There is a little cute baby in the family, fleeing famine is not enough to get rich and busy

Qi Ercai rolled his eyes in his heart, but said very seriously on his face: "Old Geda, the second brother doesn't treat you as a child anymore. But look, our family still has so many lands to take care of, I You and your fourth brother are busy with other things now, do you and your eldest brother have to take care of the things in this field?"

"You are an adult, you have to take care of our family's affairs like an adult, otherwise what is the difference from the children at home?"

These words are completely speechless.

It seems... that's the case.

Qi Ercai took this opportunity and immediately walked towards Quanquanjin and Yimeng. The three of them didn't talk here, but went directly to Qizheng.

It wasn't until the three of them walked away that Quan Yin kicked Quan Li's butt angrily: "You're so stupid, you were fooled by the second brother again!"

"what?"

Quan Quanli staggered.

It didn't hurt, but she was quite angry: "What's the use of me, you have been fooled!"

After finishing speaking, Quan Li walked directly in the direction of his elder brother.

The second brother said that he had to take care of the family affairs with the elder brother and the others, and he thought it made sense.

I don't want to play with a stupid person like Fifth Brother!

Quan Quanyin rolled his eyes and followed him.

Zhou family.

As soon as Qi Zheng arrived, Mr. Zhou smiled and greeted him to sit down and drink water, but he heard Qi Zheng say to his little grandson next to Mr. Zhou: "Go and call your grandpa and grandpa over here."

"Hey!"

The child agreed, and ran away regardless of whether the weather was hot or not.

Seeing that Qi Zheng's expression was not good, Mr. Zhou's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

"Let's talk about it when the servants are all here!"

Qi Zheng said and sighed.

Thinking about it, I took a puff of smoke, but after thinking about it, I put it down again, and took a big gulp from the water bowl in front of me.

The fourth daughter-in-law talked about the locust plague, and said that it was the little granddaughter who said it, so it is likely to be true.

Although the wasteland of their family has not been fully developed, things have been planted in the opened land.

The green sprouts make people happy just looking at them.

If this is really a plague of locusts, let alone young crops, the woods on the mountain behind will be ruined.

At that time, they will have no food to eat, how will they spend the next winter?

When Mr. Zhou saw him sighing, his heart rose to his throat.

But he didn't continue to ask, and waited with him for the other two old guys to come over.

After all four old people sat down, Qi Zheng said, "Do you still remember what happened when we were on our way last year?"

As Qi Zheng spoke, the other three looked at me and I at you, but no one spoke.

Qi Zheng didn't really wait for them all to talk, but continued: "Last year, the places we passed by were all dry, and we drank water along the way for calculation."

When the drought was mentioned, what did Mr. Zhou think of, and he asked, "Brother Qi, are you afraid that there will be a drought this year?"

It hasn't rained a lot since the beginning of spring, and even if it rains, it's not too heavy, otherwise they wouldn't be able to build all these houses.

"It's not just the drought that worries me right now."

Qi Zheng finally couldn't hold back and pulled out the cigarette stick, and said while stuffing the tobacco leaves: "Do you still remember that there was a drought in your hometown a few years ago?"

The three old men nodded in unison this time.

The drought happened when they were young. If there was not a deep well in the village that could still draw some water, they might either die of thirst or be taken away by their families.

Qi Zheng said again: "After that drought, there was a plague of locusts, do you still remember?"

When it came to the locust plague, the expressions of the three old men turned pale instead of being serious.

Drought is terrible, but locust plague is even more terrible.

When the locust plague passed by, not to mention the crop land, even the green leaves in the forest were eaten clean.

That year, their entire village was digging grass roots all over the mountains and plains to eat, but many people died of starvation.

"Brother Qi, do you mean that there will be a plague of locusts here?"

Grandpa Sun asked uncertainly.

In my heart, I hoped that Qi Zheng would give a negative answer.

But Qi Zheng sighed, and said: "From this point of view, I'm afraid it's possible."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the three old men turned pale.

"Brother Qi, all the vegetables we planted have grown. If there is a plague of locusts, we are afraid, I am afraid that we will really have nothing to eat."

There was a bit of sobs in Mr. Wang's voice.

They settled down because they were really afraid of encountering such a catastrophe again.

Just at this moment, the three of Quan Quanjin came over.

"Father, three uncles."

The three of them greeted each other without the old man saying anything, so they found a stool and sat down on a stone.

On the way here, Yi Meng simply told Quan Quanjin and Qi Ercai about the possible locust plague, so the two brothers knew that they were also discussing this matter as soon as they saw the expressions of the four old men.

Qi Zheng took a puff of cigarette and asked Quan Jin: "Fourth brother, do you know about the locust plague?"

"Well, I heard what my wife said."

Quan Qijin nodded: "Father, three uncles, what do you think of this matter?"

It hasn't really come after all, it's just a speculation, and they don't know what to do.

"Hey, some of us old guys are also discussing this matter. Locusts can really kill people. If they really come, there is nothing we can throw away now, but if it affects other crops in this area, Then you really can’t even buy food if you want to.”

Qi Zheng was worried about his family's land, but the amount was not that big after all.

There is still money in the left and right families, so if they can't do it, they can buy food to eat.

But if there is a disaster near Jicheng, will the grain stores in the city still be able to buy grain?

Not to mention whether it is expensive or not, the main reason is that I am afraid that I will not be able to buy it!
Quan Qijin frowned, and after a long silence, he said, "Father, why don't I pass this matter on to the government? If the government takes action, every village has taken precautions. Even if it does happen, the loss won't be too great."

Qi Ercai shook his head after hearing this: "You are kind, but what are you going to say? In case there is a locust plague, let's remind you, it doesn't matter whether others remember us or not. But in case there is no locust plague, are you right?" Even if it's a lie..."

"Lying about military information."

Yi Meng answered from the side.

Qi Ercai nodded quickly: "That's right, that's the word, does it count as lying about the military situation?"

They are certainly not military.

But the issue of food for the common people is not a trivial matter.

Quan Quanjin was silent again.

Qi Zheng took two puffs of cigarettes, and then said: "It's another matter to lie about the military situation or not. But this matter still needs to be known to the government. Regardless of whether the government takes care of it, we must first have a clear conscience."

Yi Meng understood as soon as she heard this, but she still asked back worriedly: "Father, we can have a clear conscience. But if someone asks how we know, what should we say?"