He immediately asked the students in the school hall to learn to make three sets of iron, Li Xiaorui, Li Changfeng, Li Yunfan all liked it, and when they didn't want to play with bicycles and scooters, they would put these small kitchen utensils out to cook and eat by themselves.

At this time, Li Xiaorui saw that Li Qiao was back, and beckoned enthusiastically: "Uncle, come and try the shrimp quiche I made!" Erbao and Brother Tangerine both praised it for being delicious. ”

Hearing this, Li Qiao walked over with a smile.

Li Changfeng and Li Yunfan were not far behind, and immediately raised their little hands: "Daddy, I steamed chestnut cakes!" ”

"Daddy, I made fried sausages!"

"Awesome!"

Li Qiao walked to their table in a few steps, smiled and tasted their craftsmanship one by one, after dozens of exercises in the past six months, the cooking skills of the three of them have improved by leaps and bounds, and the things that are tossed out are still not exquisite, but the taste has passed.

After Li Qiao tasted it, he rubbed their little heads and praised them.

"Uncle, I want to eat fried golden cicadas, but my father won't let me."

Li Xiaorui said, his big eyes aimed straight at Zheng Qianqian on the side.

This season is the season to eat golden cicadas, and Li Xiaorui loves to eat this.

Zheng Qianqian rolled his eyes: "Your little iron pot can't do fried at all, if you want to eat fried golden cicadas, let the kitchen make it for you." However, you can't eat more, only five at most. ”

"But I want to do it myself."

Li Xiaorui snorted twice dissatisfiedly, and his small mouth also pursed.

It's only five, who can enjoy it?

"I'll talk about it when you're older."

Zheng Qianqian still didn't allow it, and he didn't look like he had to negotiate.

Li Xiaorui immediately looked at Li Qiao for help, and dragged out the last note coquettishly: "Uncle, father, do you persuade my father~"

"Xiao Rui, wait until you are older and your temperament is stable before making fried food, otherwise your little face will collapse again, and your uncle will be distressed."

"If you really want to do it yourself, let's burn the golden cicada, okay?"

Li Qiao also refused, but gave a second option.

"Is it burning...... Row horn. ”

Li Xiaorui reluctantly agreed.

Of course, the golden cicada is fried and delicious, fried and crispy, sprinkled with cumin and other barbecue ingredients, the taste is really amazing.

But now that the fried ones can't be enjoyable, then make do with the fire.

To burn the golden cicada is to throw the golden cicada into the fire, which is the way many people in the countryside eat it.

Like Tao Zhu, his family is poor and can't afford to eat meat, and the golden cicada in summer is one of the few meat he can taste.

After the rain, the golden cicada caught directly burned with fire, no seasoning is also fragrant, after eating, go down the mountain directly, and will not be found by the Tao tree.

Soon, the golden cicada frozen in the ice warehouse was brought over, and Li Xiaorui threw it directly in the stove to burn, the golden cicada was easy to cook, and it didn't take long for the fragrance to float out.

Fan Yuanyuan, as the daughter of a rich family, has never eaten this kind of "bug" before, and after marrying the Li family, she tasted the fried golden cicada and liked it very much.

Li Xiaorui burned a bunch of golden cicadas and came out, and she also picked them up and peeled them directly with her hands to eat.

The fragrance of the golden cicada is very strong, and Zhao Cong in Li Xia's arms is fragrant - Li Xia Zhao Shen named their second son Zhao Cong, which happened to be the right match with Li Rui and Li Zhi.

Zhao Cong, the little guy, couldn't stop looking at the stove because of the fragrance, and everyone laughed.

Li Xia and Zheng Qianqian both grew up in the countryside, and the two talked about how they ate golden cicadas back then.

"I don't just love to eat golden cicadas, I also love to eat grasshoppers, and grasshoppers are fragrant when burned with fire." Lai Xia Road.

His family is not well-off, and the natural meats such as golden cicadas and grasshoppers are very beautiful memories of his childhood.

"I've eaten it too, and it's really delicious." Zheng Qianqian also said.

Fan Yuanyuan, who was on the side, heard this, his already round eyes widened even more, and his face was incredulous: "Brother Qian, Brother Xia, have you eaten locusts?" ”

"Yes, it's delicious, just burn it over fire."

Li Xia nodded.

"The fried ones are also delicious, and sometimes my dad will fry a plate for drinking." Zheng Qianqian was originally smiling, but when he mentioned Zheng Butcher, he couldn't help pursing his mouth.

He misses his family.

Fan Yuanyuan: "......"

She was shocked, and her dark eyes swirled around Li Xia and Zheng Qianqian.

In the past, she didn't eat the fireworks of the world, and only thought about eating and drinking all day long.

But after marrying into the Li family, she has been in the Shantang School for a long time, and she knows the suffering of the people at the bottom, but now Li Xia and Zheng Qianqian both said that they had eaten locusts, and she was really suppressed.

