"No!" Mayor Sun refused, "Xiaoyun, do you think I am really reluctant to give up food?"
Yun Miaomiao didn't understand what he was worried about, "What is that?"
"As long as they are refugees, they all know to go to prosperous places, because they know that even a mouthful of leftover food in the pockets of rich people is good food. As long as you let it out and set a precedent, then
There will be thousands of mouths waiting for you to feed, but you are still too young."
"Everyone has compassion. Those people have traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers to get here. They have never seen any dangers. They have been stunned by hunger long ago and have forgotten their true intentions. They were not the same before.
There has never been a famine, and as long as the kind-hearted farmers show a little kindness, those people will stick to you like leeches, unable to shake them off, they will only suck your blood dry, leaving not a drop of food left.
, your three hundred kilograms of food sounds like a lot, but as long as you start this, more and more refugees will come from all directions. By then, even I will not be able to stop it, and the town will only become more and more crowded.
The more chaotic it becomes, the more and more refugees it will occupy."
"I live here not only to feed the people in the town, but also to protect the people in the town from living a stable life. Of course, more importantly, it is for the safety of the academy. Those students are now unknown.
From now on, students will be the pillars of the court and people who make a living for the people, so I can't take this risk."
Mayor Sun's words were like a heavy hammer that really hit Yun Miaomiao's heart.
She understood the truth. Ever since she had just excused herself, she saw people suffering from hunger everywhere, so she softened her heart.
Yun Miaomiao took a deep breath and her eyes became firm, "Thank you, mayor, I understand."
"However, there are probably many people who know that there is a granary in the town. Banditry is most likely to occur in famine years. This granary may not be safe."
Before, she was just thinking about preventing theft, but now after talking to Mayor Sun, she felt that if those people tried to rob her, there would be nothing they could do.
Mayor Sun pondered for a moment, "Then this food..."
"A granary is still a granary, and our daily food is still stored in it, but we can't put it all together."
Yun Miaomiao thought for a moment, "We can dig a cellar under the granary and put all the grain in it. In this way, the granary will be guarded, so we don't have to waste time moving it. And if others don't know that the grain has been moved by us, even if
There are bandits and robbers coming to steal food. When we enter the granary, we only see a small amount of food. It won’t be all taken away. We will starve to death by then, don’t you think?”
"You're so careful, you're hiding things from others, Xiaoyun. If it weren't for your brilliant mind, I really don't know what I would have done."
Yun Miaomiao just came up with an idea. How to do it depends on Mayor Sun and the others.
The matter of donating porridge in the town just disappeared, and Yun Miaomiao also returned to Xianyun Pavilion.
She stood on the ridge of the field, looking at the ditch left from the mountain, and her heart moved.
"Yunya, is Liu Erzhu here today?" Yun Miaomiao called into the room, and Yunya walked out, "Brother Erzhu hasn't come yet, what's wrong?"
"I have something to do with him. When he comes, ask him to come to me."
Yun Ya agreed and went back to entertain the guests. Yun Miaomiao finally had some free time and began to look through the things in the mall.
It's a lean year now, and no one knows when it will rain. Yun Miaomiao searched for many books in the mall to see what things are suitable for planting.
Yun Miaomiao sat in the room all afternoon, and finally at sunset, Liu Erzhu hurried in from outside.
Yun Miaomiao put down the book in her hand, rubbed her eyes, asked people to sit in the yard, and got up and walked out.
When Liu Erzhu saw the person, his face was full of embarrassment, "Shopkeeper Xiaoyun, I'm sorry, I'm late."
Yun Miaomiao smiled kindly and said, "Sit down and have a sip of tea. Did you go to Peach Blossom Village to water water again?"
Liu Erzhu nodded, "Among these ten miles away, Taohua Village is closer to the river, and the grain is pretty good. Although I have earned the money, I may not be able to buy the grain from Taohua Village in the future."
Hey, hey."
This is true, but locust plagues are most likely to occur in famine years. This is what she read in the book.
