Wuhu Mingyue

Xiaocao was hugged tightly by Bao Gu, while trying to avoid the cold wind of the cold night, at the same time, he was embarrassed to really squeeze into Bao Gu's chest, which made the whole person very embarrassed, and Bao Gu was still very hard, making him Xiaocao was also a little breathless, but Xiaocao was reluctant to leave Gu Bao's arms, so her whole face was flushed red, and her heart was beating non-stop...

There was nothing unusual about Bao Gu. In her opinion, she was just hugging a little girl, and it was normal for her to keep her warm with her own body temperature. Moreover, she was worried that Xiaocao couldn't stand the cold wind by the river, so She gained a little bit of strength, but she never thought that a little bit of strength from a practitioner like her had already made Xiaocao feel a little suffocated by being hugged...

Fortunately, the cold wind was getting colder and colder, and it kept getting into people's sleeves, which made Bao Gu realize that it's better to light the bonfire again as soon as possible!

Therefore, Bao Gu managed to light a fire again, so that she and Xiaocao could warm their bodies, and at this moment, there seemed to be some movement on the river...

really!Not long after, things as thick as the fingers of an adult man suddenly protruded from the water below the raft, and they were so densely packed that they kept protruding from the water. If you look closely, there is only a row, like the feet of something!

Then one by one hard-shelled animals as big as a large bowl quickly emerged from the water, and a closer look revealed that there were claws with eight feet and two large pincers!

One, two, three, and then came out of the water together in groups, even scrambling to climb up the raft!

With the light of the fire and the moonlight, Xiaocao saw this creepy scene with her own eyes. Those crawling things held their double claws high, and their images were very vicious and terrifying!

Especially some big ones, even as big as the combined palms of two or three adults!

"Sister...is this the mangling bug you mentioned? It looks so scary..."

"Well, it's much bigger than the ones I've seen in the south, maybe you northerners don't eat this stuff, these guys can grow so big!"

"Sister, do you really want to eat them? They don't look like a mess, and they don't look delicious..."

"Xiaocao, you don't understand, hehe, the main reason is that you have never eaten this thing before. It tastes so good. If it is served with some meat sauce, the taste will make you unforgettable forever. As long as you see it, you will be amazed." You move your index finger! Huh? Xiaocao, you really haven’t eaten or seen it?!”

"No... I don't want to eat it either. It's disgusting to look at. They look so ugly, how could they be delicious..."

"Haven't you heard the story of Dayu's flood control?"

"I've heard of it! But what does it have to do with Dayu's flood control?"

"Of course it has something to do with it. Listen to me. In the past, when Dayu went to the south of the Yangtze River to control the water, he sent the strong man Ba ​​Jie to supervise the work in the area where the water and land intersect and excavate the Haikou River. Unexpectedly, at night, the Gongpenkou just Light a fire, and the light of the fire will attract a large black mangling insect, and they will spit foam at their mouths and come rushing like a lake!" (Modern people catch crabs and also light something first and throw it at the bottom of the river, as if It is to increase the temperature to attract crabs to climb up)

Listening to Bao Gu's story, Xiaocao looked at the mangling bugs with their teeth and claws on the opposite side, and immediately said with a pale face, "They...do they still eat people? Is that why they are called mangling bugs?"

Seeing Xiaocao being frightened by her story, Bao Gu found it interesting, so she continued to describe it with embellishment: "Yes! Of course it can eat people! Otherwise, why are they called mangling bugs!? It is said that these clippers who attacked Ba Jie Human worms extinguished the fire with the foam in their mouths, and many civilians were killed and injured by them, bloody and bloody, it was too horrible to look at!"

Hearing this, Xiaocao didn't hesitate, stood up from the ground, and grabbed Baogu's arm to forcefully pull Baogu up, and then screamed in fright while pulling, "Sister, run, I Seeing those mangling bugs seem to be going ashore, let's run for our lives!"

Seeing Xiaocao not forgetting to drag her to flee for her life after being frightened like this by herself, Gu Bao's heart also felt inexplicably warm, and even her affection for Xiaocao deepened a lot, especially seeing Xiaocao like this now She looked scared, and felt a little embarrassed to scare her again, so she quickly stopped her and said, "It's okay, didn't my sister say that I want to eat them to nourish my body? Just wait, I will catch a few for you to satisfy your hunger!"

After saying this, Bao Gu ran to the side of the wooden raft, and began to carefully select the suitable mangling bugs with the help of the moonlight and her own extraordinary eyesight!

Xiaocao saw that Bao Gu not only had no intention of running away, but rushed to the side of the wooden raft, and immediately shouted anxiously: "Sister! Sister! Sister Bao! Come back quickly, it's dangerous! If you don't come here again, I'll call People are coming!"

"Hush, don't make a sound, I'll just find a few big ones!"

Gu Bao ignored Xiaocao's concern, and continued to carefully inspect the mangling insects that had climbed up the wooden raft. These mangling insects were all big, but it took a lot of effort and energy to choose the best!

Gu Bao pulled out the dagger beside her, and then slowly stretched out the dagger towards the mangling bugs that she liked. When those mangling bugs saw someone approaching her with something, they kept spitting foam. Then he raised his two big claws high, waved them desperately, and when he saw the opportunity, he ruthlessly clamped on the dagger!

Gu Bao waited for this opportunity. As soon as the dagger was caught by the mangling bug, she immediately picked up the mangling bug with all her strength, put it on the ground, stepped on it with her foot, and took out the prepared knife from her bosom. The rope, and then three times and two times, the whole mangling bug was tied up!

Bao Gu continued to use the same method to catch 6 large pinch bugs in a row, but for some reason Bao Gu was still staring at the river surface and the wooden raft to search, as if she was still not satisfied with today's harvest!

Xiaocao has been watching Bao Gu from the sidelines, seeing how easily she caught so many big pinch bugs, she was less afraid before, but she still picked up a convenient twig from her side as a self-defense weapon , step by step, slowly leaning towards Bao Gu.

When she got close to Gu Gu, Xiaocao dared to ask: "Sister, you are so powerful. Although these mangling bugs look a bit scary, they don't seem to be very powerful..."

"Xiaocao, don't be careless. Ba Jie paid a very heavy price to deal with these mangling insects back then. The method of catching insects that has been passed down was also learned at the price of blood! You must know that at that time The mangling bug is much bigger than it is now!"

"How big is it?"

"About the size of a child like you, maybe bigger!"

Gu Bao's answer undoubtedly made Xiaocao shiver. She unconsciously glanced at the mangling bugs that Bao Gu had tied up. She couldn't imagine that their ancestors could be bigger than her. Isn't this a monster? !

"Ba Jie can think of a way to deal with them? That's amazing..."

"That's right, that's why we people in Jiangnan call this kind of mangling bug crab. The character for crab is the word Jie for Ba Jie. At that time, the pronunciation of Jie and crab are both homophonic!" (You can imagine that we eat hairy crabs now. The appearance of those hairy crabs being tied up is similar to that of Baogu now, and there are legends as evidence that the first person to eat crabs should also be Ba Jie. Also somewhat plausible)