Campus Rebirth

Chapter 319 Asking for Welfare (2)
Come on...Yao Cheng is obviously an extreme lover of bug pets. When talking about the experience of raising bugs, he can't stop talking, and he has been blaming her for not knowing how to raise bugs, always using a drooling He looked at her golden silkworm Gu with a similar appearance, and tried several times, asking her if she would sell the little guy on her shoulder.

Of course Ai Jiujiu refused, and Yao Cheng stuffed a jade-colored gourd in his hand, asking her to help as a staff officer.

As soon as the gourd was picked up, Ai Jiujiu felt a warmth in the palm of his hand, and looked carefully. This grasshopper gourd is about 1 centimeters high at the mouth, and the belly in the middle is very big, probably seven or eight centimeters, hollowed out. The core of the mask looks like it was carved from jade, it is very exquisite, the outer skin is ruddy and there is a glimmer of light and quietness, revealing a kind of gentle old atmosphere. Ai Jiujiu learned a lot about antiques some time ago, knowing that this is slurry Chunky performance.

When Ai Jiujiu was looking at the grasshopper gourd, he habitually released the aura to investigate.

"what?"

Just when Lingqi just came into contact with the grasshopper gourd, a familiar feeling emerged in Ai Jiujiu's perception. Lingqi, yes, a faint breath blended into Ai Jiujiu's hands and entered her veins, although the The breath is vague, but there is indeed aura in this grasshopper gourd.

Although this aura is not worth paying attention to for her, it is really a good thing for Yao Cheng and the grasshopper in his hand.

Maybe it was because she was staring at the gourd in a daze, and because she was ignorant of Yao Cheng's explanation of the knowledge about raising grasshoppers, Qi Yue thought she didn't know what the gourd was used for, so he kindly whispered to her Explain the use of this gourd.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, raising grasshoppers was very popular in the capital. At that time, people in the imperial palace and in urban and rural areas liked to play and raise grasshoppers.The containers for raising katydids are cages made of grass sticks or sorghum stalks, and gourds are the most important ones.Most of the gourds of the royal family and nobles are made of ivory nanmu or famous porcelain from JDZ.The production of folk gourds is also very fine. In the old capital, there were only craftsmen who grew gourds and processed and carved gourds.In the Qing Dynasty, the imperial palace used to have a warm room for breeding grasshoppers and crickets. The reared autumn insects were put into kits or exquisite gourds for the emperors to play with. add to the fun.

People in the old capital raised autumn insects until winter, which means prolonging life.

The custom of "raising autumn insects in winter" began in the Qing Dynasty, and it has a history of [-] years.

The autumn insects mainly raise grasshoppers, crickets, oil gourds, golden bells, cicadas and butterflies.After the wheat harvest in the past, grasshopper sellers began to appear in the alleys.Vendors mostly put the grasshoppers in cages made of sorghum straw or wheat straw.The shape of the cages is very fancy, there are round, square, octagonal, and triangular ones, and the clear and crisp calls of grasshoppers can be heard from a distance, attracting many people in the courtyard to buy.

There was once a record in the records that "after May in the capital, there were chattering children (grasshoppers) peddling along the street, each with only one or two wen".Most of these grasshoppers come from Yixian County and Laishui area in Hebei Province.When buying grasshoppers in courtyards, people seldom buy one, and most of them buy two. One is that the old BJ people have the habit of pairing, and double is an auspicious number; Scream more happily.Most of the bought katydid cages are hung on the eaves, lintels, in front of the windows or on the grape trellises or crabapple trees in the yard.Since then, the grasshopper’s chirping has become the most beautiful voice in the courtyard, and it can be called until the beginning of winter. If it is well cared for, the grasshopper can be raised from winter to May Day of the following year.

On a snowy day, enjoying the snow while listening to the cheerful calls of the grasshoppers, I have to say, it is actually a pretty good enjoyment!
However, how do modern people raise a katydid? There are also many things to pay attention to. The first is that the katydid in winter should pay special attention to the temperature. When the temperature is low, try not to let it sing. The second is that although the grasshopper is happy to sing, it should not exceed half an hour each time, no more than three times a day, otherwise the life span of the grasshopper will be shortened.

From time to time, Yao Cheng added a few words next to Qi Yue. He didn't know how strange his behavior was in the eyes of others, but he couldn't stop him from caring about the bug on Ai Jiujiu's shoulder. As if taking it seriously, I couldn't help meddling in my own business.

That worm is so beautiful, he has never seen this kind of worm before, because of those eyes, ruby-like, people can't take their eyes off, but it is such a top-quality worm, its owner doesn't know what to ask , I don't even know its species, and I don't know how to cherish it. As a good owner who loves insects like his life, he wished he could snatch that golden bug home and raise it himself.

Of course, it's just thinking about it, he's not going to play tricks on a girl and do such a shameful thing, even if he is a fool, Yao Shao is very principled in doing things, but for the sake of that bug, make life easier, He also worked hard, not to mention the cheek to strike up a conversation, but also tried his best to help the little bug seek welfare.

(End of this chapter)