Tie Dan's mother felt a little guilty and stammered, "I...I was just worried that the eldest and second eldest would go hungry."

"You won't starve if you skip a meal. Did you ignore what I said last night? Don't bring them any more food!"

Niu Dazhu snorted heavily. Since he wanted to rectify the family's conduct, he naturally had to stick to it to the end and could not let the old woman cause trouble. Now the eldest and second sons' families were in complete chaos. The men didn't farm and the women didn't cook. Humph, what kind of behavior was this!

"I've already brought everything out, this is the only meal I'll send. I won't send any more in the future." Tie Dan's mother pleaded, winking repeatedly, hoping the old man would give her some face in public.

"Take it out and then take it back; if there's one meal, there will be two!"

Niu Dazhu refused to budge. Seeing that Tie Dan's mother was still standing there, he glared at her fiercely. Tie Dan's mother trembled in fear, but she simply picked up the sieve and went back. As she stepped over the threshold, she turned back and silently cursed at Niu Dazhu's back, "You old geezer, what's wrong with you!"

Don't think I didn't hear you!

Niu Dazhu suddenly turned around, startling Tie Dan's mother so much that she almost fell to the ground. She steadied herself by holding onto the door frame and said sullenly, "I didn't say anything, are you deaf?"

After saying that, he flung his hand away and stormed into the house. Niu Dazhu snorted, picked up a hoe, and prepared to go to the fields, but he couldn't bear to part with his granddaughter. Honest people can be resourceful too. Niu Dazhu quickly came up with a good idea. He pulled a few foxtail grasses from the grass by the door and quickly made a delicate little cage. He waved to Roubao, who was playing and sweating profusely.

"The puppy...is so cute, Grandpa is amazing!"

Roubao was fascinated by the straw cage and showered it with compliments, making Niu Dazhu laugh until his face was full of wrinkles. He coaxed softly, "Would you like to catch some crickets and keep them in the cage?"

"Yes." Roubao nodded vigorously, then asked, "Grandpa, what do grasshoppers look like? Can you eat them?"

"The cricket grows..."

Niu Dazhu thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a way to describe the grasshopper's appearance. He had only been in school for a year and knew fewer words than he knew about crops. It would be too much of a challenge for him to describe the grasshopper's appearance in words.

"Grandpa can't explain it, but he took you and your brother to the mountain to catch grasshoppers. That's how Roubao learned what grasshoppers look like. We can even roast them and eat them; they're so delicious."

"I want to eat...Grandpa, take me quickly, I want to eat crickets."

Roubao's mouth watered instantly, and he kept urging Niu Dazhu to hurry up. Niu Dazhu proudly twitched his mustache and called Roubing over. As soon as Roubing heard there was something delicious, he immediately abandoned his card-flipping game and also urged Niu Dazhu to hurry up, as he couldn't wait to eat the cricket.

"Don't rush, put on your hats. There are still lots of wild fruits on the mountain. Grandpa will pick some for you to eat in a bit. They're delicious."

Niu Dazhu took out two straw hats and put them on the siblings. The mountains are a treasure trove. Which child in the mountains didn't grow up rolling around in the mountains, stealing bird eggs, catching grasshoppers, picking wild fruits and digging wild vegetables... Life was hard, but it was full of fun. But children in the city don't even know what a grasshopper is, so they naturally have less fun. He had to bring back these joys for his grandchildren.

"Dad, the sun is too strong outside." Tang Yuanyuan was enjoying the shade under a tree. When she heard that they had to go up the mountain, she was not too happy. She was afraid that the sun would burn the child, and there were many poisonous insects and snakes on the mountain. It was too scary.

"I'll take them to the watermelon patch on the mountain. It's cool there, and they won't get sunburned," Niu Dazhu said cheerfully.