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Chapter 82 Catch Crickets ([-])

Ye Hua Nong, the moon dew is deep, in the silent night, one can hear the subtle breathing of the person beside him.

An Xiu'er took Zhang Zhenan's hand away, and got out of his arms. Seeing him sleeping soundly, she smiled slightly, got up from the bed, put on her clothes, and just walked a few steps, but pinched herself helplessly. You looked back, tucked up the curtain, then picked up the oil lamp, gently pushed the door open, and you slipped out on tiptoe.

After gently closing the door, she dared to light the oil lamp with a torch, picked up a small bamboo cage outside, and then tiptoed out of the yard with the oil lamp.

The night was very quiet, with a few frogs croaking, and occasionally unknown insects chirping. The faint moonlight shone down, and the surrounding trees were dimly shadowed, somewhat penetrating. Tighten your clothes.

She carried the oil lamp and continued walking until she reached the entrance of the village. Under the moonlight, there was a man waiting quietly at the entrance of the village. On the cold stone road, the moon stretched his shadow very long.

Seeing him happily running over, An Xiu'er called out in a low voice, "Second brother."

"Xiu'er." The man turned his head, and it was An Tiemu. When he saw An Xiu'er, he grinned at her. Like An Tieshi, he was not good at talking. Glittering in the moonlight.

"Second brother, you have been waiting for a long time." An Xiu'er said apologetically, if Zhang Zhen'an hadn't tormented her for a while, she would have come here long ago.

"No." An Tiemu shook his head and walked forward.

An Xiu'er followed him, and the two of them walked towards a small hillside over there. There were few people there, and the grass was luxuriant. It was already late at night, when An Xiu'er walked over, he dripped a foot of dew.

An Tiemu was wearing straw sandals, and had already rolled up his trousers, An Xiu'er saw this and said, "Second brother, the grass is a bit prickly, maybe there are bugs, you'd better put down the trousers."

"It's okay, the second brother is not afraid of these things." An Tiemu shook his head, he is a masculine man, and he is afraid of some bugs?What's more, the reason he and An Xiu'er came out this time was to catch bugs.

Oh, to be precise, the two came out to catch crickets.

This season is the season of fighting crickets, An Xiu'er wanted to earn more money, so she discussed with An Tiemu, and the two decided to go out to catch crickets at night, and this evening was the second time they came here.

An Tiemu is good at catching crickets, but he never thought of catching crickets to make money before. He usually catches himself for fun. When he sees them on weekdays, he catches one or two and raises them. Occasionally play with the branches and leaves and watch them fight back and forth in the small bamboo cage.

Not only An Tiemu, in fact, many people in the village like cricket fighting. This entertainment is popular in Daqi, from nobles to commoners.

However, there are no people in Qingshui Village who specialize in raising crickets. Most of them just catch one or two and raise them. No one will come here to catch this one. An Xiuer only thought about coming here when she went to the county last time. Catching crickets.

In her memory, her second brother is a master at catching crickets. When she was a child, he often took her to catch crickets for fun. She still remembers that summer, he raised a cricket called the General, and he insisted on hunting it all over. Invincible in the village.

Thinking of this, she felt a little nostalgic for the past. As she walked, she said to An Tiemu, "Second brother, do you still remember the big general you raised?"

"I remember." An Tiemu nodded and said, "That cricket is the best cricket I've ever caught in my lifetime, but it's a pity..."

It's just a pity that he was trampled to death by Father An.

Because Father An dislikes him for not doing his job properly, playing this thing every day, delaying the work in the field. In fact, An Tiemu did not delay the work in the field. He just went to see his cricket whenever he was free, and took some when he was free. Leaves to feed the cricket, or tease it with leaves of grass.

In the end, Father An got angry, thinking that he spent too much time on crickets, and he was trampled to death with one foot. Not only that, but Father An also scolded An Tiemu. Since then, An Tie It seems that Mu never raised crickets again.

But An Xiu'er knows that An Tiemu still likes crickets, just to keep Father An from getting angry again, so he keeps this hobby in his heart, otherwise, he wouldn't have such regret on his face now Expression, and he will not chatter when it comes to crickets. He has never been very talkative.

An Xiu'er felt that when he talked about crickets, he seemed much younger, not like a man in his thirties, but more like a boy of seventeen or eighteen, who had a natural love for crickets.

"There are many kinds of crickets. You can listen to their voices later. The voices are weak and weak, and the voices are loud but too sharp, like the sound of a bowl breaking. This kind is just normal; The best kind of crickets must have a loud and powerful voice, very mellow, just like the sound of a bell, with a heavy and melodious sound, this kind of cricket is the best, and my former general is like this."

