Farmhouse Senda

Chapter 506
The photos were taken, and the walks were scattered, which wasted a lot of time for Mao Dan and Xiao Min, but they were very generous, saying that they were already tired from taking pictures, so they just took the opportunity to take a break and let them make up.

At this time, it was already in the evening, and the colorful clouds in the west penetrated half of the sky.Maodan and his fiancée took a break, and the photographer said that he wanted to take some close-up shots while taking advantage of the beautiful sunset.

Li Qinglong was not interested anymore, so he sent his wife Yang Yunu home first, and then planned to send Mao Mao and Tong Tong back.After playing for a whole day, with his monster-like physique, he was a little tired. I really don't understand why these two children regained their spirits?
At this time, the weather was cooler, and the lazy cicada on the tree, as if it was the time when the biological clock was active, whoever started it first began to cry "Know it, know it".One screamed, and there were many others of the same kind following suit, and in a blink of an eye, countless lazy cicadas shouted.

This kind of voice may make others feel irritable, but for Li Qinglong who is in a peaceful state of mind, the lazy cicada's voice makes him show some playful smiles, as if reminding him of the delicious food he often ate when he was a child.

The two little friends, Maomao and Tongtong, didn't have so many memories, nor were they so reserved, they shouted excitedly: "Uncle, Uncle Yao, it's a lazy cicada, there are so many shouts today! I want a lazy cicada... I heard they are delicious! Better than snails!"

Li Qingyun patiently explained: "Maomao Tongtong, those lazy cicadas have climbed up very tall trees, how do you let me catch them? Besides, these squawking lazy cicadas have hardened and turned black, and they cannot be eaten. To eat, you have to catch the tender lazy cicadas that have just molted their skins, or the larvae that have just crawled out of the ground to trap monkeys."

In fact, it would not be very difficult to catch the lazy cicadas on the big trees, but it was almost dark now, and the ground was still muddy from the rain the day before yesterday, so it was not easy to walk in the village.Li Qinglong wanted to send Maomao and Tongtong home as soon as possible to complete today's task, so that he could go back early to accompany his wife.

"Uncle, if you don't help us catch lazy cicadas, we won't leave, so we'll spend the night here." Seeing Li Qingyun's refusal to help him catch lazy cicadas, Maomao suddenly became angry and hugged his thighs.And Tongtong is a girl, with a good personality, and usually doesn't take the initiative to provoke troubles, but just accompanies Mao Mao to make trouble, and helps her.

"Hey, you're going to lose your temper!" Li Qingyun glared at Mao Mao who was squatting on the ground and refused to leave. Seeing that there was no deterrent effect, he sighed and compromised, "Okay, then I will catch some for you, but, Next time, you are not allowed to lose your temper and threaten me like this, or you will never play with you again. Hehe, once the gate of the farm is closed, you will not be able to enter!"

Lazy cicada is a local name in Sichuan and Sichuan. It is generally called "Cicada" in writing, and it is also called "Cicada".Due to the wide distribution of cicadas, the names of cicadas are different in each place.

Cicadas are representative species of insects belonging to the family Cicadae.There is a vocalizer in the male's abdomen, which can continuously make sharp sounds.Females are silent, but have earpieces in their abdomens.

The larvae live in the soil and suck the roots of plants, and the adults eat the sap of plants.Cicadas belong to the category of incomplete metamorphosis, from eggs to larvae, after several molts, they do not pass through the pupa stage and become adults.

Li Qingyun grew up in the countryside since he was a child, and his understanding of cicadas, also known as lazy cicadas, is better than ordinary people, because it is one of the rare delicacies during the summer vacation.

When I was young, I got up early in the morning and often climbed trees to catch lazy cicadas.Climbing trees is not efficient. Later, I learned how some adults did. I used a long bamboo pole, put some sticky stuff like bubble gum or gluten on one end, and then took the bamboo pole to stick to the tree. Cicada, as long as the technique is good, one sticks one at a time, and the speed is very fast.

The blackened lazy cicada is already an adult. After shelling, it has grown wings, and its body has hardened. If it is eaten, it will sting the throat and lose the characteristics of food.

Therefore, the blackened lazy cicadas caught at that time were just used for playing, while most of the white and tender or yellowish lazy cicadas that had just shed in the morning and the monkeys with larvae were fried and eaten.

Now Li Qingyun agreed to Mao Mao and Tong Tong's request. He was not just trying to catch a few lazy cicadas. Some, not only can be eaten by yourself, but also a few tenants on the farm can taste it.

