Chapter 446 Spring Festival
Chapter 446 Spring Festival
"Could it be that the fields in Kitano County no longer grow crops?"
Ting Cui'er said: "It's not that the crops don't grow, but although the crops grow, there are also many insect pests."
Just as Cui'er finished speaking, a series of chirping sounds were heard.
I saw a few locusts flying towards the backyard kitchen from far away like lightning.
Cui'er's face changed slightly, and she raised her sleeves to put the locusts into her sleeves.
Although the locusts fly fast, Cui'er is a master in the late stage of foundation building. How can these insects escape from Cui'er's eyes?
Cui'er, who caught the locust, was not proud, but looked a little solemn.
She turned her head and looked at the maid she had scolded earlier, and asked, "Did you cause these locusts?"
The maid was terrified and said quickly, "Young lady, I can't even hide from these insects, how dare I provoke them?"
Cui'er knew that what she said made no sense, but she was unwilling to admit that the northern suburbs would also be affected by the locust plague.
In the past, there were only locusts in the southern suburbs, which were far away from the northern suburbs.
Moreover, in the eyes of most people, the locust infestation is a sign of inaction by the gods or a punishment for the villagers.
Now locusts have come to the northern suburbs, which proves that the land in the northern suburbs has also begun to become "lazy".
"The locusts are moving in a somewhat strange way. Logically, the Su family is fully capable of organizing manpower to wipe out the locusts."
At this time, the maid said, "The Su family has done their best. I heard that this time the locusts are not only in our area, but also in other counties."
Tian Lin looked at Yu'er, and Yu'er also said, "I wrote to Miss Mei a few days ago and she said that they were also in trouble with locusts in Nanzhou."
"Nanzhou has never been affected by the shrine of Master Kongwufa, so this locust plague should have happened anyway. I think it has nothing to do with Master Kongwufa's shrine."
"It doesn't really matter whether there are locusts flying around or not. It won't affect you anyway."
Although Yu'er's words seemed a bit cold, they were the truth.
No matter how powerful the locusts are, as long as they cannot eat all the food in the world, the fields and forests will not starve.
"What do the various sects say? Didn't those Yuanying elders take action?"
Yu'er said, "Master Ju of the Daodao Sect also wrote to me and said that the recent mission of the sect's disciples is to go to various places to kill locusts. Unfortunately, the source of these locusts is a mystery. After killing one, thousands of eggs and powder will fly out of it. These powders will take root and turn into more locusts overnight."
"Since the sect has already sent out disciples to exterminate the locusts, it shows that the locusts have attracted the attention of the immortal sect. It can be seen that this locust disaster is so serious that even the Yuanying elders are helpless."
Since the Yuanying elders are helpless, there is no point for Tian Lin to worry about the farmers.
He took the locusts from Cui'er calmly, and saw the locusts flapping their wings in the light ball.
However, the ball of light was condensed by Cui'er using her true energy, so no matter how the locusts fluttered, they could not fly out of the ball of light.
"This is the idea of the elders! In order to prevent the locusts from becoming more and more numerous, they decided not to kill them but to imprison them. If it weren't for this idea, the world would have been ruled by locusts by now."
Just as Cui'er finished speaking, there was a "pop" sound, and a locust in the light ball was suddenly crushed by Tian Lin in mid-air.
As soon as the locust died, a large amount of powder floated out of its broken stomach in an instant.
The powder is wrapped in the light ball and cannot break through the light ball and escape outwards.
But according to Cui'er, this powder can produce thousands of locusts.
"The clone technique? No, these dust particles seem to have souls."
Tian Lin stuffed the light ball into his storage bag and said, "Does Wang Yanyu have any proper solution for the locusts?" Cui'er said, "Miss Wang said that now we can only hope that during the Spring Festival, the God of Spring will hear the farmers' prayers and eventually kill these locusts for the world."
Tian Lin asked again: "Has the God of Spring ever responded to sacrifices in the past?"
The one who answered Tian Lin was the maid who was scolded. She said, "In previous years, the weather was good and the crops were good. Even if there were any insect pests, the county's spiritual plant farmers solved them themselves. There was never a need for the God of Spring to appear."
"That means that in previous sacrifices, the immortal Ju Mang has never appeared?"
Without waiting for the maid to speak, Tian Lin said, "In two days it will be the Spring Festival. Then we will know whether the God of Spring will show up!"
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Generally, the poorer the place, the more valuable the three animals offered to the gods during sacrifices, and the more complicated the rituals.
Perhaps because of the disaster this year, people realized the importance of the Spring Festival, and the Spring Festival activities were particularly grand.
Early in the morning, villagers from the northern suburbs had gathered at the edge of the field.
There is no need to mention the firing of cannons and the music of drums. There is no need to say more about holding the plow and asking the farmers to sow seeds.
The entire spring festival lasted a whole day, and it was not until the sun set that the villagers in the northern suburbs dispersed, tired and hungry.
"Now that the Spring Festival is over, when we wake up tomorrow morning, those locusts will have been killed by the old man Ju Mang. Then, everyone can grow crops in peace again."
Some villagers comforted their families in this way, but only the children believed it.
The adults, on the other hand, were skeptical and returned to the house with frowns and full of expectation.
Is the Spring Festival useful?
Anyway, the next day Tian Lin discovered that there were more locusts in the northern suburbs. The swarms of locusts were like dark clouds covering the sky, blocking the bright sun in the sky.
At this moment, the farmers seemed particularly frightened and humble.
"Doesn't the old God of Spring care about our lives?"
Some villagers looked desperate, but their complaints against Ju Mang were quickly stopped.
"How busy is the God of Spring? We just started the sacrifice, so he may not be able to take care of us for a while. When he is done with other things, he will definitely take action against these locusts."
These words are of course just consolation, but what the panicked farmers now lack is this kind of false words that can reassure them.
Locusts only eat food, fortunately they do not eat wooden houses or trees.
But after half a month, the big trees in the village were not eaten by locusts, but the bark had been peeled off by the villagers themselves.
At this point, the situation has developed to the point where selling children is no longer enough to make a living.
Throughout Beiye County, the noble families had no shortage of slaves, and some ordinary farmers did not have enough food to buy another mouth.
Only Tian Lin would occasionally exchange a piece of cake for a child - but even Tian Lin could not feed too many children.
At this time, the people in Beiye County had changed from selling their children to eating their own children.
"Has the Goddess Sect replied?"
Cui Er said, "Miss Mei said that something big happened in the Goddess Sect recently, so she hasn't received our letter yet. But now the Goddess Sect has lifted the martial law, and she will come to Beiye County in two days. If there is anything, she can come over and talk to us."
"It seems that Ran Lang has found the Ascension Pool of the Goddess Sect! I just wonder if Ran Lang has become an immortal?
If Ran Lang becomes an immortal, he will surely be able to deal with these locusts!"
(End of this chapter)