Chapter 167 Dense Insects
He always trusted his intuition, and this feeling saved him many times.
Zhang San did not refuse and took the banknote directly from Xia Xing'er. After thanking her, he led the officials back to Beijing.
Now only the Xia family is left here.
Everyone looked at each other, and finally Liu Youran spoke first.
"What are you all standing there for? Take the things from the car first. The eldest son's wife and the second son's wife will cook with me. The eldest son, the second son, the third son and your father will set up the tent first and prepare a place for us to stay tonight. Xing'er, you look after the three little ones and help us!"
After more than half a year, the Xia family is no longer the young masters and mistresses who have everything handed to them. They have long been able to do everything with ease.
As soon as Liu Youran finished speaking, everyone took action.
Xia Chengsheng and Xia Qingyun first built a simple stove on the open space.
Zhuge Pei and Bai Wan'er also wanted to take the ingredients from the donkey cart.
Half an hour later, it was completely dark and everyone in the Xia family had a delicious dinner.
In the middle of the night, the Xia family's hearing and eyesight became sharp because they had taken the marrow cleansing pill and had been drinking spiritual spring water for more than half a year.
Everyone who was already fast asleep was awakened by the rustling sound.
Over the past six months, everyone has gotten used to sleeping in their clothes, and they quickly leave the tent as soon as they hear any movement.
What you see is a swarm of insects, which makes your scalp tingle.
The three little ones, who were originally a little confused, were completely scared away by the scene before them.
Xia Zibo quickly found Xia Xing'er's location and asked, "Aunt, there are so many bugs?"
Xia Xing'er frowned and kept thinking in her heart. To be honest, she had never seen so many insects in her two lifetimes, and she didn't know why there were so many insects.
These insects seemed to be controlled by someone. They were not coming for no purpose, but were coming towards them?
Xia Xing'er tried to attack them with her spiritual power. The insects seemed to sense the danger and immediately scattered in all directions. Their speed seemed as if a powerful enemy was chasing them.
Seeing this scene, everyone got goosebumps all over their body.
These bugs can run away just like that, but the key is that they make a squeaking sound, which sounds creepy!
Xia Xing'er was thinking, what Aunt Chen told her today about this place being haunted at night, was it because of the noise made by these insects that made the villagers mistakenly believe that this place was haunted?
"Are these poisonous insects only found in southern Xinjiang?" Xia Chengsheng is knowledgeable and could tell at a glance?
The others were immediately surprised, as this place was thousands of miles away from southern Xinjiang.
Why would the poisonous insects unique to southern Xinjiang appear here?
Who raises these poisonous insects?
What is their purpose?
Xia Xing'er looked around. The wind was howling and the night was dark. They were targeted as soon as they arrived. The current situation was that the enemy was in the dark and they were in the light!
The most important thing now is to sleep. This is where she wants to build her base camp, and no one can change it!
Bai Wan'er hugged Xia Zibo tightly and said tremblingly, "What should we do with these bugs?"
After her house was confiscated and she was exiled, she practiced martial arts, but she was still very afraid of these densely packed insects.
Zhuge Pei's situation was similar to Bai Wan'er's. His face was pale and he couldn't help but feel terrified whenever he thought of what happened just now.
Xia Xing'er used her spiritual power to protect her body, walked directly to the donkey cart, took down a few sacks from it and threw them to them.
"Just burn the ashes with this and spread some around?"
Everyone in the Xia family looked at each other, wondering: Can wood ash really repel insects?
Why have they never heard of it?
But they can understand these. After all, they have never done farm work since they were young, so it is normal not to understand these things!
But, hasn’t their daughter/younger sister never farmed before? How did she know this?
What they didn’t know was that Xia Xing’er had actually farmed on Meishan Mountain, but they just didn’t know about it!
One good thing about the Xia family is that they unconditionally carry out Xia Xing'er's words.
They quickly got some more firewood and lit a fire. The flames illuminated the darkness, and everyone gradually felt safe.
After the first batch of wood ash was burned, Xia Qingfeng spread it around according to Xia Xing'er's instructions, and the effect was indeed remarkable.
Their sister/daughter is really capable and even knows something like this.
The insects around here, as long as they came into contact with the wood ash, would either move away quickly or be burned to death.
Seeing that it was effective, Bai Wan'er immediately became excited and gave orders to her husband.
"Husband, it really works, hurry up and do more."
Liu Youran also began to direct: "Big Brother, Third Brother, go help and spread it around the tent."
Xia Qingyun and Xia Qingyu quickly went to move some more firewood.
After working for an hour, they finally sprinkled wood ash around the entire tent.
After doing all this, everyone went back to the tent to sleep.
Xia'er was still worried, so she set up a simple barrier around them and then went back to sleep with peace of mind.
Everyone slept until dawn, but were finally awakened by a noisy sound.
Villager A: "Did you hear any noise last night?"
Villager B: "Can you tell me if the new family that arrived yesterday is alright? Why hasn't anyone come out yet?"
Villager C: "They'll definitely turn into a pile of bones like those people before. Sigh, we'll have to dig a pit and bury them in the end!"
"That's not necessarily true. Those people used to live in that house or in the yard. This family built a shed in the open space. Maybe..."
The man didn't finish what he said, but everyone understood what he meant.
"Look at that horse! Its four legs are thick and well-proportioned. Its body is very smooth, shiny as if it had been greased. The hair on its neck hangs down in orderly clumps. This horse is so well-bred! I wish it were ours!"
Seeing him like this, the people around him couldn't help but say, "Are you still asleep? You're daydreaming here! Don't even mention that this horse already has an owner. Even if the family is gone, it's not your turn or mine. The village head is still here!"
Yes, even if the horse is ownerless, it is not their turn. No matter how good the thing is, it must be handed over to the village head.
If they dare not hand it over to the head of the village, then their whole family will have no chance of staying in this Stone Village, and their family may even be destroyed!
They all knew very well that those who had been assigned to settle here before and had a little money could still survive if they were more obedient and sensible and took the initiative to give money to Chen Lizheng.
Those who have bad tempers and whom Chen Lizheng cannot control will be arranged here. Within two days, these people will turn into piles of bones and their property will become Chen Lizheng's.
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