Lin Anji's family doesn't have many paddy fields, only the little they got when the family split up.
So the family of four quickly harvested the immature rice.
After finishing his own harvest, Lin Anji carried the crops home and asked his wife and children to help the two elders of the Lin family with the harvest.
The two elders of the Lin family were harvesting too slowly, and Lin Anji could hardly bear to watch it.
The two elders of the Lin family: ...
This is their last struggle, okay?
With Lin Anji's help, a piece of land was soon cleared on the two old people's land.
Looking at the empty ground, the two elders felt complicated.
The two of them moved their mouths but didn't say anything.
After the two elders had harvested more than half of their land, Lin Anji stopped working. He sorted the rice seedlings into baskets and helped the two elders carry them back.
When they returned with a load of crops, all the land of the old couple had been harvested.
The harvest was complete, and the two old men didn't waste any time. They quickly arranged the rice seedlings and were ready to take them home.
"Oh, what a sin!"
Even though it has become an unchangeable fact, Mr. Lin still feels it is a pity.
"father……"
"father!"
Lin Anji was about to comfort his father, but was frightened by his daughter's scream.
"What did you do? What did you do?"
"Hurry, hurry, the locusts are coming."
Lin Shiyi pointed at the sky and shouted in fear while carrying a shoulder pole.
The two elders of the Lin family and Lin Anji were confused. What was so scary about the locusts? They could see them almost everywhere they went out!
Although they didn't understand why, they understood Lin Shiyi's actions and looked up at the sky...
A dark cloud is approaching.
"No, it's not a black cloud!" Lin Anji was horrified. One or two locusts were not scary, but the dense swarm of them made his scalp tingle.
The two elders' eyesight was not as good as their son's. It took them a moment to see clearly what the thing that was getting closer and closer was.
In the sky, locusts fell like black snowflakes, densely packed together.
Their bodies seem to be made up of countless small insects, each of which is constantly wriggling, making people's scalps tingle.
The locusts' wings were like small fans, flapping constantly, sending out gusts of wind that dimmed the entire sky.
Everyone in the sky was stunned.
"Hurry up!" Lin Shiyi ran out of breath, followed by Sun and Lin Bowen.
"Hurry up and take it home, lock the door and hide. Shiyu said this thing is poisonous."
When she was at her third uncle's house, she heard her uncle and aunt discussing the locust plague and was fortunate enough to have an earful.
Seeing everyone staring blankly above their heads, Lin Shiyi was almost getting anxious. The voice arrived before the people did.
However, her voice seemed a little small amidst this large swarm of locusts, but it was enough to call back Shenlin Anji and the others.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry."
Several people were horrified, but they quickly suppressed the unknown fear, picked up the sorted rice seedlings and ran home, not daring to delay for a moment.
As the locusts approached, more and more people heard the strange noise in the sky.
Because of Lin Shiyu's notice, almost everyone in Yamada Village was outdoors and discovered the problem early.
Everyone was stunned at that moment. They had never seen such a situation before.
"Hurry up and go home. Those are locusts. They'll eat everything edible in the fields."
Seeing that everyone was looking at the sky, the Lin family members who were carrying rice seedlings on their way home shouted all the way.
Those who heard it immediately became flustered and didn't even bother to look at the sky.
On the ground, wherever the locusts passed, they left a devastating mess. They devoured crops and vegetation, consuming everything completely. Their mouths were like sharp scissors, shredding the leaves of plants. Their bodies were like giant vacuum cleaners, sucking everything on the ground into their stomachs.
The villagers were so shocked and angry at the scene that they couldn't express it, nor did they have the time to do so.
Hurry up.
Faster.
At this moment, they had only one thought in their minds: they had to hurry, otherwise the things in the field would be gone.
But no matter how fast it was, it couldn't be that fast. Soon the things on the ground disappeared.
The villagers were unwilling to give up, and since they were unable to harvest their crops, they began to drive away the locusts.
Can't finish it.
There is absolutely no way to finish it.
There was a lot of crying and cursing in the field.
Looking at the crops destroyed by locusts, the villagers were unwilling to leave and used the farm tools in their hands to slap the locusts around them.
"Go to hell, all of you!"
"Die, all of you!"
They took out their anger on these damn things.
But it's no use at all!
It's useless!
Many insects died, but even more survived.
There is nothing left in the ground.
They also had many small wounds on their bodies.
But at this moment, they felt no pain and just wanted these things to die.
…
Lin Anji and his group carried rice seedlings, and even though they walked as fast as they could, they still didn't get home in time.
They had just crossed the bridge and were at the foot of the village, still a long way from their home.
Lin Anji made a prompt decision not to go home and turned to run towards his second brother's house.
Lin Anxiang's house is in Yamada Village, near the edge of the field, which is closer to his home.
When they passed by, the courtyard door of the second house was closed.
After the incident with the second wife, she rarely interacted with the villagers and the gate of the courtyard was almost never opened.
At this time, Lin Anji didn't bother to knock on the door. He kicked the gate open and ran into the main house.
The door to the main house was also closed, but fortunately it was not locked, so a few people pushed it open.
Several people hurried in and closed the door, forgetting even to put down the dustpan before starting to gasp and talk: "It's so scary!"
Little Lin Bowen was about to cry. God knows how disgusting the scene was when those bugs surrounded him.
The sound is unpleasant, and when the insects touch the exposed skin, it itches and hurts.
"Grandpa, grandma, drink some water."
"Uncle, aunt, drink some water."
"Brother, sister, drink some water."
Lin Bocai brought the water over.
When Lin Anji and others wanted to reach out to get some water, they realized that the carrying pole had not been put down.
"Where's your father?"
Old Master Lin asked Lin Bocai.
Lin Bocai turned his head and looked towards Lin Anxiang's room.
In fact, he and his father were both here when everyone came in, but his grandparents were still in shock at that time, so his father went back to his room without caring about anything.
"Have you finished harvesting your crops?"
Knowing that his second son didn't want to see them, Mr. Lin no longer asked about Lin Anxiang's situation, but instead cared about the things in the fields.
"I've finished collecting it." Lin Boyu answered obediently, "My father and I collected it together."
When he said the word "Dad", his voice was obviously heavier, and then he looked at Grandpa Lin.
A hint of certainty flashed in Mr. Lin's eyes, and Lin Bocai caught it.
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