With a bottle of Jin Chan Ping and five yuan in compensation, even a fool would know what to do.

Qin Huairu's actions directly angered Bang Geng.

He had been craving fried cicadas since yesterday, and he was so excited to finally get to eat them, but Qin Huairu gave them away to him.

"Golden Cicada, my Golden Cicada!"

Bang Geng howled and tried to snatch the bottle, but no matter how much he howled, he couldn't reach it because he was small and had short arms.

"Good boy, you can catch cicadas anytime!"

Qin Huairu patiently comforted Banggeng, then said to Jia Zhangshi, "Mom, let's go home quickly."

"Hmph, you heartless bastard."

Madam Jia stood up cursing and walked into the courtyard with the still crying Bang Geng in her arms.

Although she didn't want the cicada she had worked so hard to catch to go to He Daqing, she still knew which was more important, five yuan or the cicada.

When she got home, Jia Zhangshi picked up the teacup and gulped down several large mouthfuls before sitting down in a chair with a disgruntled expression.

"Damn it, all that hard work going out of the city has gone to He Daqing's expense."

"That heartless bastard is lying through his teeth! If you ask me, he's just taking advantage of the fact that we don't have a man in our family!"

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes speechlessly: "That's still better than losing money, right?"

"Mom, I'm not trying to be mean, but why did you bump into their tricycle? Luckily you didn't damage it, otherwise, given our family's circumstances, could we afford to pay for it?"

Even a second-hand tricycle is worth more than a hundred yuan, which is an unbearable sum for the Jia family.

"Qin Huairu, what do you mean? I'm doing this for Bang Geng, for this family!"

Jia Zhangshi was already simmering with anger, and when she got home and heard Qin Huairu's complaints, she became even more furious.

"Ever since Dongxu left, Qin Huairu, you've become increasingly audacious. You even dared to lecture me. If it weren't for the fact that you're carrying our Jia family's child, I would have dealt with you long ago."

As she spoke, Jia Zhangshi clenched her fist, indicating that she was not inferior to Qin Huairu, but was only letting her off the hook because Qin Huairu was pregnant.

If Jia Dongxu hadn't died and the Jia family's house hadn't been sold, even if Qin Huairu was heavily pregnant, Jia Zhangshi wouldn't have indulged her.

What she's most worried about now is that Qin Huairu will secretly find another husband and remarry without a word, taking her child with her.

By then, Jia Zhangshi will be dead.

Even if she works hard until old age, there will be no one to take care of her in her old age, which is even worse than being an old bachelor or having no descendants.

Qin Huairu was well aware of Jia Zhangshi's apprehension, so she simply ignored what Jia Zhangshi said.

Just then, a fragrant aroma wafted in from the yard, and the little stork, which had just quieted down, suddenly became noisy again.

"Cicada, I want to eat fried cicada!"

"Grandma, I want to eat cicadas! I want to eat cicadas!"

It was obvious that Chen Jun had started frying cicadas; the aroma was indeed irresistible, making one's mouth water.

Madam Jia swallowed hard, patted Banggeng's head, and said, "My dear grandson, Grandma will go catch cicadas again tomorrow, and I'll make sure you get your fill."

"But we can't eat today. Oh, right, Grandma can boil some bird eggs for you!"

Bird eggs?

Qin Huairu narrowed her eyes as she watched Jia Zhangshi pull two pairs of socks out of her pocket.

"I don't eat bird eggs, I want to eat cicadas!"

Bang Geng didn't even glance at the socks, and kept yelling about the golden cicada at Jia Zhangshi.

Jia Zhangshi had no choice but to put down the socks and continue to comfort Banggeng. However, Banggeng had been craving fried cicadas since yesterday and dreamed about eating them all night. So when he saw that Jia Zhangshi couldn't conjure up fried cicadas, he simply pushed Jia Zhangshi away and ran outside without looking back.

"Stick!"

Qin Huairu felt a pang of anxiety, worried that Banggeng might run outside to catch cicadas in a fit of pique.

But after glancing at the direction the pheasant had run, Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief.

Go find Chen Jun, then it's all over.

Maybe if Bang Geng pretends to be pitiful, Lin Yao or Chen Jun's wife might give him a few.

"Qin Huairu, I'm hungry. Take these bird eggs and boil them."

Jia Zhangshi shook the socks in her hand.

Qin Huairu smelled the faint sour scent and suddenly felt a churning in her stomach.

Goodness, how many days has it been since these socks were washed?

Or was it because when Jia Zhangshi was pulling the manure cart, something dirty got into her shoes?

Forcibly suppressing her nausea, Qin Huairu shook her head: "Mom, let's not eat these bird eggs yet. If Banggeng keeps asking for fried cicadas later, we'll still have something to appease him."

The family was dirt poor; they were lucky to have enough to eat, so naturally they didn't have any eggs.

"Okay, fine, since I love my grandson the most."

After thinking about it, Jia Zhangshi agreed, so she took the bird eggs out of her socks one by one and carefully put them into the basket.

Qin Huairu looked at the bird eggs with disdain and cursed Jia Zhangshi in her heart.

What were you thinking?

Use your smelly socks to hold bird eggs?

How disgusting!

These bird eggs, with their sour and rotten smell, are disgusting to even touch, let alone boil.

On the other side, the runaway stuntman squatted down on the threshold of the Chen family's house, greedily inhaling the fragrant air.

When Lin Yao brought out the stir-fried cicadas, she immediately noticed the sticks by the door.

"I want to eat cicadas!"

Banggeng shouted directly.

Um?

Lin Yao looked at Bang Geng again, and glanced outside the door, but did not see Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu.

This little kid is pretty brave.

None of the other children in the orphanage came to his door asking for food like he did.

"How many do you want to eat?" Lin Yao thought it wouldn't hurt to give Bang Geng one or two cicadas from a small bowl.

But to everyone's surprise, Banggeng pointed and said, "I want them all!"

What is that?

You want them all?

Lin Yao almost laughed out of anger at the stick.

Hearing the commotion, Chen Jun poked his head out of the kitchen. When he saw that it was Bang Geng who had come to ask for food, he waved his hand impatiently and said, "Go away, go away. If you want to eat cicadas, have your parents catch them."

"Tui! Tui! Tui~~"

When Banggeng saw that Chen Jun was about to kick him out, he launched a verbal attack.

Ouch?

As expected of a Korean meme, he's been so annoying since he was little.

Chen Jun wasn't going to tolerate it, and rushed out of the kitchen with a spoon in hand.

This sight startled Banggeng so much that he shuddered, let out a howl, and ran away with a sob in his voice.

Seeing that Bang Geng was almost scared to tears, Chen Jun nodded in satisfaction.

"Lin Yao, go and call your sister-in-law for dinner."

After giving his instructions, Chen Jun went back to the kitchen to cook.

When Banggeng ran to his doorstep, he found that Chen Jun had not followed him, and his eyes were fixed on the direction of Chen's house.

There were so many cicadas, but I didn't get to eat a single one.

Bad guy!

They're all bad people!

He spat out a few more mouthfuls of saliva, and Bang Geng's gaze lingered on Lin Yao's women's bicycle.

You're not going to give me the Golden Cicada, are you?

Then you won't have an easy time either!