. He went into the field and inspected each crop one by one.

This cultivation is the capital that Pancake Village has been able to persist to this day.

But if you have capital, you still have to hold on to it.

The second condition is to be able to defend, and the people in Pancake Village can really defend!

The grain harvested in the autumn was directly robbed by mosquitoes, so the cultivators immediately planted seeds.

From the beginning of the grain heading, mosquitoes came to infest the crops. The first crop was planted quickly and only less than 20% of the grain was harvested.

By the time the second crop was planted, the villagers had gained experience. They set off smoke, sprayed pesticides, and waited for the grain to ear. The whole village, men, women, old and young, watched day and night and guarded half of the grain.

After the grain is collected, it is sent directly to the cellar. People are assigned to guard the cellar entrance in turns. Every hour, they go down to the cellar to inspect it. If they see mosquitoes, they kill them. If they can't kill all the mosquitoes, no one can come out!

This is the attitude towards life!

The third condition is that you must be able to distribute food.

The method of distributing food is very simple. Go from house to house. Based on the population, each person is given only two days of rations. Do not keep them at home, otherwise everyone will have to feed mosquitoes.

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

If you know someone who shares food, you will definitely want to share more.

If one person shares more, others also want to share more.

If there are too many people like this, some people will suffer.

If there are too many people suffering losses, some people may not want to divide the food, but will grab it.

Pancake Village has made great efforts in distributing food, and each family has one person responsible for bagging.

After filling the bags, no one is allowed to take them away, and no one is allowed to leave the granary. All the grains are piled at the door of the granary and asked to be picked up by another person in the family.

If there are several people in the family, just take a few bags of rice. If the family has food and repairs, there will be extra distribution.

These rice bags were made together in the village, and they all looked the same. No one could tell which bag belonged to whose family, and which one they picked counted as which.

There are still ways to cheat, such as putting a mark on the grain.

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

With the food distributed fairly and people's hearts united, it stands to reason that Pancake Village should be able to survive this insect disaster.

But something happened a few days ago.

A rogue cultivator outside the village came to steal food. He was so skillful that he deceived the guards in the village.

It wouldn't hurt to let him steal a little grain, but it turned out that this thief was unscrupulous and left the granary door open, allowing mosquitoes to get in and destroy most of the grain.

Gengxiu had no choice but to sow the third crop of seeds quickly.

There are still five days left before harvesting, and the ears are about to begin.

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

Niu Jingchuan was very nervous. He had seen mosquitoes near the crops.

As long as one mosquito appears, it may mean that there is no harvest, and everything done before will be in vain.

If this crop of food cannot be maintained, Pancake Village will starve, and the villagers will starve to death, or turn into evil spirits that feed on humans, and eventually become like other deserted villages.

Li Banfeng looked at the various colors of smoke floating in the farmland, looked at the mosquitoes wandering in the smoke, and listened to Niu Fuzhi telling what happened in the village.

"These medicines were sent by the seller. We know the seller, but we don't know you, so we had a fight with you at the entrance of the village.

The salesman is really our benefactor. His medicine was effective at first, but now it is becoming less and less effective. But we will never forget his kindness. He is such a good person.

You were sent by the salesman, right? Are you talking?

Even if you haven't studied, you still have some skills, and the salesman will always recognize you, right?"

Li Banfeng was stunned.

The salesman delivers medicine to the pancake village?

Isn't the salesman a businessman?

Maybe his identity is not that simple?

Li Banfeng was still thinking, and Niu Fuzhi said from the side: "I've been saying this for a long time, where is your medicine? Take it out and use it quickly!"

Li Banfeng was about to take out two packages of patent medicines, but looked at the surroundings and shook his head.

"You can't use medicine here."

"Why?" Niu Fuzhi was very puzzled.

Li Banfeng said: "I'm afraid I'll attract mosquitoes."

Niu Fuzhi frowned and said, "What we want is medicine to kill mosquitoes. Why are you using medicine to attract mosquitoes? If not, you are a person who has never studied."

Li Banfeng frowned: "You have never studied!"

Niu Fuzhi puffed up his chest and said, "I have never studied in the first place."

There's no way to explain it to him.

Li Banfeng selected the location where the medicine should be administered three hundred meters away from the farmland. According to the instructions on the medicine prescription, Li Banfeng asked Niu Fuzhi to prepare a large pot and some firewood.

"Do you still need to make soup for this medicine? How do you plan to feed the medicine to mosquitoes? We all use smoke."

"You haven't studied yet, and you still have so many things to do. Get your things quickly!"

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

The water boils, a packet of medicine is spread out, and the smell of the medicine evaporates.

Niu Fuzhi smelled the medicine and joked: "Don't tell me, it tastes quite refreshing. Can people take this medicine? I'll give it a try..."

Buzz!

Before he finished speaking, a large black crowd of mosquitoes gathered over him, some rushed directly into the soup pot, and some hovered near the pot.

Niu Fuzhi shouted: "You are really harmful to people like a bird. Did you really attract mosquitoes?"

While Niu Fuzhi was scolding his mother, Niu Jingchuan, a farmer working in the fields, laughed.

All the mosquitoes that were lingering in the rice fields were gone.

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

Mosquitoes 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 mosquitoes and also kill mosquitoes.

As long as you smell a little smell, the mosquitoes will fly over. When they encounter a little mist floating out of the medicine pot, the mosquitoes will die immediately.

Niu Jingchuan walked closer and said happily: "This medicine is really effective!"

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

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

But Jiu Gulu reminded: "Before leaving, Lao Yao said that this medicine will not hurt people."

Did Lao Yao say this?

It should have been said.

Mr. Yao will not use medicine to harm others.

There was a thick layer of mosquitoes near the medicine pot. A pair of patent medicines could last a day and a night. Li Banfeng stayed up for two hours, and Niu Fuzhi found someone to replace him.

"Benefactor, please go to my house for a meal first."

Eat again?

Didn’t you just eat it?

But Li Banfeng was really hungry.
To be continued...