A man travels through time and becomes a widow, only wanting to pursue a career

The first time he went to the fields to do farm work, Chen Changsheng felt sore all over. He was even more tired than walking into the city on his legs. He didn't even have the strength to make lunch.

Chen Dafu used the leftover bean dregs from grinding soy milk to make a few pastry pancakes for a simple meal.

After the meal, Chen Changsheng told Sanshou and Sixi to pick up some weeds and branches, and then he walked back to Zheng's house.

"Dafu Niang, I was about to go out to find you. What a coincidence." Chen Lizheng patted the stool and motioned for Chen Changsheng to sit down.

Li Zheng's wife went into the house and poured two bowls of water out, then went to the yard to collect clothes.

"Dafu Niang, the land you told me about building the brick kiln the other day has been measured. It's two acres in total, and the land deed has been written. I'll show it to you right now to see if it's there. It needs to be modified." Chen Li was about to get up and enter the house.

Chen Changsheng smiled and waved his hands, "No need, Uncle Li Zheng, I can rest assured that you are doing the work."

"Okay, let's go to the county to go through the formalities early tomorrow morning." If we get this matter done as soon as possible, Li Zheng can put his mind at ease.

He knew that Dafu Niang was a stickler for words. If she said she wanted to set up a kiln factory, she would definitely do it. When the bricks are burned in the village, every household will be able to build a brick house.

"Okay. Uncle, I came here today to tell you something else." Chen Changsheng looked solemn, "I went to the fields this morning and found that there were locusts in the fields. Although there are not many locusts now, there are not many locusts yet. It’s big, but once it settles down and lays eggs, the consequences will be disastrous.”

"What? Locusts?!" Li Zheng's wife heard this and interrupted in shock, "Damn Dafu, did you read that right? Real locusts?"

Chen Changsheng nodded affirmatively.

"Oh my god, when the locusts come, the land will be finished!"

Even now, Li Zheng's wife still looks frightened when she recalls the locust plague five years ago.

The sky was filled with locusts, and the sky was so dark that the day seemed like night. The air was filled with the sound of locusts flapping their wings, and the fields were densely covered with insects. Wherever the locusts went, there was literally no grass growing.

That year, there was no harvest from the fields, and many people starved to death in Chenjia Village and surrounding villages.

"Dafu Niang, are you seeing this clearly?" Li Zheng asked worriedly.

"Yes, I recognize the locusts."

"How could this happen? Isn't it said that 'there are no more than three major disasters, and if there are more than three, there will be disaster'? Could it be that we provoked the Locust God, so the Locust God won't let us poor people go?" Li Zheng's wife said. Stopping talking, he also pulled a stool next to him and sat down.

Locust plagues, floods and droughts have always been listed as the three major natural disasters. Droughts are often followed by large-scale locust plagues. The two disasters attack one after another and can lead to no harvest in the fields for two to three years.

Chenjia Village experienced a drought last year, and the surface lacked vegetation coverage, making it easy for locust eggs to burrow into the ground and reproduce.

Li Zheng took a puff of dry cigarette and looked at Chen Changsheng, "Dafu Niang, what do you think?"

Chen Changsheng shook his head blankly.

Although she had seen news about locusts crossing the border in her previous life, but now that she had actually encountered them, it was a completely different story.

She needed to research.

"The locust issue is urgent. I will go to the fields to check the situation later, and I will also ask Li Zheng in the next few villages to see if they have them too," Li Zheng said worriedly.

Control locusts sooner rather than later.

"Uncle Li Zheng, when we go to the county government tomorrow, we can also ask the officials for information. Their information is always the most accurate." Chen Changsheng added.

"Ok, deal."

**

The two children, Sanshou and Sixi, picked up a lot of weeds and branches and piled them in the front yard.

Chen Changsheng divided them into categories, knitted them briefly, and then started working on the pepper patch in the backyard.

She first inserted a thick branch in each of the four corners of the pepper field, then bought a bundle of plastic packing ropes at the bracelet mall, and tied the packing ropes back and forth around the four branches to build a simple frame, and finally put the braided straw pieces on top one by one, and the awning is ready.

In order to prevent the strong wind from blowing away the thatch pieces, Chen Changsheng also picked up a few stones to hold them down.

She patted the mud on her hands and looked at her masterpiece with satisfaction.

"Mom, my second brother is back!" Sixi's voice sounded.

Chen Erlu jumped down from Chen Daniu's bullock cart and moved all the barrels down. His two younger brothers and sisters also very wisely stepped forward to help get the things.

In the end, Erlu carried the things Chen Changsheng had asked him to purchase, and also brought two extra packs of winter melon candies for a few people in his family. When you go out, remember to buy things for your family, this is what my mother said.

"Er Lu is back. Do you want to eat in the city for lunch?" Chen Changsheng asked as he dusted off the dust on his second son, fearing that the son would starve to save money.

"Already eaten." Chen Erlu chuckled. "Mom, when I was shopping at the grain store in the city today, I heard from the shopkeeper that there was a locust plague in the north, and a lot of rice seedlings were eaten by insects. I'm worried about whether the price of grain will rise. Should we stock up on some in advance? grain?"

Damage to rice seedlings in the north will definitely affect the harvest. If this year's harvest is reduced, the price of food will definitely increase. Although the owner of the grain store has not yet received any clear news from his employer about the price increase, it will be a matter of time.

However, Chen Erlu couldn't make up his mind, so he came back to discuss it with Chen Changsheng.

"Stock up, we not only need to buy more rice and noodles, but also more soybeans, so we can't delay business." Chen Changsheng nodded.

She looked at the second child with approval, he was quite smart.

If we are really waiting for the day when food prices rise, and everyone goes crazy to stock up on food, food prices may rise even more by then, so it is better to start early.

"Mom, there is a locust plague in the north. Will those locusts fly to our side?" Chen Erlu thought for a while, then laughed at himself and continued, "Our Jiangzhou Prefecture is in the south, separated from the north by a river. I miss those locusts. No matter how capable I am, I can't cross the river. I'm just worrying too much."

Chen Changsheng said nothing.

So what about a river.

She remembered news reports from a previous life that an army of 400 billion African locusts had migrated all the way from Africa, flown across the Red Sea, and directly killed Iran, Pakistan and India. As a result, India and Pakistan had to temporarily declare a truce on the border to deal with the locust plague. Both countries declared a state of emergency.

If the locusts from the north were to fly over with all their strength, even if there was a river blocking them, they would still be able to fly half of them, and even this half would be enough to severely damage Chenjiacun's vitality.

The situation is not optimistic.

Chen Dafu on the side said, "My mother and I have found several locusts while working in the fields today, some are larvae and some are adults. My mother just went to find Mr. Li Zheng about this matter."

"There are already locusts in the ground?! What should we do?"

If the rice at home is eaten by locusts, will we go hungry again this year?

"Uncle Li Zheng and I are going to the city tomorrow, and we'll wait until I do some research."

The locusts must be wiped out in one fell swoop while they are still within a small area.