"Mochizuki?" Zhou Xuan was surprised, "When I was a child, I once saw such a story in the story club, saying that there is a kind of special one that looks up at the moon on the night of the full moon, but it is highly poisonous, and if you eat it, you will bleed and die quickly!" ”

The old man nodded with a smile and said, "By the way, this is this thing, what I came to show you today is this 'Moon Mochizuki'!" ”

"Is there such a thing? I always thought it was just a legendary animal, just a storyteller, is there really one? Zhou Xuan was surprised and surprised, but he turned his head and thought about it, in the sinkhole in Luoyang, hadn't he seen even more strange "cockroaches" and "corpse insects"? There are so many things in the world that we don't know, and since there is no wind and no waves, since it can spread from the story, then at least there is a source for it.

Li Wei has been here countless times, but he has never heard of any "Moon Mochizuki", touched his head, and asked, "Grandpa, the first few times I came to Uncle Yang's place, why haven't you heard of this Mochizuki or something?" I see that he raises a lot of yellow cockroaches! ”

Lao Li snorted and said, "What can you know?" Know, you still don't come to Yang Zhi to eat until he goes bankrupt? ”

Li Wei also snorted, and said unconvinced: "Grandpa, it's not that I haven't eaten this cockroach, it's only a few dozen yuan a catty, what restaurant in the city doesn't have it?" Will I still eat Uncle Yang bankrupt? ”

"Dozens of pieces are ordinary cockroaches, this moon-gazing python, hehe." Without waiting for Lao Li to speak, Wei Haihong said first, "This Moon Gazing Python, one pound will be sold for more than 8,000, and those who want goods have to order two months in advance from Brother Yang, and the amount of goods is very small!" ”

Li Wei and Fu Ying were extremely surprised, of course Fu Ying had seen the cockroach, but what kind of "Mochizuki Python", she really hadn't seen it, what was even more strange was that if she said that the more expensive the food, then she should be familiar with it, and she didn't know the cheapest local snacks, but if she said those top foods, they shouldn't appear out of her sight, right?

Yang Zhi went back to the house at this time and changed into a fishing suit made of plastic from the lower half of the body to the waist down, which is a special costume for fishermen to use when fishing in the water, especially in winter, because it has to be wet, who can bear such a cold day?

Wearing a fishing suit, I still wear thick socks and underwear inside, which will not be affected by the water.

With another shovel in his hand, Yang Zhi shoveled away the snow on the corner of the pond, made a position more than one meter square, and then dug down one shovel after another.

The mud in this dry pond is easier to dig, mainly because there is no water, and when a shovel is shoveled, the mud is all lumps on the shovel and then thrown out.

And this fish pond is very different from several other fish ponds, the edge of other ponds is a dirt ridge, and this pond turns around the four sides are the edges of cement watering, and the distance between the pond and the middle of the soil is also two feet high, it is estimated that it is to prevent the cockroaches from running out of the pond.

Watching Yang Zhi wield a shovel and dig the mud, Yang Zhi's wife Yao Lin hugged her daughter Yang Yang from Li Wei's hands, and several people watched Yang Zhi work.

Zhou Xuan was embarrassed when he saw it, and asked with a smile: "Brother Yang, do you still have a shovel?" I'm here to help! ”

"No, no, no!" Yang Zhi replied without raising his head, "You are a distinguished guest brought by the old man, and you are also a distinguished guest when you come to me, just stand and see what is fresh, and besides, I don't have to worry about it, it is technical work, you can do it well if you have experience, and you really can't do it if you don't understand it without experience!" ”

Yang Zhi said very politely, but Zhou Xuan was a little sneering.

Wei Haihong patted Zhou Xuan's shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother, Brother Yang doesn't mean that, he speaks straight, he is a straight person, let me tell you, this job is really a technical job, and ordinary people can't do it." ”

Smiling, Wei Haihong said again: "Ying Ying also asked just now, what is the Moon Mochizuki, while Brother Yang Zhi is digging in the mud, I will give you an introduction, hehe, let me tell you two little stories first!" ”

"The first story, about the eighteenth year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, is about a person who died, the neighbors and villagers suspected that the deceased's wife was poisoned in lunch, and later reported to the official, the county surname Zhang, quite a bit of Qingtian style, from the scene of the observation of the situation and the confession of the deceased's wife, there are some doubts, a few days later, Zhang Zhixian took off his official uniform, dressed as a businessman, went out of the city to the riverside fishermen's residential area to visit the micro-service, for three days, tirelessly, visited more than ten fishermen, Finally, I visited an old fisherman who was over the age of six. ”

