“Chirp!”

Hungry and want to eat locusts.

"I want to eat it, but I can't catch it."

[The Emperor's grandfather said that the locusts are in the south! ]

[Although I also want to eat fried locusts, it’s too far and we can’t go. ]

[We've finished eating the houttuynia cordata, and we can't eat the fried locusts anymore. Xiao Fengfeng, we're so pitiful! ]

“Chirp, chirp!”

“Yes!”

【How could I forget the big phoenix! 】

[Let the big phoenix take us to the south and burn those locusts to death, so that we can have fried locusts to eat! ]

The more the emperor listened, the more his brows furrowed.

He knew about locusts, but what the hell were fried locusts? And what was Houttuynia cordata?

And the big phoenix?

Isn’t the phoenix a mythical beast? Yangyang said to let the mythical beast take her to the south?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

These words must be the imagination of children.

If he took it seriously, he would be a fool emperor!

Ten days later, the emperor looked at Yangyang returning riding a phoenix and wanted to slap himself.

Isn’t he just a stupid emperor?

The child clearly said that Fenghuang could take her to the south, but he didn't believe it!

After returning to the Grand Tutor's Mansion, Yangyang suddenly became very honest.

Yun Wanrou always felt that something was wrong with her and was on guard against her escaping every day.

When the little phoenix was eating, Yangyang squatted in front of the big phoenix and sighed.

"I want to go out. I want to go to the South."

[Why did mother stare at me so closely? I didn't even have a chance to escape.]

[I really want to eat fried locusts. I am drooling over it. 】

"Xiao Fengfeng, do you want to eat...bugs?"

“Chirp!”

Don't steal mine!

The little phoenix glared at her.

He limped and changed direction, with his back to Yangyang.

It even spread its wings to securely hold its insect.

"Stingy!" Yangyang pouted, "I won't steal. There are so many...plenty of them in the south!"

Hearing this, Little Phoenix's eyes lit up.

It turned its head to look at her, chirping non-stop.

Yangyang looked at it and sighed.

[It's no use shouting, my mother is watching me very closely, I can't get out.]

[I can't leave in front of my mother, right? ]

【Well, this idea seems good! 】

Yun Wanrou sat in the yard.

Hearing Yangyang's voice, he was so scared that he sat up quickly.

Yangyang turned to look at her and grinned at her.

That smile fell into Yun Wanrou's eyes, making her feel uneasy.

"Little ancestor, please stop laughing. Do you know that when you laugh, you look like a little fox that is secretly plotting something?"

[Mother, please stop looking at me. You make me feel guilty.]

You can't not watch it.

Yun Wanrou was afraid that if she blinked, Yangyang would slip away again.

Seeing her staring at him, she hardly even blinked.

Yangyang's eyes turned and she slowly got up from the ground.

She stood on tiptoe and whispered something to Phoenix.

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and saw Yun Wanrou, half of her body leaning out.

She coughed guiltily and turned around in circles.

When Yun Wanrou saw her like this, she knew that she must be up to something again.

She wanted to find some clues through her inner voice, but she kept mumbling to herself.

[Can’t see me, can’t see me! ]

[I'm already invisible, mother can't see me! ]

Yun Wanrou: “…”

Well, I can’t hear anything!

At night, Yangyang lay in the small wooden bed.

Seeing that she had her eyes closed and was trying hard to pretend to be asleep, Yun Wanrou couldn't help but ask, "Is Yangyang asleep?"

"Asleep!"

"But a sleeping child cannot speak!"

Yangyang closed her mouth and nodded slightly.

Yun Wanrou held back her laughter, turned around, walked to the wooden table, and blew out the candle.

When she woke up the next day, she found that the little guy was gone.

"Wangshu!"

Yun Wanrou was anxious. She stood up and shouted to the door.

Wangshu pushed the door open and walked in quickly.

Before she could speak, Yun Wanrou asked, "Have you seen Yangyang?"

"Young lady, isn't she sleeping at this hour..."

Before Wangshu could finish his words, he saw that the small wooden box was empty.

She was stunned for a moment and shook her head quickly.

"I have been guarding outside this morning and did not see the young lady leave."

As he spoke, Wangshu caught a glimpse of a piece of paper on the wooden table out of the corner of his eye.

She walked quickly forward and picked up the paper.

She took a quick glance and handed the paper to Yun Wanrou.

"Miss, the young lady left a letter."

"Let me see!"

Yun Wanrou took the letter.

There was a big ugly bird drawn on the so-called letter.

A stick figure holding a clown bird standing on top of a big bird.

At the other end of the painting, there are a few bugs.

The more Yun Wanrou looked, the more her brows furrowed.

Did Yangyang draw this picture to tell her that she and Fenghuang were going to the south?

In the first few days, she kept talking to herself about wanting to eat fried locusts, but she didn't take it seriously.

I didn’t expect that this little girl would actually go catching locusts.

She was on guard against everything, but she never expected that she would sneak away in the night!

Yun Wanrou raised her hand to cover her chest, feeling a little choked up.

…

The phoenix carried the man and the bird and flew for the entire night.

It spread very quickly, and at dawn, it reached the first town hit by the locust plague.

When locusts pass through the area, all harvests are destroyed.

Yangyang glanced down.

All I saw below was a wasteland, like an uninhabited ghost village.

However, not long ago, this place was very lively.

People work from sunrise to sunset and rest from sunset to sunrise, leading an ordinary life.

When the locusts came, all of this was ruined.

Yangyang took a look and then looked away.

"Fengfeng, faster!"

The locusts have left here, and they have to hurry to the next place.

“clang…”

The phoenix chirped, as if in response to her.

The phoenix's cry was so loud that the people could hear it from far away.

Everyone looked around, confusion in their eyes.

"What was that sound just now? Could it be that the locusts are coming back?"

"All our food has been eaten up by locusts. How can they come back?"

"Yes, and locusts can't make such sounds."

The people shook their heads and went back to digging tree roots.

With no food left, they can only survive on tree roots and bark.

As soon as everyone turned their gaze away, the phoenix appeared above their heads.

As long as someone looks up, they can see the legendary beast.

It was almost noon when Yangyang finally saw the locusts.

The locusts covered the sky and the vibration of their wings irritated people's eardrums.

Yangyang had seen locusts before, but this was the first time he saw so many of them.

She touched the phoenix's feathers and was about to speak, but she was afraid that the locusts would fly into her mouth, so she quickly covered her mouth and said, "Fengfeng, burn them!"

“clang…”

The phoenix let out a cry and opened its mouth to spit fire.

The locusts burned by the flames made a sizzling sound and were cooked.

When Yangyang smelled the barbecue, he was so greedy that he started drooling.

“It’s done!”

“Roasted locusts are delicious!”