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Chapter 34 After the Great Drought

In a blink of an eye, Fang Yu and the others have lived in this Taguchi Village for almost more than a month.

Within this month, they renovated their house, registered their household registration in the county seat, and officially became villagers of Tiankou Village, Xiangping Township, Pingyuan County, Sanhe Prefecture, Chenghuai County.

If there were no accidents and no Fang Yu, Fang Sanduo and Huang Mei would recuperate here and continue to live.

They will slowly get used to the food and customs here and gradually be assimilated.

Some of the northern food customs they brought with them will be accepted by everyone, integrated into the village, and become the culture here, while others will become the knowledge base of their village and be passed down from generation to generation.

If Huang Mei can have children, then her children will intermarry with people in the village and continue to reproduce from generation to generation.

Perhaps in their old age, Fang Sanduo and Huang Mei will look into the distance from time to time in front of their home, and their grandchildren may ask them what they are looking at.

Then, Fang Sanduo would slowly tell his grandson their experience of escaping from famine. Even though many years had passed, those memories should still be fresh in Fang Sanduo's mind.

For my hometown, the place where I used to live, my Fangjia Village.

His grandson will hear things from Fang Sanduo's mouth that he may never be able to experience in his life, but these things will be remembered deep in his mind until one day, when he also has his grandson around his knees, maybe

He would suddenly remember, then hold his grandson on his lap and start telling him about his grandfather's experience.

The so-called inheritance is like this, passed down from generation to generation, generation to generation.

Natural and man-made disasters, changing circumstances, and the environment of this era have always oppressed these people, the lowest level of existence.

But their tenacity and hard work allowed them to still retain a little spark of their own under such circumstances.

Let the traces of their lives continue to be passed down.

When facing suffering, the reason why we can always find reasons to fight in life is that these things were passed down from generation to generation thousands of years ago.

Those perseverance and perseverance factors have long been deeply engraved in the blood and integrated into the body.

This...is China...

However, the above results were all achieved without Fang Yu's involvement.

If there was no player like Fang Yu here, then everyone could live quietly and peacefully.

But it's a pity that there is a player like Fang Yu here.

Players are called the fourth natural disaster, not without reason.

In this world, Fang Yu is undoubtedly the center of the world.

The trees want to be quiet, but the wind doesn't stop.

Even Fang Yu had already expected this.

During this month, although he felt pretty good, he boxed every day, repaired the house, and built adobe bricks, just like a rural pastoral life.

If the main body of this world is leisure, then there is nothing wrong with this. Fang Yu may really be able to live like this here.

But it's a pity that the description of the main mission alone told Fang Yu.

The world is in trouble.

His leisurely life will be broken sooner or later.

It's just a matter of time.

Fang Yu had already realized this.

After all, Ziyang Sanctuary, Chongqing Base, and BJ03 Underground City all used vivid cases to tell him that as long as the system revealed certain signs, he wouldn't be able to stay long.

Sure enough, just one month later, Fang Yu suddenly discovered that it would take some time for the rice to be harvested, but suddenly some people in the village began to harvest it in advance.

"Sanzhu, why did they start harvesting so early? Isn't it not the harvest season yet? The rice seedlings are still green!"

Fang Sanduo looked at so many villagers carrying sickles who had already begun to go to the fields, and they were still holding soil in their hands.

He was making adobe bricks and planned to build a separate house for Fang Yu.

In the open space next to it, there is a fence, and inside there are several chickens pecking at the ground.

Thanks to that bag of silver.

Fang Sanduo's previous savings were all confiscated by Bishop Ling when he took him into the dungeon, but in the end they got money from Bishop Ling that doubled several times.

With these eight taels of silver, Fang Sanduo and the others have more money than before when they had not fled the famine!

From ancient times to the present, it is not just talk about money reaching heaven.

Just spent four taels of silver, and now, Fang Sanduo's life in Tiankou Village is even better than that in Fangjia Village.

The house was renovated and people from the village were hired to do the work. The house is larger than the original one.

All the house furniture was bought from craftsmen in the village.

After all, Taguchi Village is a southern village. It is much wealthier than Fangjia Village, and the style of furniture is much more detailed than their previous ones.

