Li Mengyue carried firewood and Li Mingyu carried bamboo bowls and chopsticks, and the two of them, one big and one small, went home.

But the two of them were walking on the road, and a grasshopper would fly over from time to time.

When Mingyu heard that his sister was going to send him to school, he was no longer so depressed, and the knot that had been bothering him for a long time was also untied.

Being happy and jumping around, this is how a child should be.

Seeing her brother so excited, Li Mengyue felt relieved.

"Sister, this grasshopper is so big."

Li Mingyu held up a big grasshopper and handed it to Li Mengyue.

Seeing that his sister was still carrying firewood, he withdrew his hand in embarrassment.

"Mingyu, take it first. I'll bake it for you when we get home."

When Li Mingyu heard that grasshoppers could be roasted, his eyes lit up instantly and he said excitedly, "Sister, I'll catch more and give them to Mom, Dad, and Minghao."

"Catch more? Mingyu, do you think there are a lot of grasshoppers?"

"Yes! Sister, Minghao and I go out to pick grass for pigs every day, and we always encounter quite a few. But Mingyu and I didn't know that grasshoppers are edible, so we didn't catch them."

Looking towards the dense grass, I suddenly saw seven or eight grasshoppers.

Seeing this, Li Mengyue felt panic for no reason. Her feeling told her that it would not be long before something bad would happen, and it would not only concern her, but also the entire Xinghua Village, and even Wuning County and Qingshan Prefecture.

[Beep! Beep! Beep! Alarm! Alarm!]

Before Li Mengyue could figure out what kind of disaster was going to happen, a shrill alarm sounded in her mind, making her head buzz so loudly that she could no longer hear anything.

She only saw Mingyu talking to her, but couldn't hear what he said.

She was about to ask the president what happened and why the alarm sounded for no reason when she heard other words.

[There will be a locust plague in a month. Please find a way to solve it and collect gratitude points.]

Hearing the word "locust plague", Li Mengyue finally understood what was going on.

It seemed as if she had never seen a drop of rain since she came into this world.

She also heard from the villagers that it rained a few times after the New Year, but each rain was not heavy and the ground was not thoroughly soaked.

When I hurried to Xinghua Village from the capital, I saw that the land in many places was relatively dry.

The key point is that the capital is more than 100 miles away from Xinghua Village. If you take a carriage at the speed of an ordinary horse, it will take more than ten days.

There has been no rain over such a long distance. Once a locust plague occurs, one can imagine how large the area covered will be, and tens of thousands of people will be affected.

Thinking of the villagers who helped me repair my house and weed, there are still many kind people in the village.

She really didn't want these lovely people to face the locust plague, fall into despair and become helpless.

After all, even though she had not experienced it herself, she knew a little about the severity of the locust plague from the books she had read.

She once read a book about a locust plague, which described the locusts covering the sky like dark clouds.

The raindrops fell to the ground with a sound like hail. It wouldn't be long before all the crops in the fields were eaten up, leaving only bare land for people.

As a result, food production was greatly reduced and food shortages occurred in severe cases.