The next morning, Ye Tian was pulled up by Xiaomi, who kept shouting that he wanted to catch the cicada monkey.
"Okay, I'll help you with that in a minute!"
When Ye Tian was a child, he often caught cicada monkeys, mainly for eating. A plate of fried cicada monkeys was quite satisfying.
Of course, in the south this thing is called golden cicada.
There are willow trees beside the ditch in Fenghuang Village. As it rained a few days ago, cicada monkeys are crawling on the tree trunks.
These cicada monkeys climb on the branches and slowly transform into cicadas. By then, the river ditches will be filled with the sounds of cicadas.
While eating breakfast, Ye Liang also gave some instructions.
"We're going to catch cicada monkeys, but you're not allowed to go in the water. The water in the ditch is too deep now!"
"Got it, Dad!"
Ye Tian nodded, took out a wooden stick from the garden, and made a net by himself.
"Dad, you make a loop, where's the net?"
Ye Xiaomi looked at Ye Tian in confusion. Ye Tian made the wire into a circle and tied the end to a wooden stick. There was no net on it at all.
"Our web is not woven."
"Today, we use the original net!"
"What is that?"
Ye Xiaomi climbed onto Yuanbao and circled around Ye Tian curiously.
"Xiaomi, when your dad was a kid, our family was poor and there was no internet, so they used this method."
"Yeah?"
Ye Xiaomi was puzzled again. Ye Tian had already made two wooden sticks and handed one to Ye Xiaomi.
"Let's go get the net!"
"Wait a moment!"
After Ye Tian finished speaking, he looked at Ye Xiaomi again, then lowered his head and said a few words.
"Xiaomi, do you want to see a spider?"
"In no mood!"
The crisp answer made Ye Tian depressed.
"You should say you do, otherwise we won't be able to catch the cicada monkey."
"But spiders are so scary. I'm afraid of them."
"I'm here!"
Ye Xiaomi had no choice but to mutter reluctantly: "I want to see the spider, it's all because of my dad."
"Okay, let's go to the backyard!"
Ye Tian was very satisfied. His daughter's mouth was known to be blessed, so there must be many spiders behind the yard.
Sure enough, the wasteland in the backyard was covered with spider webs.
"What's going on?"
"You didn't have it yesterday?"
Ye Liang will get some insecticide later to avoid so many spider webs in the backyard.
"Ha, this is a ready-made net!"
Ye Tian picked up a wire ring and put it on a spider web. The spider fled in panic, causing Ye Xiaomi to say sweetly, "Don't scold my dad!"
"Dad, did you destroy Spider's house?"
"Even if it's gone, he'll just keep building it. There's plenty anyway!"
"continue!"
Ye Tiancai didn't care about the spiders. He put the spider webs on the wire ring layer by layer. The gray-white web was completely finished.
"This net has very good stickiness, and the cicada monkeys haven't felt it much yet."
"Walk!"
Ye Tian picked up the new net and led Ye Xiaomi towards the ditch.
On the way, the children in the village also noticed what Ye Xiaomi was doing with the net in her hand.
"My dad and I are catching cicada monkeys!"
“This net is so special!”
"What is a cicada monkey?"
Tian Wa, who lived next door to Aunt Tian San's family, asked curiously, but was slapped back by his mother.
"Hurry back and do your homework. You'll be in elementary school next year, and you're still thinking about playing."
"Mom, I want to catch a cicada monkey too!"
"Get lost!"
As soon as Aunt Tian San spoke, Tian Wa had no choice but to run back home, which made Ye Tian feel a little embarrassed.
"Xiaotian, you take good care of the baby. I really envy you!" Third Aunt forced a smile, obviously wanting to curry favor with Ye Tian.
"Aunt San, when we get back, ask Xiaomi to bring some to Tianwa."
Ye Tian didn't say much, urged Ye Xiaomi, and walked towards the ditch.
Willow branches drooped, and the water in the distant river was murky, its level clearly rising. The small creek, once clear, was now devoid of even the pebbles.
"Xiaomi, did you see that?"
Ye Tian had sharp eyes and he spotted the cicada monkey lying on the tree trunk at a glance. This thing was yellowish-brown in color, different from the tree trunk.
“I see!”
Ye Xiaomi held up the wooden stick and shook it lightly, and the spider web caught the cicada monkey.
"Dad, the bottle!"
“Here I come!”
Ye Tian handed the prepared bottle to Ye Xiaomi. Ye Xiaomi was not afraid at all. She stuffed the cicada monkey into the bottle and laughed.
“That’s too easy!”
"Of course, if we use the net, it will be difficult."
"This thing is a pest. We are doing this for the sake of justice."
"Yeah, that's what grandpa said too. When they were young, they often caught cicada monkeys to eat."
“High in protein and delicious!”
Ye Tian also took a wooden stick and started catching cicada monkeys.
"Dad, Aunt Mengpo said this thing is valuable?"
"There are people who buy them specifically for one or two yuan each. They are raised in the south, but we don't have many here."
The father and daughter had an easy time. In just this morning, they caught nearly a bucket of cicada monkeys. They headed from the east side of the ditch to the west side.
There is a locust tree forest in front and a few graves in the distance.
"No, that's enough!"
"Dad, and I saw it!"
"That's a mass grave. There are indeed a lot of cicada monkeys over there, but there's no need to."
When Ye Xiaomi heard what her father said, she stopped, looked at the cicada monkey in the bucket, and licked her lips.
"Dad, is this thing really edible?"
"Let's go back and fry!"
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