When we came to the edge of the pool, the rocks burst out of the water, scaring the ducklings and geese floating on it. Zhang Taiping clapped his hands, and it slowly climbed up from the water.

When you're in the mountains, it's just a bit big, but when you come up, it's a huge visual impact. The rock-brown armor is engraved with two ancient vicissitudes of seal characters, the old village chief is a rough man who grew up in the countryside, and the first thing a literati like Mr. Shao feels is the vicissitudes of the years and the heaviness of history, this Fushou turtle has not known how many years it has survived!

"Can you estimate how old it is?" Teacher Shao pointed to the huge rock and asked in shock, I heard that there is still a big difference between the huge and the one I saw with my own eyes. It's just a concept when you hear about it, but it's shocking to see it with your own eyes.

Zhang Taiping shook his head and replied, "The two oldest people in the village can't tell how many years it has lived. It is said that 'the thousand-year-old king and eighty-thousand-year-old turtle', although it is not so exaggerated, but there must be three or four hundred years old, only a lot more. ”

Mr. Shao nodded, he was engaged in this research, but the Fushou turtle he had been exposed to before was at most the size of a basin, and it was the first time he had seen such a big one, and it was really difficult to draw conclusions without experience, and if he wanted to know the specific age, he had to go through careful research to draw conclusions.

"Is this really dug up from the underground spring as Brother Wang said?"

"It's naïve, even when digging this pond, I dug a spring near the foot of the mountain, and I came out of it, and there were many villagers present at the time, all of whom saw it with their own eyes."

"If it is really dug up from the underground spring, then this spring is amazing, and it must be connected to a rather spectacular underground dark river, otherwise it will not be able to raise such a big guy with a small underground spring alone."

"Underground River?" Zhang Taiping's heart moved, since there can be a big guy like a rock, I don't know if there are other things, if there is, it would be good to lure it with space spring water.

"Yes, it's the underground river. However, large dark rivers usually appear near large rivers or lake waves, and rarely appear in mountainous areas. Mr. Shao added.

The old village chief said: "Then this is strange. ”

Mr. Shao sighed with a smile: "Nature is full of wonders, and people don't know the mysteries in it, and there are always exceptions to everything." ”

After looking at the rocks, the three of them walked back again, and when they arrived in the house, Fan Ming's treatment was just over, and she was talking to Cai Yazhi, and after seeing the three of them, she asked, "Is this old gentleman looking for me?" ”

Mr. Shao couldn't help but feel that the Internet was really a magical thing, he saw many photos uploaded by Fan Ming on the Internet, and thought that he was a middle-aged man who liked to travel around and was at least thirty years old, but he didn't expect it to be a little girl with bright eyes and bright teeth.

"It's me looking for you, I saw the photos you uploaded about Butterfly Valley on the Internet, and I want to come over to learn about Butterfly Valley."

"This matter, you wait a minute" After finishing speaking, he turned around and ran into her room, and came out again after a while, handed Mr. Shao a beautiful notebook and said, "Here are some butterfly specimens I collected in the valley, you can take a look first, if there is anything else, just ask Brother Zhang, he has also been there together, and he knows better than me." I went to take a shower first, and I felt itchy all over my body. After saying that, he ran into the back room in a hurry.

"What is this?" Mr. Shao was a little confused.

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "He is such a surname, he is in a hurry, Mr. Shao can ask me if you want to know anything." ”

"Haha, that's for the best." Teacher Shao smiled and opened the book given by Fan Ming, which was mixed with colorful butterfly specimens. After only turning a few pages, Mr. Shao's expression became excited: "Red liquor emerald butterfly!" It turned out to be really a red liquor emerald butterfly! The old gentleman was so excited that he screamed in surprise like a child seeing something he loved.

Zhang Taiping can understand his feelings, some people who devote themselves to academics can often retain a childlike innocence in their hearts for the passion and heartfelt love of the things they study.

After a while, he shouted excitedly: "This is, this is the golden-spotted beaked butterfly, I actually saw the golden-spotted beaked butterfly here." Then he cooled down and said, "Alas, it's a pity that it was made into a specimen, if only it were alive." ”

Zhang Taiping, the name of the golden-spotted beaked butterfly, has heard of it, because this butterfly is the only butterfly in China that has been designated as a first-class protected animal, and has the reputation of "the queen of butterflies".

He stretched out his head and saw that the golden-spotted beaked butterfly was about 30 mm long and its wings were more than 110 mm long. The scales on its wings shimmered with a faint green light. There is an arc-shaped golden-green band on each forewing; There are several golden patches in the center of the hindwings, with a crescent-shaped golden spot on the hind margin, and the tail of the hindwings is prominent and slender, and a small section at the end is golden in color, which is unusually beautiful.

