After the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, the coolness at night in the mountains became more intense.
But this will not dampen the enthusiasm of Chen Ling and others to collect insect specimens.
After dinner early, we came to the slope to watch.
After hearing the news, Zhao Yubao and Old Man Zhong also came to join in the fun with great interest.
There are more people coming.
Wu Fei had no intention of opening another observation point.
There is still just a piece of white gauze hanging like a bed sheet.
Fixed by bamboo poles.
Then hang an incandescent lamp in front of the white cloth.
Used to attract bugs to gather at night.
The technical term for this is ‘light lure’.
Wu Fei and his wife are usually taciturn and don't talk much, but now they are very talkative in the professional field. He explained that if they stayed in one place, it would be easier to carry out tasks such as identification and recording.
If you turn on another light to lure the observation point.
There are too many bugs with overlapping species, and too much useless work will be done.
“We are just like Fugui, we will submit the records after we finish them.”
The couple said with a smile.
"Publish a book? Or publish it in a professional magazine?" Chen Ling asked.
"Publish a book first, and publish books freely."
Wu Fei said: "Publishing a book does not need to be so rigid and serious. Publish one first, write down our opinions and organize them, and then discuss them later. When it comes to making reports, the ideas have already been clarified in the book.
When the time comes, I will have a clear idea when writing.
And the books can also be sold for money, so there’s nothing wrong with both. "
Chen Ling nodded after hearing this.
Zhao Yubao smacked his lips, feeling that this approach sounded uncomfortable.
He is very religious about words.
He doesn’t like the philistine approach.
But I am doing animal research, not a writer or literati who specializes in writing articles, so I cannot demand others according to his standards.
Bobcat knew what the old man was thinking and gave him and his father two pieces of paper and pen, asking them to take charge of the next recording.
“Turn on the lights, my ears are full of bugs already.”
At the end of the month, there is no moon in the sky at night, and there are only a few fireflies on the slope. The weather is getting colder, and these fireflies are not as good as those on a summer night. It became lively, with sparse fluorescent lights dancing slowly, reflecting the chirping of insects that was also a few degrees lower.
But because there are so many bugs in the grass, even if the cry is low enough, it is really loud in the ears.
Suddenly, the incandescent light came on.
The surrounding scenery on the slope suddenly became much clearer.
There are sorghum and cotton on the slope in the distance, wild mugwort and wild sunflower nearby, as well as gourds, pumpkins, gourds and other wild melons that are entangled with mugwort all over the slope.
As for the observation point on the slope, it is still surrounded by green and lush grass.
On the tall grass blades, small insects hiding among them began to fly towards the light.
After a while, crickets, grasshoppers, mole crickets, and mantises in the grass began to fly out along the light, and bumped against the white gauze along with various moths.
In just two minutes, the gauze was covered with all kinds of bugs.
Chen Ling and the two old men, who were the most playful, were just looking forward to turning on the lights to attract the insects.
I am not looking forward to it at this moment.
His grandma, there are too many bugs in the grass.
Especially crickets, grasshoppers, mole crickets, and mantises are inconspicuous during the day, but they jump away when they see people.
But when you turn on the lights at night, good guys, one of them flies faster than the other.
It was crackling like rain.
They all hit people.
At the beginning, Chen Ling and the two old men were standing in front of the lamp.
Being the closest to the light, a lot of them flew over my head, got into my clothes along my neck, and sometimes hit my face.
The three of them were yelling, taking off their clothes and throwing them around.
That’s useless.
The three of them were successfully chased away by the insects and fled away.
Wu Fei and the others should be better.
Because they wore tighter clothes in advance, with stand-up collars, hats and glasses.
These big and small flying insects cannot affect them.
Bobcat is always dressed in mountaineering clothes or camouflage clothes, and these bugs cannot get into his clothes.
But their shock was no less than that of Chen Ling and the other three.
It is indeed shocking.
All kinds of flying insects can crawl all over the insect-attracting white gauze in just two minutes.
Densely packed, crawling around, like bees in a hive.