"Second brother, you are amazing and you know a lot." An Xiu'er looked admiring.

The two arrived at the destination while talking, and the sounds of various crickets around them became clear.

This place is relatively remote, with a lot of grass and wet and soft. The crickets like this environment the most. Saw An Tiemu said that in Qingshui Village, this is the best place to catch crickets. The two of them came here last night. However, since the two of them hadn't caught it for a long time, they were somewhat inexperienced, so An Xiu'er and the others caught a few crooked melons and dates, and the best one they caught was only a medium one.

But with yesterday's experience, An Xiu'er put all her strength into it. She must catch a high-quality cricket today. After all, An Tiemu hasn't played with a cricket for a long time, and he just had time to catch it all at once yesterday. It is not so handy to prepare the tools.

However, after catching those crickets yesterday, An Tiemu played for a long time. Now that An Tiemu is old and a father, Father An will not care about him as much as before. Even when An Tiemu was raising the crickets, he went over to look at them, didn't say anything, just nodded, and let him raise them and toss about.

After teasing for a long time, An Tiemu felt that he had regained the feeling he used to have. There are so many crickets here, and he was confident to catch a good one tonight.

The two of them sat on a rock and rested for a while, and the voice in their ears became clearer. An Tiemu carefully distinguished the cricket's voice, and then made a gesture towards An Xiu'er, pointing towards the loud voice. Going to the place, the two walked over on tiptoe, the sound suddenly stopped again, An Tiemu didn't panic, he just waved his hand to make An Xiu'er stop, the two of them stood in place, after a while, the cricket's chirping sound really It was loud again.

The loud chirping was close to her ears, An Xiu'er held up the oil lamp to shine a light, and sure enough, she saw a big yellow cricket sitting on the blade of grass and singing.

Seeing An Xiu'er and the two of them approaching, it stopped singing, turned its head, and gave them a humane look with its black eyes. It was about to jump away when it kicked its long legs. With a wave of the net bag's hand, the cricket fell into the net bag.

An Xiu'er brought the oil lamp closer, An Tiemu carefully grabbed the cricket, An Xiu'er hurriedly handed over the bamboo cage in his hand, An Tiemu watched it carefully for a while, and saw it waving a pair of large steel cages. Teeth bared at the two of them, but An Tiemu laughed, put the cricket in the cage, and said, "That's right, we've had a good start tonight."

"Is this cricket good?" An Xiu'er asked.

"Well, it's upper-middle class. Of course, it's not as good as my former general." An Tiemu replied. Although he remembered his former cricket, he was obviously in a good mood.

When An Xiu'er heard what he said, she pursed her lips and smiled, and the two of them stopped again, continuing to listen to the sound of insects coming from the wilderness.

This is also thanks to An Tiemu's familiarity with the cricket's call. If An Xiu'er, she might be able to distinguish the cricket's sound. After all, she is not very familiar with this cricket, and there are not only crickets in this wilderness. It chirps, and there are many other bugs.

In the past, An Xiu'er didn't dare to come out at night, but she had nothing to be afraid of following her second brother. Although she was not particularly familiar with the sound of crickets, she still listened carefully, and soon she heard the crickets too. the voice.

"Second brother, listen, is there a cricket over there? It sounds very loud to me." An Xiu'er said to An Tiemu.

"Well, go and have a look." An Tiemu listened twice, nodded, and went to the direction An Xiuer pointed.

"It's a cricket." After walking a few steps, An Tiemu first affirmed An Xiu'er's hearing, which made An Xiu'er very satisfied. Compared with yesterday, she has improved a lot.

This time, the two walked over lightly, An Xiu'er looked around with an oil lamp, but she didn't see the cricket, but the cry did come from here, An Tiemu squatted down, An Xiu'er Er also bent down, lowered the oil lamp, watched An Tiemu push the grass and trees away, and grabbed the cricket with one hand.

"How is it?" An Xiu'er was a little excited, after all, she was the one who heard the cricket.

"It's a bug." An Tiemu replied.

"What's Xu Chongzi?" An Xiu'er didn't quite understand.

"That is to say, this guy can only bark, but he is not good at fighting at all." An Tiemu said with a light smile.

Hearing this, An Xiu'er was a little disappointed, and said: "Doesn't that mean that this guy is useless? I caught it for nothing?" She felt that she had been deceived.

(End of this chapter)