Chapter 29: The Cao Family's Children, the Great Locust Immortal!

  "We are all pest control teams, holding a big net to eliminate pests! Eliminate pests!" Since catching and killing the locusts, Lü Rui has been going out every day to catch and kill locusts. Today, he brought Cao's children to the suburbs to catch and kill locusts.

  The Cao family children were still young, Cao Pi was about six years old, and Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang were even younger. The girls, including Cao Jie and Cao Xun, were all under the age of six. They were very interested in catching locusts, a fun outdoor activity.

  Cao Pi and others each held a small net to catch locusts everywhere. After half a month of clearing, there were not many locusts near Ju Ye, but there were still some remnants. Lü Rui brought them out, what's the power of a group of locusts? It's absolutely possible to make a child half dead!

  "Mother, we're back! We caught a lot of locusts!" Cao Pi walked in with mud all over his face, while Cao Zhen followed behind him with a net full of locusts.

  Cao Zhang also ran to the front of Lady Bian, shaking the net bag in his hand and saying: "Mother, we caught a lot of locusts, we can have a meal at noon."

  Cao Zhang? Huang Xu'er, indeed not a simple answer. That bag of locusts weighed at least 20 kilograms, and a five-year-old child could easily swing it around. Born with divine strength!

  Madam Bo looked at her several sons with a smile, then took out silk handkerchiefs to help the children wipe away their sweat. "Alright, Pi'er," she said, "as the eldest brother, take your younger brothers and sisters to roast grasshoppers to eat!"

  Cao Pi nodded and began to command the Cao family children to prepare. Cao Zhen was in charge of starting a fire, Cao Zhi was responsible for deep-frying locusts, while Cao Jie and Cao Xuan led a group of girls who were in charge of seasoning and other tasks, helping out on the side. Cao Pi looked just like a commander, with his hands on his hips, directing his younger siblings to deep-fry locusts!

  The Cao family's children had just lit a good fire when Lü Rui led Dian Wei in, with several wild chickens and birds on his back, some wild rabbits, and something that shocked the Cao family - an alligator!

  Cao Zhang's guts were big, and he ran to the front of Lü Rui, grabbed Lü Rui's clothes and said: "Brother Rui, is this a crocodile?"

  Lv Rui nodded, heh heh, unexpectedly, in the Central Plains at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were actually alligators, and they could be found in nearby lakes. What a great thing! It's just what I need to nourish my body, Nai Nai, we've been starved by Old Cao until we're as thin as skeletons!

  Cao Zhang opened his big eyes, walked around the alligator and said: "Wow, it's really an alligator! I've only seen alligators in books before. Now one is actually right in front of me!" Cao Zhang asked: "Brother Rui, what is this alligator for? Can we eat it?"

  The ladies and children of the Cao family also looked at Lü Rui, can alligators be eaten? The outer layer of skin looks disgusting to everyone, can it really be eaten? Many people here have never seen an alligator before, except for some young ladies from aristocratic families who know that there is such an animal, and the rest are seeing an alligator for the first time!

  Lv Rui licked his lips and said: "It's edible. If we can get the skin off, it can be made into armor. The meat inside is incredibly tender!"

  Looking at Lü Rui's intoxicated appearance, the Cao family nodded in agreement. Anyway, since locust Lü Rui said it was edible, it must be delicious. This disgusting-looking thing must not taste bad either.

  Then, with the help of Dian Wei, the alligator meat was cut into slices. Lü Bu started roasting them, brushing a layer of lard on them, sprinkling some salt, then adding some Sichuan pepper and ginger water. The aroma of roasted alligator meat wafted through the air! (If only there were chili peppers, would this foreign species have existed in ancient China? If I could get my hands on some, I'd plant a large area with them. Heh heh, the main character loves Sichuan cuisine the most, unfortunately it's not available here.)

  Lü Rui picked up a piece of alligator meat and said: "Jie, try some, it's really delicious!"

  Cao Jie blinked and looked at Lü Rui with a puzzled expression: "Brother Rui? Is it really delicious?"

  "Delicious, delicious, the flavor is great!" Cao Zhang this foodie, hadn't even waited for others to start eating, he began eating and said: "Mother, older brother, younger sister, younger brother, it's really, really delicious!"

  After finishing, Cao Zhang ate another piece of alligator meat. The Cao family saw that Cao Zhang was eating with relish and also started to try it out. It's really delicious! Much better than locusts, the meat has a chewy texture, I want to eat another piece again. Soon, an alligator was eaten clean.

  Cao Zhang rubbed his own belly, then said: "Rui brother, you're really amazing, actually able to come up with so many delicious things, hehe, from now on I'll follow you, there will be good food!"

  Mrs. Ding looked at Lü Rui and said, "Rui'er, you are intelligent by nature, your uncle loves you very much, and now Jie'er is also engaged to you. In the future, you must take good care of your younger brothers and sisters, and I will entrust them to you along with your uncle!"