"This old fisherman, with his eyebrows like snow and strong spirits, has been fishing for generations, has rich experience and knowledge. His grandfather once advised: 'Don't taste the moon eel.' According to the old fisherman, this kind of eel is relatively rare, likes to eat dead dogs, dead cats and carrion corpses, etc., the body is relatively thick, the shape is not significantly different from the general eel, when the moon is half sixteen full moon, often swim out of the cave, look at the moon with his head high, I don't know what the reason is, the situation that the old fisherman said has many coincidences with the statement of Jin Yulan, Zhang Zhixian was very happy to hear it, and was determined to investigate to the end, and Zhaoxue was unjust for the people. After he returned to the government, he immediately ordered the servants to go to the city to buy yellow eels, but when he saw that all the yellow eels were bought, a total of more than 200 catties were purchased within five days. ”

Li Wei also listened with relish, and Xiao Yang Yang in Yao Lin's arms also opened his eyes wide, drilled into his mother's arms in fear, and then asked: "Uncle Wei, this cockroach will eat kittens and puppies, will it eat Xiao Yangyang?" ”

Wei Haihong smiled, shook his head and said: "Yangyang, don't be afraid, uncle is just telling a story, this turtle just loves to eat the corpses of animals after they die, and it is not as big as these animals, very small and very small, as big as other turtles." ”

Xiao Yang Yang took a long breath and said childishly: "Oh, that's okay, the fish in this pond are my father's treasures, and my father used to feed them fish!" ”

Yang Zhi smiled and said, "Baby, you are Dad's baby!" ”

Li Weizheng listened interestingly, and hurriedly said: "Third uncle, don't interrupt, hurry up and tell the story, it's very interesting." ”

Wei Haihong smiled and said: "After Zhang Zhixian purchased the eels, he raised them in five large water tanks, put them in the courtyard of the yamen, and personally observed them carefully every night. On that day, in the middle of the night, the moon and stars were scarce, and everything was silent. Zhang Zhixian waited for the water tank to inspect, and suddenly saw a yellow eel, raised its head, and swayed left and right towards the bright moon, as if admiring the moonlight. Zhang Zhixian was pleasantly surprised: Could this be the so-called 'Moon Eel'? Immediately the messenger was called to catch the eel, and then he continued to wait by the tank, and he got three in one night. After dawn, he instructed the kitchen to cook the three 'Mochizuki eels' into dishes, which filled the room with a fragrant aroma, which was no different from banquet delicacies. Then he summoned the clerks, the servants, and the servants in the ya, and fed them to the big yellow dog in public. The big yellow dog smelled the fishy scent, gobbled it up, and swept away the full plate of eels. At first, he shook his head and shook his tail, but after a while, he barked wildly, lying on the ground, as if in great pain, and after a while, his limbs twitched, his mouth was bleeding, and he fell to the ground and died after struggling for a moment, so that the case was clear! ”

Li Wei opened his mouth, and after a while, he seemed unsatisfied, and said: "Third uncle, didn't you say that there are two stories, one more, another one!" ”

Xiao Yangyang in Yao Lin's arms said angrily: "Uncle Wei is telling stories, but you don't raise your hand, you always interrupt!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Wei Haihong touched Xiao Yangyang's tender face, and then said: "The second story is about Ji Xiaolan in the Qing Dynasty, there is a couple, the husband Zhao Tian caught more than ten cockroaches from the field in one day, and his wife Li immediately slaughtered the cockroaches for her husband to eat, but the meal was not finished, and the husband fell to the ground and bled to death, so Zhao Tian's brothers and sisters went to the government to complain, saying that Li murdered her husband, Ji Xiaolan felt that this case was a little strange, and inquired about the situation of the Li family from the neighbors. But others say that Li and Zhao Tian are in love, Li is virtuous and diligent, and never begs people, and Li himself insists that he is wronged and never poisons her husband. ”

Ji Xiaolan returned to the house sullenly, and accidentally flipped through a folk medicine book, and there was a record that caught his attention. Said in the countryside of the south of the Yangtze River, there is a kind of strange eel, dormant in the field, every Mid-Autumn Festival full moon, then look up at the moon, until the moon sets, so it is named 'Moon Eel', although this eel is few, there is one in ten thousand, but it is extremely poisonous. Seeing this, he hid his thoughts for a long time, and his mouth suddenly opened. ”

