The key is that they replaced all the food with coarse grains, and they had to be frugal and eat sparingly every day. If they had used refined grains, they would not have been able to survive until the autumn harvest.

This is the case during harvest seasons, let alone the locust plague this year, which makes the situation even more grim.

But they were lucky. Xinghua Village had Li Mengyue. Since they were close to Xinghua Village, they were also included in Li Mengyue's circle of friends. Whenever there was any good thing, they would have a share, instead of being monopolized by Xinghua Village.

This was the case with the previous locust trade and the help from other counties in exterminating locusts. They took advantage of it and went from having to go hungry to having some money saved.

The villagers in the seven villages are all aware of these changes, and they are all brought about by Li Mengyue.

If it weren't for Li Mengyue, these people would not only have no money to save, but would have to exhaust all their energy just to fill their stomachs, and even that might not be possible.

Therefore, not only his family, but all the villagers in the seven villages were extremely grateful to Li Mengyue in their hearts.

Otherwise, if Li Mengyue proposed to build a reservoir and dig a river, they would unconditionally support and highly cooperate.

You know, the reservoir that Li Mengyue asked everyone to build is really too big. He couldn't imagine how much water such a large reservoir could store after it was built.

However, he knew that not only would the fields of the entire Qingshan Town no longer have to worry about droughts and floods, but the same would apply to other towns as well. If the plan was expanded further, perhaps the fields of the people in Wuning County would also benefit from it.

You can imagine how big the reservoir to be built is.

Such a large reservoir is no small task. Even if the villagers of seven villages work tirelessly, it is impossible to complete it within two months, not to mention that there is still a river to be dug.

The seven village chiefs knew it, and the villagers understood it in their hearts, but no one questioned it.

The fundamental reason is Li Mengyue. They believe that reservoir construction and river excavation seem to be impossible, but in Li Mengyue's hands, it will not be a big problem. All they have to do is cooperate.

Whatever Li Mengyue asked them to do, they just had to do it seriously and not think too much. Being able to make money and have enough to eat was simply the good life they had always dreamed of. How could they possibly cause trouble for Li Mengyue?

The key point is that Li Mengyue even considered the issue of refugees and proposed to form a patrol team.

To be honest, he and the other village chief all knew the importance of the patrol team, but they also knew that if everyone was hungry, no one would take out a lot of time to go to the patrol team.

As a result, Li Mengyue helped them solve the problem without saying a word, saying that she had grain and could sell it to the villagers at a low price.

He thought it was a low price, and thought it would be around ten cents, but he never expected it to be only two cents.

At such a low price, Jian Qi felt it was almost like giving it away for free, because he knew that the grain Li Mengyue was talking about must be fine grain.

The price of refined grain has always been high. The grain store in town charges five cents per catty. In today's situation, the price has risen to twenty cents.

The price Li Mengyue gave was two cents, which was nothing but giving it away for free.

Even so, even if they wanted to buy more food, they could not come up with enough silver.

Another point is that they also need to be sensible. They can't just buy whatever Li Mengyue says without thinking.

Besides, even if they wanted to buy it, they didn’t have that much money.