  Lü Rui nodded and said: "Rui'er understands, Madam!" Cao's original wife, Lady Ding, always made a big scene like this, occasionally educating herself, but Lü Rui didn't dare to be presumptuous, and she always fully accepted her words! This woman, Cao was indeed sincere with her, historically he even went to beg her to return to the Cao family with his tail between his legs. Lü Rui knew that some tigers' buttocks couldn't be touched, especially those of a mother tiger!

  Lady Bian looked at Cao Pi and the others, then grasped Cao Pi's hand and said: "Pi-er, you are the elder brother, from now on remember to take care of your younger brother and protect him."

  Then Lady Bian turned around and said to Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang: "You two should also be friendly with your elder brother!"

  Mrs. Ding nodded on the side and said: "You all must remember what Lady Bian said, our Cao family values brotherly love and respect for elders!"

  Hiss, hiss, how can there be such a sound? Lü Rui heard the snake spitting letter!

  "Big brother has a snake! You protect Mother, I'll kill it!" After finishing speaking, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi drew out their wooden swords and stood in front of Lady Bian. Cao Zhang charged forward with his wooden sword!

  Madam Pan's face changed color and she cried out: "Zhāng'ér be careful!"

  Fly! Dian Wei's dagger struck the snake head in a flash, Lü Rui ran over to take a look, "Good grief, you little rascals, aren't you afraid of death? You dare to mess with this thing holding wooden swords? This is a five-step snake!"

  Cao Zhang looked at the snake in disappointment and then swung his wooden sword, saying: "Brother Rui, I haven't killed it yet!"

  Lv Rui was speechless, with a head full of black lines. Nainai's little dirty thing, can you really kill it? Do you think you're Huang Xuer now? You're still a yellow-mouthed kid!

  Madam Pan scolded loudly: "Zhāng ér, you are not allowed to be rude to your elder brother. If it weren't for your elder brother intervening, you would have been dead by now. What would I do if you were dead?"

  Cao Zhang looked at Lady Bian, lowered his head, then fiddled with his hands, and raised his head to say: "Mother, don't worry, I will protect you for the rest of my life!"

  Cao Pi and Cao Zhi then surrounded Lady Bian's side, saying: "I will protect Mother with Second Brother!"

  Mrs. Bian smiled happily and patted her three sons on the head, saying: "Good, good, all of you are my good sons, brotherly love and respect for each other."

  Brotherly love and respect? Maybe, if the Cao family hadn't risen to imperial status, brotherly love and respect would be possible. But Madame Bian wouldn't have thought of Cao Zhi's Seven Steps Poem at this moment! Thinking of this, Lü Rui remembered someone - Cao Chong? If Cao Chong were still alive, what would the Cao family's younger generation be like? Hehe, Cao Chong? Let me witness the prowess of the number one child prodigy in the Three Kingdoms. You'll be born in six years!

  After playing with the Cao family children for a while, everyone was tired. Lü Rui looked at the sky and saw that it was getting late, so they should return to the city. After asking Madam Ding for instructions, she nodded, and Lü Rui ordered someone to escort the Cao family's wives and children back into the city.

  "Brother Rui, I want this!" Nainai's, after bringing these kids out once, they want to go out every day now. Alas, it's really exhausting. Today, I have to take these kids to the market again. Today is a market day.

  "Brother Rui, is this you?" Cao Jie said with a finger in her mouth, pointing to a nearby statue with the other hand.

  Lü Rui took a look, and his mouth was wide open. This statue looked just like him, but how could that be? And why did the god-like figure of himself have a child riding on a grasshopper? What kind of nonsense is this?

  Lü Rui looked at Murong Ping and said: "Murong Ping, go take a look, what's going on?"

  Murong Ping nodded and went forward to ask around.

  Soon, Murong Ping came back to report: "Master Hou, this statue is you, called the Locust Great Immortal!"

  Lü Rui was taken aback and said: "What locust fairy? How did I become the locust fairy?"

  Murong Ping then explained the reason, it turned out that Lü Rui told Cao Jun that locusts could be eaten, and after Cao Jun distributed the excess grain to the people, the people thanked Lü Rui by enshrining him as the Great Locust Immortal.

  "Grandma's, I'm not dead yet, what are you worshiping? Locust Sage? This title doesn't sound good!"

  Murong Ping smiled and said: "Lord Hou, this is a portrait of the Locust Immortal!"

  Lü Bu looked at the portrait and exclaimed, "Heavens! How can I be depicted in this image?" Ah, it's all that scoundrel Lü Bu's fault. He had a goatee in Fancheng, now my portraits are like this too - one big, one small. The people's sculptures of me are also like this. Lü Fengxian, I have a vendetta against you, we can't live under the same sky! My handsome image is completely ruined!