lcionline Chapter 259 Grasshopper: Tastes like shrimp (2)
Chapter 259 Grasshopper: Tastes like shrimp (2)
[Ah, the crickets are chirping, I want to eat! ]
It was Grandpa Zhu. He was in a trance now and often behaved like a child. At this moment, he was standing at the door, clapping his hands and calling Sister Fang.
He has had Alzheimer's disease for more than ten years.
Last year, he survived two incidents of being robbed of sheep, but his dementia seemed to have become more serious. He could hardly even recognize his wife. He only knew to look for someone when he was hungry and wanted to eat!
His hands have been shaking badly these past few days and he needs to be fed. The man standing in the vegetable garden weeding feeds him. He knows!!!
Sister Fang was overwhelmed. The insects chirping in the fields were all grasshoppers. There were no crickets at all!
She never eats insects, so naturally she didn't want to listen to Grandpa Zhu and just wanted to get away with it.
The grasshopper was chewing the tender leaves with a crunching sound. It also heard what Grandpa Zhu said, so it kicked its long legs and jumped under the wall to hide. It knew it was unlucky and was afraid of being caught and fryed in oil.
As for its younger brothers and sisters, they can only wish you good luck!
[Cricket, eat! I eat!]
Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Grandpa Zhu got anxious and kicked off his slippers and wanted to go to the vegetable field.
It had just rained a little, and the ground was slippery and muddy. Sister Fang hurried over to stop them, but her steps were too big and she almost fell.
Even though Grandpa Zhu is old, he is still about 1.78 meters tall when standing up, which is far beyond the capability of a short person like Sister Fang who is only 1.5 meters tall to move.
She couldn't take the responsibility if she fell and broke her bones in the vegetable garden.
[Grandpa, Grandpa, wait, I'll catch it for you! ]
Sister Fang was helpless and acted like she was coaxing a child.
Grandpa Zhu's arm was held and he subconsciously shrank back.
[Be good, I'll go catch crickets for you right now, can you just go up and wait? ]
Sister Fang swore that she had never whispered so softly to her own children when coaxing them to eat. She would always slap them hard. If they liked to eat, they would eat. If they didn’t, they would be beaten…
Grandpa Zhu was really fooled by the child's trick. He turned around and walked up obediently, leaving several dirty size 44 footprints on the rough concrete floor.
People always say old people are like children, but old people are not as easy to deal with as children.
Fortunately, Grandpa Zhu only takes a bath every two days, and his son always comes back to do it himself, so Sister Fang doesn't have to do it herself.
She continued to pull out the weeds, and the little insects hiding in the ground fled in all directions, screaming loudly, including a family of grasshoppers, which jumped three feet high.
No one has taken care of this place for several months. The weeds are growing wildly, squeezing out the decent vegetables and leaving them no place to take root.
Inside the courtyard wall——
Old Mrs. Zhu was snoring, Grandpa Zhu was squatting in the corner poking ants with a wooden stick, and Sister Fang was sweating profusely, with black and red streaks on her face. The black was from the dirt, and the red was from the weeds and leaves that irritated her skin and made it itchy.
Outside the courtyard wall——
The kids next door each took a bag of spicy strips and ate them with a sizzling laugh.
One of them had a big mouth and ate quickly, so he took out a box of unused firecrackers from his pocket.
[Hey guys, do you want to play? ]
[Ah, you actually still have this, my dad didn’t buy me anything for the Chinese New Year this year, your dad is the best, why don’t you ask him to adopt me as his godson?! ]
[Bah, I don’t want a brother like you! ]
Another little girl with a crew cut had a lollipop in one mouth and a spicy strip in the other, a stark contrast.
She gave the two silly kids a sidelong look and didn't want to get involved.
[Hey, Yinuo, don't leave. I won't give it to him. You can have as many as you want! ]
The boy handed over the box of firecrackers with a sincere look on his face.
The little girl didn't want it, but the boy forced it in. They were at a stalemate, and the other boy who was left out had tears in his eyes!
He snatched the firecrackers, pulled out one, lit it with a flick of the side of the box, and then - whoosh - threw it into the small courtyard behind him.