Before she could speak, she heard the noise outside. She frowned and got up and walked out.
By chance, Yun Ya came in from outside. She opened her mouth and asked, "What happened outside?"
"Sister, there are a lot of bugs flying outside, and a lot of vegetables and grain in the fields have been eaten. Mayor Sun is leading people to drive away the bugs."
"What?"
Yun Miaomiao's expression changed drastically. Could it be a locust?
But shouldn’t locusts only cause serious trouble during the autumn harvest? Why did they come at this time?
Yun Miaomiao lifted up her skirt and ran out quickly. There were locusts flying in the sky outside. Except for the peppers in the field, the vegetables and some rice were all covered by locusts.
Liu Erzhu came out soon after, and when he saw this scene, his face turned pale with fright.
"Why do these bugs still eat food? Brother Yunya, stop standing there and drive the bugs away." Liu Erzhu casually pulled up a handful of weeds and beat them to drive away the locusts.
Yun Miaomiao looked at this scene, and a cold feeling surged up from the bottom of her heart. This God really didn't even want to give him another mouthful of food.
She turned around and entered the house, and began to search for ways to deal with the harm caused by locusts in books. She searched for a long time but couldn't find a good way. It was obviously impractical to use pesticides. There were so many locusts. If she took out the pesticides, everyone would definitely ask.
Another way is to raise ducks. Now that the locusts are here, it is too late to raise ducks.
For the first time, Yun Miaomiao felt so powerless.
She glanced at the noisy town outside, got up and rushed out. Following Liu Erzhu's example, she began to drive away locusts in the fields. The difference was that she had put pesticides on the weeds in her hands. Wherever the locusts passed, they
They all died on the ground.
I don't know how long it took, but Yun Miaomiao felt that her arm was almost no longer her own, and the swarms of locusts had disappeared.
Yun Miaomiao spread out on the ground and looked at the food and vegetables that were mostly eaten. She breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, not all of them were eaten.
Yun Miaomiao put down the weeds in her hands and stood up immediately, "Yunya, go and calculate how much food has been lost in the field, cut off all the eaten vegetables and food, and burn it with a torch."
"Ah?" Yun Ya's eyes widened, thinking that he heard wrongly, "Cousin, it's hard to save this food. If you burn it again, we will have nothing to eat in the winter."
Yun Miaomiao said with a sullen face, "These locusts eat a lot and reproduce quickly. Don't look at it now that we have driven them away. They have laid their eggs on these vegetables. These locusts will come back next year. We
We have already suffered a loss this year. If it happens again next year, do you want us all to starve to death?"
Yun Ya's heart was shocked. He didn't dare to delay any longer. He turned around and went into the house, took out the sickle, and started to harvest the grain in the field.
All the grain grown at Liu Erzhu's house this year died. Seeing Yun Ya working, he picked up the sickle and started to help.
Yun Miaomiao took the sickle, lowered her head and silently began to cut the rice and the scattered vegetables.
People in the academy heard the commotion in the town and also heard about the locust plague at the foot of the mountain.
Since ancient times, locust plagues have been a great disaster for the people.
Ying Feichen gave all the students in the academy a three-day holiday and asked them to go down the mountain to help the people in the town clean up. When Yun Su and Xiao Zhuo came back, they happened to see Yun Miaomiao and the others bending over and busy in the dark night.
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"Sister" Yun Su picked up the sickle and walked over, "What are you doing?"
Xiao Zhuo followed Yun Su's example and also picked up a sickle, "Cousin."
When Yun Miaomiao saw the person, she looked at the two of them in surprise, "Why are you back?"
"The dean heard that there was a locust plague at the foot of the mountain, and gave the entire academy three days' leave, and we came back." Xiao Zhuo explained as he took off his clothes in the academy, leaving only one undershirt.
Yun Miaomiao raised her head and glanced at the invisible mountain top. Ying Feichen still had some conscience.
"There are still seven or eight acres of land. When it is finished, I will prepare delicious food for you." Yun Miaomiao encouraged as she looked at the endless land.