"My dear, keep it for yourself. Grandma's teeth are not good and she can't bite it anymore!"
"Grandma, eat it!" Qingtian insisted.
Sister-in-law Ye San heard this and said, "Mother, this is a gift from the child, please keep it!"
"Good boy, grandma will eat it later." Old Mrs. Ye finally took a piece and put it on the table.
Qingtian then smiled, wrapped the remaining candy in paper, and ran back to his house.
She wanted to put the candy in the cabinet, but she heard Ye Changnian calling her outside.
"Sunny, come out quickly, let's go catch grasshoppers!"
So Qingtian put the paper bag on the table, turned around and ran out, following his brothers to the backyard to catch grasshoppers.
In the past, when we were living outside the Great Wall, catching grasshoppers was not only a game for the children in the village, but the caught grasshoppers could also be fed to chickens and skewered with branches and roasted.
Although there is not much meat and the children don’t know how to control the heat, the meat is often burnt black and tastes bitter, but it still can’t stop their love for this activity.
So now the family doesn’t even have chickens, but when they see grasshoppers jumping around in the backyard, the children still can’t control their eager little hands.
Ye Changrui was older and had studied for a few more years, so he no longer crawled around catching grasshoppers like his younger brothers.
He had come along mainly to see some sunny weather.
So I simply pulled some grass, weaved a small cage, and followed Qingtian to help her put the caught grasshoppers into it.
Qingtian was afraid of getting his clothes dirty, so he didn't dare to throw himself directly to the ground like the others.
Finally, he just squatted in the grass nest and waited for the grasshopper to come to him.
After a while, there were more than a dozen big grasshoppers on the branches in the hands of the other people, and there were also a few harvests in Qingtian's cage.
Ye Changxue called out, "Let's go back and roast some grasshoppers."
Several children followed Ye Changxue to the front yard and went straight to the kitchen.
Mrs. Ye was stewing venison. The fire in the kitchen was blazing. When she saw the children come in, she quickly said, "Don't run around. You might get burned."
"Auntie, please roast some grasshoppers for us!" Several children raised the branches in their hands towards Mrs. Ye.
"We're going to have meat tonight, and you guys are still eating grasshoppers." Although Mrs. Ye said this, she still took the branches from their hands one by one and squatted in front of the stove to help them roast them.
Ye Changrui led Qingtian in last.
Qingtian squatted beside Mrs. Ye and watched her roast the grasshoppers.
"The grasshoppers you caught are quite fat," said Mrs. Ye as she cooked. "It's a pity we don't have chickens at home. Otherwise, if we could just let them out in the backyard, they'd eat the grasshoppers every day and they'd definitely start laying eggs."
When Ye Changnian heard Mrs. Ye mention laying eggs, he suddenly felt a little craving for eggs.
When I was living outside the Great Wall, my family raised a large flock of chickens and cooked eggs for the children from time to time.
Ye Changnian licked his lips and asked, "Auntie, when will we raise chickens? I'll catch some bugs to feed them then!"
"Let's wait until next spring and buy some eggs to hatch chicks.
"It's getting colder every day. The chicks are freezing to death right after they hatch."
While talking, Mrs. Ye controlled the temperature of the fire and soon cooked the grasshoppers and handed them to the boys.
Ye Changxue and Ye Changfeng almost simultaneously tore off a grasshopper leg and handed it to Qingtian.
"On a sunny day, try it. It's delicious."
"Eat it while it's hot, sister. It won't taste good if it's cold."
Although Qingtian doesn't dare to catch insects, he is very brave when it comes to food.
After all, she had experienced hunger before, so she would not miss out on anything edible.
Although grasshopper legs are small, they still taste fragrant after being roasted. They are the most delicious part of the grasshopper.
"Does it smell good?" Ye Changxue asked.
"It smells good!" Qingtian nodded repeatedly.
So the brothers immediately pulled off the grasshopper legs from their branches and gave them to Qingtian to eat.
They ate the sesame candy that Qingtian bought, and since they had no money to buy anything for their sister, they could only find a way to get her some delicious food.
Seeing that her nephews all knew how to take care of Qingtian, Mrs. Ye couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.
But Mrs. Ye still said to them, "Stop crowding around me, I'm going to start cooking.
"Don't eat blindly, dinner will be served soon."
"Let's eat meat tonight!" Ye Changnian shouted immediately.
"Yes, save some room for meat."
When the children came out of the kitchen, Guo just came out of the east wing.
After discovering that she was seen by several children, Guo was panicked for a moment, tripped and almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, the children's attention was still on the grasshoppers in their hands, and no one cared about what she was doing.
Guo quickly steadied herself, turned around, walked around the back of the house, and then slipped back to her own room in the west wing.
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