Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

It was dusk, and the sky was gloomy and extremely dull.

The sound of frogs croaking can be heard one after another in the mountains, forests and fields.

Accompanied by the croaking of frogs, wisps of green smoke began to rise above Hsinchu Village.

Many Japanese confectioners could only watch enviously as Gu Qingming opened the shells of the lobsters one by one and stuffed them into his mouth. They could only carefully break the meat one bite at a time and chew it slowly like a treasure.

You can only eat one, and it will be gone once you finish it.

Xu Yuan and Xu Zhi looked at the two kids with amusement, breaking open the shells of the lobsters and eating them one by one.

Gu Qinghan didn't get to taste the lobster with chili last time, but he ate it this time. It tasted completely different from the one his mother made, even though both were cooked with chili.

Now the peppers are no longer fresh, they have been dried into peppers by Xuyuan.

There were two more little kids who were staring at the food eagerly and could only eat one. For some reason, Gu Qinghan's appetite increased.

He very considerately peeled a plate of lobster meat and handed it to Xuyuan.

Xu Zhi looked at this action, glanced at the two people sitting there, nodded with satisfaction, and smiled secretly.

The pleasant dinner ended here. Gu Qinghan took a handful of sprouts as samples and left with Gu Qingming.

After the four siblings finished cleaning up, they washed up and went back to their rooms.

Originally Xu Zhi wanted to use the firelight by the stove to sew clothes, but Xu Yuan stopped her and said, "Xiao Zhi, it's okay. The light at night is not good. Don't hurt your eyes. You can do it when you are free during the day."

Xu Zhi nodded obediently and put out the fire on the stove.

Tick-tick-tick

It started to drizzle outside.

"Go, go, sister, leave me alone!" The figure in the dream struggled to push away the person who was holding her hands tightly. The river was turbulent and the rain was pouring. But in the blink of an eye, the figure suddenly disappeared in front of her, and the little hands were gradually submerged until they disappeared.

"No..." Xu Yuan opened his eyes, and the sweat on his forehead was instantly cleared by the cold wind coming in from the window.

Why did I think of this again? The little figure in my dream was rescued by me as I wished, but... it was just a body.

I tried my best to save him, but still failed...

So Xu Yuan didn't want this to happen again, and he reminded the two kids again and again to learn their lesson and be more careful.

With the sound of rain outside, I made a wish but lost my sleepiness.

Looking at the pitch-black outside, I thought the weather forecast was quite accurate. It said it would rain and it rained. It would be a pity if I didn't find a charlatan myself.

"Xiaojiu, if I don't fall asleep now, can I predict what the weather will be like the next day?"

"Ding Dong, Master, that's not possible. The results can only be fed back to you when you wake up naturally. In addition to this method, you can also use ten points to redeem it. And the weather forecast detection results can only be issued once a day, and the time period is not specific."

"Okay, I see."

Because it was raining, they had to stay at home. The two little kids sat at the kitchen door, watching the drizzle, then looked at the two people busy in the kitchen, and played with bamboo sticks to catch the rain.

Xu Zhi was also sewing clothes at the door of the room, this time she was sewing fruit clothes.

Xuyuan changed the water for the soybean sprouts in the kitchen and soaked the beans separately.

Papapa

The gate of the courtyard suddenly rang.

A familiar voice came from outside.

Seeing that there was finally something to do, Song Guozi and Xuanyue hurriedly got up, walked through the corridor, came to the gate of the courtyard, and opened it.

Outside were Village Chief Gu, Uncle Wang, Uncle Liu, and Gu Qinghan.

Song Guozi and Xuanyue greeted the few people and then asked them to go inside.

Several people took off their raincoats and hats and placed them at the door, then walked around the corridor to the kitchen.

Xu Yuan just happened to hear the noise and came out. When he saw the people, he nodded, took out a few stools and placed them in front of the table, asked them to sit down, brought a few bowls, and picked up the kettle to pour hot water.

"Village Chief Gu, Uncle Wang, Uncle Liu, come, drink some hot water to warm your body."

"Let me do it. The water is hot." Gu Qinghan took the kettle from Xu Yuan's hand and poured hot water.

"It's raining now, why don't you wait until it stops before coming? It's such a hassle for you to make this trip."

"It's okay. We are most free on rainy days anyway. Let me talk to you about Yazi's matter. Qinghan has also told us about it. This is a good idea. We are very idle now, so it's a good thing to earn a few copper coins." Village chief Gu picked up the bowl, looked at his son's actions, raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

"Yes, we can do this business. And girl, don't forget that we still have a business that has not been opened yet. Don't forget it when the time comes. I, an old man, remember it clearly." Uncle Wang echoed.

"I haven't forgotten. How could I forget something that can make money?"

"Okay, let's talk about the sprout first." Uncle Liu spoke at the right time.

"Yes, yes, Meizi, Xiaoyuan, we are here to discuss this matter."

"I just happened to be at the village chief's house chatting and heard about this, so I just came over to take a look."

Xu Yuan said, "Then let's make an appointment, village chief. We will discuss the method of growing sprouts in the assembly hall. Then you can ask the villagers who are interested in doing this business to come over and have a look and sign a written agreement."

"It's feasible. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll do it now. Xiaoyuan, it's all thanks to you. You've brought a livelihood to the villagers." Village Chief Gu expressed his sincere gratitude. Looking at the rows of pointed sprouts covered with white cloth piled up in the kitchen, he finally felt that he could take root and survive in Hsinchu Village.

At this time, the rice seedlings have not grown yet, and the fields have not been officially put into use. They are empty and waiting for the rice seedlings to be planted. Food is still supported by old capital. In the past few days, strange and rare insects happened to appear in the fields. I didn’t expect that they were also edible food.

At first, some villagers were afraid to eat them, fearing that they were poisonous insects, after all, it would really hurt to pinch a person. Some brave villagers took the risk and caught a few to taste, waiting for themselves to be poisoned to death.

Who knows if nothing will happen, but still only a very small number of people dare to try it. Others would rather pick up wild vegetables and eat them than touch it.

It was not until his son confirmed that this was a delicacy and that the insect was called lobster, and said that he had eaten it several times at Xu Yuan's house, that Village Chief Gu saw that his son did not show any signs of poisoning, so he tried to get a few to taste himself, and also asked Xu Qing to make another one with chili peppers.

The lobster cooked with chili was so delicious that Village Chief Gu fell in love with the taste as soon as he took a bite.

The villagers who were still hesitant put aside their concerns when they saw that the village chief dared to eat them. Now there were fewer and fewer lobsters in the fields.

The villagers even picked out some small lobsters and put them into the canal, just like raising fish, to see if they could keep them alive.