Chapter 83: Exchange cicada shells for popsicles [Please recommend for collection]
After the rain, the sky cleared up. In mid-June, the air was like a fire at noon, and the summer heat was slowly approaching. Li Feng drank the mung bean soup that had been chilled in the refrigerator in the morning under the Taolin thatched shed, and stretched out comfortably. The sika deer lay on his back.
Under the peach grove, a few little rabbits were lying around casually, Fatty was hiding in the shade of the trees, and only the fur ball was chasing the butterflies and bees.
"Uncle Li, get up quickly, let's go find the cicada shell." Mengmeng looked at Li Feng lying lazily on the recliner, holding the bell and running over. She hugged Li Feng's arm and kept shaking.
, Lingdang leaned against Li Feng and looked straight at him, his eyes filled with anticipation.
Li Feng stretched his head and looked at the sky. The sun was rising high and scorching hot. Aren't the two little kids hot at this time? Mengmeng and Lingdang's little faces were flushed, and there were beads of sweat on their noses.
"What are you doing? It's so hot outside, why are you thinking about cracking cicada shells?" Li Feng poured two cups of mung bean soup. The child remembered that one came out one after another, and he didn't go to the village to see the second master.
Are you moving the net? What's going on? It's okay. I'm going to find the cicada shell.
"Uncle, how are you? Erbao and the others made a lot of cicada shells. They said that ten cicada shells from the old man's place can be exchanged for one popsicle." Mengmeng looked at Li Feng lying still, a little anxious, and pulled him.
With that said, it turned out that Li Can's father came back and opened a small shop. Now that the weather is getting hotter, he bought a freezer and sold popsicles. He didn't think about getting cicada shells to exchange for popsicles. Think about this blessing.
Uncle Cai had a great idea. It rained a lot and the mountains were full of cicadas. Ten cicada shells seemed to be very few, but Uncle Cai’s popsicles only cost four or five cents. This business is guaranteed to make money, it’s really good.
Idea, the dolls don’t cost much, but they are found all over the mountain, and it’s very easy to find more than ten of them.
A pound of cicada shells cost more than 20 yuan, and ten 23 cents are indispensable. Li Feng looked at Mengmeng and Lingdang with a wry smile and shook his head. These children don’t want to pay for it. How can they rely on themselves?
It tastes better if you change the cicada shells into popsicles.
"Okay, Mengmeng, let's look under the peach trees. There were a lot of them a few days ago." Li Feng really couldn't resist, but the sun was so fierce, and it might be too hot to go out.
Li Feng stood up, holding a bamboo pole, and accompanied the two boys carrying small buckets, looking for cicada shells on the peach branches.
"Uncle, have you found it?" He followed Li Feng around and found only three or four cicada shells. Most of the cicadas under the peach forest were dug up, fried and eaten by Li Feng and his friends. Now there are not many cicada shells to be found.
Knowing this, Li Feng accompanied Mengmeng and walked around the forest with bells. He could only find a few, but he couldn't even exchange them for a popsicle.
"Here, Mengmeng, bell, how about we buy it with money?" Li Feng really didn't understand. Logically speaking, even if people like him dug more cicadas, there wouldn't be only these few cicada shells left.
Ah, he didn’t know that yesterday, the second child and several children had already come to beat cicada shells. The children were very sharp-eyed and few were left behind.
"No, let's buy it with money. Er'er, Maozi and the others will laugh at us. I don't want it, and neither does Lingdang sister." Mengmeng thought about Er'er, Maozi, Cong'i, and the other children, and looked at her when she took the money.
Like this, I shook my head vigorously, and the bell on the side followed suit, making a tinkling sound like a cute bell.
"You guys, forget it, let's go to the village and have a look." Li Feng thought about Hewanzi. There are many trees there, they are lush and shady, and they are not afraid of the heat.
"In the village, Maozi and the others have already looked for it. Uncle, how about we go to the mountains to look for it?" Mengmeng pouted. In the village, the two children have been looking for a while, but if they can't find it, they will be teased by the second child and the others.
, I don’t want this moment to pass by.
Li Feng had no choice but to go to the woods on the hillside, thinking how nice it would be to have a meal at noon, take a nap, enjoy the cool breeze, and drink some iced drinks.
How could these two little kids not enjoy themselves at all? Li Feng led Mengmeng and Ling Dang, wearing a straw hat, holding a bamboo pole and a small iron bucket. There were a few playful puppies on the road, but not many people were seen.
Most of the time, most people are at home or in Hewanzi, which is a cool place.
Along the path, Li Feng finally found a shady spot. The trees here were lush and there were many cicadas here. After walking a few steps, the two little girls had already found several cicada shells on the bushes. They shouted loudly and asked Li Feng to
Help fight them down. There are few people coming here. Those guys can get a lot of them in Hewanzi, so they are too lazy to come here.
"Uncle Li, there, um, over there." Mengmeng pointed to the branch, and Li Feng searched for it for a long time. Why is this kid's eyes so good? He was ordered around and looked at more and more cicada shells in the bucket.
, a few are in their thirties and fifties.
"Mengmeng, bell, that's enough. Look, we can exchange for four or five popsicles. Let's go back." Li Feng was really afraid that these two girls would exchange too many popsicles for them and cause diarrhea, so it's not worth it. These popsicles are cheap.
, it can’t be said to be made of raw water. Li Feng thought to himself that if he had time that day, he would go to the town to collect some popsicles and come back, get some good ones, and eat them without worry.
"Ah, it's not enough. Look, Aunt Lin Ying and the others, grandpa, grandpa Li." Mengmeng clasped her little fingers and counted for a long time. She took the bell's little hand and fiddled with it for a long time. More than ten people from the family came down. Li Feng was stunned.
