Chapter 21: The Silver Moth
An Chen was still a little worried about the affairs of Bridge City, but Jace was still fine. He often said that the palace system itself was extremely stable and that it had considered all sorts of problems that might arise. One of Jace's working logics is to react quickly and to plan. Always do two sets of plans, and when the first set has a problem, you can immediately use the second plan to respond at the same speed.
And the current task of Jace is to familiarize Luo Qingye with the energy plan. He invited An Chen and Luo Qingye to sit down at the table next to the wooden house, and served everyone some grape roasting puree.
"There's mint here, and pine pollen." Jace handed the jar of spices to Luo Qingye, "In addition to Bai Anka, Ah Sheng is also coming." Let's wait here for a while. ”
Luo Qingye took the spice jar a little crampedly, scooped two spoonfuls of each and sprinkled them in his grape puree.
An Chen glanced at it and had to say, "There are too many pollen in Jiasong, right?" ”
"It's okay, you can also add red wine to neutralize it." Jace smiled and said, "This was brewed with 'New Rain' last year. Last year was rainy, and according to the predicted mathematical model, it should be the best year for 'new rain' in the past decade. ”
Luo Qingye was still a little wary of red wine, and only added two drops symbolically. And An Chen took the bottle and added a lot more to the bowl: "This year's wine tasting has already been held?" ”
"It doesn't seem to be yet. This is a bucket opened in advance, and even the palace has not started to supply it, so we can taste it first. Jace took three glasses from the side, poured a little from each one, and joked, "Drink some while the bucket is still unfinished." It is estimated that after the wine tasting meeting, Bai Anka was reluctant to drink it for everyone. ”
He was pouring wine when suddenly a gust of wind blew, and a white shadow came with the wind and landed lightly on the lily not far away.
"Oh, moth!" An Chen was surprised.
It was a silver moth, more than a meter long, snow-white, and its wings were covered with translucent, mica-like scales that dazzled like snow in the sunlight. Traditionally, the silver moth is considered a holy animal, and they gather together for long migrations at the turn of spring and autumn, like angels flying far away to spread the blessings of the Virgin.
And this silver moth landed here, apparently taking a fancy to the three blooming lilies of the lake. It rests lightly on the petals, but instead of burrowing its head into it and chewing the pollen and nectar together like a wasp, it elegantly sticks out its slender mouthparts and reaches into the center of the flower like a straw, sucking only the clearest nectar.
"It's beautiful." Jace exclaimed, "In ancient legends, moths would only land on protected and pure land. Therefore, the place where the moth inhabits is the pure land, which is also the standard of ancient pioneering. ”
"It's really just because moths inhabit places where angiosperms can grow." Anchen is very "disillusioned" to explain the principle of animal behavior, "so after cultivating the moth habitat into farmland, it will definitely grow flowers, which is the so-called 'sheltered pure land'." ”
"Why do you say that?" Jace deliberately complained to her, "It's really ruining the mood." ”
He could see that Luo Qingye was very interested in this silver moth. He grew up in the densely populated town of Weixi, and it is difficult for wild insects to approach a crowded place. Moths, on the other hand, usually live alone and only gather together when they migrate, so they are also afraid of humans who are always congregated. And if Luo Qingye likes moths, then Jace can create an opportunity for An Chen to show his hand in front of him.
An Chen understood what he meant, and felt a little funny in her heart, she was still charming even if she didn't use "miracles". However, in the beautiful natural scenery, if you can pet a wild moth, this is also a great blessing in life.
An Chen got up from his chair and quietly approached the position of the silver moth. The silver moth keenly felt the shaking of the ground as she walked, and just as it was about to take off and leave, An Chen closed his eyes and launched a "miracle".
For alpha women, it's instinctive. Since the beginning of adolescence, the Alpha Woman has been able to perform "miracles" that affect the emotions of those around her, making other members of the community irresistibly obedient to them. It's just that An Chen liked to use this ability to trick others when he was young, so he was privately called "little devil" by the attendants in the palace. When the Alpha Female performs a "miracle", she is able to emit a radio band electromagnetic wave, which happens to be similar to the communication signal of lepidopteran insects, so this silver moth will treat An Chen as its own kind, so as to approach her to investigate.
Sure enough, when An Chen launched the "miracle", the silver moth turned its head, hesitated for a moment, and then flew up lightly and landed on An Chen.
After all, it is a big one more than a meter long, and no matter how light it is, it still knocks An Chen to a stumble. However, An Chen took two steps back and stood firmly, carefully raised her hand, the silver moth did not refuse, and then she put her hand into the white fluff on the back of the silver moth's chest and touched it lightly.
The silver moth lay on An Chen's body, like a well-behaved larva. The mica-like scales on its wings glittered in the sunlight, like a silver-white robe for An Chen, and for a moment her whole person was brought with a certain holy brilliance.
"How-" Luo Qingye looked at her in surprise, he really didn't know that wild moths would be so close to humans.
"Here, you take this." Jace handed him a small saucer with pale yellow grape juice.
Luo Qingye took the dish containing the grape juice, a little at a loss, while An Chen quietly retreated and brought the silver moth to the grape juice. The beautiful creature stretched out its long, soft mouthparts and sucked them into the saucer.
At this time, it seemed that time itself had become extremely quiet, and the three of them quietly watched as the silver moth finished sucking the juice on the plate.
Then Anchen raised his arm and let it fly back into the blue sky.
Luo Qingye couldn't help but feel a little stunned, but An Chen took out a translucent mica-like round scale from his cuff: "Look, it was stuck in my sleeve just now." ”
"Moth's scales are actually easy to fall off." Jace added.
"We have a nice environment here, and we often have small animals visiting." An Chen handed the scales to Luo Qingye, "You are very lucky, the first time you encountered a moth, not a crocodile." ”
Luo Qingye took the scales, and was a little moved by the romance of this matter, when suddenly a gust of wind blew, and a "fireworks" hornet swooped down like a cannonball and stopped on the grass by the lake.
Before he could see who it was, he heard a voice from there: "Sister Anchen!" Long time no see! ”
Then a young man in a blue shirt jumped down from the orange-red firework hornet and ran straight towards Anchen.