Chen Bailu's unexpected episode was easily solved by Chu Mufeng.

In fact, with Chu Mufeng's medical skills, if Chen Bailu had asked him to take action earlier, he would have saved a lot of trouble later.

But didn't he know, besides, Chu Mufeng felt that since the other party could take medicine well, then why bother to do it himself, so it became like this by mistake.

Fortunately, I was able to turn my sorrow into joy in the end, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune!

A day later, Shen Gongzi arrived as promised and took Chu Mufeng to fight crickets.

"I said why I'm going to see it today, can't I do it at another time?" Sitting in the car, Chu Mufeng asked casually.

"Of course not!"

As soon as Shen Lang heard this, he knew that Chu Mufeng was a layman, anyway, there was still some time now, so he couldn't help but explain patiently.

"Let me tell you, this cricket bar is divided into three, six, nine and so on. Do you think you can have a game when you want to? Tell you, there is no door either! If someone hadn't set up a game, wouldn't have thought about fighting at all. ”

"The most inferior crickets are just a few children or a few boring lazy people, just find a place, porcelain tea pots, clay pots can have fun."

"Their crickets are not high-quality goods, they are basically caught by themselves, they are not exquisite, they are not famous, not only will they lack short tails, few legs and broken teeth, but also life coffin boards and old rice mouths."

"But those who really play fighting crickets are played by superior people." Speaking of this, Shen Lang had a smug look on his face.

"The crickets played by the superior people are a kind of gambling, and the people who set up the bureau will open the pot every year, and before that, they will send a batch of red invitations to invite those famous people who play crickets in our four or nine cities."

"Let me tell you, the master who specializes in eating this bowl of rice can really be regarded as a player, and the cricket bureau is set up in their empty house, as well as the division of labor such as scales, discipline accounts, and supervision bureaus."

"Scales? What does that do? Chu Mufeng asked curiously.

"Hey, the scale is the weight of the cricket! I'll tell you, this cricket, if you don't weigh equally, you can't fight. ”

"Whoever says crickets, they have to take out their crickets and weigh them for the scale-bearer, and then the scale-bearer reports the weight, and the bookkeeper writes them on the paper respectively, and the bottom is stamped with his own seal, and pressed under the cricket jar, which is considered to be the size."

Then the fighters can watch the weight of the rest of the people's crickets and choose a bucket similar to their own catties. As for the amount of bets, there will be a supervisor who will be responsible for handling this matter. Wait until these preparations are over, and then officially start fighting crickets and discussing victory and defeat. ”

"You get the idea, right?"

Shen Lang's explanation made Chu Mufeng know the doorway, but before that, he didn't know that there was such a saying, these fighting crickets were just a good game.

"Hehe, you're really very particular."

"Of course! The breed of this cricket is different, how can you fight casually? It's impossible to say that you are holding a centipede to guard the door and fight the cat in the grass? Isn't that blatant bullying? ”

"Don't look at the crickets, although they are small, there are a lot of doorways inside, eating, drinking, living and playing, all pay attention to it." Shen Lang talked about this like a river, very energetic, and seemed to have a sense of accomplishment.

"This is really a layman's look, and an insider's doorway." Chu Mufeng sighed.

"That's a must. Don't you know? There are four major singing insects in these four nine cities, which refer to the crickets, the grasshoppers, the oil hyacinth and the golden bells, and among these four, especially the crickets are the most. ”

"And aren't you good at Chinese studies? I'm testing you, someone once said that crickets have five virtues, do you know which five virtues they are? Shen Lang asked with a scholarly look.

"Five virtues?"

Chu Mufeng glanced at the past with a playful look in his eyes, and said lazily: "The Book of Songs?? "July" once said, 'July is in the wild, August is in Yu, September is in the house, and October crickets come under my bed', you should know what this means, right? As for the five virtues you said, if I remember correctly, it should be summed up by the great calligrapher Huang Tingjian. ”

"He said to this cricket, 'When you sing, you will not lose time, and you will believe in it; When encountering the enemy, he will fight, and he will be brave; The wound is not lowered, and the loyalty is also; If you lose, you will not be silent, and you will be ashamed; If you are cold, you will return to Ning, and you will know the current affairs. ’”

Chu Mufeng raised five fingers and said, "The five virtues of crickets are this, right?" ”

"Yes, I am an expert in fighting crickets, talking about Chinese studies, you are a great talent!"

Hearing that Chu Mufeng came with his mouth open, Shen Lang was speechless, it was really not easy to pass the fourth child in terms of learning.

Chu Mufeng smiled indifferently, these are indeed two different things.

Regarding Huang Tingjian's statement, Chu Mufeng also recognized it.

What this cricket wants is that ruthlessness, when fighting, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, even if they lose, there will be no retreat.

A family in Beiping City is called Tongyou's Garden.

This is where Shen Lang wants to fight crickets.

No one knows who is behind the Tongyou Garden, but they all know that this person is very capable and capable, because they have never heard of anyone who dares to make trouble in the Tongyou Garden.

