Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 509 The Strange Biting Bug

After hearing Cang Qianche's words, Liu Ya stared at him pretending to be surprised, and asked back, "Why did I come? I've been running all day, and I'm also very tired."

"Ya'er, you're not going to climb a window while I'm asleep?" Cang Qianche put on a disappointed look, wishing it was night now.

"Okay, we're home, don't get bored. Obediently go fetch water and wash your hands, I'll light a fire and see what food I've prepared for you." Liu Ya pushed Cang Qianche away, not daring to get close to him anymore.I'm afraid that if this continues, she really won't be able to leave.

Cang Qianche is also a person who knows how to point it out, what kind of jokes can be made, and there is a limit to how far they can play.He is extremely eager to get close to Liu Yaduo, but he also understands that now is really not the time.So he was even more reluctant to hurt her.

Liu Ya lit a fire with quick hands and feet, washed rice, and cooked.Then boil a pot of water and scald a few shiitake mushrooms.He also took down the bacon that was drying in the corner of the wooden house, cut them into cubes, and made a marinade with the shiitake mushrooms.When the rice is also steamed, put it in a bowl and top it with stew made of shiitake mushrooms and bacon. It's a simple braised pork rice.

Cang Qianche has always said that he is not picky about food, but Liu Ya's cooking skills are really good, and a simple stewed pork rice can make him very happy.

While eating, Cang Qianche said: "Ya'er, why don't you accompany me to finish the meal before leaving."

"Let me cook for you for a while, and let me eat with you for a while. If you continue to linger like this, I really don't have to go home." Liu Ya looked at the sun that had already set on the hill, and said: "I really should Go back, remember to bathe with medicinal soup after you have eaten. Now it is finally effective, so don’t stop.”

Cang Qianche agreed, but could only watch Liu Ya leave.But suddenly remembered something, called her to stop and said: "Ya'er, there is already a tube of water for the bamboo worms you asked me to collect, do you want to show it to you?"

"Is there already that much?" Liu Ya nodded and said, "Give it to me. It's time to take it back and study it to see what effect it has. What my mother said must not be unreasonable."

Cang Qianche put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, went to the house and took a bamboo tube, handed it to Liu Ya and said, "It's really not easy to collect, so after so long, it can barely be regarded as a tube. But this water is colorless and tasteless, and I don't like it." I never knew what to do with it.”

Liu Ya took it and weighed it lightly, judging from the sound of water inside, it was indeed not full.But since it is used for research, it doesn't matter if there is more or less, just use as much as you have.Liu Ya intends to use the water of these bamboo worms to try to mix it in the prescription to see if it will increase the efficacy of the medicine.

After taking the bamboo tube, Liu Ya wanted to leave, and Cang Qianche asked again: "Then do you want to continue collecting? This water is really not easy to preserve, and it is easy to attract insects. Be careful when you open the bamboo tube, don't be caught The bug bit me. I don’t know where the bug got in. It was a big one, but it suddenly appeared and bit people.”

"Will bugs get in here? And it's not bamboo worms?" Liu Ya frowned, feeling a little strange about this matter.

Cang Qianche washed his hands, picked up his rice bowl again, and said while eating: "It's not a bamboo worm, it's a kind of worm I haven't seen before. It has a reddish-brown body, a pair of claws, and it bites people. But no The wings can't fly, but I don't know how to get into the bamboo tube. You know, I was afraid that the hard-won water would be spilled and dried, so I covered it tightly. But it only takes two or three If the sky does not move the bamboo tube, when it is opened again, one or two will crawl out, and if they grab their fingers, they will bite hard."

A flash of light flashed in Liu Ya's mind, and she vaguely thought of something, but it was still a little bit critical, so she couldn't think clearly.Then he asked, "Did you bite your hand? Is it poisonous?"

Cang Qianche said: "If it's poisonous, can I still talk to you without any damage? I was bitten once, but it's just swollen for a while, it's fine. It's like being stung by a bee."

After hearing this, Liu Ya's brows not only did not relax, but turned into a pimple, and she asked again: "Then did you catch this kind of bug, or did you just kill it? Is there any corpse for me to see?"

"I crushed them to death. It's just a bug. I didn't intend to show it to you." After Cang Qianche finished speaking, Liu Ya's expression was very strange, and he felt that this matter should not be that simple, so he asked Liu Ya said: "Ya'er, don't be fooled, what on earth did you think of, let's hear it."

Liu Ya shook her head and said, "I'm not sure yet, but I think this kind of bug is the key to what we're looking for."

"The key?" Cang Qianche's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked Liu Ya, "Do you think this kind of bug is the kind of medicine your mother gave to my uncle?"

"Do you think it looks like it?" Liu Ya also became excited, grabbed Cang Qianche's hand and said, "Now that you have seen the live one and the dried one, do you think these two kinds of bugs are the same?"

"Like, very similar, but I'm not sure." Cang Qianche thought for a while, and finally shook his head.Because dried things are often very different from fresh ones, the color, smell, and size will change.

Although Liu Ya was impatient, she had no other way to prove it.For one thing, she had never seen this kind of worm herself, let alone that kind of dried medicine.Secondly, even if mother had asked Father Gao and the others to guard the bamboo forest in order to attract such insects, it would take a process to dry them.But Liu Ya didn't know how her mother made the medicine and whether she added other medicines.

However, fantasy is not the solution now, Liu Ya stretched out her hand and pulled out the plug of the bamboo tube.He tapped on the bamboo tube with his hand, wanting to see if the kind of bugs Cang Qianche mentioned could crawl out.The pharmaceuticals let her see what was alive, and she could have some clues.

However, in some cases, things backfired. When she wanted to see, there was nothing.Liu Ya found another bamboo stick and stuck it into the bamboo tube, and stirred the water inside, but not even a single worm crawled out.

"Forget it, you can eat. I took this bamboo tube back." Liu Ya had to temporarily give up this idea, put the stopper back on, and was about to leave.

Cang Qianche thought for a while, then stopped Liu Ya and said, "Ya'er, you should leave this bamboo tube with me. In case that kind of insects are unique to the bamboo forest, if you take the bamboo tube away, I'm afraid it will be considered as letting go." In the last ten days and half a month, there will be no such worms. And you continue to put the bamboo tube with me, and if you see that kind of worm again, I will catch it and show it to you later."

(End of this chapter)