Chapter 153 Seven-Star Leech
Luo Qiuyue looked embarrassed. "As for this matter, I don't think it's a big deal myself. I just don't know if you're afraid. After all, everyone's courage is different."
When everyone present heard this, they all laughed.
Almost all those who came to the Ye family to help today were men.
These men were unhappy when they heard this. "Mother Yan Ping, what are you saying? You, a woman, are not afraid. How can we men be afraid?"
"Exactly, it makes us men seem more cowardly than women!"
"Okay." Luo Qiuyue nodded. "It's my fault. I underestimated you all. Since you are all brave, I feel relieved."
As he said this, he put the iron box on the ground and opened the lid.
Everyone came closer to take a look, their eyes filled with confusion.
"What is this? Bugs?"
"It looks like a leech corpse."
The iron box was filled with some shriveled striped worms. There weren't many of them, just a little at the bottom of the box, making it look empty.
"Yan Ping's mother, is this for treating Yan Ping's father's illness?"
"Yes." Luo Qiuyue said as she took out a small porcelain bottle from her pocket, "Don't underestimate these insects. Yan Ping's father and I spent a lot of money to get them in our early years."
"Why spend so much money on this kind of bug?" The villagers shook their heads. "Aren't these just leeches? There are plenty of them in the fields. We can have as many as you want!"
"This isn't the kind of leech we have in our fields. This is called the Seven-Star Blood Leech."
Seven-star blood leech?
None of the villagers had heard of it.
Luo Qiuyue opened the small porcelain bottle and poured some dark red liquid onto the insects.
"What are you pouring, Yan Ping's mother? What are you using it for?"
Everyone found it novel.
"The potion that brings them back to life." Luo Qiuyue pointed at the seven-star leeches in the box, "They're not actually dead."
"How could he not be dead? You just said you got it in your early years!"
"This is clearly a dried insect..."
Everyone was about to argue, but suddenly they fell silent and their eyes widened.
The lifeless, shriveled worms in the box suddenly became visibly plump and elastic, and began to wriggle slowly.
The insects, which originally occupied only a small space at the bottom of the box, suddenly expanded in size, filling the box completely. The scene...
"Ouch!" Everyone couldn't help but exclaim.
Although it's not that scary, it still makes me feel creepy when I look at it.
Those standing on the periphery, unable to squeeze in, kept asking anxiously, "What's going on? What happened? Tell us!"
"Don't tell me, readers will be scared if they hear it!"
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"Mother Yan Ping, dried insects are perfect for medicinal purposes, why are you keeping them alive?"
"This seven-star blood leech needs to be nurtured for a while. It can only be used when its body grows seven stars. It's still too small now."
Luo Qiuyue caught one and placed it on her wrist, saying casually, "This bug grows by sucking blood."
As soon as he finished speaking, the lazy leech suddenly stretched out its suction cup and stuck tightly to Luo Qiuyue's skin.
Everyone's face changed drastically.
Although it is common to have blood sucked by leeches in the fields when transplanting rice every year, this is the first time I have seen insects actively feeding with blood.
I felt terrified and even a little nauseous.
Soon, the leech in Luo Qiuyue's hand was full of blood and its body swelled to two or three times its original size.
Luo Qiuyue pulled the bulging insect out calmly, threw it into the box, sprinkled some medicine powder on the wound, and the bleeding stopped immediately.
"Next, it's your turn."
"ah?"
Everyone took a step back.
"This is what I want you to help me do!" Luo Qiuyue smiled happily, "What's wrong? Are you scared?"
“No, no…”
“Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid…”
Everyone spoke in a relaxed manner, but they couldn't smile.
They would never have thought that what Yan Pingniang wanted them to do was to feed the leeches with their blood.
This is not a big deal, but it does require courage.
"Let me go first, just treat it as a leech bite." Tietou Dad stepped forward first.
"Let's come too!"
Xigou's father and several others also stood up.
Their own child has become Ye Buwei's disciple. If they don't take the initiative to stand up at this time, it would be very heartless of them.
"Let's come too." The three brothers of the Ye family and Zhao Xingjian walked out of the house.
"Come on, let's go together!" The villagers gritted their teeth and went up.
Since they have promised, they must do it. They will not go back on their word.
Soon, all the leeches in the box were fed, and Luo Qiuyue closed the box.
He took out a copper coin from his pocket and said, "I can't let you do this for free. I don't have much, but I can still afford to give everyone a few copper coins. Don't be disgusted, fellow villagers."
The villagers were anxious, "What are you talking about, Yan Pingniang? Why would we ask for your money?"
"That's right, just tell me how long it will take to feed the worm until it grows seven stars."
Luo Qiuyue said: "It's hard to say, at least three or four days. If everyone is afraid and doesn't want to come, I definitely won't blame you."
"We will definitely help with this. Yan Ping's father is still waiting for this bug to save his life."
The villagers felt much more relieved. They were worried that if they had to feed the animal for a month or so, wouldn't all the blood in the animal's body be sucked out?
"Let's go back first and come back tomorrow!"
"Wait a minute!"
I don't know when the little dumpling came out, and he stood on the steps looking at everyone with a smile.
After being raised in the Ye family for a few months, the little girl has grown up, with curved eyebrows, big eyes, a delicate nose and a moist little mouth.
The chubby little face is white with a hint of red, so tender that you can pinch water out of it. In this snowy day, it is as pleasing as a fresh peach on a branch.
Today I am wearing a small flowered jacket with a red background, and I look like a soft, white and tender little glutinous rice dumpling.
"Xiao Jiu'er, are you tired after going into the mountains last night?"
"Is Wild Bear Ridge scary at night?"
Everyone greeted each other with smiles.
The little girl blinked her big black eyes and looked at everyone's hands with concern. "It's a bug bite, does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt!" Everyone laughed. "Xiao Jiuer is so young but he knows how to care for others. He's such a good kid."
Little Tuanzi smiled, nudged Ye Yanping, pointed inside the house and said, "Hey, go get it."
"Okay, Daddy will get it!"
In fact, Ye Yanping didn’t know what Xiao Jiuer asked him to get, but if his daughter asked him to go east, he would never go west.
After a while, Ye Yanping came out carrying a large basket that made a lot of clucking noises. He said with a smile, "Everyone take a big hen back home."
"Big hen?"
The villagers were stunned.
"Yeah! Lay eggs!"
The little dumpling giggled.
"this……"
Everyone hesitated.
I said I was here to help, how could I have the nerve to take things?
But the temptation of a big egg-laying hen is really great.
Luo Qiuyue smiled and said, "Take it, folks! This is what you deserve. If it weren't for everyone, we wouldn't be able to feed these insects with just a few people in our family."
In the end, everyone went back happily, holding a big hen that was screaming with its neck stretched out.
After the villagers went back, it quickly got dark and the strong wind began to blow again.
The Ye family sat in the main house and warmed themselves by the fire.
Winter nights are long, and everyone likes to chat by the fire before going to bed.
There were firewood and black soil in the brazier, and everyone was warmed up by the heat.
"Sister, the chestnuts are ripe!"
Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu used small tongs to pick out the chestnuts from the ashes.
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