It's getting dark.
The setting sun leaves a long shadow, decorating the sky with peace and indifference.
At this time, Dongshui Village was still swarming and attacked by large numbers of locusts.
After an afternoon, the crops were all bumpy and looked terrible.
But even so, every crop was still crawling with locusts, making the once lush crops look lifeless and wait to die.
The roads and alleys that were usually busy with people are now silent.
Song Ruan's family were in the lobby at this time, eating around the dining table.
She couldn't go out the whole afternoon, and her daughter-in-law was pregnant again, so Song's mother spent a lot of time carefully preparing a big meal for her family.
Because the doors and windows of the house were closed, the aroma of food filled the entire lobby, and even Wu Xing, who had no appetite, couldn't help but eat more.
Song Wu ate the most delicious food, but he couldn't help but worry, "Mom, we had such a sumptuous meal tonight, will we have no food to eat in the future?"
Song's mother gave him a glare and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. We often buy food and store it these days. Eat it sparingly and it will be fine until the autumn harvest next year."
When building the new house, a large cellar was dug to store grain.
After a pause, Song's mother couldn't help but whispered, "Don't let outsiders know where our food is hidden, understand?"
"We rural people don't even have food coupons. It's not easy to buy food all at once, so mother is afraid that the village will be in chaos. You all should be more careful, understand?"
Everyone naturally nodded.
Song Wu stared with wide eyes: "Then can we still sell cakes on the black market?"
"It probably won't be sold for many days." Song Wen answered after thinking for a while.
"The crops in our village are probably only enough for the locusts to destroy us for a few days. After they finish eating them, they will probably move to other places. Therefore, the surrounding villages will probably be affected."
Song Wu seemed to understand: "That means all the people around here will have no food to eat?"
Song Wu looked at everyone and found that no one was surprised by this conclusion, and couldn't help scratching his head.
Song Wen made a suggestion: "In the future, food on the black market will probably become more and more expensive, so we should continue to stock up on food."
Why do we still hoard food when it’s expensive?
Song Wu glanced at his elder brother and tried to think deeply about it.
Song Cai added: "It's good to have food to sell. Right now the whole country is short of food and clothing. I'm afraid we won't even have food to sell in the future."
Song Wu suddenly realized: "Then...when the time comes, we can sell the excess grain, won't we get rich?"
Song Ruan looked at her brothers proudly. You know, it is difficult for farmers to change their thinking to business thinking nowadays. She didn't expect that her brothers could think of this.
"We still have flour and hawthorns at home. We can make them for two or three days and sell them. Then we can use the money to buy more coarse grains. Anyway, if we can't sell them all, we can have some left for ourselves."
Songruan also provided a direction.
After brainstorming, Song Cai also said, "The reinforcement of the doors, windows and yard of the house has not been completed yet. Let's continue to reinforce them after the locusts retreat."
When the disaster just happened, the family had already thought far ahead and expressed their views on the future together.
Just as they were discussing heatedly, the sound of gongs was heard outside. It was Li Shengli who came to deliver a notice to the villagers.
"The commune has approved it. Now all the crops in the fields can be harvested. Whoever gets it first gets it."
Li Shengli's words started a new round of discussion at home.
However, this time everyone has the same idea, which is not to participate in the rush to harvest.
Song's father is experienced: "The corn in this field has not yet formed cobs, and the sweet potatoes are probably only the size of fingers. If we rush to harvest this little food in the face of locusts, we probably won't be able to make up for it."
"So Dad thinks that you guys should use this time to study."
The latter sentence is somewhat unexpected.
"study?"
"Yes, study." Father Song nodded calmly.
"My younger sister said before that there would be a locust plague, and now it has come. My younger sister said that the college entrance examination would be resumed, and then it will definitely be resumed. Studying for the college entrance examination is far more promising than being a peasant for the rest of your life, so you should use your free time to study."
As Father Song spoke, he glanced at Wu Lei again.
"Xiao Lei, why don't you study with us? Let the brothers and sisters take turns teaching you during their free time."
Wu Lei raised his head suddenly, his eyes flickering: "Can I?"
That look of disbelief made people feel a little distressed.
Song Wen clenched his hands and tilted his head: "Dad, I've always wanted to discuss this with you about Xiao Lei..."
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