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Chapter 167 Locusts Are Terrifying
When Shangguan Xiaoxiao and Feng Lingzun arrived at Nanshan, the sky was already dark.
"Mr. Mo, smile, it's getting late, I think we should go to the station to rest for the night, and then go to the village tomorrow morning?"
Liu Cheng said to Feng Lingzun who just got off the carriage.
"Alright."
Feng Lingzun turned around and looked at it. Shangguan, who had just stuck his head out of the carriage, smiled, "Then let's go to the inn first."
"What's wrong? Don't you go to the disaster-stricken village?"
Shangguan smiled and saw that Feng Lingzun had returned to the carriage, and immediately asked in confusion, "Where are we going now?"
"It's getting late, go to the station to rest first, and then go to the village tomorrow."
"oh, I see."
Liu Cheng drove a carriage, and brought Feng Lingzun and Shangguan Xiaoxiao to the inn. The three of them had a good night's rest.
the next day.
The three of them got up early in the morning and hurried to the village where the locust plague was the worst, Wangjia Village.
This village looks very depressed, and there are no pedestrians on the road. Compared with Yuncheng, it is really different.
Liucheng stopped a villager who occasionally passed by and asked him where the village head's house was.
The villagers seemed a little surprised, because since Wangjia Village suffered from the locust plague, no outsiders have entered the village for a long time.
"The village chief may have gone to the crops behind. The locusts have been rampant recently, and the crops have been severely damaged. The old man should check the situation there."
"Thank you."
Liu Cheng nodded slightly to express his gratitude, then returned to Feng Lingzun and told him the news he had inquired.
"Then go to the crops and see."
"Mr. Mo, this village is really dilapidated. I feel like the villagers are miserable."
"Otherwise, do you think I will personally come to deal with the disaster? If we don't intervene, it is estimated that this village will disappear in a short time."
"Then we must help the villagers well, and we can't let them suffer from locust plagues anymore."
Seeing this situation, Shangguan Xiaoxiao's mood suddenly became extremely heavy.
She secretly decided that even if it wasn't for the mission, she would drive away the locusts.
The three walked all the way to the field along the trail, and finally found the gray-haired old man in a cornfield.
"Hello, are you the village chief?"
Shangguan smiled and asked softly.
The old man turned his head and looked suspiciously at the three people who were obviously dressed in wealth.
"Yes, who are you?"
"We are the people sent by the imperial court to help Wangjia Village manage the locust disaster."
Liu Cheng took the initiative to step forward and showed his identity.
"Sent from the imperial court?"
Village Chief Wang couldn't seem to believe that such a small village like them would be valued by the imperial court.
"Grandpa, the village chief, we were indeed ordered to deal with the disaster, so can you tell us about the locust situation in the village?"
"That's great, great."
When the village chief heard that they were sent by the imperial court to help control the locust disaster, he burst into tears with excitement, wiping his tears and saying, "Your Majesty, if no one comes to help Wangjia Village again, I am afraid that many people will starve to death this year. man."
"so serious?"
Shangguan smiled sympathetically.
"What do you know? This locust plague is getting worse every year. In previous years, it only harmed crops. But starting this year, the locusts have become bigger and more ferocious, not only gnawing on the houses, but even the villagers. Don't let it go. You should have seen it when you passed by the village just now. Many people are reluctant to go out for fear of being bitten by locusts. The whole village is completely unpopular, hey"
"I really didn't expect locusts to be so rampant."
Feng Lingzun's face was serious, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Just as he was talking, the village chief noticed with sharp eyes that a dark "dark cloud" was rapidly drifting towards this side in the distance.
"Hurry up, the locusts are here."
"Where are the locusts?"
Before Shangguan Xiaoxiao could react, he was grabbed by Feng Lingzun and ran to the village with the village chief.
"Wait, why are you running so fast?"
"Wait to tell you."
Feng Lingzun didn't have time to explain with Shangguan Xiaoxiao, "Go back to the village first."
The group returned to the village chief's house as quickly as possible. After the door was closed, the village chief looked at the panting three people in front of him, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"The pitch black patch just now was a locust?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao was still confused, it was the first time she had seen such an exaggerated scene.
"Did you see it?"
The village chief said with a solemn expression, "The locust is really a very terrifying creature, and its size is very large. It is no exaggeration to say that starting some time ago, every time the locust appeared, the whole sky was shrouded in darkness. , causing the villagers to hide at home in fear."
"In this way, in order to restore peace to Wangjia Village, we must find a way to eliminate these locusts."
"Yeah, so I really appreciate that the court is willing to send you to help the villagers, but to be honest, the locusts are so powerful, are you sure you have a solution?"
"The way is thought up by people. Don't worry too much about the village chief grandpa. Leave this matter to us."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao is quite confident, although she has no experience in disaster management.
But with Liucheng, Xiaoqi, and Feng Lingzun who wanted to help the villagers, she couldn't believe it and couldn't control this little locust.
The three of them rested for a while, and the village chief saw that the wave of locusts outside had passed, and then opened the door and arranged their room.
"Also please don't despise the humble place, stay here today, and I will ask the villagers to actively cooperate with the place where you want to cooperate."
"Trouble the village chief."
Knowing about the disaster, Shangguan Xiaoxiao followed Feng Lingzun to the room arranged by the village chief to rest, while Liu Cheng was sent to learn about other situations with the villagers.
Feng Lingzun frowned and pondered, Shangguan smiled and couldn't help but asked, "Young Master Mo, what do you think we should do next?"
"The most important thing is not to allow locusts to invade, but I see that we have to deal with this batch of locusts that appear all the time."
"I feel the same way. We should solve this batch of locusts first, so that the villagers can come and go with peace of mind, and then we can teach them more ways to prevent locust disasters."
"But now the villagers are reluctant to go out for fear of being bitten by locusts. How can I convince them?"
"this one"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao suddenly thought of something, "Mr. Mo, my stomach suddenly hurts a little. I'll go to make it easier, and I'll discuss it with you when I get back."
Before Feng Lingzun could react, Shangguan Xiaoxiao opened the door and walked out.
Feng Lingzun could only sigh helplessly.
How did you become so reckless after going out?
In fact, Shangguan Xiaoxiao did not go to the convenience, but found a corner with no one, closed his eyes, and entered his own farming space.
(End of this chapter)