Chapter 32 Hey, I just won’t tell you
"Lin Heng, did you get this cicada? What is it for?"
When Lin Heng came back from the toilet, his mother asked him while holding a bamboo sieve.
"Yes, I caught it and ate it. It's very delicious." Lin Heng nodded.
Without waiting for his mother to speak, he said, "Mom, you've already started the fire, don't make breakfast yet, I'll fry some cicada monkeys and eat them."
"Can you finish all this by yourself? We won't eat it. It looks disgusting."
Mother Lin's face was full of disgust, thinking that she had made the pot dirty by catching the bugs in it.
Sister-in-law Liu Juan also felt her scalp tingling: "It's not like we have nothing to eat. Why are you making such disgusting things? I'm afraid it's poisonous. Don't make the pot stink."
Caiyun was a little curious: "Second brother, did you make this last night?"
Hearing this, Lin Heng said speechlessly: "You guys are so excited, don't eat it when I finish it."
"I won't eat even if you give me money." Lin's mother said coldly.
"That's right, I won't eat it even if you kneel on the ground and beg me. It's scary just looking at it." Sister-in-law Liu Juan looked disdainful. What's so delicious about bugs?
Could it be better than pork?
It's simply impossible.
Caiyun was also skeptical and, like Xiulan, didn't say anything.
Lin Heng entered the house, scooped up the water from the pot, boiled it dry and poured in rapeseed oil.
The pots in the countryside are all large cast iron pots with a diameter of more than one meter. They are placed on the stove and cannot be moved. They look pitch black.
"You poured so much oil, quickly pour some back for me, you prodigal son." When Lin's mother saw that Lin Heng had poured a large pool of oil, she was so angry that she wanted to chase Lin Heng away.
"No, this must be fried to be fragrant." Lin Heng stopped his mother, waited until the oil temperature was high enough, and poured the cicada monkey directly into it without giving his mother a chance.
"Why did I give birth to a prodigal son like you? How is Xiulan going to live with a husband like you?"
Lin's mother was so angry that she picked up a stick and was about to hit him. The oil she used to fry a rotten cicada monkey was enough for her to use for two days. She really didn't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are.
Lin Heng grabbed it and broke it, grinning: "It's just a little oil, when I make money I'll buy you a hundred kilograms, you can eat as much as you want."
"Rebellious son!"
Lin's mother was so angry that she sat down on the bench, staring at him with a pair of eyes, furious: "Wait for you to earn money to buy oil, I might as well open my mouth and wait for pie to fall from the sky."
Lin Heng was speechless. This amount of oil was really not much. As time passed, the fragrance of the cicada monkeys gradually broke out, filling the entire yard.
"What's that fragrant smell?" Father Lin, who walked in from outside the yard, asked curiously.
"Fried meat again?" Lin Yue also looked confused.
The two of them got up at five o'clock just after dawn and went up the mountain to move wood. Because it was too hot at noon, they had to get up early or wait until the afternoon to work.
It is now the fifth day of the fourth lunar month, but it is already May 23rd in the Gregorian calendar, and the weather is already very hot.
"No, Lin Heng was frying the bugs he caught last night. He even poured a lot of oil into the frying pan. He does useless things every day." Liu Juan complained to her husband.
"I'll go take a look." Lin Yue and his father walked into the kitchen together.
At this time, Lin Heng had already fried the cicada monkeys and fished them out. He picked one up and put it in his mouth.
When you take a bite, you can hear a crisp crunching sound, and the fresh and delicious protein bursts in your mouth. The taste is simply amazing, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a burnt aroma everywhere.
"Mmm!! It's so delicious. Dad, brother, would you like one?"
Lin Heng was intoxicated. He put another one into his mouth and then handed the basin to his father and elder brother.
As men, they all have the courage to try. They looked at it, picked one up and put it in their mouths.
Nearby, Lin's mother, Caiyun, Xiulan and others were watching curiously. Sister-in-law Liu Juan's two children had wanted to come over to eat, but were beaten back by her.
Father Lin and Lin Yue, who were feeling uneasy, suddenly widened their eyes and showed incredible expressions after putting the food in their mouths.
