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Village ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall is never open except during major festivals or when there is no important event.

The door was open, and next to it was a table and chairs for meetings. In addition to the village chief Li Wen, there were four elderly people sitting there.

These four old people are the elders of the village. Usually they don’t have to work at home and have their children and grandchildren to take care of them. If their family was not so difficult, they could live a life of enjoying their grandchildren.

But even these few people, facing their ancestors in the ancestral hall, were all depressed.

"Third uncle, you have a lot of experience. Do you have any solution to what you just said?"

Even though Li Wen was the village chief, he was still a junior in front of the four old men, so he did not dare to act superior and sat at the lower seat. It was he who asked questions to the third uncle.

"Hey! What can I do? Is it really that God doesn't want us to live?"

Third Uncle sighed and said something discouraging.

"If it really doesn't work, we'll make it clear to the villagers and have both adults and children go to the fields to catch them before it breaks out."

"What you said is a very bad idea. It won't solve the problem at all. Instead, it will cause panic in the village."

"Then what do you think we should do? Don't forget what happened decades ago. If we don't handle it right, the villagers might not survive."

"How should I know? Isn't this a matter of discussion and finding a solution? If the locust plague was so easy to solve, so many people wouldn't have starved to death that year."

The village chief originally wanted to invite his third uncle and others to see if there was any way to make preparations in advance to avoid the locust plague from happening too late and leave hope for the villagers.

I didn't expect that several of them, who are more than 200 years old in total, would start quarreling like children.

Just when he was thinking about whether to stop the fight, his grandson Ze Bao came to the ancestral hall to call him, saying that Sister Yue was at home and wanted to see him for something.

Thinking of Zebao being rescued, he saw the girl when he took his family to the Li family to give a thank-you gift.

Why would such an extraordinary-looking girl come to him? What was the matter?

Village chief Li followed his grandson home with doubts.

As for the four people who were arguing, when they saw the village chief leave without saying a word and thought about the things flying around in the fields, they no longer had the heart to continue arguing and each of them staggered back.

Li Mengyue came to the village chief's house just to remind him about the locust plague and to ask him to persuade the villagers to raise ducks. She had no intention of staying for dinner.

But seeing how welcoming Grandma Li and Aunt Youliang were, she would feel like she had done something "immoral" if she didn't stay for dinner.

It seemed that they had to have this meal at the village chief's house, but she didn't want to embarrass the two of them, so she picked up the rabbit and went to the kitchen.

He took a kitchen knife and a bowl from the chopping board and bled and skinned the rabbit cleanly and neatly. Soon, the entire rabbit's skin was peeled off without damaging the fur.

Scoop some clean water from the bucket and clean the rabbit.

"Swipe!"

"Boom!"

Li Mengyue clearly cooked a rabbit.

The village chief's wife and the Wang family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had thought about stopping it, but Li Mengyue acted too quickly.

The kitchen knife they were used to using seemed to have a soul in Li Mengyue's hands. It was very obedient and cutting the rabbit meat was effortless.

Moreover, the meat pieces are cut into uniform sizes, which creates a sense of beauty just by looking at them.

"Auntie, we have some food, so we can stew the rabbit meat."

Li Mengyue chopped the rabbit and reminded Wang that it was time to cook the rabbit meat, but she didn't wait for a reply.

Only then did I see the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, their mouths wide open, looking extremely surprised.

She guessed that she might have been too "rough" in handling the rabbit, which frightened the two of them. She said a little embarrassedly, "Grandma Li, Aunt Liang, I'm very timid. I didn't even dare to kill a chicken before. I just learned this."

"Ah! I was wondering how a kind-hearted girl like Yue could kill a rabbit. It must have been the old lady Li and her family who forced her to do it. Look at what Yue has become. She bled the rabbit without blinking an eye."

[Host, Grandma Li is implying something about you.]

Li Mengyue had not experienced much of the ways of the world, and when she heard what the system said, she also felt that what Grandma Li said was not right.

She couldn't tell what the problem was.

