Chapter 196 Heavy Rain

Gu Cheng did not agree: "No, I am used to eating it."

They are just a few locusts. When he was in war, he had eaten all kinds of unpalatable things.

Liu Yinyin picked up an egg and put it in his bowl, saying, "Then I'll make you something delicious at home."

The chickens at home lay eggs diligently, but eggs cannot be kept for long in hot weather, so Liu Yinyin's family has been eating eggs very hard these days.

Boiled eggs in the morning and scrambled eggs in the evening, Liu Yinyinsi had no regrets and ate as much as she could.

Gu Cheng opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but then he saw the mother and son eating happily.

In the end, he said nothing, thinking that he would tell Liu Yinyin after some time had passed and things were settled.

At night, in the middle of the night, Liu Yinyin was suddenly awakened by a "whooshing" sound.

A strong wind suddenly blew outside.

Liu Yinyin touched her arm and felt a slight coolness. Her temperature had actually dropped!

Gu Cheng had also woken up. He took out a small blanket from the cupboard and covered Gu Yanyan's belly with it.

Liu Yinyin sighed: "This damn weather, it looks like it's going to rain."

God really plays tricks on us. It doesn't rain when it should, and now... the crops in the fields are being destroyed by locusts.

It's obviously useless to rain at this time.

Gu Cheng said: "That's good. If it rains hard, it will help alleviate the water shortage in the village."

The crops in the fields were destroyed, but the villagers were not only facing a shortage of food, but also a shortage of water. If it didn't rain, the well water in the village would dry up soon.

Liu Yinyin nodded: "That's right."

There has been a severe water shortage in the village recently, and some people have gone to the mountains to find drinking water.

No matter what, it's always a happy thing that the weather is cooling down and finally not that hot.

The next morning, it wasn't raining yet, but the sun wasn't out either.

There were dark clouds outside, the sky was gloomy, and there was a hot and dry smell in the air, which was a prelude to rain.

Liu Yinyin asked Gu Cheng to bring a raincoat to work.

The roof of the house has been repaired, so there is no need to worry about leaks even if it rains heavily.

There is also the sweet potato field in the yard, which used to be infested with locusts to varying degrees.

Liu Yinyin covered the sweet potato field with a layer of straw to prevent the sweet potato leaves from being eaten by locusts.

There are no locusts now. Thinking that it is about to rain, Liu Yinyin quickly removed the straw from the sweet potato field.

If there is rain, the sweet potatoes in the field will definitely grow further, which is also a good thing.

I don’t know how the sweet potato fields on the mountain are doing. When the weather gets better, Liu Yinyin will go up the mountain to take a look.

"Yin Yin..."

While I was busy, Huang Xiaoyue came to my door.

Because of the sudden outbreak of the locust plague, Huang Xiaoyue has been living in Shuangxi Village during this period, and so has Liu Mingyuan.

The couple just came back this morning.

The two men did not return empty-handed. Huang Laizi filled half a cart with things for them, including eight sacks of dried locusts, a bag of sweet potatoes, a bag of potatoes, 20 kilograms of cornmeal, a jar of honey, and a basket of eggs.

The couple stayed at Huang's house these days and caught a lot of locusts.

Huang Laizi was the only one at home, so there were not many locusts left, so the couple took them all back to Liu's house.

"...... Third sister-in-law." Liu Yinyin was a little surprised to suddenly see Huang Xiaoyue. "Come in and sit down. How are you?"

Huang Xiaoyue looked fine. She was holding a basket in her hand and handed it to Liu Yinyin: "My father asked me to bring some potatoes. I'll give some to you."

The potatoes were freshly dug up and aren't very big.

All the sweet potato vines and potato vines in Shuangxi Village were eaten by locusts.

There was no other choice but for the villagers to dig up the potatoes and sweet potatoes buried underground since they would not grow again anyway.

Liu Yinyin sighed: "The damage to the village is serious, right?"

At that time, no one expected the locust plague to come so quickly.

The smile on Huang Xiaoyue's face faded, and she said with emotion: "It's quite serious."

The weather has been dry this year, and the crops in the fields have not grown as well as in previous years. At this critical juncture, a locust plague has hit.

Some of the sweet potatoes and potatoes buried in the ground are still intact.

But this month is not the time to dig sweet potatoes. This year's harvest is estimated to be less than a quarter of that in previous years.

This only refers to sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Not to mention other crops in the fields, even the corn stalks were eaten up by locusts.

The ordinary people in the countryside will have to tighten their belts and endure for another year.

However, the Huang family is doing quite well.

Speaking of this, Huang Xiaoyue said with gratitude: "My father has been muttering these days, saying that he was grateful for your advice and planted a batch of sweet potatoes in the back mountain, otherwise..."

Otherwise, Huang Laizi would have gone hungry like everyone else in the village.

Liu Yinyin asked her, "Didn't you plant another crop of sweet potatoes later? How are they? Were they not eaten by locusts?"

Huang Xiaoyue said happily: "No, maybe because there are only pine trees on the mountain, the locusts don't run there."

Therefore, it was a blessing that nothing happened to the sweet potato field even though no protective measures were taken.

Moreover, before the last batch of sweet potatoes was harvested and sold, a locust plague broke out in the village.

Huang Laizi was not stupid. It was impossible for him to sell the sweet potatoes at this time.

Eating sweet potatoes is always better than eating wild vegetables or eating locust flour-made nests.

Liu Yinyin felt relieved after hearing this. She accepted the potatoes and said, "If you need any help, just let me know."

Huang Xiaoyue didn't bother to be polite with her. She came here to ask for something, so she said directly: "My father said that he wants to exchange the sweet potatoes for some fine food in a while."

Huang Laizi didn't plan to sell the sweet potatoes, but wanted to exchange some cornmeal or white flour for Huang Xiaoyue to nourish her body. The girl was a pregnant woman and couldn't eat too poorly.

Liu Yinyin said hurriedly: "I'll ask for you then, I should be able to get it."

That fine grain is more expensive than coarse grain is beyond doubt.

But both in the city and in the countryside, people are now facing the dilemma of not having enough food.

Compared to whether the food tastes good or not, people are definitely more concerned about whether it can fill their stomachs.

Therefore, there are definitely many people in the city who want to exchange fine grains for coarse grains.

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Yinyin suddenly heard a burst of thunder.

Seeing that it was getting darker outside, Huang Xiaoyue quickly got up and walked out, saying, "Yinyin, I'm going back first."

Seeing that it was about to rain, Liu Yinyin didn't keep her.

Put a basket of baby potatoes in the kitchen.

Liu Yinyin brought the clothes outside in, and sure enough, not long after, raindrops as big as beans fell down with a crackling sound.

It hasn't rained for a long time, and the air is filled with the smell of dust.

The rain was heavy, and it didn't stop until around five or six in the afternoon.

After the heavy rain, the temperature dropped by several degrees.

In the evening, Liu Yinyin washed some small potatoes and made a dry pot of potato chips.

The potatoes Huang Xiaoyue gave her weighed about ten pounds, enough for several meals.