Chapter 145 Someone is trying to scam me
Three years! The third year!
Perhaps in the southern region, there will still be some rainfall every year.
But in the west and north, there has been no heavy rain for three years. The few scattered raindrops cannot wet the ground more than three inches.
The people have really waited too long.
"Rain God, please come to Liangzhou soon!"
"Rain falls on the first day of the lunar month, clouds move westward, heavy rain falls in Liangzhou, the Thunder God should not rush to come..."
It is said that if there is thunder before rain, it will be light rain; if there is rain before thunder, it will be heavy rain.
The people are longing for a heavy rain!
"Yangguan and Longcheng are only three hundred miles away from our Liangzhou. We have always been neighbors. Since it has rained there, it will definitely rain here soon!" Xu Wude saw that Sang Ning had no expression on her face, so he explained to her.
Sanning thought of the locusts again.
Upon hearing this, he asked, "Was it cold in Liangzhou last winter?"
"Last winter?" Xu Wude still had a smile on his face, looking up at the clear sky.
It seems that dark clouds will gather as soon as you look at it.
"You know, Liangzhou hasn't had any rain for so long, so the weather is naturally dry. Last year was a rare warm winter, which was a blessing in disguise for the people. Otherwise, who knows how many people would have frozen to death."
Warm winter, drought, rainfall, locust plague, the conditions are becoming more and more sufficient.
"Let me ask you again, has there ever been a locust plague in Liangzhou City before?"
"Locust plague, locusts..." Xu Wude stopped smiling and looked at Sang Ning in confusion.
His not-so-thick eyebrows twisted.
"Why do you ask that?"
"Just chatting."
"No, based on the experience of three generations of my family, my father, and my grandfather, there will be no locust plague in Liangzhou City." Xu Wude looked quite serious.
This is not something you can say casually, it's unlucky.
When he was out doing business, he once heard from his companions that if there was a locust plague, there would be no food for three years.
The damage caused to the people is extremely great.
We have been enduring this state of being unable to distinguish between humans and ghosts for three years now. Who can endure it for another three years?
Even merchants like those who have stored grain can't hold on.
Seeing that Sang Ning didn't say anything, Xu Wude felt a little uneasy.
He asked carefully, "Madam Sang, what did you figure out?"
If she really calculated the locust plague, it would be the end of us. He still had great faith in her magical powers.
Sang Ning shook his head, a little confused.
"A three-year drought is rare, and the Moon Spring has never dried up before. So why can't there be a locust plague in Liangzhou?"
"No! It's impossible! Madam Sang, you must not say such things casually."
Xu Wude looked at the people outside who were running around to tell each other the news.
The person who brought the news has already gone all the way to the county governor's office. I believe the news will spread throughout Liangzhou soon.
If you spread the news of a locust plague right after receiving the news of rainfall, you will probably be treated as a spy and executed!
"Mrs. Sang, don't scare me. I still have a hundred acres of crops here. At that time, I asked dozens of farmhands to carry water with rolling buckets from the mountainside, and only then did I get a few corn kernels." Xu Wude said in a deliberately relaxed tone.
Sang Ning sighed. She didn't want to scare anyone, but she just felt uneasy.
"Why don't you have someone harvest them now? They're all ripe now, and at most you'll lose 20%. If a locust swarm comes, you won't have a single blade of grass left."
Xu Wude was shocked.
"You're kidding! I'm waiting for rain! If it rains, it will increase the yield by at least 20%. So, if I harvest now, I'll lose 40%!"
"There won't be any locusts, there won't be any, there's no such thing!"
As they talked at the door, they both looked at the children walking by.
Each of the children held a few thin wooden sticks with roasted locusts stuck on them.
One of the children saw Sang Ning and deliberately smacked his lips and chewed the food.
“Delicious! Delicious!”
Sanning knew these children.
He often squats at the door of the store to beg for food.
Sang Ning asked them to help pave the entrance of the store with stones, and she gave each of them a skewer of grilled gluten.
Whoever tried to bargain with the child who smacked his lips at her, the other children would just listen to him and not dare to say anything.
Sang Ning was originally looking for an excuse to give them food, and he became kind-hearted after hearing this.
The children got nothing.
I didn't see them blocking the door just now. I guess they went to catch locusts.
"Grasshoppers, delicious grasshoppers, roasted until crispy and crispy, even better than gluten, three bunches for one penny, come and buy some!"
They actually stood opposite the store and shouted.
Sang Ning was stunned.
Xu Wude hurriedly explained, "It's normal, not uncommon. At this time of year in previous years, people would catch grasshoppers, roast them, and sell them for money."
Then he yelled at the kids, "You can't steal business like this! Get out of here and sell your products!"
Sang Ning waved her hand, she didn't care about it.
"Do the grasshoppers in his hand look the same as they did in previous years?"
"Like...bigger?"
"Not only are they bigger, but their wings are really long. They're locusts! As far as I know, locusts have strong flying abilities and can fly for three consecutive days, crossing mountains and oceans.
So, can the terrain of Liangzhou really stop them?"
Xu Wude was so shocked that he was speechless. He took a few steps forward and snatched the locust from a child's hand to look at it.
"Mr. Xu, would you like to buy a few skewers?" The child looked at him expectantly.
"Let me ask you, where did you catch this thing? Are there many?"
"In..." The child was about to speak when he was hit by the leading boy.
"Master Xu, how much do you want? We can capture them for you, and you can pay us some money."
"Alright! Go and catch them now. I'll take as many as you can! Once you're caught, send them to the Xu residence."
The kids were so excited, this was a big deal!
They ran to catch him.
Sonning shook his head.
What is a locust plague?
They cover the sky and block out the sun, and there are hundreds of billions of them. Even their natural enemies, chickens and ducks, are afraid of them. How can humans catch them all?
But no one can be sure now.
Let's wait and see what happens.
By mid-afternoon, all the food in the store was sold out.
Sang Ning and his friends packed up their things and went home.
From a distance, I saw a big man peeking outside the Huo family's door.
"Be careful, this person doesn't look like the villagers nearby." Sang Ning reminded Mo Cuiyu and Huo Jingya.
When the two heard this, they put their hands on their waists. Everyone had sharp spikes hidden under their clothes for self-defense!
The three men walked over slowly. Sang Ning leaned against the man, looking straight ahead, his peripheral vision always alert to the man's movements.
Who would have thought that when the two men passed each other, the man suddenly fell to the ground.
He had an unshaven beard, unkempt hair, ragged clothes, and looked like no human being.
But you can still see his strong arms and thighs.
This is not something a beggar can have.
At this moment, he covered his stomach and cried out, "Ouch... Ouch..."
Sanning: "..."
Scam?
"It hurts... it hurts so much, ladies, please be kind... Ahh ...
This time it really hurts.
My legs hurt!
Because Sonning stepped on his shin.
"Didn't anyone tell you not to touch porcelain when there's no one around?"
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