After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

Ye Qing turned around, hugged the tree and began to look for worm holes. Many trees were dead, and some worms died on the trees.

Ye Qing began to search along the cracks in the tree. She took a few branches and poked the tree holes back and forth. God paid off, and she really found three or four white bugs.

Roasted over a fire, it tastes just as good as the cicada monkey. Ye Qing picked up a few thicker branches and dug in the ground.

She remembered that there would be cutworms in the fields, which were also plump and white and could be eaten after being roasted.

After digging for a while, Ye Qing found a few insects. They looked a bit disgusting, but they were full of protein and could supplement nutrition.

Moreover, there are many trees and land in this mountain forest, so as long as people are diligent, they can still survive.

Ye Qing took the insects back, skewered them with branches, and roasted them over the stove fire which was still on. Soon the fragrance wafted into the air.

Ye Xiang and Ye Qilang lay on the side and watched. After Ye Qing finished roasting, he gave one to Ye Xiang first.

"Qingya, I don't want to eat it. It's too ugly. I'm scared."

"Second sister, if you don't eat it, give it to me. I'm not afraid." He took it from Ye Xiang and threw it directly into his mouth.

"It smells so good, it's all meaty. Qingya, give me some more." Ye Qilang picked up another ground tiger and started eating it. It smelled so good that he couldn't stop eating it.

Ye Qing also picked up one and put it in his mouth. It was soft, tender and crispy, and melted in his mouth. The more he ate, the more delicious it became.

Ye Xiang was still afraid, so he called Ye Liulang over, "Sixth Brother, come and try it, they are eating bugs."

"Eat bugs, Qingya, are you guys starving? I have a piece of bread here, I'll give it to you."

"Sixth brother, try it, it's baked and you can eat it."

Ye Liulang took the insect with half belief and half doubt, then he made up his mind and quickly put the insect into his mouth and started chewing it. After chewing it two or three times tentatively, his eyes lit up.

"Where did you catch them? They're so delicious if I catch some more."

"Sixth brother, you can eat from the insect holes in the trees and the cutworms in the fields."

"Qingya, I'll go get you some more to eat. You look so thin, so I'll give you some extra nourishment."

After everyone tasted the bugs, they all started looking for them frantically.

The children are responsible for the trees, and the bugs on the trees require patience.

The adults used hoes to turn the soil, not leaving a single inch of it uneaten, and stored up the insects that could not be eaten to be eaten later.

They spend most of their day on the road, and when they stop to rest they look for bugs.

As more and more insects were dried, the villagers felt more confident.

Li no longer went out to look for food every day. She sat beside the cart and weaved straw sandals. She walked so much that her shoes were worn out.

Li had woven several pairs of shoes, and Ye Qing and the others had already changed into new straw sandals, so they could walk a few more miles every day.

That day, Ye Qing and his group were blocked, and there were hundreds of disaster victims ahead of them.

Several strong men driving the carriages clasped their fists and saluted, saying, "Fellow villagers, the world is difficult, and it is unbearable for adults to suffer, and the children to suffer as well. Our master has pity on everyone and is willing to exchange one child for one bag of grain."

"Why are you taking the child back? Do you want him to sign a death contract?" someone in the crowd immediately asked.

"Our master is kind and cannot bear to see the child suffer. He bought her to be a maid. If you want food, you must sign a deed."

"How many people do you need to feed the children every day?"

"We want as much as we can. Our master has plenty of food at home. We can't finish it even if we eat it for a year."

Ye Qing felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.

The victims in front were obviously moved. Instead of letting the children suffer with them, it would be better to find a place for them to eat.

They all warmly invited the big man to come and see their daughters, and the big man picked out several girls with pretty faces.

The people in the Kaoshan Village can still sustain themselves with food for a while, and they all love their children. They can't bear to let their children become maids, as their life and death will have nothing to do with them.

Ye Qing looked at the people who were picked out and finally realized what was wrong. There was no need to pick only good-looking women when selecting maids.

Once bought, no one knows what she will do. The best outcome is to become a maid, but the worst outcome is to be sold to a brothel.

Ye Qing mixed in the crowd and shouted in a shrill voice, "You are here to pick people from the brothel, right?"

After hearing this, the atmosphere in front of the room changed immediately. Those who brought their children here all loved their daughters.

If a child becomes a maid for someone else, the parents can take her back when she is settled. But if she goes into that place, wouldn’t that be harming the child?

A hot-tempered man pulled his daughter back and grabbed the man by the collar, "Tell me what you do, or I'll beat you to death."

"Tell me quickly, or I won't let you go."

A few more people started pushing those people, and the woman in the family also hugged her child, with a look of relief in her eyes.

The men's clothes were torn, and seeing the crowd getting more and more angry, they dared not hide it anymore.

The angry victims surrounded the men, beat them up, and threw them to the side of the road, leaving their lives to fate.

The people from Kaoshan Village were even more worried about the children. They usually only let them move in the middle of the convoy, while the young and strong people were all pushing the carts on the periphery.

At night, Ye Qing felt colder and colder as he slept. It seemed as if there was no mattress under him. Out of cold, Ye Qing burrowed into his sister's arms.

Ye Qing was awakened by the cold, and then he realized something was wrong. The weather had been very hot, and during the day he wanted to take off all his clothes.

Ye Qing sat up and saw that he was not dreaming. The weather was getting colder. It should be cold in October. But there was no transition period that day. The temperature dropped directly.

Ye Qing woke up the family, and Li and the others were busy finding a quilt from the bottom of the car. Zhou also found some thick clothes for Ye Qing, and everyone fell asleep again under the quilt.

The next morning, everyone was shocked to see a layer of white frost on the ground. Summer turned into winter overnight, and the elderly in the team felt a little uncomfortable. The sudden change of heat and cold made it easy to get sick.

Ye Qing also put on autumn clothes, and everyone collected the white frost on the ground, heated it in a pot, and it could also produce some water.

When the cold wind blows, the villagers no longer travel at night, but start walking during the day. When the sun rises at noon, it will be a little warmer.

At night, they would pick up a lot of firewood, cook with the fire first, and then clear the ashes on the ground. This way, the ground would be warm, and they would build a fire next to it, so that older people could have a good sleep.

Old Man Ye and Mrs. Li got on the cart, which was pushed by their sons. Although there was much less food on the cart, there was room to sit, and with a quilt covering them, the two would not catch a cold.

The weather was getting colder, and there was less and less dry firewood on the roadside. When the villagers went out to find food, they would bring back some firewood and put it on the empty cars to use for warming fire at night.