40: Zero Yuan Purchase, a Big Bang

Wang Yulan stood outside Lianhua's house, smelling the aroma of meat wafting from her home. She swallowed, raised her hand and knocked on her door.

The one who opened the door was Lotus' grandson, Little Stone. When he saw Wang Yulan, he immediately turned around and shouted inside: "Grandma, Grandma Lan is here!"

When Lianhua heard her grandson's cry, she immediately came out of the house. The two old women whispered at the gate of the yard for a long time before Wang Yulan left.

Wang Yulan learned from Lianhua that their family was roasting locusts, so there was such a rich aroma. She also understood why every household was more lively than during the Chinese New Year.

You should know that many families only kill a chicken during the Chinese New Year to give the whole family some meat, and the chicken is divided into several meals or even eaten during the entire Spring Festival.

After Wang Yulan heard the news, she no longer had the mood to chat with Lianhua. She rushed home without stopping, her face changing from gloomy to happy.

What a sin our family has committed, we were robbed out of the blue. All the food and money in the house are gone. I guess it’s impossible to get them back. Fortunately, I didn’t take all the money to the new home.

The whole family was still immersed in grief and anger. They had just sent away the officials who came to their home to handle a case, and before they could calm down, they were greeted by a swarm of locusts.

Given their family’s current situation, they can only rely on the food from the fields to support their family.

Seeing that the summer harvest was approaching, the arrival of locusts made Wang Yulan and her family panic, and the whole family hurried to their own fields to protect the crops.

No matter how hard the whole family tried, they could not keep the food as it was eaten by locusts.

They were all immersed in their own sad emotions, blaming everyone and everything.

When the village chief sent someone to inform them that they needed to catch locusts to store food, the person who came informed her.

Wang Yulan was immersed in her own emotions and just listened without taking it seriously.

At that time, Yun Jiaojiao and a few others also heard it, and saw that people nearby were catching locusts. They looked at the densely packed insects in front of them and scoffed at the idea that they could be used as food reserves.

Thanks to the monthly money paid by Yun Feifei's parents to maintain the family's daily expenses, they have never lacked food, clothing and other daily necessities. It can be said that they are the best family in the village.

For them, wild vegetables were just a way to satisfy their cravings occasionally. They didn't like these hideous-looking locusts, so they had no intention of catching them.

They completely forgot that their family was short of money and food, and they would be so hungry that they would not be able to eat locusts even if they wanted to.

Not even a day had passed when Wang Yulan regretted her decision after finding out this was how locusts were eaten and how delicious they smelled.

They just eat some wild vegetables to fill their stomachs for these meals. In all these years, when have they ever suffered such hardship?

In my heart, I was secretly blaming others for not telling them earlier that locusts could be eaten like this and they smelled so good. If I had told them, they would have worked hard to catch them and take them home to store them.

Wang Yulan ran back home and mobilized the whole family to go to the fields to see if there were any fish caught in the net and catch them.

When they arrived at the field, they found that a lot of people had already gathered there. They all had the same idea as Wang Yulan - to catch locusts.

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Yun Guohua saw his grandmother leave and asked Yun Feifei, "Sister, do we still need to report to the police?"

Yun Feifei raised her hand and tapped his forehead, "Alright! Come in and eat, it won't taste good if it gets cold!"

After everyone finished eating the worm skewers, they put the sweet potatoes in their pockets to eat when they were hungry, and then told Yun Feifei to have a good rest at home.

After saying this, several people left together, carrying backpacks and sacks.

Needless to say, Yun Feifei also knew that they were doing what they did every day, digging wild vegetables, or in other words, looking for food.

Normally they don't go out so early, but the locust plague has just arrived! More and more people are short of food, and everyone knows the importance of food. Of course, they are rushing to store food. If they don't go early, how can they grab it!

Yun Feifei watched them leave home, rolled her eyes, took out a backpack and put it on her back, used the space field to find an empty road, and Yun Feifei left the village unhindered.