After Chen Ling and the others finished recording quickly.
You also have to tear off the sheet-sized gauze and shake it vigorously into the grass to shake off all the flying insects on it.
Otherwise, the newly arrived insects will not be able to settle on the gauze.
Just like that, after the gauze was gone, the flying bugs still gathered around the incandescent lamp and flew up and down. One after another, they bumped into the incandescent lamp and shook it.
For a while, the surroundings were full of shaking shadows.
This scene shocked Wu Fei and his wife so much that they were speechless for a long time. They had goosebumps all over their bodies. They were excited, excited and unbelievable.
After a long while, Wu Feicai murmured to himself: "Have I arrived in heaven? There is such a treasure land for insects in China."
At first they just felt that they were in a new place.
I will live here for a long time in the future, so I just want to have a brief understanding of the insect types here.
I didn’t expect to give them such a big surprise.
After regaining consciousness, he hurriedly stepped forward to catch the insects again.
Categories with my wife.
Crickets and grasshoppers have been recorded before, but now they are thrown away when they are seen, looking for strange new species.
"Hurry up, catch up quickly."
"Brother Fei, please don't arrest us. We have more people and we can catch you faster. You record our arrests, otherwise we won't recognize you."
Chen Ling and others rushed forward to help.
There are too many bugs to catch, and most of them are useless.
So they specifically picked out the weird ones to catch.
The slope under the lights suddenly became lively.
After a while, the villagers who lived nearby also brought the baby over to see what was going on.
Then he also joined the insect-catching army.
Adults and children began to crawl all over the floor catching bugs.
"Teacher Wu, do you think this is okay?"
"Brother Fei, this, this."
"Sister-in-law, look at me."
"..."
"Yue Ming Grass Katydid, remember ! ”
“Mongolian chiller”
"Dead Leaf Nymph."
"Rhinoceros chafer."
"..."
There are many bugs, and there are many types.
I was a little uncomfortable catching it at first.
Insects fly to people and get stuck in their clothes. It's unbearable to stand for a long time.
The main reason is the itching in the clothes, which is painful to endure.
Later, more and more people were caught, and a few people even tasted it.
When taking a break, Zhao Yubao shook off the bugs in his clothes, and sometimes he would shake out large grasshoppers that were half a dozen or so long. The guy would step on them, and his stomach full of eggs would explode.
"Fugui, why don't you record and light a fire later? Look at this grasshopper, it's belly is full of yellow, even more yellow than crab roe. It's full of eggs, it will be delicious when roasted."< br>
"Okay, I'm a little hungry from all the work now."
Chen Ling said with a smile and swatted the mosquitoes.
Old man Zhong also said with great interest: "Don't tell me, this thing is quite fun. We can also experience a scientific investigation."
It is indeed novel. The experience is very exciting.
As soon as he finished speaking, the lynx called him: "Dad, come here to shake off the bugs."
"It's coming, it's coming."
The old man walked over excitedly, and the father and son unfolded the two ends of the gauze and shook it out with all their strength. Countless insects fell down like dumplings with a crackling sound.
Insects are falling like rain.
Chen Ling took a look and saw that there were too many insects to pick up.
If they were all grasshoppers, it would be okay if there was only one kind, but with so many moths, crickets, butterflies, etc., mixed together, it would be too troublesome.
It seems that I can’t eat roasted grasshoppers as much as I did before roasting cicadas.
I can only pick up a few, just to enjoy them.
He still dislikes the variety of these bugs here.
But I don’t mind having uninvited guests.
A group of groups flew over with wings fluttering, and when they landed on the ground not far away from them, they squawked and lowered their heads to eat fiercely. He doesn't look afraid of people at all.
“What?”
Wu Fei and Chen Xiaoer were startled and quickly looked back.
“A group of wild ducks.” Chen Ling replied.
The two of them turned around and looked at each other. They immediately looked ignorant and their eyes widened in surprise.
"Good guy, good guy, we are attracting insects, but we also attracted wild ducks."
"This is normal. We often see these guys falling into weirs and ponds at night. They go there to eat. For small fish, there are still people using nets to catch ducks at night."
