Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 392 Catching the Centipede

Zhang Qian originally wanted to play tricks and ask her husband to pick a bunch for herself, but seeing that he couldn't eat it, she had to pick up the watermelon juice on the table.

It is said that since she became pregnant, her husband has become hideous and won't let him do anything.

Really idle and bored, she yawned and went back to the house to surf the Internet.

"No, why don't you embroider cross-stitch?" Liu Junhao hurriedly stopped.Now he tries to prevent his wife from surfing the Internet as much as possible.

"I don't want to embroider anymore." Zhang Qian kept shaking her head.

"Then I'll give you a simple brain teaser, I just watched it on the Internet..." Liu Junhao hurriedly shifted his wife's attention.

"You said..." Zhang Qian was quite interested in the brain teaser.

"There are 99 hunters in the field, [-] of them are hunting rabbits, and only one is not hunting. Why?"

"..." Zhang Qian pursed her lips and remembered.

Liu Junhao likes to see his wife in such a mood, she looks cute and silly with frowning and pursing her lips.Just use your mobile phone to take pictures when you have the time. When the child grows up and understands, let him see the "ugly" state of his mother.

"It can't be caring for small animals, it's definitely not the answer." Before her husband could speak, Zhang Qian had already denied herself.

She guessed a few times, but Liu Junhao shook his head and said no.Finally, under the urging of his wife, he gave the answer, "Because the hunter's nickname is 'Rabbit', and he is being beaten by others."

"Cut, it's boring. Say one more..."

Seeing that he successfully diverted his wife's attention, Liu Junhao started talking again.Just as he was talking, he suddenly heard a click on the top of his head.

He was startled, thinking what was wrong, and hurriedly looked up the tree, only to see that a branch as thick as an arm broke off on the jujube tree, revealing dark red wood.

"Husband, what's the matter with this jujube tree?" Zhang Qian didn't bother to cut her nails, and hurriedly stood up from her chair.

There seem to be more jujubes on the jujube trees this year than last year, and many branches are bent, and the weight is very gratifying.The knots on this broken branch are particularly thick, and it is estimated that thirty or forty catties of dates can be harvested.It's worth a hundred and ten dollars.

Seeing that the jujube was about to mature, but such a thing happened, Zhang Qian felt a little distressed.

Hearing the commotion in the courtyard, Professor Zhao also came over to inquire.

"What else could be going on, the jujube tree has too many knots, and I am distressed." Liu Junhao pointed to the broken branch and said, "Look at the dark red section of the branch. many."

"I said, the jujube is green and shiny, and it looks crispy. It's a pity to hang it on the tree. Let's make jujube buns when we get it down later?" Professor Zhao suggested.

"Okay, I'll call all the brats in the village to pick up dates." Liu Junhao had this intention, and immediately went out to call for someone.The three of them couldn't finish picking up so many dates, so they had better find a few more helpers.

I heard that he was playing jujubes in the courtyard, and children rushed over, and even a few tourists came to watch the fun.The jujubes of Liu Junhao's family are well-known among tourists. Everyone knows that the jujubes are delicious and sweet.

When he saw someone coming, he casually pointed at the broken branch and said something about jujube.Wukong reacted immediately, and rushed to the branch. The guy hugged the branch and shook it for a while, and it rained dates in the courtyard.

"Wukong, stop." Liu Junhao hurriedly called to stop when he saw that the dates were almost settled.

Wukong was obedient and immediately stopped moving.

Seeing that the jujube was no longer falling, the group of children started looting.Liu Junhao also picked up a few at random, wiped off the dirt on them, and tasted them, and they were really crispy and sweet.

Wukong languished, seeing people gathered under the jujube tree, this guy suddenly shook the branches again.

"Crackling" the jujube fell down again, beating the children picking up the jujube until they ran away.

Liu Junhao hurriedly scolded him, but this guy was disobedient, instead he squeaked excitedly, and the movements on his paws didn't stop.

Wukong's interest came and went quickly, and after a while he lost interest, so he sat alone on the jujube tree and ate dates.

This broken jujube branch will definitely not survive. There are still a lot of jujubes on it, which are left on the tree to waste.Liu Junhao took out a long bamboo pole hook from under the eaves, and directly took off the jujube branches, and prepared to dry them and set them on fire.

Liu Junhao didn't want the dates picked up by those bear kids either, and let them eat and play by themselves.I have picked up a few catties, enough to make jujube buns.

Unexpectedly, these guys didn't have enough to eat, they ate up all the jujubes in their hands in a short while, and wanted to eat them again.Liu Junhao was afraid that the branch would be broken again, so he followed the public opinion and took the bamboo pole and hook to shake it.

At this moment, Liu Wuye entered the yard, and Liu Junhao hurriedly stopped to invite him to eat jujubes.

"That's right, this jujube is crisper and sweeter than the ones from the two trees in my yard." Mr. Liu couldn't help but praise after tasting it.After resting for a while, he finally revealed his reason for coming, "Xiaohao, are there any centipedes in your backyard? If so, catch some for me. I'll use them..."

