kingnovel Chapter 498: Eliminating the Locust Plague
Chapter 498: Eliminating the Locust Plague
The next morning, as soon as the village chief got up, a villager ran over in surprise.
"Village chief, village chief! The magic medicine has appeared in our village again!"
The village chief hurried over and, sure enough, saw identical elixirs neatly laid out on the grass, ninety bottles in total, plus ten sprayers.
This is the number they sold to Songzhuang, and this is also the number of sprayers they rented to Songzhuang.
The villagers were extremely surprised and talked about it:
"If our village helps others, will the mountain god help us?"
"That's great! When the people from Liuzhuang Village came to buy medicine yesterday, they were late. Now we can sell it to them!"
"Yeah, yeah, each family can get one or two taels of silver, this is all picked up for free!"
"Nonsense, this isn't free money, it's a gift from the mountain god!"
……
When the people in Liuzhuang Village were notified, they immediately rushed over to buy medicine.
They visited Songzhuang yesterday. Once the medicine was applied, the locusts died immediately.
I have to buy the potion today no matter what.
Liuzhuang Village is slightly smaller, with about 500 acres of land. Village chief Chen sold him 50 bottles of medicine and five sprayers. The price was the same as in Songzhuang, one tael of silver per bottle.
As soon as Village Chief Liu paid the money, the village chief of Zhaozhuang came with his men and shouted from a distance:
"Village Chief Chen! Our village wants to buy 100 bottles!"
Village chief Liu was very glad that he had run a little faster, otherwise he might not have been able to buy it.
Village chief Chen had someone count them, and together with the ten bottles left yesterday, there were only sixty bottles left.
"Village Chief Zhao, there are only sixty bottles left. You can take them first. If the mountain god gives more medicine tomorrow, I will send someone to Zhao Village to inform you."
Village Chief Zhao had no choice but to buy the sixty bottles of medicine first.
Before he could leave, he saw people from Lizhuang Village coming. He secretly thanked his luck for his quick legs.
"Village Chief Li, you are late. You can only wait until next time." said Village Chief Zhao.
Village Chief Li looked at Village Chief Chen, who spread his hands:
"They are all sold out. We can only ask the mountain god for medicine again."
Village Chief Li was very unwilling and said with a sad face:
"But the locusts are increasing in number. I'm worried that if we wait a few days, our crops will be gone."
Gu Xi said to the system:
"System, can you not give me 100 points for saving a village like squeezing toothpaste? Give me more at a time, so I don't have to get up in the middle of the night every day. Besides, the locust plague can't wait."
System: “Okay.”
[Help the people eliminate locusts and get a pre-reward of 10,000 points. ]
Gu Xi nodded with satisfaction. That’s right, as the owner of the Earth who is used to being wealthy, it is not her style to be stingy bit by bit.
That night, Gu Xi prepared to use the same trick again and put the pesticide at the entrance of the village.
But I saw a large group of people squatting at the entrance of the village.
Village Chief Chen was explaining to everyone helplessly:
"Village leaders, I know you are anxious, but the gods only give us 100 bottles of medicine at a time, and there are not enough for so many of you!"
"Besides, they are all blocking the entrance to our village. What if we anger the mountain god and he stops giving us medicine?"
But no matter what Village Chief Chen said, the other village chiefs refused to leave.
At most, I would agree to stay a little further away from the village entrance so as not to hinder the mountain god from bestowing medicine.
Gu Xi was speechless.
You all stare at the village entrance with your big round eyes. How can I get there to put the medicine?
She had no choice but to go into the mountains.
The next morning, Gu Xi went out with a backpack to find out what was going on and found that the village chiefs were still watching at the village entrance.
They were very disappointed when they found no pesticides in the grass.
Village Chief Chen is still trying to persuade:
"Look, I told you not to stay here, but you insisted on guarding. Now the mountain god won't come."
Those people were very depressed. They didn't want to leave because they were worried that if they left, someone else would get there first. They all thought this way, and in the end, no one benefited.
"What can we do? The locusts have become a plague."
"Is it really because we stayed here that we angered the mountain god?"
"It's possible. After all, the mountain god only favors Chenshui Village. We are all outsiders."
"Why don't we go and come back tomorrow to check."
"Alas, I don't know what will happen to the crops tomorrow."
……
Gu Xi walked over and greeted Village Chief Chen:
"Village chief, I'm going to the mountains to pick some wild fruits."
Village Chief Chen: "Okay, Miaomiao, don't run too far, there are ferocious beasts in the mountains."
Gu Xi: “Got it.”
After a while, Gu Xi hurried back:
"Village Chief, Village Chief! I found a lot of pesticides in the mountains!"
The village chief was surprised: "Really?!"
Without waiting for Gu Xi to answer, he immediately turned back every few steps and shouted to the other village heads who had already walked several hundred meters:
"Everyone! We have medicine, we have medicine!"
When the village heads heard this, they ran back as fast as they could.
That speed is like a 100-meter sprint, and everyone wants to be at the front.
Village Chief Chen led everyone in the direction Gu Xi pointed.
It was not far away, just separated by a dirt slope, blocking everyone's view.
The village heads were originally vying to be the first to buy medicine. On the way, you tripped me and I pushed you, and we almost got into a fight.
After seeing large areas of pesticides, they were shocked and stopped fighting.
Village Chief Chen was so happy that his eyes narrowed into slits:
"That's great! The mountain god must have seen your sincerity and has given you so many medicines. Every village will get a share!"
Word spread quickly, and the story of the mountain god bestowing elixir on Chenshui Village spread like wildfire from village to village and town to town.
Almost everyone in the county came to Chenshui Village to buy medicine.
As a result, Chenshui Village made a lot of money, and every family received more than 100 taels of silver.
They couldn't even dream of having so much money.
You can’t spend it all, you can’t spend it all.
Girls from all around the village were vying to marry into Chenshui Village. Even if they didn't want a betrothal gift, they still tried their best to marry there.
The young men in Chenshui Village have become popular.
The matchmaker even broke down Shui Miaomiao's door.
The wedding of the Horizontal Square was quickly arranged, and even the Water Cube, its ten-year-old younger brother, had many people vying to reserve it.
Chenshui Village became a well-known wealthy village.
After Chen Fengzhi learned the news, he also ran back to ask the village chief for money.
More than one hundred taels was enough for him to buy a house in the county town.
"Village head, I am also from Chenshui Village, why don't you give me a share?"
Village Chief Chen said:
"You have already moved your household registration to the county town. You are no longer a resident of Chenshui Village. There is no land of your family in the village. These magical medicines have nothing to do with your family."
Chen Fengzhi said:
"How can I not be from Chenshui Village? I grew up here and have only been away for a year. Even if my household registration is not here, my last name is Chen!"
Another villager chimed in:
"According to what you said, Chen can come back to share the money. There are many married girls in our village. Can they all come back to share the money?"