At night, five or six hundred bonfires were lit everywhere in the fields of Gaojia Village. Villagers dug a large pit next to the fire. After the locusts died after they died, they would push the corpses and ashes into the pit to prevent the fire from being extinguished.

At this time, as the bonfire burned, the locusts fell into the trap. The villagers no longer had to hold the bed sheets and fishing nets, and waved their net bags to catch the locusts.

Gao Huan divided the villagers into two shifts, one of which looked at the bonfire and continued to catch locusts in the wheat fields, while the other was gnawing on big cakes and resting near the bonfire.

The villagers who had been hungry for a day started to eat the cakes after they got them.

Gao Huan sat on the edge of the field with a piece of cake, ate the cake, stood up, walked to the bonfire, called a few boys, took his pot and oil over, and blew up locusts in the shocked eyes of the villagers.

Yang Yan, Zhao Xian and several other teenagers came over to smell the fragrance, and looked at the golden locusts in the pot, and all their saliva dripped out.

Gao Huan picked up a few fat locusts himself, got caught in the cake, and smiled and said, "You can do it yourself!"

Yang Yan cheered, "Eat locusts!"

The boys divided the pot of locusts like hungry wolves, which made the poplar forest frightened.

In fact, since the Tang Dynasty, the government has organized people to destroy locusts and catch locusts, and some people eat locusts. However, the villagers of Gaolaozhuang have never been to the county town several times in their lives, and have no knowledge. They don’t know that Yao Chong and have never eaten locusts. Their thoughts are completely controlled by the gentry in the village.

This time, Gao Huan has garrisoned many locusts. If the villagers dare not eat them, they can only feed the chickens and ducks, which is a pity.

"Uncle Yang, come and try one!" Gao Huan handed a locust to the poplar forest with a branch.

"Young master, I don't dare to eat it!" Yang Shulin, who was honest, shook his head in fear.

Gao Huan laughed and said, "Uncle Yang killed a locust today, and there are eight thousand eight thousand. Are you afraid that this insect will not work?"

Yang Shulin hesitated a little. He smelled the aroma of the fried food and looked at his own baby again. He ate with relish and had a lot of oil in his mouth. He didn't want to be looked down upon. After hesitating for a while, he took it over, closed his eyes and put it in his mouth.

That look was a bit similar to when Yang Yan ate it for the first time. His eyes suddenly lit up and he widened his eyes and said, "Hey, it smells so good!"

Gao Huan smiled, "Believe me, no one understands locusts better than me!"

In the field, after the fire was lit, the locusts rushed up to themselves without any chance, either burning them to death or burning their wings.

After discovering that locusts could be eaten, Yang Shulin and others began to collect locusts, but the locusts that had accumulated into mountains during the day had long been taken away by Li Wu and were taken back to the village to store in a cart.

In the fields, bonfires burned all night and went out one after another at dawn.

At this time, as a trace of fish white appeared in the east, villagers who had been working hard for a day and a night woke up one after another.

The spring is warm in March, not as cold as winter, but the villagers are still stiff in their limbs.

The villagers stood up one after another, moving their stiff and sore bodies, as if they were about to part.

"The locust has passed!" Suddenly a voice rang.

The villagers came to their senses and saw that there were no locusts above their heads, while the green wheat seedlings in the fields were waving green waves with the breeze.

"We won, the crops were saved!" The villagers cheered happily.

Many villagers were so excited that they wanted to throw Gao Huan away, but the eldest young master has always been aloof and cold, and the villagers dared not take action, so they could only vent their emotions with their hands and feet.

For a moment, everyone surrounded Gao Huan and couldn't help but praise him. Some people even more affirmed that Gao Huan was the devil who was born in the world, so he could suppress the locusts.

While the villagers cheered happily around Gao Huan, Wang Jiaping sneezed and shivered, and their wheat fields became bare.

The villagers following Wang Jiaping looked at the few remaining crops, and they all sat on the ground and actually cried.

Wang Jiaping gritted his teeth. He was very smart and immediately realized some problems. He probably guessed that Gao Huan was pretending to be stupid.

I didn't expect that the boy was so hidden. But a child, who has been pretending to be crazy and stupid for ten years, made them mistakenly think that he was just an arrogant fool and did not threaten them. This determination and scheming are too terrifying!

Wang Jiaping couldn't help but shivered, feeling that he was even colder.

At this moment, his heart suddenly shook, his eyes flashed with a cold light, his brows frowned into the word "Chuan", and he thought to himself: "The big fool actually pretended to be stupid. Wouldn't that mean that the big fool did not forget what happened before. If this is the case, he would kill him at all costs."

At this time, Gao Youcai was sitting in a bamboo sedan chair and flashed over. He heard the cheers of the villagers from afar.

"The master is here!" The villagers gathered around.

