"Mom, let's go up the mountain to eat again tomorrow, it's so delicious!" Meat Pie looked longingly at Tang Yuan Yuan; he hadn't had enough yet.

During the day, while Grandpa worked in the fields on the mountain, my sister and I would catch grasshoppers and cicadas, string them on grass stems, and then Grandpa would start a fire to roast them. Although they didn't look as good as the food Mom made, and were all dark, they tasted delicious. My sister initially disliked them, but in the end, she couldn't stop eating them.

"Delicious...the worms are delicious..." the little meat bun with a pale face echoed, looking longingly.

She's going up the mountain tomorrow too. The mountain is so much fun, much more fun than the city.

Tangyuanyuan was furious. She lightly tapped Roubao's little face and scolded, "If you eat again, we'll go to the hospital for a shot. Such a long needle is going to stick in."

She gestured to indicate the length of the needle, about ten centimeters long. Roubao turned even paler with fright, her eyes welling up with tears. However, she couldn't shake her desire to eat the worms. No wonder she was Tiedan's daughter; her meat-eating genes were too strong. Even if she had to get a shot, Roubao was willing to try.

"Eat just a little bit... just a little bit..."

Roubao gestured with her chubby little paws, looking pitifully at Tangyuanyuan. Tears hung on her long eyelashes, her chubby cheeks were covered in tears, her little face was pale and sickly, and she would occasionally hiccup. She looked so pitiful, who could bear to refuse her?

Tie Dan was the first to lose his temper. He glanced at Tang Yuanyuan and mustered up his courage to say, "How about... we let the meat bun eat less? It should be fine. I used to eat it all the time when I was little."

As he spoke, he smacked his lips a few times and ran off, just like the meat pie, and exclaimed, "Roasted cicadas are so fragrant, grasshoppers are delicious too, but cicadas are the best. When we were kids, we couldn't catch enough for me and Yadan to eat."

The meat pie siblings nodded vigorously and said in unison, "Delicious, so fragrant!"

When it comes to food, Dad and his family are more agreeable. Mom doesn't eat much meat and often cooks vegetarian dishes, saying that we should eat less meat and more vegetables. Although Mom's vegetarian dishes taste very good, no matter how delicious the vegetables are, they can't compare to the aroma of meat.

Tang Yuanyuan glared at the wilted meat bun and said angrily, "Still eating? I really want your daughter to go to the hospital for a shot. Those worms are full of parasites and bacteria. I don't even know if your dad cooked them properly. What if they have parasites..."

She couldn't continue; her mind was filled with long, thin, white, rod-like objects. She often saw news like this in the newspapers, where people ate undercooked meat, or even sashimi, resulting in their bodies being full of parasites, some of which had even burrowed into their brains and eyes, and in severe cases, even threatening their lives.

Tang Yuanyuan became more and more frightened as she thought about it, and her resentment towards her father-in-law deepened. None of the family members had any common sense about life, and they always used the old ways to raise children. In the past, whether a child could survive was a matter of luck. Usually, they would have seven, eight, or even five or six children. To put it bluntly, even if one or two died, there would always be a few left.

Nowadays, most families have only one child, or at most two, and three is very rare. Moreover, raising a child requires so much energy and money. If something happens to them, which parent can bear it?

"If anything happens to the child, I...I'll never forgive you."

Tang Yuanyuan glared at Tie Dan again, then gave the siblings a stern look. The three of them shrank back, and the chubby little head tilted to the side, pretending to be dead in the crook of Tie Dan's neck. Anyway, she was sick, hmph...

Tang Yuanyuan called Ye Qingqing and told her about eating the insects. She asked worriedly, "You vomited so much meat buns just now, even bile came out. That's fine, but I'm worried about parasites. Should we go to the hospital to get checked tomorrow?"