In the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Shumo accompanied Yang Xue to catch crickets in the fields outside the city for an afternoon, and finally Zhang Shumo chose a jujube general who had not yet fully grown up as Yang Xue's cricket. Yang Xue liked this jujube general very much, and took it home and raised it like a baby.

When Yang Lin saw Yang Xue's cricket, he couldn't help laughing: "Sister, this is the cricket you chose?" This cricket hasn't grown up yet, how can it be with others? Didn't you let that kid Zhang Shumo get a pit? ”

Yang Xue raised her eyebrows, looked at Yang Lin and said: "Brother, don't talk nonsense if you don't move, Zhang Shumo said that this is General Zao, there is still a month before the competition, General Zao has a very high success rate, and he may be able to grow into a top-quality cricket when the time comes!" ”

Yang Lin was very unhappy when he saw Yang Xue's expression when he mentioned Zhang Shumo, so he said a little unhappily: "Still talented? Why don't you compare yourself to my scimitar? My scimitar teeth are like scimitars, and when I bite into it, I gnaw down on a piece of meat. ”

When Yang Xue heard this, she quickly put away General Jujube: "I don't compare with you, my crickets took an afternoon to catch, how can I compete if I bite them?" ”

"Huh? Did you catch your crickets yourself? Yang Lin opened his mouth wide in surprise, and then couldn't help but complain: "Then you still sign up for the competition?" Isn't it a waste of money? ”

After hearing this, Yang Xue couldn't help but purse her lips and smile: "My sister thinks that this tael of silver is very well spent." ”

In the next few days, Yang Xue would go to Zhang Shumo every afternoon to teach her how to fight crickets. Once Zhang Shumo couldn't go to the appointment in time because of something in the academy, Yang Xue actually found Shanyang Academy directly, which made Cai Zhi ridicule for a long time.

After this incident, Zhang Shumo also felt that it was a little inappropriate to meet Yang Xue alone all day long, so he dragged Wang Chen to accompany Yang Xue to practice fighting crickets in the days to come. said that it was fighting crickets, but in fact, Zhang Shumo was teaching Yang Xue to raise crickets, because Yang Xue was reluctant to let his jujube general fight with other crickets, which made Zhang Shumo and Wang Chen a little crying and laughing.

Time passed day by day, and soon it was the day of the cricket fighting competition. Wang Geng deliberately arranged the competition after the autumn harvest, and the day of the final was set on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, so that more people could pay attention to the competition.

Due to the active publicity of the Wang family, the attention of the event is extremely high, the four cities under the jurisdiction of Xu Liang County cricket masters and some idle sons and brothers all ran to sign up for the competition, the original prepared competition venue was too small, Wang Geng directly ordered people to set up a huge field in the open space in the southern suburbs of Qinghua City, and at the same time invited the county commander Zhang Jian to send troops to maintain order, and provided a generous commission to the government.

The military system of Huaiguo is 5 people in a team, 10 people in a team, 50 people in a team, 100 people in a tun, 200 people in a song, and 1,000 people in a team. On the first day of the competition, a song led by Lou Zaiying came to maintain order, so Lou Zaiying set off early.

Zhang Shumo packed up and wanted to take Lou Guang with him, but Mrs. Qing disagreed, and in the end Zhang Shumo had to go to the competition venue by himself.

The competition scene was crowded, and Zhang Shumo couldn't help but smack his tongue after reading it: I'm afraid that this Wang family will make a fortune just by earning this invitation money. While thinking, Zhang Shumo glanced around. There are only 20 tables in the center of the huge field, which means that there will be 20 games starting at the same time. Spectators do not have a fixed position, and they can move around the playing field to watch each game.

Zhang Shumo looked at the notice of the game and found that there was Yang Xue in the first round of the game, so he looked for it according to the table number of the game.

A number plate was placed on each table, which was convenient for the players to find their tables, and Yang Xue came to the table early, and Yang Lin and Mrs. Lin were by her side.

"Sister, although your crickets are very weak, but you have to work hard, I have asked all the contestants that you are a woman, there will definitely be many people to watch your game later, if you lose too badly, but you will lose your father's face." Yang Lin said.

When Mrs. Lin heard this, she clicked Yang Lin's head: "How can you say that about your sister, Xue'er, don't worry, you just have fun, don't worry about winning or losing." ”

Yang Xue nodded, but her eyes searched in the crowd, and finally she saw the familiar figure: "Zhang Shumo, you are here, I thought you thought I was embarrassed, but I came." ”

Zhang Shumo first saluted Mrs. Lin, and then replied: "Miss Yang is too modest, I want to see which unlucky guy met you for the first time." ”

Yang Lin sneered: "Zhang Shumo, are you scholars so good at slapping horses?" As for the crickets you chose for your sister, they haven't grown up yet, how can you compete? ”

Mrs. Lin patted Yang Lin's head: "Yang Lin, don't be rude." After speaking, he said to Zhang Shumo: "Master Zhang, our family is a rough person, and we don't pay attention to what we say, don't mind." ”

"How dare you, Yang Gongzi speaks elegantly and boldly, and he has the style of a Confucian general."

A few people were talking, and a brightly dressed man with a fat brain walked over with four or five subordinates, and when he saw Yang Xue, he squinted his eyes and laughed: "Yohe, master, my luck is really good, the first competition is actually a little lady, isn't this a win?" ”

"Yes, yes, it must be God's favor for Gongzi, it seems that the champion this time is none other than Gongzi."

"How do you talk? With the strength of the son, he still uses God's favor? This championship was originally in Childe's bag! ”

Hearing the flattery of his subordinates, the man laughed: "You guys are not sensible, didn't I educate you to be low-key, low-key to understand?" ”

Yang Lin couldn't look at the man's rampant arrogance, pointed at the man and said, "Isn't it normal for you to win a weak woman as a big man?" What is there to be arrogant, you have the ability to fight with me. ”

The fat man looked at Yang Lin twice, and said disdainfully: "Child, you are in the same group as this little lady, right?" The hair hasn't grown yet, isn't your tone small, if you want to fight with me, it depends on whether you have that strength! ”

After speaking, the man took the cricket jar from his subordinate and put it on the table, deliberately opening it for everyone to see.

At this time, there were already many onlookers, and as soon as the man's cricket appeared, many people stopped.

"Golden beard! This cricket is estimated to be a hundred taels of silver, right? Who is this man and how can he be so rich? ”

"He, he is the eldest son of the Zhu family in Xu Liangcheng, and the Zhu family is in charge of the grain business in the entire Xu Liangcheng, so he is naturally very rich."

"It seems that this person is a strong opponent, and this little girl is afraid that she will lose."

The man looked at Yang Lin with a smile: "Child, do you still want to fight with me?" If you want, I wouldn't mind fighting you before the game! ”

Yang Lin snorted, but he didn't dare to talk, then Zhang Shumo suddenly said: "This son, it's so calculating, you fight with others first, and if you lose later, just make an excuse for yourself, admire, admire." ”