The sunshine is scattered in the small woods outside Xiaoshantun Village.

After a refreshing rain, the surface of the ground is still moist, and you can even squeeze out a layer of water when you step on it.

If you don't step on it well, you may slip and fall.

In the woods, there were several children running around picking mushrooms, laughing and joking.

Seeing Wang Xiaohong coming to the woods with Ji Yuanhai, these children ran away again calling their friends.

"Uncle Yuan Hai." Wang Xiaohong called softly.

"What's wrong, Xiaohong?" Ji Yuanhai asked.

"It's not dark now, so monkeys won't crawl out of the soil, right?" Wang Xiaohong said, "They only crawl out and climb trees when it's almost dark."

"That's when we can catch them."

"It's not easy to catch if it's still in the soil before it crawls out."

Ji Yuanhai laughed when he heard this. The little girl spoke clearly.

"Well, you're right, what else do you know?"

Wang Xiaohong shook her head and said she didn't know.

"Then tell me, if we don't catch the cicada monkey, what should we do?" Ji Yuanhai asked with a smile.

"Shall we pick mushrooms too? Mom will be very happy when we pick the mushrooms back, and so will they." Wang Xiaohong said.

"Who are they?" Ji Yuanhai asked again.

Wang Xiaohong stopped talking.

Of course Ji Yuanhai also knew that they must be two female educated youths.

It is certain that Liu Xianglan and Wang Xiaohong are not popular.

But in order to have a place to live, I can bear this cold shoulder.

"Don't worry, Xiaohong." Ji Yuanhai said, "Do you know how cicada monkeys grow up?"

Wang Xiaohong shook her head, looking curious.

Ji Yuanhai said: "They are in the soil under the tree. From the size of ants, they start to suck the sap from the roots of the tree to grow."

"When it grows up, it digs out of the soil and climbs up a tree. Then it sheds its outer shell and becomes a cicada, squeaking and squeaking."

Wang Xiaohong nodded and looked at Ji Yuanhai in surprise: "Uncle Yuanhai, you are so amazing."

Ji Yuanhai smiled: "It's not that I'm great, it's that of knowledge."

"Based on this knowledge, we can know that now the cicada monkey is digging up in the soil, trying to climb out."

"We don't have to wait for it to crawl out. We just need to look for some signs of loose soil, and then we can dig in and pull the cicada out and catch it."

This is not Ji Yuanhai's nonsense, but to catch the monkey, just look at the top of the tree and look at the bottom of the tree.

The cicada monkeys climbing on the trees want to catch them, and the cicada monkeys digging out of the soil under the trees also want to catch the cicada monkeys loosening the soil.

Some of them have just opened a small gap, and for sharp-eyed children, there are already obvious traces, and the cicada monkey can be caught.

Wang Xiaohong obviously did not have the rich experience of Ji Yuan Hai who had experienced hundreds of battles, so after hearing this, she repeatedly cheered that Ji Yuan Hai was awesome.

Ji Yuanhai circled an elm tree twice, but found no trace of the cicada monkey burrowing out.

However, he didn't just give up.

Resonate with the elm tree and feel the cicada monkeys around the tree's roots that have grown fat and are ready to emerge from the ground this summer.

The elm tree also has an instinctive rejection of these things that squeeze its juice.

Under the control of Era Hai, the tree roots pushed the six cicada monkeys "reverse whack-a-mole" directly under the surface of the ground.

Like picking up dates, he bent down and peeled away a layer of wet soil, picked up a cicada, and handed it to Wang Xiaohong.

Wang Xiaohong immediately cheered, opened the bag and put the cicada monkey inside.

"Uncle Yuan Hai, you are so amazing!"

Ji Yuanhai smiled and picked up the second cicada monkey and handed it to Wang Xiaohong.

Wang Xiaohong cheered again: "Another one!"

The third one knows the monkey, the fourth one knows the monkey...

Wang Xiaohong stopped cheering, her face full of joy and expectation, followed behind Ji Yuanhai, and opened the cloth bag she was carrying.

The Era Sea circles around the elm and poplar trees in the forest. Under each tree, more than five cicada monkeys can be caught. Sometimes they even reach out and pick a cicada monkey that has just climbed up the tree from the bark. .

Just over an hour later, the sky was just getting a little dim, and the cloth bag in Wang Xiaohong's hand that could hold several kilograms of things was already filled to the brim. The cicada monkeys inside kept surging, trying to crawl out.

"Uncle Yuan Hai, I can't pretend anymore."

She said a little anxiously.

Ji Yuanhai smiled and said: "Then wait until tomorrow to catch them. We will catch so many today."

Wang Xiaohong nodded, holding such a cloth bag, the cicada monkey jumped behind Ji Yuanhai, and even sang children's songs.

"I picked up a penny on the side of the road and handed it to..."

When they arrived at the production team headquarters, Liu Xianglan was already waiting at the door. Ji Yuanhai motioned to Wang Xiaohong to find her mother.

Wang Xiaohong smiled and handed the bag to him and ran to Liu Xianglan: "Goodbye, Uncle Yuan Hai!"

Ji Yuanhai was surprised: "Xiaohong, you don't want your cicada anymore?"

Wang Xiaohong was also very surprised: "Uncle Yuan Hai, you caught all this!"

"Thank you Uncle Yuan Hai for taking me to catch cicada monkeys. I had a great time!"

After speaking, he held Liu Xianglan's hand, smiled and waved to Ji Yuanhai to say goodbye.

Looking at the little girl's bright smile, Ji Yuanhai couldn't help but be infected and smiled.

"Xiaohong, you are holding this bag, you are also the one who brought the cicada back, and half of your credit is in it."

"Come here, I'll score you half."

"No need!" Wang Xiaohong said.

Liu Xianglan also said: "Yuan Hai, you are welcome -"

Before he finished speaking, Ji Yuanhai opened the mouth of the bag and poured out half of the cicada monkey on the ground - he couldn't crawl fast and couldn't run anyway.

"I'll take the bag first and use it, and I'll return it to you tomorrow."

After speaking, Ji Yuanhai left directly.

Liu Xianglan was touched and amused at the same time. She couldn't bear to learn about the rare "meat" of monkeys, so she hurriedly picked up the group of cicada monkeys on the ground with Wang Xiaohong.

After finally picking it up, several educated youths came out and their eyes lit up when they saw the cicada monkey, which could hold two bowls.

"Sister Liu, who caught this?"

"My daughter caught him."

Several educated youths all praised it: "This is amazing, it's really enough for a good meal!"

"Shall we have dinner together today?"

Liu Xianglan had a smile on her face, as if she didn't know anything: "Okay, let's eat together and let you all have a taste of Sister Liu's cooking skills."

"okay!"

The educated youths were overjoyed, and their attitude towards Liu Xianglan visibly improved a lot, and she became a "sister" every time.

Liu Xianglan finally relaxed her fear and became more natural when getting along with them.

Finally, I am no longer disgusted.

Who should I thank?

Brigade secretary? Educated youths? Of course not.

She could see clearly that the only person who really helped and saved her was that one person.

As I thought about it, my eyes felt a little moist.

Ji Yuanhai went home carrying the cloth bag and saw Lu Heling again at the door.

She was sitting on the threshold, looking at the door frame, fascinated.

Following her gaze, Ji Yuanhai saw a large butterfly with gold rim and black wings, resting on the door frame.

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