Chapter 615 - Chapter 615: Chapter 615: Full of Worries (1/2)

Chapter 615: Chapter 615: Full of Worries

Liu Xuer felt helpless and could only accept: “Don’t worry Sisi, your older sister will remember this favor…”

After Liu Xuer left, Liu Zhi’er became exceptionally melancholic: “The three of us sisters aren’t often able to gather together, and now, after only half a day, we must part again. Who knows what year and month it will be by the time we meet next?”

“Once a woman grows up and gets married, this situation is inevitable. Regardless of your wishes, there are many things in life that one must do. Life is full of such helplessness.”

“Indeed! It truly is helpless.” Liu Zhi’er woefully sighed.

The two sisters fell silent, and no one spoke. After a while, Liu Sisi stopped by the side of a field ridge.

“Second Sister, as we’ve journeyed along, have you noticed anything unusual?”

Liu Sisi frequently looked back.

“What’s unusual? Are you talking about mom? She is always in tears, nothing unusual about that.” Liu Zhi’er was puzzled.

“No, not that! I’m talking about these locusts. Don’t you think there are too many of them?”

Liu Sisi casually pointed towards the grass on both sides of the path. A thick layer of locusts was flying up and settling down, over and over again. There were green ones, brown ones, gray ones… both big and small. There were so many they couldn’t be counted!

“There are indeed a lot! So many locusts… there won’t be a locust disaster, will there?”

Brows furrowed, Liu Zhi’er couldn’t help but express her concern: “I’ve heard people say before that there have been locust plagues in our area. But thankfully, we have a network of small rivers, big rivers, and hidden underground rivers so a locust plague here wouldn’t be too disastrous. It’s the other side of the mountain that suffers more when there’s a plague.”

On the way home, Liu Zhi’er shared the stories she had heard.

“Supposedly! Over a hundred years ago, a locust plague broke out on the other side of the mountain. People on our side of the mountain didn’t pay much attention as it was understood that locust plagues never crossed the mountain. But that year was different. One afternoon, the sun in the sky was as hot as a stove. Locusts crossed the mountain from the other side, darkening the sky with their sheer number. The sight rushed everyone into a panic…”

Liu Sisi listened as Liu Zhi’er recounted the locust plague, immersed in thought as she looked at the dense, surrounding locusts and the crops that had been gnawed to bare stalks. It seemed she would have to take some preventative measures soon.

By the time they returned to the official residence, it was already dark.

The three children, who had been out for a stroll, were each sleeping in their nannies’ arms, appearing fine. Only then did Liu Sisi relax.

She had been genuinely concerned that being out in the high heat with the children might make them ill.

After some thought, she had a chilled sugared white fungus dessert brought over for the nannies to consume, hoping it would help them cool down.

She then went to the study to find books about locust disasters.

When Di Yelei entered from outside, he saw Liu Sisi using a ladder to search the study.

Most of the books in the study were collected from external bookstores during the construction of the official residence. Neither of the couple knew exactly what books they had.

“Sisi, what book are you looking for? Do you want your husband to help you find it?”