The next day, he ordered his family to issue a notice to buy eels from the villagers at a high price. The villagers scrambled to catch it, and they bought 10,000 yellow eels in more than a month, put them in the tank, and put them in the courtyard. When the moon was full, I saw an eel looking at the moon with its head up until the moon set. But when he started to catch it, he got into the pile of eels. Ji Xiaolan has always been very smart, and immediately ordered someone to bring a few large tanks, scatter the eel in other tanks, and then on a moonlit night, see which tank it is in, and then separate it, so that several times, the 'Moon Eel' will be separated separately and kept at home. ”

"When the countryside rushed to catch the big market again, Ji Xiaolan announced that the plaintiff came to the plaintiff and tried the case openly in the bazaar, announcing that Li was acquitted, and Zhao Tian was poisoned and died by eating poisonous insects by mistake, of course everyone didn't believe it, because the villagers often hunted and fish, and no one had ever been poisoned. Ji Xiaolan immediately told the legend of the 'Moon Gazetteer' in public, and ordered someone to take out one of the captured 'Moon Gazetteers' and slaughter it in public and feed it to a dog. ”

Wei Haihong finished telling the story, but seeing that Li Wei, Fu Ying, and Zhou Xuan were all proud, especially Xiao Yangyang, he reluctantly asked after listening: "Uncle Wei, tell another story!" ”

Wei Haihong said with a smile: "No, Yangyang, children want to listen to children's stories, and they can't listen to too many such stories!" ”

Yang Yang pouted and said unhappily: "I hate you for saying that I am a child!" ”

This time, even Yao Lin, who was holding her, laughed and said, "This little girl, I don't know where I learned it!" ”

Fu Ying smiled and stretched out her hand and said, "Yang Yang, come, sister hug!" ”

Yang Yang immediately stretched out his hand, Yao Linqi was surprised, and while handing his daughter over, he said: "My daughter never lets strangers hug her, it's strange!" ”

When Yang Yang was in Fu Ying's arms, he said something that made everyone laugh: "My sister is like a fairy, and I want to be as beautiful as my sister when I grow up!" ”

Fu Ying smiled and said, "Yang Yang is even more beautiful than her sister when she grows up!" ”

Li Wei pinched Yang Yang's face and asked, "Girl, what is the fairy?" ”

Yang Yang was immediately stunned, and after being stunned, he pointed to his father who was digging and said, "Dad told me a story, and the fairy is in the story." ”

But she really can't say what a fairy looks like, because after all, she has never seen a real fairy.

At this time, Yang Zhi had already dug a pit about two feet deep where the snow had been removed, and his forehead was covered with sweat, but the drier it was, the happier it became, it was not cold at all, and all that came out of his mouth was columnar white gas.

After leveling the bottom of the pit, Yang Zhi pointed to the ground and said: "Less than a foot below is the cement bottom, judging from the hole in this area, there are four moongazing insects at this point." ”

Hearing that Mochizuki was coming out, everyone stopped talking, and hurriedly stared at the place where Yang Zhi was digging.

This pond was made by Yang Zhi with some effort, and it was sealed with cement inside and out, and the edges of the bottom were all cement, and it was filled with mud after it was done, so that the Mochizuki Python could not run out.

There are four holes in the ground under Yang Zhi's feet, just like a rat hole in the soil, Zhou Xuan caught a turtle in his field when he was a child, and the hole was in the water in the field, not like this kind of dry hole.

When catching the cockroach, one middle finger is extended, and then the remaining four fingers are curled, and the middle finger is poked along the mouth of the cockroach hole, which is about experience, and the feeling of the tip of the middle finger drills into the hole until it touches the cockroach.

And the cockroach is slender and long, the whole body is slippery, no experience is not able to grasp, this has to have experienced people to do, the middle finger in contact with the cockroach, homeopathic forward to make a little effort, with the middle finger to catch the waist of the cockroach, the remaining four fingers of the curl at this time like a clip gear stuck in the snap, at this time no matter how the cockroach bounces and twists can not run away.

This kind of thing of catching cockroaches, Zhou Xuan can often do it when he was a child, with **, Zhao Junjie and a few people, after school to say hello and say "poke the yellow python", a few people were invited to the field to catch the yellow cockroach, the cockroach is tender and delicious, and it still needs to spend hands and feet after catching it back, the python is shaped like a snake, and the structure is similar, but the method of doing it is very different, snake meat is generally cut into pieces, slices.

