Ye Tian led Ye Xiaomi back to the village and met villagers again on the way. When they saw so many cicada monkeys, they nodded repeatedly.

"It's raining, there's more of this stuff!"

“I haven’t eaten it in years!”

"Xiaomi is amazing, how dare you eat this?"

Some villagers also want to catch some in the afternoon. Anyway, wherever there are big trees, there are these things.

"Brother Tianwa, put it here for you!"

"There's more over there..."

When passing by Tianwa's house, Ye Xiaomi put a few cicada monkeys at the door.

"Xiaomi, thank you so much!" Tianwa squeezed his head out from the crack in the door and looked at Ye Xiaomi with a beaming face.

Ye Tian didn't care and went home carrying the bucket.

"So much? Is this what we're eating for lunch today?" Ye Liang shook his head. Ye Tian spoiled the child even more than he did.

"This thing, after it's blown up, there's not much left."

"I'm going to take a dip!"

After all, it was made of spider webs and was contaminated with dust. Ye Tian washed the cicada monkey three times with cold well water, and then soaked it in water for half an hour.

Some salt is added to the water to sterilize and pickle the food.

"Xiaotian, pickle it with some peppercorns, it will be more effective!" Sun Li came out of the kitchen and was kneading the dough.

"knew!"

Ye Tian took out the peppercorns and sprinkled them among the cicada monkeys.

After the pickling was completed, Ye Tian placed the cicada monkey on a grate and let it dry naturally.

"Dad, are you okay?"

On the top of the wall, Ye Xiaomi climbed out, prompting Ye Liang to urge her to come down.

"Yuanbao, don't push Xiaomi over the wall!"

“Woof woof woof!”

Yuanbao shouted a few times, but the young master's words came true and there was nothing he could do.

"Explode the cicada monkey!"

Ye Tian handed the comb to his mother. Soybean oil had already been poured into the pot. He watched the temperature rise over a low fire and put all the cicada monkeys in it.

As the oil heats up, the moisture inside the cicada monkey is completely squeezed out, and the fragrance instantly wafts away.

This stuff is more delicious than fried meat.

“I can’t wait!”

"Grandma, get me one first!"

"Wait, I'll give you the steamed buns, and you can get some pickles to go with the cicada monkey."

Sun Li took out the steamed buns, tore them in half, and put the pickled cabbage and cicada monkeys in between.

Ye Xiaomi took a bite, then caught another cicada monkey and threw it into her mouth.

“It smells so good!”

"Dad, why don't we raise some too?"

"That's tough. We have so many Taibai chickens at home, there's no way there's a cicada monkey. Didn't you see over there in the pear forest? There are very few mosquitoes, right?"

"The eggs were hidden in the soil, but they were eaten by the Taibai chickens."

Ye Tian was also eating cicada monkey in his mouth. It had been a long time since he had eaten this childhood delicacy, and it felt quite comfortable.

Ye Tian was smiling from ear to ear during the lunch.

"Grandma, I want to eat more at night!"

"You can't eat fried food all the time. Make some fried chive dumplings tonight."

"That's okay too!"

"I'm going out to play!"

After finishing her meal, Ye Xiaomi didn't go to sleep, but turned around and ran away.

"This kid is having fun."

"Xiaotian, are you sure you want to send her to kindergarten?"

"Well, school starts in September."

Ye Tian did not go to Lilin. Tang Antian was in charge there, so Ye Tian was relieved.

Ye Tian stayed at home to help his parents clean up the yard, and also installed cameras around the house.

"Who would make this thing in the countryside?" Ye Liang was very unhappy.

The Ye family is living a good life now, and the villagers are secretly talking about it. If Ye Tian had not agreed to pick and plant golden pears, who knows what the villagers would say about the Ye family.

"in case!"

Ye Tian did not explain too much. He not only pressed the camera, but also saw a Saker Falcon circling over Ye Tian's house. Whether it was day or night, the Saker Falcon would come here to patrol.

In the evening, Zhou Xiaoya came back from a meeting in the county and bought a roast chicken.

Ye Xiaomi also ran back, covered in dirt.

"Where have you been?"

"I'm going to catch cicada monkeys with Brother Tianwa."

"Cicada monkey?" Zhou Xiaoya was from the city after all, and she didn't understand at all.

"Mom, it's delicious."

"You still ate it?" Zhou Xiaoya's face turned horrified. How could she eat insects?

"When we were kids, that's what we ate. That's what we ate."

Ye Tian also specially left a plate for Zhou Xiaoya, and when he put it in front of Zhou Xiaoya, Zhou Xiaoya jumped up on the spot.

"Take it away, it's a bug!"

Everyone in the Ye family laughed, and Zhou Xiaoya's face turned red.

When eating chive flowers at night, Ye Xiaomi still wanted to eat some, but was stopped by Zhou Xiaoya, who absolutely could not let Ye Xiaomi eat insects.

Just when the Ye family finished their meal, Aunt Tian's voice came from outside the door.

"Ye Tian, is Xiaomi at home?"

"Aunt San, come in and talk. What's the matter?" Ye Tian quickly opened the door.

Aunt Tian San's face was filled with anxiety. She also saw Zhou Xiaoya in the yard and said quickly, "Secretary, it's bad. Tian Wa is missing."

"Gone? Ran out to play, didn't he?"

"He hasn't come back for dinner yet. I asked the other children too." Mrs. Tian San's forehead was covered with sweat.

"Third Aunt, don't worry. Xiaomi said we'll catch cicada monkeys together this afternoon."

"Xiaomi, where's Tianwa?"

Ye Xiaomi was looking up at Haidongqing. When she heard her father's question, she quickly said, "Brother Tianwa came back with me. Didn't he go home?"

"Hasn't he caught enough?"

"You're not going to the mass grave, are you?"

"What?"