Chapter 87: Deep-fried Locusts
This was their first time hunting on the grassland, and in the end, everyone caught prey.
But they all happily ran to give it to Qin Wanwan.
Qin Wanwan: I don’t want it.
Later, they ate it themselves. Xiao Hei swallowed it in one gulp, and the most outrageous thing was that Qin Xiaoe actually ate it too!
Although it was peeled and the meat was cut into strips by Lang Ya and fed to it, it really ate it.
It even went to the grassland to catch more food because it wasn’t satisfied.
Later, it stopped catching pika rabbits. What it ate afterwards were insects like grasshoppers and earthworms.
Fine, it’s all meat, seems like there’s not much difference… As if.
Returning to the General’s Mansion from the grassland.
The General’s Mansion has changed a lot now. As long as the money is right, the craftsmen are really fast.
Not only did they expand the area of the General’s Mansion and increase the size of the houses quite a bit, but the old houses were also directly renovated, and the interior decorations looked luxurious.
However, the pasture grass in the courtyard and the fields in the backyard were also preserved.
“My house is almost ready too. Wanwan will live with me then.”
In the afternoon, Qin Wanwan and both of her daddies were present.
Shang Wuyang poured himself a cup of tea and, in an unhurried and overbearing manner, decided who Qin Wanwan would follow from now on.
“No.”
Xie Chong did not speak to him in a compromising tone.
“She has to live with me.”
The two were at daggers drawn, refusing to yield.
“General Xie, aren’t you being a bit ungrateful? Not to mention I helped you come up with the idea for the soybean product workshop, I didn’t even ask you for a cent for this house. I’m just asking for Wanwan to live with me, not to stop you from seeing each other. Why are you being so petty?”
Xie Chong sat upright, exuding a sharp aura.
“The workshop benefits you, and I didn’t have you renovate the house.”
Qin Wanwan sat between the two, her big eyes full of curiosity.
The two looked at her and wanted to scold her, but were afraid of corrupting the child.
“Wanwan, take Qin Xiaoe to the courtyard to look for locusts. Quite a few locusts have flown this way recently.”
Qin Wanwan said “Oh”: “Then don’t fight, okay?”
Shang Wuyang smiled sweetly: “Don’t worry, we won’t fight.”
Xie Chong nodded.
Qin Wanwan took Qin Xiaoe and ran to the front yard.
Indeed, as her daddy said, she didn’t know if it was their pasture grass that was too attractive, but locusts were flying in one after another.
Locusts are very common nowadays, and they can even gather to form locust plagues during the time when farmers’ crops are about to be harvested, which is a great blow to the farmers.
Qin Xiaoe caught locusts with perfect accuracy.
After a while of digging in the pasture grass, it caught over a dozen exceptionally plump locusts.
It killed them by pecking but didn’t eat them; instead, it brought them out and dropped them for Qin Wanwan.
‘For Big Treasure to eat.’
The group of animals Qin Wanwan raised were all dedicated to hunting and feeding Qin Wanwan.
This plump locust was very delicious, and Qin Xiaoe felt that Big Treasure deserved to enjoy it.
Qin Wanwan also squatted on the ground and poked it a few times: “It’s so big.”
“What big locusts!”
The latter sentence was an exclamation from Lu He.
Each locust was almost the size of an infant’s palm.
And they were very plump.
Aunt Zhang also came over, looking worried: “Locusts this big, if they form a plague by autumn harvest, our grain will be in trouble.”
If anyone hated locusts the most, it would be the farmers.
Aunt Zhang used to farm too and hated locusts intensely.
“Miss, please throw these locusts away or let Little Goose eat them. These things cannot be kept. Don’t let them lay eggs in our pasture, or the pasture will be ruined.”
“Yingying~”
Hu Xiaoyue also burrowed out from the grass, also with a locust in her mouth. Her fluffy tail wagged as she sat by Qin Wanwan and elegantly gobbled down the plump locust with a few bites.
“Ying~”
Delicious.
Qin Wanwan looked a little envious: “Can Wanwan eat it?”
Lu He & Aunt Zhang: . . . . . .
“No, Miss, you can’t eat these. Locusts are poisonous.”
Keke flew over: “They’re not poisonous, not poisonous…”
“Only gathered locusts are poisonous. Ordinary locusts are not poisonous, and deep-fried ones are fragrant.”
He was already craving them: “Quick, catch locusts, deep-fry them.”
Lu He and Aunt Zhang looked at each other.
“This… Lord Keke, these locusts really can’t be eaten.”
Throughout history, they had never heard of anyone eating locusts.
Qin Wanwan tugged at their clothes, her big eyes instantly turning into the teary, on-the-verge-of-crying look of a fried egg.
“Deep-fried, deep-fried…”
Lu He and Aunt Zhang, as if guided by an unseen force, agreed.
There weren’t a lot of locusts in the pasture, but there weren’t few either.
Qin Xiaoe and Hu Xiaoyue burrowed around in them, finally catching about a hundred.
But these locusts were indeed large and plump, and when piled up, they filled a small basin.
Aunt Zhang and Lu He took them to wash them clean, removed the locust heads and wings, and then heated the oil in the pan.
By this point, they were already regretting it a little.
“Miss, why don’t we go and inform the General and City Lord Shang first?”
Qin Wanwan nodded: “Okay.”
Lu He immediately ran to find Xie Chong and Shang Wuyang.
By the time the two were called over, the oil in the pot had reached the temperature for frying locusts.
“Deep-fried locusts, how could you even think of that.”
Aunt Zhang nervously watched the two. As servants, they feared most being angered and blamed.
Qin Wanwan tilted her pretty little face up and grinned.
“They’re delicious, for daddy to eat.”
“Fry them, I’d like to see how delicious they can be.”
As for the fact that ungathered locusts were not poisonous, Shang Wuyang knew this.
Because he had personally tried them.
When he was very hungry as a child, he ate whatever he could find, and locusts were one of them.
They didn’t taste very good when roasted or eaten raw, but they were meat nonetheless.
With the permission of the two adults, Aunt Zhang finally began the process.
The grasshoppers were poured into the hot oil, and before long, a charred fragrance was released.
This aroma filled the entire kitchen.
Surprise flashed in Xie Chong’s eyes.
Lang Ya peeked around, it smelled so good, he wanted to eat it.
Qin Wanwan was also extremely craving it.
“Daddy, it smells so good…”
Keke: “Add some salt.”
The locusts were fried to a beautiful golden brown, looking very crispy, and then scooped out.
They didn’t even need much seasoning.
Qin Wanwan, the little foodie, couldn’t wait to grab one, but Shang Wuyang pinched her little paw.
He said righteously: “Children shouldn’t be impatient. Let us try them first to see if they are poisonous before you eat them.”
Saying that, he picked up a deep-fried locust with chopsticks, blew on it, and put it in his mouth.
“Crunch…”
The crispy texture of that bite was indescribable; just hearing it made it sound delicious.
Qin Wanwan: !!!
“Daddy, I want to eat, Wanwan wants to eat!”
The child was so anxious she almost climbed onto him.
Shang Wuyang’s mouth curved into a laugh.
Seeing the little one’s anxious expression seemed very amusing to him.
“What’s the hurry? Eat up.”
He cooled one and handed it to Qin Wanwan.
The little one opened her mouth and took a bite of almost half of the locust, which was as crisp as eating potato chips.
Qin Wanwan’s little face lit up with joy: “Delicious!”