"It's not a taxidermy that was caught alive, it's a dried specimen that I picked up on the ground when I was in the valley." Zhang Taiping defended Fan Ming, but he didn't want her to be charged with killing animals protected by the state.

Mr. Shao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Zhang Taiping say this: "So that's the case. "Natural life and death and man-made killing are two very different concepts. Natural life and death are the cycle of heavenly principles, no one can escape, there is nothing to regret, but if you are killed, you will create evil.

The old village chief asked beside him, "Are these butterflies precious?" ”

Teacher Shao said: "Of course it's precious. Then he turned to the page with the golden-spotted beak butterfly, pointed to the exquisite specimen on it, and said, "This is a national first-class protected animal, and the number is even rarer than our national treasure giant panda." Do you say precious or not? ”

"That's a big deal." Although the village chief does not have the above concept of butterflies, the famous national treasure giant panda still knows it, and this butterfly can be compared with the panda, so it is naturally a great existence.

Zhang Taiping chuckled and said, "A few days ago, there were a batch of butterflies in the orchard in my back valley, do you want to go and see it?" ”

"In front of this? So what are you waiting for? Take a walk, hurry up and see if there are any precious varieties among them. ”

Zhang Taiping led the way in front, and Mr. Shao and the village chief followed behind.

The flowers in the orchard have not yet withered, and the clusters of pink and white are different, which can be regarded as a beautiful scenery, but Mr. Shao, who came in, was not in the mood to appreciate the enchanting peach blossoms in March, and his eyes stared directly at the various butterflies fluttering freely in the flowers.

After turning around, I didn't find any particularly precious and rare varieties, and there were several varieties that Mr. Liang Shao had never seen. Overjoyed, he quickly took out the pen and small notebook he carried with him to record the appearance and characteristics of this butterfly. Go back and look up some information, if you can find a variety of hearts, it will be of great use to his current research.

I turned the garden around several times, and I looked at almost every butterfly before stopping. Although I didn't see the golden-spotted beaked butterfly again, I was not disappointed, didn't I say that there was a huge valley full of butterflies in the deep mountains, and since there were air-dried specimens there, there must be some still alive.

"It's a worthwhile trip today!" Mr. Shao said with a smile on his face.

The village chief also said with a smile: "As long as you think it's worth it." ”

"It's worth it."

After returning to the courtyard, Mr. Shao said: "I originally saw the beautiful scenery here, and I wanted to live here for a day or two to experience the leisurely life. But now it seems impossible, with such a huge discovery, the heart can't be still. You need to go back early to study it and check some information to make sure. I have to say goodbye early. ”

The old village chief was surprised: "So urgent? ”

"I can't wait, I can't wait to fly back now." Teacher Shao said with a smile.

After Fan Ming came out, Mr. Shao said to Fan Ming: "This girl, can you let me take your notebook back and use it for a while?" ”

Fan Ming shook off her freshly washed wet hair and said generously: "If you want to use it, just go there, put me here to make it look good." "There are no hair dryers or anything like that, and it's most pleasant to wash your hair and dry it in the mountain breeze.

"Thank you very much." After Mr. Shao thanked Fan Ming, he said goodbye to Zhang Taiping and the old village chief, "I came in a hurry this time, and I left in a hurry, I didn't drink tea and wine with Brother Wang, and I will come to disturb next time." ”

The village chief must have been as many people as possible, and said happily, "Everyone who comes at any time is warmly welcomed." After my brother goes out, he will also publicize our village. ”

Teacher Shao raised the specimen folder in his hand and said, "Don't worry about this, Brother Wang, there are so many rare species of butterflies here, it's difficult not to be famous." He said to Zhang Taiping again: "In a few days, maybe I will come to the butterfly valley in the mountain to investigate, and then I may have to trouble the little brother to lead the way." ”

"Nothing trouble." Zhang Taiping waved his hand and said. During this time, he also happened to be thinking about going to the mountains to take a turn, to bring out some fish species in the lake in the mountains, and if possible, to bring out some water birds.

After Mr. Shao left, the village chief also left.

Fan Ming asked, "Who is this?" ”

Zhang Taiping rolled his eyes and said, "This is the person you attracted, and you don't know it yourself?" ”

Fan Ming stuck out her tongue in embarrassment.

"It's an old professor who studies butterflies at Northwest A&F University in Yangling." Zhang Taiping still explained to her.

"Oh, it's a teacher."