"Not early, not early either, I just got here," Jiang Daqiang said. Then, he asked in surprise, "Aunt Li, you grabbed five big bags of stuff? How is that possible?"
Aunt Li smiled proudly, "The whole family went out to help, even I, an old woman, caught them in the field."
Some villagers were still skeptical of Jiang Wanwan's promise to exchange locusts for grain. Those skeptical villagers didn't bother to catch the locusts; they just stood there watching.
If they can't get rice today, they won't bother catching locusts anymore; they'll just light a torch and burn them to death.
Aunt Li was one of the few who believed Jiang Wanwan. She trusted Jiang Wanwan implicitly. In her view, the fact that the young girl had returned to Old Jiang's family and started a business so successfully, turning her family's chaotic life into a prosperous one, showed that the girl was capable.
Furthermore, the girl is a fairly upright and trustworthy person; she wouldn't speak carelessly.
The little girl said she could exchange it for food, and she meant she could.
Moreover, she secretly observed the village chief's family. The village chief was the smartest man in the village, and his entire family was working in the fields, desperately catching locusts. How could this be faked?
Aunt Li was determined to follow the village chief's family, and if things went wrong, it wouldn't just be her family's fault.
Therefore, when her three sons objected to her catching locusts all night, she scolded them severely and forced the whole family to stay in the fields catching locusts.
It wasn't until midnight, when she saw that the village chief's family had all gone home to rest, that she allowed her family to go home and take a nap as well.
Then a smiling female voice rang out, "Oh, Aunt Li, you've caught so many locusts!"
Aunt Li turned around and smiled broadly, "Guilan, you're making me feel so bad. Look, we've only caught four bags, while you've already caught six."
Zhang Guilan's eldest daughter, Jiang Feifei, said with a smile, "Aunt Li, actually our two families caught the same amount last night, but this morning our family got up half an hour earlier and caught two more bags, so we caught more than your family."
Aunt Li slapped her thigh hard. "Oh dear, why didn't I think of getting up earlier to catch them? No, no, once I've weighed them, I'll immediately send your lazy uncles to the fields to catch them."
The three of them started laughing as they talked.
Jiang Daqiang, who was standing to the side, clicked his tongue in amazement after hearing this.
He thought he had caught enough locusts, but he didn't expect that Aunt Li's family and the village chief's family had caught even more locusts than he had.
Furthermore, to everyone's surprise, Aunt Li and the village chief's family were catching locusts until midnight, with the village chief's family even catching them before dawn.
No, he had to quickly gather his entire family and go to the fields to catch locusts!
The village chief's family is working so hard to catch locusts, so we should follow suit. We can't go wrong by going with the village chief's team.
Jiang Daqiang hurriedly urged Jiang Wanwan, "Wanwan, hurry up and pour the locusts into the bamboo basket, Uncle has to go to the fields quickly."
"Alright, Uncle Daqiang, please wait a moment, I'll return the bags to you right away." With that, Jiang Wanwan deftly poured Jiang Daqiang's two bags of locusts into the bamboo basket, and then put the lid back on.
Jiang Daqiang grabbed the cloth bag and left in a hurry.
"Aunt Li, I'll weigh it for you right away," Jiang Wanwan said with a smile.
"Alright, Doggy, quickly give the locusts to your aunt."
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