Si Sheng asked again: "That means that our six families have committed a big crime and angered the Land Lord?"

"This..." Niu Zhixin really couldn't answer this time.

Si Sheng then asked: "Then what crimes did our six families commit?"

Niu Zhixin was thinking hard, and everyone else stopped and looked at Si Sheng, as if they were waiting for him to give everyone an answer. Everyone usually believed Si Sheng, and he would definitely have the answer.

Si Sheng sighed and said: "What sin do we have? We farmed the land honestly, sweatdrops smashed on the ground, and relied on our hands to make a living to support our parents and children. What sin did we have? Bandits and bandits forced us to live in poverty.

Go down and let us leave our homes and property and run around. What sin do we have? We don’t steal or rob, we don’t provoke anyone, and we don’t provoke anyone. How can we be guilty?”

Si Sheng became more and more angry as he spoke, "Those who rob people and property are not guilty, those who harm people's lives and do all kinds of evil are not guilty, those who burn down people's homes and rob people of their wives and children are not guilty, but we are the ones who are guilty?"

Everyone was filled with indignation as they listened to Si Sheng's words. Everyone was speechless and couldn't answer any of his questions. They were all a little confused. Then they began to doubt. Could it be that the rules passed down by our ancestors were wrong?

Mrs. Niu was unsure and said: "Since the Lord of the Land has brought disaster to us, is it possible that we did something wrong and we don't know it?"

After hearing this, Butcher Zhang immediately retorted: "Aunt Niu, this disaster did not just happen to the six of us. The drought is not limited to us in Podi Village. Every place along the way is suffering from drought, not to mention far away places.

The stream outside the cave looks like it used to be a river, but now it's almost dry due to drought."

Suxue also said loudly: "The locust plague cannot only be around this cave. My father's book said: locusts pass through the border, and the land is thousands of miles away. I don't know how big the land affected by locusts is."

Suxue actually woke up when Si Sheng asked loudly. She sat there quietly and listened to what the big guys said for a long time, and now she intervened to help Si Sheng.

Zhao Laosan said: "Bandits and bandits are not limited to Heifeng Mountain in front of Podi Village. Along the way, I heard and saw how many villages were robbed and how many people were killed. That is not the case in Heifeng Village.

It was done by bandits.”

Suixin also said: "Yes, bandits and bandits are guilty of the most serious crimes. They killed so many people in Sanyang Town and Mashitun that everyone saw with their own eyes."

The big pillar has been replaced from the entrance of the cave. Now he is holding the injured wrist and gritting his teeth and saying: "We are not guilty. The landlord is not punishing us, but those damn bandits."

Zhang Tutu straightened up and stood up from the ground, patted the dust on his knees, and said fearlessly: "Since we have no sins, what is the point of asking the Land Lord for forgiveness? It's useless to beg, so we won't beg. Let's just rely on it.

Just keep it to yourself, we have six families, what should we be afraid of?"

Niu Zhixin also stood up, "Since the Lord of the Land punishes the guilty people, let the guilty people beg. This rule may have been originally designed for the guilty people."

Suxue twitched her lips. Is this an acceptable explanation? But the people in the cave were convinced and stood up one after another.

"We are not guilty."

"We don't need to beg. It's useless for people who have no sin to beg."

Zhao Laosan suddenly shouted: "The six of us are twisted into a rope..." What he said later was frightened back by his father's glare.

The five-year-old Goudan, the son of Widow Sun, raised his fist and said in a sweet voice, "Fuck him."

Everyone was amused and burst into laughter. The child remembered what everyone said when he first fled, and now he caught up with him.

The atmosphere in the cave suddenly became much more relaxed. Everyone sat on the floor and waited for the locusts to pass.

Si Sheng also softened his expression, standing at the entrance of the cave and continuing to observe the movements outside with the men.

The third boy asked Suxue with some confusion: "Third sister, aren't locusts just grasshoppers? Why are we still so afraid?"

What everyone is afraid of is probably not locusts or grasshoppers, but the uncertain disasters and sufferings after the locust plague.

Suxue said loudly: "Since the grasshoppers flying outside are the grasshoppers we usually eat, we will catch them soon. Third boy, do you like fried, braised or steamed?"

Wang Zeran raised the corner of his mouth and glanced at Suxue clearly.

The three boys were drooling, "I love braised food the most."

Braised grasshoppers in oil waste a lot of oil, and the Ye family rarely cooks them. Suxue winked at him slyly and said, "In that moment, let's collect milk together and make braised grasshoppers for us."

Several children nodded heavily and talked about how delicious the grasshoppers braised in oil were.

Suxue listened attentively, and other people also talked about the grasshopper's method.

When everyone was about to fall asleep while waiting, Butcher Zhang, who was holding a quilt at the entrance of the cave, suddenly said: "There seems to be no sound outside."

Si Sheng put his ear against the quilt and listened for a while. Indeed, he heard no "rumble" or "rustling" sound, but could occasionally hear a slight "bang" sound.

Si Sheng said: "Slowly open the quilt and take a look."

The men at the entrance of the cave stood up, holding locust swatting tools in their hands, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

Butcher Zhang and San Sheng slowly opened a corner of the quilt from the side, and suddenly several locusts flew in. They hurriedly blocked the entrance of the cave again.

Everyone swarmed forward and eliminated the few that flew in.

Butcher Zhang frowned and recalled, "I seemed to have seen the blue sky just now. There seemed to be no more locusts in Wuyang Wuyang in the sky."

The men slowly opened the quilt again and looked at the sky. Sure enough, the sky was already bright, with only sporadic locusts passing by occasionally.

Someone exclaimed: "Look at the ground."

A few stones were placed at the entrance of the cave. They were moved here when we were anxious to block the entrance of the cave. We saw a pile of locusts piled up on the outside of the stones, yellow and green, and some were still wriggling their claws. These should be the objects that hit the cave.

Was knocked off the quilt.

The men worked hard to clean the entrance of the cave, and then everyone in the cave walked out of the cave cautiously.

Just for a moment, the world seemed to have changed outside. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "the red ground is thousands of miles away".

As far as the eye can see, all the green has disappeared, the grass is only left withered and yellow, there are no green leaves on the trees, there are bare patches everywhere, even the bark of the walnut trees has been chewed into spots.

There are piles of locusts piled up in the gaps between stones and at the roots of trees, and there are also sporadic locusts jumping in the dead grass.

Everyone stared blankly at the scene in front of them, and no one spoke for a long time.

When Mrs. Niu's feet went weak, she was about to kneel down and bow down. Suixin grabbed her and said, "Mom, it's useless. It's already like this."

Mrs. Wang was at the back of the crowd. She and Mrs. Niu had just taken the lead in kneeling to the Land Master to make Si Sheng angry, but it turned out that it was useless to kneel down. As Si Sheng's mother, she was a little embarrassed and left.
Chapter completed!