Previously, Ming Xia and Yue'er went back to the village together, and when they were close to the entrance of the village, Ming Xia suddenly stopped, looked at the pile of rocks in the south of the village, and said to Yue'er, there seemed to be a cricket there, and the chirping sound sounded extremely special, crisp and tactful, mellow and a little ethereal.

The maid was suddenly very excited, and hurriedly ran to the village to ask Dongzi to help her catch the cricket that Ming Xia said.

Although Dongzi is self-taught, he also has a deep understanding of catching crickets. Although the cricket was alert, it was still caught by Dongzi.

When he saw the appearance of the cricket, Dongzi was also stunned. He also often went to nearby cities to watch those competitions and events, and he had seen not a thousand but eight hundred, but he had never seen such an amazing cricket.

After that, Dongzi put the cricket in the clay pot and handed it to Yue'er. Yue'er only glanced at it, and she was also overjoyed, so she held the jar and showed off to Mingxia. Ming Xia was also a little surprised by the gorgeousness of this bug, but she had never been interested in these insects and ants, and after telling the maid a few times, she went back to the room to rest.

When Xu Ziling and the others came back, they saw the maid and Dongzi teasing the cricket around the jar. After a few glances at the cricket, several people were extremely surprised.

Yang Qi looked excited and said: "This should be the sky blue blue recorded in the Weaving Sutra, it is said to be a rare insect king!" ”

Brother Yu smacked his lips, sighed a few times and said: "This cricket is really extraordinary, but its tooth pliers are not big, and it may not be effective in the competition." ”

Yang Qi glanced at him and said, "Although Azure Blue is rare to encounter, it is indeed not famous for its combat effectiveness, but its ornamentation and value are second to none among crickets. It is said that there was once a noble relative of the clan in Ezhou who spent thousands of taels of silver to buy such a sky blue blue from the hands of a businessman. ”

The maid was even more pleased when she heard this, and stretched out her hand to wrap her hand around the jar, for fear that someone would snatch it. And Xu Ziling heard that this cricket was worth a thousand gold, so he stared at the jar tightly, his eyes shining gold.

But I heard the maid say proudly: "I won't sell it, I want to raise it." ”

Yang Qi shook his head: "Most of the lifespans of crickets are only three or five months, even the insect king will not be able to escape this fate." Miss Yue'er, in my opinion, it is better to sell it earlier, and maybe no one will ask for it later, and a thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. ”

The girl's arrogant expression suddenly deflated: "That's it, then it's better to sell." Thousands of taels, but a lot of money, of course, and a share of the young lady. ”

Brother Yu took out the jar with black steel tongs, put it on Zhuo, looked at Yang Qi and said, "Qi Shao, tell me how much my cricket is worth?" ”

Yang Qi glanced at him and said lightly: "Your cricket can also be worth hundreds of taels of silver, but this pure color Zhenghuang black steel tong should be the emperor of insects, wouldn't it be better to fight it with other crickets and collect gambling money at the opening?" Why sell it. ”

Hearing his teasing tone, Yu Ge'er slapped him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Alas, of course I know this, I didn't ask so casually." ”

Yang Qi's face suddenly became ugly, pushed away Yu Ge'er's palm, and rubbed his shoulder with a faint pain.

Then Brother Yu looked at Dongzi and mocked: "Dongzi, why don't you take your three sections of brocade and touch my Zhenghuang black steel tongs, if I win, don't pay a penny, if you win, how about I give you a hundred taels?" ”

Dongzi shook his head again and again: "Forget it, my Sanduan Jin is not full yet." ”

Yu Ge'er smiled and stretched out three fingers: "Three hundred taels!" ”

Dongzi also smiled: "Although it is hungry, it should still be able to fight." Seeing the appearance of the young philistine, everyone couldn't help laughing.

This was followed by pre-war preparations. Dongzi went home to get Sanduan brocade, and Xu Ziling helped bring a clay pot for dou and weaving and put it on the table.

Yu Ge'er said to his entourage: "Let's build a bonfire on the side, and then go to the villagers to borrow pots and pans of oil and salt." That kid is so annoying to me, so I'll take down his Sanduan brocade later, put it in a frying pot on the spot, and beat his teeth. ”

The two attendants were stunned, thinking that Brother Yu was joking, but did not move. But when he saw Brother Yu glaring at them again, he realized that he was serious, so he went to light a fire and borrow a pot as he said.

For Yu Ge'er's absurd behavior, Xu Ziling and the others were not surprised, but Dongzi brought three pieces of brocade, and when he saw the posture of Yu Ge'er's entourage lighting the fire and covering the pot, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times.

When everything was ready, it was Dongzi who took the lead in putting Sanduanjin into the basin. Yu Ge'er's crickets were freshly caught, not domesticated, and they were not rushed into the bucket basin with bamboo sticks like Dongzi's Sanduanjin.

Yu Ge'er hurried to hurry, and after a while, the black steel tongs finally went into the basin.

In public places, there are customary rules for fighting and weaving, generally there will be a gate in the middle of the bucket, separating two crickets, after the grass on both sides of the crickets hit the teeth, when the crickets on both sides have teeth to bark, they can start a war. But now a few people are fighting crickets in private, so they ignore so many rules and come straightforwardly.

As soon as he entered the basin, he saw the three-section brocade of the golden-winged green neck, and the wild black steel tongs honked a few times and challenged.