Nowadays, people's living standards are getting higher and higher, and all kinds of animals and plants have been developed to cook and eat, and lazy cicadas are no exception.The few tenants on the farm are all high-end customers, rich and powerful, and also know mysterious spells. Hunting for novelties and early adopters are more meaningful to them.

"Uncle is great! Long live uncle! Yeah..." Hearing that Li Qingyun agreed to catch the lazy cicada, Maomao jumped up and down happily, and Tongtong also clapped and applauded, as if he heard the sound of someone drooling .

"You two brats, I really have nothing to do with you. The speed of changing your face is faster than that of an opera singer!" Li Qingyun wanted to get rid of these two naughty bastards quickly, so he put on airs without any nonsense, and started to catch lazy cicadas and intercept them monkey.

Li Qingyun saw that most of the lazy cicadas were climbing on tall trees, only a few of them were attached to tree sections as tall as a person. After trying twice, they didn't get close, and the singing lazy cicadas flew away.

Li Qingyun shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "It seems that it is not so easy to catch some lazy cicadas. I am at a big loss to play with you today. If there are any delicious and fun things in the future, don't forget me."

"Don't worry, Uncle, tomorrow I will ask my mother to make delicious food for me, and I will secretly hide some for you! The braised pork cooked by my mother is delicious! It's just that it's inconvenient to take out the braised pork, what should I do?"

"Uncle Yao, the dishes my grandma cooks are terrible. I don't have anything delicious for you... Even the watermelons and tomatoes grown in the yard are not as good as the ones grown at your house!"

The two children had their own entanglements, and for a while, they actually had frowning faces, as if they felt that they owed Li Qingyun a huge favor, and they would feel very sorry if they didn't give him some delicious compensation.

Seeing this situation, Li Qingyun's heart softened, even if he had a huge prejudice against these two brats, it all disappeared at this time.Don't say anything, come up with mysterious means to help them catch lazy cicadas and detain monkeys.

No matter how high you fly, lazy cicada, we have the special power of a small space.As long as it is within the attack range of a small space, there is absolutely no possibility of missing.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Li Qingyun seemed to be juggling, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he saw a lazy cicada appearing in the middle of his palm, chirping and struggling, but he couldn't escape his palm no matter what.

Seeing Li Qingyun's miraculous technique, Maomao and Tongtong were overjoyed, clapping their little hands and jumping up to applaud.Soon, Mao Mao and Tong Tong got a few lazy cicadas, which was enough for their hand addiction.

Li Qingyun's technique is very secretive, even if he is an adult, he can only think of it as magic, and he can't imagine that there is a small space in his body.And it can also use the special power of a small space to catch lazy cicadas high in the treetops.As for the two children in front of them, they just had fun and didn't care how these lazy cicadas got here.

As the sky was getting darker, the cicada's cry began to stop for a while, and the stranded monkey, which broke through the ground, appeared silently on the tree roots, slowly climbing up, preparing for the final transformation.

"Now is the time to catch the monkey." Li Qingyun said in his heart.

The entrapped monkeys hide in the soil under the tree roots during the day. Once night falls, especially on wet ground after rain, the stranded monkeys will come out one after another, climb up the trees and start to metamorphose.After a night of moistening with dew, on the second day, the terrapin monkey is like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, undergoing the most splendid transformation in its life.

Therefore, if you want to catch monkeys, the best time is just after dark.

In this way, Li Qingyun and his two little friends, Mao Mao and Tong Tong, started to catch the monkeys in the dark night.As long as there are trees, even small saplings, if you look carefully at the roots, you will definitely gain something.

"Uncle, there is a stranded monkey there, ah, there is also one on the leaf!" Maomao had already thrown away the lazy cicada that was tired of playing, and concentrated on catching the stranded monkey.

"Uncle Yao, look quickly, a stranded monkey has just climbed out from the tree root, and there is a small one beside it. Is that its child?" Tongtong shouted in a fuss.

For Maomao, Li Qingyun just needs to put the things he pointed into a plastic bag.But Tongtong's question was too naive, Li Qingyun didn't bother to answer, Mao Mao would help explain.

"Tongtong, you are so stupid. That's not the child of the intercepted monkey. It's called Xiaoqingpi. It's inedible. It's said to be poisonous." Like Mrs. Mao Mao, she explained for Tongtong in a serious manner.

That thing is of the same kind as the cicada, but its size is extremely small, usually one-third or one-fourth that of the entrapped monkey.The locals call it Xiaoqingpi, Xiaoqing monkey and so on. After catching them, they are usually fed to chickens and ducks, but people do not eat them.It is said that it is poisonous, and Li Qingyun has not researched it carefully. Anyway, when catching monkeys, he will take the initiative to ignore this small clean skin.

