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Chapter 253 Feeling Pain
The farmer looked at him in surprise and doubt: "Is this true? Why have I never heard of this in my nearly thirty years of life?
If this is really effective, wouldn't the locusts be wiped out?"

This guy is really hard to fool.

Chu Anlan let go of the farmer, took two steps back, and cleared his throat: "If you don't believe it, then don't believe it. Go do what you need to do. I'm going to continue catching locusts."

As he spoke, he caught a few more locusts and put them in the box.

The farmer stood on tiptoe to take a look and saw that the beautiful palm-sized wooden box was already half filled with locusts.

It's so densely packed that it looks a bit creepy.

The farmers were originally skeptical, but after seeing this, they began to waver.

At this time, a rude voice of a young man came from the side: "Make way, don't block me from catching locusts!
If I eat one less locust today and grow one inch less next year, I will tear down your house!"

The farmer quickly moved aside.

Ye Chenxi didn't even look at him: "Thank you."

The farmer looked at Ye Chenxi's mud-stained brocade clothes and asked carefully: "Can eating these locusts really make you taller?"

Ye Chenxi turned his head: "Yeah, otherwise why would I catch it?"

The farmer was shocked.

Soon, the farmer left.

Chu Anlan straightened up: "I didn't expect that he is quite smart and hard to fool."

"What if the people of Lin'an are as hard to deceive as he is?" Ye Chenxi asked.

Chu Anlan spread his hands: "Then it's none of my business."

Seeing that they had almost caught all the fish, Ye Wanqing said, "Stop catching them, let's go to Aunt Hua's house first.

After watching Alan, I went home to see how to cook locusts so they are edible.

If the taste is good, send some to the people to try, and send another portion to the government office."

"Send it to the government office?" Chu Anlan's eyes lit up: "Those old stubborn people from the Ministry of Rites are all in the government office today, right?

Send more and give them all to eat!"

"Great, great!" Ye Chenxi clapped his hands: "This is a great opportunity to settle a personal grudge!"

Under Chu Anlan's command, the servants sped up the progress and soon caught many locusts.

The food boxes I brought are almost full.

The wheels rolled slowly, sticking to the mud towards the small village at the end of the rice field, and stopped outside the yard of Aunt Hua's house.

The carriage stopped and Ye Wanqing was helped off by Chu Anlan.

It was Ye Chenxi’s first time here and he was curious about everything, looking here and there.

The beans and cucumbers are growing well on the racks on both sides of the path.

Chu Anlan picked a tender cucumber and handed it to Ye Chenxi: "Try it."

Ye Chenxi didn't dare to answer: "An Lan, why do you pick other people's things casually? If the owner knows, won't he scold you?"

Chu Anlan said seriously: "If the master pursues it, you will be the one to compensate him."

"Why are you like this?" Ye Chenxi said angrily, "I didn't pick the melons, why should I be compensated to others?!"

"Are you going to give me to him as compensation?" Chu Anlan said righteously, "I am a married man. Giving me to him means giving Qing'er away as compensation. Wouldn't that be a big loss for us?"

Ye Chenxi became even angrier: "Sister! Take care of An Lan!"

Ye Wanqing couldn't help laughing: "Okay, don't be angry, the prince was just teasing you.

This piece of land belongs to Aunt Hua, and the cucumbers and beans also belong to her.

Don't worry about eating it, Aunt Hua won't ask you to pay for it."

Chu Anlan was laughing so hard that he was staggering.

Ye Chenxi was so angry that he picked up a locust from the bean leaves and threw it over: "An Lan, you liar!"

Chu Anlan smiled and dodged.

The noise of laughter attracted Aunt Hua. Aunt Hua wiped her hands on her apron, opened the door and came out of the yard. When she saw Ye Wanqing and Chu Anlan, a trace of kindness appeared on her usually stern face: "The princess and the prince are here?

If you were coming over, why didn’t you tell me in advance?

Come in quickly, I'll boil some water and make tea for you..."

"Aunt Hua, we are not here for tea, please stop working." Chu Anlan stopped her and said, "We came to the fields to take a look. Qing'er said she wanted to come and see Alan, so she came along.

Gu Chen said that Alan has been feeling better these days? "

Aunt Hua replied, "It's better now. He said his hand hurt when he was getting acupuncture..." Then she looked at Ye Chenxi beside her and said, "Who is this gentleman?"

Chu Anlan smiled brightly: "This is my brother-in-law, Qing'er's elder brother."

Ye Chenxi said obediently: "Hello, Aunt Hua."

"Okay, okay..." Aunt Hua was surprised: "Why did the princess's eldest brother come to Lin'an?"

Ye Wanqing smiled and said, "My second brother was ordered to come to Lin'an to perform official duties, so I brought him along."

"I see." Aunt Hua smiled and said, "Don't stand at the intersection and talk. Come in and sit down."

"Sorry to bother you, Aunt Hua." Ye Wanqing said.

Aunt Hua said earnestly: "You are bothering me, that's too polite. Alan and I are very happy that you can come..."

The group walked through the path and came to the yard.

The servants stood quietly outside the courtyard, holding the wooden box containing the locusts.

After entering the yard, Ye Wanqing asked, "Aunt Hua, is Sister Alan awake? Is it convenient for us to go see her?"

"It's convenient." Aunt Hua said, "I'll take you there." Then she said to Ye Chenxi, "The cucumbers in my house are very crisp and sweet. If you like them, pick some and bring them back later."

Ye Chenxi's hands behind his back moved slightly, and his face flushed: "You...you know everything?"

Aunt Hua smiled and said, "Don't worry, I don't want you to compensate me. Just pick as many as you like."

Ye Chenxi then took his hand out, revealing the emerald green cucumber: "Thank you Aunt Hua..."

"The grapes by the courtyard wall are ripe too." Aunt Hua said to Chu Anlan, "Sir, take the eldest son to pick them."

"Okay!" Chu Anlan agreed with a smile.

Only then did Aunt Hua bring Ye Wanqing into the room.

Probably because of something Gu Chen and Aunt Hua said, the window in Alan's room was slightly enlarged.

There was a faint smell of medicine in the room.

As soon as Ye Wanqing entered the room, Alan on the bed moved: "Princess..."

Ye Wanqing hurried over: "Sister Alan, lie down first."

Alan lay down again.

Looking at Alan, who was skinny but well-groomed, Ye Wanqing asked gently, "How have you been feeling these past two days, Sister Alan?"

Alan looked at her, his eyes brighter than when they first met: "When Doctor Gu gave me the acupuncture today, I felt pain."

"It's a good thing that you can feel the pain." Ye Wanqing comforted him, "Although Doctor Gu is young, his medical skills are good. Maybe it won't be long before you can get out of bed with crutches."

Use crutches to get out of bed?
Alan shook his head gently: "I don't ask to get out of bed and walk around, I just hope to be better than now, so that I can reduce the burden on my mother-in-law."

Aunt Hua stood aside and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? When did I ever think you were a burden?"

Alan forced a smile: "Mom, I was just joking..."

Ye Wanqing chatted for a few more words before coming out of the room.

Aunt Hua said, "It will be dinner time soon. It's a rare visit for you guys, why don't you stay and have dinner before leaving?"

"No, Aunt Hua." Ye Wanqing glanced at the gloomy sky: "The fields are plagued by locusts. We need to hurry back to the city."

Hearing the word "locust", Aunt Hua sighed: "There hasn't been a locust plague for many years, but this year, I don't know why, there was one all of a sudden.

The locusts grow very fast. If they continue like this, the crops will not be able to withstand the attack."