40: Zero Yuan Purchase, a Big Bang

The next day, Yun Feifei was woken up by the noise again.

She took out her watch and saw that it was not yet five in the morning. People nowadays get up really early, but the sky outside was still pitch dark.

When she walked out of the room, Yun Guohua and the others were gone. They went to line up to fetch water as usual.

Yun Feifei went into the kitchen, lit a fire, boiled water, and put a few sweet potatoes in to steam.

Then he took out the locusts that had been soaked yesterday, washed them, skewered them with bamboo, and then roasted them in the stove.

Because they were cooking in the stove, the location meant she could only roast three or four skewers at a time.

Yun Feifei kept turning it over and over like she was grilling it, adding some oil and salt, and the aroma became even stronger.

After a while, the first batch of finished products came out. Yun Feifei took out a string and put it in her mouth and started eating without any fear.

"Click——"

Yun Feifei took a bite and found the meat crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It had a fresh texture and tasted just like grilled shrimp, and her mouth was filled with oil.

Locusts are rich in protein and can be a good nutritional supplement for the poor people who have been lacking oil and water for a long time.

The aroma of the roasted insects quickly spread out, and the people living near her house smelled it, which aroused the gluttony in their hearts.

Many people in the village have not tasted meat for a long time. Adults can still bear it, but those with children at home cannot tolerate it.

When the children smelled the fragrance, they kept making noises around the house, wanting to eat it.

In this period of time, food is already so expensive, let alone meat!

Whoever gets the meat would not be willing to give it to outsiders. Knowing this, they suppress their own children.

No matter how noisy they are, they will not take their children out to ask the host for food.

They thought that meat was precious, and after the cook cooked the meat, the smell of the meat would quickly dissipate, and there would be no problem.

I didn't know that after the aroma of meat gradually faded, the same fragrance would come back.

The first batch of products, the four skewers of roasted locusts, were quickly finished by Yun Feifei. She continued to skewer the locusts and started the second round of roasting.

Soon the room was filled with a strong smell of smoke mixed with the aroma of meat, an aroma that made people drool.

Among those who were carrying water, Yun Guohua was the first one to carry water and rush back home.

When he was still some distance away from home, he smelled the aroma of meat, which made his body roar.

He had encountered this kind of situation many times. He didn't know who was cooking meat at home, and he happened to pass by and smelled the aroma of meat.

He could only smell it. He knew that given the situation at home, being able to fill his stomach was already good enough.

Every time this happened, Yun Guohua could only desperately suppress the abnormality in his body and quickly escape from the area filled with the smell of meat.

Just like now, he was suppressing his body, trying his best to stay calm, carrying water and rushing towards home.

But why did he feel that the smell became stronger as he walked? When he was about to step into his own door.

[It's a hallucination. It must be a hallucination. I haven't tasted meat for too long, so I have the illusion that the smell of meat is coming from my own direction.]

Yun Guohua secretly mocked himself in his heart, then shook his head, adjusted the carrying pole, and stepped into the house.

He buried his head, picked up the shoulder pole, poured water into the water tank, took the towel by his neck and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He looked around and did not see his sister, but heard a sound coming from the direction of the kitchen.

Yun Guohua recalled that from childhood to adulthood, his sister had always shouldered everything by herself, and had never complained in front of them no matter how hard or tired she was.

He knew that his sister was having a hard time, and he had seen her hiding away and crying quietly several times.

In the past, because he was young, he could not help his sister and share her worries. Now that he has grown up and is a man, he has to take on the responsibility of the eldest son in the family.

This time, his sister was injured so badly. He still remembered that his sister was lying on the ground without a sound. They all said that his sister had passed away. He was so scared at that time...