In the end, Hong Tao's 4 crickets won two wins and two losses, and took out 1 cent, and there were only two crickets left.

"Don't play! Don't play! Say that 4 games are 4 games, you can fight by yourself!" Hong Tao threw the two crickets that lost the fight under the root of the house and released them, and then put away the cricket jar and bucket basin, and walked home with his arms.

"Lend us your basin!" There are also children who want to continue playing, and they fall in love with Hong Tao's bucket basin.

"Beautiful you, this basin is more valuable than you, you really dare to open your teeth, don't see if your hair has grown, go cool. Hong Tao didn't even look back, and left scolding.

Early the next morning, Hong Tao took his own cricket and a small cricket jar of No. 4, carried a kettle on his back and went straight to the bird market at the north gate of Ditan Park with his neighbor Grandpa Zhang. In fact, it is said that it is a bird market, there is no market at all, but a large group of people who like to raise birds usually walk their birds, and then carry the cage here to get together, chat, and by the way, comment on whose birds are good.

Later, there were people who sold bird food and all kinds of live insects here, and everyone didn't have any stalls, just pushing bicycles, and there was a cage made of window screens on the back shelf, which contained hundreds of grasshoppers or oil hyacinths, which were sold to bird keepers according to a penny.

There are a lot of insect sellers today, there are 7 or 8 copies, and Grandpa Zhang basically knows them, so he took Hong Tao to ask one by one if there are any good crickets to sell. These people who catch insects and sell them are not only for the birds, but also for the piggybackers or something, and they will come here early to sell a handful of bird food for an hour, and then go to other places to continue selling the gnats and crickets.

These people, who mainly sell bird food and sell crickets and crickets, use two ways when selling crickets, one is not allowed to open their bamboo tubes, and see the crickets inside, 3 cents a piece, what is the catch; or you can open the tube to see, you can also use the cricket to weigh, and buy it again when you are satisfied, but you need 1 yuan a piece.

Hong Tao is not bad for money, and he doesn't want to try that luck, so he just buys it for 1 yuan a piece. Every time a bamboo tube is opened, the crickets inside are poured into the bottom of the bamboo and hung up

In a small bamboo container with a lid, and then weigh the crickets, at least 6 centimeters and 5 millimeters or more can be alternative. After weighing the weight, pour the alternative crickets into the cricket jar one by one, and carry out the final screening according to the tips for selecting fighting insects that the second master said a few days ago.

The first thing to look at is the cricket's whiskers, that is, the two long tentacles that grow on its head. For crickets, the tentacles are its sensory organs, and the judgment of attack and defense must be judged by these two whiskers. A good fighting insect requires that its tentacles are not too long, and it must be black and thick, and it cannot be bent at will, which shows that it is an adult and has a sensitive sense of touch.

The second is to look at the head of the cricket, which is generally divided into three colors: black, green and yellow. It only reflects the breed and age of the cricket, and whether it is combative or not depends on the shape of the head. The cricket head type of the good fighting can be summed up in three words, that is, high, deep, and rushing, according to Hong Tao's understanding, the head should be big, the distance from the top of the head to the tip of the teeth should be long, and it must be a adze. It is said that the teeth of such crickets are thick and powerful, and the teeth have a curved angle, which is more suitable for occupying a powerful angle when fighting. Secondly, you can also use a strong light to illuminate the head of the cricket, bright and opaque are better, too dark means that the cricket is old, and transparent means that the cricket is still too tender.

The third one is the cricket's teeth, which are its main weapon. In terms of color, whether it is a reddish-purple or white or yellow-toothed cricket, the heavier the color, the better, which shows that the teeth and bones of the cricket are already hard, just like the crayfish we eat, when we are young, the crayfish's pincers are cyan, and they are a little soft when pinched, and the longer the color, the redder the color, and the harder the bones. In addition, the shape of the teeth, to be curved, slender, and multi-serrated teeth are the best, and the short and thick teeth look stocky, but in fact, it is not cheap to fight.

The fourth is to look at the neck of the cricket, the neck of the cricket is required to be thick, wide and straight, if the front is wide and the back is narrow, or the front is narrow and the back is wide, it is not a good fighting insect quality.

Fifth, look at the wings of the cricket, simply put, the wings of the cricket are required to wrap the body very closely, there can be no gap where the two wings bite, and the unevenness on the wings is more obvious and the better, which shows that the sound unit of the cricket is very good. According to Darwin's theory of evolution, the wings of the cricket are the only organ of the female cricket, and only when the wings grow well and the call is melodious, can the best female cricket be attracted and the genes can be better.

The sixth is to look at the body of the cricket, that is, the length from the back edge of the neck to the tip of the tail, if this length is short, the cricket lacks durability and toughness, if it is too long, there will be no explosive force, so the most reasonable length is about 61% of the body, in line with the golden section. Another point is to see that after the cricket is full, the belly can not be too big, too big means that the cricket has insufficient muscles in the body, and it is full of fat.