He was stunned, the child's pain was really not in vain, look, he is still thinking of everyone right now. Li Feng felt that he could not let go of the chain no matter what.
"Let's go, bell, Mengmeng, there are many ahead." At this moment, Li Feng strode ahead. More than an hour later, the three of them returned to Taolin, and Lao Lin and others gathered around the proud Mengmeng, watching.
A bucket full of cicada shells.
"There are so many. Where did you get them? These are more than two kilograms." Mr. Lin sighed as he looked at how many cicada shells there were. Li Feng smiled bitterly on the side. His neck was still sore. He raised his neck and looked at it for a long time, his eyes
It is a great sin to have to look for cicada shells all the time.
"Last time, where we picked wild vegetables, the trees were lush and the soil was soft. It had just rained, so many cicadas were hatching." Li Feng was a little surprised at first. He didn't expect that after a rain, so many cicadas would hatch.
Yes. It seems that I have learned a lot of cicadas this year, and I will eat more cicadas in the future.
"Well, well, there are a lot of them. They are on the ground, on small flowers, on grass, on small trees, everywhere." Mengmengzi gestured at the side, and several old people listened happily.
"By the way, why did you remember that you caught the cicada shell? Someone in the village collects this thing." Mr. Wang looked at Mengmeng's face, which was red, and her forehead and nose were covered with sweat. He helped her wipe it away, and of course he didn't forget it.
The bell.
"Ah, change the popsicles, change the popsicles, uncle, let's go change the popsicles." When Mengmeng heard this, she remembered why she got the cicada shell. She shouted loudly that she was going to change the popsicles. Li Feng looked at
I know the buckets of cicadas, let’s say seven or eight hundred at least. How many popsicles will I need to exchange for them?
"Why are you changing the popsicles? Mengmeng, what did you do? You are covered in sweat. Look how dirty you are. It's really..." Xiaoqing rode Li Feng's four-wheel motorcycle into the peach forest and looked at his little niece.
His face was covered with sweat, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Why was this girl so dishonest?
"We have cracked the cicada shells, huh, I will change the popsicles later and not give them to my sister." Mengmeng glared at Xiaoqing and pouted.
"Forget it, Lingdang, Mengmeng, come here and wipe your face, you look like your little face has turned into a tabby cat." Xiaoqing fetched a basin of water, pulled Mengmeng and Lingdang over, and helped wash their faces.
However, Mengmeng and Lingdang were thinking about changing the popsicles, so how could they have time to spare. Seeing that Li Feng was unwilling to go, Mengmeng pulled Lingdang and used coquettish tricks, shaking several old people, and then Grandpa called down.
The old man obediently accompanied him into the village. Within ten minutes, two little girls ran back, eating popsicles and humming children's songs.
Several old people followed behind, holding a lot of popsicles in their hands. As for the cicada shells in the bucket, all the cicada shells were gone. Li Feng was stunned, no, why are there only seven or eight hundred cicadas? Why didn't they look like they were replaced?
How many popsicles?
"Mengmeng, you all changed." Li Feng took the popsicle handed over by Mengmeng, pulled the little girl and asked softly.
"Well, they have all been replaced. Look, there are still many left for each person." Mengmeng proudly puffed out her little chest, and Li Feng was stunned. Uncle Fucai was not fooling the two little ones. No way, these old people are...
I went there with you.
"Haha, I exchanged fifty cicadas for these creams, but I was given twenty." Mr. Lin looked at Li Feng's puzzled face and explained that there were originally one popsicle for each ten, but several elderly people were afraid of eating it raw.
I have diarrhea, and besides, I can’t finish it with so much. I made some cream, and it’s less, so I can eat it without worry.
"I'm telling you, it can't be so little. Mengmeng Lingdang, you can put more in the refrigerator. Don't eat too many cold things." Li Feng explained while looking at Lingdang holding more than ten popsicles in a small bucket.
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After eating the popsicles, the two little girls were still thinking about catching cicadas. Li Feng refused to go now. Looking at the little girl with tears in his eyes, Li Feng could only say that he would go out to catch cicadas in the evening, shell them out, and eat them again.
, and I could exchange for food. Then I appeased the two little girls, and finally had time to rest for a while. Li Feng leaned on the recliner, squinting, and a ray of cool breeze blew by, bringing with it the fragrance of lotus. A few old cicadas,
Chirping desperately, summer afternoon.
In the evening, everyone went into battle, carrying flashlights, and worked all over the yard to catch cicadas. Maybe it was because of the spring water. Cicadas were caught one after another in Taolin. There were more cicadas in the pond, especially in the flower shed.
There were quite a few cicadas crawling out of the shelf. After working for a few hours, everyone caught fifty or sixty cicadas. They originally wanted to make them a midnight snack, but Mengmeng stopped everyone and said they were waiting for the cicadas to escape.
Eat the shell again.
In the evening, the weather was much cooler, and there were few mosquitoes near the pond. A few old people set up chess, drank Kuhaha herbal tea, and played freely on the chessboard.
A lot of bugs were attracted under the light. Li Feng made a basin and put some spring water in it, which attracted a lot of moths and small insects, which could be used to feed the fish. Mengmeng and Lingdang lay beside the cicada basin and watched.
The cicada sheds its shell. The girl and her mother gathered in the room to watch the TV series, but they couldn't finish it. There was a burst of laughter.
Furball secretly grabbed Mengmeng's bow, causing Mengmeng to chase her all over the yard. Lingdang played with the little rabbit until Zhang Lan called her to sleep.
