the next day.

The group then arrived at New Face City.

From the moment we entered the city.

I watched it all the way through.

Ye Qianqian saw that many people looked worried and distressed.

Needless to say, it must be because this year's crops were eaten by crayfish.

"Sigh, I caught several large baskets of strange insects yesterday, but I didn't expect so many more to pop up this morning! A lot of the crops in the field have also rotted. I think this year's harvest is in jeopardy!"

"What should we do? If the autumn harvest doesn't go well, we won't have enough food to eat in the winter. We don't know if the imperial court has enough stored grain to help us."

"The Emperor won't abandon us, will he? He even opened the granaries to distribute grain during the drought in Jiangnan!"

"But if we can have a good harvest on our own, that's fine too!"

Ye Mu did not get to stay in the place that had been arranged for him.

Instead, they went to the rice paddies first.

Guided by locals.

Sure enough, I saw a lot of crayfish.

"Your Highness, it's these strange insects! We don't know where they came from!"

"This has never happened before, but this year there have been a lot more!"

"I don't know if some bad guys brought these strange insects from other places over, thinking they'd eat up all our crops."

Ye Mu looked at the crayfish.

Just like Ye Qianqian's inner thoughts.

It has two pincers.

It's so easy to get someone caught in it!

The old farmer said, "This thing is really something else; it loves to trap people. It took us a lot of effort to catch it!"

"It's strange, but this thing really doesn't have any natural enemies. Frogs, snakes, and the like don't eat it."

"There are more and more of them now, and we're all extremely worried."

Ye Qianqian on one side.

I'm squatting in front of the crayfish hole.

They watched with great satisfaction.

Wow, so many crayfish! I'm going to have a delicious crayfish feast!

[This old farmer probably doesn't even know yet that this thing is edible!]

Looks like I'll have to resort to my old trick again. I'll throw the crayfish into the pot at lunchtime today!

Then, after it's cooked, I'll eat it!

However, the black line inside the crayfish's body is inedible; it must be removed when preparing the crayfish!

I just wish I were eight or nine years old! I'm so tired!

Ye Mu said to the old farmer.

"Give me this basket of strange insects. I'll take it back and see if there's any way to deal with it."

"Your Highness, please don't use lime powder! It will pollute the water source, and then all the crops will die."

Ye Mu nodded.

"I understand."

The former imperial palace.

It has already been demolished.

A new mansion has now been built, not very large, but large enough to live in.

That noon.

Inside the kitchen, the cook is busy.

Ye Qianqian went inside.

"Princess, are you hungry? The food will be ready soon. I'm going to stir-fry some potatoes now."

"Oh right, we're out of potatoes, I'll go get some."

The cook left the kitchen after saying that.

"The opportunity has arrived!"

Ye Qianqian took out two small crayfish tied with straw that she had hidden in her sleeve beforehand.

While the cook was away.

The oil in the wok is hot.

They threw the crayfish in.

Then step onto the stool.

They started stir-frying with a spatula.

"Very good, very good, this is the color!"

Wait until the crayfish turns completely red.

Ye Qianqian threw in the minced garlic.

Continue stir-frying.

"Hmph, I haven't forgotten the cooking skills I honed in my past life!"

The cook came in carrying a basket of potatoes.

After seeing this scene.

They were dumbfounded on the spot.

He quickly came over and picked Ye Qianqian up as well.

"Princess, how can you be so naughty?"

The cook placed Ye Qianqian on the ground.

Ye Qianqian pouted in dissatisfaction.

[Hehe, I'm not being naughty. I'm making a very delicious meal. Once you've all tasted it, you'll know how amazing it is!]

The cook saw the crayfish in the pot.

I was startled.

"Aaaaaah, a strange bug!"

Ye Mu walked in quickly.

"What's going on? Qianqian, what are you doing here?"

Ye Qianqian pointed to the iron pot.

"It's delicious!"

"Your Highness, the little princess threw the strange insect into the iron pot!"

"I wonder if this strange insect has any viruses. This iron pot looks unusable! I have to throw it away."

Upon hearing this, Ye Qianqian...

Shout it immediately.

"Don't throw it away!"

"Why?" Ye Mu asked.

"I want to eat that strange worm!"

"Little princess, how can you eat this?"

The cook was about to scoop it out with a spatula.

"Ah! Don't move!"

Ye Qianqian shouted.

The cook was startled.

"Get it out for me, I want to eat it!"

Ye Mu said to Ye Qianqian.

"That strange insect is a pest and cannot be eaten."

Ye Qianqian tilted her head and said.

"Brother, do you still remember, more than ten years ago?"

"During the locust plague in the Yuan Dynasty, a man was so hungry that he fried and ate the locusts!"

"It tastes absolutely delicious!"

"Now everyone knows that locusts are actually edible!"

"Let's start catching locusts and frying them!"

"The locust plague was thus eradicated!"

Ye Mu nodded.

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