Rebirth 13, starting from the big demolition treasure hunt

In July, it is the season for catching cicadas again.

On the evening of the 6th, Liu Sizhi invited Yan Shun, Hu Zhixiang, Xue Houzi, Yang Tantou, Xiao Xie and Wu Yuansheng to come to the vicinity of Yuliangzhou Racecourse again.

There used to be a large poplar forest there, which was a "paradise" for catching cicadas.

However, since the construction of the urban green heart, the poplar forest has been destroyed and turned into a park, and there are not many poplar trees left.

"Ah! There are far fewer cicadas than before. I still miss the time when I used to catch cicadas here a few years ago!"

Hu Zhixiang exclaimed as everyone turned on their headlamps and walked through the few remaining poplar forests.

Ten years ago, the entire Yuliangzhou was planted with poplar trees on a large scale.

It was summer then. Even if you didn't pick up iron at night and just caught cicadas, you could basically earn two to three hundred yuan a night.

If you're lucky, you could get four or five hundred.

Wu Yuansheng remembered that at that time, every evening when he passed by the poplar forest, he could see many lights. Those were people catching cicadas.

(Yuliangzhou is large enough with enough poplar trees, so it is no problem for hundreds of people to catch cicadas at the same time without any crowding.

Later, because of the dumping of rubble, some small poplar trees were directly covered by the rubble and buried as fertilizer.

Although there may be cicadas under other trees, the living environment of the larvae has been destroyed. It is estimated that even if there are more in the future, it will take at least a few years.)

“I remember that at that time everyone was basically looking for treasure in the landfill.

Sometimes I would take an hour to pick up some cicadas that crawled under the trees. Although it didn’t take long, the cicadas I caught were enough for me to eat.”

Xiao Xie glanced at the tree trunk in front of him with his headlamp and then said.

At that time, Wu Yuansheng usually just passed by and took a glance, and he rarely caught it himself.

"The soil layer in many places has been destroyed. Apart from a small number of poplar trees near the village and some willow trees near the river, it is basically impossible to catch cicadas in other places."

As Yan Shun spoke, he shone his headlamp at the tree next to him. He just happened to see a cicada. He quickly picked it up and put it in the bottle he brought with him.

The bottle contains some light salt water. Throwing cicadas into it can prevent them from shedding their shells and also extend their shelf life.

This is basically the method everyone uses.

"Boss Liu! You must be missing the time when we caught pheasants at the innermost part of Yuliangzhou at night a few years ago!"

Yang Cheng glanced at Liu Sizhi and said to him with a smile.

"Yes! Especially 10 years ago, this place was still barren and had just started dumping waste.

I remember that every autumn and winter, at night, I would find some places with lush grass and bring a professional long net.

Pheasants will not run away under strong lights and can be easily caught with a net."

Liu Sizhi is full of memories of some things that happened in the past.

"In addition to catching pheasants and cicadas, there were some ponds on the island when it rained heavily in the summer. There were many fish and shrimps in them. They would run up or down with the water flow. Every time I came here, I could catch a lot."

He continued.

"We played at Lao Hu's place, but we also ate the pheasants and fish and shrimps you brought over. Now there are no wild grasses, and there are no wild ponds. The days of catching pheasants, fish and shrimps are gone forever!"

Xue Houzi glanced at Liu Sizhi and felt a little touched.

Everyone who came here today should have eaten the pheasants, fish and shrimp caught by Boss Liu.

A few years ago, Wu Yuansheng bought from him when he met him.

“Yuliangzhou has changed so much, and of course, it’s not just Yuliangzhou.

In the past ten years, this city, other cities, and even all places across the country have changed a lot, basically changing every year."

He also had some regrets.

When I first started working, the urban area of ​​this city was not very large.

Every urban area looks very shabby.

Today, high-rise buildings or parks have been built in the surrounding suburbs and even many farmlands in the countryside.

The area of ​​the entire urban area has expanded at least three times since then.

Expansion is not the most important thing. The house and its related supporting facilities and environment are much better than before.

In fact, in addition to construction, technology has also changed a lot in the past ten years, from 3G network to the current 5G network.

Many equipment and daily necessities have also changed.

(In the past ten years, some people have seized the opportunity to develop and become rich, while others have not seized or made good use of this opportunity and are still living an ordinary life.)

Of course, people’s age and experience also change.

Before they knew it, they were all in their thirties, forties, fifties or sixties!

Wu Yuansheng himself has experienced almost 11 years from the time of his rebirth to now.

Over the years, he believes that he has no regrets and has been working hard to make money and live a good life.

But at the same time, he felt that although the city was not large and the houses were dilapidated when he first came out, the streets seemed to be more lively at that time.

Although the city has become larger in area, there are very few people on the streets except for large comprehensive shopping malls, and many storefronts are empty.

In addition, people who lived a decade or so ago seemed to be happier.

Maybe this is the characteristic of different eras!

"The changes are really huge. I've seen videos and news reports that in the past decade, the construction and urbanization process across the country has been so rapid that a Chicago can be built every year."

Xiao Xie said as he talked about the changes in the city over the years.

"I also saw the information you mentioned!"

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Everyone chatted for a while, and then separated and went their separate ways.

The forest was only two or three acres in area, and the group quickly searched for all the remaining poplar trees there.

"Old Hu, how many did you catch?"

When they gathered together after the raid and were about to leave, Yan Shun asked Hu Zhixiang.

"The forest here is small, so I caught 6. How about you?"

He asked others.

“I caught five!”

Yan Shundao.

"I caught even fewer, only three!"

Xue Houhou said.

“I caught five!”

Xiao Xie said.

“I caught 6 too!”

Yang Tantou said.

“I caught five!”

Wu Yuansheng said.

"According to what you said, even though I only caught 9, it's still the most I've caught!"

Liu Sizhi laughed as he spoke.

These are not as good as what I once caught from a tree.

"Let's go! Let's find another place to catch them. I found that the soil here has been disturbed. Maybe someone dug up cicadas during the day."

Hu Zhixiang said.

Having said that, everyone seemed to understand why only so few cicadas were caught.

Next, the few of them changed location and walked towards the willow forest near the river in Yuliangzhou.

The cicadas there, the soil on the ground has not been disturbed, and there are more cicadas than in the poplar forest.

However, because no one wrapped transparent tape on the trees, many cicadas had already climbed to very high places.

(Of course, in addition to them, there were also some people living in Yuliangzhou who had nothing to do at night. They also brought tools and swept around in the woods.)

At around 9:30, Wu Yuansheng went home.

He didn't catch many at night, only about 50, but this was enough for one meal.