"Sima's daughter-in-law, we have collected all the locusts as you said. So what should we do next? Is there any reason why you let us collect so many locusts? ”

Seeing everyone, almost all the locusts in the field have been collected. Brother Li walked to Ye Qingtang's side and asked puzzledly.

"These locusts are also edible, and they taste very good. I see that there are not many locusts in number, and maybe they can be eaten by people from house to house. ”

Ye Qingtang said, and asked the others to take those cloth bags to their homes. Seeing that everyone was hesitant, he immediately explained: "Don't look at it as insects, but these locusts are very replenishing, and they can't even compare to eggs."

"And you can believe me, these locusts must taste good when they are made. Being able to eat a meal is a meal, and you can't live on a little bit of food, right? ”

These words were not enough to impress the villagers, who were particularly resistant to eating locusts. More often than not, I don't know what they should do in the future.

Although it is said that this locust can eat, it can even relieve them of food and clothing for a while. But how long can these locusts last in front of them?

After eating the last meal and not the next meal, they are really fed up. Naturally, I don't want to, and I don't want to continue like this in the future.

"Daughter-in-law of the Sima family, everyone's family background in the village is not as rich as your family at all. Of course, we can listen to you today, eat these locusts to live, but how long can we eat this? ”

Aunt Zhao sighed helplessly, she really wanted to continue to do what Ye Qingtang said. But on such a hopeless day, she really didn't know what to do.

"Well, I can borrow three taels of silver from each family for the winter, provided that I will take out one of the ten percent of the harvest next year to fill the family. Three taels of silver, it should be enough for everyone to survive the winter, right? ”

Usually a family can eat for two years with a tael of silver, provided that there is no meat at home, although life is a little harder, but at least it can be guaranteed not to starve to death.

Ye Qingtang knows very well how much money can make them have a good year. Three taels of silver is already the highest price she can afford, and she can't give it any more.

"Sima's daughter-in-law, we didn't mean that we wanted you to give us money. It's not easy for everyone, and we know that you've helped us enough, and we really shouldn't bother you about it. ”

The village chief suddenly came out at this time, and he joined the ranks of joint farming a month after the villagers requisitioned the land.

So looking at the food that his family had worked so hard to grow was almost wiped out overnight, the village chief was naturally very sad.

But seeing this scene in front of him, the village chief thought about it for a long time, and still chose to stand up: "Actually, there is still some money in the village, I can take out that money and distribute it to various villagers."

"Although I can't help you with anything, I am willing to do my best to help everyone get through this winter."

The village chief said, and then nodded to his son Li Dashan not far away. It seems that the village chief, who is a dime a die on weekdays, is no longer willing to continue to be silent.

"I don't need to." Ye Qingtang shook his head and persuaded softly: "This batch of rice we planted, but the seeds I brought from the capital, the rice I planted is fine rice, and the price is much more expensive than the brown rice on weekdays."

"What do you mean by that?" Brother Zhao looked at Ye Qingtang with some puzzlement, and some didn't understand what she meant by this.

"I mean, after the locust plague, we only have two acres of rice left in our village. But these two acres of rice can be exchanged for a lot of silver. ”

Ye Qingtang said, and pointed to the cloth bags beside him: "Please believe me once, everyone will eat fried locusts today, and today's food and clothing will be solved, so we will have the strength to continue to work, right?"

"Sima's daughter-in-law is right, we have to eat enough before we have the strength to work? She can make everyone's lives better, and we should trust her! ”

I don't know who in the crowd shouted first, but after a while, the villagers swept away Fang Cai's sad face, went home with Ye Qingtang, and began to deal with those locusts.

Deep-fried locusts are a local specialty. Deep-fried locusts have a fragrant and crispy taste, and are rich in protein, which is a good thing to nourish the body.

It's just that the locusts that came with the locust plague have more or less toxins in their bodies. Ye Qingtang carefully taught the people to deal with these locusts, and then taught many village women how to cook.

Naturally, not many villagers were willing to eat this kind of curious food at first. It can be seen that Ye Qingtang eats with relish, and after he doesn't mind eating insects at all, some people eat them one after another.

Where do they eat meat on weekdays? Even the rice is some brown rice, and the dry ones are not delicious at all.

So after eating the fried locusts, I immediately fell in love with the taste. It didn't take long to sweep away all the locusts that had been captured today.

[Although I know that there is a dish of fried locusts, I still can't accept it.] 】

[We often eat these locusts and silkworm chrysalis here, and we know something. You can really try it, it's fragrant and crispy, no different from fried crispy pork. 】

[Come on, I can't accept eating bugs in my life.] 】

[It's just a locust, you can't stand it? If Ye Qingtang eats fried spiders, don't you have to be disgusted to death? 】

Fried spider ......

Seeing these four words, Ye Qingtang couldn't help but shudder. She can accept eating locusts, silkworm chrysalis and monkeys.

But if she wants to eat spiders, scorpions, centipedes, etc., she would rather starve to death, or even die in public.

She also has something to be afraid of, those large reptiles, and aggressive reptiles, Ye Qingtang has no way to overcome her fear of them in her life.

Just when everyone was eating happily, Li Dashan suddenly pulled Ye Qingtang to the side secretly, and asked with an ugly face: "Mrs. Ye, can our rice really be sold at a good price?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that we have a yellow plague here, and it's definitely the same elsewhere. At that time, there will definitely be no price for rice, and even if we can sell it at a good price, will we really be able to buy rice and noodles at that time? ”

As if he was afraid that Ye Qingtang would misunderstand, Li Dashan immediately explained to others and expressed all his concerns.