Gao Youcai looked at the crops in the fields. The fields far away from the river beach were all green, but instead hundreds of acres of fertile fields near the river beach, revealing the yellow ground.

Gao Youcai frowned, but when he saw the villagers surrounding him, he still changed into a kind smile.

For decades, the villagers have never overcome the locust plague. This is a great moment in Gaolaozhuang's history and a highlight moment.

The villagers around him made deafening cheers, which made Gao Youcai also infected. When he saw the excited villagers, he did not expect that he would be so popular with the villagers.

Gao Huan was too young, so everyone still counted the credit for destroying locusts on Mr. Gao who was planning to plan.

"Huan'er, this time I did it well." Gao Youcai was wearing dark circles and his body was a little weak. It was rare to perform Gao Huan's words.

Gao Huan was a little happy inside, but his face calmly asked: "Dad, I have something to support you."

"Say that, my father will definitely support me!" Gao Youcai was happy and planned to suffer disasters elsewhere. The grain prices surged this year, but Gao Laozhuang's wheat was saved, and he would definitely make a big profit by then.

Gao Huan's face finally fluctuated, "I hope my father can pay some money and food to let me form a guard team in the village."

The Gao family already had a 50-person guard. Gao Huan's words made Gao Youcai frown slightly, but he looked at Gao Huan and seemed to be thinking about how much it would cost. He nodded for a while and said, "Well, the world has been quite chaotic recently. I heard that Li Jiyu had washed Tangzhuang and organized a guard."

Gao Huan and his son were talking here. Wang Jiaping saw him in the distance and remembered his bet with Gao Huan. He hurriedly retreated quietly and prepared to escape.

"Wang Jiaping!" Gao Huan, with sharp eyes, looked at Wang Jiaping who was about to slip away, and suddenly shouted loudly.

Wang Jiaping's body trembled and stiffened on the ridge of the field, and he was in a bad mood.

At this time, the cheering villagers suddenly quieted and looked at them.

Gao Huan walked out of the crowd and said coldly: "Where are you going? Have you seen the bet between us?"

Wang Jiaping's muscles twitched on his face. According to the rules, he lost the bet. He had to kowtow to Gao Huan, but kowtow was impossible, and he would never kowtow in his life.

If he kneels down, how could he be in the village? Now he can only act like a fool and pretend that he has never happened before.

"What bet?" Wang Jiaping was shameless and refused to admit his conscience. "You are so serious with your uncle."

Gao Huan pointed to the wheat field and said, "I said before that we should keep the crops, so you have to kowtow to me."

If this head is knocked down, the majesty of Master Gao Huan will be established.

With this majesty, Gao Huan can suppress the arrogance of the Wang family and attract followers in Zhuangzi.

Wang Jiaping wanted to pay treasury, but the whole village heard what he said at the beginning, and it was not just that he could pay treasury.

Seeing that Gao Huan was unwilling to let him go, he pressed him step by step and insisted on making a fool of himself, Wang Jiaping's face turned gloomy and speechless for a moment.

At this time, Gao Youcai stood on a crutch and said in a deep voice: "Huan'er, forget it! Your uncle is not here to help you kill locusts, so let's forget about the past."

Gao Huan said with a cold face: "Is he here to help? He is obviously making trouble! Today, I must kneel down and apologize to me!"

This is an opportunity for Gao Huan. Only by destroying locusts and establishing prestige can the village be mobilized in the future, and Wang Jiaping dared not make trouble for him.

Seeing that Gao Youcai didn't listen, he pestled the crutch and his face darkened. At this moment, a voice came from behind the crowd, "I don't even listen to my father's words. I'm so disrespectful to my elders. My elder brother will become a weapon in a short time."

The crowd dispersed, and a handsome young man wearing a round-necked Confucian uniform and a square scarf appeared in front of everyone.

"Second Young Master!" The villagers exclaimed happily and surrounded them, obviously they all liked this Young Master very much.

Gao Youcai's gloomy face immediately turned into a happy look, "Sick, why are you back?"

The boy was Gao Yan, who was studying in the county, and he didn't know when he appeared behind the crowd.

Gao Huan's eyes narrowed, "That's it!"

Gao Yan smiled and his eyes jumped over Gao Huan, giving Wang Jiaping a wink, who hurriedly left in shame.

"Father is in good health!" Gao Yan walked past Gao Huan with contempt and stepped forward to support Gao Youcai, looking like a good son. "The child is in the county and misses his father every day."

Gao Huan felt sick, Gao Youcai smiled happily so that his gums were exposed, his face full of love for this son, "I'm very good, the sickle seems to have grown taller."

Sure enough, for the old man, he is still the son born by the concubine and the concubine, and he is more loved.

Gao Huan looked at the scene in front of him and a burst of anger arose in his heart. It seemed that he had to go through the bloody plot of the local rich man's family fighting for his family's property.
Chapter completed!