Because the sky was completely dark, Li Qingyun was afraid that Mao Mao and Tong Tong would be bumped, so he took out two small flashlights that had been left in the small space before, and gave each of them one.

But Mao Mao and Tong Tong were only interested in being happy, they took the flashlight to shine on those trees, they didn't care how the flashlight came from, whether it appeared reasonable or not.Their attention was all focused on the small tree to see if there was any trapped monkey.

In less than half an hour, with the help of two children, Mao Mao and Tong Tong, Li Qingyun had already caught a few catties of stranded monkeys. There were too many of them. As long as there were trees, there were almost a few of them, struggling to climb up .

I feel that the harvest is not small, the sky is getting late, and I have already met children from the same village who came to catch the monkeys. They should have come out after dinner.All of them are full of energy, and when they find one, they will scream a few times excitedly and show off in front of their companions.

Li Qingyun shouted to the two children who still couldn't get enough of it: "Moomao Tongtong, don't take photos anymore, we have caught a lot, it's time to go back, and the family should worry about you later."

"Uncle, Mao Mao still wants to catch and intercept monkeys." Mao Mao, who hasn't played enough, is now holding a flashlight to shine on those big trees. The intercepted monkey, which is half the height of a human being, grabbed it.

Tongtong on the other side of the path, even though she is a little girl, is playing wildly now, imitating Maomao, she shines a flashlight on a short tree, and she is not afraid when she sees two stranded monkeys on it. He rushed over and grabbed it, and shouted braggingly: "Maomao, look, I also caught two stranded monkeys, ouch, come and help me, it's caught my hand."

The two front paws of the censored monkey are not vegetarian either. Even an adult will feel pain if they pinch it hard.

Just as Li Qingyun wanted to go to help, Mao Mao rushed over first, roared, and pulled off the front paw of the man-clamping monkey, and then proudly showed off to others, saying that he saved Tong Tong once. It's a little man.

Li Qingyun laughed, and was about to hurt him a few words, but the phone rang.He took out his mobile phone and saw that it was his wife Yang Yunu calling. He quickly pressed the answer button and said, "My wife, what's the matter?"

"Husband, you took Maomao and Tongtong out for half a day, why haven't you sent them back? The eldest sister and cousin thought the children were still at our house, so they called the landline at home, asking when the children will go back." Over the phone Yang Yunu's doubtful voice came.

Li Qingyun hurriedly explained: "It's like this. I'm taking Mao Maotongtong to catch the stranded monkeys. I've caught quite a few now. I'm going to go to the Qinghe Residence of the eldest sister, and I will make a few plates of the stranded monkeys to try."

After saying these words, Li Qingyun said again: "My wife, let's not talk about it for now. I will bring Mao Mao and Tong Tong to Qinghe Residence first, and I will bring you the ready-made intercepted monkey to eat later."

"Okay, husband, hurry up."

Li Qingyun hung up the phone, picked up his mobile phone and called his eldest sister and cousin to reassure them, and soon brought Maomao and Tongtong back to Qingheju.

When Li Qingyun was about to go back, Maomao and Tongtong didn't want to go back, and even wanted to go with the children in the village to catch monkeys further away in the forest.There was no other way, so Li Qingyun had no choice but to put on a serious face, and said threateningly: "Maomao Tongtong, you don't want to go back, do you? Then I'll go, and wait for you to be eaten by wild beasts here. I heard that some hungry wolves ran out of the mountains recently. , it's cruel, it only eats the heads of children! Ouch, it's so scary..."

"Uncle, don't leave Mao Mao behind."

"Uncle Yao, don't leave Tongtong behind."

When Mao Mao and Tong Tong saw Li Qingyun turn around and leave, they were so frightened that they ran all the way, chased after him, and spoke soft words in unison.

"As long as you are obedient, I will not leave anyone behind. If any of you are disobedient, I will leave one of you here to be eaten by wild beasts." Li Qingyun continued to threaten.

"We are obedient, don't leave us here to feed the wild beasts!" The two children's excitement passed, only then did they realize that the surroundings were pitch black, and they didn't even know where they were, so they were scared at the time.

Seeing the two brats subdued, Li Qingyun was secretly proud, thinking that with our ability, we can make a bunch of gangsters go round and round, but we can't deal with you?
Satisfied in her heart, she hummed a ditty and took Mao Mao and Tong Tong to the direction of Qinghe Residence.Two children, one pulled his left trouser leg, the other pulled his right trouser leg, for fear of being thrown by him to feed the wild animals.If a feral cat happened to pass by, it could also make them scream.

(End of this chapter)