An Qingbai explained with a smile.
"Hehe, no need, let's just roast a few. I'll just set up a simple stove and put the cicada nymphs in it to roast!"
It's similar to roasting sweet potatoes; whether you wash them or not doesn't matter much. You only need to eat the flesh inside, not the shell!
The problem is that you have to peel it open; you can't just bite into it and eat it!
Zhuang Zhimeng and the other two nodded and spoke in unison.
"Understood!"
Then the three of them looked at each other, burst out laughing.
"Ha ha!"
"Ha ha!"
"Ha ha!"
An Qingbai, watching from the side, also found it amusing.
"hehe!"
Yangyang looked at this and that, not understanding what they were all laughing at.
He quickly reminded An Qingbai.
"Third Uncle, stop laughing. Quickly check if the cicada nymphs are roasted."
An Qingbai patted Yangyang, who was squatting beside him.
"What's the rush? We need to wait a bit! It won't taste good if it's not fully cooked!"
Yangyang still listens to advice.
"Won't cicada nymphs taste good? Then I'll wait a bit longer!"
After waiting for a while, An Qingbai felt it was about time and quickly took out the cicada nymphs.
I held back Yangyang, who was about to grab it too.
"Don't you want your little hands anymore? They're burning hot right now, let them cool down a bit!"
Yangyang sidled up to Zhuang Zhimeng and complained.
"Sister Zhimeng, look at my third uncle! He took the cicada nymphs out with his own hands, and they were so hot! You should see if he doesn't want his hands anymore!"
Zhuang Zhimeng immediately cooperated with Yangyang, walked to An Qingbai's side, and patted him on the back.
"Brother Qingbai, do you really not want your hand anymore? You're such a grown man, yet you're not as sensible as Yangyang!"
An Qingbai glared helplessly at Yangyang before showing his hand to Zhuang Zhimeng.
"Zhizhi, look, it's perfectly fine! Don't listen to Yangyang's nonsense, I'm used to it, it's more convenient to hold it with my hands!"
Zhuang Zhimeng carefully examined his hand and was relieved to find nothing wrong with it.
"From now on, you can't use your hands either! Chopsticks, bamboo skewers, or wooden sticks are all fine!"
An Qingbai smiled.
"Hehe, okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say!"
Just then, Zhuang Zhimeng came over, and An Qingbai grabbed two and handed them to her.
"It's ready. Peel it open and have a taste!"
Zhuang Zhimeng took the cicada nymph, removed its wings, head, and feet, carefully peeled off the shell, and put a little bit of meat into her mouth to taste it.
"Mmm, it really smells delicious, even without anything added!"
Yangyang quickly ran over.
"Third Uncle, I want some too!"
An Qingbai glared at him again, but still handed two to Yangyang.
"You only have these two. You're still young, so I can't let you eat too much at night, understand?"
Yangyang accepted it with a smile.
"Hehe, Uncle, two are fine too! Sister Zhimeng just promised to let me eat fried food tomorrow!"
An Qingbai smiled.
"Heh, then you won't have a chance to eat more. At most, you can eat three more than this!"
Yangyang sighed.
"Sigh! When will I grow up? I'm so small, I can't eat anything!"
Then he went off to peel cicada nymphs on his own.
An Qingbai and Zhuang Zhimeng just smiled and didn't reply to him.
Jiang Yanxia and Su Mengmeng also laughed.
"Ha, Yangyang, you have so many worries at such a young age?"
"Hey Yangyang, do you want me to peel it for you?"
Yangyang shook his head.
"No need, thank you, Brother Mengmeng. I can peel it myself. My third uncle taught me how to peel it, and I know which parts are inedible!"
Then he looked at Jiang Yanxia.
"Sister Yanxia, I'm fine. You should go eat some cicada nymphs. They taste best when they're hot!"
Seeing that he really didn't need any help from adults, Jiang Yanxia and Su Mengmeng went over and took the food that Brother An handed them and started eating. Apart from Yangyang, each of them ate only three, four or five pieces.
The next day, everyone in the brigade knew about how Zhuang, the educated youth, had asked An Laosan and Su, the educated youth, to help the brigade negotiate prices the day before.
Zhuang Zhimeng went to gather pig feed, and before she had gone long, some children spontaneously put the pig feed into her basket.
Tiger is one of them.
Hu Zi told Zhuang Zhimeng.
"Sister Zhimeng, my mom told me to thank you, hehe, so I came up with this idea to help you gather pig feed. I didn't expect that several other people would want to help you gather it too!"
Zhuang Zhimeng smiled.
"Hehe, no need to be so polite. I'm very grateful that you helped me gather pig feed. Let's gather it together!"
The children cheered upon hearing this.
"Yay! Let's fight together!"
Zhuang Zhimeng chatted with the children while cutting pig feed.
"Tiger, Erdan, Bajin, aren't you guys going to school?"
Tiger was clearly excited when the topic of going to school came up.
"Sister Zhimeng, I have something to tell you. My mom is planning to send me to school. She said she'll send me in September!"
Zhuang Zhimeng nodded.
"Congratulations, Tiger! You're finally going to school!"
Zhuang Zhimeng then looked at Erdan and Bajin.
"What about Erdan and Bajin? Are they also going to school in September?"
Erdan told Zhuang Zhimeng with a grin.
"Sister Zhimeng, you guessed right! I'm going to school in September too. I begged my mom for ages before she finally agreed!"
Ba Jin sighed.
"well!"
Zhuang Zhimeng glanced at Bajin.
"Bajin, why are you sighing? Does your family still not agree to let you go to school?"
Ba Jin stood up straight and spread his hands.
"My family agrees, but then I won't be free anymore. At school, someone will be watching what I do, won't they?"
Zhuang Zhimeng smiled.
"Hehe, you don't want the school to keep an eye on you?"
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