Sun Xiaoxiao sat under the lychee tree, rubbed her belly and pinched her flesh, with a sad look on her face.
"Too full, burp!!"
When I ate it, I just felt it was delicious and couldn't stop eating it.
Now I feel like I'm overeating again and I'm going to gain weight.
But she swore that the meal she had today was definitely the best meal she had eaten in more than 20 years.
Boiled blood clams, snails, stir-fried lettuce, cucumbers, stewed frogs, seafood porridge...it was so delicious that she would never forget it.
After dinner, everyone went to the yard to enjoy the cool breeze and watch the stars.
After a while, the second grandfather came to Chen Xiaoyun's house with his two uncles.
"Xiaoyun, I'll bring your Uncle Min Lin and Uncle Min Xiang here, and you can talk to them."
"Uncle Min Lin, Uncle Min Xiang!" Chen Xiaoyun stood up and greeted.
"Xiao Yun, your second grandfather said that you need to recruit people to help raise blue crabs." Uncle Min Lin said.
Chen Minlin is a farmer in his forties with no education. He works as a farmer at home and does odd jobs. He also helped others raise blue crabs for a year or two.
"Yes, I need two people to help me guard the crab pond and feed the crabs." Chen Xiaoyun nodded and said.
"If my uncles have nothing to do, they can help me."
"Xiaoyun, we don't have much to do now. We can help you, but our breeding experience may be a bit lacking." Uncle Min Xiang said, looking a little embarrassed.
They were afraid that because of their poor skills and experience, they would not be able to help Chen Xiaoyun too much.
Chen Minxiang, an honest farmer in his fifties, has been growing crops all his life and has never traveled far.
The first thing they thought about was not the salary, but the fear that they would not be able to help Chen Xiaoyun raise blue crabs.
"Uncle Min Xiang, it's okay. You just need to stay there and feed food regularly. It doesn't require much experience." Chen Xiaoyun said.
He doesn't need anyone with any skills or experience.
All it needs is someone to watch over it and someone to feed it.
"I'm afraid that won't work. Blue crabs are difficult to raise and can easily end up in dead ponds." Chen Minlin reminded him, fearing that Chen Xiaoyun wouldn't understand and would suffer a big loss.
"Don't worry, Uncle Min Lin and Uncle Min Xiang. You just need to go to the crab pond and take care of it. Don't let others steal it or poison it. Just feed it. You don't need to worry about the rest."
Seeing what Chen Xiaoyun said, the two of them couldn't refuse. They really wanted a stable job.
Having a job is much better than farming at home.
"Okay, let's go show you the crab pond and help you feed the crabs." Chen Minlin nodded and said.
"Uncle Min Lin and Uncle Min Xiang, I will give you five thousand yuan a month at the beginning. When you make money later, I will increase your salary." Chen Xiaoyun said with satisfaction.
He still trusts the people in his own village, but he doesn't trust others very much.
"No, no, this is too much." Uncle Min Xiang said quickly.
Working in a factory in the county town, the salary is only over 3,000 yuan a month.
Help Chen Xiaoyun guard the crab pond and feed the crabs, and Chen Xiaoyun will be offered a salary of 5,000, which is far more than working in the county.
The wages in their county are not high. Many ordinary workers earn more than 3,000 yuan a month.
Regardless of the developed economy, the wages of ordinary people are actually very low.
"As I said, I will trouble Uncle Min Lin and Uncle Min Xiang to keep an eye on you when the time comes." Chen Xiaoyun didn't think five thousand yuan was a lot.
Since he is an uncle in the family, he will not be exploited like the capitalists outside.
"Okay then, when are you going to the crab farm?" Seeing Chen Xiaoyun say this, Chen Minlin knew that it was Chen Xiaoyun's kindness that he was taking care of them.
"We'll go there early tomorrow morning. The original owner of the farm has left today. Someone needs to go there and watch tomorrow." Chen Xiaoyun said.
"Well, okay, let's go back now, pack our luggage, and go there tomorrow morning." Uncle Min Xiang also thought about going there early to help.
Uncle Min Lin and Uncle Min Xiang went back to pack their luggage.
