Eating melons

As soon as Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin got home, they immediately filled a basin with cold water and used it to cool their faces.

When they saw the water tank, they realized why they didn't use the water in the tank to flush last night, but went to fetch water. They were laughed at by Wei Wei and Jiang Qi for nothing.

Although I didn't understand what Jiang Qi and Wei Wei said this morning, as expected, they were definitely making fun of them, and they definitely knew why they took a cold shower last night.

Thinking of this, the temperature on their faces, which had just dropped, rose again, and they hurriedly continued to wash their faces with water to cool down.

It took the two of them a while to suppress their shyness. They didn't expect that after being shameless for so many years, they would be defeated by two little girls. It was really embarrassing.

Li Zhibin approached Xiao Xuemu, "Brother Xiao, are we still going?"

Xiao Xuemu rolled his eyes at him and asked, "You're not going?"

Li Zhibin: "Go, if we don't go today, maybe they will laugh at us for a whole year.

I really didn't expect this. I originally thought that only Wei Wei was a tiger, but I didn't expect Jiang Qi to be one too. How do these two little girls know so much and dare to say it so loudly?

Li Zhibin covered his face with his hands after he finished speaking. "Today is really too embarrassing. I must have been treated badly these past two days! I'm so unlucky."

Xiao Xuemu didn't know either. He was still in a daze. The embarrassment he had suffered in the past ten years combined was not as much as in the past six months in the countryside. He had been especially embarrassed in the past few days.

Today, I was even blatantly teased by two little girls. What do you mean by looking at you can earn me an extra bowl of rice?

As for what Li Zhibin said about looking down on others, he had never looked down on Jiang Qi. He just didn't expect that he actually overestimated her. She and Wei Wei were a perfect pair.

But he was the one who underestimated Wei Wei. He really wanted to slap himself in the face for thinking that Wei Wei was a naive person.

How could she possibly be called a silly, innocent girl? Well, the last word did apply to her.

Xiao Xuemu: "Let's prepare something! Get some more seasonings."

Li Zhibin was puzzled. "Why prepare so many ingredients? I can just make a couple of bites when the time comes."

Xiao Xuemu: "Believe it or not, if you dare to deal with them casually, Jiang Qi and Wei Wei will ridicule you all day."

Thinking of Jiang Qi and Wei Wei's picky attitude towards food, Li Zhibin shut up.

"I think they'll bring it too. Maybe it'll be more complete than ours."

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were indeed fully prepared, with plenty of ingredients for barbecue and marinated beggar's chicken.

Both of them even brought drinks, filling military canteens with two bottles of Arctic Ocean soda and two bottles of boiled water.

The two of them were just planning to go on an outing, and hunting was just a side activity.

Even so, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi still carried a backpack each.

They felt that with the aura of Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin, there would definitely be a lot of prey.

Just when Wei Wei thought that Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu would not take them there, the two of them finally came slowly.

Seeing the two of them, Wei Wei immediately jumped up from the kang, "You're finally here. I've been waiting for you for so long that the flowers have wilted. Let's go!"

After saying that, he and Jiang Qi locked the door and prepared to leave.

The three people who were preparing to eat nearby were a little curious when they saw the four of them going out with backpacks on their backs.

Yu Xi: "Are you going up the mountain? Are there any mountain products there?"

Is that what they talked about this morning?

Wei Wei nodded and said, "Let's go pick up silkworm pupae. Aunt Liu said there are still some on the mountain."

When Liu Jiaojiao heard Wei Wei's words, her face turned green. Last time, out of curiosity, she took two silkworm pupae from Zhao Xing's house. After Zhao Xing peeled two and showed them to her, she was scared. When she knew that those insects were to be eaten, she almost vomited.

Wu Mei and Yu Xi also saw silkworm pupae at Zhao Xing's house, and frowned when they heard Wei Wei's words.

Wu Mei: "Weiwei, those are bugs. Do you want to eat them?"

Wei Wei: "That stuff is delicious. It's full of protein, no, full of nutrients. It's even more nutritious than eggs!"

Jiang Qi also locked the door and walked over. "Yeah! After frying, it's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It tastes delicious."

Hearing Jiang Qi's description, Liu Jiaojiao quickly interrupted, "Stop talking, we haven't had breakfast yet! I've lost my appetite."

Jiang Qi and Wei Wei shrugged their shoulders when they heard this and said nothing more.

Yu Xi quickly lightened the atmosphere and looked at Jiang Qi and asked, "Are you all going to pick up silkworm pupae?"

