Magistrate Gao ordered all the chickens and ducks to be released, and nearly 150,000 chickens and ducks rushed up to have a good meal. Everyone also picked up the nets to catch them.
Lin Wanwan originally wanted to collect some and fry them, but she didn't expect that these locusts would reproduce so quickly, so she had to burn them to avoid future troubles.
They were moving very fast, and after suffering heavy losses in Yuhe Village, they moved on to the next village.
In the past two or three days, the chickens and ducks were so full that they could not bear it anymore. The birds probably thought they were not tasty and gradually went to eat other things.
Finally, with everyone's unremitting efforts, the main force was stopped, and only a small part fled and continued to fly northwest.
Yuhe Village suffered the worst. Almost all the rice fields were eaten up. A lot of rice was also eaten up in their village. Fortunately, there were still a lot left. Lin Wanwan could only take out another batch of rice seeds and potatoes from the space and send them to County Magistrate Gao.
After working so hard for a whole year, we are now back to where we were before liberation.
The flow in the river gradually decreased, until by the end of May it was only the size of a small stream, just enough for everyone's daily water needs.
Lin Wanwan felt bad and stopped all the work in the workshop. She asked 857 to scan the back mountain for places with abundant groundwater and call on the villagers to dig wells together.
Bad news came one after another. Not only Yingzhou, but five of the other eight states suffered from severe drought. Heavy rains continued in Bianzhou, Yanzhou and the southern part of Raozhou, and floods had submerged many counties. The court sent waves of imperial envoys to control the floods.
One night, Lin Wanwan was sleeping soundly when she was suddenly awakened by a violent shaking. In her mind, 857 was constantly giving her warnings.
"Ding! Ding ding ding~ Wanwan, get out quickly! There's an earthquake! Wanwan! Ding ding ding... Wanwan!"
Lin Wanwan put on her coat and ran into Lin Bai's room, picked him up and hurried downstairs. The house was shaking and she almost tripped several times.
As soon as I ran outside, I saw other people running out in a mess, shouting.
"Oh no! The earth dragon is turning over! Everyone, get up quickly!"
"Where are the children! Are they all out? Hurry up and get the children out!"
"Count the number of people! Where's the girl? Go find her!"
"Nanxing! Nanmu! Quick, go pick up the girl and the young master!"
Lin Wanwan walked up to them holding Lin Bai and said loudly: "Don't panic! Bring the children out safely first! Then count the number of people!"
After a long while, everyone was standing neatly in the yard and the earthquake stopped.
"Everyone go outside! Grab torches and go to the rice field!"
Lin Wanwan led his men and walked quickly towards the rice field. As soon as they went out, they heard someone beating a gong in the rice field.
"857, what magnitude is this earthquake? Is the epicenter in our county?"
"A 7.8 magnitude earthquake just occurred in Yueyang County, Raozhou. Yun'an County is also in the earthquake zone. The aftershock was 5.2 magnitude. I suggest you go out to sleep tonight and don't stay at home!"
"Okay, thank you 857!"
"You're welcome. This is what 857 should do. After all, Wanwan still owes 857 a lot of energy!"
Oh... the emotion that had just risen in her heart was ruthlessly extinguished by it...
There were already many people standing in the rice field. Lin Wanwan was hurriedly looking for Sister Yuying and Grandma Suchun.
"Wanwan! Xiaobai!"
When Li Yuying saw them coming, she quickly ran forward to check if anyone was injured.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, we are fine. We ran down when it just happened."
"Oh, that's good. I was so scared! I was suddenly woken up in the middle of the night and thought the house was going to collapse!"
Lin Wanwan frowned and looked towards the village, and asked, "Sister-in-law, are there any houses collapsed in the village? Where is Grandma Suchun? Has she come out?"
Li Yuying pulled her and looked carefully in the crowd.
"I haven't heard of it yet. Don't worry, Suchun's house was just renovated last year. It won't collapse that easily!"
After searching for a long time, they finally saw Suchuna in a corner. She was sitting on a big rock and rubbing her legs. Lin Wanwan hurried over to her.
"Grandma, are you okay? Did you fall?"
Lin Suchun looked up at her, touched her head, and said with a smile: "You didn't fall, you just ran a little too fast, and your legs don't feel well. You'll be fine after a rest!"
Lin Wanwan finally felt relieved and squatted down to massage her legs.
"Grandma, is everything alright at home?"
"It's okay, I'm fine! Where's Xiaobai?"
"Nanxi and the others are watching. This child is sleeping like a pig. I almost fell several times while carrying him!"
"Hahaha! I'm glad you're okay! I'm glad you're okay! Sigh, these natural disasters keep happening. When will they ever end?"
Lin Wanwan also fell silent. There were droughts, floods, and now earthquakes. Could the next one be a plague?
She quickly shook her head and got rid of the idea from her mind. If there was another plague, no one would be able to survive!
When the village head arrived, he was counting the number of people to see who had not come out yet so that he could send someone to look for them. Fortunately, everyone had come out, and no one was missing.
Everyone sat in the rice field, and some people simply lay on the ground to sleep and replenish their energy.
There were two aftershocks that night. Although not as big as the previous ones, they were still quite scary.
Lin Wanwan looked towards the west and prayed for the people of Yueyang County, hoping that everyone was safe.
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