In the eighth year of Tianfu, Guo Hao came to the third year of ancient times. He was fifteen years old and Qiunan thirteen years old.

There was no snow in the winter, and the drought in various places became worse. The New Year was over, but the people were even more desperate.

Thieves appeared near Tang Kunling, and more than 3,000 households fled in Henan, and countless people starved to death. Although the court ordered relief, the effect was not good.

In February, the world was famine and the price of food rose wildly. If Guo Hao hadn't prepared for it and asked Qiu Nan and Bai Siye to prepare some food, he might have been hungry.

In March, the people were still hungry, and people were starving to death every day. The court did not have any effective measures, but there were many personnel changes, and officials often came and went in and out.

In April, another solar eclipse occurred. There was a drought locust in Henan, Hebei, and Guanxi prefectures. The court ordered envoys to go and capture them.

At the residence of Mr. Bai, several old hens were lying on the ground without moving. Qiunan also caught locusts on the side, half for chickens and half for people to eat.

"Hao'er, do you think this locust is really edible? Isn't it poisonous?"

Guo Hao was also catching locusts at this time because he found that there were more and more locusts outside Kaifeng City, and gradually realized the seriousness of the situation and had to prepare early.

"If you can eat, of course you can eat. Now the world is famine, people can eat food, bark and grass roots, and locusts can eat these things. Why can't we eat it?

But locusts are very troublesome and difficult for people to accept, so I plan to catch them and grind them into powder, sift off the residue, and make them into pancakes with meaty flavor!"

Master Bai Si didn't say anything when he heard this, and reached out to hold a grasshopper on his leg. He felt disgusted when he looked at its green body. Guo Hao actually said it could be eaten!

"By the way, Master, there are more and more refugees now. We are no longer hidden here. You must hide your money and food. We should also keep the things we practice qigong so that outsiders will not see them."

Mr. Bai nodded. Guo Hao was right. People are now hungry these days. They are desperate for food when they see it. Even if they die, they have to eat a bite of food.

They have a lot of food. If they are discovered, they may be robbed wildly. They cannot survive without food. This matter is unscathing.

After putting away the plum blossom stakes and looking at the hens in the yard, Guo Hao didn't know how to deal with it. He left the hens with a steady stream of eggs. Once the hungry people saw it, they would probably not even have hair left.

After thinking for a long time, Guo Hao thought that one step at a time, the most urgent task was to make locust powder. Once hungry people came to beg for him, give him some locust cakes.

So in the following days, the three of them caught locusts every day, dried them, crushed them into powder and made cakes.

The day finally came. Two hungry people discovered Bai Siye’s residence and found that the courtyard here was dilapidated and did not look like someone, but they had to try their luck.

The two of them came near and found that the yard was full of pockets, which looked like grain. There was a stone mill in the middle of the yard and there was a vague cry of chickens.

"There are chickens crowing! Someone lives here!"

One of them was overjoyed and wanted to walk to the backyard as he said that. At this time, a strong man who was nearly six feet tall appeared, just because of Guo Hao who wanted to hide from him.

"Who are you? Why are you here for my house?"

Guo Hao held a stick in his hand and looked at the two of them vigilantly, with a simple appearance, and they were a little afraid when they saw it.

"This big brother, we brothers have fled here and are so hungry that we are so hungry that we don't know if we can give us some food to save our lives!"

When Guo Hao heard what the two wanted to eat, he pointed outside and said, "Wait in the yard, I'll get it for you!"

The two were overjoyed when they heard this and immediately returned to the yard. Guo Hao entered the house and brought out the prepared locust cakes and placed them in front of them.

The two saw the brown pancake and didn't know what it was made of. They looked up at Guo Hao, and Guo Hao picked up a piece and took a bite.

With only locust powder and less salt, the taste will definitely not be much better, but if you are anxious, you can still taste meat.

The two of them chewed the pancakes in their arms. They didn't think it was too unpalatable, but instead felt that the meat was full of fragrance and it was a rare delicacy.

"Brother, what's your cake made? It's so delicious."

Seeing the delicious food of the two, Guo Hao couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and pointed to the locusts on the side expressionlessly.

When the two saw that it was a locust, their faces changed suddenly. At this time, a cough came from the room: "Haoer, who is outside?"

