Sisi's eyes lit up. "Wu Guoguo is so smart! He knows exactly that kind of bug."

Qin swayed, “Locusts, it’s over, God is going to wipe out our Peach Blossom Village!”

More than a decade ago, locusts came to Qingyuan Dynasty. Overnight, all the wheat ears were eaten, and countless people starved to death. There were even rumors that large locusts attacked people and ate their flesh and blood.

If locusts really come to Peach Blossom Village, then it's all over.

The entire village is doomed to starve.

Zhou Dawei supported her swaying body. "Mother, she might not come. Maybe it's just my sister having a nightmare..."

“They will come.” Xie Yan interrupted him. “Last time, my sister said a giant snake was coming, and a giant snake came to our house. And there were those robbers too. Have you forgotten, brother?”

Qin choked up and said, "Yes, we can't ignore this. We have to take it seriously."

"I've heard from older people that lime can repel insects, so why don't we get some lime?"

Old Xu coughed and began to speak, "There seems to be a limestone field on the mountain, right next to the cliff."

“Okay, I’ll go find it,” Zhou Dawei said.

Xu Cuicui followed him, "I'll go with you."

Sisi's mention of locusts sent panic through the entire Peach Blossom Village, and the village chief paced anxiously around his house.

His wife didn't believe it. "We haven't seen locusts for over ten years. How could they suddenly appear? Besides, Sisi is just a child. Sometimes what she says might not be true."

"She's not a child anymore."

That's a goddess, that's Fu Bao, she's the lifeblood of his Peach Blossom Village. Without her, would the village be flooded?

Will crops grow in the fields?

The village chief didn't want to believe it either, but hearing it from her mouth, he had no choice but to believe it.

"What's the use of your rush now? Why don't we cover all the wheat with that cloth?"

The village chief glared at him, "We're already poor, and you're still giving us such terrible ideas. Who has the money to buy such a big piece of cloth?"

"So, what do we do now?"

"Let's use lime first. Go and notify the other villages, and I'll lead everyone up the mountain to haul lime."

They had almost dug up all the limestone on the mountain. As it gradually got dark, the village chief led the team to spread limestone on the ground. When they returned, they suddenly saw a swaying figure at the entrance of the village.

Upon closer inspection, it was Li Yu carrying a wine bottle.

"Li Yu? What are you doing in our village?" The village chief looked at him, drunk and disgusted.

"Pick up my wife." Li Yu pointed at him and laughed.

"My mother said that the people in your village are all crazy, and she won't let my wife stay with you because she's afraid that if she stays too long, the children she has will also be crazy. You, give my wife back to me right now!"

The Li family was unaware that Zhang had been handed over to the authorities. The village chief hesitated, wondering whether to tell him, when someone nearby suddenly whispered something.

“My husband, when I went to their village to inform them, he cursed at me, saying I was crazy. No one in their village believed me. I shouted myself hoarse.”

"Then let's just ignore them."

I've already said it; if they don't listen, there's nothing I can do.

The village chief said to Li Yu, "Zhang still has land, and now that her mother is gone, you should hurry up and help her spread lime."

Li was so confused that he didn't hear what the other person was saying at all. He just replied and rushed into the village.

After Zhou Dawei finished sowing his own land, he went to sow the seeds on the Xu family's land. Coincidentally, the Xu family's land was next to the Zhang family's land.

Zhang Xiaohua found it very difficult to do it all by herself.

Xu Cuicui glanced at her, a lump forming in her throat, and asked in a feignedly indifferent tone, "She's all alone and quite pitiful, Brother Dawei, are you going to help her?"

"I'm not going." Zhou Dawei pulled his hand away and rubbed her face, which was covered in grime. He laughed, "Stop being jealous."

"I didn't."

Xu Cuicui inexplicably felt much more relaxed.

"You bitch, what are you doing? Get home right now!" Li Yu not only didn't help, but also kicked Zhang Xiaohua to the ground.

Zhang Xiaohua's mind went blank for a moment, then she stood up shakily. "Li Yu, the village chief said locusts are coming. Could you help me spread lime on the field, and then..."

"Bullshit!" Li Yu spat. "What locusts? I haven't seen locusts in over a decade. Listening to you bunch of lunatics spouting nonsense, my mother is right. If you stay any longer, you'll definitely go crazy like them. Come with me now."

Zhang Xiaohua was not as strong as him, and she didn't want to leave but had no choice. She wanted to ask Zhou Dawei for help.

But Xu Cuicui was watching him, and she couldn't bring herself to speak, so she could only let him drag her away.

"Maybe locusts won't even come? Sisi isn't always right, maybe she won't be this time," Zhang Xiaohua comforted herself.

After spreading the lime, the village chief and his men stood guard in the field with torches. This concerned the villagers' hunger and sustenance, so no one dared to sleep.

Qin asked Xie Yan to coax Sisi to sleep, but the little one tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

Her mind was filled with images of giant insects biting wheat. Her father taught her to fight demons, but he never taught her to fight giant insects.

What should we do with that big bug?

The thought that the uncles and aunts in the village would starve to death, and that her mother and brothers would too, made her feel sad.

really…

If all else fails…

She told the snake king to eat them all in one bite, but she didn't know if the snake king would agree.

But snakes don't seem to eat insects, right?

After much deliberation, Long Sisi decided to go and take a look.

She quietly approached Xie Yan's side, "Fifth Brother, are you asleep?"

Xie Yan closed his eyes and said in a faint voice, "No."

"Sisi wants to go see the big bug."

He opened his eyes. "It's coming?"

"Almost there." The little guy chewed on his finger. "Hmm, five pots, will the big bug eat people?"

"Yes." Xie Yan rolled out of bed. "You're not allowed to leave. I'm going to inform Mother."

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