Chapter 705
Sanwang stuck out his tongue, “I just wanted you guys to sleep, that’s why I didn’t ask for your help and decided to do this myself.”
At this time, Lin Lan came in while waving the cattail leaf fan and looking at them curiously, “Black Pudding, what are you doing?”
Sanwang, “Mom, I think it’s a pity that there are so many cicadas that they will die naturally soon. So I was thinking about making some gluten to catch them and eat them.”
An energetic boy like Sanwang never wanted to take a nap. He felt that it was a waste of time, so the child was either going to swim and catch some fish or do something else.
Last night, he heard from Lin Lan that bugs would typically die faster than humans and felt that it was such a waste. After thinking about it all morning, he thought it would be better to catch and eat them. He also heard Han Qingsong say that gluten could be used to stick onto them, which was why he got excited and decided to make his own gluten.
Making gluten was simple. Just wash some fine flour with water to remove the starch and leave the gluten. If he placed it on the leaves of a tree and exposed it to the scorching sun, it would become very sticky in just half a day. Then, wrap it around the tip of a slender pole and it could be used to catch the wings of the cicadas.
Usually, it was the older brother who did the sticking with the pole while the younger siblings held thicker needles, threading the caught cicadas on the needles one by one and making a cicada skewer.
Making gluten was not difficult, but for some people, it was a bit of an extra task. And at this time, fine flour was such a precious commodity that no other family would be willing to let their kids play with it. It was just Lin Lan who doted on her children and let them experiment however they liked.
Lin Lan almost laughed to her death when she saw Sanwang trying to make gluten. He really was a dense little thing. He probably thought that if there was too much water, he would add more flour; and if there was too much flour, he would add more water. Doing that back and forth, he ended up needing to use the largest pot they had.
She said, “Come, let me teach you.”
Erwang still felt sorry for the misfortune caused by Sanwang.