Dressed as a top-notch girl, leading the whole village to become rich

After taking Ye Guo and the others to find their way around the back mountain, Boss Ye told Guard Lu where the granary was located judging from its appearance, in order to prevent the granary from being trampled during transportation.

After saying that, he went home first, leaving the space to Ye Guo and the others.

"Are those people still behaving themselves?" Ye Guo asked softly, with an inexplicable look in his eyes.

There was no need to explain in detail, Guard Lu knew that she was asking about those people who robbed grain in Huang Village.

No one was killed, for sure.

Ye Guo would never do such a thing as taking someone's life easily.

Moreover, those people were selected from the village. They were young and strong, and were most suitable for doing hard labor.

"They are very obedient. Now some of them have started to build the tree house. But because it's just the beginning and they are not familiar with it, the progress is a bit slow." A rare smile appeared on Guard Lu's poker face.

"That's good. We need to keep an eye on them and don't let them contact their families. The head of the village has already informed their families about this and has sent people to deliver food to them privately. They shouldn't have any problem staying alive."

"If they are really eager to return home, then tell them that they will be reunited with their families before the New Year." Ye Guo thought about it and continued.

Guard Lu felt that Ye Guo was being too kind, so he said, "The county lady has shown mercy to them by letting them live, and now they can even have enough food to eat, so how dare they ask for more."

"Don't worry, County Master. Even if you drive them away now, they will beg to stay."

Ye Guo believed this, because the world was difficult. But after hearing this, Ye Guo did not feel happy at all, but felt even more uncomfortable.

If this happened in modern times, a drought would not kill people.

Even if each Chinese person eats one bite less, they will never let their compatriots starve to death.

Moreover, the country's grain reserves are enough to feed the entire nation for a year or two.

You have to know that the Chinese population, compared with the current population of Daqing, is simply followed by zeros.

Railways, roads, waterways, airplanes... no matter how far, we can deliver it wherever you want.

Ye Guo sighed deeply, knowing that if he continued to think about it, it would only cause him more trouble, so he decided to go to the tribe for a meeting first.

With more than a dozen lives at stake, those scoundrels who want to steal food will naturally be afraid and not show up easily.

What gave her a headache was that more and more people came to Yejia Village for refuge.

It was obvious that there were many strangers in the village. Yesterday, she asked Liang Yuan to do a rough count and concluded that the population of the village was more than 400.

You know, the original population of Yejia Village was only about a hundred people.

Ye Guo really wanted to save people, but the larger the population base, the more difficult it would be to manage and rescue.

These people were not included in her original plan.

There were more than a dozen people in the ancestral hall. When Ye Guo saw the Third Master, he greeted him warmly. The headman wanted to speak but didn't get a chance to interrupt. Then he listened to her talking about forming a caravan in the village.

"Xiaoguo, troubled times are coming, and even eating has become a problem. Why do we still want to form a caravan?" the head of the village asked in confusion.

"Because of those locusts." Ye Guo said with a smile.

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Wan, who came with her, brought a bowl of freshly fried locusts sprinkled with cumin powder and chili powder to everyone present.

After washing each locust, drying it, and frying it, it is now shiny and oily. Although it looks a bit scary when you look closely, it smells so fragrant that you can't help but swallow your saliva.

"Locusts are edible, and they are more nutritious than meat. The fried locusts are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. I sprinkle some spices on them, and they are a rare delicacy."

"Locusts can be kept for a long time after being fried. Even in this weather, they can be kept for three to five days without going bad."

"Everyone, please help give it a try and give us some suggestions to see if the locusts made in this way can be sold at a good price."

After Ye Guo finished speaking, he took the lead in picking up a small locust with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, biting it with a crisp sound.

During the famine years, not to mention the insects, even the mice that could dig holes were eaten. So if they were asked to eat locusts, no one would be afraid.

Although Yejia Village had food and each household preserved a lot of meat, they had not eaten fresh meat for a long time.

Seeing Ye Guo eating enthusiastically and smelling the fragrance, they couldn't sit still any longer, and once they started eating, they couldn't stop at all.

It was Ye Wan’s first time cooking, and at first she was worried that her cooking would not taste good. But then she saw the elders present eating the food one by one like beans, and in a short while they had finished everything in her bowl.

After finishing his own meal, he still felt unsatisfied. He saw that there was some left in the bowl next to him, so he went over without saying a word, stretched out his hand, and started to enjoy the delicious food again.

Those whose homes were robbed all looked filled with regret. When the others found out, those who hadn't finished eating quickly bent over to hide their bowls, or simply stuffed the remaining locusts into their mouths in one gulp.

Even if I choked, I couldn't bear to spit it out.

In the past, people in Yunnan and Guizhou did not only eat locusts, but also all kinds of insects, even insect eggs... Walking down a street, you could eat twenty or thirty different kinds of insects.

Although the methods are similar, the taste is very different. And this thing is really high in protein.

It is a good supplement for people who can eat it.

"Xiao Guo, where are you going to sell this? A restaurant in the county? Yongzhou Prefecture might be a bit far away."

The Third Master said, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he agreed to Ye Guo's previous proposal to form a caravan.

"The most expensive part of this thing should be the spices and chili peppers."

"I suggest that after frying, we sprinkle some salt on it and sell it at a lower price to ordinary people who can't go to restaurants."

"We have collected hundreds of kilograms of locusts at the entrance of the village today, and there will be even more tomorrow. In this case, we must find a way to sell them," said Ye Qiming.

Before the village started making soybean oil, every time he went out, he would collect what each household needed, and when he came back, he would try his best to bring back the things they needed. He looked like a very shrewd man.

Ye Guo nodded. "In order to save costs, spreading salt is the fastest and cheapest. But besides selling it, there is another way."

"These people outside the village are so hungry that they always need some oil and water, especially the elderly and children."

"How about this? We can fry the locusts for free. Fry one pound of locusts and charge two ounces of locusts as oil money. Sprinkle less salt, as an extra gift from the village."