The photos were taken and the steps were taken, which took up a lot of time for Mao Dan and Xiao Min. However, they were very generous and said they were tired from taking pictures, so they just took the opportunity to take a rest and let their makeup touch up.
At this time, it was already evening, and the rosy clouds in the west filled half of the sky with red. Mao Dan and his fiancée took a rest, and the photographer said he would take advantage of the beautiful sunset to take some close-ups.
Li Qinglong was no longer interested. He sent his wife Yang Yunu back home first, and then prepared to send Maomao and Tongtong back. After playing for a day, he was a little tired with his monster-like physique. I really couldn't understand what these two people were doing.
Why did the child regain his energy again?
At this time, the weather is getting cooler, and the lazy cicadas on the trees seem to have reached the active period of their biological clocks. I don’t know which one got up first and started to scream "cicada". One cicada screamed, and the others next to it followed suit.
There were so many, and in the blink of an eye, countless lazy cicadas were screaming.
This kind of sound may make others irritated in their ears, but for Li Qinglong, who was in a peaceful mood, the sound of the lazy cicada made him smile playfully, as if he was reminded of the delicacies he often ate when he was a child.
The two children Maomao and Tongtong did not have so many memories, nor were they so reserved. They shouted excitedly: "Uncle, Uncle Yao, it's the lazy cicada. There were so many screams today! I want the lazy cicada..."
I heard they are delicious! Even better than snails!”
Li Qingyun explained patiently: "Maomao Tongtong, those lazy cicadas have climbed to the top of very high trees, how do you want me to catch them? Besides, these cicadas that can scream have hardened and turned black, and they cannot be eaten.
To eat, you have to catch young lazy cicadas that have just shed their skin, or trap monkeys with larvae that have just crawled out of the ground."
In fact, it is not very difficult to catch lazy cicadas on big trees, but it is almost dark now, and there is still some mud on the ground from the rain the day before yesterday, so walking in the village is not easy. Li Qinglong thought about catching Maomao and Tongtong as soon as possible.
Send me home. Complete today's tasks and go back early to accompany my wife.
"Uncle, if you don't help us catch lazy cicadas, we won't leave, so we'll spend the night here." Seeing Li Qingyun refused to help him catch lazy cicadas, Maomao suddenly became angry. She hugged his thigh and couldn't get up. But Tong
Tong is a girl with a good personality. She usually doesn't take the initiative to stir up trouble. She just accompanies Mao Mao to make troubles and helps out.
"If you shout, you will lose your temper!" Li Qingyun glared at Maomao who was squatting on the ground and refused to leave. Seeing that it had no deterrent effect, he sighed and compromised. "Okay, then I will help you catch some, but,
Next time you don’t get angry and threaten me like this, or I’ll never play with you again. Hum, once the farm gate is closed, you can’t get in!”
Lazy cicada is the local name of Sichuan and Sichuan. It is generally called "cicada" in writing. It is also called "cicada". Because cicadas are widely distributed, the names are different in each place. They are: climbing branches,
Zhihou acridine, cicada turtle, ant cicada, cricket, cicada, sea eh, and so on.
Cicada is a representative species of insects belonging to the family Cicadae. The male has a vocal organ on its abdomen, which can continuously make sharp sounds. The female does not make any sound, but has a hearing device on its abdomen.
The larvae live in the soil and suck the roots of plants. The adults feed on the sap of plants. Cicadas are incomplete metamorphosers, which transform from eggs and larvae to adults after molting several times without going through the pupa stage.
Li Qingyun grew up in the countryside, and his understanding of cicadas, also known as lazy cicadas, is better than the average person. Because it is one of the rare delicacies during summer vacation.
When I was young, I got up early in the morning and often climbed trees to catch lazy cicadas. Climbing trees was not very efficient. Later, I learned what some adults did, using a long bamboo pole with some bubble gum or something similar to it on one end.
Gluten-like sticky substance, and then use the bamboo pole to stick the cicadas on the tree. As long as the technique is good and the stick is accurate, the speed will be very fast.
The blackened cicada is already an adult. After shedding its shell, it has grown wings and its body has hardened. If eaten, it will sting the throat and lose its delicacy.
Therefore, the blackened cicadas caught at that time were just used for playing, while most of the white or yellowish cicadas that had just turned off in the early morning, as well as the trapped larvae of the monkeys, were fried and eaten.
Now Li Qingyun agreed to Maomao and Tongtong's request. He didn't just want to catch a few lazy cicadas. He wanted to catch more larvae while the monkeys crawled out of the ground while the ground was wet and dark. If he could catch more
Some of them can not only be eaten by oneself, but can also be tasted by several tenants on the farm.
