Chapter 1278: Great Courtesy 8
Under the advice of Lu's father and Feng Qingxue, Wang Zhengguo attached great importance to the cultivation of trees. Therefore, the mountains, roadsides, fields, and front and back of houses that were almost completely cut down during the Great Steelmaking Era were replanted with trees. They were all common poplars, willows, elms, and acacia trees. After several years of careful care, every summer, the trees are green and shady, making Wanglou Brigade once again attract attention.
When the corn seedlings grow to the calf position, there will be cicadas chirping in Wanglou Brigade.
People without flashlights are reluctant to light kerosene lamps. They only touch a few golden cicadas that have emerged from the ground and climbed onto the tree trunks when it is almost dark. People with flashlights are arrogant, holding flashlights and shuttling through cornfields and woods, and they are accurate.
In addition to golden cicadas on trees, they also appear on corn seedlings in the field.
This thing is roasted and eaten, just like meat.
But the Lu family doesn't eat it that way.
Feng Qingxue soaked a large basin of golden cicadas that her nephews and nieces had brought back in salt water, and washed them carefully. She didn't know how many times she changed the water until the water after washing was still 10% pure.
The cleaned golden cicadas were pickled overnight, and the next morning they were fried in a frying pan and served. They were crispy and fragrant when they were bitten.
Except for the triplets and Fubao, the whole family loved to eat them.
The triplets were too young to eat them, and Zhuangzhuang was allergic to many things. Fubao didn't dare to eat them. When he saw the golden cicadas on the plate, he screamed and hid behind the adults.
"Xibao, send some to the grandfather in the cowshed!" Feng Qingxue asked her eldest son to run errands.
Xibao immediately picked up the chopsticks and put two in his mouth. While chewing, he picked up the basket, which contained fried golden cicadas and breakfast prepared by his mother, breakfast for the five grandfathers and Ding Hailan in the cowshed.
There were several female comrades who took turns to cook for the elderly who were sent down behind the cowshed. There were many people, so Feng Qingxue rarely delivered meals.
None of the four old men and children in the cowshed can cook. They usually live with Lu's father, so they are inevitably taken care of by the Lu family. Another reason is that they are all old revolutionaries in the War of Resistance Against Japan and deserve respect.
The elders and villagers of Wanglou Brigade would give them some food from time to time, not to mention that the Lu family, who are close neighbors, are worse than distant relatives?
Because it was the first time to make fried golden cicadas this year, Feng Qingxue asked Guan Cheng to send a portion to the teachers.
This thing is rich in nutrition and beneficial to everyone.
Seeing the shiny fried golden cicadas, Jin Ruochu swallowed his saliva.
"I haven't eaten this thing for a long time. It's a good thing. When there was a famine, this thing was not available. Otherwise, it could be used as life-saving food, and edema would not be rampant." Wen Ruyu smiled and said, "Come on, come on, don't be stunned, everyone, use your chopsticks!"
Seeing that Jin Ruochu liked it very much, Guan Cheng got excited and went out to catch golden cicadas every night.
The activity of catching cicadas can probably last until the beginning of the dog days, and then it will gradually decrease, so Guan Cheng seizes every opportunity to catch and pickle the cicadas that cannot be eaten. They can be stored for a long time without going bad.
That night, he went out before it got dark.
Just as he was about to turn on the flashlight to go into the woods, he suddenly heard a burst of punching and kicking sounds and a man's cry of pain in the woods.
Something is going on! The cry of pain sounded familiar.
Guan Cheng immediately walked into the woods and instantly turned on the flashlight to shine at the source of the sound. The person who beat and the person who was beaten raised their heads at the same time. When he saw the faces of the two people clearly, Guan Cheng's eyes widened and he couldn't believe what he saw.
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