The second grandfather didn't stay long. He sat for a while and then went back.
Chen Xiaoyun's family is full of young people, and he can't say much here.
"Brother Xiaoyun, why are there so many cicada monkeys?"
Chen Xiaohu saw many cicada monkeys crawling out of the soil on the flowers planted by Chen Xiaoyun.
The cicada monkey crawls out of the soil, climbs onto trees and plants, absorbs water, and quickly transforms into a cicada.
"Let me see!"
Chen Xiaoyun walked over and saw four or five cicada monkeys that had just climbed out of the soil on the flower branches.
There are also quite a few on the flower branches nearby. If you look carefully, there are dozens or twenty of them.
"Why are there so many? Don't let it spread too much, otherwise it won't be clean." Chen Xiaoyun said with a slight frown.
Knowing too many cicadas, when you scream, it becomes a noise, which makes it difficult to sleep.
And in the past few days, Chen Xiaoyun found that the cicadas around him were showing signs of moving to the lychee tree in the yard.
The lychee tree is watered with a lot of spiritual spring water, which may be quite attractive to the cicadas.
"Why don't we catch some cicada monkeys, fry them and serve them with wine? It's been a long time since we caught cicada monkeys to eat." Chen Xiaohu said.
"Yes, if there are too many, you have to catch some, otherwise, after a while, you will suffer the same crime." At this time, Chen Xiaonan also answered.
"Is the cicada monkey delicious? I haven't eaten it yet!" Song Xiaoxing asked.
He just saw someone on the Internet saying that cicada monkeys are delicious.
But many people are a little afraid of eating insects such as cicada monkeys and bee pupae, and dare not eat them.
"It must be delicious, crunchy and crispy, very fragrant, full of protein, rich in nutritional value, and very expensive in the market." Chen Xiaohu said with a smile.
"This bug is a cicada?"
Lin Wanyu looked at the bugs on the flower branches. They were no bigger than a thumb and looked a bit unique. This was the first time she had seen them.
"Well, it is in the larval form now. It has just crawled out of the soil. After one night, it will transform into a cicada." Chen Xiaoyun nodded and said.
"But it looks ugly, can it really be eaten?" Lin Wanyu looked at the ugly appearance of the cicada monkey and wondered if it could really be eaten.
"Then it depends on whether you dare to eat it. If you dare to eat it, it's still delicious." Chen Xiaoyun said with a smile.
"You boys are so scary. You dare to eat such insects." Sun Xiaoxiao said with a look of disgust.
"Then go, I didn't let you see." Chen Xiaoyun said angrily.
"Slightly!"
"I won't eat such a horrible insect even if it kills me."
Sun Xiaoxiao stuck out her tongue, returned to the tree and sat down to play with her mobile phone.
"Xiaonan, go get a bucket and catch some cicada monkeys to fry. Don't let this thing spread, otherwise no one can sit under the lychee tree." Chen Xiaoyun said to Chen Xiaonan.
Chen Xiaonan went to the kitchen and brought a big bucket.
"Catch all the cicada monkeys around. If you catch a lot, you can sell them."
Chen Xiaoyun took action and caught all the cicada monkeys on the flower branches in the yard one by one and put them in the bucket.
Chen Xiaohu and Chen Xiaonan also started looking for the cicada monkeys on the flower branches.
"One, two, three, four, five..."
Song Xiaoxing didn't dare to arrest him very much, so he just watched Chen Xiaoyun and others arrest him.
After a while, all the cicada monkeys on the flower branches under the bamboo fence in the yard were caught.
"Damn, why are there so many!!"
After watching for a while, I caught half a bucket, dozens or hundreds of them.
Chen Xiaoyun frowned a little. These cicada monkeys were probably attracted by the spiritual spring water.
There are too many, there are three or four cicada monkeys on one flower branch.
If it takes a few more days, I'm afraid the cicadas will swarm.
"Let's go outside and see if there are so many flowers on the branches outside." Chen Xiaoyun said.
If there are so many flowers on the branches outside, then the watering of the spiritual spring water will be reduced during this period.
If he attracts all the cicadas around his house, it will be a blessing.