Huang Mei likes this very much.

All the furniture in the house has been replaced with new ones, chickens have been bought, and Fang Yu is already planning a house.

Fang Sanduo and Huang Mei have both thought about it. As soon as Fang Yu's house is built, they plan to find Fang Yu a wife.

Although they knew that their nephew was extremely extraordinary, it was precisely because of this that they were so anxious.

They wanted to quickly let Fang Yu stay as their queen.

In this case, no matter how much Fang Yu takes risks, they can at least retain this trace of Fang Yu's blood.

Moreover, the more children the better.

Of course, they hope that Fang Yu can live here peacefully. In this case, even if they cannot return to their roots after death, they will have no regrets.

Sanzhu was their neighbor, right next to him, but only a few dozen steps away, Fang Sanduo saw him standing at the door watching the villagers carrying sickles and hats going to the fields, with a troubled look on his face.

When his house was being renovated before, he also hired three pillars to carry the beams. As time went by, the two families became familiar with each other.

Hearing Fang Sanduo's call, Sanzhu opened the door and took a detour to the yard of Fang Sanduo's house.

He usually helped Fang Sanduo pour the clay molds and muttered at the same time.

"Brother Fang, things seem to be getting a little worse today. No matter how famines happened in the past years, we have always had nothing to do. After all these years, Brother Fang, you are still the first family of people who have escaped from famine that I have seen in my lifetime.

!”

"But this year is really a little weird. I heard that our place was fine at first, but I don't know who collided with the locust god. I heard that there was a locust plague in Donghongxian next door, and a lot of rice was eaten clean by the locusts!"

"Someone tried to stop them, but those locusts were protected by the Locust God. Those who rushed in to swat the locusts were cast by the Locust God, and they all fell on the bed. They can't get up even now!"

As he spoke, Sanzhu's originally strong body trembled.

Then he clasped his hands covered with loess and began to mutter continuously.

"Locust God, please forgive me for being too talkative, but don't be surprised..."

After hearing Sanzhu's words, Fang Sanduo also looked a little unhappy.

He had an inexplicable bad feeling in his heart.

Fang Yu, who was making mud next to him, also frowned.

He naturally does not believe in the so-called Locust God, or in other words, this world should be a normal ancient historical world. In his opinion, there are no gods or immortals.

Otherwise, wouldn’t the degree of realism fall straight down?

And he happened to know a little bit about the locust plague.

Locusts are still very magical creatures.

Multiple modern studies have found that some organisms in nature have very magical dimorphisms.

The so-called dimorphism means that these organisms will undergo completely different changes in their bodies when they live alone and when they live in groups.

And locusts are the most favorable evidence for this research.

When locusts appear alone, they are harmless, and their bodies are rich in protein. In some areas, they have become a unique delicacy.

But once locusts swarm, their body structure will change. In swarms of locusts, not only will the color of their bodies change, but in order to resist predators, their originally harmless bodies will also secrete a poisonous substance.

The compound phenylacetonitrile, when in danger, they will convert phenylacetonitrile into the highly toxic compound hydrocyanic acid!

Therefore, once a locust plague occurs, locusts cannot be eaten. Even if they are used, they must be weakened by high temperatures before they can be eaten.

But even high temperatures can only weaken the toxicity, but cannot completely eliminate it.

Therefore, when there is a locust plague, whether you attack the locusts or eat the locusts, your life will be in danger.

In ancient times, when few people knew this, everyone generally attributed it to the blessing of gods.

This is believed to be the blessing of the locust god.

Therefore, there are temples dedicated to locusts in some places, hoping that this can reduce the damage caused by locust plagues to their hometowns.

Locust plagues usually occur during periods of severe drought.

It is said that after a severe drought, there will be a locust plague!

In the previous severe drought in Fengnan, for locusts that lay their eggs in the soil, the drier the climate environment, the more favorable it is for their reproduction, because locusts themselves are drought-tolerant organisms.

When drought occurs, because the vegetation on the ground becomes very sparse, the area where locusts lay eggs becomes much larger. In a drought environment, many lakes and rivers also shrink in area, and some even dry up.

