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The screams were endless.

Hungry locusts swarmed onto people, biting them and burrowing into their clothes in every nook and cranny.

They even bite directly through the clothes.

The person who was bitten frantically swatted at the locusts on their body, trying to drive them away.

Some people were bitten so badly they rolled on the ground, their bodies covered in locusts, just like a locust nest.

Some people, exhausted, collapsed to the ground, their bodies a bloody mess, their screams gradually fading away.

The wails and cries of pain continued unabated.

When all else failed, the military deployed soldiers with flamethrowers to drive away some of the locusts and rescue the people.

The locusts crackled and popped under the heat of the fire, and a strong smell of protein filled the air.

The number of locusts gradually decreased, and the buzzing gradually disappeared.

The military took the dead directly away for cremation, and the injured were sent to medical centers for treatment.

Jiang Li only learned from the official information on her watch that locusts would bite people when they were extremely hungry.

This was something that would have been impossible before.

Animals are really trying hard to adapt to this harsh environment.

After confirming that there was no more locusts, Jiang Li hurriedly went to remove the cloth covering the ground in the front yard.

Although Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo used the widest possible covering cloth to prevent it from completely crushing the corn seedlings,

However, the tall corn seedlings still bent over.

The thought that the corn seedlings she had worked so hard to plant might not grow made Jiang Li feel a tightness in her chest.

She examined it carefully, and thankfully, the roots and stems were not damaged.

The roots were only slightly bent because they were bound by the cloth.

It will be able to grow normally again after some time.

Having reached this conclusion, Jiang Li took a deep breath.

A few locusts that had escaped the net were still clinging to the leaves in the field, frantically gnawing at them.

Ye Jingmo and Jiang Li inspected the field and caught any locusts that had escaped.

I wonder if any locusts have laid eggs in the ground?

If locusts hatch in the field and devour her crops for free,

Jiang Li couldn't put her mind at ease thinking about this.

He prepared the insecticide and sprayed it twice on the ground to ensure that no locusts could break through the soil.

A dense layer of locust corpses floated on the surface of the pool, attracting the fish in the water to peck at them incessantly.

Seeing this, Jiang Li decided not to retrieve the locust corpses and instead use them as fish feed.

This also saved her the trouble of feeding her fish.

Five hours have passed since Jiang Li had breakfast.

As Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo entered the house, Pudding and Jelly warmly greeted them.

Their hands were dirty, so it wasn't good to touch the jelly and pudding.

Jiang Li used her foot to move Pudding's body to the side.

"We'll play with you guys later, our hands are dirty, let's go wash them."

Pudding followed Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo into the bathroom.

They left satisfied only after washing their hands and patting its head.

After finishing her work, Jiang Li realized that she was so hungry that her whole body ached.

For some reason, she suddenly had a strong craving for fish.

"Brother Mo, I want to eat squirrel-shaped mandarin fish today."

Squirrel-shaped mandarin fish is a traditional dish that can be described as having excellent color, aroma, and taste.

Jiang Li had already done some preliminary processing on the fish she bought, removing the internal organs and scales.

Ye Jingmo can start cooking right away.

He used a knife to separate the fish's head from its body.

The fish is split in half along its spine, but the tail remains connected.

Chop off the fish bones and then pick out the small bones from the meat.

Ye Jingmo made cross-shaped cuts on the fish meat, revealing the pinkish-white flesh that glistened under the light.

Heat lard in a pot to a high temperature of 200 degrees Celsius.

Use chopsticks to flip the fish meat, lift the tail up, and put it into the pot to fry and set its shape.

The fish meat turned golden, and the fish transformed into something resembling a squirrel.

After the fish was cooked, Ye Jingmo poured the thickened sweet and sour sauce over it.

The interplay of warm red and yellow colors whets the appetite.

Jiang Li felt that eating only one fish was too monotonous, so she took out tofu skin and fresh shrimp from her space.

After peeling the shrimp, use the flat side of a knife to pound the shrimp meat to separate it.

Use the back of a knife to chop the shrimp meat until it becomes sticky and gelatinous.

Unfold the tofu skin, place a layer of shrimp meat on it, and roll it up.

Jiang Li placed the tofu skin shrimp rolls into the oil one by one.

Both tofu skin and shrimp cook very quickly, so they should not be fried for too long.

When the tofu skin turned slightly golden, Jiang Li scooped it out.

Cut the tofu skin shrimp rolls into small pieces, revealing the tender white shrimp meat sandwiched inside the yellow tofu skin.

I enjoyed the meal very much.

