"Are you really sure? Are you really willing to marry into this family? And won't you regret it in the future?"

Zhang Zhiyuan nodded repeatedly.

"I've made up my mind, and I won't regret it later! My family has already given up on me, so I don't have any other good options!"

An Zaimin waved his hand and immediately made the decision.

"Alright! Since you don't regret it, I'll arrange your marriage in a few days, and you can move in with me!"

In the morning, people saw An Zaimin chasing after Zhang Zhiyuan, and in the afternoon, news spread that Zhang Zhiyuan had decided to marry into An's family and that they would be getting married in a few days.

This news was undoubtedly like a thunderclap.

At first, many people didn't believe it, but when they saw An's family getting busy, they finally believed that they were really getting married.

An Zaimin instructed Li Lanying to begin collecting the ingredients to be used at the banquet.

Some villagers saw Li Lanying.

I also asked her.

"Are your Xiuxiu and Zhang Zhiqing really getting married? Is Zhang Zhiqing marrying into the family?"

Li Lanying admitted it with a smile.

"Hehe, that's right! We'll throw them a feast in a few days!"

Then, ignoring the villagers' reactions, he headed towards his destination.

The villagers dared not say anything to his face, but only dared to laugh at him behind his back.

"I don't know what you're so smug about? Your own daughter is already pregnant, and you're still so proud of that?"

Around 7 p.m., Zhuang Zhimeng and three others agreed to go to the grove to the north to catch cicada nymphs.

"Brother Qingbai, how do we catch cicada nymphs? Is it just a matter of shining a flashlight into the tree?"

"Yes, they usually come out of the tree hole and climb up around seven o'clock. You can see them by shining a flashlight on them and just pick them with your hands!"

Su Mengmeng became curious.

"Brother An, are there many cicada nymphs? I saw quite a few people catching them a few days ago!"

"It depends on the situation. There are more after it rains. You can only catch cicada nymphs during this month-long period. You can't catch them at other times!"

Around 7 or 8 pm, that's when most cicada nymphs come out!

Jiang Yanxia also inquired about An Qingbai.

"Brother An, what are we going to do with the shovel and water bottle?"

"Sometimes you can pick up cicada nymphs on the ground. There may be their burrows on the ground. If the burrow is deep, you can dig it up or pour some water in, and the cicada nymphs will crawl out."

Pour some water into the bucket containing the cicada nymphs too; once their wings are wet, they won't try to escape!

Zhuang Zhimeng and the other two understood.

The four arrived at the grove and found that many people were already catching cicada nymphs, and others were there to buy them.

The four of them first found a tree, and An Qingbai demonstrated for them.

He turned on his flashlight and shone it on the tree trunk. There happened to be a cicada nymph on the tree. He picked it off with his hand and put it in the bucket.

"See? That's how it is, just pick the cicada nymphs off when you see them!"

Zhuang Zhimeng, Su Mengmeng, and Jiang Yanxia all nodded in agreement.

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

Zhuang Zhimeng glanced at her watch.

"Let's start catching them! Let's see who catches the most, shall we?"

An Qingbai was the first to respond.

"no problem."

Jiang Yanxia and Su Mengmeng were not to be outdone.

"Alright! Let's compete!"

"Let's compete!"

The four men each guarded a tree and began catching cicada nymphs.

Zhuang Zhimeng is very lucky.

The tree she guards, you won't know how beautiful it is until you see it in the sunlight; once you do, it blossoms with joy.

Many cicada nymphs climbed up the tree.

She happily picked the fruit.

Jiang Yanxia, ​​who was next to Zhuang Zhimeng, noticed that Zhuang Zhimeng had started picking the fruit and quickly came over.

Wow, Zhimeng, you have so many on this tree!

Zhuang Zhimeng smiled smugly.

"Hehe, well, what can I do? I'm just a lucky person!"

Jiang Yanxia laughed and patted Zhuang Zhimeng's bottom.

"Heh, just keep showing off!"

"ah!"

Zhuang Zhimeng let out a soft cry and glared at her with a smile.

"Heh, Xiazi, I know you're jealous of me. You must have lost. You didn't have many on your tree, did you?"

Jiang Yanxia admitted it directly.

"There's nothing on that tree! I was just about to change the tree when I saw you picking and picking, so I came over to check!"

Zhuang Zhimeng waved her hand.

"Then why don't you hurry up and look for other trees, or you'll lose!"

"Right, I almost forgot we were supposed to have a competition. I'd better go find another tree to catch it!"

Zhuang Zhimeng caught more than a dozen on this one tree.

After grabbing a tree, I walked over to Brother Qingbai to see how many he had.

When they came over, they found that Qingbai's bucket contained quite a few cicadas.

"Brother Qingbai, you've got quite a few cicadas on the tree you're guarding!"

An Qingbai smiled and pointed to the hole in the ground.

"Hehe, no, I caught them all on the ground. It just so happens that there are burrows here, and I didn't expect there to be so many cicada nymphs in the burrows!"

Zhuang Zhimeng smiled and showed her bucket to Qingbai.

"Hehe, I caught more than a dozen on that tree! We've got quite a few already!"

"Hmm, that's quite a lot!"

"Brother Qingbai, I'm going to check on how Meng-ge is!"

Go!

Zhuang Zhimeng then walked over to Su Mengmeng.

"Brother Meng, why is there only one lonely creature in your bucket?"

Su Mengmeng had a long face.

"Boss, let me tell you, I shone the light on this tree again and again, almost through it, and I only found this one. I wasn't giving up, so I looked again, but there's still only this one!"

Zhuang Zhimeng laughed.

"Haha, Meng-ge, can't you find another tree? Why do you have to fight this one to the death?"

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