Chapter 337 Asexual Reproduction of Red Worms
"No wonder the trading point suddenly wants to buy the insects at a high price. They probably already know the medicinal value of these insects." Xia Xiaoman said.
Luo Menglin, who was recording the results of the experiment, looked up and said, "The price of the worms at the trading point is 100 grams of worms for 10 points. This price is actually a bit low. You have to know that 100 grams of ginseng with the same value as red worms costs more than 100 points."
Xiao Zheyu interrupted, "Most people don't know that these bugs have medicinal value. To them, they are just ordinary bugs. 100 grams of ordinary bugs can be exchanged for 10 points, which is already a sky-high price for them."
Li Yu'e patted Xiao Zeyu's arm and said, "Don't worry about the trading point. Tell the gang members to collect the insects and study how to breed them."
Red worms have great medicinal value, and it would be great if they could breed them themselves. The more they raise, the more medicine they will have.
Xiao Zheyu responded, "Sister Yu'e, why don't we also propose a purchase and let the people nearby help us collect the insects."
Li Yu'e refused without thinking, "No, don't make trouble for me, just let the gang members catch the bugs themselves."
Red worms are different from other things. They are valuable. Those people above probably want to take all the red worms into their pockets. If Lingxu Gang buys the red worms at this time, wouldn't that be like challenging the authorities? She doesn't have the ability to go against the authorities.
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After knowing the benefits of red worms, Xia Xiaoman would go outside to shovel snow whenever she had time every day. She would shovel off the red worms attached to the surface of the snow and place them on the stove to dry the snow. When the snow melted and dried, the worms would be roasted.
Sometimes she would use tweezers to grab some live bloodworms and throw them into a glass bottle to let them reproduce, and occasionally throw some food in it.
After a few days of observation, she found that the insects reproduced asexually. She packed the insects separately, and the next day the insects laid a few eggs. These eggs were milky white when they were first laid, and very small, and it was difficult for people with poor eyesight to find these eggs.
On the second day after laying, these milky white eggs will slowly turn red, and the skin will become smooth and hard. When the eggs turn completely red, they will poke open the outer coat that wraps them, stretch out their bodies and become a small worm. Then the cycle repeats, and the larvae continue to reproduce.
Xia Xiaoman was a little surprised. These insects were too easy to raise. If they continued to reproduce like this, the value of the red worms would definitely be greatly reduced.
"Sister Xia, your friend is fighting with someone else, do you want to go over and take a look?"
Zhang Can's voice sounded outside the door. Xia Xiaoman came to her senses and walked out. "Who started the fight?"
Zhang Can pointed at Chen Peiqiong's house and said, "Your friend is the beautiful girl who lives next door. I saw her fighting with someone when I was shoveling snow just now."
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment. Was Chen Peiqiong in trouble this year? How could she be picked on twice in just a few days? Out of curiosity, she put on her coat and mask, climbed up the wall and took a look at Chen Peiqiong's house.
Chen Peiqiong was sitting at the door with disheveled clothes. There was no one around and it seemed that the fight had ended.
She made a snowball and threw it at Chen Peiqiong, "Sister Pei, are you okay?"
Chen Peiqiong raised her head and smiled bitterly, "It's okay."
"What's going on? Is someone robbing again?" Xia Xiaoman jumped off the wall and helped her up.
Chen Peiqiong shook her head and said, "No, there was a pervert who followed me home."
Today she went to the trading point to sell red worms. When she returned home and opened the door, a man suddenly hugged her from behind. She had just been chopped a few days ago and her body had not fully recovered, so she had to use some strength to beat the man away. If she was in her prime, she would definitely cut off the other person's two taels of meat.
Xia Xiaoman frowned, "These people are too brave. Sister Pei, you should try to go out less in the future. It's dark everywhere in the eternal night, and it's foggy now. It's too dangerous for you to go out alone."
Chen Peiqiong nodded in agreement. This time it was her fault for being careless. She went out before her wounds had healed and she almost got into trouble.
Seeing that Chen Peiqiong was not seriously injured, Xia Xiaoman climbed over the wall and went home. When he entered the house, Maodan complained to Xia Xiaoman that he had been locked up at home for several days without taking him with him.
Xia Xiaoman rubbed its furry head and said, "There are bugs everywhere outside. If you go out, you won't need the fur on your body anymore. Stay home and I'll make you something delicious."
"Awoo!" Eat meat! Eat meat! Maodan excitedly used his claws to pull at Xia Xiaoman's trouser legs.
The duck meat, rabbit meat and bacon in the space have all been eaten. Now there are only canned fish, luncheon meat, ham and other high-tech and hard-core foods in the space.
Xia Xiaoman took out two cans of fish, rinsed them with water several times to remove the saltiness in the cans, and then mixed them with rice for Maodan to eat.
Compared to Maodan's food, Xia Xiaoman's was much worse. She had no appetite, so she just cooked a pot of millet porridge and ate a bowl of pickled mustard tuber.
Maybe it was because of the porridge that Xia Xiaoman woke up in the middle of the night because she had to pee. After coming out of the toilet, Xia Xiaoman saw Maodan staring at the door for a while, then lying down again. Not long after lying down, he stood up again and stared at the door, as if there was some movement outside.
Seeing this, Xia Xiaoman put on a coat and quietly opened the door. She took a look outside, but it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything clearly.
Xia Xiaoman was a little worried, so I put on a raincoat and a mask and went out to take a look in the yard. There was still nothing unusual.
Suddenly, she heard a groan. Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, then she listened carefully, suspecting that she had misheard. After listening for a while, she heard a few more subtle groans.
Xia Xiaoman looked in the direction of the moaning, and it seemed to be coming from inside the greenhouse. She took a few steps towards the greenhouse, and the moaning sound became clearer, accompanied by some indescribable sounds.
Xia Xiaoman was immediately shocked. If she remembered correctly, Zhang Can and Zhu Xingliang were both men, so they were... a couple?!
Xia Xiaoman didn't dislike homosexuality. It was their own life. As long as it didn't affect her, it had nothing to do with her. But she was somewhat surprised that Zhang Can and Zhu Xingliang had lived under her nose for so long, but she didn't notice anything fishy between them.
Seeing that there were no thieves breaking in, Xia Xiaoman went back to the room and continued to sleep.
The next morning, Xia Xiaoman was awakened by a hurried knock on the door. When she opened the door, she saw Li Yu'e with an anxious look on her face. She was about to ask Li Yu'e what was going on, but before she could open her mouth, she heard Li Yu'e ask, "Xiaoman, is Axu here with you?"
Xia Xiaoman was confused by the question, "Is A Xu not at home?"
Li Yu'e shook her head. "No, he's not here. I scolded him yesterday because of something, and when I woke up this morning, he was gone!"
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