Traveling through the famine years with the system to raise cubs

"The three of you will go to the field to catch some bugs after dinner." Jiang Ling continued.

The three children showed blank expressions when they heard it, but they still nodded obediently. In their hearts, they must listen to Jiang Ling's words.

As soon as the words fell, a sound of horseshoes came from far and near, followed by a slightly familiar male voice.

"Sister-in-law, I'm Ah Fu, the housekeeper of Li Shan's family!"

Jiang Ling opened the door, only to see Ah Fu standing outside the door holding a big burden in his hands.

"Sister-in-law Jiang, this is what our master ordered me to give you. There are still three bags in the car, just wait for me!" Ah Fu said and put the bags in his hand at the door of Jiang Ling's house.

Jiang Ling quickly opened the bag and took a look, only to see that there were balls of snow-white and soft cotton inside. Jiang Ling was very grateful, and quickly took out the thirty boxes of mint cream made last night from the house and put them in Ah Fu's hands .

Ah Fu nodded and thanked Jiang Ling, then drove the carriage and left Lujiacun.

"Mother, what is this?" Jiang Wenxi asked while helping Jiang Ling move cotton to the house.

"This is cotton, mother is here to do experiments!" Jiang Ling said.

Jiang Wenxi nodded ignorantly and didn't ask any more questions. After the family of four had breakfast, the three children walked out holding baskets on their backs hand in hand.

Jiang Ling was not idle here, she quickly pulled off a piece of cotton, and started to pick cotton according to the steps of cotton picking in memory.

After a while, a piece of square cotton was wrapped by Jiang Ling, and then Jiang Ling pulled a piece of coarse cloth from home, and simply sandwiched the cotton in the middle of the coarse cloth according to the shape of a mask. Tried it on the ear.

At noon, the three children were returned home by the half-carrying insects.

After Jiang Ling directed the children to put the bugs in the urn, he brought the three children into the house, and after telling them not to come out, he went back to the corner by himself.

Jiang Ling ignited the soaked hay and placed it under the urn. The dried grass soaked in herbs soon gave off a pungent smell, but at the same time the bugs in Weng Zhong also became restless.

"Oh! Sister-in-law Jiang, what are you doing! What kind of smell is this!" Zhao Erling's daughter-in-law lived next door, and after smelling the smell, she hurried over, holding her nose and frowning.

Jiang Ling handed the prepared mask to Zhao Erleng's daughter-in-law and said, "Take it quickly, the smoke is poisonous!"

"Ah? What... what?" Upon hearing that it was poisonous, Zhao Erleng's daughter-in-law immediately lost her composure. She put the mask on her ears in a panic, stepped back dozens of steps and stared at Jiang Ling.

The bugs in Wengzhong all died soon after being smoked. Jiang Ling patted Weng carefully, but there was no sound or noise coming from inside again. Jiang Ling quickly poured a basin of water on the unburned on the hay.

"Sister-in-law Jiang, you... what are you doing? Are you trying to poison me to death?" Although Zhao Erling's daughter-in-law was wearing a mask, she could clearly hear the panic in the kiss.

Jiang Ling smiled, took off the mask first and explained to Zhao Erleng's wife: "I was doing an experiment just now, and I wanted to see if the smoke could kill the locusts!"

"What? Kill... kill locusts?" Zhao Erleng's daughter-in-law was taken aback. She pulled off her mask and asked, grabbing Jiang Ling's shoulders with both hands.

"Er Leng's sister-in-law, you...don't worry, listen to me slowly." Jiang Ling gently put Zhao Er Leng's daughter-in-law's arm down and began to explain patiently.

Zhao Er's daughter-in-law's expression also changed from surprise to excitement. She walked up to the Weng, carefully lifted the lid on the Weng, poked Weng with her hand, and ran away excitedly after making sure that all the bugs inside were dead. He went to Jiang Ling and asked, "Really... are they all dead?"

Jiang Ling twitched the corner of her mouth and said: "Well, they are all dead, this method is probably feasible! Let's go, sister-in-law, accompany me to find the village chief!"

Jiang Ling and Zhao Erleng's wife came to the village head's house together. Zhao Erleng's wife was quick to speak, and told Jiang Ling everything that happened just now.

As Jiang Ling expected, the village chief's expression also changed drastically. He quickly stood up and asked again: "Mr. Jiang, you... are you telling the truth? You must not joke about crops!"

Jiang Ling pursed her lips and smiled, nodded and said, "Village Chief, when have I ever lied to you?"

"This……"

"Let's go! Let's go and have a look!" The village head didn't know how to answer, so he could only wave his hands to signal Jiang Ling and Zhao Erleng's wife to follow.

The actions of the village chief were exactly the same as those of Zhao Erleng's wife just now, especially after the village chief confirmed that all the bugs in Wengzhong were dead, he exclaimed in wonder.

"Mr. Jiang, hurry up! Tell me quickly, what method did you use? Forget it. Come and follow me to the Lu family ancestral hall. I want to have a meeting right away!" The village chief thought for a while and walked out of Jiang Ling's house quickly. , motioning Jiang Ling to follow.

Inside the Lu family's ancestral hall, there were crowds of people, and everyone whispered.

After the village chief coughed twice, he began to maintain order.

"Quiet! Quiet! Everyone is called today because there is a very important announcement!"

Seeing that the village chief had already spoken, everyone silently shut their mouths.

"Regarding the management of locusts, Jiang has found a way..."

Before the village chief had finished speaking, the voices of everyone discussing once again poured out from all directions.

"Quiet! Quiet!" The village chief frowned displeasedly and organized discipline.

"Village chief, aren't you a fool? Can you believe what she says, a village woman who can't read a single word?" Lu Youren mocked with his shoulders curled up and his lips curled up.

Jiang Ling looked towards the crowd, and gave Lu Youren a helpless look. How did this strange thing live so big? He didn't know how to restrain himself, not to mention troubles for him three times and four times!

"I don't believe her? I believe you? Lu Youren, don't give up!" The village chief gave Lu Youren a hard look and scolded.

Lu Youren was not happy to be reprimanded in public, so he hummed twice and did not speak again.

"Just now, the Jiang family has discovered a way to kill locusts..." The village chief's eyes fell on Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling nodded, walked to the side of the village head and continued to add: "We just need to boil the two things, wormwood and cocklebur, in a pot, then soak the grass balls in boiling water for half an hour, and then let them dry Just do it!"

Jiang Ling's words once again aroused everyone's discussion, but most people in Lujia Village knew Jiang Ling's character, especially after discovering potatoes and water sources, Jiang Ling's reputation improved a lot in everyone's hearts.

After all, alum and realgar are not products of this era. On the way to the meeting, Jiang Ling had already figured out a countermeasure. When the time came, he would secretly grind these two items into powder and distribute them to the public in the name of his grandmother. This would ensure the catching and killing of locusts. , without arousing suspicion.

"But this method has a drawback." Jiang Ling's words immediately pushed the matter to a climax.

Everyone looked at Jiang Ling unsteadily, as if they wanted to find the answer from him.