Chapter 163 Nuobao Mightily Eliminates Locusts
Little Nuobao jumped off the wooden chair, staggered, and walked to the school gate, looking at the fields in the village.
Fortunately.
Most of the farmland in Daliu Village is concentrated.
Except for the small plots of land planted in front of and behind the houses by every household, the remaining farmland is in the south of the village, and it is not difficult to concentrate and protect it.
"Fire!"
In everyone's expectation, Little Nuobao uttered two words crisply: "Light a fire!"
"Fire?" Everyone's eyes widened.
Zheng, who was always smart in Qingquan Village, guessed it first and asked, "Does Nuobao want us to kill locusts with fire?"
Little Nuobao nodded his head and said, "No, insects like light. The light of fire is dazzling at night. They will definitely come. When the time comes, we can just burn them with fire. One by one, one by one."
When everyone heard this, they were all delighted.
This method works. Why didn't they think of it?
In fact, it is not difficult to guess the method of burning locusts with fire. The real difficulty is that people cannot predict the locust plague before it occurs.
Farmers are afraid of locust plagues because once an insect plague comes, it usually comes in an instant. People have no time to prepare and can only watch as the crops in the fields are eaten up.
After so long, when people face locust plagues, they can only leave it to fate and not think about countermeasures.
Now that they have received Nuobao's instructions, everyone is immediately encouraged.
"These damn locusts dare to harm our crops. We can't be afraid of them. We have to fight them!" The village chief shouted while knocking on the smoke pot.
Little Nuobao pinched his fat waist and began to command.
"If locusts come, they must come from one direction." Nuobao waved his hands: "We have to light two big fires on each side of the village, and dig two big pits next to them, and then burn and bury them at the same time!" When
locusts pass through, it will be a dark mass, and two or three fires alone will not be enough to burn them all.
So little Nuobao touched his chin again and added in a tender voice: "Also, we have to dig a few big trenches around the farmland, fill the trenches with dry grass and firewood, and let the fire burn around the edge of the field after it is ignited. If there are locusts that were missed before and want to come to raid the crops, they will still be burned!"
The villagers listened carefully and nodded in response.
In this way, there are two lines of defense, which is very appropriate!
Men, women, old and young in Daliu Village rushed back home, got pickaxes and shovels, and started digging fire pits and trenches. It
was getting dark soon, and the men in the village were afraid that they would be too late, so they took off their shirts and worked hard.
The women with strong strength went to dig trenches at the edge of the fields, while the weak ones were responsible for carrying firewood and hay, ready to burn at any time.
As for whose firewood they brought, no one cared at this moment.
After all, compared with a mere firewood, crops are as important as life, and everyone knows what is more important.
And in Qingquan Village, they were also rushing back to their own village, rushing to arrange the fire before the locusts came.
Soon, night fell.
In the dark night, no one in the house lit up the oil lamps. Only the fires at the entrance of the village and the edge of the fields were burning. It was so bright that it was blinding to look at it closely.
Jiang Fengze was afraid of the cold night breeze, so he took a thin jacket from home and wrapped it around his sister's plump body.
At this time, Xiao Nuobao seemed to sense something and suddenly raised his eyes: "Here they come, everyone get ready, they are coming."
With the little guy's order, the villagers all tightened their bodies and stared at the four directions of east, south, west and north.
At this time, Ju Jiao, the daughter of Mrs. Liu, slapped her face, feeling that something was flying over.
When she took it down and looked at it, she screamed in fear: "Ah, bugs!"
Mrs. Liu's voice suddenly rose: "My lady, these are locusts!"
Before she finished speaking, the night not far away became particularly dark.
The next moment, a large number of black locusts blocked the moonlight and flew over from the north of the village!
"The locusts are coming, everyone hurry up and burn them!" The village chief stared at the dense black spots in front of him, roared angrily, and started beating around the fire pit.
Xiao Nuobao stood calmly in place, looking at the fire in front of him.
As she expected, the locusts, like a dark cloud, should have rushed to the fields, but when they saw the fire, they turned around and rushed into the fire.
"Look!" Several villagers stopped beating and widened their eyes in excitement.
"Really, they all went into the fire." Jiang Fengnian touched his chest and exclaimed excitedly.
Soon, thick smoke billowed from above the fire pit, and locusts kept falling, making the fire crackle.
A few insects were driven away by the smoke and wanted to go straight to the crops.
However, the fire ditch was not given for nothing.
The flames in the sky were like a barrier to the crops. The locusts had no time to do anything, so they just pounced on it, instantly burning into sparks and turning into a wisp of black smoke.
In less than a quarter of an hour, there were no locusts in Daliu Village, and the air was filled with the smell of burning.
The village chief and several uncles were so excited that they almost cried when they saw this scene.
"Great, the locusts are dead."
"We...we actually escaped the locust plague!"
"I dare not think about it, I really dare not think about it!" Old Zhang sat down on the ground: "When I was young, there were two locust plagues in the village. Both times, the crops were eaten up. This time, the crops were saved. Nuobao, you saved the life of our village!"
The young people and children in the village were all shouting excitedly around the fire pit.
"The locusts are gone, Nuobao is so powerful!"
"Don't worry about food. Those who survive a disaster will have good fortune in the future. There will be a good harvest in the fields this autumn!"
The whole village cheered, and little Nuobao smiled sweetly, showing his teeth.
It's great.
It's another day of protecting everyone.
I've said it before, as long as she's here, nothing will happen to the villagers!
This night was naturally a sleepless night.
After the villagers finished celebrating, they started to clean up and fill up the fire pit and the fire trench.
There were still some dead bodies of locusts on the ground. Little Nuobao told the village chief to burn them all to avoid leaving eggs.
It was almost midnight, and Little Nuobao yawned continuously. Before he could get home and get into bed, he fell into Feng's arms and snored with his mouth puffed.
The whole village was busy until the second half of the night. After everything was cleaned up, they went home happily and had a good sleep.
The next morning, Little Nuobao slept until the sun was shining on her buttocks. It was only when Xiao Lanyi put roasted corn next to her pillow that the little guy was so fragrant that he had to look at it.
Xiao Lanyi brought a bowl of two-grain porridge, a bowl of chicken and egg custard, scallion pancakes, and corn, pork ribs and meat wontons. Like a housekeeper, she took care of Nuobao's clothes and food.
"Your mother and your brother and sister-in-law are out. They said that people from Xishan Village and Qing Village are coming, and they want to send thank-you gifts to your village. Of course, they are mainly for you, and they are busy there." Xiao Lanyi picked up the bowl of porridge and said with a smile.
Since moving into Dalui Village, Xiao Lanyi has become a "wet nurse".
Whenever the adults in the Jiang family are busy, Nuobao and Chunger are left to him to take care of, and he is happy to do it.
Little Nuobao stretched his waist lazily, put his mouth on Xiao Lanyi's hand, and slurped a mouthful of hot porridge to moisten his throat.
A few grains of millet stuck to her chin, which were wiped off by Xiao Lanyi considerately.
Xiao Nuobao proudly swung her feet and said, "It's great that they can come and give gifts. It seems that their villages have definitely escaped the locust plague."
After all, the little girl is a child, and her emotions are written on her face. When she is happy, her appetite is also open.
She ate half a bowl of wontons, half a bowl of rice porridge, and also nibbled some egg custard and roasted corn. She ate until she was full and burped, and then she comfortably fell into Xiao Lanyi's arms.
Xiao Lanyi smiled.
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