Wei Wei didn't give Jiang Qi a chance to speak. "No, it's just me and Jiang Qi, but we were afraid of getting lost, so we asked Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin to lead the way for us. It's getting late, so we'll leave first! We won't disturb you from having breakfast."

After saying that, he pulled Jiang Qi away quickly, without giving Yu Xi any chance to speak.

He didn't slow down until he had walked some distance.

Li Zhibin thought about what the two had just said, "You guys are not really going to pick up silkworm pupae, are you?"

In fact, Wei Wei picked up the silkworm pupae randomly, but she didn't want to tell Yu Xi and the others that they went up the mountain to hunt, so she said that.

Now that I think about it, picking up silkworm pupae seems like a good idea. I heard from Liu Aiying that there are a lot of these things in the mountains. Although she doesn't dare to eat them, they must be expensive.

But after hearing what Li Zhibin said, Wei Wei nodded, "Yeah! But I don't go out of my way to pick them up, I just pick them up when I see them."

Li Zhibin: "You don't really want to eat that, do you?"

Wei Wei nodded, "Eat! Why don't you dare?"

He really didn't dare, but he didn't want to bow his head in front of Wei Wei, otherwise she would definitely laugh at him for a whole year. There was no need to think about it because Wei Wei was just that kind of person.

"What's there to be afraid of? But do you really dare to eat it? Have you ever eaten it?"

Wei Wei: "I've tried it. It's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It bursts in your mouth when you bite into it. It's all protein. Fry it longer and it's fragrant and crispy. Fry it less and it's a little sweet, but also a little fishy."

Although she has never eaten it, she has eaten fried eggs. They are both protein and fried, so the taste should be similar.

She didn't dare to eat it, but she had rich theoretical knowledge and she absolutely couldn't let Li Zhibin know that she didn't dare to eat it, otherwise how could she find this thing to sell? She hoped Jiang Qi would dare to eat it.

Li Zhibin: ...She wouldn’t have really eaten it!

Li Zhibin didn't want to talk to Wei Wei anymore and looked at Jiang Qi, "Do you like to eat that too?"

Jiang Qi nodded. "That stuff is very nutritious. The protein content of dried pupae is as high as 50%, far exceeding the protein content of eggs, chicken, and lean pork, beef, and mutton."

Although she didn't dare to eat it, she still had this knowledge and she must not reveal it, otherwise they would find it and sell it, and she would not be able to explain it.

Things can't disappear out of thin air, they must have eaten it. I just hope Wei Wei really dares to eat this thing.

Li Zhibin: ...

How can these two be so aggressive? They dare to eat anything!

Li Zhibin looked at Xiao Xuemu, but Xiao Xuemu pretended not to see anything and ignored him. There was nothing he could do, he had never eaten that thing and he didn't want to eat it, so he didn't want to join in the topic.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin led the way in front, while Wei Wei and Jiang Qi whispered behind.

Wei Wei whispered in Jiang Qi's ear, "Do you know what silkworm pupae look like? I've never seen any in the mountains."

Jiang Qi's eyes widened when she heard Wei Wei's words. "I should know. I've seen people picking them up on a certain platform before, but you haven't eaten them before, have you?"

Wei Wei nodded honestly, "I haven't eaten it, and I don't dare to eat it."

Jiang Qi whispered in Wei Wei's ear, "I haven't eaten it either, so I don't dare to eat it."

The two looked at each other and thought, okay! They both like to pinch each other.

Jiang Qi: "We must not let them know. Silkworm pupae are definitely expensive. They are definitely more cost-effective than digging wild vegetables and picking mushrooms. We can't miss it.

Wei Wei nodded to show that she understood.

Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu felt that there was no movement behind them, so they turned around and saw Wei Wei and Jiang Qi who had fallen behind and were whispering to each other.

Li Zhibin: "What little secrets are you two talking about?"

"Nothing to say!" After saying that, the two of them immediately hurried to catch up.

Xiao Xuemu glanced at the two people's backpacks and four water bottles. He didn't expect that they also brought his and Li Zhibin's water, although he brought his own water.

"It's still quite a distance. Put the things in your backpacks into mine!"

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were not polite at all, "Okay! Thank you."

Li Zhibin immediately took Jiang Qi's things and said, "You guys also brought water for us! We brought our own."

Hearing this, Wei Wei touched her nose awkwardly, and Jiang Qi also felt a little embarrassed.

Jiang Qi: "Well, well, we can finish this between the two of us."

We can’t say that this is all ours!