Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1280: Great Devotion 8

Chapter 1280: Chapter 1280: Great Devotion 8

Following the advice of Lu’s father and Feng Qingxue, Wang Zhengguo placed great importance on tree cultivation. Thus, in an age where trees had been nearly entirely chopped down, the wilderness, roadsides, field edges, and spaces around the houses were all replanted with common trees like poplars, willows, elms, and also black locust trees. After several years of careful tending, the trees would provide shades of green each summer, making Wanglou Brigade once again the envy of onlookers.

When the corn seedlings had grown to the height of a lower leg, the Wanglou Brigade was filled with the sounds of cicadas.

Families without flashlights were reluctant to light kerosene lamps and would only catch a few golden cicadas that crawled up the tree trunks in the twilight. Those with flashlights were more brazen, shuttling through the cornfields and woodlands with their flashlights, spotting each cicada with precision.

Besides the trees, golden cicadas also appeared on the corn stalks in the fields.

These creatures, when roasted, could satisfy cravings just like meat.

However, the Lu family didn’t consume them this way.

Feng Qingxue took the large basin of golden cicadas caught by her sons and nephews, soaked them in salt water, and carefully washed them, changing the water countless times until it remained clear.

The thoroughly washed cicadas were then marinated overnight and deep-fried in oil the next morning, becoming crispy and delicious as one took a bite.

Everyone in the family enjoyed them, except for the triplets and Fubao.

The triplets were too young to eat them, and Zhuangzhuang was allergic to many things. Fubao was too scared to try, squealing at the sight of golden cicadas on the plate and hiding behind the adults.

"Xibao, take some to grandpa in the cowshed!" Feng Qingxue tasked her eldest son.

Xibao immediately stopped eating, picked up two cicadas, put them in his mouth, chewed them, then picked up the basket which contained the fried golden cicadas and breakfast prepared by his mother for the five grandfathers and Ding Hailan in the cowshed.

Several comrade women took turns cooking for the elderly men who were sent to live behind the cowshed, and as there were many of them, Feng Qingxue rarely had to deliver meals.

The four old men and the child in the cowshed couldn’t cook, and they lived with Lu’s father; naturally, they received special care from the Lu family. Another reason was that they were all old revolutionaries who had fought in the war of resistance and deserved respect.

Time and again, the elders and folks from Wanglou Brigade would slip them some food. After all, the Lu family, though distant relatives, were close neighbors, weren’t they?

Since it was the first time this year that fried golden cicadas were made, Feng Qingxue also asked Guan Cheng to deliver a portion to the teachers.

These creatures were nutritionally rich and beneficial to everyone.

Upon seeing the glossy fried golden cicadas, Jin Ruochu swallowed hard.

"Haven’t had this for a long time, it’s good stuff. Back when there was famine, we couldn’t even see these. Otherwise, they could have been life-saving food and prevented the widespread edema disease." Wen Ruyu laughed, "Come on, everyone, don’t hesitate, let’s eat."

Seeing how much Jin Ruochu enjoyed them made Guan Cheng enthusiastic. Every night he went out to catch golden cicadas.

The activity of catching golden cicadas could last until the start of the hottest days of summer before gradually decreasing, so Guan Cheng seized every opportunity. If they caught more than they could eat, they would preserve them with salt, and they could stay fresh for a long time without spoiling.

This evening, he left the house before it was fully dark.

As he was about to turn on his flashlight to enter the woods, he suddenly heard the sounds of punches and kicks and a man’s cries of pain coming from inside.

Trouble was afoot! The cries of pain sounded somewhat familiar.

Guan Cheng immediately entered the woods discreetly and switched on his flashlight towards the source of the noise. Both the attacker and the victim looked up at the same time, and when Guan Cheng recognized their faces, his eyes widened in disbelief at what he was seeing.

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