Zhao Yubao said.
Now that he has lived in the village for a long time, he understands many things.
When you introduce yourself to others, it seems that you know a lot and you feel a great sense of accomplishment.
Not to be outdone, Old Man Zhong said: "I have seen a lot of them. There has been little rain recently and the water is shallow. Small fish are easy to catch in the rivers and ditches."
"Well, this wild duck is really brave. Big, not afraid of people, haha, didn’t this come to your door?”
“Then what are you waiting for?”
The two old men want to catch Wu Fei. Show your hands in front of people.
Take off your coat, tiptoe over against the grass, and use your coat to pounce.
"We are coming too, we are coming too."
Wu Fei and Chen Xiaoer have never seen this kind of scene. So many wild ducks fly over at night, and they look like they are easy to catch. If it weren't for catching, I feel so sorry for myself.
The recording of bugs has basically been completed.
I followed quietly.
But wild things are never that easy to catch.
It looked like it was so close, eating bugs in a big way, as if it was not defensive at all.
Actually, I was paying attention to the surroundings while eating.
As soon as you get close, they will fly away.
Wait until you go far and come back to eat.
In the end, the two old men tried to show off their skills but failed. They were played by a group of ducks and lost their temper. Zhao Yubao even fell down and got duck shit on his hands.
He was so angry that he cursed for a while.
Feeling very embarrassed.
I blame Wu Fei and the two for causing trouble.
If they didn’t mess with this wild duck, they would have caught it long ago.
I stopped catching bugs with them. I said I was sleepy early and went back to wash up and sleep.
Chen Xiaoer was stunned when he saw this: "Hey, these two bad old men are acting like children, and they are so anxious..."
Chen Ling and others suppressed their laughter.
"Okay, let's all go back to bed early. The wolf in the mountain is howling again. I wonder if something will come down the mountain."
Chen Ling said.
An old wolf came down the mountain a while ago.
There has been no movement from behind.
I actually heard the cry of wolves in the mountains tonight.
Chen Ling was not sure what happened in the mountains.
I hope the wolves related to Heiwa can reproduce safely, at least they are still controllable.
“Is this howling like a wolf? It sounds really scary.”
Chen Xiaoer heard the words and quickly listened carefully to the sound: "My father said that there were wolves in the mountains outside the capital in the early years. Unfortunately, I have never seen them or heard them howling."
"Okay, be early. Go back to sleep. If you want to see wolves, you are rich. Let’s go to the mountains another day and ask him to hunt two for us.”
After Wu Fei and his wife packed their things, Wu Fei urged.
"Ah? Rich and powerful, you want to go into the mountains?"
Chen Xiaoer couldn't believe it: "Your second and third child are not even one month old yet, and you are going hunting now?"
"It's just a small fight. Usually those who don't stay overnight will return the next day."
Chen Ling chuckled and said, "It's the season, and we also use game to feed the second and third children in my family. Let’s have a unique full moon party.”
“Then, look at me, can I follow you?”
Chen Xiaoer quickly straightened his chest.
"Stop talking nonsense, you should finish building the house as soon as possible. Once the house is built and the fire bed is installed, I will take you to the mountains when winter comes."
Chen Ling waved his hand and walked straight down the slope.
Chen Xiaoer heard the same thing. Building a house now is the key, so he suppressed his expectations and couldn't help but ask: "You're not going to go tomorrow, are you?"
" I won’t go tomorrow.”
Chen Ling replied and walked away.
He did not enter the mountain the next day.
But he went hunting rabbits.
Early in the morning, I mounted my horse, shouldered my gun, and took the two bald men with me to wander around.
The two bald man is in the sky, his eyes are sharp, and few rabbits can escape his search.
Rabbits in the wild are also alert.
After noticing the eagle in the sky, it will flee quickly.
Even rabbits on the side of the mountain will be blasted out and killed by Chen Ling with one shot.
There are really many rabbits in autumn.
Most of the rabbits near Chenwangzhuang are affected by the environment.
