"Do you have peach leaves and lime ready-made in the mansion?" Su Ziling asked.

Chang Ce: "Yes, the young master arranged for us to pick them early in the morning. We also bought some lime. The young master said that each village would be given 50 kilograms for free."

"That's good. Let's teach these people first so that they can go back and prepare earlier. If we kill insects one day earlier, less crops will be eaten."

"Don't you need to wait for the others?" Chang Ce pushed the door open for her. "It's better to wait until everyone is here before teaching together. Otherwise, my girl, your throat may not be able to bear it."

"It's okay. Ask someone to make me some honeysuckle water, or chrysanthemum tea or something like that," Su Ziling looked at the ten people in the yard, and then looked at the large basin that had been prepared on the side.

"In fact, it's better for us to teach in groups of ten. With fewer people, they can hear more clearly. If there are too many people, teaching together will be slower and more tiring because many people won't be able to hear."

Chang Ce nodded, "Miss Su, just tell me what you need, I'll do it. The master told me to follow your instructions before he left."

Seeing the two people come in, those people quickly stood up, bowed slightly, a little stiff and at a loss.

"Everyone, I will now teach you how to make insecticide. If you have any questions, please let me know. We must learn the recipe and take it back with us."

"Now that I've learned how to do it, I can soak the medicine in the afternoon and spray it the next two days. The day after tomorrow, I think most of the insects will be dead. So, everyone must listen carefully and ask if you don't understand."

Su Ziling was afraid that they would not dare to ask questions and would pretend to know everything, which would only harm the entire village.

After explaining the interests involved and asking Chang Ce to bring water, Su Ziling began to explain everything in detail, first the proportions, amount of water, dosage, how to spray, precautions after spraying, etc.

She broke down her explanation into smaller parts, repeating the key points until everyone understood. After she finished with one batch, she took a sip of water. Then, about eleven or twelve more people came, and she started the next round of explanation.

In this way, group after group left, and when it was Si time and Lu Yan and the others came back, only the last group of people were left in the yard.

Shen Xingye's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could pinch a fly to death. "Why are there only a few of them? Where are the others?"

Chang Ce came forward and said, "Everyone else has finished teaching and gone home."

When they heard that the county magistrate had a way to kill insects, everyone was so excited that they didn't sleep all night. Early in the morning, when it was just light and the road was barely visible, many people set out with torches in hand.

Therefore, they arrived much earlier than Shen Xingye and the others had expected. Even those that were farther away arrived half an hour earlier than predicted.

"Okay, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. Don't forget them by the time you get home. It won't be worth making another trip then." Su Ziling took a sip of water to moisten his throat.

"Miss Su, let me ask one more question. This concentrate is four pounds to ten pounds of water, right?"

"Yes, spray it directly after mixing it. Use the method I just mentioned. Remember not to miss any. Spray every corn tree, and spray it in the trumpet mouth."

Thinking of the insects in their rice seedlings, she reminded them, "If your rice seedlings have rice leafhoppers and rice planthoppers, you can boil peach leaves in water and then spray them. Of course, don't add lime to the boiled water."

"We understand. Thank you Miss Su. We'll go back first. We'll soak it now and spray two more plots of land later."

Having found a solution, everyone hurried back.

"There's lime over there. Everyone remember to go get it. Each village gets 50 kilograms. If you have any questions later, you can come to the county, or go to Baihua Cave. It depends on the distance. Go whichever is closer."

"Oh, I see. We really have to thank Miss Su for this. Otherwise, we wouldn't have known when to catch them. We might have to scrap this batch of corn and replant it."

"It's okay, uncle. You can go home as soon as you get it. By the way, you haven't eaten yet, right? If you haven't eaten, go out along this alley and turn left. There is a Su Ji restaurant over there. It's mine. If you go there today, you can get free porridge and steamed buns, and pickles."

"Okay, got it." Everyone took the lime and left in a hurry. Now they were all anxious to go home. When they thought about killing insects, they no longer felt hungry.

"Uncle, how are you? Are grandma and the others all right? Is your situation serious?"

Li Dazhui also came. Their village is relatively far from the county, so he is the last batch today.

"Don't worry, everything is fine. We do have insects, but not as serious as yours. We only found them two or three days ago. The corn seedlings are not damaged. Your medicine arrived in time. This wave of spraying will be fine."

Li Dazhu chuckled twice. "Yesterday, the yamen runners came to notify you to come to the county, saying that you were going to learn how to kill insects. I didn't expect that you were the one teaching. If I had known you were here, I would have brought you some dried fish."

Su Ziling explained, "I just got here yesterday. I made the medicine the day before yesterday and tried it myself. The effect was pretty good, so I came to the county yesterday and didn't have time to tell you."

"It's okay, it's okay. The timing is just right. By the way, mushrooms are starting to appear over there. I was thinking of picking them up and sending them to you, but I didn't expect this to happen."

Li Dazhu patted her head and whispered comfortingly, his eyes full of smiles without a trace of blame.

"It's okay, let's deal with the bugs first. Spray this medicine and it will be gone in a few days."

Seeing that Li Dazhui was still thinking about the mushrooms, Su Ziling felt relieved as he thought that the insect problem in their village was really not serious.

"By the way, did you see someone from your third aunt's family coming?" Li Dazhu suddenly spoke up.

Su Ziling was stunned for a moment, "Are you here?"

Su Ziling didn't know the Bai family. When Bai Wei got married, no one from the Bai family came to see her off. Their family hasn't been doing well in the past few years, so they haven't had any contact with the Su family.

Even from the time A Xiu was born to her full moon, and up until now, no one has come to see her.

The Su family didn’t visit during weekdays and festivals, except during the Chinese New Year when they would bring gifts back to pay New Year’s greetings.

"Here he is. The one who was with me just now is your third aunt's eldest brother."

Su Ziling nodded. "No wonder he looked familiar to me just now. He kept staring at me. I thought I didn't know him..."

"Oh no!" Su Ziling exclaimed, "Is he going to look for my Third Aunt?"

Su Ziling had only heard a few words from Grandma Su and the others about how the Bai family treated Bai Wei. The implication was that the Bai family wasn't that bad, they just lived a hard life.

There's no way. We don't have any contact now, mainly because the wives of the Bai family are too powerful.

Since they didn't have much contact, Grandma Su didn't say much.

"He shouldn't be able to find it, right?" Li Dazhu hesitated.

"No, I have to go check it out." Su Ziling put down the cup in his hand. "Since he recognized me, and I told him that my family has a shop, he will probably look for it. My Third Aunt is pregnant now, so don't make her angry again."

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