Chapter 163 Grandfather in Jingzhou
"What are you talking about? Those who want to listen, stay. Those who don't want to listen, get out!"
He had a loud voice and was tall and strong. When he stood in front of the skinny village head, he felt like he was sitting on a mountain, making people feel uneasy.
"You, who are you?"
"I'm here to give something to my aunt! Anyone who dares to bully the Huo family is going to have a hard time with my master! If my master kills you, no one in the village will dare to fart! Do you understand?"
I understand!
The Huo family does have a strong background!
Although I was exiled here, I am not hungry at all. The yard is filled with delicious food every day, and I can even afford to keep a dog!
He should just continue to turn a blind eye!
"Then, why did you call us here? I have to go back to look after the crops..." a man asked carefully.
Sang Ning saw that many people came, and even those who didn’t come would still listen to what everyone said.
She doesn't waste other people's time.
"I came here today to tell you about the recent locust swarms that have appeared in the fields..."
After Sang Ning finished speaking, everyone was shocked!
The village head was also dumbfounded.
His family has five acres of land!
Although we can’t harvest much grain due to the drought, it’s still better than harvesting now!
"I've lived a long life and have never encountered a locust plague! You, a rich young lady from the capital who can't even grow crops, have the audacity to talk nonsense!"
"No, Uncle Li, this year's grasshoppers are really different from before. They don't taste good, have thick skins, fly fast, and are hard to catch." Someone said worriedly.
"Mrs. Sang, are you serious? A swarm of locusts might be coming?" Zhu Fansheng asked in surprise.
"Yes, it's very likely. You only have that little piece of land. Don't delay any longer. Harvest it now!"
"Okay, I'll take it!" Zhu Fansheng said decisively.
His buddy next to him stopped him and said, "Are you stupid? Harvesting now? It's about to rain!"
"Dapeng, Shanzi, go collect them quickly too. Madam Sang won't hurt anyone."
He knows this best.
The food on the street was sold at sky-high prices, but she was selling two strings of gluten for one penny, which was basically a disguised form of relief.
If there weren't people from the government office hanging around from time to time, someone would have found trouble long ago.
This family is kind people.
Moreover, there are indeed a lot of locusts now, and the streets are full of people selling roasted locusts.
"You can take it if you want, but we won't. Even if you lose money, you still have the Huo family to help you. What do we have?"
Dapeng's tone was filled with jealousy.
Shanzi also looked dissatisfied.
Zhu Fansheng was a little stunned.
Then he laughed and turned his head away with a cold face.
This is brother!
Damn, he asked Madam Sang again yesterday if she needed help making charcoal, hoping to lend a hand to his brother.
Now it seems that brothers can be hungry and poor together, but they cannot stand up together!
"Go and harvest the grain. I hope you won't regret it." Dapeng said again like a curse.
Zhu Fansheng became completely famous.
This brother is incredible!
"Then don't regret it! If the locusts really come, not a single grain of rice will be left. If I harvest now, I can at least save half!"
"Bah, wishful thinking!"
Wang Dapeng turned around and walked away. As he waved his hands, blood scabs could be seen on the palms of his hands. His waist and legs looked strange when he walked.
Huo Changan looked at his back and sneered.
The person who fell down while climbing the wall that day.
There are three people in total, I wonder if Zhu Fansheng is one of them?
Everyone was arguing, and no one seemed to take it seriously.
Huo Changan shouted again: "Everyone has been informed of the matter. You can decide for yourselves. Also, Master Xu Wude has already started harvesting. If you have any questions, go ask him!"
He threw the question to Xu Wude.
After all, if the locusts didn't come, these people would dare to jump in front of them, but they wouldn't dare to do anything to Xu Wude.
When they heard that Xu Wude had started to harvest the grain, the villagers' quarrels, which had just been taken lightly, changed their tone.
I'm really scared.
Only then did they begin to realize the seriousness of the matter.
Many people ran to Xu's land on the spot.
The rest of the people surrounded the headman and kept asking questions.
How would the village head know what to do?
Some people started to study locusts. The more they looked at them, the more terrifying they seemed to them. It seemed that their teeth were sharper than ordinary ones.
"I've seen this locust before."
A figure with a wooden board tied to his leg and a wooden stick as support walked towards him, unable to walk properly.
"Second Grandfather."
"Second uncle."
The Huo family members shouted.
"Second brother, why are you here?" The old lady frowned and walked forward.
Looking at his legs, he said worriedly, "Didn't the doctor say not to walk for now?"
"It's okay, sister-in-law. I heard the gong going off over here and I couldn't sit still at home."
Huo Baohong stepped forward, took the locust from the villager's hand, and looked at it carefully again.
"Yes, it's this black-spotted round-headed locust. I've seen it before. Twenty years ago, in Jingzhou."
Jingzhou?
Whoever controls Jingzhou controls the world.
Is this Jingzhou the same as the historical military stronghold Jingzhou?
Where is it?
Sang Ning looked at Huo Changan inquiringly.
Huo Changan didn't know what she understood, and secretly patted the back of her hand, with a look that she couldn't understand.
"soon."
What does it mean?
What's fast?
There's a lack of tacit understanding, brother.
"I asked you where Jingzhou is?"
Huo Changan was stunned, and something flashed across his eyes.
“…Yes, in…”
At this moment, the old lady spoke up: "Second brother, are you talking about the locust plague in Jingzhou?"
"Exactly. I remember my eldest brother was there too."
Of course the old lady remembered it very clearly.
It would be hard for the people of Dongyang to forget.
"Yes, to be precise, nineteen years ago, with Jingzhou as the center, more than a dozen cities including Fancheng and Bashu all suffered a locust plague that was rare in a century.
The imperial court sent the second prince at the time, who is now the emperor, to provide disaster relief, and your eldest brother followed.
Oh, by the way, Ning'er's maternal grandfather is from Jingzhou. I remember Sang...your father took your mother with him."
Sanning: "..."
Her maternal grandfather is in Jingzhou!!!
After searching carefully in my mind, it is true!
Damn, now I know what Huo Changan’s look means.
When he said soon, did he mean that he would soon be able to get rid of his criminal status and go to Jingzhou?
Sang Ning looked up at the sky, not at him.
Think whatever you want, she is Sang Ning'er anyway.
"I remember it too!" the headman said tremblingly.
"I remember that during those two years, you couldn't buy even a grain of rice in Liangzhou!"
"Don't even mention Liangzhou. Even in the capital, you can't eat good rice. Rice is sold at a sky-high price, on par with ginseng," said the old lady.
Because the Jingzhou area has the highest rice production, almost all of it was affected and it took two years to recover.
The village head looked at the locusts in horror and asked Huo Baohong, "Are these the kind of locusts you were talking about?"
"Yes, that's right! Exactly the same! Long wings, black spots, round head, sharp teeth, and spewing black water. The local chronicles over there all record the terrifying nature of this locust."
"It's so far, can you fly to Liangzhou?"
"Jingzhou is a thousand miles away from Bashu. There are more mountains and forests over there. They have all suffered one after another. Do you think you can't fly to Liangzhou?" Huo Baohong asked back.
Anyone who experienced that locust plague dare not recall it.
If these locusts are found in Jingzhou again, the people there will harvest them without hesitation even if only 10% of the crops remain!
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