Chapter 138 Mountain Walk
It was beautiful, and the next morning, the drizzled drizzled.
It took most of the day. As soon as the rain stopped, two little guys ran over with small buckets to dig cicadas.
Digging cicadas is more skillful than catching cicadas. You need to distinguish whether the small holes on the ground were dug out by cicadas. Liu Junhao is a veteran in this regard.
Usually at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the cicadas dig the cave to the ground early. Of course, this thing is a ghost spirit. They will not crawl out of the surface before dark, and only open a small gap at the entrance of the cave. This gap is about the same size as an ant hole and earthworm hole. If you don't look carefully, it is easy to make mistakes.
The ant hole and the earthworm hole are both oval exits, while the holes of the cicada are irregular.
After finding the cave, I gently buckled my fingers, and immediately showed a columnar hole as thick as a thumb.
Some holes are very shallow. Put a small wooden stick in the hole and stir it a few times. When there is no way out, cicadas will grab the stick with their claws. At this time, as long as you lift it slowly, you will take it out of the cave.
But some holes are very deep. As soon as you stir it with a wooden stick, it immediately retreats to the depth. That's a problem. You need to water the hole with water. Cicadas are afraid of water. Just fill a bottle of water and it will come out soon.
This is also one of the reasons why cicadas like to climb out when it rains, and the heavier the rain, the more crazy they climb.
The rain was just right, the ground was wet and soft, and the cicadas could easily arch out of the ground.
Liu Junhao led these two little guys to search everywhere in the yard. He didn't let go of those corners. More than 30 were dug in less than half an hour. Most of them were dug under the poplar trees.
After searching here, Xiaozeyu pulled him to Professor Zhao's courtyard to search again. After searching, they returned to Liu Junhao's courtyard to continue searching.
I searched back and forth several times. I gained a lot every time. In the end, I dug up more than 90 pieces.
Usually, they would peel the shells when they caught cicadas. This time the two little guys started to feel embarrassed. They wanted to eat fried cicadas and collect cicadas shells and sell them for money.
Liu Junhao had a best of both worlds, and asked them to pour all the cicadas into the wooden basin.
Sprinkle a small amount of ground water inside. Then move the wooden basin to a dark place and don’t need to worry about it.
After dinner, they ran over to see the cicadas excitedly. After the cicadas were moistened by clear water, they quickly took off the thin shell.
"Uncle Liu, how much are these cicada shells worth?" After eating the cicadas crispy, Ozeyu remembered the question of saving money.
"Maybe one or two, worth three yuan." Liu Junhao also picked up a cicada with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. The cicada that had just been unshelled tastes fragrant, with oil at a bite, tender and crispy.
"So little, how long can I save to buy a learning machine?" The two little guys immediately became frustrated.
"Don't be discouraged, soon, I'll take you to the woods to get cicada shells tomorrow morning, there must be a lot of them there."
Liu Junhao quickly paid the price for this sentence. The next day when he was still sleeping, Xiaozeyu knocked on the door and shouted: "Uncle Liu, get up and beat the cicada shell."
Helplessly, he had to get up and open the door with his clothes.
Several people looked at Liu Junhao's yard and found only three cicada shells. It seemed that they had done a solid job last night, and there were very few fish that missed the net.
Although the rain was not heavy yesterday, it was very timely. Standing at the gate of the yard, the grass on the roadside and the woods in the distance were shrouded in green.
As soon as I entered the woods, the screams of the two little guys rang out: "Wow, there is one on this grass..."
"Uncle Liu, look, there is one on the poplar tree, it's too tall, I can't reach it..."
Each of the three people held a reed in their hands. Liu Junhao was responsible for the high place, and the two little guys were responsible for the low place and in the grass. Of course, Liu Junhao had no choice but to do anything about the cicada shells at higher places.
After the rain, there are many cicadas, and one or two can be found on almost every tree. It is not yet time for cicadas to flourish.
"Gaga" They were busy, and suddenly they heard the sound of ducks coming from not far away.
Isn’t this his own duck? What happened? Liu Junhao hurried over with a bamboo pole.
Khan, it turned out that it was a false alarm, and these ducks were competing for cicadas.
Some cicadas were unearthed very late and did not climb up the trees until the second midnight. In the morning, they often just took off their shells and wings and had no time to fly away, which became food for other animals.
No wonder I didn’t see the ducks making noise when I got up. It turned out that they went to the woods to catch cicadas and eat them.
After working hard for an hour, three people transferred the woods. The harvest was quite large, and both plastic bags were full, at least one and a half pounds.
At this time, Professor Zhao happened to come over and call them back for dinner, and Liu Junhao remembered that he had not made breakfast yet.
"Grandpa, guess how many cicada shells we have shot?" As soon as we saw the adults, the child began to show off.
“There are three hundred?”
