Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

Ever since his ancestor came to him in a dream, he has been looking for who is the noble person in the village. After all, the locust plague cannot wait.

But after searching for a long time, he couldn't find one that met his requirements and made him take a different look at him.

Looking at Li An's daughter at this moment, he suddenly realized that the noble person the ancestor was talking about was most likely Li Mengyue.

After all, he knew all the villagers. They were all farmers who made a living from the land and had low status.

Speaking of people of noble status, the only one is Li Mengyue who returned from the capital.

Although she and Li Ran had exchanged identities since childhood, she had been a rich lady for sixteen years, and the upbringing and temperament of a wealthy family were ingrained in her bones.

Even if Li Mengyue and Li Ran had switched back to their identities, he believed that no matter how hard Li Ran tried, he could never compare to Li Mengyue.

What's more, when Li An brought Wan Niang back to the village, although Wan Niang was wearing coarse linen clothes, the temperament she exuded was not something that an ordinary person should have.

He thought that Wan Niang's identity was probably not ordinary, and both Li An and Wan Niang were good-looking, so the child they would have would naturally be good-looking too.

This is indeed the case. Li Ang's eldest son Mingfei is tall and straight with clear features. The twins are also very good-looking, but Li Mengyue's appearance is even more outstanding.

After figuring out these problems, Village Chief Li spoke to Li Mengyue again with a secret respect.

Due to her past experiences, Li Mengyue had few opportunities to sit down and talk with people like this. She basically shot them all and did not notice the emotional changes of Village Chief Li.

Fortunately, Li Mengyue is also a straightforward person, and she is really not used to making witty remarks when talking to people.

And what she wanted to do really needed the help of the village chief.

So after hearing what the village chief said, he stopped testing the waters and stopped beating around the bush. He said in all seriousness, "Grandpa village chief, it's normal to have a few grasshoppers in the fields, but if there are too many, reaching tens of thousands, that would be a disaster."

"Girl Yue, tell Grandpa Li the truth, how did you know there would be a locust plague?"

Instead of answering Village Chief Li's words, Li Mengyue blinked her eyes. She must have heard it wrongly. She actually heard the word "locust plague" from the village chief's mouth.

What does this mean? It means that the village chief believes there will be a locust plague, and she doesn't need to try to convince him to believe it.

"Grandpa Village Chief, to be honest, if you dig down in the ground in the village, you can see a lot of insect eggs."

"They haven't hatched yet, but I believe they will hatch in less than a month. That will be the time to harvest rice. If a locust plague breaks out, the consequences will be disastrous."

Seeing the village chief's tense face and his eyes revealing worry about the matter, Li Mengyue did not say anything, waiting for the village chief to slowly digest and accept the fact that there would be a locust plague.

After about a cup of tea, the village chief seemed to have lost all of his energy and said pleadingly: "Girl Yue, Grandpa Li begs you to save the people in the village."

"To be honest, I have discovered this problem, but I am struggling to find a solution."

"Although our ancestors have passed down methods for catching locusts, they all involve catching, smoking and burning. Such methods are not suitable before the locusts arrive. They can only be used to remedy the situation after the locusts have broken out, and the effect is minimal. After all, locusts are so destructive that no grass grows wherever they pass."

"So I thought, now is the time to see if there is any way to save the situation before the locusts hatch and become a disaster."

Hearing this, Li Mengyue was filled with respect for the old village chief. Even though she was not from this era, she felt that Xinghua Village was lucky to have such a responsible village chief.

"Grandpa Village Chief, the reason why locusts appear or break out in large areas is due to long-term drought. But there is nothing we can do if it doesn't rain."

"In addition to using trench burial methods and bonfire trapping methods to kill insect eggs from the soil, we can also raise chickens, ducks and birds to kill locusts."

"Actually there is another one..."

Seeing that Li Mengyue seemed hesitant to speak, Village Chief Li felt that her next words might give him a "surprise".

But he was really curious about what method could make Yue girl hesitate.

"Girl Yue, don't worry about anything in front of Grandpa Li, just say it."

"Grandpa Village Chief, what I want to talk about is eating."

"Eat?" Village Chief Li widened his eyes, somewhat unable to believe it.

Seeing the surprised look on Village Chief Li's face, it was just as she expected. The village chief's family, like other villagers, had no idea about eating locusts.

But she remembered that in later generations, the people of the Celestial Empire all had the foodie gene, and they could really eat everything.

During the feudal dynasties in history, there was actually an emperor taking the lead in eating locusts.

The Old Book of Tang has a relevant record in the Chronicle of Emperor Dezong: At that time, there was a great famine in Guandong, and taxes were not collected, causing the state finances to become increasingly tight. The hungry people in Guanzhong steamed locusts and ate them.

Not long after the Xuanwu Gate Incident, natural disasters occurred throughout the country.

The ancients were generally superstitious. Li Shimin wanted to consolidate the imperial power and avoid riots among the people, overthrow the imperial power, and drive him off the throne, saying that it was a punishment from heaven and that he was not worthy of the position.

Li Shimin came up with the idea of ​​eating locusts for show.

As to whether Li Shimin actually ate locusts, it is no longer possible to verify, but eating locusts did happen.

However, the Great Zhou Dynasty where she is now living is not any dynasty she knows.

And judging from the reactions of the aunties, grannies and the village chief, no one had ever thought of eating locusts.

Although locusts are edible, she herself doesn't want to eat them, after all, she had trained in the primeval forest before.

In order to survive, she has eaten many unknown insects, which made her feel nauseous and vomit, and now she is not interested in locusts.

Although she didn't want to eat it, the system had never tasted roasted locusts. The villagers could also eat locusts as food to supplement their bodies with some protein so that they would not be too weak and unable to withstand the cold winter.

"Grandpa Village Chief, locusts are indeed edible and more nutritious than wild vegetables."

"I also plan to collect locusts in the village, make them into snacks, and sell them in town."

Village chief Li was shocked when he heard that locusts could be eaten.

When he heard about collecting locusts and doing snack business, he was so scared that he couldn't sit still in his chair.

If Li Mengyue hadn’t caught him quickly, the village chief would have fallen and seriously injured his bones.