Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 291 Locust Swarms

Later, he went to discuss with the village chief and asked the villagers to harvest the wheat in advance to avoid a total loss after the locust plague. After the wheat was harvested and brought home, the villagers could store food in advance.

Now that the locust plague has arrived, all we can do is minimize the losses and let the villagers tell each other to bring home as many fruits and vegetables as possible from the fields.

An Yue looked up and saw a swarm of locusts in the sky like a dark cloud, covering everywhere.

They rolled in from north to south, following the wind.

An Yue looked at the locusts coming so fiercely that her scalp began to tingle.

She hurried back to the yard.

As soon as I entered the yard, I found that Chunzhi, Daniu, and Ale had already returned from the fields.

Chunzhi watched An Yue run into the yard breathlessly, ran up to her and looked around at An Yue, and asked worriedly, "Miss, are you okay?"

An Yue tried to regulate her breathing and shook her head, "It's okay, it's okay. Have you harvested all the vegetables in the field?"

Chunzhi quickly replied: "Yes, I took them all back."

An Yue quickly said to everyone, "Chunzhi, Daniu Ale, go and harvest the sweet potato vines in our wasteland before the locusts completely pass through."

Daniu Ale sat under the eaves, shaking the dirt off the vegetables.

Without saying a word, they stood up and went to get the backpack and sickle.

Chunzhi said while holding the backpack: "Miss, those sweet potatoes are growing! If we harvest them now, I'm afraid it will affect the harvest in the fall."

An Yue rolled her eyes and said, "When you cut the sweet potato vines, try to cut the leaves and leave half of the sweet potato vines. After the locust plague is over, sweet potato leaves should be able to grow again."

Everyone nodded, opened the gate, and walked towards the sweet potato field in the east.

An Yue suddenly had an idea and released all the chickens and ducks in the pen, thinking that they would have a good meal of locusts in the yard.

At this time, An Nian came back from school.

As he entered the yard, he said, "Sister, what happened? There were so many bugs on the way back!"

An Yue quickly closed the gate to the courtyard and said, "Niannian, that's called a locust swarm. When you come back, don't run around. Stay indoors obediently."

An Nian nodded and said "hmm", then he took off the cloth bag he was carrying across his shoulder and walked towards his own room.

An Yue opened the small door of the bamboo fence. She was ready to harvest all the vegetables in the yard and take them home.

But, on second thought, it is not necessary to harvest all these vegetables.

You can use a backpack, basket or basket to cover the vegetables.

An Yue heard a rustling sound and looked up suddenly, seeing dense swarms of locusts swarming over the roof.

An Yue quickly ran to the small backyard and shouted, "Chunzhi, Daniu, Ale, come back soon."

When the three heard An Yue's shout, they picked up their backpacks and ran back.

Running into the yard, An Yue said to them, "Hurry up and empty all the baskets and baskets in the house, and cover the pepper trees, cabbages, and celery in our yard."

The three of them quickly poured all the freshly cut sweet potato leaves into the main hall, then turned around with the backpacks, ran quickly to the vegetable garden in the yard, and covered the vegetables one by one.

An Yue shouted again: "Quick, quick, close all the doors and windows, and everyone go to the main hall."

After a while, the whole yard was dark and gloomy, and the locusts swarmed in from the roof and all around like a flood of beasts.

The chickens and ducks in the yard looked at the dense swarms of locusts and ate them happily at first.

But after a while, they stopped eating.

An Yue then remembered that when she was watching a short video in the 21st Century, it said that the locusts in the swarm contained toxins, but she had forgotten about this matter.

Looking at so many locusts outside and unable to go out to drive the chickens and ducks back to the pen, I could only let them eat me.

An Yue thought to herself: [If the chickens and ducks die, we can just eat their meat. If they are alive, they can lay a lot of eggs.]

Everyone was crowded in the main hall, leaning against the crack in the door to watch what was happening outside the yard.

Everyone saw with their own eyes the locusts crawling and jumping on the ground, eating the vegetable leaves that they had dropped.

In just a few moments, only the residue of the vegetable leaves were left in the field.

At this time, the chickens and ducks seemed to sense the danger. They were frightened and started to scream "chirp...quack...quack..." and even began to run around.

An Yue felt regretful, but there was nothing she could do at this moment. She could only pray silently that the locust plague would pass as soon as possible.

At this moment, suddenly a swarm of locusts began to hit the door of the main hall.

A few locusts slipped through the crack in the door and entered the main hall. Chunzhi looked at the locusts coming in and was so scared that she took a few steps back.

She asked in horror, "Miss, there are so many locusts, won't they all squeeze in?"

At this time, An Yue was unsure, after all, she had never experienced a locust plague before.

But in order not to scare everyone in the room, she had to comfort them: "Don't worry, they can't get in, and they won't stay in one place for too long."

Everyone felt relieved after hearing what An Yue said.

As Ale peered through the crack in the door, he exclaimed, "Oh my goodness, there are so many locusts, we can't eat them all!"

An Yue reminded A'er: "It is better not to eat this kind of locusts unless it is absolutely necessary."

Daniu scratched his head and asked in confusion: "Miss, why... why?"

An Yue grabbed the locusts that had slipped in and asked, "Look carefully at their colors. Are they any different from the locusts we caught in the fields?"

Everyone looked at it and said in unison: "It's different."

An Yue asked everyone: "Is the color different?"

Everyone said 'hmm' and nodded repeatedly.

An Yue explained: "The locusts we caught in the fields were green, but this type of locusts is yellow and black. They have mutated."

"These yellow-black locusts carry toxins in their bodies. Eating a small amount is fine, but if you eat a large amount, you are likely to be poisoned."

Everyone was surprised after hearing this. Ale asked in confusion, "Can this thing mutate?"

An Yue replied: "Well, yes, they originally acted independently, but due to their large numbers, they gradually mutated."

Ale frowned and said with a look of dissatisfaction: "We can't eat this, so are we just going to let them bully us like this?"

An Yue walked to the bench of the Eight Immortals Table and sat down. She poured a bowl of water and drank it. She asked everyone with interest: "How about we catch some and try them after the locust swarm passes by?"

Chunzhi turned around and asked An Yue: "But...Miss, didn't you just say there was poison?"

An Yue held up her chin and said, "If there is poison, let's blanch it in water first, soak it more, wash it more, and try a small amount. It's not a big deal."

Ale said to Chunzhi: "Don't be afraid, sister Chunzhi! As long as you dare to make it, I dare to eat it!"