There is a small river behind my hometown village. You can see water scorpions in the grass every summer. They usually lay eggs in June and July. The females will lay their eggs on the male’s back, so it looks like the male water scorpions are
Carrying countless little eyes.
Why do the water scorpions here in Miyao Mountain delay laying eggs until December? I don’t know, because I don’t dare to act rashly. Being stung by such a big water scorpion will hurt people to death!
I tried my best to keep my eyes open in the water, took out my knife, and carefully pushed the thing away. Then I kicked off my legs and swam upward.
Coming out of the water, breathing heavily.
After wiping my face, Brother Yu dragged me ashore.
After landing, take off your shirt and warm yourself around the fire. Otherwise, you may become hypothermic and feel a faint cramp in your thighs.
Under the light of the fire, I frowned and looked at the "stick" I had just fished out.
See clearly.
It has nothing to do with the scepter, this thing should be called "ceremony guard."
Originally there should be a sign attached to it.
In ancient times, when important people came out on the street, there would be special people holding this kind of ceremonial guard high. After hundreds of years, the upper part has long been lost, and only this stick remains.
Xiaoxuan wiped her hair dry and frowned: "It's so disgusting. What are these dense hairs?"
I said it seemed like the eggs of a water scorpion would hatch by next spring.
Douyazai said in surprise: "Ah? Fengzi, there are field turtles in this river? Have you seen it?"
I nodded and talked about the scene that just happened underwater.
After hearing this, Xiaoxuan threw the guard of honor directly into the fire.
There was an instant crackling sound, accompanied by the aroma of roasted chicken.
He raised his head and asked, "How are you doing? Can you still go into the water?"
I shook my head and said, "We haven't fished it all out yet. There should still be something in the mud at the bottom of the water, but we've run out of energy. I think something is going to happen. I feel like my thighs are going to cramp now."
He said, "Let's eat something and rest first, and then we'll talk about it when our strength recovers."
After changing into dry clothes, the wet clothes were placed next to the fire to bake. Probably less than half an hour later, Dou Sprout fell asleep and dozed off.
I saw it first.
At some point, the clothes on the rack were covered with a layer of water scorpions!
When I looked down, I saw a lot of people crawling on the ground.
"Don't sleep! Get up quickly!"
My head suddenly woke up, I raised my head and asked me what was wrong.
At this time, a thumb-sized water scorpion flapped its wings and landed on the head and shoulders, followed by two, three...
Although Baotou was older, he reacted quickly. He took off his coat and threw it away!
There was a stinging pain, and when I looked down, I saw this thing bit me on the back of my hand!
Everyone woke up, and Dou Sprout cursed loudly, jumped up and down, and slapped himself hard!
Xiaoxuan was so frightened that she screamed!
I yelled in panic: "Be careful! Stay away from the grass!"
Perhaps it is the revenge of nature, the revenge of animals!
Xiaoxuan burned those insect eggs, so she was attacked the most. I wanted to run over and help her, but at this moment!
A black shadow slammed down Xiaoxuan!
Immediately afterwards, the tattered military coat completely covered Xiaoxuan!
It's Lao Wang.
He protected Xiaoxuan without moving and shouted loudly!!
More than ten minutes later.
I stood by the fire catching my breath.
Water scorpions cannot stay ashore for too long. They must return to the water after a while, otherwise they will die.
"Everyone is okay!"
"Damn, it hurts me so much!" Dou Sprout touched his neck and grimaced in pain.
"How are you, Lao Wang!"
I saw Lao Wang getting up from the ground, casually picking up his coat and putting it on. He seemed to be still drunk, his face turned red, and he waved his hands and said: "I'm fine, grandma! Why are there so many fields in the winter? It's really a ghost."
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Xiaoxuan also got up. She looked at Lao Wang and said with a frightened face: "Uncle, let me help you look at the wound!"
"No, I'm fine."
Lao Wang pointed at the small river behind him and said with a smile: "You don't know, every summer, I come here to catch these field turtles to eat. It's common to get a few bites. I'm used to it."
Looking at Lao Wang, he speaks clearly and has a rosy complexion, and it really doesn't look like anything is wrong.
As he said, indeed, you are like some people who keep scorpions and are not afraid of scorpion stings at all, and people who keep snakes are not afraid of snake bites.
We put out the fire, packed up our things, and hurriedly left the creek with all the cultural relics we had picked up, and returned to the cave where Lao Wang lived.
This time the harvest was quite fruitful, a total of nineteen Xixia swords were caught! There were also some beautifully forged pieces of armor! Ceremonial guards and so on.