"Fifth Master, you want to catch the centipede, I'll help you..." Before Liu Junhao could intervene, Mao Zi had volunteered to stand up.

"Get away, kid, do you know centipedes?" Liu Wuye patted him on the head, and had already pushed the brat on the chair.

"Fifth Master, why do you think this is the wrong time to catch centipedes? Why don't you wait and help me when I have time in Qiuli?" Liu Junhao asked suspiciously.

In fact, he is not refusing, this is really not the best time to catch the centipede.If you want to catch centipedes, you usually catch them in spring, before Qingming.Because centipedes usually burrow into the soil and overwinter when the weather is cold in October, and they don't wake up until the sting.At this time, the centipede rests for a winter, and the skin is thick and shiny, extremely fat, and it is the best medicine.

After the beginning of summer, many centipedes begin to hide in bricks, stones or weed piles to lay eggs and molt their skins, which is quite difficult to catch.It's not easy to find if you don't look hard.In addition, there is a lot of rain in summer, and the captured centipedes are not easy to keep dry, and if you are not careful, insects will rot. At this time, the centipedes are thin and poor in quality, and can only be regarded as inferior products.
"It was hot a few nights ago, and your fifth wife was sleeping on the floor. As a result, the old rheumatism made me feel uncomfortable all over. I found a prescription and needed a dozen centipedes as medicine. This is not for you..."

"I said Fifth Master, if you are sick, go to the hospital as soon as possible. Don't delay, where did you get that prescription?" Liu Junhao hurriedly dissuaded him.

"It's okay, your fifth wife is an old problem. I have used the recipe before. Your backyard is big, the house is old, and the grass is thick. I guess there should be a lot of centipedes..."

Liu Wuye was right. Centipedes like to eat insects like caterpillars and cockroaches. Liu Junhao's backyard is suitable for centipedes to live in, but he hasn't seen even one in such a long time.The reason can be imagined: Although centipedes are quite scary, they actually have many natural enemies. Rats, roosters, birds, and even ants can eat centipedes.

When it comes to centipedes, most people know that this thing is called the "five poisons" together with snakes, scorpions, geckos, and toads, and it ranks first among the five poisons.

It is also a kind of traditional Chinese medicinal material. In the early years, during the summer and autumn seasons, centipedes appeared in large numbers, and there were people who bought centipedes on the streets of Qingshan Town.The price varies according to the size of the centipede, 5 cents for a centipede under 1 centimeters, 3 cents for a medium centipede, and [-] cents for a large centipede.

At that time, you could buy a popsicle for 5 cents, or a handful of melon seeds or old beef tendon.This is a good way to generate income to improve life. Liu Junhao was crazy about centipedes when he was a child.They don't care what the people buy the centipede for, anyway, they pay with one hand and deliver the goods with one hand.

Often after school in the afternoon, I put down my schoolbag and carry a small nail to rake all over the village to find centipedes and catch scorpions.

Catching centipedes is an experience job. First of all, you must choose a good terrain. These things generally live in dark and humid places.Therefore, the base of the adobe wall in the shade is the first choice, especially if the base of the wall is piled with stones, broken tiles, rotten leaves, and there are usually centipedes.Just a few strokes with a rake can dig out one.

At this time, as long as you are brave and careful, press the centipede with the teeth of the rake, then pinch the centipede's head with your hands, pull out the two fangs of the centipede, and throw it into the canning jar, and you will get it for a dime.

However, it should be noted that you must not use too much force, otherwise it will be worthless to break the centipede.Later, they made so much noise that they almost dug down the adobe house of Liu Junyi's family.As a result, they went to the school, and the teacher reprimanded them.Helpless, these guys had no choice but to look outside the village.I don't know who first discovered that there are many centipedes in and around the dilapidated tomb, and they are quite large.

Ever since, a group of brats didn't know to be afraid, and stupidly went to dig the grave with a rake.Of course, they didn't dare to move the graves in the village, but went to the hillside to find the broken graves that had no owner.

I don't know how many years these tombs have been piled up, and they have been in disrepair for a long time. They have already become piles of rubble, and many skeletons inside can be seen through the gaps.

The timid ones were frightened when they saw this thing, but they did it with great interest.The most amazing thing about Liu Junhao was that he saw a huge centipede in the eye socket of the skeleton. A group of people dared not touch it. into the bottle.

Then he rubbed his hands under the adoring gazes of his partners, looking extremely proud, and then he thought about his actions at that time, which were quite sloppy!
Another time, when I was playing Ju with my classmates after class, I accidentally found a dozen fat centipedes in the corner of the wall.He and Liu Qiyong pulled out the centipede's teeth, and then secretly put them in a classmate's pencil case.

Waiting for those students to open the pencil case...you can imagine the situation at that time!

The whole self-study class was spent by the students screaming and jumping around, and many timid female students cried until they were confused.

Of course, this matter was quickly reported to the teacher, and several participants were thrown outside by the teacher's ears and punished to stand.As the culprits, Liu Junhao and Liu Qiyong also received special "care" from the teacher with bamboo sticks, and almost swollen their hands.

(End of this chapter)