Nowadays, people's living standards are getting higher and higher. All kinds of animals and plants have been developed for cooking and eating, and the lazy cicada is no exception. Several tenants in the farm are all high-end customers and rich.
They have the power, know how to use mysterious techniques, hunt for novelties and try new things, which is more meaningful to them.
"Uncle is great! Long live uncle! Yeah..." Hearing Li Qingyun's promise to catch lazy cicadas, Maomao jumped up and down with joy, and Tongtong also clapped his hands and cheered, and seemed to hear the sound of someone's saliva dripping down.
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"You two naughty kids, there's really nothing I can do about you. You can change your face faster than an opera singer!" Li Qingyun wanted to get rid of these two naughty guys quickly, so he didn't waste any time. He just put on his posture and started catching lazy cicadas and intercepting them.
monkey.
Li Qingyun saw that most of the lazy cicadas were climbing on high trees, with only a few clinging to tree sections as high as a person. He tried twice, but without getting closer, the chirping cicadas flew away.
Li Qingyun shook his head with a wry smile and said: "It seems that it is not that easy to catch some lazy cicadas. I have suffered a big loss by playing with you today. If there are any delicious and fun things to do in the future, don't forget me."
"Don't worry, uncle, I will ask my mother to make delicious food for me tomorrow, and I will secretly hide some for you! The braised pork made by my mother is delicious! But it is not convenient to take out the braised pork. What should I do?"
"Uncle Yao, the food cooked by my grandma is terrible. I don't have anything delicious for you... Even the watermelons and tomatoes grown in the yard are not as delicious as those grown at home!"
The two children each had their own struggles. For a moment, they actually looked sad, as if they felt that they owed Li Qingyun a huge favor, and they would feel very sorry if they didn't get him some delicious compensation.
Seeing this situation, Li Qingyun's heart softened. Even if he had huge prejudices against these two naughty children, they all disappeared at this time. Without saying anything, he used mysterious means to help them catch lazy cicadas and intercept them.
Monkey.
No matter how high you fly, lazy cicada, we have the special power of small spaces. As long as we are within the attack range of small spaces, we can catch whatever we want, and there is no chance of missing.
Taking advantage of the darkness, Li Qingyun was like a magician. When he stretched out his hand, he saw a lazy cicada appeared in the middle of his palm, squeaking and squeaking. It struggled, but could not escape from his palm.
Seeing Li Qingyun's magical skills, Maomao and Tongtong were so happy that they clapped their little hands and jumped up to cheer. Soon, Maomao and Tongtong got a few lazy cicadas, and they were satisfied with their hand addiction.
Li Qingyun's technique is very secretive. Even adults would only think of it as a magic trick and would never think of it. He has a small space in his body. He can also use the special power of the small space to capture lazy cicadas high in the treetops.
The two children in front of them were just having fun and didn't care at all how they got these lazy cicadas.
The sky was getting dark, and the cries of the lazy cicada began to subside. The interception monkey emerged from the ground and appeared silently on the root of the tree, slowly climbing up, preparing for its final transformation.
"It's time to catch the trapped monkey." Li Qingyun said in his heart.
The interceptor monkeys hide in the soil under the roots of trees during the day. Once night falls, especially on wet land that has just rained, the interceptor monkeys underground will come out one after another, climb up the trees and begin to metamorphose. After a night of
Moistened by dew, on the second day, the trapped monkey was like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, undergoing the most brilliant transformation in its life.
Therefore, if you want to catch interception monkeys, the best time is when it gets dark.
In this way, Li Qingyun now took two children, Maomao and Tongtong, to catch the trapped monkeys in the dim night. As long as there are trees, even small saplings, if you look closely at the roots of the trees, you will definitely gain something.
"Uncle, there is a trap monkey there, ah, there is one on the leaf too!" Maomao had already thrown away the lazy cicada that was tired of playing with it, and concentrated on catching the trap monkey.
"Uncle Yao, look, a trap monkey has just crawled out from the root of the tree, and there is a smaller one beside it. Is that its child?" Tongtong shouted in a fuss.
For Maomao, Li Qingyun only needs to put the things he pointed out into plastic bags. But Tongtong's question is too childish, Li Qingyun is too lazy to answer, Maomao will help explain.
"Tongtong, you are so stupid. That is not the child of the monkey. That one is called Xiao Qingpi. It cannot be eaten. I heard it is poisonous." Maomao explained to Tongtong seriously, as if he were an adult.
That thing is of the same kind as the cicada, but it is very small, usually one-third or one-fourth the size of the interception monkey. The locals call it Xiao Qingpi, Xiao Qing Monkey, etc. After catching it, it is usually fed
Chickens are fed to ducks, but humans don't eat them. They say they are poisonous, but Li Qingyun has not done any research. Anyway, when catching monkeys, he will take the initiative to ignore these little clear-skinned animals.
