"It is different from the crickets in the field, its body is small, its personality is gentle, the whole body is milky white, the size is as large as peanuts, the small is like a grain of wheat, the cylindrical abdominal cavity has a maroon red ring pattern, the ventral end has a small figure-eight tail, and there are four vestigial small wings on the back, so he can't fly, but it bounces very well, and is called the 'ballet dancer' of the insect world." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Wu Wu opened her mouth and came.

But Zhu Zhanji suddenly interjected: "What is 'ballet'?" ”

"Damn, why did I accidentally pop up a modern word again?"

Wu Wu had no choice but to say vaguely perfunctory: "It's just a very beautiful folk dance, you grew up in the royal family, so naturally you don't know it." ”

"Its two arched thighs are its main bouncing organs, right? I observed. This little creature is crawling and jumping, clever and well-behaved, occasionally grabbing one and putting it in the palm of its hand, it will dance its tentacles, make eye contact with people, and make a chirping sound, and then quickly jump out of the palm of the hand to escape. ”

Zhu Zhanji was not interested in this "ballet" at all, and continued to exchange his understanding of the "stove cricket" with Wu Wu with great interest:

"It is the only cricket that can overwinter. Old farmers often put it in small gourds to raise, and its cry can still be heard in the harsh winter when the snow is falling and the water is dripping into ice. ”

"Yes, that year, your imperial grandfather's beloved concubine Quan Xian Concubine Niangniang, when she accompanied the emperor on the northern tour, she was not adaptable to the water and soil, and suddenly had an emergency, and the imperial doctors were helpless, although I knew that crickets could be used to treat the water and soil. However, it was winter, where were the crickets, fortunately, I had an idea and thought of this 'stove cricket', and it was all thanks to it that I saved the life of Concubine Quan Xian. ”

Wu Wu suddenly remembered the name of Concubine Quan Xian, who she had been dusty for many years.

"Yes, after I returned to the palace, I read the pharmacology book, crickets are pungent, salty, warm, and Chinese medicine has no side poison. Diuretic, hematological, pharyngeal. It is used for edema, inability to urinate, urinary tract stones, cirrhosis of the liver, ascites, sore throat. After drying, it can be directly used in medicine. Caught in summer and autumn, scalded to death with boiling water, and dried. ”

Zhu Zhanji added with an approving look on his face.

"Yes, that year, that year......" Wu Wu said a little impatiently:

"We found more than a dozen crickets in the old farmer's stove together, fried them in water, and dried and ground them for Concubine Quan Xian to take, and soon the medicine was cured. Concubine Niangniang, who was still angry before, was able to drink medicine by herself in front of the emperor that night. , it was those crickets that were able to make Concubine Quan Xian intercede and let me enter the palace. ”

When Wu Wu recalled this acquaintance, the appearance of Concubine Xian appeared in front of her again.

It's a pity that the grave of Concubine Xian Niangniang is already a green tree!

"In the past few years, although I have been busy, as long as I have free time, I will let the little eunuchs take me to catch crickets. A few years ago, the emperor's grandfather sent me to run an errand in Beijing, and I also studied the cricket scriptures, and now, I should be able to count half a cricket. ”

Zhu Zhanji said with some pride.

"The highest level of playing cricket is not only to understand crickets, but to fight crickets!"

As Zhu Zhanji spoke, he listened attentively, walked slowly, and as soon as he heard the sound, he stood on tiptoe and walked forward quickly, found the wormhole from the sound, and immediately dug it with an iron spoon or used sharp grass to attract insects.

Wu Wu carried a beautiful cricket cage for him in the back and watched him catch crickets.

He happily put the crickets he dug into the cage, and told Wu Wu eloquently:

"From the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, I began to raise special fighting crickets. How to distinguish the appearance of these fighting crickets? Generally speaking, there are several colors of fighting crickets, such as blue and black, yellow and purple, but the blue and black ones are the top grades. It is generally believed that crickets with fat heads, long legs and broad backs are good at winning by horns. Also, the body born on the grass is soft, and the body is strong in the cracks between the bricks and stones. ”

Wu Wu listened to Zhu Zhanji talk about such new knowledge with great interest, and felt that Zhu Zhanji had really studied a lot of crickets in the past two years.

Zhu Zhanji listened carefully and immediately judged that under a mound of earth and rocks, there was a cautious cricket that could not hide.

Zhu Zhanji was very experienced in taking out the small bamboo tube he had just brought to hold slow water, and poured it under the mound of earth and stones.

At this time, Zhu Zhanji saw its leap and hurriedly covered it with a cover.

He carefully observed the shape of the crickets he caught, and said with some regret: "This one has a small head and white feet, and it is the inferior product of crickets. ”

Zhu Zhanji released the cricket that he had just caught with great difficulty, from the cover.

Wu Wu couldn't help but ask curiously, "Then what kind of crickets will you bring back to the palace?" ”

"It is best to have red hemp heads, white hemp heads, green necks, gold wings, gold silk foreheads, silver silk foreheads, etc., followed by purple gold and black ones. They are brought back in bamboo tubes and placed in clay pots and bowls for rearing. ”

Zhu Zhanji admired the crickets in his cricket cage with satisfaction, and said with a smile:

"Sister-in-law, now, it's my turn to be your cricket teacher, right? Let me tell you, good crickets can be named in various titles, such as oil tart, crab shell, golden pipa, red sand, green sand, plum blossom wings, Sanduan brocade, fragrant lion and so on. The Tibetan cricketers first fight and eliminate the many crickets raised in their own homes, among which the winner of a hundred battles is called "the great general", and he can fight to the death with other families. ”

"Fighting crickets, I really haven't seen them? What kind of gameplay is it? ”

Wu Wu asked with some curiosity.

At the beginning of the fight, two crickets were placed in the same basin and confronted each other. If they hold each other still, the main fighter will use the sharp grass (commonly known as cricket grass) to provoke the cricket's mouth and stimulate it to stir up the gladiatorial fight. Two crickets fight each other and bite each other, the brave one 'fights', and the cunning one "fights" (that is, serving each other and attacking by the intermittent). ”

"Then when is the 'fight' and when is the 'fight'?"

Wu Wu saw that Zhu Zhanji was getting more and more energetic, and she couldn't bear to discourage his enthusiasm, so she had to follow his tone and ask.

"When the enemy is weak, it is changed from 'Doukou' to 'Doukou', and when the enemy is strong, it is changed from 'Doukou' to 'Doujia'. The struggle of the little worm is like the wrestling of a warrior. The winner flaps his wings and roars, and the loser collapses. The straw man put a small red flag on the cage to determine the winner, the winner wins, the loser loses, and the owner also gets the silver, just like a gambling draw. The fight will not stop until after the cold dew. ”

Zhu Zhanji said in a colorful voice, and a scene of a born emperor star full of ambition had already appeared in front of Wu Wu's eyes, but he was as attentive as the people in the market.

She was suddenly shocked.

A thought suddenly flashed through her mind: History shows that Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji loves to fight crickets, and was nicknamed the "cricket emperor" by later generations. (To be continued.) )