Chapter 98 Insect Disaster
In the next few days, although refugees from various counties and states continued to flow into the official road, those who were determined to escape and survive would not take the initiative to cause trouble.

Besides, there are so many people in Taohua Village that others have to think carefully before causing trouble, so the journey is relatively peaceful.

Qingzhou was a provincial capital of the State of Jin, known as the Little Jiangnan, and had a prosperous economy.

Bai Tao planned to take the people of Taohua Village to Qingzhou to rest and see if they could sell something, or purchase something before continuing on their journey.

But when Bai Tao heard the news that Bai Dashan had inquired about, he frowned and said, "You said there was a serious insect plague in Qingzhou?"

"Yes." Bai Dashan: "Auntie, there are many more people from Qingzhou on the road these days. They were forced to leave their homes because of the insect plague."

"Aunt, should we take a detour?"

Speaking of which, Bai Dashan also felt helpless. It was truly a turbulent time. No matter where he went, he couldn't find a place to stay.

If it weren't for his aunt, he and his fellow villagers would have no idea what would have happened to them.

Bai Tao muttered subconsciously: "Could it be locusts?"

After she finished speaking, she saw that Bai Dashan was puzzled, so she thought for a moment and said, "It's a flying cricket, or it can also be called a tooth-tooth squat, a chicken, or a grasshopper..."

"Oh, Auntie, are you talking about rooster? No, I thought it was rooster at first, but after careful inquiry, it has nothing to do with rooster."

Is the hen called a yellow worm?

Bai Dashan repeated it in his mind again and again, thinking that the name my aunt gave him sounded much better.

Bai Tao was muttering in her heart, it would be so easy to call it locust, or at worst grasshopper, but why did she have to use such a difficult word as 瑵鸡.

If Baitao didn’t have a mall and I searched it, I wouldn’t have known that locusts had this name.

Bai Dashan continued to report the news: "Auntie, I have asked carefully, this insect plague is unprecedented, and the people of Qingzhou have never seen it before."

"It appeared about three or four months ago, or maybe even earlier. No one can remember clearly at the moment."

"At first, they were only found in paddy fields, streams, and ponds, but after about a month, there were more and more of them. Now, they are everywhere in Qingzhou."

Bai Tao was confused after hearing this: "Do you know what it looks like?" It's everywhere, there are so many of them!
Bai Dashan nodded immediately. Everyone knew that the things that my aunt was interested in were strange, such as flowers, birds, fish, insects, wood, stones and so on.

So even if I heard that there was an insect plague in Qingzhou, I would subconsciously find out everything.

"This insect has a hard shell, a grayish-black body, a dark red back, a stripe on the back of its abdomen, claws, and tentacles on its head..."

Bai Dashan said hesitantly, "Auntie, I exchanged a hawthorn ball with a child for a few. Do you want to see them?"

He thought the insect looked a little strange and was afraid of scaring his aunt, so he was hesitant whether to take it out.

Bai Tao: "Then take it out quickly." Why spend so much time describing the real thing when you have it?

The key is that she has to create a picture in her mind based on his description, which makes Bai Tao confused.

If it is a rare species, you can sell it to the mall for money.

Recently, my daily income is about three to five thousand coins, which is not enough to cover my expenses.

"Then." Bai Dashan swallowed his saliva, a hint of uncertainty flashed across his face, and he said again: "Then grandma, you must be mentally prepared."

"This bug looks a bit weird and a little scary." He was really afraid of scaring his aunt, after all, she was just a five-year-old baby.

If he scares me, the villagers will probably skin him alive.

I guess his ancestors would crawl out from underground to cause trouble for him.

"Stop talking so much!" Bai Tao said fiercely, "If you keep talking so much, I won't let you listen to stories tonight."

Now she tells stories to the villagers at night, and it feels like she is telling a bedtime story to a group of children.

"No, auntie, here, here." Bai Dashan was a little embarrassed. "Hurry up." For some reason, the more Bai Dashan said this, the more Bai Tao felt that it should be able to sell for money, it was just a matter of how much.

Seeing this, Bai Dashan stopped hesitating and took down a small fish basket hanging behind him.

After he opened the lid of the fish basket, he turned the basket upside down on the small table without waiting for Bai Tao to stick her head over.

Bai Dashan patted the bottom of the small fish basket, and when he took it away, Bai Tao saw the worm in his mouth.

Two of them fell on the table, and one was hanging on the mouth of the small fish basket, swinging back and forth.

The next second, Bai Tao exclaimed in surprise: "You said, this is a bug?"

Although Bai Tao's voice was still milky, Bai Dashan could also hear the difference in her tone.

After hesitating for a moment, Bai Dashan nodded: "Yes, auntie, people in Qingzhou all shout like that."

"We've never seen a bug like this before."

Bai Tao reached out and picked up the bug on the table, holding it closer. Her eyes became noticeably brighter. She couldn't help swallowing as she was thinking about something.

"Auntie."

"Auntie?"

Bai Dashan called out twice, but Bai Tao didn't respond. He couldn't help but raise his voice anxiously.

"Aunt, what's wrong with you?"

"Oh." Bai Tao finally came back to her senses. She temporarily put aside the various flavors in her mind, swallowed her saliva, and said, "This is not a bug."

"Ah?" Bai Dashan: "Then..."

Bai Tao interrupted him and asked hurriedly, "You just said that the territory of Qingzhou is all these things?"

Bai Dashan nodded: "Yes. Auntie, the people of Qingzhou said that they are everywhere, on the streets, roads, fields, trees, everywhere."

"Many people wake up and open the door to find a crowd of people outside their house, saying that they can't even find a place to stay."

"So many." Bai Tao was also surprised when she heard it.

But the next moment, she smiled with her eyes curved, and said excitedly: "So many are great!"

"Ah?" Bai Dashan was puzzled.

Why is my aunt so happy?

When he heard people from Qingzhou talk about that scene, he felt his scalp tingling.

"Auntie, are you interested in this bug?"

The people in Taohua Village have always been puzzled by the white peaches' interest, and they still are.

"More than just interested, I'm very interested." Bai Tao then seriously corrected him, "Also, this is not called a bug, it has a name, it's called crayfish."

At this moment, in Bai Tao's mind, the constant buzzing of the mall also made her feel annoyed: "Don't bother me, you said it before, the price is twelve coins per pound, and there are only five of them, what can I do with them."

crayfish?
Bai Dashan was stunned for a moment.

He looked down at the bug crawling on the table with its claws raised, with a look of suspicion on his face. This bug, bah, bah, I said it was a crayfish.

However, he and his fellow villagers had eaten shrimps before, not only the big shrimps given by his aunt, but also the river shrimps.

Shrimps don't look like this.

(End of this chapter)