Ma Wei, who was driving, saw the villagers rushing back to catch locusts, and he completely believed that Xinghua Village was harvesting locusts.

He also had an idea in his mind, but he didn't know how to say it out loud.

Village chief Li had noticed this a long time ago. Seeing Ma Wei's hesitation to speak, he knew that Ma Wei would definitely not remain indifferent when he saw their village harvesting locusts.

After all, there are eight villages in the entire Qingshan Town, and each village is not rich. Even though Zhulin Village has more than 2,000 people and is a big village, life there is not that good.

It's just a little better than other villages in the town.

Now that Ma Wei knows there is a way to make money, it would be abnormal if he wasn't tempted.

But Village Chief Li knew that it was not him who asked for help, but Ma Wei and Lianhua Village who asked for help, asking them to collect the locusts from Lianhua Village.

But this matter is not something he can decide. Whether to accept it or not depends on Yue Yatou's opinion.

"Village Chief Li, your village is amazing. There are even people in your village who can collect locusts." After Ma Wei finished speaking, he glanced at the village chief and continued.

"Village Chief Li, you see, we are all from Qingshan Town. The locusts caught in our village are also from Qingshan Town. How about sending them to your village?" Ma Wei said sincerely.

"Brother Ma, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that the decision is not in my hands."

"Then can you tell me who is the one who collects the locusts? I will go and beg her, even if I have to kneel down and cannot get up, to collect the locusts in our village."

"Hey, don't, don't do that. If you really kneel down, I guess your village won't have a chance to sell locusts."

Village chief Li quickly stopped her and said that he had met Yue girl several times. Although he didn't know her character very well, he knew that Yue girl was not someone who would accept threats.

What's more, Miss Yue originally planned to take in the people from Lianhua Village, and he guessed that she would take in the people from the entire Qingshan Town.

If we don’t make fried locusts, we still have ducks. If we use 1800 acres of land to raise ducks, how many ducks can we raise?

As for where Li Mengyue got so many ducklings, Village Chief Li didn’t think about it that much.

No matter what, he felt that Yue was a rich lady in the past, and even if she returned to the countryside, she must have someone on her side.

As long as Yue gives the order, someone will definitely do it and bring the ducklings over.

It’s no wonder that Village Chief Li’s self-righteousness saved Li Mengyue a lot of trouble.

When Li Mengyue got tens of thousands of ducklings at once, no one in the village raised any questions. Everyone was brainwashed by the village chief.

I think Li Mengyue should have such ability. It's no big deal to get 10,000 ducks at a time. She also bought a small hill and a large piece of wasteland in the village. There is really no need to make a fuss.

"Uncle Ma, you don't have to do this. You can also bring locusts from Lotus Village and sell them here at the same price of one penny per pound."

"Really? I...I..."

When Ma Wei heard Li Mengyue's agreement, his face turned red with excitement. He rubbed his hands, not knowing what to say.

Since Li Mengyue realized how hard life is for ordinary people, she said she could understand Ma Wei's excitement.

Her original intention of collecting locusts was, on the one hand, to let everyone know that locusts were not that scary, and on the other hand, to provide the people with more food.

After all, locusts can eat the food in the fields. On the other hand, there is nothing wrong with people eating locusts. What's more, locusts themselves are rich in protein. Eating them is only beneficial to the human body and has no harm, as long as you are not stupid enough to eat the poisonous ones.

Ma Wei got a definite answer and wanted to return to the village as soon as possible.

Therefore, when Village Chief Li got on the ox cart, he was not like before, when he felt sorry for the old ox and was reluctant to let it go fast. Now he kept complaining about the old ox going slowly.

"Brother Huang, please hurry up and take the people to their destination. Then we can return to the village quickly and tell everyone the good news."

"Brother Huang, hurry up."

……

The children in the car found it very interesting to see Ma Wei urging the ox to hurry up, and they all shouted in the car: "Old Huang, hurry up."

The children's clear and innocent voices were as sweet as silver bells, adding a bit of joy to the not-too-long journey.

So when I reached the village entrance, it felt like I had arrived so quickly.

Ma Wei drove the car back without stopping after sending the man to the village entrance. He even did not hear the village chief asking him to go home for a cup of tea before leaving. This shows how anxious he was to go back.

"Girl Yue, if you really want to take these children home, or you can't accommodate them at my house, yours probably won't be big enough."

As soon as Village Chief Li said this, more than a dozen children quickly ran behind Li Mengyue.

"Grandpa Village Chief, I can just live in Sister Yue's house. I don't have to sleep in a bed. I can stay here." said the richly dressed boy.

"Me too, I want to live at Sister Yue's house."

"I don't want to leave Sister Yue, wu..."

One child started crying, and the rest of the children were also infected and started crying too.

Seeing more than a dozen children crying so hard that they couldn't make a sound, Village Chief Li waved his hands and said quickly, "No, no, you don't have to go to Grandpa's house. You can all stay at Sister Yue's house, okay?"

After the village chief finished speaking, some children were still crying. It was not until Li Mengyue spoke seriously that they gradually stopped crying. Even so, they could still hear sobbing from time to time.

It seems that the children were very scared at the hands of the human traffickers. Now they are crying loudly, not only because they don’t want to live in the village chief’s house, but also because they are venting their fear.

It’s better to cry. You don’t have to worry about keeping it in your heart and bringing negative impact on your emotions.

These children are not old, all under ten years old, only two are nine years old, and the others are six or seven years old.

Even Mingxuan, who was unlocking the lock with the twins, was only seven years old.

Seeing that the children were all willing to live in Yue's house, Village Chief Li said nothing and went to the fields.

He couldn't just sit at home doing nothing, he had to go to the fields to catch locusts, the more he caught the better.

"Grandpa Village Chief, wait a minute, I have something for you."

As she spoke, Li Mengyue took out five catching nets from her backpack. These nets were made with the help of carpenter Yang. Whether it is the elderly or children, using them to catch locusts is not only efficient but also does not make them feel tired. It is like playing.

"Yue girl, what's wrong?"

When Village Chief Li heard Li Mengyue calling him, he turned around and walked back.

"Grandpa Village Chief, with this catching net, you don't have to bend over all the time."

Village Chief Li took the capture net, but didn't know how to use it and accidentally pressed the button on the handle.

"Snapped!"

The net opened and quickly closed again.

Seeing this, Village Chief Li opened his mouth in surprise. Before he even went to the fields, he had already felt how useful it was.

If he were in the field, he would immediately want to catch a locust and try it out.

"Girl Yue, this thing is great. It will definitely be useful for catching locusts."

Seeing the village chief holding the catching net and unable to let it go, a smile appeared on Li Mengyue's lips.

Of course it’s useful. If it wasn’t useful, she wouldn’t have spent time designing it.

"Grandpa Village Chief, take this and use it. If any villagers ask about it, just say it was made by Uncle Yang and they can buy it from Yang's house."

"This way, every villager will have a net, and we can catch a lot more every day. I have also prepared some ducklings. Anyone who wants to raise ducklings can come and buy them. They cost one cent each."

"Okay, okay, I'll go to the field right away."

When the village chief got the capture net, he was like a child who couldn't let it go after getting a new toy.

Li Mengyue looked at the village chief, who walked with brisk steps, and found it a little funny.

"Okay, kids, let's go to sister's house!"

"Okay, okay."

A dozen children ran forward cheering. Seeing them jumping around, Li Mengyue instantly felt a sense of peace and tranquility.

"Hey, Mingyu, why don't you run along?"

"Sister, I...I..."

"what?"

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