While speaking, an old man came out, wearing coarse cloth clothes, and Qiu Nan followed him, who was not Bai Siye.

The two of them ate the locusts and were feeling uncomfortable. They wanted to vomit but couldn't, because they were too hungry and had nothing in their stomachs.

"This old gentleman, the elder brother just said that we were eating locusts, this..."

Mr. Bai glanced at the two of them and said, "What's the fuss? We eat locusts every day, otherwise there would be nothing for you to eat. Although these locusts look scary, they can actually be eaten and can be used as medicine!"

The old man's words are indeed more effective than Guo Hao. This is all arranged by Guo Hao. Although he looks mature, he is only fifteen years old after all. It is hard to convince the public at such an age. It is better to let Master Bai come forward and pretend to be a paradise.

"What the old man said is true? Why have we never heard of it before? And isn't this locust poisonous?"

"Nonsense, if locusts are poisonous, you can still stand here and eat tree bark and grass roots. Where does the poison come from?"

When the two heard this, they said that locusts eat grass and food, and they eat clean food, which should not be poisonous. Moreover, they had eaten it just now, even if it was really poisonous, it would be too late.

After saying that, Mr. Bai went into the house and left the two of them to ask Guo Hao for a bowl of water. Just as they were about to leave, Mr. Bai suddenly called them.

"Wait, where are you going?"

The two were stunned and turned around and looked at Master Bai. Master Bai looked at Guo Hao, and Guo Hao nodded slightly.

"There are famine everywhere these days, and you don't have anything to eat when you go elsewhere. Why not stay and help my grandson make locust powder together, and it's easier to distribute if there are refugees."

This was what Guo Hao thought of. There were only three of them. Qiu Nan was still young and couldn't do much work. Moreover, there was a grandmother at home to take care of him, so the staff had to be increased.

The reason for this decision is that Guo Hao really cannot ignore it. The Central Plains are now full of devastation and starvation. If Guo Hao doesn't do anything, I'm sorry for his conscience.

But he couldn't come forward, so he simply let Master Bai come forward. Master Bai refused, but he couldn't resist Guo Hao's foolings.

"The old man wants to keep us?"

Master Bai Nodded.

The two were overjoyed when they heard this and kowtowed. Mr. Bai asked them to get up and said, "My grandson looks tall but his mind is immature, but he has the strength to help.

You two find another place to live and come to my place to help. If you can save some hungry people, it will be a merit."

When the two nodded when they heard this, their eyes fell on Guo Hao. Guo Hao looked at him without squinting and pretended to be fierce. The two suddenly felt funny.

"Please rest assured, Mr., this is our brother Zhou Fang, I wonder what the old man calls me?"

"My husband's surname is Bai!"

After saying that, Mr. Bai turned around and entered the room. The two looked at each other and looked at Guo Hao, but Guo Hao had not moved at all.

"Big, little brother, little brother?"

Zhou Yuan called Guo Hao twice, but Guo Hao did not respond. When the two walked in, they heard it, and there was a slight snoring.

"this……"

The two looked at each other. Guo Hao was asleep? But why did he open his eyes?

Zhou Fang patted Guo Hao, and Guo Hao was shocked and said in a silly voice: "What's wrong? Have you eaten?"

The two of them couldn't help but smile when they heard this. Zhou Yuan said, "Little brother, Mr. Bai asked us to stay for help. What do you think we should do?"

"Let you stay for dinner? Do you want the locust cake? It's delicious, like meat!"

Guo Hao's acting skills are absent. The two people in the room almost laughed out loud. They all knew Guo Hao's thoughts. He just didn't want to work!

The two of them couldn't ask Guo Hao, so they went into the house and asked Mr. Bai. Mr. Bai told them how to do it, put the dried locusts into the grinder, then grind them into powder, and then use a sieve to dry the residue. In fact, it was not difficult.

The two of them came back after making it once. Qiu Nan made a fire in the house to steam the cakes. After a while, the fragrance came out. The locust cakes that had just come out of the pot tasted pretty good, and Guo Hao also came as he smelled it.

After a busy day, the Zhou brothers went to find a house with locust cakes. They sighed in their hearts that they had met a good person, but they didn't know that Guo Hao and Mr. Bai were secretly eating steamed buns in the house.
Chapter completed!