, so these low-lying areas become natural egg-laying houses for locusts.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that locust plagues always break out after droughts. In this era, after a locust plague occurs, there are still ways to deal with small-scale locust plagues, but once a large-scale locust plague occurs, they can only deal with it.

Hope is pinned on the Locust God.

The flight speed of locusts is not low, and after a locust plague occurs, they will instinctively fly to areas with abundant food because of the lack of food in dry areas.

The more food they eat, the faster they reproduce, and the cycle continues.

As a result, the people will fall into hardship. Faced with a large-scale locust plague, they can only let it go and let the food in the fertile fields be eaten up, without being able to take any other action.

"I heard that the village chief is planning to build a locust temple in the village recently. He plans to burn incense to the Locust God. I hope Grandpa Locust God can prevent the locust plague from coming to us. Now the location has been found. It will be there in a few days.

Work is about to start."

After Sanzhu bowed to the Locust God, he continued to speak to Fang Sanduo.

Fang Sanduo's work at this time has stopped.

For people who have just experienced fleeing from famine, they all have an instinct for disasters.

Even after many years, they can still remember the disaster freshly in their minds.

Not to mention it’s only been a month!

Hearing that there was a locust plague in the neighboring county, Fang Sanduo felt an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.

It seems that when he was in Jiaoling before, he also heard that there was a drought in the county next door. As a result, not long after, Jiaoling also started to suffer from drought, and then everyone began to flee.

After finally escaping to the south, looking at the beautiful mountains and clear waters, I thought that life could finally settle down. Unexpectedly, I heard the news about the locust plague again.

Fang Sanduo's heart felt heavy at this moment. He looked up at the clear sky, but his heart was filled with sadness.

Fang Yu noticed something was wrong with her uncle's expression.

He knew that the last thing Fang Sanduo and Huang Mei wanted to hear now was information about this kind of disaster.

Now they just want to start over.

This is the common thought in the minds of every disaster victim after their escape.

They can't resist, so they can only selectively forget the sufferings of the past and let themselves live strong.

So, he quickly interrupted Sanzhu's words and said.

"Brother Zhuzi, I just saw that my sister-in-law seems to be calling you for something."

Sanzhu frowned.

"Chun Niang? But Chun Niang is not going to wash clothes..."

As he was talking, he suddenly saw the heavy expressions of Fang Sanduo and Huang Mei, and he immediately realized it.

Ouch! I'm so talkative!

San Zhuzhu slapped himself secretly in his heart, and then said haha.

"Oh, yes, she must have come to see me for something. Brother Fang, don't worry, we are far away from the county seat, so there shouldn't be any trouble here. When the Locust Temple is built, let's go burn incense together.

, just say goodbye and you should be fine!”

After Sanzhu wiped his hands and rubbed the mud off, he turned around and left Fang Sanduo's yard in embarrassment.

After Sanzhu left, Fang Sanduo suddenly lost interest in making soil embryos.

He turned to look at Fang Yu, then nodded to Fang Yu and Huang Mei and said.

"Goudan, let's go in"

With that said, Fang Sanduo rubbed the mud off his hands and walked into the house.

Huang Mei also rubbed her hands and walked into the room with Fang Yu.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Fang Sanduo sitting on a chair, holding the table with one hand and frowning.

It's the same posture, the same expression, but the room and table are different.

But Huang Mei and Fang Yu vaguely seemed to have seen what they looked like when they were in Fangjia Village a few months ago, when Fang Sanduo picked up the bag of grain...

"Goudan... do you think we will..."

Fang Sanduo asked Fang Yu.

He felt uneasy and wanted to seek reassurance from Fang Yu.

At this time, as long as Fang Yu comforts him, he will have reason to convince him that his thoughts are his own suspicions.

If Fang Yu was still the same Goudan as before, he would definitely appease them.

After all, no one wants to escape another crisis after stabilizing.

It was incredible luck to escape for the first time.

The countless corpses on the road proved that they were just lucky.

Let’s do it again. Let’s not say whether it will work or not. The psychological pressure alone makes people unwilling to accept it.

But unfortunately, when Fang Yu heard Sanzhu talking about the locust plague, his heart skipped a beat.

Because, after listening to the three pillars, the system, which had been quiet for a month, made a sound again.

"Boom~"

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