Needless to say, the squirrel-shaped mandarin fish has a sweet and sour sauce coating its golden skin, while the fish meat inside is tender and fresh.

Tofu skin shrimp rolls have a crispy outer layer of tofu skin with a subtle bean aroma, and a sweet and chewy inner layer of shrimp meat.

Every day, delicious food was Jiang Li's comfort during the natural disaster.

She had just finished eating and was already looking forward to what the dinner would be like.

Temperatures have dropped somewhat after the natural disaster.

It remained around 50 degrees Celsius.

Although the weather was still hot and humid, the temperature was still barely tolerable for most people.

Everything in nature began to adapt to the environment, and plants were no longer as listless as before.

Animals have changed to being nocturnal to avoid the high temperatures of the daytime.

When Jiang Li arrived at her room on the third floor, she was given a big surprise.

Small flowers have already bloomed on the tomato branches.

Jiang Li squatted down and looked at the little flower, faintly smelling its fragrance.

A bright smile bloomed on her face.

In about a week, the tomatoes will be able to bear fruit.

The baby bok choy has grown into a large cabbage, and it will be ready for harvest in the next couple of days.

The only thing whose situation is unknown is the potatoes buried in the ground.

Jiang Li touched the leaves of the potato seedlings.

I hope you can make me proud.

Jiang Li imagined what the planting trough would look like, completely full of potatoes.

She felt like she could wake up laughing from her dreams.

As usual, Jiang Li watered the planting trough, and fearing that the trough might not be fertile enough, she also added fertilizer.

As the harvest season approaches, fertilizer will definitely need to be applied.

After Jiang Li finished preparing the planting trough, he went to the guinea pig cage.

Xiao Bai's belly is getting rounder and rounder, it looks like she will give birth soon.

However, Jiang Li didn't understand the reproductive process of guinea pigs.

She could only hope that Xiaobai would be able to help out when the time came.

The baby guinea pig was born smoothly.

Jiang Li plans to go and cram on guinea pig reproduction later.

She needs to do a good job in logistical support.

Provide the guinea pig with good food and water.

Jiang Li walked back to the first floor.

Thanks to the locusts' ample nutrition, the chicks could no longer be called chicks.

They have swelled to at least twice their original size.

Jiang Li can now distinguish between the roosters and hens in the cage.

There are three roosters and seven hens.

She stared at the three roosters in the chicken coop, who were most enthusiastically grabbing the locusts from the feeding bowl, and a cryptic smile appeared on her face.

The rooster in the coop was completely unaware of the potential danger.

Ye Jingmo opened the chicken coop and cleaned the inside with a special brush.

Jiang Li frowned slightly as she smelled the distinct stench of chicken manure in the room. Why did it smell so strong?

Because of the hot weather, the air conditioning is on inside to cool down the house, and the windows are rarely opened.

The chicken coop smells strongly of chicken droppings, probably because the chicks have been fed locusts recently.

With no windows open for ventilation, the smell is hard to dissipate completely.

And as the chicks grow, they produce more and more chicken droppings.

Previously, the paper pads could be changed once a day, but now they must be changed three times a day.

Otherwise, the chicken droppings on the paper mats will accumulate.

The chicken manure I collected in the past two days has dried and filled a whole bag.

This cannot continue.

Jiang Li didn't want to lie in a room that smelled of chicken manure.

Or we could build a small hut in the front yard.

A brilliant idea flashed into her mind, and she came up with this solution.

Build a small house that is three meters long, three meters wide, and three meters high, near the right side of the front yard wall.

The space contains red bricks collected previously, and the roof is constructed using wood or bamboo.

By shaping red bricks on a flat surface and bonding them with mixed cement, a sturdy wall can be built on three sides.

Reserve space for doors and windows on the wall, and build doors and windows using wooden boards.

The roof awning is a bit more complicated; it requires two people working together to complete.

First, you need to select four sturdy pieces of wood.

The roof purlin should use one thick log as the horizontal beam and three thick logs as the vertical beams.

A groove is carved out where they meet; the protruding part is called a tenon, and the recessed part is called a mortise.

Once the tenon and mortise are tightened, the two pieces of wood can fit together perfectly, achieving a seamless fit.

By adding nails for reinforcement, the entire roof can be supported.

Then, just like the original design of the chicken coop's top, the bamboo was split open.

Use bamboo as planks, stacking them on top of wood to fill in any gaps.

However, there is a lack of sufficient wood and bamboo in the area, which requires going up the mountain to cut them down.

