The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Everybody sat together, talking and laughing while gnawing on big sauced pork ribs and chewing on big steamed buns. The old ladies wouldn't let them eat the braised offal, saying they should save them for tomorrow morning as it was cool at night in the mountains and wouldn't go bad overnight.

In fact, there was not much meat on the bones. Hunter Gao was a first-rate pig butcher. He shaved off most of the meat and made it into jerky, which he would use to feed the others when they were on their way.

Everyone felt quite satisfied. The big bones in the pot were filled with aroma and the steaming hot food made people salivate.

Shen Zhiqiu held a big bone in one hand and a cornbread in the other, and didn't even use chopsticks:

"Let's eat quickly. Do you hear the cicadas? After dinner, let's catch some cicadas. Then we can fry them with our lard and carry some on each of our backs. That's meat."

Everyone's mouths twitched. Don't we still have some food? We even caught a wild boar today. How come we have to eat insects now?

Master Shen coughed and said, "Xiao San, why are you eating bugs now?"

Shen Zhiqiu was stunned. Now he wondered if cicadas could be eaten? But he didn't think too much and said directly:

"Although cicadas are insects, they are edible and nutritious. People have been eating them since the Han Dynasty, as recorded in books.

In the past, we lived at home, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and had no shortage of food, so I didn’t think about it. Besides, cicadas only survive on dew, and they are the cleanest insects. You can eat them with confidence after frying them in oil. They are delicious! "

Shen Youyou and Li Jingshu admired him so much. He could come up with excuses easily. It seemed that they would have to find him for excuses whenever something unusual happened in the future.

Shen Luming was anxious to pick his father: "Dad, when have you ever eaten? Did you eat delicious food behind my back?"

Shen Zhiqiu laughed and patted his son's little butt: "These are what you ate before you were born. I can't eat behind your back, don't worry!"

When everyone heard what Shen Zhiqiu said, they were relieved. Since it was really edible and it was meat, they had to catch it.

There is nothing else in the forest, but listen to the deafening sound of cicadas. There are still a lot of cicadas.

Old Man Shen drank some corn grits porridge and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? It's dark now, where can we find cicadas? You should have asked the boys to catch them in the daylight."

"Dad, you don't know that it's best to catch cicadas at night. It's just right after we finish our meal. We can light a fire here and start shaking the big trees. If they don't work, we can kick them. The cicadas like the light and will fly to our fire. There are so many cicadas chirping, so we can just pick them up one by one."

As soon as Shen Zhiqiu finished speaking, Shen Youyou interrupted and added:

"You can also hold a torch and shine it on the tree trunks and low branches. At this time, the cicada monkeys just crawled out of the hole. They haven't shed their skin yet or are climbing trees and can't fly. We can catch them directly."

Seeing her daughter's addition, Shen Zhiqiu nodded quickly, "Yes, eat them quickly. We'll catch more later and fry them into dried cicadas. They can be kept for a long time."

Shen Yuanbao became excited and began to gnaw on the big bones with a grunt, and also shouted that he wanted to catch more later.

Shen Zhiqiu was happy. His little nephew was chubby and strong. He didn't even cry when he was beaten by Yoyo. He thought the boy was a good person and would be able to take on responsibilities when he grew up. He just needed to be guided well when he was a child.

"Yuanbao, aren't you afraid of cicadas having so many legs?"

Shen Yuanbao, who was enjoying his meal, looked at me with a look of astonishment: "My Third Uncle is really screwed. He is actually afraid of cicada monkeys."

"It's just a small bug, it will die if you pinch it, why should I be afraid of it? Uncle San, if you are afraid, just supervise!"

Shen Zhiqiu was so angry that he laughed: "Who's afraid? Your third uncle has eaten it many times!"

"That cicada smells so good?" Shen Yuanbao, Shen Luming and many other children looked at their third uncle with sparkling eyes.

"It smells so good, let's eat quickly,"

"Okay, let's eat quickly, and then catch cicadas!"

