Jufu Building.

On the second floor, near the window, I saw the scholar looking at the bustling crowd downstairs.

Shen Yu smiled: "I don't know what Brother Tai is called? ”

Hearing this, the scholar retracted his gaze and smiled in return: "Childe, in the next Zhou Xu, Ziyuan Day, Huzhou people!" ”

Shen Yu was surprised: "People from Huzhou Mansion? Why did Brother Zhou come to Nanzhili? ”

Zhou Xu smiled bitterly: "Not long ago, Huzhou suffered a war, and unfortunately ...... in the next family, and after cutting off his livelihood, he wanted to come to Songjiang to find a distant relative!" ”

"Did you find that?"

Zhou Xu shook his head: "That relative has already moved away!" ”

After speaking, he pointed to the gnats cage in Shen Yu's hand and said: "Because I liked to sing insects when I was young, I met this insect when I crossed Taihu Lake. ”

Shen Yu said: "Brother Zhou is lucky, he actually caught such a rare worm!" Oh, this is five taels of silver, you can accept it, but I also have to ask Brother Zhou to teach me the method of teasing insects! ”

After that, Shen Yu pushed the silver ingot of five taels to Zhou Xu.

But who would have thought that Zhou Xu pushed the silver back again.

Seeing this, Shen Yu was displeased and said, "How? Do you regret it? ”

Zhou Xu smiled: "Childe, you also underestimate us Huzhou people!" ”、

After that, he tapped the table with his hand and said: "This table of wine and food, I can't say it, I have to pay three taels of silver as a base!" Childe invited me to dinner, how can I accept Childe's money again! ”

These words made Shen Yu suddenly quite surprised: "But Brother Zhou, you ...... now"

Zhou Xu waved his hand and said: "I, a person, have always been grateful to repay my kindness, and my son doesn't care about me, how can I be that kind of villain, greedy for the cheapness of my son?" ”

When Shen Yu heard this, he took a deep look at Zhou Xu, poured a glass of wine after a while, and said with a drink: "From childhood to adulthood, the people around me are all greedy for my money, to be honest, it is the first time I have met someone like you, and you don't want to give you money!" ”

Zhou Xu smiled slightly, but instead diverted the topic and said, "Doesn't Childe want to learn to tease insects?" I'll teach you! ”

When Shen Yu heard this, he suddenly became interested: "You say what you say, I'll listen to you!" ”

Zhou Xu nodded and said slowly: "When Childe saw that I gently flicked the side of the insect head with a straw stick, it caused the sound of an insect chirping, in fact, the technique I used was to lead the fight when fighting crickets!" ”

Shen Yu's eyes lit up and said, "Please speak quickly." ”

"Cricket competition, you must first use cricket grass to lead!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Xu said to Shen Yu: "Childe should know about the grass, right?" ”

Shen Yu nodded again and again: "I know, I know, when I fight crickets, I always find someone to buy that very small grass, isn't that the grass you said?" ”

Zhou Xu frowned: "Childe, do you still want to find someone to buy the herb?" ”

When Shen Yu heard this, he suddenly felt inferior in his heart: "That's right, I used to use rat whiskers, but over the years, some people have started to use the weed, but what is the weed, those people are secretive, I tried my best to make all the money, and those people refused to reveal anything!" ”

Zhou Xu smiled and said without any hesitation: "The grass is the cow tendon grass, if you remove the main branch from the top of the grass, it will reveal silky tendons, and the fighting insects will use this tendon technique to be brave!" ”

Shen Yu suddenly realized: "I see, I said that the grass is so familiar, it turned out to be cow tendon grass!" It's a thing that can be seen everywhere, and these people still treat it like a treasure&......"

Zhou Xu frowned and said: "Childe, this is a bad word, the grass fighting cricket is like putting salt in the food, it seems inconspicuous, but with superb means, it is absolutely invincible when fighting insects!" ”

Shen Yu was even more surprised in his heart, and hurriedly urged: "You say it!" ”

Zhou Xu continued: "Fighting crickets pay attention to [six points of qi, three points of raising, and one point of weed], this point of weeds refers to the fact that in the process of fighting crickets, different methods are used to make crickets open their teeth, chirp, and hair, and then start fighting. The method of the grass, a few strokes left and right, the cricket fighting spirit is immediately blazing; The grass is stiff, and the slam touch and sweep will make the originally high-spirited insects suddenly defeated! ”

Shen Yu listened to it and said, "This method is so magical? ”

Zhou Chi smiled lightly: "This cricket must not be easily weeded on weekdays, especially not to attract insect teeth, even if you want to appease the frightened insects, you can also use soft grass on the back of the insect, from the neck to the wings, gently rubbing the ......"

In this way, Zhou Chi talked to Shen Yu for about half an hour before he explained some precautions for the grass.

"Childe, this herb is very troublesome to make, although it is made of cow tendon grass, but even if you know this, you can't make a suitable herb!" Zhou Xu took a sip of wine and said lightly,

Shen Yu was taken aback when he heard this: "Why is this?" ”

Zhou Xu smiled: "It's too complicated to say, it's best to make it in person for Gongzi to see!" ”

When Shen Yu heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "Brother Zhou, go, I'll take you back to my house, and you can teach me!" ”

Zhou Xu sat still and said, "Don't worry, son! ”

Shen Yu was suddenly unhappy: "Does Brother Zhou want silver?" As long as you tell me how to make the weed, you can pay for the silver! ”

Zhou Xu shook his head: "Childe misunderstood me, in fact, I hated seeing Childe late, and I have long regarded Childe as a friend in my heart, what money is not money, don't mention it again!" ”

Shen Yu wondered: "Brother Zhou, what are you ......?"

Zhou Xu said: "Actually, just on the way here, I saw a cricket, it is Shandong eggplant skin purple, this insect has a fierce mouth, although the appearance is not amazing, but many southern insects have not opened their teeth, they will be instigated first, if you buy it, you will be able to help the son in the insect hall to kill!" ”

Shen Yu was immediately overjoyed: "And such good insects? Let's go, Brother Zhou, let's go and see! ”

"I haven't finished drinking this wine yet......"

"What kind of wine are you drinking, let's hurry up, it's over if it's too late to be bought, and when I'm done buying worms, I'll set up another table for Brother Zhou!"

……

A moment later, in the market, Zhou Xu pointed to a young man selling insects in front of him and said, "That's it!" ”

With that, he led Shen Yu towards the young man.

When the young man saw that a guest came to the door, he hurriedly greeted: "Two sons, do you pick insects?" ”

At this time, Zhou Xu said to Shen Yu: "Childe, you pick first, I'll see your vision!" ”

Shen Yu has been playing with insects for many years, so he naturally has his own set, so he picked up one by one the gnats and stepped forward to look at them with his eyes.

After a while, he took one and said, "This is good, this belly crotch meat is smooth and delicate, and it looks like a good worm!" ”

In a test, Zhou Xu knew the level of this person.

He took off a cage from the young man's burden, handed it to Shen Yu, and said:

The head and neck are high, the wings are flat and numb, and the belly is arched and the tail is cone.

The cheeks and breasts are thick, the face is broad, and the lines are thick and the legs are thick.

The color is pure, the teeth are tight and long, and the crown must be hung with a bow on the back!

"Childe, the one you picked can only be regarded as a medium grade, and the meat velvet is the one in your hand, you can look at me again!"

After a while, Shen Yu held Zhou Xu's hand and said, "Brother Zhou, you should be my master, I want to learn this from you!" ”

"I treat you as a friend, not a subordinate, and I will give you fifty taels of silver every month, as long as you teach me, I will give you another house!" What do you think! ”

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