The casual life of the flat space

People always say “it’s hard to predict what will happen in the world”, but that’s an exclamation you can only make when it happens to others. When it happens to yourself, you can never just sigh and get over it.

I brought back the new three hundred last night, and I was thinking of making some arrangements the next day. I also said that I would invite General Zhao to have dinner at Bafangke at noon. And about setting up a chamber of commerce with other shops, has Shopkeeper Zhang changed his mind? To investigate the Cui family, Mu Qingqiu also needs her help...

But no matter how many plans you have, you must retreat in the face of natural disasters! Retreat! Retreat!

The children in the herbal medicine school were still following along reading "Cloud grass, the whole body is light gray-green, filamentous, the branches are smooth, and there are white ring-shaped cracks...", when they suddenly heard a fine thunder coming from far away, but it didn't sound like thunder when they listened carefully.

Before anyone could react, they heard a crackling sound outside like hail. Something kept hitting the roof, the ground, the door... and everything possible outside. The windows suddenly became dark.

"Is it raining?" Goudan asked loudly, not caring about the order in the classroom, because he knew that the most common thing his family members said this year was that they hoped it would rain.

Goudan's words caused the children to shout in unison, but the faces of several older children such as Bai Tieying and Jing Li immediately became serious - that was not rain, it was a plague of insects!

"Tieying! Just stay in the house and don't come out! Bah! Bah! Ugh... There's an insect plague coming, just take care of the small ones!" Aunt Li's voice came from outside the door.

Bai Tieying got the exact news, but she didn't intend to listen to Aunt Li. She turned around and ran to the bathroom inside, pretending to take out a pile of oilcloth clothes and face towels that had been prepared in advance.

"Brother Tianyuan, you and Zhuzi put on oilcloth clothes and cover your faces with scarves. When you hear me calling you outside the door, you two can take a carriage to pick up the children from each house. Bring the boys to this room and send the girls to the west wing. Don't worry, my horses are obedient and can walk on their own.

Lili, you and Yinhua should also dress up, take the remaining oilcloth clothes and face towels and go to Sanxin to pick up all the children, also separate the boys and girls, and when I call you, take the girls here as well. The adults who have been arranged before should put on their oilcloth clothes and follow the instructions of the village chief, and the rest of the people should close their doors and shut their houses, and I will send food and water later.

I have a way to help drive them away, so I'll leave the care of the children to you four! I'll also bring water and food later. Try not to go out unless there's a special situation. You all know how to use the bathroom."

Bai Tieying finished instructing the four people at a very fast speed, then turned to the children in the room and said loudly: "If you don't cause trouble for the adults at this time, you are a good child. It is true that you have the four of them to take care of you, but if I hear that anyone of you is naughty, don't say that my Bai family is unrighteous. The Herbal School can't teach you! As for the consequences... hehe!"

The consequence? They already know. On the first day of school, they were told to go home and practice their names. Hu Zi said that the character "虎" was too difficult to write and he couldn't remember it, so he would not go to school the next day. As a result, his mother chased him and beat him for three miles, saying, "I still have to go to school at my age, why don't you have to go?"

The children who took the make-up exam on the third day also tasted the "willow twig fried meat" when they returned home. They couldn't hide it because Bai Tieying posted the report card directly on the wall at the kitchen door. She said: "It's up to you to study or not, but if you want to study, you have to learn well. You can't let people say that my herbal medicine school is a scam."

Bai Tieying dressed as she spoke, and then closed the bedroom door. She first went to Mu Qingqiu's bedroom to collect his personal belongings, then opened the door a little and squeezed out quickly. But even so, countless locusts still "squeezed" into the room at the same time, causing the children sitting in the inner room to scream when they heard the sound.

"Shut up!" Jing Li shouted and closed the door to the inner room.

"Bao'er, Erya, Xiaoxiao, Xiaomei, the four of you put on your shoes and go downstairs, catch all the bugs that come into the house and throw them into the stove.

Everyone else take out a pen and paper and write from one to ten. This is considered an exam! The make-up exam results will still be posted on the kitchen door."

After Jing Li spoke, the children gradually quieted down. What's so scary about bugs? Examinations are more scary, okay?

"Miss Li, can you please not throw the grasshoppers you catch into the stove?" Song Lingdang asked.

Seeing that Jingli didn't say anything, he added: "Oh, grasshoppers are locusts. They are delicious when roasted! You can also put them on the stove and let them sit."

"Can you write ten numbers?"

"Yes, I already knew it! I can even check up to a hundred!"

"Okay, then go catch some bugs with the four of them, put them on the grate and roast them, and give them to those who do well in the exam. But if they find out later that you can't write..."

"No, I already know how to do it." Song Lingdang didn't lie. It was true that he was thick-skinned and even walked around the village naked in order to avoid having to wash clothes, but he was also smart.

The people in the house were very nervous. Outside, Bai Tieying didn't even dare to breathe - it was too smelly! There was also a visual attack. Bai Tieying originally thought that what she was most afraid of was dead bird heads, but now she might have to add locusts to the mix.

The word "overwhelming" is definitely not an exaggeration to describe the locusts at this moment. Wherever you look, they are everywhere.

One after another, the "darts" were thrown "pa pa" towards every place they could reach at a speed of mutual destruction, while the rustling sound of the "vanguard" had already begun to gnaw on the crops, and the sounds of villagers banging iron pots and gongs and shouting loudly mixed together, making Bai Tieying feel as if he was watching a "disaster movie" in his original life.

After a moment of hesitation, Bai Tieying used the space to collect the locusts on the windows of the back house. The courtyard seemed to return to peace and beauty at that moment, but the next moment it was immediately covered with spots.

Because everyone had just rushed out, a lot of locusts came into the kitchen. Not only the ground, but also the ceiling and walls were full of "autumn grasshoppers".

Bai Tieying naturally wouldn't be polite to them. After putting them all in the space, he opened the door of the big kang room and asked about Uncle and Uncle Dafu. After knowing that they were fine, he asked them to stay in the room and not come out. It was just right to guard the kitchen, so they had everything they needed.

Bai Tieying closed the door of the east wing, and then opened the door of the west wing. After entering the house and collecting her personal belongings and the locusts that entered the house with her, she entered the space to inform Bai Tiexiong and Mu Qingqiu of the insect plague.

She asked Mu Qingqiu to gather the soldiers who could help and prepare, and she went back to prepare food for the children. She also promised to give them all the fruits they wanted when they came back, pointed at the two foodies, put them in the car, and then took them out of the space.