"I can catch some bald skin on this piece of land." Everyone made such ambitious statements, which was really exciting.

Maybe because of the delicious cicadas hanging around, everyone ate much faster. After a while, they finished the bones and steamed bread in their hands and ate a bowl of corn porridge.

Shen Youyou took a special look at it and saw that it was chewed so cleanly. The rest was given to the dog, but the dog didn't want to chew it because it was too tiring!

It was getting darker, so everyone worked together. The elderly and women lit the fire, but they had to make sure there was a clear isolation zone.

Don't cause a forest fire. It's so dry this time that it can kill them all at once.

The men went to shake the tree trunks and catch the cicada monkeys on the treetops with the children. But they couldn't be alone, and they couldn't go far.

Just hang around in groups, hold your weapons, and don't get ambushed by wolves or tigers.

Shen Youyou was in the team looking for the cicada monkey, with several sisters around her, as well as her elder and second brothers.

Shen Yuanbao and Shen Luming were the children, and were responsible for following the elders to light fires and pick cicada monkeys.

Her father, her uncle, her uncle, and Grandpa Li were in their team.

Dahu and Erhu were assigned to other teams. Each team had a skilled fighter, after all, this was deep in the mountains and forests.

Shen Youyou held the Tang sword that was not much shorter than hers, gestured at her father, and boasted:

"How's my equipment?"

Shen Zhiqiu was afraid that she might hurt herself accidentally, so he quickly stopped her and said:

"You better be careful, this is a real thing, with a sharp blade, different from the ones you played with before."

"If it's not a real thing, I won't play it yet. I want to learn Kung Fu from Grandpa Li and become a chivalrous and brave female warrior."

Shen Youyou turned around and tried to please Li Quan: "Grandpa Li, can you teach me martial arts?"

Li Quan was surprised. Their young lady used to be quiet and gentle, but after escaping from famine, she became like the young lady.

Maybe it has aroused the bloodiness of the Li family, and they have changed a lot. This is good, as they can protect themselves on the road to escape famine.

"Okay, as long as you are not afraid of hardship, I will teach you."

After getting Grandpa Li's promise, Shen Youyou went to find Zhiliao contentedly.

Shen Zhiqiu looked helpless. Was his sweet and soft daughter going to be gone forever?

"You boys and girls, it's late at night, you must be careful with your steps and pay attention to safety!"

Shen Zhiqiu reminded again worriedly.

"I know!" He answered without any sincerity and without even turning his head.

The forest was eerily quiet and pitch black at night; only the chirping of katydids and cicadas could be heard. Shen Dabao held a torch and shone it on the tree trunks.

"Yo yo, look, I caught one."

Dabao showed the cicada in his hand to Shen Youyou, and then put it into the wooden barrel he was carrying.

Shen Youyou also asked for a torch and carried the Tang sword on her back. Not to mention there were so many cicadas.

Holding the torch, she saw a cicada shedding its skin on a low bush. She jumped up and caught it in her hand.

Then she checked around the tree and saw some cicada monkeys still climbing up. They were moving so slowly that she was afraid they would get tired. So she decided to rescue them herself.

Just catch it and put it into Brother Dabao’s bucket.

Then she saw a small hole below. The opening was very small. Shen Youyou picked up a stick and dug the hole.

This cicada is too lazy. It only crawls out when others have started to shed their skin.

"Come on, sister will help you get rid of it, so you don't have to climb the tree, which is quite tiring!"

"Hey, what are you mumbling about?"

Erya also caught a small bamboo tube, filled it up, and was about to pour it into her eldest cousin's wooden barrel. As a result, she heard Shen Youyou squatting on the ground digging a hole, muttering to herself.

"Nothing, just chatting with Zhiliao. You found a lot, second sister!"

"Yeah, there were a lot of them on that tree. Five or six of them were lying on one tree, all climbing trees, so I caught them."