Chapter 98 Insect Disaster
In the next few days, although people fleeing from various counties and states continued to flow in on the official road, people who wanted to escape and survive would not take the initiative to cause trouble.
Besides, there are so many people in Taohua Village that others who want to cause trouble have to look at themselves, so the road is relatively peaceful.
Qingzhou is a capital city in the Jin Kingdom. It is known as the "Little Jiangnan" and has a prosperous economy.
Baitao plans to take the people from Taohua Village to Qingzhou to rest and see if they can sell something or purchase something before continuing.
However, when Bai Dashan heard the news, Baitao frowned: "You said there was a serious insect plague in Qingzhou?"
"Yes." Bai Dashan: "Auntie, there are many people from Qingzhou on the road in the past two days. They were driven away from their hometowns by the insect plague."
"Auntie, do we need to take a detour?"
Speaking of which, Bai Dashan also felt helpless. It was such a troubled time. No matter where he went, he couldn't settle down anywhere.
If it hadn't been for his aunt, he and his fellow villagers would still not know what would have happened.
Baitao muttered subconsciously: "Is it a locust?"
When she finished speaking, she saw that Bai Dashan was puzzled, so she thought for a moment and said: "It's just a flying cricket, or it can also be called a Ya Ya squat, a chicken, a grasshopper..."
"Oh, grandma, are you talking about a chicken? No, I thought it was a chicken at first, but after asking more carefully, it has nothing to do with a chicken."
Is the chicken called a yellow worm?
Bai Dashan recited it over and over in his mind, thinking that the name his aunt called sounded much nicer.
Bai Tao, on the other hand, murmured in her heart, how easy it is to call a locust, no matter how difficult it is to call a grasshopper, it is so difficult to read and write a word like a chicken.
If it weren't for Baitao's shopping mall, after searching, I really wouldn't have known that locusts had this name.
Bai Dashan continued to report the news: "Auntie, I asked you carefully. This insect plague is unprecedented. No one in Qingzhou has ever seen it."
"It appeared about three or four months ago, or maybe earlier. No one can remember it clearly at the moment."
"At first, they were only found in paddy fields, streams, and ponds. But after about a month, there were more and more of these insects. Now, they are everywhere in Qingzhou."
Baitao was confused when she heard it: "Do you know what it is like?" It's everywhere, how much does it cost!
Bai Dashan nodded immediately. Everyone knew that my aunt was interested in weird things, such as flowers, birds, fish, insects, wood, rocks, etc.
So even if I heard that there was an insect infestation in Qingzhou, I would subconsciously inquire about it.
"This insect has a hard carapace, a grayish-black body color, a dark red back, a stripe on the back of its abdomen, pincers, and tentacles on its head..."
As he spoke, Bai Dashan hesitated: "Auntie, I exchanged a hawthorn ball for a child for a few. Do you want to see it?"
He thought the bug looked a little weird, and he was worried about scaring his aunt, so he hesitated to take it out.
Baitao: "Then take it out quickly." He still struggled to describe what he was doing for a long time even though he had the actual object.
The key point was that she had to create a picture in her mind based on his description, which made Baitao confused for a while.
If it's a rare variety, you can get money by selling it to the mall.
Recently, my daily income is only three to five thousand coins, and I can't make ends meet.
"Then." Bai Dashan swallowed, a touch of uncertainty flashed across his face, and said again: "Grandma, you have to be mentally prepared."
"This insect looks a little weird and a little scary." He was really afraid of scaring his aunt. After all, her aunt was only a five-year-old baby.
If he scares his aunt, the villagers may skin him.
It is estimated that the ancestors could crawl out of the ground to cause trouble for him.
"Stop being so nagging!" Bai Tao Nai said fiercely: "If you continue to be nagging, I won't let you listen to the story tonight."
Now she tells stories to the villagers at night, and it feels like she is telling bedtime stories to a group of children.
"No, aunt, here it is, here it is." Bai Dashan was a little dumbfounded. "Hurry up." I don't know why, but the more Bai Dashan said this, the more Baitao felt that he should be able to sell it for money. It was just a matter of selling more and selling less.
Seeing this, Bai Dashan immediately stopped worrying and took down a small fish basket hanging behind him.
When he opened the lid of the small fish basket, before Baitao poked his head over, he turned the small fish basket upside down on the small table.
Bai Dashan patted the bottom of the small fish basket. When he took it away, Baitao saw the bug in his mouth.
Two of them fell on the table, and the other one hung on the mouth of the small fish basket and swayed back and forth.
The next second, Baitao said in surprise: "You said, this is a bug?"
Although Baitao's voice was still sweet, Bai Dashan could also hear the difference in her tone.
After hesitating for a moment, Bai Dashan nodded: "Yes, aunt, that's what people in Qingzhou call you."
"We've never seen a bug like this before."
Baitao stretched out her hand and pinched the bug on the table, and brought it closer. Her eyes were obviously brighter. She couldn't help but swallow her saliva as she was thinking about something.
"Auntie."
"Auntie?"
Bai Dashan called twice, but Baitao didn't respond. He couldn't help but raise his voice anxiously.
"Auntie, what's wrong with you?"
"Oh." Baitao came back to her senses. She temporarily dismissed all the tastes in her mind, swallowed, and said: "This is not a bug."
"Ah?" Bai Dashan: "Then..."
Baitao interrupted him and asked hurriedly: "Did you just say that the boundaries of Qingzhou are filled with these things?"
Bai Dashan nodded: "Yes. Auntie, the people in Qingzhou said that they are everywhere, on the streets, on the roads, in the fields, on the trees, everywhere."
“Many people wake up and open the door to find that there is a crowd of people in front of their home, and they can’t even get out.”
"So many." Baitao was surprised when he heard this.
But the next moment, she smiled and rolled her eyes and said excitedly: "It's great to have so many!"
"Ah?" Bai Dashan was puzzled.
Why is my aunt so happy?
When he heard people from Qingzhou talking about that scene, he felt like his scalp was numb.
"Auntie, are you interested in this insect?"
The people of Peach Blossom Village have always been puzzled by what interests Baitao, and they still are.
"More than just interested, I'm very interested." After saying that, Baitao corrected seriously: "Also, this is not called a bug, it has a name, it's called a crayfish."
At this time, in his mind, the constant chatter of Didi in the mall also made Baitao feel noisy for a while: "Don't bother me, you have already said it. The price is twelve coins per catty, and these are only five, what is it for?" ’
crayfish?
Bai Dashan was stunned for a moment.
He looked down at the insect crawling on the table with its pincers raised, with a look of doubt on his face. This insect, bah bah, my aunt said, it was a crayfish.
However, he and his fellow villagers had eaten shrimp before, not only the sea shrimp given by his aunt, but also the river shrimp.
Shrimps don't look like this.
(End of chapter)