【Bang——】
(The extremely unlucky Grasshopper was blown away and fell down. It turned its head, and the water spinach fell behind it from a height. Gaba fell towards it, and there was a wriggling caterpillar on top of it...)
【Ah! The devils are coming!!!】
Grandpa Zhu was frightened by the sound of firecrackers exploding behind him, his face turned pale, he rushed into the toilet screaming, and took out a shovel to fight the enemy.
Sister Fang was about to get angry, but when she saw Grandpa Zhu barefoot, holding up the shovel with a panicked look on his face, she suddenly felt sore in the eyes for some reason, and thought of her old father.
Throughout his life, Mr. Fang loved to show off to others the details of his battles against the Japanese invaders. Even after he was old and had to change his teeth, he still repeated his heroic deeds.
Before the grasshopper could run away, it was crushed by the caterpillar. It flapped its wings frantically, sending a signal for help to its brothers and sisters!
[Grandpa, Grandpa, the devils have been killed long ago, don't worry! ]
Sister Fang had to use quite a bit of effort to pry the shovel out of Grandpa Zhu's hands.
Even though he was unconscious and had forgotten the whole world, Grandpa Zhu still remembered this. It's amazing!
The children who caused trouble outside the yard had already run away. On weekdays, this side of the courtyard wall is always quiet. Unexpectedly, there were several adults' voices, and even the devils. Oh my god, I was scared!
(Children, this ghost is not that ghost, neither is a good thing!)
Sister Fang helped Grandpa Zhu to wash his feet in the back. Old Mrs. Zhu called out to the door in a daze, "What are you yelling about, old man? You woke me up from my sweet dream!"
[It’s okay. The naughty kid threw a firecracker in and scared grandpa. You can continue to sleep. Xiaojun said that you had a nightmare last night and didn’t sleep well...]
The scorching afternoon sun shone directly on the ground. The door was blown slowly by the wind, and the conversation inside could not be heard clearly.
Grasshopper Golden Flower struggled desperately and called loudly for her second brother - me.
Okay, I originally wanted to stay hidden to avoid attracting attention, but my other brothers and sisters were so cold-hearted that they ignored it even though it screamed until its stomach burst. I was the only one who was soft-hearted...
I jumped forward to help kick the caterpillar away, waiting for the big sister Grasshopper to jump out by herself, only to find out -
Its strong and powerful right leg was half shorter.
No wonder the calls became more urgent...
How to fix it? !
If a grasshopper has a lame leg, it's like a bicycle losing a tire. It's going to be doomed sooner or later.
Grasshopper Jinhua was about to cry and begged her second brother to help her find her legs.
Not far away, there was a rustling sound as a group of ants picked up what they were looking for in an orderly manner and sped away.
The largest one at the back looked at Grasshopper Flower with ill intent, and its meaning was obvious - if you can't run away, we will come and carry you back home later!
[Hey, the old man is so persistent that he insists on eating crickets. I am kind-hearted and lucky, because I have several of them here!]
(?｀?Д?′)!!
Sister Fang rolled up her sleeves and went down to the ground again. She held a bottle in her left hand and quickly grabbed a grasshopper with her right hand and stuffed it into the bottle.
When Grasshopper Golden Flower saw that his second brother was trying to escape, it actually pounced on him and begged him to take it with him.
(Nimma... Is there still any love between siblings?!)
Sister Fang reached out her hand and grabbed the two grasshoppers stacked together in her palm.
[Oh, there is a couple doing it in broad daylight, tsk tsk…]
After collecting for half a day, she only got half a bottle, which was not enough to fry a bowl of fish. So Sister Fang even collected other insects, such as cicadas and caterpillars. She skinned them, squeezed out the internal organs, and fried them until they were crispy. They were just as delicious!
The fat cicada hit me, the second grasshopper who was trying to escape from prison.
Heat the oil in a pan, whoosh——
Grandpa Zhu waited obediently by the stove, not even looking away.
Sister Fang picked one up and tasted it.
[Hmm, it tastes like shrimp, no wonder you love it! ]
Grasshopper, dead!