eurekapd Chapter 400: Locust Eggs Appear in the Ground
Chapter 400: Locust Eggs Appear in the Ground
"This……"
The elders of the Song family looked at each other.
"Now that you've become successful, you've abandoned your parents? You can't be so ungrateful. After all, you're from Rongshu Village. Do you want to be stabbed in the back in the future?"
"Your father, mother, grandparents, uncles and aunts are still living in the village. Don't you care about them anymore?"
Song Yuntang looked at the people in front of him coldly.
"What did you so-called 'family members' do when I was down? Do you need me to recall this? Don't say I wouldn't give you the imperial edict before I got married. Now that I'm married, my name was included in the Lushan Village family tree the day after my wedding. Even if I need to be worshipped, it should be in Lushan Village. When is it your turn to worry about it?"
Everyone was speechless after hearing Song Yuntang's words.
After marriage, obey your husband.
This is an established custom.
What's more, when Song Yuntang was in Rongshu Village, they really didn't pay much attention to her. The gossipy women in the village pointed fingers at her all day long, but they never intervened.
But after all, we are of the same clan, so we can’t always dwell on the past, right?
Even family members who live together have conflicts sometimes.
"There were indeed some rumors in the village before, but that's all in the past. No one in the village dares to talk about it anymore. We are all related. It's okay that you didn't give us convenience in the land issue last time, but why don't you take this imperial edict back with us? We will definitely place it in the ancestral hall and enshrine it properly."
Song Yuntang said in a firm tone, "There is no room for negotiation on matters concerning the imperial edict. The village head does not need to say more."
Song Hongfu looked at her and asked, "Is there really no room for negotiation?"
Seeing that she had a cold face and didn't say anything, he nodded and said, "Okay, since you don't want to, we won't force you."
Song Hongfu looked at the elders behind him and said, "Let's go."
One of the elders frowned.
"It's not easy for us to come here. It took a lot of effort."
Song Hongfu sighed.
"Let's go."
Song Yuntang's current status is higher than that of the Huang family before, and they cannot offend him.
Otherwise, if she started to make a fuss, the people in Rongshu Village would have no land to farm, and their lives would be even more difficult.
If she had known this would happen, she would have given the villagers some leeway when she was in Rongshu Village. But he had believed Song Zhimei's instigation to drive Song Yuntang out of Rongshu Village.
If it weren't for these things, she would only be seventeen this year and might not be so anxious to get married.
If she hadn't married, all her honors would have belonged to Rongshu Village.
It's all his fault for being blinded by greed.
Now I really regret it.
Although the elders were unwilling, they still followed Song Hongfu away.
After Jiang closed the gate, she spat.
"They say even the rich in the mountains have distant relatives. Now that they live in the county town, these people are still trying to come and beg for money." He turned to look at her, "Even your father, mother, and grandparents still live in Rongshu Village. If you don't save face for the village elders like this, won't they be implicated?"
Song Yuntang shook his head and said, "I don't think so. Many people in Rongshu Village have rented land from me and are farming. They probably won't bother my grandparents."
Jiang nodded and looked at her.
"Since you're back, eat first and then get back to work. Qingye should be back soon. Mom, go and cook."
Song Yuntang responded, "Okay, then I'll go to the clinic after I eat."
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The Autumn Examination will be held in more than three months. Xu Qingye has been busy every night these days, going to bed late at night and getting up again at dawn the next day.
In order to create a stable study environment for him, Song Yuntang was not at home most of the time. He took Xia Ning and Nian'er to run back and forth between the clinic, town, Lushan Village and the provincial capital. He only went home to celebrate his birthday and then hurried to the provincial capital the next day.
Xu Qingye felt helpless about this.
I just thought that after the Autumn Examination was over, I would have time to spend more time with her.
Because of the good weather in recent days, the crops in the fields are growing very well.
The relief grain provided by the government has become less and less porridge. Seeing that the food supply is almost gone, many people rely on the porridge provided by the government and tree bark and grass roots to survive.
Some who could not bear it any longer have moved their families to more prosperous places elsewhere.
The war on the border was already tense and required a large amount of money. The disaster in Anyang County delayed the national treasury, making the situation even worse.
Everyone prays for a good harvest this year so that they no longer have to rely on relief food.
Song Yuntang recently bought another shop in the provincial capital and opened a second Huajianzui restaurant, moving most of the original staff in the town to the provincial capital.
Only a few were left to guard the shops in the town.
After the famine, business in the town's shops is far worse than last year.
Even the number of students studying in the academy is much less than in previous years.
Song Jinbao and Zhao gritted their teeth and sent their twin sons to the academy in town to study. They met two cousins from their uncle's family at Huajianzui and realized that the tavern was their sister's shop.
But they were not confused. Except for the first time they met their cousin, when his cousin treated them to a fried chicken, they rarely went to the shop on weekdays.
I just passed by and said hello to acquaintances and then walked away.
That day, Song Yuntang was teaching Shunzi how to take a pulse in the clinic when Nian'er brought Qiao Da and Qiao Er to her.
"Boss, something bad has happened." said Qiao Da.
Song Yuntang looked up at the two of them.
"Uncle Qiao, why are you here? What happened at the farm?"
Qiao Da and Qiao Er are both cautious and prudent. Since she came to the county, they have been in charge of the farmland affairs and there has never been any mistake.
He came here in such a hurry this time, I'm afraid he encountered something.
Qiao Damang said, "This year, we've planted nearly 100 mu of paddy fields and dry land on the farm. Recently, when we were walking around the fields, we found a lot of locust eggs. This is not a good sign. If these locusts hatch, the crops will be destroyed."
Song Yuntang's heart tightened.
Before Liao Wu left, he said that the disaster in Anyang County was not over yet. Could it be a locust plague?
"Is it only on our farm, or are they available elsewhere?"
Qiao Er spoke.
"It's not just in the fields on our farm. I looked elsewhere before I came here, and everyone's fields have it."
Song Yuntang was a little worried. After last year's drought, many people had difficulty making a living. If there was another locust plague this year, the people would really have no way to survive.
This matter is of huge importance and measures must be taken as soon as possible. The weather has been warmer than usual in the past two years. It will be too late to prevent and control the locusts after the eggs hatch.
Thinking of this, Song Yuntang immediately ordered, "Uncle Qiao and Uncle Qiao, after you return to the farm, have my eldest brother drive the ducks to the fields to catch insects during the day. By the way, tell the villagers in the nearby villages to take preventive measures in advance."
The two nodded in agreement.
She looked at Xu Changgen and Cao Shun not far away.
"Changgen, Shunzi, the two of you help me find a tree called the chinaberry tree. Once you find it, collect its leaves, fruits, and dried mugwort. The more the better."
Cao Shun was puzzled. "Master, what do you need so many chinaberry leaves for?"
"Used to make pesticides." Song Yuntang replied.
Grind the leaves of neem into juice with a millstone, dilute it, put it into a pot and spray it on the crops in the field, which can effectively kill insects.
Although it is not certain whether this can completely eliminate the locusts, it is good if it can alleviate the disaster.
After all, the farm now not only grows rice, wheat and vegetables, but also grows peppers and sweet potatoes on a large scale.
If these two things were to be infested by insects, we would have to start breeding all over again, which would be truly hopeless.
When they heard this, they hurried out.