Since it was completely dark, Li Qingyun was afraid that Maomao and Tongtong would be dropped and bumped, so he took out two small flashlights that had been thrown into the small space and gave one to each of Maomao and Tongtong.
But Maomao and Tongtong were just happy. They shined the flashlight on the trees, regardless of where the flashlight came from and whether it appeared reasonable or not. Their attention was all focused on the small trees to see if any monkeys had been trapped.
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In less than half an hour, Li Qingyun, with the help of two children, Maomao and Tongtong, had already caught several kilograms of interception monkeys. There were so many of them, and there were several of them almost wherever there were trees, climbing up hard.
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I felt that I had gained quite a lot. It was getting late, and I had already met children from the same village who came to catch the intercepted monkeys. They must have come out after dinner. They were all very energetic. When they found one, they would scream a few times in excitement.
Show off in front of your peers.
Li Qingyun shouted to the two children who were still unfinished: "Maomao Tongtong, don't take pictures. We have caught a lot. It's time to go back. If it's too late, my family will worry about you."
"Uncle, Maomao still wants to catch the interception monkey." Maomao, who hasn't had enough fun yet, is holding a flashlight to shine on the big trees. Once he finds the interception monkey, he almost doesn't need Li Qingyun to take action. He can rush over alone and kill the interception monkey.
Pull down the intercepting monkey when it reaches half a man's height.
Tongtong on the other side of the path, although she is a little girl, she is still playing wildly and imitating Maomao. She shines a flashlight on a short tree and sees two trapping monkeys on it. She is not afraid.
He rushed over and grabbed it off, shouting ostentatiously: "Maomao, look, I also caught two interception monkeys, oh, come and help me, it pinched my hand."
The two front paws of the trapped monkey are also not vegetarian. If you pinch them hard, even adults will feel pain.
Just when Li Qingyun wanted to go over to help, Maomao rushed over first, and with a roar, he pulled off the front paw of the trapping monkey, and then proudly showed off to others, saying that he had saved Tongtong once.
He is a little man.
Li Qingyun laughed and was about to say something bad to him when he heard the ringtone of his mobile phone. He took out his mobile phone and saw that it was a call from his wife Yang Yunu. He quickly pressed the answer button and said: "Wife, what's the matter?
ah?"
"Husband, you've been taking Maomao and Tongtong out for a long time, why haven't you sent them back yet? My eldest sister and cousin thought the children were still at our house, so they called the landline at home to ask when they would be back." The other side of the phone said.
Yang Yunu's confused voice came.
Li Qingyun hurriedly explained: "It's like this. I'm catching interception monkeys with Maomao Tongtong. I've caught a lot of them now. I'm about to go to my eldest sister's Qinghe Residence and make a few plates of interception monkeys to try."
After saying these words, Li Qingyun said: "Wife, let's not talk about it for now. I will take Maomao and Tongtong to Qinghe Residence, and then I will bring you the prepared monkey to eat."
"Okay, hubby, hurry up."
Li Qingyun hung up the phone, picked up the phone and called his eldest sister and cousin to reassure them, and soon brought Maomao and Tongtong back to Qinghe Residence.
When Li Qingyun was about to go back, Maomao and Tongtong didn't want to go back. They even wanted to go with the children in the village to catch the trapped monkeys in the forest further away. With no other choice, Li Qingyun had no choice but to make a serious face and scare: "Mao Mao and Tongtong."
, you don’t want to go back, right? Then I’ll leave and wait for you to be eaten by wild beasts here. I heard that a few hungry wolves ran out of the mountains recently. They are very cruel and specialize in eating the heads of children! Oh, it’s so scary...
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"Uncle, don't leave Maomao behind."
"Uncle Yao, don't leave Tongtong behind."
When Maomao and Tongtong saw Li Qingyun turn and leave, they were so frightened that they quickly ran after him and said soft words in unison.
"As long as you are obedient, I will not leave anyone behind. If any of you are disobedient, I will leave one of you here to be eaten by wild beasts." Li Qingyun continued to threaten.
"We are obedient, don't leave us here to feed the wild beasts!" The two children were so excited that they realized that the surroundings were completely dark and they didn't even know where they were. They were frightened at that time.
When Li Qingyun saw the two naughty kids surrendering, he was secretly proud, thinking that with our ability, we can fool a group of gangsters, but we can't deal with you?
Feeling proud, he hummed a tune and headed towards Qingheju with Maomao and Tongtong. One of the two children pulled his left trouser leg, and the other pulled his right trouser leg, for fear of being left behind to feed the wild beasts.
.If a wild cat happens to pass by, it will scare them into screaming. (To be continued...)