Poor family mother and son

People began to volunteer to share the tasks. Everyone had a lot of ideas, so they divided into groups and made plans, but the "honorary leaders" such as Chu Qing and Shui Maomao were left out in the cold.

Chu Qing was also happy to have a leisurely time, last night she was so busy celebrating the New Year with everyone, she forgot to give Xiaobao a present, so she just made up for it now.

This time when he went to the island, because he was anxious for the safety of the people on the island, Chu Qing only brought food and medicine, and did not prepare special gifts for Xiaobao.

So what Xiaobao got now was a string of bamboo tubes that Chu Qing won from Li Hu.

Xiaobao excitedly shook the bamboo tubes one by one, trying to judge what was inside by the shaking feel and sound.

When Chu Qing helped the mountain people treat malaria patients for the first time, the village witch doctor's wary attitude towards Chu Qing and the action of touching the bamboo tube made Xiaobao and Li Hu suspicious.

At that time, Xiaobao thought that the bamboo tube was a hidden weapon, and Li Hu thought that the bamboo tube was poison.

At that time, Xiaobao was afraid that Chu Qing would say that he had stolen it, so he stole the bamboo tube and handed it directly to Li Hu, but Li Hu never told Xiaobao what was inside, only that it was not a hidden weapon.

Until today, these things belong to Xiaobao, Xiaobao is so happy!

Xiao Bao opened the top bamboo tube, and threw it out before he could let out an exclamation!
A centipede with long legs!
The whole body is dark and shiny, but the densely packed legs on both sides are orange and black. After being thrown out by Xiaobao, he might fall to death, lying on the ground motionless.

"Ouch! Don't fall to your death!" Li Hu stepped forward to check in distress.

"No wonder you are so willing to lose to me!" Chu Qing glared at Li Hu: "You have no good intentions!"

Li Hu just squatted down to check the huge centipede. Hearing this, he laughed: "I thought you would open it when you got it, and try to scare you to tears!"

Although Chu Qing thought that she was emotionally fragile and prone to tears, over the years, Chu Qing seldom showed her emotions in front of others, and even when she shed tears, she quickly covered them up.

Li Hu had never seen Chu Qing pale with fright or flustered.

For Li Hu who regarded Chu Qing as a mystery, he really wanted to test Chu Qing's limits in many ways, to see what kind of person she was.

It is true that Lin Yanghou is a good man, Li Hu is sure of this; but a woman lives like a man and cannot see the slightest bit of a woman's nature, so it is clear whether she is a fake woman or a real man?For Li Hu, this is a mystery!
"You never opened it?" Li Hu asked, "Not curious at all?"

Chu Qing: "I'm curious! But don't you want to have a surprise with Xiaobao!"

If I had known it was a fright, I wouldn't have given it to Xiaobao if I killed Chu Qing.

The centipede on the ground suddenly moved, Chu Qing threw a stone over!With Chu Qing's technique and strength, this big centipede would have to be broken in two even if it didn't die.

As soon as Li Hu picked up the bamboo tube, he noticed Chu Qing's movement. He was so frightened that he quickly smashed the bamboo tube over the stone, missing the centipede, but the bamboo tube was cracked by the stone.

As for the centipede, it can be seen that it is trying its best, and the rows of calves on the side are twitching tightly, but it is a pity that it is not moving fast.

Li Hu put it back into the broken bamboo tube: "Since it hasn't been opened, it doesn't look like it's been fed. No wonder it couldn't run fast, and it fell so hard again. Alas, pity! You still want its life!"

Chu Qing: "..."

Still poor?Give it back?Why don't you and the big centipede go to heaven!Chu Qing was so angry that she wanted to beat someone up.

Xiao Bao had already rushed over, and he did a set of "Give me back the Piao Piao punch" to Li Hu. He didn't really hit him, but simply expressed his anger-it's the New Year's Eve!
Li Hu smiled: "Since your mother is so calm, you can safely open the remaining bamboo tubes, they are probably all dead!"

