Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 393: Miscalculation
Catching centipedes is not an easy task. Liu Junhao was bitten several times when he was a child.

Although the centipedes in the Daqingshan area are big, they are not very poisonous. After biting people, most of the wounds are red and swollen, and the pain is unbearable.After being bitten, just wash the wound with soapy water immediately or mash some Houttuynia cordata or dandelion and apply it on the wound, and the swelling will subside within an hour or two.

But not always, he remembered that Er Mazi caught a big red-headed black-body centipede with long chopsticks and thick thumb somewhere in the spring of one year. He showed it to the villagers to see, but he was bitten and immediately started jumping around on the ground. .And then nausea and vomiting, twitching on the ground.A group of people were terrified, and hurriedly carried him to the hospital, where he stayed in the hospital for five or six days before he recovered.

In the 90s, a centipede cost only 30 cents. As a result, he spent more than 30 yuan in the hospital. The [-] yuan in those years was equivalent to several hundred yuan, which made Er Mazi feel bad.

Since then, few people in Liujiagou went up the mountain to catch centipedes and scorpions. After all, these things are not easy to get, so what if something happens.

Strange to say, there were quite a lot of centipedes in Liujiagou in the early years.In the gaps between bricks and stones, at the foot of walls, or in the dark corners of piles of leaves, weeds, and rotten wood, you can always find a few as long as you dig around, but now people don’t catch them, but they are gone. At least Liu Junhao hasn’t seen much in the past few years. Pass.

Of course, the reason for this is also related to the environment. Centipedes like to stay in dark corners, especially adobe houses.Now most of the houses are built with bricks and tiles, and they are often cleaned.Like the scorpions, there is naturally no room for them in the village.

"Fifth Master, you sit here and rest first, I'll lead this group of brats to the backyard to look for them," the hairy boys and the others haven't left yet, just in time.

It's a pity that after digging around the yard for a long time, I didn't even see a centipede hair.

Faced with this result, Liu Wuye was also quite disappointed, saying that he would look for it in the village later.

Liu Junhao naturally went to help. He originally thought that no matter how few centipedes there were, he would definitely find a few.So I took this group of brats to search around the corners of the village. Unexpectedly, after searching for an hour, I almost finished half of the village. I didn't find a single centipede, but seven or eight scorpions.

Seeing that the village was really bad, after lunch at noon, Liu Junhao turned his attention to the outside of the village again.

Zhang Qian was also very interested when she heard that she was going to go up the mountain to catch centipedes, and said she would follow along to see.

Liu Junhao took into account his daughter-in-law's body and said nothing.That's what I just checked online, so be careful in the first three months.

The brats in the village wanted to learn more, but Liu Junhao nodded and agreed.School is about to start, and it won't be a few days. This is their last madness.In order to popularize knowledge for them, Liu Junhao deliberately found a few pictures of centipedes from the Internet for everyone to compare carefully, and then repeatedly explained the precautions, so that they must not be stung.

Just like in the village, after working for half an hour, I still didn't see the centipede, and I caught a lot of scorpions.These scorpions were all collected into bottles, and they were ready to go back and fry them together with those put in the morning.

The more he scratched, the more confused he became, not knowing where all the centipedes had gone.

When he was depressed, Xiao Jianhui started to yell: "Uncle, look, I dug up a centipede..."

"Really" Liu Junhao was very excited when he heard that, and hurried over.But when he saw that thing, he realized that he was happy in vain, and his relationship was a "money string".This guy is a close relative of the centipede, whose scientific name is 蚰草, although it is also a traditional Chinese medicine, but no one accepts it at all.

Liu Junhao was only busy with himself, and ignored the group of children messing around on the hillside.Unexpectedly, when Maozi and the others saw a stone the size of a tabletop, they all guessed that there was a centipede in it.Several children discussed and planned to lift the stone together.This stone is of flax and is not heavy.

They all ignored Liu Junhao below, the mountain was steep and steep, and the big rock was loose and rolled down the mountain, rolling faster and faster under the action of gravity, making a roar.

"Uncle Liu, get out of the way!" The children turned pale with fright, and hurriedly shouted.

Almost at the same time as they were shouting, Liu Junhao also heard movement.He was startled when he saw the big tabletop rushing towards him.It was too late to say, but it was fast at that time, and he hurriedly jumped, and the person rushed to the side for more than three meters.The big stone whizzed past him, and finally plunged into the mountain stream.

This accident made Liu Junhao break out in a cold sweat, and he no longer dared to continue to lead the hairy boy and others to find the centipede, but ended it hastily with a nail on his shoulder.

He was really unwilling to go back to the village in such a despondent way, thinking that if he waited to find an empty grave, he might be able to pick up a few.But then he dismissed it again.When I was young, digging indiscriminately was acceptable, but now adults in their 20s, if they do such absurd things again, they will definitely be scolded by their elders.

Those "knocking on the widow's door and digging the grave of the dead" seem to be the work of rogues.

Before he got home, he saw Liu Wuye waiting in Professor Zhao's courtyard, and shouted from a distance, "Xiaohao, did you find a centipede?"

