Zhao Wei took out a thin branch and carefully poked the gray-brown thing.
"We have to wait until it climbs higher and its claws loosen the bark so that we can pinch its wings."
Before he could finish his words, the cicada monkey suddenly jumped up. Liu Qian was quick-witted and pinched the insect's warm body with two fingers, and it landed steadily in his palm.
The forest gradually became lively. Young men held torches and searched around with rustling sounds mixed with the chirping of cicadas.
Someone shouted, "Watch me!"
I saw someone taking off his coat and covering the tree trunk with it, which scared a few cicada monkeys and caused them to flutter into his pockets, causing everyone to laugh.
Xiao Cui couldn't reach the high place by standing on tiptoe, so Liu Qian squatted down and let her stand on his knees. The little girl's crisp cheers scared away the night birds in the treetops.
In the past, Liu Qian would never do this.
But he now liked these insincere country folk, whose frankness and loveliness won his friendship.
Therefore, he was willing to lift up the little girl so that she could catch the cicada monkey above.
"Oh my god..." Zhao Wei suddenly lowered his voice: "Don't move!"
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger. Under the moonlight, a golden cicada monkey was slowly crawling out of a tree hole, its wings still wrapped in a translucent shell, like a layer of flowing amber.
"This is a golden cicada, very rare!"
Yunxiu took out the handkerchief she carried with her and gently put the cicada into the jar.
"When it sheds its shell tomorrow morning, its wings will be as clear as crystal."
As the dew soaked their trouser legs, everyone's jar was filled with spoils.
The harvest of this night is not just a few bugs, but a whole summer of happiness! It's as if the carefree childhood has come back again!
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