Chapter 551, a side story about spatial upgrades, foreshadows an even greater disaster.
Although, under Lin Luoxi's leadership, their lives have gotten better and better.
However, they couldn't bear to eat meat every meal. When they heard that these locusts were edible, they, like Lin Luoxi, picked up a roasted locust and put it in their mouths, finding that it tasted pretty good.
Everyone rushed home, sending their children or women out to collect the crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside locusts in buckets to admire.
The scene was quite comical; what was once a locust plague that everyone feared had now become a delicacy that everyone was scrambling to get their hands on.
"Unroasted locusts can also be taken home and deep-fried, with some chili powder added; they taste pretty good too."
Seeing everyone scrambling for the locusts in the fire, while those that fell to the ground went unpicked, Teacher Lei dropped another bombshell.
When they arrived, the swarms of locusts were extremely arrogant, showing no sign of wanting to devour Quanzhou completely.
Now, however, the people of Quanzhou are scrambling to pick them up and take them home as food. Only a few remain, having fled into the mountains and forests, too afraid to come out.
Seeing the few locusts flee, Lin Luoxi stopped her from chasing them, knowing that those few locusts wouldn't amount to much.
Although the crops in Quanzhou have been harvested, the yield has been reduced by half.
Lin Luoxi still wanted to ask Xiao Jingchen for reimbursement; after all, there had to be some compensation in the face of a natural disaster.
She donated so much money to the entire Chiyan Dynasty, so Xiao Jingchen should at least pay attention to the disaster situation in Quanzhou!
The situation has been reported, and Lin Luoxi is absolutely certain that Xiao Jingchen will provide her with the Quanzhou subsidy.
Even if Xiao Jingchen didn't want to give it, given her influence in the court, he wouldn't dare refuse.
Lin Luoxi was relieved to see the people of Quanzhou harvesting, drying, and storing their crops.
"Boom boom boom..."
Just as all the people had put the dried grain into their bags, the drought that had lasted for more than half a year finally showed signs of rain, with flashes of lightning and thunder occasionally breaking through the dark clouds on the horizon.
Inside the villa under Lin Luoxi's name—
"Finally, it's raining!" As winter clouds slowly rose and large swaths of dark clouds appeared, Lin Luoxi, along with all the people of Quanzhou, breathed a sigh of relief.
Whenever it rained, she would find ways to get the people of Quanzhou to start planting a second crop of grain, so they wouldn't have to worry about not having enough food for the winter.
"Drip, drip..." The rain came quickly and violently, hitting the tiles with a loud sound, interrupting Lin Luoxi's thoughts.
"Pass down the message that each employee in one of my businesses will receive a five-tael red envelope."
This year has been too difficult. The employees in her businesses have all worked hard due to the disaster, so she decided to give them red envelopes as a reward.
"Yes!" Manager Qian replied, grinning from ear to ear.
Although he was the boss in the eyes of his employees, he was also an employee under Princess Changping, and he also received a five-tael silver red envelope.
Five taels of silver is equivalent to two months' wages for him.
Seeing everyone laughing happily, Lin Luoxi also laughed along.
Her social media space has been upgraded again because of the good deeds she has done in the past two years.
The gold mine that had been hollowed out has been restored to its former towering height.
That's a real gold mine, how could Lin Luoxi not be happy?
Her space has expanded from thousands of acres to tens of thousands of acres.
Moreover, the variety of grains naturally grown on the land is increasing.
The cassava that she had previously thrown into her space was automatically sorted and planted on the mountaintop, and now it is a lush green expanse.
Looking at the crops in the fields in the space, Lin Luoxi fell into deep thought.
The sheer number of crops appearing in her space indicated the severity of the disaster outside. Thinking of this, Lin Luoxi sighed wearily.
Did God send her to be the savior of this world, to save this broken and dilapidated world?
Not daring to think too deeply, Lin Luoxi had lost all joy from the space upgrade and left the space feeling somewhat suffocated.
"Wife, what's wrong?" Xie Hanchun, who was treating the patient, immediately noticed that Lin Ruoxi's mood was off.
"Honey, do you think there might be other natural disasters coming to this world?"
Lin Luoxi felt extremely lost and scared. She really didn't want the people to suffer any more natural disasters; they really couldn't withstand any more hardship!
"Wife, why would you think that?"
"Besides, you can't fight against fate, you should just go with the flow."
"If we have the ability, we should do our best to help those in need."
Xie Hanchuan didn't know why Lin Luoxi asked that question, but since Lin Luoxi had asked, it meant that she must know something.
"Wife, we'll meet force with force, and we'll overcome any obstacle. As long as we're united, we can overcome any obstacle and see the light of day." Seeing Lin Luoxi's downcast expression, Xie Hanchuan couldn't help but comfort her.
"Yes! Things will work themselves out. Since this ordeal was inevitable, let's face it calmly..."
The fact that God gave her such a good opportunity to cheat shows that there is still a glimmer of hope in the face of natural disasters.
Seeing Lin Luoxi fully recovered, Xie Hanchuan smiled, turned around, and planned to cook her a delicious meal to help her recover.
Because he was busy with the harvest, Xie Hanchuan felt extremely distressed seeing Lin Luoxi's chin becoming increasingly thin.
"Daddy, what are you doing?" The quintuplets saw Xie Hanchuan run into the kitchen and followed him in.
“I’ve noticed your mother has lost a lot of weight recently. I’m planning to cook something delicious for her to eat and help her recover…” Xie Hanchuan answered the children’s questions while cooking lobsters.
"Dad, let me do it!" Upon hearing that Lin Luoxi needed some nourishment, Xie Zhili and the others went over and took over the work from Xie Hanchuan.
Xie Hanchuan raised an eyebrow, glanced at Xie Zhili who had taken the initiative to do the work, and walked to the side, intending to scrub the crabs.
"Father, let me do it." Xie Zhiyan saw that Xie Zhili had something to do, so he came over and pushed Xie Hanchuan aside.
"Okay, here you go, here you go..." Xie Hanchuan smiled and stepped aside as he watched his son snatch the work away from him. He was about to go and deal with the chicken when he saw his third son already squatting on the ground, plucking the chicken feathers.
"Third brother, you..." Xie Hanchuan looked at Xie Zhiheng, who was skillfully plucking chicken feathers, as if he was only just realizing it for the first time.
"Dad, I'm planning to make a pork tripe stew for Mom so she can have some nourishment..." Xie Zhiheng said seriously without looking up.
"Alright, you do it!!" Since the children all wanted to show their filial piety, he was naturally willing.
"Dad, I've taken care of the vegetables. Mom says my stir-fried vegetables are the best." Xie Zhichu interrupted Xie Hanchuan before he could even approach.
"Ugh!" These brats did all his work, what was he supposed to do?
"Dad, I want to make braised goose wings. Can you help me start the fire?"
Seeing that her brothers were still busy preparing other ingredients, Xie Leyao quickly grabbed the pot.
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