And the tockfish is too small, the spine spurs on the body are not easy to get, but not like cutting the fish, a knife from the stomach, and because the small body of the toddler is too slippery, you have to use a wooden board, and then use two iron nails to nail the head and tail of the toddler to the wooden board, with a small sharp knife along the back of the toad first next to the bone side of the knife, and then from the other side of the knife, so that the bone can be taken out completely, the rest is connected to the belly of the meat, when eating will not be like a fish There are thorns in the meat, if you don't understand, cut it on the stomach, Then you can't eat it, the meat itself is small, and then connected to the bones, almost all of it is bone spurs.

Now Yang Zhi is digging the Moon Python, this hole is not like that of ordinary turtles, the hole is much larger, and when he digs out his mind again, Yang Zhi is much more careful.

The shovel slowly cut down along the edge of the hole, and then poured the dirt on the snow outside the pit, and everyone looked inside, and on the edge of the shovel mark, the hole mark in the dirt was obvious, and a thick cockroach writhed in the cold air, and after a while, it froze a little.

This cockroach is much larger than the average cockroach, Zhou Xuan caught a large cockroach in his hometown when he was a child, and the general one is only two or three taels, and now there are more domesticated cockroaches, like pigs, the cockroaches that grow up on feed are much larger than the wild, almost every one can have about two pounds, and now this so-called Mochizuki cockroach is almost a pound, this size, Zhou Xuan can estimate, it is twice as big as the largest one he caught when he was a child, similar to a small snake, but not as long as a snake, The jet-black back, with spots, a yellow belly, and a flat mouth, is no different from an ordinary cockroach, but because of listening to Wei Haihong's story, Li Wei and Fu Ying were a little scared.

Yang Zhi used a small net to net the Mochizuki Mouse and threw it in the snow, and the Mochizuki Motome writhed for a while before it froze.

Yang Zhi said with a smile while digging: "This thing is afraid of the cold, so the hole is particularly deep, but it is also in the coldest time, usually the first heavy snowfall, the Mochizuki Python is the most poisonous and the most beautiful taste." ”

After digging a few more shovels, another Mochizuki Python was exposed, about the same size as just now, Yang Zhi loaded it up again, and then grabbed four in this pit, and then went in along the dirt pit wall, and caught three more.

The old man smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Yang Zhi, okay, that's enough, there are nine here, you have to take care of seventy or eighty thousand, don't eat you bankrupt!" ”

Yang Zhi smiled and said: "How can it, there are more than 300 in this pond, these are nothing, besides, the old man is here, even if he eats these more than 300, it is a trivial matter, and it can't break my property, this kind of moon mochi, I signed a contract with a four-star hotel in Beijing, and only sold forty, my main annual income actually depends on the ordinary crickets in those ponds, and I can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars every year, enough!" ”

Yang Zhi said and grabbed two more, Wei Haihong didn't let him dig any more, so he gave up, and went out of the pit and returned to the house with a net containing eleven moon-looking insects.

The group followed back to the front of the house, and the temperature today was minus 21 degrees, and although they were dressed a lot, it was still cold.

After entering the house, Yang Zhi's house burned coal, and a steel stove was used, the fire burned very big, and the steel plate on the stove surface exuded strong heat, and the temperature in the room was very high, at least more than twenty-five degrees, and he felt warm all of a sudden.

Yang Zhi took off his fishing suit at this time, filled the basin with warm water and soaked the eleven moon-gazing insects in the warm water, and then took a rectangular wooden board out, but it was not like Zhou Xuan thought, there were no iron nails, but there were several small holes in the wooden board, and small wires were pierced through the holes.

Li Wei looked at these tools, was stunned, and suddenly thought of a problem, a very serious problem.

"Third uncle!" Li Wei turned his head to stare at Wei Haihong and asked, "Third uncle, you said that you brought us here to eat this Moon Mochigan?" ”

The old man nodded and said, "You have to thank Xiao Zhou for this, if it weren't for Xiao Zhou, we two old guys wouldn't have brought you here." ”

Li Wei spread his hands and said: "Then I don't understand, didn't the third uncle say it, this thing is highly poisonous, and if you eat it, you will bleed to death, I am young, and my daughter-in-law is not looking for it, I don't want to die!" ”

(To be continued)