Father Lin finished one in two bites, then took another one and put it in his mouth: "Don't tell me, it's really delicious."
"Yes, they look weird, but they are actually more delicious than meat." Lin Yue couldn't help but eat two more.
Seeing three men coming one after another, the women at home began to doubt their lives. Is it more delicious than meat?
That's impossible.
"Dad, we want to eat too!"
Lin Yue’s two younger sons ran over and opened their mouths to ask for some. Lin Heng grabbed a handful for them. After the two little kids took a bite, they scrambled for the rest.
"This is mine, don't grab it."
"be mine!"
The two people even had a fight over food.
"Would you like to try it?"
Lin Heng looked at Caiyun and Xiulan, and handed the basin to them with a smile. Caiyun hesitated for a moment and picked one up.
After eating it, he immediately showed a shocked expression: "It's really delicious."
Xiulan then took one and tasted it, and couldn't help but reveal an expression of surprise: "It smells so good, it's actually so delicious."
“Of course!” Lin Heng smiled. The fact that this thing could be loved by people all over the country in the future said it all.
As he said this, he fed one to his daughter Xiaoxia, saying that it was no problem for a girl over one year old to eat this.
Watching Lin Heng and others eat one after another, the number of cicada monkeys in the basin became fewer and fewer, and Lin's mother couldn't help but come over and take one to taste it.
"Mom, you just said you wouldn't eat even if you gave me money." Lin Heng did not forget to confront his mother, his main point was to be rebellious.
It seems that as the body becomes younger, the heart becomes younger as well.
Mother Lin glared at him and said, "You used so much of my oil, so what if I eat a cicada monkey like you? Are you dissatisfied?"
Lin Heng spread his hands and thought to himself, you are my mother, you are powerful, I can't do anything to you.
He looked straight at his sister-in-law and said, "If you don't say something nice today, don't even think about eating."
Liu Juan obviously noticed Lin Heng's gaze, but she was too proud to admit her mistake and turned around to leave.
"Hey, it's really not bad. My efforts were not wasted." Mother Lin said it was just so-so, but her hands did not stop.
"Come on, Juanwa, have one too." Mother Lin fed one to Liu Juan. She was not a person who favored one over the other.
Liu Juan ate one. Anyway, she didn't take the initiative, her mother fed her, and she didn't even look at Lin Heng.
When she put it in her mouth, her eyes suddenly lit up. She was shocked by this little delicacy. She thought there were actually things in the world that tasted better than meat.
Soon, a large pot of cicada monkeys was made. Everyone looked unsatisfied, except for the eldest nephew Lin Wei who was in elementary school and did not get to enjoy this delicacy.
The ones in the pot were gone, so Lin's mother and the others naturally wanted to catch more. Sister-in-law Liu Juan couldn't help it first and looked at Lin Heng: "Lin Heng, where did you catch this?"
The tone of her voice had softened a lot.
Lin Heng laughed when he heard this, and raised his chin: "Hehe, don't even mention you asking, even if mom asks me I won't tell you, I'm in a bad mood and I won't tell anyone.
It's too difficult. People call me a spendthrift all day long, and they say it in a sarcastic and roundabout way. It's too tiring, so I won't tell you. "
After saying that, Lin Heng glanced at his sister-in-law Liu Juan and went out on his own.
Sister-in-law Liu Juan felt a little embarrassed, but when she thought about how delicious cicada monkeys were, she decided to swallow her pride. She looked at Xiulan and said with a smile: "Xiulan, where did you catch them? Let's catch more tonight so that everyone can have some.
Mom, don’t you think so? If we have more people, we will have more strength and can catch more.”
Afraid that Xiulan wouldn't tell, Liu Juan also brought her mother along. As long as there were benefits, she was not afraid of being embarrassed.
Xiulan glanced at her sister-in-law and shook her head, "I didn't go out last night. Lin Heng caught him alone. I don't know either. Ask him yourself."
How could she betray her husband? She also hated her sister-in-law for always speaking ill of Lin Heng.
(End of this chapter)
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