Sanduanjin has been domesticated by Dongzi for a period of time, but it has a bit of humanity, and he understands that Dongzi put it here, so that it can defeat the crickets that come in, and immediately called back a few times, and the voice was only high and not low.

When the two crickets boarded, their teeth opened slightly, their voices were opposed, and they paced up in the basin, and the battle was about to break out. The onlookers slowly held their breath.

I saw that the wild black steel tong took the lead in kicking his legs, opened the pair of big black teeth, and collided with Sanduanjin, wanting to directly deal with it. Sanduanjin's pair of red teeth immediately opened, and he also kicked his legs to meet him. The two insects crossed their mouths and bit up.

Dongzi, Yu Ge'er, and Yang Qi are all addicted. Those who know how to know know that only the insect king who is full of fighting will fight directly when they meet.

Xu Ziling and Yue'er also watched with interest, the violent beauty of this cricket fighting is really a spiritual enjoyment.

The two crickets are both kings of insects, and once they meet, they are inseparable. After a few breaths of entanglement, the slightly stronger black steel tongs clamped the three sections of the brocade, kicked the legs with a big back span, and threw the three sections of the brocade out. Dongzi was shocked for a while.

Seeing that the black steel tongs were so fierce, Yu Ge'er thought that the overall situation had been decided, and hummed a little song softly.

However, Sanduanjin fell to the ground and stood up again in an instant, chirped a few times, and opened his teeth to meet the black steel pliers again.

The crowd was focused again.

The two insect kings exchanged words again in an instant, and the black steel tongs were high-spirited, biting and kicking their legs, forcing the three sections of Jin to retreat step by step.

After several battles, everyone saw that Sanduan Jin was firmly at the bottom of the list, thinking that it would be defeated. But he saw that Sanduanjin took a step back suddenly, took off the intersection with the black steel pliers, and then pulled his leg forward, quickly bit the left tooth pliers of the black steel pliers, kicked his legs, and rushed directly from the black steel pliers, driving the black steel pliers to turn half a circle.

Looking back, the left tooth of the black steel pliers was directly broken and leaned aside.

"What a trick to pull out your teeth and kick!" Yang Qi, who was excited, couldn't help but scream.

After folding the tooth pliers, the fighting spirit of the black steel pliers suddenly withered, and he didn't dare to fight again, so he turned around and began to flee.

In this way, the winner is divided. Cricket fighting, the victory or defeat is often between this move and a half, Sanduanjin defeats the victory, and defeats the enemy in one move, which makes people sigh.

Dongzi happily took the Sanduan brocade back into the jar, and looked at Brother Yu with a gloomy face with a smile: "Dignified young master, if you can't speak, it doesn't count, right?" ”

Brother Yu snorted coldly, took out three silver tickets, handed them to Dongzi, and said disdainfully: "I don't care about a few hundred taels of young masters." ”

The late autumn night was already a little cool, but everyone didn't notice that there was a bonfire behind Guy Yu'er, and the oil pot was boiling, and a few bubbles were coming out from time to time.

So everyone looked at Yu Ge'er.

Brother Yu looked at a few people as if nothing happened, and asked, "Are you hungry, how about cooking some supper?" ”

Everyone shook their heads in unison.

Yu Ge'er waved his hand, indicating that it didn't matter, took the black steel tongs back from the basin, and then asked the two attendants to really go and get some raw meat, ready to cook the broth and drink.

After a busy night's work, several people were a little tired, so they dispersed and prepared to wash and rest. Only Brother Yu was waiting to drink the broth, and Yang Qi, who was walking with him, couldn't leave, so he could only wait for him.

After a long time.

As the night wore on, the bright moon moved from east to west, and the village became pitch black, and the sounds of insects all around it faded.

On the roof of a wooden house at the east end of the village, there is a rickety figure sitting on it, holding a piece of colored cloth between his mouth and nose, slowly inhaling and sniffing out the mysteries.

After a while, the old man on the roof turned his head to look at the house opposite, and found a sneaky figure, grinning: There are people in the same way, but it can be said that the world is not lonely.

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Early the next morning, Xu Ziling and the others said goodbye to the Dongzi family and prepared to leave for Xuzhou.

Dongzi's father was quite indifferent to this, but his mother was a little reluctant and persuaded them to stay for a few more days.

Xu Ziling and the others politely rejected Dongzi's mother's kindness, and bluntly said that there was something important to do. Dongzi and his mother stopped keeping it after hearing this, and went back to the room to get some dried meat and flour cakes, which they used to make dry food along the way.

The three of them thanked them again, accepted Dongzi's kindness, and set off for Xuzhou City.

Walking on the road, the maid was a little depressed, Xu Ziling saw it and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

The maid glanced at him and did not speak.

Ming Xia on the side smiled: "She, she lost something." ”

The maid pouted and said angrily: "Miss, listen to Brother Yang Qi, that Azure Blue is worth thousands of taels of silver." The jar was fine last night, but why did it crack this morning? Miss, did someone steal it and deliberately make a crack in the jar? ”

Hearing this, Xu Ziling secretly tightened his heavy burden.

But I heard Ming Xia say softly: "Who will steal a cricket from you, not to mention that there are few people who know about that cricket, it won't be Geng Gongzi who stole it." ”

The maid thought about it and felt that Mingxia made sense, so she accepted her fate.