Miss Star, spoiled by her father and brother

Mrs. Seaforth took a deep breath and tried to push the door, but it didn't budge, so she could only knock a few times.

"Who is it?" A young woman's voice came from inside the door. Soon, the wooden door opened in front of the two people.

Seeing them, the woman was stunned for a moment, then immediately revealed a knowing smile: "Are you here to look for that red-haired girl? Are you her family?"

"Yes, she is my daughter. Is she here with you?" Mrs. Seaforth asked gently. She seemed dignified and calm, but she couldn't help glancing into the yard.

The woman stepped aside. "Yes, she's here with me, in the kitchen. I just made her something to eat."

"Thank you so much, I'm sorry to bother you..." At this point, Mrs. Seaforth finally felt relieved.

The old man said proudly in a low voice: "What did I say? You young people just can't keep your cool."

"Yes, Dad is really awesome, he thinks... Wei Er! What are you eating?!!!"

Mrs. Seaforth was suddenly shocked, scaring the woman and the old man next to her. Following her line of sight, Xu Weiwei was holding a terrifying insect in her hand! It was as big as an adult's thumb!

Mrs. Seaforth rushed over and knocked the thing in her daughter's hand to the ground. Seeing that Xu Weiwei also had something in her mouth, she was so anxious that she directly picked it out with her hand, "Spit it out, spit it out quickly!"

"Mmm-ahh (Mom)..."

"This isn't poisonous! This is edible! Don't panic, I swear! This is really edible!"

"Tina! Don't get excited. You're making the child uncomfortable!" The old man grabbed his daughter-in-law's arm.

Xu Weiwei's throat was accidentally scratched by her mother. She began to retch in discomfort and tears came out.

After taking a break, she said, "Mom, I'm not coughing! I didn't lie to you. This thing is really edible. It's delicious. I've eaten several of them."

"These are bugs. How can you eat bugs?!" Mrs. Seaforth looked incredulous.

The woman took one from the plate beside her and chewed it in front of her. To reassure Mrs. Seaforth, she opened her mouth to show it after swallowing it.

Mrs. Seaforth stared at the scene in a daze, and finally her eyes rolled up and she fainted.

Sifos rushed in from the door and grabbed her up.

The woman was surprised and asked, "Who is this?"

"I'm her husband. Sorry, my wife is afraid of bugs and can't bear to watch these. Plus, she's worried about the kids, so her reaction was a bit extreme."

The old man looked disdainful: I don’t know who is preparing for the “sneak attack” outside, and he also said “my wife overreacted”…

"Oh, is she okay?" the woman asked worriedly.

"It's okay, I just got frightened and fainted. Tina, Tina... wake up..." Sifos gently patted his wife's cheek.

Mrs. Sifos took a deep breath and woke up. Unexpectedly, she saw Xu Weiwei putting a bug into her mouth. Her brain went offline again and she collapsed in Sifos' arms.

Xu Weiwei: ...How could it be such a coincidence? I should have waited a while before eating.

The woman was enlightened. She had never seen anyone faint from being scared by insects, and fainted one after another. Are people in the city so easily frightened? Her daughter was not like that either.

Xu tilted her head slightly: "? Why are you looking at me?"

"Why don't we go out first? The kitchen is too small. And if she's like this, it's not a good idea for you to hold her like this all the time." The woman said considerately.

So they moved from the kitchen to the yard. The woman brought some small stools and a rocking chair from the house so that Seaforth could put his wife on it.

After thanking him, Seaforth looked at his daughter and asked, "Vier, what's going on between you and this-this lady? Tell me clearly, don't omit anything."

Xu Weiwei explained everything in detail. When they heard that the woman was worried that Xu Weiwei would get lost and kept her at her home, the Sifos father and son expressed their gratitude again.

Next, we come to the final highlight, the insect part.

When the woman finished her work, she took out a jar from somewhere, poured out a black substance, and then took it to the water pipe, picked up the substances one by one and brushed them with a brush.

Xu was curious and went to take a look. The woman wanted to scare her, so she picked up one and raised it up suddenly.

The insect was jumping around and struggling, waving its six legs just ten centimeters in front of Xu Weiwei.

The woman's expected startled reaction did not appear. Instead, Xu Weiwei grabbed her hand with surprise, took the bug from her, and examined it in his palm.

"Aren't you afraid?"

Xu Weiwei laughed. Why would she be afraid? She had been eating this since she was a child. It was delicious and seasonal. Just fry it or pan-fry it, sprinkle some salt on it, and no other seasoning is needed. It would be an incomparable delicacy.

It is the larvae of the cicada! A top delicacy that only appears in summer!

Its scientific name is golden cicada, and it is also called cicada monkey, cicada monkey, cicada turtle, and climbing fork. It has different names in different regions.

Every summer, the larvae that have grown underground for three to five years will drill out of the ground, crawl onto nearby weeds and trees, complete their molting, and finally emerge as adults - that is, cicadas.

During this process, the biggest problem faced by the larvae is not molting, but avoiding capture by humans. Xu Weiwei remembers that every summer, many people in the village would go out at night with flashlights to search for larvae.

Not only children, but adults also have a special liking for this delicacy. You can find more than ten or twenty of them in one night, plus three or two for the children, and it will be a dish of seasonal delicacy.

In the process of searching, if they come across cicada sloughs, they will collect them and sell them to Xu Weiwei's grandfather, because this is a traditional Chinese medicine and the price is not cheap.

In short, cicada monkeys are treasures. They are edible, delicious, and have high nutritional value. Their shells can also be used as medicine. Because of this characteristic, the idiom "golden cicada sheds its shell" was born.

It’s great to find a friendly “old friend”.

Xu Weiwei played with it in her hand and even put it on her arm to feel the itchy touch of its limbs crawling over her. Finally, she caught it when it was about to fall and threw it back into the basin.

"You are quite courageous, girl."

Xu Wei smiled sweetly: "Auntie, did you see the empty shell when you caught it?"

"Yes, there were a lot of them. I thought they were cicadas, but when I walked over I saw they were just shells, so I crushed them to prevent the next person from being fooled."

Xu Weiwei felt so distressed that she felt like she was bleeding: "Can you please not break it if you see it next time? Can you keep it for me?"

The woman was surprised: "What do you want this for?"

“I like to collect insect specimens, plant specimens, and things related to them.”

"Okay, I'll bring you one when I see one."

"I want a lot, the more the better, I'll pay for it, you can just keep it for me and wait for me to come back to get it, okay?"

"One isn't enough?"

"I like it~~~~" Xu Weiwei acted coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, I'll save everything I see for you." The woman agreed readily, without stopping her hands.

Xu Weiwei didn't know whether she was just trying to please the child or if she really agreed. But getting a promise was not easy. This request was strange in itself, and there was nothing she could do if the other party treated it as a joke.