Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

Li An saw the worry on his wife's face and comforted her, "You don't know our daughter's ability yet. If she says she's fine, then she's fine. Don't worry."

"My husband, besides being worried that my daughter won't be able to do well in the locust business and that it will undermine her self-confidence, I also think that this will affect her reputation. What kind of daughter would go to the town to sell things in public like this? How will she get married in the future?"

"What's more, my daughter's reputation is not good now. I am worried that she won't be able to find a husband in the future."

Li An gently hugged his wife and said in a calm tone: "What do you think? Wan Niang, don't worry. If our daughter can't get married, we will support her for the rest of her life."

Mrs. Li hit Li An's chest and said, "What are you talking about? How could my daughter not be able to get married? I am just imagining things."

"Okay, my daughter is making food, I'll go outside and see if I can help."

Outside the kitchen, Li Mengyue and her two younger brothers dealt with the locusts. After cleaning them with water, they asked Mingyu to start a fire.

Then she took out a can of oil and poured some into the hot pot. When the oil was slightly hot, she poured in the locusts and fried them slowly over low heat. When all the locusts in the pot were golden brown, she scooped them out with a colander, drained the oil, poured them into the prepared small basket, and sprinkled them with the seasonings she had prepared earlier, including cumin, spicy, and five-spice flavors.

This time she made a total of three flavors, and she plans to sell locusts of these three flavors at the stall.

Mrs. Li walked to the stove and saw that her daughter and son were ready.

Minghao took one in his left hand and put it into his mouth with his right hand. It made a crunching sound when he chewed.

Before eating it, Li could imagine how crispy the fried locusts were.

"Mom, the fried locusts my sister made are so delicious, you should try them."

Minghao was enjoying his meal when he saw his mother.

Without any hesitation, he raised the locust in his hand and let his mother eat it.

Li touched her son's head lovingly and said with a smile, "Mom, help yourself. Minghao, eat quickly!"

Minghao saw that his sister had finished cooking all the locusts that he and his brother had caught, and there were still a lot in the small basket, so he did not force his mother to eat them.

After eating a few more, Minghao thought of his good friends in the village and wanted to share such delicious food with everyone.

But when I thought about how my sister had worked so hard to make this, I felt reluctant to let it go.

Li Mengyue was busy at the stove. When she saw her mother coming, she motioned for her to take the locusts and eat them.

"Accidentally" I saw Minghao's conflicted expression again, his little brows were so furrowed that they could pinch a mosquito to death.

So he teased, "Minghao, what's wrong? Is it because the locusts my sister made are not delicious?"

"No, whatever my sister cooks is delicious."

Minghao didn't know when he became Li Mengyue's little fan, and a crazy fan at that. No matter who it was, no one could say anything bad about his sister, not even his sister herself.

Seeing Minghao's angry expression, Li Mengyue thought it was funny, so she joked, "Okay, okay, it's my fault. I shouldn't have said it wasn't delicious."

"No, sister is right. Whatever she does is right." Minghao firmly defended his sister.

Seeing her brother's serious look, Li Mengyue stopped teasing Minghao.

"Then Minghao tell me what's bothering you and see if I can help you."

Minghao was so confused when he heard what his sister said that he couldn't speak.

"Our Minghao is a little man. He should say whatever he wants to say and do whatever he wants to do, right?" Li Mengyue encouraged.

"Yes, I'm a little man and I can't be as hesitant as a little girl." Minghao prepared himself mentally.

He looked up and said, "Sister, the locusts you made are so delicious. I want to let my good friends have a taste."

"Oh! Our Minghao has good friends now, who are they?"

Minghao said proudly: "I have many good friends, including Zebao, Tiechui, Goudan, Beibei, and Nannan."

When Li Mengyue heard the names her brother read out, she thought of the few children she met at the entrance of Xinghua Village when she first arrived. She probably thought they were the ones her brother was talking about.

She knew that these kids were pretty good and not naughty, so she felt comfortable letting her brother play with them.

"Wow! Minghao has so many good friends."

Hearing his sister's praise, Minghao puffed out his chest, patted his hands covered with oil a few times, and said proudly: "That's right, don't you see who I am?"

As soon as Minghao finished speaking, Li grabbed his ear and scolded him, "You are so young, who did you learn this from? You are still a young master, don't say that again."

Minghao covered his ears with one hand and pulled Li's hand with the other, pretending to howl in pain: "It hurts, it hurts, mother, I was wrong, I won't say it again."

Li didn't use much force. Seeing her son screaming in pain, she immediately let go of his ears, squatted down, hugged Minghao's little body, and said distressedly: "I'm sorry, son, did I hurt you?"

Minghao didn't feel any pain at first, he was just playing a prank on his mother. Seeing that his mother was about to cry because of him, he quickly threw himself on her and coaxed her clumsily: "Don't cry, mother, I don't feel any pain."

After saying that, he made a face at Li.

Li finally realized that her son was playing a joke on her. She felt cheated and said angrily, "Stop right there, you little bastard."

Minghao knew that he had played a trick on his mother and would be slapped by her, so he picked up the fried locusts that his sister had prepared for him and his best friend and ran out the door.

While running, he said, "I know you're going to hit me, but I won't just stand there and get hit."

After a while, Minghao's voice could no longer be heard. It seemed that he had run far away to play with his friends.

Li Mengyue fished out all the locusts in the oil pan, and seeing Mingyu still in front of the stove, she immediately said, "Mingyu, put out the fire. Take some fried locusts and eat with your friends."

"Sister, I won't go. I'll help at home." Mingyu refused.

Li Mengyue knew that Mingyu and Minghao had very different personalities. Minghao was cheerful and lively, and whatever he was thinking showed on his face.

Mingyu is different, he is more calm. Although he is only six years old, he is very thoughtful, even adults may not be able to see it, he does not look like a child at all.

However, she was not going to intervene forcefully. After all, no one is perfect and everyone has a different personality. As long as he was happy and felt comfortable, that was enough.

Li tasted the fried locusts made by her daughter, which refreshed her understanding of locusts.

After all, she had always thought that locusts were inedible, but she didn't expect that after passing through her daughter's hands, they would become a crispy and delicious snack.

"Yueyue, fried locusts are fragrant and crispy, and really delicious. I'll give some to your father so he can have a taste too."

"Mom, I made three flavors: cumin, spicy, and five-spice. Which flavor do you think is delicious?"

How could Li say which one was better? She thought every flavor was delicious.

After all, she had lived in the old house for more than ten years, and even having enough to eat was a luxury, let alone eating decent meals.

What's more, her daughter fried it in oil, and she had never seen so many things fried at once in the old house.

Look at the oil my daughter has poured into the pot. It’s already half full. This much oil can last for more than a year in the old house.

"Yueyue, Mom thinks every kind is delicious."

Seeing that her mother couldn't explain it clearly, Li Mengyue stopped asking for her opinion.

Anyway, she knew that if something could make Tuanzi rave about it, she knew it must be good, needless to say.

Since there is no problem with the taste, all that remains is to wait for tomorrow's purchase, start frying locusts, and set up a stall in town.