Golden cicada?

Madam Jia thought for a moment, then slapped her forehead and said, "My dear grandson, you mean the cicada nymph, right?"

"Cicada turtle" is another name for cicada, and older people like to call it that.

If you count the days, it really is time to catch cicadas now.

"It's a cicada, a cicada!" Banggeng shouted, correcting him.

"Oh, cicadas! My good grandson is so clever, he already knows about cicadas!" Jia Zhangshi patted Banggeng's head: "Tomorrow Grandma will go catch cicadas and then come home to make you something delicious."

"I want to eat it now! I want to eat it now!"

Bang Geng, at this age, can't wait until tomorrow; he's craving cicadas and has to eat them now.

He might forget about it by tomorrow.

"Okay, okay, let's eat now."

Ever since Jia Dongxu was honored with his title, Madam Jia Zhang has become increasingly doting on her grandson, Bang Geng.

It means they lacked the strength; otherwise, Jia Zhangshi could have praised Bang Geng to the skies.

After saying that, Jia Zhangshi patiently asked Bang Geng whose family was frying cicadas.

"A bad family, a bad family!"

Wow!

So it turns out the Chen family was frying cicadas!

No wonder it smells so good; only their family would be willing to use so much oil.

Seeing this, Jia Zhangshi glanced at Qin Huairu and said, "Qin Huairu, did you hear that? My dear grandson wants to eat fried cicadas. Go and ask Chen Jun for some."

"Hmm, don't say that Bang Geng wants to eat it, just say that you want to eat it!"

Qin Huairu is currently pregnant, so it should be easier for her to ask Chen Jun for some food.

If you directly say that you're craving a certain flavor, Chen Jun will definitely ignore you and might even give you a hundred free draws.

"Why should I go?"

Qin Huairu pouted helplessly. If it were someone else's family making fried cicadas, Qin Huairu could shamelessly ask for some, even if it was Xu Damao.

Since Jia Dongxu left, Xu Damao has stopped targeting their family.

Sometimes, they would even come over and greet her, but the look in their eyes made Qin Huairu feel a little uncomfortable.

But if it were Chen Jun frying cicadas, Qin Huairu would be a little scared.

After all, Chen Jun is prone to slapping people across the face at the slightest provocation.

I'm pregnant now. If I were to get slapped a hundred times, who knows what would happen to me.

“You’re pregnant, Chen Jun can’t possibly hit you, can he?” Jia Zhangshi replied matter-of-factly.

"I don't want to go!"

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhangshi narrowed her triangular eyes and scolded irritably, "What? Can't I order you around now?"

"Let me tell you, Qin Huairu, I'm the one earning money to support this family now. Why are you dawdling around asking me for some food!"

After saying that, she lowered her head and said to Banggeng, "My dear grandson, do you see this? This is your mother! She won't even help you beg for food. When you grow up, don't be filial to her, only be filial to your grandma. Grandma will give you..."

"Stop, stop, stop, I'll go, okay?"

Qin Huairu frowned, somewhat speechless. She didn't know when it started, but Jia Zhangshi was constantly instilling some bad ideas into Bang Geng.

Especially when it comes to belittling herself, Jia Zhangshi didn't even bother to say it secretly behind her back.

But her own son always seemed to prefer being close to Jia Zhangshi.

Qin Huairu was worried that if Jia Zhangshi mentioned it too many times, it would affect Bang Geng's feelings for her.

"That's more like it!"

Madam Jia raised her head with a smug look, as if she had won a battle.

And so, Qin Huairu took a bowl, hesitated for a moment, and then knocked on the Chen family's door.

At this moment, Chen Xueru was sitting on a chair showing off her golden cicada when she saw Qin Huairu coming to her door with a bowl in her hand, and she guessed what she meant.

Just as Chen Jun said.

The Jia family members are all quite shameless. Even though the relationship between the two families is just so-so, the Jia family members still make unreasonable demands from time to time.

For example, last time Jia Zhangshi wanted to come to their room to use the toilet.

No, we're not that close, are we?

How could you have the nerve to go to someone else's house to use the toilet?

Despite thinking this, Chen Xueru still stood up and asked, "Sister-in-law Jia, what's going on?"

“My dear… I haven’t had a good appetite lately, I throw up several times a day, and I have no appetite for anything, but just now when I smelled the aroma of your fried food, I suddenly felt hungry.”

As Qin Huairu spoke, she touched her lower abdomen: "So, I wanted to ask what you're frying? Could I take a look?"

Take a look?

Chen Xueru's lips twitched involuntarily.

You've come all this way with a bowl, are you really just here to take a look?

Just as Chen Xueru was about to take out the cicada, Chen Jun's head suddenly popped out from the kitchen door.

He glanced at Qin Huairu, who was holding a bowl, and then replied, "Fried cicadas!"

"Now you know, right? Now go back quickly."

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu did not turn around and leave. Instead, she pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Could you lend me some? I'll pay you back tomorrow. I didn't eat much for dinner, and my stomach is empty."

"no!"

Chen Jun decisively rejected Qin Huairu's request.

“If you weren’t pregnant, I might be able to give you some, but now that you’re pregnant, I dare not give you anything to eat.”

Qin Huairu was taken aback and asked, puzzled, "Why?"

"Pregnant women are different and prone to allergies. If you get sick from eating my fried cicadas, Jia Zhangshi will try to extort thousands of yuan from me!"

Given Jia Zhangshi's character, if she didn't pick up some money while pulling a manure cart, she would consider it a loss. Anyone who dared to provoke her was practically a powder keg.

They would resort to all sorts of tantrums and bullying tactics, constantly threatening to pay money, as if everyone in the courtyard owed the Jia family money.

Therefore, when Qin Huairu came to our door asking for food, we couldn't give her a single bite, no matter how expensive or cheap it was.

“My mother-in-law isn’t like that!” Qin Huairu quickly explained, “I promise, even if she gets a stomachache, she won’t ask you for compensation.”

"Ha, if she weren't that kind of person, then there would be no one in this world who would try to extort money."

Chen Jun snorted coldly: "Go away, and don't come to our house again."

Chen Jun does not welcome any member of the Jia family.

Seeing Chen Jun's uncompromising attitude, Qin Huairu looked pitifully at Chen Xueru.

"I don't want any, can I get some for my son instead?"

"no!"

Chen Xueru shook her head: "If your son gets sick from eating this, our family doesn't have the money to compensate us."

have to!

The couple speaks in exactly the same way.

Qin Huairu had no choice but to turn around and leave awkwardly.

While waiting anxiously at home for Jin Chan's chopsticks, he saw Qin Huairu return with an empty bowl and immediately lay down on the ground and started throwing a tantrum.

"I want to eat cicadas! I want to eat cicadas! I want to eat cicadas right now!"

Jia Zhangshi pulled the stick up with a pained expression and comforted him, "My dear grandson, that damned Chen Jun is too stingy. Wait until tomorrow! Tomorrow, Grandma will go catch cicadas, we'll catch a whole basinful, and you can eat your fill!"