When Zhuang Rui was only 5 or 6 years old and still lived in the old house, his favorite game was to fight crickets, and he would often have three or five friends, flashlights in the middle of the night, and go to catch crickets among the remaining bricks and tiles near the stage, and then began to compete to see who caught the crickets.

At that time, the urbanization was not as good as it is now, there were buildings everywhere, and the location of the old house was at the foot of Yunlong Mountain, where all kinds of birds and insects lived.

In addition to fighting crickets, after Zhuang Rui met Liu Chuan, the two fell in love with raising grasshoppers, in order to catch the grasshoppers, the two of them ran to the vegetable fields on the outskirts of the city, and they were also beaten by Liu Chuan's father's board because they brought the grasshoppers to the classroom to play, but at that time, there was a green and loud grasshopper, which was undoubtedly a face-saving thing among the classmates.

It is Zhuang Rui after hearing the rapid chirping just now, he immediately recognized that this is the cry of a grasshopper, and he is very curious in his heart at the moment, he knows that most of the grasshoppers are played in the summer and autumn, once they enter the winter, basically the grasshoppers will not be able to bear the cold and die, Zhuang Rui raised the grasshoppers when he was a child and never lived to the New Year, but the sound of the grasshoppers heard in his ears at this moment is loud, strong and powerful, obviously not the kind of goods that are dying in winter.

Following the sound, Zhuang Rui found that the cry of the grasshopper came from the arms of the male brother, and he couldn't help but ask strangely: "Isn't this thing a grasshopper going to die in winter, why is your cry still so loud?"

"Hehe, when you look at your brother, you don't know how to play with grasshoppers, what you said is a grasshopper kept in a cage, of course it won't live long, my grasshopper is raised in a gourd, and it is close to your arms every day, so it's naturally fine......."

Brother Xiong explained smugly, while reaching out his hand into his arms, and when he took it out again, his palm tightly grasped a gourd with purple bright colors in red all over his body.

Through Brother Xiong's explanation, Zhuang Rui figured out that he was not called playing with grasshoppers at all before, the real good grasshoppers can survive the winter, and some have a long lifespan and can even live up to a year, but there are also many particulars in this, the first is that the winter grasshopper should pay special attention to the temperature, when the temperature is low, try not to let it chirp, put it in the gourd during the day, carry it in the arms, and the temperature will increase by the temperature of the human body, and the second is that although the grasshopper is happy to chirp, it should not exceed half an hour each time, no more than three times a day, otherwise it will shorten the life of the grasshopper。

Listening to the cry of the gnats in front of him, Zhuang Rui seemed to have returned to his childhood, and couldn't help but say to Brother Xiong: "Can you show me this?"

"Take it, but don't take it too long, it's not good for the grasshopper if the temperature is low...... Brother Xiong was also refreshed, and handed the gourd in his hand to Zhuang Rui.

As soon as the gourd was started, Zhuang Rui felt a warmth in the palm of his hand, and looked at it carefully, this gourd is about 10 centimeters high, the belly in the middle is very large, and it is estimated that there are seven or eight centimeters, the hollow Mengxin is like a jade carving, very exquisite, the skin is ruddy and quiet, revealing a kind of warm old atmosphere, Zhuang Rui has made up a lot of antique knowledge during this time, knowing that this is a manifestation of thick pulp.

The cicada in the gourd seemed to feel the drop in temperature, and also stopped chirping, Zhuang Rui habitually released the aura in his eyes when he looked at the gourd.

"Huh?"

Just when the aura just came into contact with the gourd, a familiar feeling appeared in Zhuang Rui's eyes, aura, that's right, a faint breath was integrated into the aura in Zhuang Rui's eyes, although the aura was absent, and the increase in the aura after returning to the eyes was also very small, but Zhuang Rui still clearly sensed that this gourd obviously contained aura.

"Brother Xiong, right, I like this thing, do you sell it? I used to play this when I was a child, and now I see it very kindly, if you are willing to sell it, just make a price." ”

Zhuang Rui first returned the gourd to Brother Xiong, and then pretended to be very casual without changing his face, and asked, He knows that the people who can fight in this market are all human spirits, if you show a little interest in this object, they will immediately boast about the things in their hands in the sky and the earth.

Although the aura contained in this gourd is far inferior to the couplet and manuscript, this is also the third object with aura that Zhuang Rui has encountered, and if the price is not very expensive, Zhuang Rui still wants to buy it.

"I'm playing with this, not selling. ”

After Brother Xiong heard Zhuang Rui's words, there was a trace of embarrassment on his face, he was not trying to do it this time, but because of this grasshopper, he had been raising it for almost half a year, and he carried it on his body every day, and he had to carefully feed some miscellaneous insects, which could be regarded as raising feelings, and after hearing Zhuang Rui's words, he was really a little reluctant in his heart.

Zhuang Rui didn't give up, and encouraged: "Brother Xiong, I really like this, see if you can cut love, the price is up to you, I will buy it if it is suitable, the New Year, you are considered to be a good starter, I also found a thing I like, everyone is happy." ”

"Brother Xiong, when the autumn comes, you can raise another one, this brother likes it, let it be given to him." The monkey on the side also said that in his opinion, a grasshopper is only ten yuan and eight yuan things, since this person wants to buy it, then it is not enough to sell it.

Brother Xiong's face changed, and he was also moved when he thought about it, this gnats were bought by him for 20 yuan half a year ago, and as for the gourd, it was bought from a stall when he lived at his uncle's house in Tianjin the year before last, and it only cost about ten yuan.

Thinking of this, Brother Xiong's face turned pale, and he said to Zhuang Rui: "My gnats are the best, you also heard the cry just now, the call is loud, not I blow, play with gnats in this whole market, no one can compare with me, see if you really like it, I will make a price, if you think it is suitable, I will sell it......"

"Say it. Zhuang Rui replied.

"1,000 yuan, no two prices, I sold you even the gourd gourd, my gourd is a good thing, the old man in the store in the front 'Ji Yaxuan' didn't sell it for 800 yuan yesterday. ”

Brother Xiong gritted his teeth and said, what he said was also a half-truth, the owner of the antique shop in 'Ji Yaxuan' did bid him for this gourd yesterday, but it was only 100 yuan, and now in Brother Xiong's mouth, it was 700 more.

One thousand yuan, Zhuang Rui thought about it in his heart, and decided to buy it, after all, since the aura in his eyes, this is the third object that can increase the aura he has encountered, and a thousand yuan is not a lot, even if he loses it all, he will lose it.

"Okay, Brother Xiong, since you are willing to cut your love, a thousand yuan is a thousand yuan, you take the money, and the things belong to me......"

Just when Brother Xiong and the monkey looked at Zhuang Rui's face, Zhuang Rui spoke, took out the wallet directly from his pocket, counted out a thousand yuan and handed it to Brother Xiong, and took the gourd gourd, according to Brother Xiong's previous appearance, put the gourd close to his body, Brother Xiong looked really reluctant, took the money and counted it casually, and put it in his pocket, but his eyes kept looking at the place where Zhuang Rui put the grasshopper.

Touching the gourd in his arms through his clothes, Zhuang Rui walked slowly towards Liu Chuan's pet store, and he was a little happy in his heart, after all, he took out an object with aura, although the aura absorbed was a little scarce, it was finally better than nothing.

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