Xiaobao dubiously opened them one by one, the second bamboo tube contained more than a dozen flower ants and insects*, and the third bamboo tube contained leeches, all dead, hungry, stuffy, and smelly.

Open the fourth bamboo tube...

"Uncle Tiger, you liar!" Xiao Bao yelled, threw away the bamboo tube, and punched Li Hu again, this time with more force.

While dodging Xiaobao's attack, Li Hu moved his steps carefully, for fear of stepping on the two scorpions that were crawling on the ground, but he groaned: "Five scorpions, if your mother doesn't feed them, there are only two left!"

Scorpions will kill each other when they are hungry. It seems that the remaining two scorpions can only survive by eating their own kind.

Chu Qing watched Xiaobao and Li Hu fight, but his mind wandered somewhere——

These two scorpions must have reached an agreement to deal with the rest of the scorpions together, otherwise the five scorpions would fight in one place, and all of them should be missing limbs.

Right now, these two scorpions are full of energy and sound, which must be the result of cooperation. If they starve for a few more days, what will happen to them?

Chu Qing had already started to see the picture of the war between mutants appearing in his mind.

Finally, Li Hu couldn't stand it anymore after being beaten by Xiaobao, and he begged for mercy, so Xiaobao stopped.

Chu Qing also realized at this time that Xiaobao's kung fu has improved a lot, especially lightness kung fu, which is already on par with Li Hu. Otherwise, although Li Hu told Xiaobao not to fight back, he would not be unable to avoid him.

"That day, that witch doctor wanted to send poisonous insects to attack me?" Chu Qing asked.

Li Hu nodded: "Naturally, but this is not his original intention of raising bugs."

Chu Qing: "What is the original intention?"

Li Hu: "I think it should be for the treatment of diseases. Our family is good at treating diseases with herbs. Over the years, I have been studying the healing effects of minerals and animals on certain diseases;

However, it is only limited to large animals, such as snake venom, and has not studied small insects, but the mountain people here seem to be very good at using insects to cure diseases. "

Li Hu looked around for the two scorpions. Just now he was careful not to be trampled to death, but now he went somewhere.

Zhuo Buqun was sitting on a rock, holding a branch in his hand, and was constantly pulling the two scorpions towards one another, as if he wanted to see them fight, but the two scorpions only cared about running for their own lives, and did not come together at all.

Li Hu quickly put the scorpion back into the bamboo tube, and looked at the branch in Zhuo Buqun's hand several times, feeling sorry for his precious scorpion being tired.

No food was given, and the physical strength was exhausted.

Zhuo Buqun was unconvinced: "What are you looking at! Without me watching for you, you wouldn't even be able to find the shadow of the scorpion!"

Li Hu replied: "I can tell you, this thing can cure old cold legs!"

Zhuo Buqun's complexion changed several times in an instant, and then he suddenly showed his face: "Brother, I have stored altar jade liquor, red altar, drink some?"

Li Hu asked with a straight face: "The whole altar and half the altar?"

Zhuo Buqun: "The whole altar!"

Li Hu: "Okay, you succeeded in seducing!"

Zhuo Buqun: "..."

Zhuo Buqun was persuaded, but Xiaobao refused. He pointed to a pile of stinky black spots on the ground and the centipede that Li Hu put into the bamboo tube and asked, "Even if the scorpion is useful, what about the centipede? What about those bugs?"

The centipede is very resistant to hunger, and it won't survive starvation for a month. Don't look at the bamboo tube being retracted now, but the orange and black legs stick out from the cracks in the bamboo tube from time to time.

Li Hu pointed to the flower ants on the ground that were bigger than ants, and his tone was very condemning: "That is the flower ant, the witch doctor uses it to treat ringworm, I haven't even tried it yet, I was ruined by you!

This centipede is even more precious. It breathes wind and calms convulsions, attacks poison and dissipates stagnation. Whether this kind of centipede will be more effective remains to be tested. Fortunately, you didn't fall to your death! "

*Note: Flower Ants: Paederus polychaetes. (end of this chapter)