Those who used to make trouble, one by one, were cleaned up and dusty.

Elegant events are often held here.

For example, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, like fighting crickets and playing with grasshoppers, as long as it can attract those gentlemen, literati and wealthy businessmen, Tongyouyuan will do it, and it will be very wonderful every time.

"Brothers, I'll tell you the truth, what I brought today is the plum blossom wings that I bought with a lot of money, and I will win when the time comes."

"Come on, brother, I brought a strange insect 'heavy tooth', and it's almost the same as me!"

"Have you heard of it, this time it will be ten rounds together, and it will be lively!"

"Today's field is big enough, I don't know how many famous insects I will see!"

……

When Chu Mufeng and the others came in, there were already a lot of people here in Tongyouyuan.

They were dressed differently, but they were obviously either rich or expensive, with accents from all over the world, and the central topic around them was fighting crickets.

"Where's your cricket?" Chu Mufeng didn't seem to see Shen Lang with him, so he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Over there! Come with me and let you see! ”

As he spoke, Shen Lang pulled up Chu Mufeng and walked to a counter, where there was a small wooden jar made of golden silk nanmu, and inside was a black tooth yellow.

"So, do you see? Ever since I got this cricket, I have been waiting for it for a long time, living in golden silk nanmu and eating sheep liver and ant eggs. ”

"And yesterday I also arranged a female cricket to cheer it up, do you think it can be good today?" Shen Lang said with a smile.

Chu Mufeng was speechless on the spot.

What is this and what, is this also possible?

"Okay, okay, you're busy, I'll go around."

After saying hello, Chu Mufeng turned around and began to wander around.

In a place like this, Chu Mufeng didn't have a chance to come before, but now that he has come, he naturally has to take a good look at the doorway here.

It's not as knowledgeable, but it's possible to use it sometimes.

There are all kinds of people here, even if you don't look at the crickets, it's good to look at their appearance.

Soon, Chu Mufeng set his sights on someone.

This person is gorgeously dressed, but the style he exudes is very petty.

Especially those eyes, they always look very floating when they look at people, and they also lower their heads intentionally or unintentionally, as if they are deliberately avoiding someone's gaze.

But you are obviously dressed and look like a rich kid, is this kind of behavior normal?

Something is wrong with this man with slightly curly hair!

Just as Chu Mufeng was muttering secretly, the gambling game of fighting crickets began.

The curly-haired man who was given a question mark by Chu Mufeng took out a small yellow croaker very arrogantly, and directly threw it at a cricket, shouting ostentatiously: "My Ma Wu's Fudier cricket can definitely take the first place." ”

Crickets are a song insect that can be found all over the country.

But here in Beiping, the most played are local and Shandong.

The local nature is the crickets in Sujiatuo, the shrimp head in Heilongtan and the Qinghongtou in Fushouling in Shijingshan.

And there is Dezhou's Moya Huang in Shandong, which is the one raised by Shen Lang, as well as Ningyang's iron head and green back and black tooth and green hemp head.

The curly-haired man Ma Wu's cricket is Su Jiatuo's.

"Hey, fourth, I said what are you doing here? Hurry up, start fighting, follow me! ”

After Shen Lang found Chu Mufeng, he grabbed his arm and dragged him forward, while Chu Mufeng waved his hand and said, "You go to yours, I can also see your ink tooth yellow here." ”

"Yes, it's okay to take you, I'm over!"

Shen Lang was worried about his inky tooth yellow, so he left Chu Mufeng and walked forward.

The competition is played in a terracotta pot.

Shen Lang's ink-toothed yellow was fighting against the local black-toothed green hemp head.

With a slight pluck, both crickets flapped their wings violently, making a crisp sound.

Then the two ferocious insects began to fight fiercely, and in the blink of an eye, it entered a white heat.

Whip the top of the head! Kick and bite!

Shen Lang's Ink Tooth Yellow is worthy of being carefully cultivated, even in such a narrow jar, it can roll its long tentacles, keep rotating its body to find a favorable position, and then launch a brave culling.

"Good job, give it to me, and if I win, I'll add you a daughter-in-law!"

Shen Lang shouted beside him.

The people around were speechless.

What's interesting is that the ink tooth yellow seemed to understand Shen Lang's words, and at the moment when his words landed, he jumped suddenly, appeared in front of the black tooth and green hemp head, and then kicked his feet hard, and in the crisp bang, he directly kicked the other party to the ground.

The black-toothed and green hemp head could no longer move, and its owner could only admit defeat in frustration.

"Haha!"

Shen Lang looked at his black tooth yellow in the jar and laughed proudly.

"Fourth, do you see it? My Ink Tooth Yellow wins! ”

"It's good to win!" Chu Mufeng nodded and said with a smile.

In just such a moment, Ma Wu's lying cricket miraculously won.

His face was as bright as a flower, and while his face was full of pride, he said angrily: "I told you a long time ago, if you want to be a good cricket, come to me, it's absolutely right." ”