Chapter 9 Book Seven: The Terrible Swarm of Locusts

Farmers are most afraid of mentioning locusts. This kind of insect is the word 虫 with the word 皇 added next to it. From this we can know that it is really the king of insects.In the countryside, small-scale locusts have appeared countless times. It is not surprising that large-scale locust swarms have been seen once and a half. This kind of horror is still lingering. One and a half saw locust swarms in northern Jiangsu, near the coast of the Yellow Sea.One day, in midsummer, the sun was shining brightly, and when the crops were plowing, and the sweat was dripping into the soil, suddenly there was a sudden and chaotic sound of gongs, which came from far and near, and quickly.

Those who worked in the fields were not farmers at first, but were gathered to run state-owned farms, and naturally they had no experience, but the sound of gongs was a signal of an emergency in the countryside. Everyone knew this, so they looked up. First, I saw a dark cloud moving quite far away, and I didn't take it seriously, because on the Subei Plain, the sky changes as it says, and even a tornado can be seen every few days. But the dark cloud, which was moving very fast, suddenly sank down and disappeared. Just as I was wondering what was going on, the sound of the gongs became even more urgent. Some rural cadres rushed over on bicycles, shouting, "The locust swarm is here, the locust swarm is here!"Get ready to deal with it!

When he heard him yelling, the sky was still blue and white, and the sky was clear. The cadre yelled twice, and then rode forward on his bicycle, and went to call the police. I know the locust swarm is coming, but where is the locust swarm?Although you have never seen a locust swarm, you have always heard that when the locust swarm comes, of course you have to kill it. Therefore, some people broke off the branches with branches and leaves, and some tied grass handles to prepare for the locust resistance. . After disturbing for about 20 minutes, there was still no movement. The captain was waiting to call everyone to continue farming. Suddenly, not far away, the black cloud that had just sunk suddenly rose again. In the meantime, it was really like the end of the world. I don't know how many locusts formed the swarm. They didn't fly high, but they really had the momentum of overwhelming and galloping.

That kind of insect that is no more than ten centimeters in length, the sound made by its wings when it is flying is enough to make people stunned. Moreover, there are hundreds of millions of locusts flying in the sky. It also darkened suddenly, and I saw lights and shadows flickering randomly on the ground. The situation was so weird, as if suddenly, people were placed in another world. When the locust swarm rises into the sky, it must fly as high as possible, and then, after flying for a certain distance, it begins to swoop down again. The entire locust swarm is so large that when the locust swarm descends, its edge cannot be seen at all. , there is nothing in the sky except locusts.

Then, in the blink of an eye, hundreds of millions of locusts swooped down.Prepare the tools to deal with them. When preparing, think about dealing with small insects, which is enough, but at this time, I realized that it is useless at all. The large swarms of locusts rushing down and bumping into the body are already painful enough. , They bite as soon as they touch something, their teeth are sharp, while biting, there is a yellow juice secreted from the side, which makes the whole body itchy, and the most frightening thing is that when you look out, there are locusts everywhere, densely packed, running away several times I don't know how many can be trampled to death. There are countless ones that have been pulled off the body and head. People are already petrified, and they don't know where they can escape. All they can hear is the rustling sound of chewing.

In a period of no more than fifteen minutes like a nightmare, the locust swarms rose into the sky again, the ones in the distance flew away first, and the ones nearby flew away. On the ground, all green things are gone, whether it is the crops, grass or leaves, there is no green on all the plants, and all of them have entered the belly of hundreds of millions of locusts, and all the people who work in the fields are all dead. Standing there dumbfounded, the swarm of locusts had already flown away, but everything that passed by was like a nightmare from which he could not wake up! While chewing and eating various plants, locusts mate and lay eggs. The eggs go deep into the soil, and it is terrible that they will suddenly emerge from the soil at any time. It is completely irregular, and it is particularly difficult to control.The swarm of locusts was finally wiped out after flying more than a hundred miles. In the middle of the farmland, many haystacks were erected. Eighty-ninety percent of them were burned to death, otherwise, I don't know how long it will be raging.

The other half was in the early summer of the second year. All of a sudden, there were hundreds of millions of immature locust locusts in the fields, which could only jump but could not fly. The number was so large that one's scalp felt numb. At that time, he advocated setting it on fire immediately, but the captain disagreed, saying that the locusts would not turn back.It means that the locusts will fly away when they grow up and will not come back. They will not eat much crops and cause little damage. Once they are set on fire, all crops will be destroyed.At that time, he argued hard with reason, explaining that the scourge should not be eradicated as soon as possible, but the power was in his hands, and if he advocated setting fire to it, a big hat would be pressed down, and he was afraid that it would be fatal, so he had to listen to it.

After about four or five days, the larvae had already grown their wings. As expected, they did not eat much crops. At dusk, they flocked and flew away without looking back. However, after adults, no one knew how many crops , to be swallowed by it, in the end, it’s not the same as setting fire to it! Locusts are very delicious, and you can eat them in any way, especially the female locusts full of eggs. When you bite down, they are sweet, fragrant, crispy, and both. I once dreamed that it is not difficult to eliminate locusts. As long as people are encouraged to eat locusts That's fine, when the time comes, the locusts will be eaten up, and maybe they will have to reproduce artificially!