"Dad, what's going on with this locust plague? How long will it take to end?" Qin's second sister-in-law looked at Qin Dazhuang worriedly and asked.

There is no way not to worry, she has a big belly.

What if a sudden attack occurs and Wen Po can't come, and she wants to give birth to a baby?

The rest of the people also looked at Qin Dazhuang.

After all, no one else has ever seen a locust plague.

Only Qin Dazhuang is older, has more experience, and knows more.

Qin Dazhuang sighed.

"A locust plague is when locusts overrun and cause chaos in swarms."

"Generally, locust plagues will break out after a severe drought."

"With the locust plague, almost all the food in the fields will be eaten up. Even the mountains, forests, and other green things like vegetables will be gnawed clean."

"Wherever the locusts pass, they leave little green behind."

"Also, if there was a locust plague in the first year, it may continue in the next year, or even in the next two or three years."

"Even if there is no trouble, there will be more locusts in the fields next year."

"Locusts eat crops. Once there are too many locusts, the food production in the fields will inevitably decrease."

When everyone heard this, their hearts sank.

Grain production decreases, what does that mean?

As long as local grain harvests cannot be harvested and grain merchants transport grain from other places, grain prices will inevitably not go down.

There was a drought in Lingquan Town, and there was not enough food to eat, which even made some people panic.

The locust plague is now going to turn into a famine.

At the same time, everyone felt a little happy.

Fortunately, they just bought a thousand kilograms of grain from the Song family. Otherwise, if the price of grain continued to rise, their family would probably have a hard time.

"Dad, how long will this locust plague last?" Qin's second sister-in-law was almost frightened to tears when she heard Qin Dazhuang's words.

When Qin Erhu saw this, he quickly pulled his mother-in-law to sit down, reached out and patted his mother-in-law on the back to express comfort.

Qin Dazhuang also noticed the worries of his second daughter-in-law and said, "Don't worry, it won't be a trouble for a few days."

"When they finish gnawing something, they fly away and continue gnawing at the next place."

"I estimate that the locusts will leave in five or six days at most." After thinking about it, Qin Dazhuang said.

Second Sister-in-law Qin felt more at ease now.

He touched his belly, looked at his man again, and cheered himself up.

When Qin Dazhuang saw this, he looked at his two sons.

"I've gone to Liu's house. Don't go out for the next few days."

"The second child is a little heavier now. He should take good care of himself in the past few days."

"Both of you, the eldest brother and the second eldest son, will discuss the work at home together."

Qin Dahu and Qin Erhu looked at each other.

"Hey!" He responded.

On the other side, the Liu family.

Because the locust plague happened at meal time, and the Liu family coped very well.

However, their house did not prepare cloth to cover the windows and door frames, so many migratory locusts broke into the house.

Fortunately, the impact is not too great, and it is not difficult to catch the intruding locusts if people are not idle.

After catching it for a while, Liu Xiaomei even became addicted to it.

"There are so many locusts. If you fry them and sprinkle some salt on them, they will taste good!" Liu Xiaomei said as she caught the locusts and stuffed them into a cloth bag.

Li Da Niu just watched from the sidelines because of her big belly.

Aunt Liu was also catching locusts and replying to Xiaomei Liu.

"It doesn't take much oil to fry! It's hard to buy pork and lard now, and I don't have any oil for you at home!"

"Oh, mother! But this thing doesn't taste good if it's not deep-fried!"

"What a pity it would be to waste such free food!"

After hearing this, Aunt Liu's complexion improved.

"Catch him first and then talk about it!" he replied.

It's not that important whether it tastes good or not. Just make it and eat it!

It's a pity that Liu Xiaomei doesn't know what her mother is thinking at this moment.

Otherwise, I would definitely not be so active in catching locusts again.

Compared to the good mentality of the three women.

The three men of the Liu family all had solemn expressions.

"Fortunately, we have moved. Otherwise, if we were still in Xiashui Village and caught up with this locust plague, we might not be able to deal with it so easily," Liu Daniu said.

The houses in Xiashui Village are dilapidated and small. If they had not moved, the poultry would still be raised.

When the locusts come, they can't take care of people, so how can they take care of poultry?

Liu Erniu agreed.

"There are so many locusts, I don't know where they come from, and when will they stop?" he continued.

Uncle Liu frowned.

"It doesn't matter where they came from. Once these locusts arrive, our Lingquan Town will be miserable for the rest of the day." He sighed heavily.

"What's wrong?" Liu Erniu asked.

I haven't realized the seriousness of the problem yet.

Only then did Uncle Liu explain the horror of the locust plague.

Now the Liu brothers were not calm anymore.

"Wouldn't it mean that food prices will continue to rise and will remain high for a long time?"

"We don't have much food left at home!" Liu Daniu said anxiously.

Uncle Liu patted his thigh.

"Isn't it?!" he said angrily.

Then, he quickly looked at the two brothers.

"When the locusts outside subside, you two, take all the money at home and go directly to the grain store."

"It doesn't matter what the price is. Just buy as much as you can. Buy the grain back!" Uncle Liu said quickly.

If he had known that there would be a locust plague, he should not have listened to his mother-in-law. He has not bought food from home for a while.

It's okay now, but with this locust plague, the grain stores are afraid of being robbed. We don't know how high the price will be.

Liu Daniu and Liu Erniu looked at each other and hurriedly agreed.

Things are getting serious, famine is really going to happen...

After about half an hour, the dark cloud of locusts finally dispersed.

Most of the locusts flew away, and only a few remained on the ground to continue eating plants.

Of course, this minority is relative. The opposite is the army of locusts flying away.

Therefore, when people walk out of their rooms, there are still a lot of locusts outside.

Song family.

When the people of Yong'an Lane came out of the Song family hall and saw the clear sky and felt the hot sunshine, they all felt as if they were in another world.

I don’t know if it’s because we were scared by locusts before, but everyone feels that the weather is not that hot anymore.

Not only the people in the hall came out, but the Song family also came out.

When people saw Qin Xiaoyao and others, they immediately came forward to thank them.

Qin Xiaoyao and others asked everyone to be polite.

Taking the opportunity, Qin Xiaoyao also announced that his family would continue to sell bean sprouts and water.

And during the subsequent locust plague, there will be no restrictions on the time and amount of selling water and bean sprouts.

As long as the locusts don't come, everyone can come and buy water and bean sprouts when it's convenient.

In addition, the price of bean sprouts has been reduced to two pounds and three cents. Qin Xiaoyao told everyone that they can take this opportunity to buy some vegetables and stock up.

Everyone thanked the Qin family for their righteousness, and then only a few people stayed to continue buying water, while most of them left.
Chapter completed!