There are also many in other places. Although the number is not that huge, pesticides have not been widely used in the mountains, especially in forest farms, where there are many hares.
Chen Ling rode casually for two hours and beat a lot of people.
We happened to be not far from Huangni Town, so we rode to Huangni Town and gave most of the prey to Han Chuang.
Have a meal and drink at noon.
After returning to the county town, I found the postman at the post office and asked him to pay attention to who was always talking bad about me secretly.
The rural postman was also familiar with him. He said that he seemed to have noticed it a while ago. No one said such things at first. It seemed that some agency in the county was the first to say this. .
Later, it spread widely after a temple fair.
Chen Ling heard that he knew and asked him to inquire more, then gave him the remaining prey.
There happened to be a letter from him at this time, so he stayed for a while and read the letter.
It was a letter from Zhou Weijun, asking about Yu Qian.
He hasn't installed a phone yet. He can only contact the other party by phone if he takes the initiative to call him. If he doesn't call, Zhou Weijun and others can only write him letters.
Zhou Weijun has been helpless recently.
When Yu Qian, an old boy, came to the mountains with his girl, there was no reply for several months.
Even if his own family is not worried, the girl’s family must be worried too.
I couldn’t contact him, and I didn’t know where to look. I thought he had been abducted.
After Yu Qian’s parents came to visit them, they also knew that their son was at fault, but they could not contact their son.
I had to ask this person, and finally Ma Wei, to find Zhou Weijun, and then contact Chen Ling.
It's really a lot of effort.
"This old boy is the same. When will he find the horse?"
Chen Ling was speechless after reading the letter. The old boy was still riding his own motorcycle, so he knew he was taking his wife with him. Wandering everywhere.
“I have to go and have a look, don’t really cause trouble.”
Some time ago, when Wang Qingzhong and his wife came here, they said that Yu Qian sometimes lived in Yaowang Village, and sometimes in In the town, but most of the time the two of them would run into the mountains, looking for pack horses and other birds.
Chen Ling didn't care at that time.
Now that his family is calling him, I have to find him and call him back. It would be best to take Bai Huining back.
You can feel at ease at home.
So Chen Ling returned to the village, told his family, and then continued to carry the gun and the eagle, and headed towards Fenglei Town in the afternoon.
Chen Ling galloped with great speed.
Since the little green horse went back and forth to the provincial capital, it has recovered a lot. After being raised, it has grown a lot. Both endurance and speed have improved a lot.
It is also fast and flexible.
The autumn harvest is over at this time, and there are many trucks delivering public grain on the road.
Chen Ling passed by so fast, but the little green horse was able to dodge very dexterously.
When encountering obstructions such as donkey carts on small river ditches or narrow stone bridges, this fierce horse will ignore it and rush forward when it is far away, and then leap high by the river. , leaped over in one go.
It made everyone stunned.
Then he looked up and looked at the falcons in the sky. Without further explanation, everyone knew who this person was.
Leaving a lot of discussion.
Chen Ling didn't care and just rode forward.
However, it may not always be like this.
When we arrived at Changle Township, it was a good day. There were several married families in the township, so we couldn't rush past like this.
But when they arrived at the foot of the archway, Chen Ling was about to take a detour from the path outside the village.
Suddenly, I noticed that there was a commotion in the wedding reception team not far away. The people watching the excitement were running around for cover, and there were panic shouts everywhere.
Chen Ling quickly asked the little green horse to slow down and stop. Then he walked through the stone archway and looked over there. He saw a black man crawling on the persimmon tree next to the temple. The big guy, covered in persimmon juice, is opening his mouth and screaming, and is crawling down awkwardly.
“Holy shit, the big bear ran down the mountain?”
When Chen Ling was surprised, he discovered that there was another black bear among the commotion. He was standing in the wedding party and was driven away by the people who reacted and shouted and threatened him with all kinds of things.
"Good guy, this is not only a bear coming down the mountain, but also coming down the mountain to stop the wedding."
Chen Ling felt strange when he saw this, and hurriedly drove forward.