Chapter 87 Su Family Village
The people of Sujia Village were astonished.
Everyone initially thought the people of Hongyang Village had gone mad, actually eating locusts. It wasn't until a beggar from Sujia Village roasted and ate locusts that he followed suit and went to the fields to catch locusts, which then caused Sujia Village to follow suit.
Zhu Qiancheng arrived at the Jiang family home in high spirits and praised Jiang Mi: "Oh, my granddaughter, your method is great! Now everyone is rushing to the fields of Sujia Village to catch locusts. They're even fighting over them because they're afraid of catching too few. The locust plague in Sujia Village has been greatly reduced."
"Really? That's great."
Jiang Mi breathed a sigh of relief that the locust plague problem could be solved.
“Grandpa, our method is good. We should have the village head promote it so that other villages can use it as soon as possible.”
“You’re right, that’s exactly what I was planning to do too. But I don’t know if the other villages will listen to my advice. After all, you can’t force people to eat locusts.”
Jiang Mi agrees. There are always people who are afraid of insects, but as long as some people like to eat them, the problem can be mitigated.
"It's alright, we've done our best. The locust plague in Sujia Village has been greatly reduced, which is obvious to everyone. I believe that anyone in the other villages with eyes knows what to do."
Zhu Qiancheng, accompanied by Jiang Mi, went to the village head's house and happened to run into Huo Ran.
"Young Master Huo, what are you doing here?"
Jiang Mi had been so focused on the locust plague these past few days that she hadn't paid much attention to Huo Ran's movements.
Huo Ran was pleasantly surprised to meet Jiang Mi here. He greeted Zhu Qiancheng first, and then answered Jiang Mi's question.
"I came here because of the locust plague. The village head is preparing to notify the surrounding village chiefs so that the villagers can catch and eat the locusts."
The village head was recently troubled by the locust problem, and now someone has helped him solve a big problem, so he was overjoyed.
"Yes, yes, I was just about to go and inform a few villagers. Since you're here, Village Chief Zhu, why don't you come with me?"
Zhu Qiancheng was highly respected in the neighboring villages, and people trusted him greatly, so having him accompany them made them feel more at ease.
Zhu Qiancheng pushed Jiang Mi forward: "My granddaughter and I are here for the same reason. Why don't you let my granddaughter come along too? After all, she was the one who came up with this idea."
"Of course! Your granddaughter is a great contributor to our cause, and she deserves to be praised."
The magistrate ignored Jiang Mi's advice, but fortunately the village head was a reasonable person. In addition, Jiang Mi ate locusts in front of everyone, which convinced them.
"Oh right, you should come along too, Xiao Huo. You're good at kung fu, so if there are any troublemakers, we'll need you to subdue them."
Huo Ran saw that Jiang Mi was among the group, and was even more willing to help.
"sure."
The four of them went to Sujia Village first. The locust plague situation in Sujia Village had improved a lot. Although many crops had been damaged by locusts, more than half of them were still left, which was enough for the villagers to have food for the next year. In addition, there were still locusts to eat, which offset part of the damage.
The people of Sujia Village were very welcoming to Zhu Qiancheng and Jiang Mi.
"Oh dear, thanks to Village Chief Zhu and your granddaughter's idea, our Su Family Village is much better off than before. Everyone is enjoying delicious food and has stored up grain. I'm planning to go to Hongyang Village to thank you these next few days."
Su Hengshan, the village chief of Sujia Village, was very enthusiastic. He had been so worried about the locust plague that his hair had turned quite white, but now that the problem was solved, he was all smiles.
He and Zhu Qiancheng have been friends for many years.
Zhu Qiancheng patted Su Hengshan's arm: "Brother, we're all getting on in years. Our biggest wish now is for our villagers to have enough to eat and drink and not have to worry about food and clothing. As long as there's enough grain in the fields, we won't have any worries."
“That’s right, you’ve hit the nail on the head. In another year or two, I’ll hand over the position of village chief to the younger generation, and then I can enjoy my retirement.”
The village headman appeared somewhat young in front of the two village chiefs, being only in his early forties. He treated the two elderly village chiefs with utmost respect.
Su Xing passed by the village entrance and saw Jiang Mi as if they were enemies, their eyes filled with hatred!
"Jiang Mi!" Su Xing shouted through gritted teeth.
Huo Ran saw him like this and immediately shielded Jiang Mi behind him.
Jiang Mi looked him up and down and whistled, "Oh, your leg's healed? Looks like I went easy on you before."
Su Xing wanted to come over and beat Jiang Mi up, but remembering how badly she had beaten him last time, he quickly took a few steps back. His parents hadn't avenged him last time, and now that he was alone, he'd better run away quickly.
"Jiang Mi, you just wait and see!"
Jiang Mi scoffed, "This is the kind of person who can't even be presented properly. All he can do is spout threats."
Huo Ran narrowed his eyes as he looked in the direction Su Xing had left, seemingly plotting something dangerous.
After saying goodbye to Village Chief Su, just as they were about to head to the next village, Su Xing suddenly arrived with a group of people to block Jiang Mi's path.
"Jiang Mi, this is my territory. You've come here, and you think you can leave? No way!"
The village head and Zhu Qiancheng exchanged a glance, then angrily demanded, "What are you trying to do?"
Su Xing didn't know the village head at all, nor did he know why they had come. Right now, all he could see was Jiang Mi, and he was determined to make her pay a price ten times worse than he had!
"What I'm going to do? You'll find out soon enough, brothers, get them!"
Suddenly, a group of brutes behind them, each wielding a stick, rushed towards them. They abruptly shielded the three of them behind them, effortlessly handling more than a dozen men on their own.
Jiang Mi wasn't idle either; she shouted, "Use super strength!"
He used only half his strength to send Su Xing flying.
Su Xing fell to the ground, groaning and crying out in pain, unable to speak.
Seeing that Jiang Mi was about to go over, Zhu Qiancheng quickly pulled her back: "Don't cause a death, just deal with the person." Besides, this is someone else's village.
Jiang Mi then stopped. She had only used a fraction of her strength. She was a little dizzy, but it didn't have a big impact. Her physical condition was better than before.
At this moment, Village Chief Su heard the commotion and hurriedly led his men over. When Su's mother saw her son in this state, she rushed over to him with heartache.
"My son, are you alright? Village chief, you must do me justice!"
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