"The answer is wrong, I have been sent to more than 1,000 pieces in total." Ozawa Yu proudly took out the plastic bag behind him and took out the back.
"So much time was played in the morning?" Professor Zhao was slightly stunned when he heard this.
"Of course, you can buy a learning machine in ten days." Tongtong was also very excited.
Liu Junhao was about to go home to cook, but Professor Zhao was stopped and said that he had already cooked his meal.
Zhang Qian came to surf the Internet in the morning and was surprised after learning about their results. So many cicada shells could be produced in the woods, not to mention the mountains, now she is full of confidence in her plan.
As soon as possible or not, she discussed the matter in detail with Teacher Wang and sent several students to Daliang Village and Sankeshu Village to notify.
In order to avoid accidents on their way, Zhang Qian also asked them to go and return quickly. She would come back to report after notifying them.
The naughty kids in the village also quickly got the news, and in the afternoon they all ran to Liu Junhao's courtyard to inquire.
Of course they seemed quite excited. For the children, this activity was no different from going up the mountain.
After dinner the next morning, the students came in groups of three or three. Because they had given instructions in advance, they brought their own food and a kettle when they came.
After almost everyone came, Professor Zhao brought a large pot of eggs and distributed them. This was also agreed yesterday to add more nutrition to the students.
At half past eight, they led the large army to set off on time. From time to time along the way, sharp-eyed students left the team and went to pick up cicada shells in the grass.
It hasn't reached the mountain yet, I've already made half a pound.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they divided into two groups according to the planned plan. The third-grade students were led by Zhang Qian and Liu Junhao towards the bamboo forest, while most of the first and second-grade students directly shot cicada shells at the foot of the mountain.
The students were still in a proper manner at the beginning, but after walking for a while, they became active. The wind blew up the mountain and the shade was everywhere, and everyone was not tired of talking and laughing. It was almost twelve o'clock, and the troops finally arrived at the bamboo forest.
Summer is the season when bamboo forests are flourishing. Green and tall branches cover the sky and the sun are falling in an orderly manner.
The mountain wind hits, and the bamboo leaves rustle, as if it is a long and lingering sound of nature played by the mountain with a bamboo flute.
"So beautiful." Zhang Qian looked at the bamboo forest in front of her that could not be seen at first sight, and suddenly sighed a few times. As the embroidered leaves swayed in front of her, she felt that her thoughts were also swaying.
No wonder Su Dongpo said that he would rather eat without meat than live without bamboo. Although there are no mountains and ridges in the Daqing Mountains, there is a winding path and secluded artistic conception. This bamboo sea makes people involuntarily fascinated by just one glance.
When she watched "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", she and her classmates in the dormitory loved the scene of Li Mubai and Yu Jiaolong fighting in the green embroidery in the play, and they all wanted to travel to such places.
Unexpectedly, this wish came true. Zhang Qian asked Liu Junhao to take her cell phone and take more than a dozen photos of her before giving up.
It's time for lunch, and the students rushed to the mountain road for more than three hours and were hungry and roaring, so Zhang Qian asked them to eat and then start working.
After a simple meal, Liu Junhao took out the cicada samples for the students to identify them, and the group worked hard to start work.
I didn’t expect that there were quite a few cicadas in the bamboo forest. In less than three minutes, the news of cicadas kept ringing.
This bamboo forest is not only big but also dense, and you will not see any figures when you go a little further. Zhang Qian was afraid that they would get lost inside, so she did not dare to disperse the team. Instead, three people lined up in a row in a line.
Perhaps because the branches of the embroidery rod are too smooth, those cicadas generally do not crawl high when they are unsheathed. Many cicadas are only one person tall, and they can be picked up by raising their hands, while some simply unsheathed on the small embroidery branches at the root.
In this way, the two of them dug cicadas underground, and the remaining one caught the bamboo pole, and they cooperated more and more tacitly.
"How come there are so many? Is it more suitable for the growth of cicadas in the bamboo forest?" Zhang Qian and Liu Junhao were in groups. After she picked it up less than five minutes, she realized that the abnormality of the bamboo forest was coming.
It's too outrageous that there are so many cicadas, almost one step at a time. She has no chance to raise her head since she bent down. In just a while, she has collected nearly one hundred. As soon as she looks up, there are still a few fish that have escaped the net on the bamboo pole.
"No wonder, this embroidery forest rarely comes, and there is no time to pick up cicada shells when they come. Over time, cicada shells naturally increase. Haven't you noticed that most cicada shells are particularly soft? These are the shells that were removed from cicadas last year or the year before, and were left on the ground by the wind."
"So that's the case," Zhang Qian became even more excited after hearing his explanation. Although they had been delaying for several hours, they might have collected more cicada shells after returning.
"Teacher Zhang, Teacher Zhang, come quickly, I'm bitten by a snake!" Suddenly, a voice cried not far away.
Chapter completed!