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After leaving the village chief's house, Ma Wei drove his carriage home.

When he arrived at the door of his house, he realized something was different from usual.

Before, every day when he came home, he would see his little grandson running to pick him up from afar before he even reached home.

But today, not only did I not see my grandson, the door was also closed.

"Grandpa Xiaoman is back, open the door for him."

"No, no, I won't open it. Who told you to ignore me?"

A child's voice came from the door. From the tone of the voice, Ma Wei could imagine that his little grandson had his hands on his hips, pouting his lips, and looking up, refusing to open the door for him.

"Xiao Man, it's grandpa's fault. Please open the door for grandpa!"

"No, Grandpa, tell me, what did you do wrong?"

"Uh!"

Ma Wei was choked because he really didn't know what he had done wrong. He had been driving the ox cart and transporting people all day, but he still hadn't seen his grandson. He really didn't know what he had done to offend him.

Just as Ma Wei was thinking about whether to apologize to his grandson, the door was opened.

"Grandpa Xiaoman has been tired all day, shall we let him in to eat first?"

Ma Xiaoman leaned on his grandmother's neck and said in a baby voice, "Okay, I forgive Grandpa."

Ma Wei drove the ox cart back home, led the ox to the cowshed, put away the fodder, and then picked up his grandson.

He put his face close to his grandson's, making Ma Xiaoman giggle.

"No, I don't want grandpa to hug me. His beard is too prickly."

"Okay, put Xiaoman down quickly. You've been busy all day. You must be hungry. Let's eat quickly."

When Ma Wei heard what his daughter-in-law Li said, he picked up his grandson and walked towards the dining table.

As soon as he sat down, Ma Wei did not eat too late as usual, but seriously told everyone the news about collecting locusts.

Satisfied with the surprised expressions of his family members, who were so happy that they didn't even notice to eat, Ma Wei held his little grandson and picked up the bowl with satisfaction.

When you are shocked by the good news like the harvest of locusts, you should not just be the one being shocked, you should also let other people in your family feel it.

Ma Wei's two sons and daughters-in-law, as well as his wife, were so happy that they forgot to eat. When they came to their senses, they found that their father and husband were no longer at the dinner table.

In fact, Ma Wei took his grandson to the utility room, thinking of making a net to catch locusts, which would save effort.

After all, when he saw the girl from the Li family in Xinghua Village, he prepared a capture net for her younger brother.

The boss of the locust collector thinks that the catching net is useful, so of course he has to follow suit, and everyone in the family must have one.

The next day, before dawn, the sky was still a deep dark blue, as if it had been dyed with thick ink, blending with the darkness of the night.

The distant skyline was still hidden in the darkness, with only a few sparse stars twinkling, like pearls left on the sky.

Village chief Ma was already dressed. He had asked his wife to find the clothes for him. They were clothes he would wear during the Chinese New Year. After that, he couldn't wait to go to Ma Wei's house.

As for Ma Wei, seeing how excited the village chief was yesterday, he knew that the village chief would definitely not wait until dawn and would go to Xinghua Village.

Therefore, he got up a quarter of an hour earlier than usual. You know, he got up early enough every day because he drove the car to pick up people.

But today it’s earlier than before, so I just got the ox cart ready to go to the village chief’s house.

When he opened the door, he saw a figure outside, which scared him.

Looking closely, it turned out to be the village chief.

"Village chief, there's no need to get up so early."

"It's not early at all. I didn't sleep the whole night yesterday. I was sitting and waiting for dawn. I finally waited until now, and you still say it's early."

Ma Wei understood the village chief’s feelings and said nothing. After the village chief sat down, he drove to Xinghua Village.

Outside the Li family’s gate in Xinghua Village.

Just like yesterday, there was a long queue, and everyone was either carrying or hugging a small bamboo basket. Without exception, everyone treasured the small bamboo basket in their hands.

After all, what's inside are locusts that can be sold for money, and they are also the hope of the whole family, so how can we not take it seriously?

After yesterday, the village chief's wife and five other women had become familiar with the work process and came to the Li family early to help collect locusts.

Especially Li Lingling, her condition has changed a lot compared to yesterday. You know, before coming here yesterday, she was very depressed and had lost confidence in life. If her three daughters were not still young, she would have died long ago.

I worked at Li's house for a whole day yesterday and earned ten copper coins. When I got home, I felt the hospitality of my two sisters-in-law. The clothes of my three daughters were no longer dirty, and the youngest daughter even had a pancake in her hand.

You should know that only the children of my two sisters-in-law are qualified to eat this treatment.

She was well aware that the attitudes of her two sisters-in-law had changed so much, simply because she came to work for the Li family and earned ten cents a day.

Of course, she made money to make her daughter's life better, so she didn't keep all the money, but gave it all to her mother.

The two sisters-in-law saw that although the money did not go into their hands, it was still given to their mother-in-law, who had to save it and give it to her son and grandson, which was equivalent to giving it to them as well, so they didn't care anymore.

However, if the sister-in-law gave the money to them for safekeeping, they would be happier and would not mind being nicer to their three nieces.

Li Lingling originally thought that the two sisters-in-law would make a fuss if they couldn't get the money, but it turned out that the two sisters-in-law were very well behaved.

But at night, she realized that she was overthinking, because her two sisters-in-law took a fancy to her work and wanted to work in the Li family instead of her.

Fortunately, her mother helped her, even though she was divorced and sent home, which made her mother lose face and she suffered a lot of grievances from her two sisters-in-law.

However, since it belonged to her, her mother still stood on her side and severely reprimanded her two sisters-in-law. She also said that the money she earned was saved for her to be used as dowries for her three grandchildren.

The two sisters-in-law had already regarded the money as their own. When they heard what their mother said, they were naturally unhappy and started making a fuss at home. Fortunately, the eldest sister-in-law asked her to do some work and helped out.

In fact, Big Breast also understood their family situation and knew how important this job was to her, so she said it in front of her two sisters-in-law.

"This job can only be Lingling's. Neither of you can think about it."

At that time, she saw how ugly the faces of her two sisters-in-law were, but for the sake of her three daughters, she knew that she could not compromise, otherwise she and her mother would have no way to survive.

Besides, their lives are already difficult enough now. If she doesn't work harder, her three daughters may never grow up.

Ma Wei took the village chief and drove for about half an hour before arriving at Xinghua Village.

As soon as they arrived at Xinghua Village, Village Chief Ma, who was sitting in the car, saw that there were already quite a few people in the fields. He knew that the villagers of Xinghua Village had gotten up to catch locusts. This made him even more excited and he completely believed that collecting locusts was real.

In fact, when Ma Wei talked to him about this matter yesterday, he was so excited when he first heard the news that he didn’t think about it at all.

At night, sitting on the bed, he slowly thought about the truth of the matter.

After all, he is over 60 years old this year. In all his years, no one has ever said that locusts can be eaten, let alone made into snacks and sold.

But he subconsciously still wanted to believe that this was true. After all, their village was too poor.