"Who knows if they know or not? Tell them to go and tell them tomorrow."
Yue Jiuyue didn't want to deal with the original owner's eldest sister, since that was the family that had their eyes on the original owner's son. She was afraid that going there would be like sending a lamb to the slaughter. It wasn't that she was afraid that the second son wouldn't come back; she was afraid that the second son would bring someone else back with him.
"Your aunt's house, you and your husband can go tomorrow, but don't bring Xiaoman, it's too hot."
Yue Jiuyue was ultimately afraid that she would have another daughter-in-law tomorrow, so she directly forbade her single third and fourth sons from going.
“Okay, let’s go together tomorrow.”
Liu agreed readily, perhaps because she remembered the bizarre things her aunt had done.
Once the matter was settled, the family washed their hands and sat down for dinner. This was the first time Liu had eaten a ready-made meal since she took over the cooking, and it was quite a pleasant surprise.
"Wow! I never expected my third brother to be such a good cook!"
"Yes, third brother, when did you learn this skill? You've been hiding your talent! If I had known you were such a good cook, your wife wouldn't have needed to work so hard every day!"
Lin Chaodong's words came in such abrupt ...
Liu rolled her eyes at him. Don't think she didn't hear the pause in the middle. Humph! I'll let him off this time!
After dinner, everyone naturally went back to their rooms to rest.
The next morning, Xiaoman'er took her precious baby to knock on Yue Jiuyue's door again.
"Grandma! Grandma! Open the door!"
Yue Jiuyue, who was fast asleep, pulled the blanket up and covered her head to sleep.
She vaguely heard that Xiaoman'er had been coaxed away by Liu Shi, and Yue Jiuyue continued to sleep sprawled out on her back.
Not long after, there was another knock on the door, but this time it wasn't Xiaoman'er who knocked, but Liu Shi.
Could something have happened?
Yue Jiuyue put on her clothes, tidied up the bed, and quickly dressed before opening the door and asking:
"What happened?"
Liu said with some alarm:
"Mom, there are so many grasshoppers! I don't think this is normal, is it... a locust plague coming?"
She had told Xiaoman'er to play by herself and not to disturb Yue Jiuyue's sleep when she saw the grasshopper in Xiaoman'er's hand.
She originally thought that since the grasshoppers were already this fat at this time, she could roast them for Xiaoman later, which would be a way for her to support herself.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Xiaoman ran out and soon returned with even more grasshoppers.
No matter how ignorant she was, she knew there was something strange about this. After thinking it over, she still knocked on Yue Jiuyue's door.
"Maybe. Where are the eldest brother and the others? We should ask the eldest brother to go to the village chief's house and ask."
Yue Jiuyue didn't know either. The original owner had never experienced a locust plague, and Yue Jiuyue had never seen one either. She could only ask the village elders, such as the clan chief.
"Oh, he's still sleeping in. I'll go wake him up!"
Liu hurriedly went to the back to call Lin Chaodong.
It wasn't time for breakfast yet. During the off-season, people don't get up very early, since walking takes a lot of energy. Thinking that there wouldn't be much food this year, they decided to stay put as much as possible, just like in winter.
The conversation between Liu and Yue Jiuyue could not be kept secret from Lin Chaonan, who lived across the hall.
"Mom, I'm going to the village chief's house."
Without waiting for Yue Jiuyue's reply, he went straight out the door.
Yue Jiuyue watched his retreating figure, not even having time to marvel at how grown-up her son was; she had to hurry and tend to the vegetables and sweet potato seedlings in the garden.
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