"Brother Mo, I want to go up the mountain to cut some wood and bamboo and build a small hut in the front yard."

"Move the chicken coop over there; it's too stuffy inside because of the lack of ventilation."

Ye Jingmo paused as he closed the chicken coop.

"This is a feasible method. Wood and bamboo are available on the mountain and are not difficult to find."

But how do you plan to solve the problem of cooling down the chicken coop?

Jiang Li has extra air conditioners in her space. Would it be too much of a waste of electricity to just turn on an air conditioner for the chicken coop?

Upon hearing Ye Jingmo's question, Jiang Li looked somewhat dazed; she had indeed never thought about this question before.

The daytime temperature is currently around 50 degrees Celsius, while the nighttime temperature averages around 30 degrees Celsius.

If there is no cooling device inside the hut, the chicks will definitely suffer from heatstroke.

"How about we dig underground, like a basement, where the daytime temperature can reach 30 degrees Celsius, and with an air conditioner, we can control the temperature down to 20 degrees Celsius."

Dig a square pit in the ground, it doesn't need to be very deep, about one meter is enough.

Staying down there is like being in a room with built-in air conditioning.

Without further ado, Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo changed their clothes and, with Pudding in tow, headed out the back door to Wufeng Mountain.

Wufeng Mountain has been hit by successive wildfires and locust plagues, leaving only one in ten plants on the mountain, and very few people go into the mountain anymore.

The trees along the road were all bare trunks, without a single leaf to adorn them.

The two walked uphill for 100 meters and saw a safety barrier about one person wide.

This was dug to prevent wildfires.

The two continued walking and saw charcoal and blackened trees on the ground.

They looked like upright charcoal, dark and black, with a faint smell of burning.

Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo walked along the mountain path but couldn't find any suitable trees.

They walked until they reached the bamboo forest.

There were also burn marks in the bamboo grove, but fortunately, half of the bamboo was still green.

Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo picked up axes and began chopping bamboo.

They were very familiar with these operations, and in less than half an hour, they had harvested ten bamboo stalks.

Worried that they wouldn't have enough materials, they cut down ten more bamboo stalks, making a total of twenty.

Walking along the path in front of the bamboo forest, Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo found suitable trees near the stream.

Trees are more difficult to cut down than bamboo.

Jiang Li took out a chainsaw from her spatial storage, which would greatly reduce the amount of effort required.

She held the chainsaw in one hand and pressed the switch with the other, the sharp blade pressed against the dry tree trunk.

With a "boom" sound, the chainsaw slowly and steadily sawed through the tree.

"Snapped!"

The tall trees fell with a thud, crashing to the ground and raising a cloud of dust.

Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo took turns operating the equipment.

After they finished collecting the wood to build the hut, they also cut down the charred wood from before.

They collected as much wood as possible.

The charred wood can be used to keep warm in the stove during the extremely cold weather that follows.

If we wait until it gets cold to collect them, it will definitely be too late.

Many people will realize that going up the mountain in groups to cut down trees will make their operations inconvenient.

This place is near a stream, and after collecting the wood, Jiang Li thought she would go to the stream to take a look.

The stream had completely dried up, and even the silt had turned into dry soil.

Only the reeds along the riverbank stubbornly survive.

Dried reeds, like hay, can be used to cover roofs for insulation and heat preservation.

It can also be used to start a fire in winter.

Jiang Li, of course, couldn't miss out on this versatile material, so she put on gloves and started picking reeds.

The two worked for an hour before they managed to harvest two bags of reeds.

Jiang Li looked at her watch; almost four hours had passed since they left.

It's about time to go home.

While Pudding was picking reeds with Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo, the dog ran off to play elsewhere.

Jiang Li, however, was not as worried as before.

Pudding is now a fully grown wolfhound, and it can even fight against the wild boars it fought before.

Moreover, Jiang Li knew that Pudding wouldn't foolishly charge into battle when facing an animal it couldn't defeat; it understood the principle of running away if it couldn't win.

But now that we have to go back, how can we call Pudding back?

Jiang Li looked at Ye Jingmo with a curious gaze.

Then, Ye Jingmo took out a whistle from his pocket and gently blew it.

The clear whistle sounded far and wide.

This is Ye Jingmo's recall training for Pudding.

Soon, a rustling sound came from the grass, and a dog's head popped out.

"Let's go, Pudding."

Jiang Li called to Pudding, and Pudding quickly followed.

Before leaving, it looked back reluctantly at the bushes, as if something there was attracting it.

Jiang Li turned her head and looked, and Pudding immediately turned around and followed her.