But it didn't matter, she just wanted them to stew the rabbit.

Now that she has chopped up the rabbit, she should have no reason to refuse!

Sure enough, the village head’s wife saw the rabbit meat on the chopping board and said with a smile, “Tonghua, you don’t need to buy meat, just cook rabbit meat.”

"Oh!" Wang replied happily.

She didn't want to go to town to buy meat. Not to mention how long it would take, ten cents could only buy a little over half a pound of meat.

Instead, this money can buy two kilograms of miscellaneous grains, enough for the whole family to eat for a few days.

Seeing her daughter-in-law start cooking, the village chief's wife pulled Li Mengyue to sit in the main room and wait for the village chief to come back.

"Girl Yue, let's go to the main hall and wait for your Grandpa Li."

Li Mengyue thought about the things that had not been done for today, so she followed Grandma Li's force and walked out of the kitchen.

As soon as the two walked out of the kitchen, they heard Zebao's voice.

"Sister Yue, I called Grandpa back."

Then I saw Village Chief Li behind Zebao.

"Yue girl is here."

When Village Chief Li saw the girl standing in his yard, he felt a sense of honor.

It’s just that the second son of the Li family’s daughter is so beautiful.

He had lived half his life and had never seen any daughter. Even without saying anything and just standing there, he could attract people's attention at a glance. He was like a walking luminous body.

"Grandpa Village Chief, I have something to discuss with you."

"Whatever it is, Grandpa Li will never refuse to help if he can."

"Hey, you two are chatting in the yard, why don't you go inside and talk." The village chief's wife teased as she saw the two, an adult and a child, standing and talking.

"Yes, yes, yes, I am getting old and confused. Come on, Yue girl, let's go to the main hall and talk."

The village chief walked in front with his hands behind his back, and Li Mengyue followed behind him.

After the two sat down, Li Mengyue did not directly say that there would be a locust plague in a month, but just placed a bunch of grasshoppers she caught in front of the village chief.

"Grandpa Village Chief, these are the grasshoppers I caught in the field."

"Girl Yue, if you want to say something, don't beat around the bush in front of Grandpa Li."

When Village Chief Li saw the grasshopper in front of him, he thought of something and his heart was filled with turmoil, but his face remained calm.

You should know that the reason why he went to the ancestral hall was mainly because he had a strange dream the night before, in which his ancestors appeared in his dream.

They scolded him for being an unfilial son, saying that even though the locust plague was about to come, he acted as if nothing had happened and did not make any preparations in advance.

Ask him if he wants to destroy the crops in the fields so that his descendants will starve to death.

When Village Chief Li heard the ancestor ask him this, he was so scared that he immediately knelt down and said that he had no such idea at all.

He also said that he really didn't know there would be a locust plague. After he explained it over and over again, he was cursed by his ancestors.

In the dream, Village Chief Li was kneeling down obediently and being scolded by the ancestors for a long time.

The old ancestor saw that he had a good attitude to admit his mistakes, and he also knew that as a descendant of his, as the village chief, it would be no problem for him to handle some trivial matters between neighbors, but he would not be able to handle major events concerning the life and death of the entire village.

Fortunately, there was a noble lady with a strange soul in the village. As long as Xinghua Village had the help of such a noble lady, the locust plague would not be a trivial matter. Instead, it would allow the villagers to have enough food to eat.

Even though he was the ancestor of the Li family, he was not very clear about what the lady would do, because although he had experienced a locust plague when he was alive, no one had figured out a way to kill the locusts.

However, he knew that as long as Xinghua Village could establish a good relationship with the noble lady, it would be the beginning of Xinghua Village's rise.

Only then did he risk his life and run into Li Wen's dream to remind him implicitly that a noble person had arrived in Xinghua Village, and he hoped that Li Wen would not let him down.

After his ancestor passed away, Li Wen was still immersed in a dream, kneeling on the ground, thinking about what his ancestor had said to him.

"A distinguished person has come to Xinghua Village. Who is it?" Village Chief Li thought silently.