Catching cicada nymphs is a lot of fun too. Tomorrow night I'll prepare several powerful flashlights and some plastic buckets for you and your children to play together!

Director Jin and Mrs. Guan were also very interested, but also a little embarrassed. "We're so old, it would be so embarrassing if the villagers saw us catching cicada nymphs with the children!"

Yu Yang said, "Grandma Jin, what's shameful about this? The adults in our village also go to catch them when they have time."

I heard this stuff goes well with alcohol; even the old ladies and gentlemen with their canes go out in the dark to catch it and eat it!

"Really? Even the adults in the village are going to catch them? Then we can rest assured. Chen Hong, get a flashlight and a plastic bucket for me and your Aunt Guan, so everyone can go catch them."

After catching them, let's see if we can make enough for a dish. We'll just fry them for dinner and see what they taste like. I've also heard that cicadas are very nutritious and good for the brain!

They chatted about this and that until almost ten o'clock before everyone dispersed and went back to their rooms to wash up and go to bed.

Early in the morning, Chen Hong got up to cook, while Xiao Yun and the children went for a run together.

Half an hour later, Chen Hong had already steamed a pot of buns and cooked seafood porridge.

I boiled a dozen or so salted duck eggs and fried a large plate of dried salted fish. I stir-fried minced meat and pickled green beans, and served a plate of pickled cucumbers.

With many people eating, Chen Hong fried a large plate of cod fillets and stir-fried spring sprouts with eggs.

Looking at the sumptuous breakfast laid out on the table, Chen Hong nodded, finally feeling satisfied.

No matter what kind of food you cook, it has to be enough to fill people's stomachs, right? Rural people value practicality and don't care about fancy stuff.

After breakfast, Xiaoyun and Director Jin cleaned up the house. Chen Hong gave them instructions on what to do in the morning and then drove up the mountain early.

Chen Hong drove the car back to the hillside where she had parked yesterday, turned around and parked, then quickly went into the mountains with her basket on her back.

Chen Hong ran along the mountain road, unable to contain her excitement; she still preferred to work alone.

Too many people slows her down! It's good to have more people around when chatting and eating; there are more topics to discuss and more food to eat!

Chen Hong went straight to the vineyard without stopping. She worked quickly and easily by herself, simply grabbing a pair of shears and climbing the tree to cut the grapes.

I cut off a bunch of pieces and put them directly into the plastic box in the space; even the basket was just for show.

Space is such a great help to her work! Without space, her efficiency drops drastically, and she misses out on a lot of the joys of life!

Chen Hong moved like a nimble monkey, weaving between a dozen or so trees, her scissors never stopping.

Bunches of grapes gradually disappeared from the vines, all of which were cut off by Chen Hong and stored in her spatial storage.

It wasn't until after 10 a.m. that Chen Hong finally stopped and climbed down the tree. Looking back, she saw that there were still some grapes left on the tree.

Chen Hong decided to leave the food for the small animals; she wouldn't kill them all without leaving any room for them.

Before leaving, Chen Hong watered the vineyard with her spatial water one last time, planning to use the grapes here as a cover next year.

Seeing that everything was alright, Chen Hong picked up a basket and went out of the mountain. She found the leather cart, and seeing that no one was around, she put away the empty plastic boxes in the cart bed and took out the plastic boxes that were full of wild grapes from the storage compartment.

After putting the tools into the truck bed, Chen Hong got in the truck and drove home.

It was already past eleven o'clock when they got home. Xiaoyun, Director Jin, and the other two were in the kitchen preparing lunch.

Chen Hong changed her clothes, washed her hands, and went into the kitchen. "Chen Hong, go have a cup of tea and rest for a while. The three of us will take care of lunch today."

After enjoying your cooking for so long, we'd like to show off our skills a little. Try our modified seafood recipe!

It might not be as authentic as yours, but it should still be palatable.

After you've eaten, I welcome your feedback. We've come all this way to the seaside; we should at least learn one or two dishes!

Chen Hong turned and left the kitchen. "Alright, I'll have Qingfan today."

"The kitchen is in your hands now. You've been in charge of it your whole lives, and I have complete confidence in your skills."

I went back to the living room and made a pot of tea. After looking around, I realized something was wrong. "Hey, where are the children? Why isn't even little Nini home?"

Where have these children been? It's almost lunchtime, why aren't they home?

Although she was puzzled, she wasn't worried at all. With Guan Tao and Fang Xiaoying with her, nothing bad was bound to happen. She just wondered what interesting things they had discovered.

After drinking two cups of tea, Chen Hong couldn't sit still any longer and went for a walk around the yard to check on everyone's work progress from the morning.

Seeing the several porcelain jars piled high with cleaned grapes, Chen Hong couldn't help but nod.

It seems everyone has high expectations for the wine! They picked nearly 800 pounds of wild grapes.

All the preparations are done; all that's left is to crush the meat and add rock sugar.

In the afternoon, we'll finish picking the remaining 600 or so that morning, and then we can crush and seal them all in the jars by evening.

With more people working together, things get done faster. If Chen Hong were to do the grape picking by herself, no matter how fast she is, it would take her two days.

This year we can produce over 400 jin of wine, and 30 to 40 jin from each family is enough to share.

Chen Hong found the rock sugar she had ordered online in advance, which she could use directly in the afternoon.

Online prices are 30 cents cheaper per pound than offline prices, so you can save a lot of money on rock sugar this year.