Chapter 450 Know it——know it——
Cicada monkeys lay on the tree trunks, sucking the juice from the trunks and chirping non-stop.
Some cicada monkeys perch high, and some perch low.
Lu Yuanbao and Chen Dazhuang circled around the big trees one by one, catching the cicada monkeys that were resting at the roots.
After discovering it, he cupped his hands together and pounced on the cicada monkey. He caught it right away. The cicada monkey, which kept chirping, was in his palm.
Of course, Chen Dazhuang was not really asked to take off his pants and pretend to be a cicada monkey. Otherwise, Chen Dazhuang's naked butt would not only scare Tan Rourou away, but he would also be easily bitten by mosquitoes in the woods. It would really be a waste of time and effort.
Lu Yuanbao picked up some large leaves and tied them together with branches to make a simple small cage. He broke off the wings of the cicada monkey and threw it into the cage to ensure that it could not escape.
At first, Tan Rourou watched Chen Dazhuang and Lu Yuanbao catching cicada monkeys, and she didn't dare to get close.
Firstly, the cicada monkeys were very noisy, and secondly, she thought they were ugly, pitch black, and not pretty at all. It was not as fun as catching dragonflies and butterflies.
She didn't want to catch cicada monkeys, but she didn't want to go back alone, so she could only stand in the woods and watch Chen Dazhuang and Lu Yuanbao catch them.
Watching it, it's actually quite boring.
"Ah - it flew away, it flew away -" Chen Dazhuang suddenly shouted, and a cicada monkey flew out of his palm and flew towards Tan Rourou.
Then it clicked and stopped on the tree roots next to Tan Rourou.
Chen Dazhuang quickly reminded Tan Rourou, "Rou Rou, catch it! Catch it! The cicada monkey is right next to you, catch it quickly and don't let it fly away."
At Chen Dazhuang's urging, Tan Rourou turned her head and saw a cicada monkey perched on a tree root nearby, its chirping sound right next to her ear.
So close.
I don’t know if it’s because she’s seen it so many times that she’s not scared anymore, or if Chen Dazhuang was urging her too hastily, but Tan Rourou was worried that the cicada monkey would fly away again, so she unconsciously reached out to catch it.
She imitated the movements of Chen Dazhuang and Lu Yuanbao, put her hands together to form a pocket, and pounced towards the cicada monkey on the tree root.
"Ah! Got it!"
Tan Rourou shouted excitedly one second and screamed the next.
"Ah—what—ah—"
She was jumping around anxiously, and her hands that were holding the cicada monkey had separated at some point and were shaking wildly.
"how?"
"You got bitten? But cicada monkeys don't bite people, right?"
Seeing that Tan Rourou was screaming miserably, Lu Yuanbao and Chen Dazhuang quickly walked to her side and asked worriedly.
Tan Rourou's eyes had unknowingly turned red, and she said aggrievedly, "The cicada monkey peed in my hand. Ah! It's so dirty! So dirty!"
It’s no wonder why Tan Rourou screamed so loudly.
The clean-loving little girl is most afraid of dirt.
Chen Dazhuang quickly explained, "Rou Rou, that's not pee, it's just a little water spray. The cicada monkey is afraid of being caught, so it sprays out the sap."
"I don't believe it! It's just pee! It's pee! It's so dirty! My hands stink."
The more Tan Rourou thought about it, the more sick she felt. Her hands kept shaking and she was so anxious that she was about to cry.
Normally, Lu Yuanbao would have the handkerchief prepared for him by Chu Yue, but recently he has been following Chen Fengying, and Chen Fengying is not a very careful person, so she couldn't find the handkerchief.
Seeing that Tan Rourou's eyes were red and she was about to cry.
Lu Yuanbao thought for a moment, then held Tan Rourou's hand, grabbed her clothes, and said, "Wipe it on me."
"Oh, that's not good..."
While Tan Rourou was still hesitating, Lu Yuanbao had already wiped the palm of her hand with clean clothes to remove the wet stuff.
Tan Rourou lowered her head and said softly, "Lu Yuanbao, thank you, but I still want to go back and wash my hands."
She still felt unclean.
Lu Yuanbao looked up at Chen Dazhuang, "Dazhuang, shall we go home?"
Chen Dazhuang replied, "Okay, we've already caught so many, and we've also picked up a lot of cicada monkey shells. I'm going to take them back to show my mom. Come on, let's go home. Rourou, we can wash our hands when we get home. Yuanbao, there's mung bean porridge to drink in the afternoon, so let's go home quickly."
In this way, despite the twists and turns, the good mood was not disturbed, and the three children walked out of the woods happily.
When they walked back to the gate of the compound, they saw a few people arguing with each other.
A dirty old woman yelled at the top of her lungs, "Why won't you let us in? My son-in-law is in there! He's from this unit! Why won't you let me in? Get out of the way! I want to go in!"
The young soldier on guard stopped us and said, "Open your eyes and look carefully. This is our military family compound. Only military families can enter. Show me your ID. If you have it, I will let you in. Without it, you cannot set foot in."
"Comrade, I've explained this to you many times. We lost our ID on the road and were nearly abducted by human traffickers. We've gone through so much hardship to get to this place. Just let us in. There's someone we know inside. He's my daughter's husband! My daughter is a military wife."
The young soldier asked, "You said your daughter is a military wife, so what's her husband's name?"
"What's the name? Haha, I'll scare you to death if I tell you - my daughter's lover is called Lu Zhanlin! Lu Zhanlin, have you heard of these three words?" The old woman pulled a young woman who was equally dirty beside her, raised her chin, and said proudly.
"Captain Lu...Captain Lu?" The young soldier made a puzzled sound, wondering if this person was Captain Lu's mother-in-law?
The young woman at the side immediately said excitedly, "Mom! Did you hear that? Lu Zhanlin is really the leader! It was that old bastard who lied to us!"
The old woman also nodded, "You old fool, you actually dared to lie to us. It's a good thing we found out, otherwise Chu Yue would have gotten away with it!"
Lu Zhanlin...Chu Yue...
When these two names were mentioned, Lu Yuanbao subconsciously glanced in the direction of the quarrel as he walked over with the cicada monkey in his hand.
It was this glance that caught the young woman's attention.
She said excitedly, "Mom! Look! That child—look at that child, doesn't he look like that little beggar?"
The old woman turned around and immediately saw Lu Yuanbao. She narrowed her eyes slightly, and there was a gleam in her eyes.
After a brief hesitation, she suddenly rushed towards Lu Yuanbao and shouted in a crying voice.
"Child... my poor child... I'm your grandmother... Yuanbao... your name is Yuanbao, right? My poor child, I didn't expect you to grow up so big."
Lu Yuanbao was suddenly hugged by the smelly old woman, and the cicada monkey in his hand fell to the ground.
The young soldier was also dumbfounded. This person even knew Captain Lu’s child. Could he really be Captain Lu’s mother-in-law?
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