Not only Fan Yuanyuan was suppressed, but Li Xiaorui and Li Changfeng and Li Yunfan were also surprised, eating locusts?

Li Qiao looked at it and laughed: "I have also eaten, your Uncle Zhu has also eaten, and Ershan has also eaten, and the Li family has eaten it." ”

"Then I will eat it too, uncle, I want to eat!"

Li Xiaorui immediately shouted, everyone in the family has eaten, so he has to eat too.

Li Changfeng and Li Yunfan are the same, their twins shouted, and the three-year-old Li Erbao orange brother was also shouted.

For a while, the persimmon tree was full of loud shouts from a few of them to eat locusts.

"Okay, okay, when your grandmother comes back, I'll tell her to let the tenant farmers catch some locusts." Li Qiao was noisy and hurriedly shouted to stop.

"Catch more, I'm going to burn and fry."

Li Xiaorui advised.

"Then you should really stay in Xishan Province at this time, there is a locust plague there, and the locusts are flying in the sky like dark clouds, covering the sun."

Li Qiao thought of today's bad things and couldn't help sighing.

"Ah???h

"What? Locusts? ”

"Locust plague?!"

……

The adults and children in the courtyard never expected Li Qiao to say this, they were all shocked, and looked straight at Li Qiao.

Plague of locusts......

That's what it's written in books and what other people say, but now there's a locust plague happening in Xishan Province?

"Yes, the plague of locusts." Li Qiao frowned, and her eyebrows were twisted together: "The locusts on the trunk of the tree are pressed one layer at a time, and the corn stalks more than a foot high are bent down, and there is a large basket of locusts when you pull a broom on the tree." ”

If someone with a phobia of density sees it, it will definitely be uncomfortable.

Zheng Qianqian: "......"

Lixia: "......"

The two of them grew up in the countryside, but in their memory, there was no locust plague in Heijo.

They eat grasshoppers purely because they are delicious......

And Fan Yuanyuan's little face was already a little white, and she looked at Li Qiao in a daze: "Uncle, what should I do...... Is there a locust plague in Jincheng Province? ”

Her hometown is in Xishan Province!

"It has not yet affected Jincheng Province, but the situation is not optimistic. In the 17 counties where the locust plague occurred, the people tried their best to catch locusts, but the effect was not great, because there were too many locusts, and they quickly ate the crops, leaves, flowers and plants that could be eaten and then flew away. ”

Li Qiao smiled bitterly.

In this era, after the locust plague came, there was really only a limit to what the people could do.

The advice he gave to Sheng Hong today was not outstanding, that is, he suggested that the people weave a big net, trap the locusts one by one, and then cook, dry, and grind them into powder, which can be called protein powder, rich in nutrition, and has a good effect on feeding chickens and ducks.

People can eat it, but don't eat too much, because many people think that the locusts in the locust plague are poisonous, but many people have eaten them.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, people eat less and chickens and ducks eat more.

"This ......"

Fan Yuanyuan was stunned, a little frightened.

Li Xiaorui Li Changfeng Li Yunfan is already the governor, and their little eyebrows are also wrinkled, locust plague......

The younger Li Erbao and Brother Tangerine didn't know the harm of the locust plague, but when they saw that several adults had heavy faces, they didn't speak, just shook their little heads and looked left and right.

The atmosphere in the courtyard was dreary.

It wasn't until before the meal, when it was dark and Tao Zhu returned home, that the atmosphere at home improved.

Tao Zhu was surprised and worried when he learned about the locust plague, but he couldn't do anything, and as for the donation, he had to wait until later.

Thanks to the spread of the cement road, the news to Shengjing from all over the country is much faster than before.

Six days later, news came from Jincheng Mansion, Yuncheng Mansion, and Changzhi Mansion.

The locusts had already spread to some of their three prefectures, but when the locust plague first broke out in the five central prefectures, several magistrates of these seventeen counties sent them letters, so although they were in a hurry, they were finally prepared.

The prefects of these three prefectures ordered the people to try their best to catch locusts, especially the prefect of Jincheng Prefecture, who paid for the first, second and third prizes out of his own pocket.

The first prize is up to one hundred taels of silver, and there are three places.

The second prize is fifty taels of silver, and there are five places.

The third prize is twenty taels of silver, and there are twenty places.

These places are family-based, not individual.

Moreover, the prefect of Jincheng Prefecture also gave the same solution as Li Qiao, first catch the locusts, then cook, dry, grind, and use them to feed chickens and ducks.

The people of the Fan family saw that the prefect was like this, and they also set a bonus.

The Fan family has strong financial resources, and the number of places given is relatively large, with 200 households.

In addition, because Li Qiao opened a duck shop and fried chicken shop in Jincheng Mansion, and the Fan family also raised some chickens and ducks, the Fan family also posted a notice to purchase locust powder.

In this way, not only can it help ordinary people, but also its own chickens and ducks can add some nutrition.

Stimulated by the silver, the enthusiasm of ordinary people to catch locusts was suddenly mobilized.