"No, why don't I go up to the mountain tomorrow to have a look?" Liu Junhao replied a little depressed.He planned in his mind that when he dug up the centipede, he must raise a few in the stone lock, so that he could take it out at any time when needed.

"It shouldn't be, we should have some on this mountain, but you haven't dug one for so long?" Fifth Master Liu was more puzzled than him, and asked in detail about the process just now.

Before Liu Junhao could open his mouth, a group of brats were already talking about it, and at the end they held up cans to show him the results.

"I said, if you can dig centipedes like this, you will be considered a ghost. How can you go to the sunny side to dig centipedes..."

Hearing what the old man said, Liu Junhao patted his head, "No, I blame these brats for making noise in my ears, I forgot about it..." Although there are many centipedes on the sunny hillside in spring, but in summer, These things are transferred to the damp shady side.I just searched on the hillside for a long time, which was completely useless.

"Forget it, I'll dig a nest and get some chicken feathers and horse manure to catch later..." Mr. Liu shook his head and wanted to leave, seeing that he was not counting on this guy.

"Dig a hole to catch centipedes, isn't that Hong Qigong's method?" Liu Junhao's eyes lit up. He had seen this method in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" before, but he had never had the chance to practice it.When the old man brought it up, he was very interested, and hurriedly said, "Fifth Master, I will go with you later, I know where there are many centipedes..."

"Fifth Master, we are going too!" Mao Zi and the others immediately started yelling when they heard this.These brats have nothing to do when they are idle, and they always like to mingle with them. "Okay, okay, you all go to collect chicken feathers and chicken bones, it's best for each of you to pick up some tiles." Hearing Liu Wuye's order, these children nodded vigorously.

After all the materials were ready, Liu Wuye led everyone up the mountain ridge. Of course, he didn't make the same mistake this time.

Liu Junhao directly took everyone to a wild grave, and then began to dig a hole according to the old man's instructions.There is only one main force here, and this job can only be done by him.

The pit is in the shape of a "ten", two meters long, half a meter wide, and [-] to [-] centimeters deep. Liu Junhao took a shovel and dug it with a shovel.Follow the people to put chicken feathers, chicken bones, horse manure and rotten withered grass into the pit according to Liu Wuye's instructions, and then cover it with some branches, clods, bricks and tiles.

"Okay, let's go down the mountain." After digging three holes in a row, Mr. Liu Wu estimated that he was about to take everyone down the mountain.

"Is this the end?" Several brats looked at each other, feeling that it was meaningless, they couldn't see where the mystery was at all.

"That's right, you can catch centipedes when you come over tomorrow morning."

It was not early to go down the mountain, Liu Junhao quickly finished the meal.After dinner, taking advantage of the cool weather, the young couple took Chitu and began to walk slowly along the dirt road.Blowing the evening breeze, listening to the singing of cicadas, catching grasshoppers... Walking to the edge of the embankment leisurely, Liu Junhao spread the prepared newspapers on the ground, and then sat there watching the sunset.From nowhere, Xiao Huangbanpi held a newborn bunny, screaming and wanting to ask for credit, but Liu Junhao yelled at him, so the guy had to crawl into the reeds with his tail between his legs to drive away wild ducks.

I thought that Zhang Qian would go home and rest after visiting for a while, but she actually proposed to go to the Yantang to listen to people talk about ancient times.

Seeing that his wife was very interested, Liu Junhao did not dissuade him, but just led Chitu to the stable, and then the couple led a few troublemakers to play in the village.

With the increase of tourists, the Yantang becomes the most lively place in Liujiagou at night.After the heat came down, many tourists gathered here spontaneously, playing chess, playing poker, watching TV and so on.

But this is an activity for young people, while the elderly are more willing to sit on the stone pier under the tree, fan the cattail fan and talk about the past and the present... The children had a great time playing, jumping squares in the open space ,hide and seek.

In the weir pond, you can hear the sound of frogs; on the poplar trees, there are bursts of cicadas singing; at some point, fireflies also fly out to enjoy the shade, flickering in the distance, which is very beautiful.

Throughout the summer night, Liujiagou was so lively.It wasn't until after ten o'clock that the couple led Haoyu and others back home.

Just after dinner the next day, this group of impatient children gathered in Liu Junhao's courtyard early, ready to follow him up the mountain to dig centipedes.

Liu Junhao was actually quite curious, and quickly cleaned the pots and bowls, and set off with a rake in his hand.

This time, he was not disappointed. Seven large centipedes were dug out of the three pits, and Liu Junhao broke off their poisonous stingers and threw them into the bottle.Don't look at the bluffing of these children when they went up the mountain, but none of them dared to stretch out their hands to break the stinger.

Liu Junhao shook his head as he watched, their courage was far worse than when he was young.
After returning home, he made several bamboo slices, inserted the sharpened two ends, one end under the centipede's jaw, and the other end into the tail, then straightened the centipede and put it in the sun to dry. Grandpa sent it.Of course, in order to prevent his own hens from stealing food, he deliberately covered it with window screens.

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There should be another chapter later, which will be updated around eight o'clock.

(End of this chapter)