Seventh, we should look at the six legs of the cricket, especially the color of the legs, which indicates the growth environment of the cricket. For light-colored legs, there must be red spots on the ankles, and for dark-colored legs, there must be separate spots on the inner thighs, which cannot be connected or white. In addition, it is also required that the two thighs should be separated on both sides of the body, and the second thigh segment is as long as possible, so that the force of the push is enough.

Finally, we have to look at the two tail whiskers of the cricket, the capital is called the tail (Yin'er), these two tail whiskers are the tactile and balanced units of the cricket, and the color is best consistent with the color of the thigh, which shows that the cricket's qi and blood are very vigorous, and the blood and blood of the whole body are smooth.

In fact, among these eight articles, each of them has a lot of meticulous attention, and there are many matching knowledge in these eight articles, such as the probability of a green-headed cricket with a neck and wings of what color is a combative insect, what color is the teeth of a black-headed cricket is more likely to be a combative insect, etc., but the second master did not talk so much, even if he did, Hong Tao could not remember, this thing is something that the Chinese have summarized for thousands of years, and it will be impossible to understand all of them for a while.

In addition, the second master also taught Hong Tao a trick to quickly identify whether the cricket is strong, that is, to throw the cricket into the water, and then immediately fish it out, at this time the cricket will bounce the thigh violently, and the whisker and tail will also swing back and forth. It's a pity that the cricket seller will never let you throw the cricket into the water for experimentation, because once the cricket is damp, it can't be carried in a bamboo tube, and it needs to be let dry in a dry place, otherwise you will get sick.

In the end, Hong Tao judged it according to these 9 tricks, and then bought 5 crickets that he thought were the best, one of which was the black-headed, purple-winged, red-toothed cricket He was the most satisfied, that guy not only looked very powerful, but also big, weighing 8 centimeters.

"Uncle, next time you have a good cricket in your hand, just come here to find my Grandpa Zhang and ask him to bring me a message, I promise to come, as long as the cricket is good, the price will definitely not lose you!" Hong Tao and the 7 or 8 bird food sellers almost all said the same thing, and then followed Grandpa Zhang home with 5 small bamboo tubes.

After returning home, Hong Tao first prepared the room for the five newly bought crickets, and then put them in the new home, and did not fight immediately. This is also what the second master told him, after the new crickets are brought back, it is best to raise them for 1 day, so that they can recover, and then they can fight, and it is best to raise them for a few more days before fighting.

How to make crickets recover fù body lì, this is also a science, when Hong Tao raised crickets in his last life, he fed crickets with beans in lentils, but the second master said that it was all a matter of mallets, and the main food of crickets was cereals, especially yellow millet was the best. He said that yellow millet not only raises people, but also raises crickets, and it is easy to digest, and will not stretch the crickets out of a big belly, and the nutrition is enough.

The method of feeding is to steam the yellow millet first, then break a few tender corn kernels and mash them, mix the yellow millet with corn juice, and put them on the rice board in the cricket jar after cooling, and the crickets ensure that they like to eat. In addition, you can also feed some medicinal food every few days, with 5 grams of Poria cocos, 5 grams of white lentils, 3 grams of eucommia, 2 grams of rehmannia rehmannia, 2 grams of licorice, 1 gram of Ganoderma lucidum, add 5oo ml of water, boil for 3o minutes after boiling, then take out the residue, put in a potato, cook for 1o minutes, pour out the soup, and grind the potatoes into mashed potatoes.

"Oh, my little ancestor, what are you doing? What a room full of medicinal smells!" Hong Tao was not idle, after placing the crickets, he went to the Chinese medicine pharmacy in Beixinqiao to buy these medicinal materials, and immediately started making zuò in the kitchen of his grandmother's house, and asked his grandmother to give it to him.

"I'm cooking for the crickets, and I'll be fine for a while, so I won't delay you making lunch. Hong Tao told his grandmother about the second master and the cricket medicinal diet he introduced.

"Phew! They deserve to have their hardcore crops fall! They deserve to lose their families! I don't think about how to earn money to support my family all day long, just thinking about this useless thing, Xiao Tao, you can't learn those things, it's all things that only losers play!" When Hong Tao's grandmother heard this, she immediately began to scold.

"I know, I know, I'm just idle to try, I won't lose......" Hong Tao pushed and persuaded his grandmother out of the kitchen, although this old lady was not from a working people's background, but she didn't look down on the things that the children of the Eight Banners played.

"Xiao Tao, come over and help me see, are these pants and clothes done right?" Grandma had just left, and Auntie heard a sound coming out of her house again. Now my aunt is completely engaged in clothing cutting, and she is no longer a high school student, but a glorious unemployed youth!

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