One of the women immediately ran out of the village to announce that the locust plague was coming. It did not matter if they believed her or not, she was only responsible for announcing the news to the villagers.
If they listened to them then it would benefit them, if they didn't then it had nothing to do with their village as they had already relayed the news to them.
On the other side, the villagers of the Big River Village were already harvesting the rice that was grown in their paddies.
"It is so hot, I am afraid that we will have to work all night before we can harvest the rice," Aunt Wang sighed. She turned to look at Uncle Fu and said to him, "Go and bring some pancakes with meat in it. We will need the strength to work in the field for an entire night."
They did not have a lot of land but they purchased a few paddies of rice to make it easier for their family to have decent meals.
