Chapter 44: Mysterious Luck
Lazy cicadas will only shed their shells in dry environments. When the young cicadas get wet, the shells become soft and wrap around their bodies, and they can't take off the shells. After catching the lazy cicadas, sprinkle some water on them and they can live a few more days.
The lazy cicada is cold in nature and fragrant in taste. It has the effects of dispersing wind, clearing the lungs, relieving fever and calming the nerves.
Lazy cicadas are nutritious and delicious. They can be fried and eaten before the larvae transform into cicadas, or they can be marinated with salt and then fried.
When the lazy cicada takes off its shell, it becomes an adult cicada. Some people also call it "Lei Zhenzi". The male cicada sings, while the female cicada is mute.
About a month later, the female cicada lays eggs on the branches and dies after laying eggs. When it rains and thunders, the cicada eggs are shaken off by the thunder and enter the ground with the rain to breed.
It takes three years for cicada eggs to develop into pupae, which then crawl out of the ground and climb up trees to become cicadas. The cicada's chirping makes the hot summer even more intense and noisy.
When life gets better, the high-protein, low-fat lazy cicada has become a delicious delicacy on people's tables. In the previous life, I watched a short video and someone said that one pound could be sold for three or four hundred yuan.
Thinking of this, Yang Chunyan looked at the lazy cicadas on the trees that were working hard to climb up, and thought that if she could have a machine that connected the two time and space, she could take these things and sell them in 2023, then she wouldn't have to worry about not having money to repair the building and buy a tractor.
Alas! She shook her head. No wonder they say that greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant, and greed is like eating the moon.
Being able to start over again is already the biggest bug. People should cherish their blessings. Besides, God let her come back and took out the bezoar, proving that her luck in this life is better than in her previous life.
Yang Chunyan feels that luck is a mysterious thing. If you are happy and energetic every day, people around you will think that you are lucky and have good things happen to you. You will also happily say that you are lucky, and maybe luck will come to you.
You have a bitter face every day, and others think you are unlucky when they see you. You are really unlucky.
Zhou Huaian caught a handful of lazy cicadas and put them into the sack. Seeing Yang Chunyan staring blankly ahead, he pinched a lazy cicada and shook it in front of her eyes, "What are you thinking about? Come back to your senses."
Yang Chunyan pushed his hand away and said, "Next time you go to Ning'an, bring some lazy cicadas to Doctor Wang's house."
"That's easy. We can just come and catch him tomorrow night."
"Okay." Yang Chunyan turned her head and saw Li Qiuyue pinching her fingers. She looked at Lan Chan'er who wanted to catch her but didn't dare to. Suddenly, she realized that her third sister-in-law, who was carefree, also had a feminine side.
The eldest and second sisters-in-law were much more efficient. They carried sacks and kept putting lazy cicadas into the sacks.
After catching mosquitoes for a while, Zhou Huaian felt an itch on his forehead, so he quickly put down the lazy cicada in his hand and slapped it. He spread his hands and put them under the flashlight. Only a little black and gray mosquito corpse was left lying in his pool of blood:
"Fuck you, you dare to suck my blood, I'll beat you to death, you son of a bitch."
"Youngest, you're the one who'll bleed if you kill it." Before Zhou Huaishan finished speaking, he raised his hand and patted his arm, "Oh my god, there are so many lazy cicadas and mosquitoes."
Zhou Huaian looked at him with disdain, "I thought you wouldn't hit it!"
"hey-hey!"
Li Qiuyue was also scratching her hand, "Third brother, remember to wear long sleeves next time you go out. I got bitten several times."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Go back and pick some Panax notoginseng, mash it up and apply it on the affected area, and it will stop itching."
Notoginseng is also called Feicai, its medicinal name is Jingtian Sanqi, and its alias is Yangxincao. It has the effects of dispersing blood stasis, stopping bleeding, calming the nerves and relieving pain.
The stem of Panax notoginseng is upright, 20 to 80 cm high; the rhizome is thick, the leaves are oval, the edges of the leaves are serrated, the leaves are tender and fleshy, and can be picked and blanched for cold dishes, or used to make soup, or grown as bonsai.
The interesting thing is that its fresh stems and leaves grow back as soon as they are cut just like leeks, and its underground tubers are also a rare Chinese medicinal herb.
Li Qiuyue patted her head and said, "Stupid! Next time you go out, pick some and take them with you."
Zhang Xiuxiang put a handful of lazy cicadas in the sack. "There are too many lazy cicadas. It would be great if we could sell them for money."
Zhao Huifang took over the conversation, "Eels can be sold for money, so there should be people who will buy lazy cicadas."
Zhou Huaishan was moved after hearing this, "Youngest, after we get Lanchan back, we'll go light up some eels with lanterns. The day after tomorrow you go to Ning'an, and take some to see if you can sell them for money?"
"Yes, I heard from Erchun that it's more than 20 cents per pound." Zhou Huaian thought of the traps at home, "Tomorrow night I will go to the river to set up a few traps, catch some fish and send them to Doctor Wang's house."
He felt that both Dr. Wang and his grandson were good people, unlike some city people who looked down on country people.
Li Qiuyue laughed and said, "I didn't expect that the youngest one still knows the ways of the world!"
Zhou Huaian rolled his eyes, "Third brother, will you two feel uneasy if you don't step on me?"
Zhou Huaishan: "No, I'm praising you!"
Li Qiuyue: "I really praise you!"
Yang Chunyan thought that if they arrived in Ning'an earlier, they would be able to sell them. "Huaian, if you want to sell yellow eels and lazy cicadas, you have to get up at four o'clock and walk for three hours. It's just right to catch the morning market there."
Zhou Huaian frowned and looked at her with dissatisfaction, "It's four o'clock and even the chicken baby hasn't woken up yet. It's too early. I won't go!"
"Youngest, if you can't get up, I'll go with Chunyan." Li Qiuyue said with a smile, "As long as I can earn money to repair the big tile house, I don't mind sleeping."
"What do you mean? Those who want to steal your business are here! Can you push a chicken bus?"
Zhou Huaishan patted Zhou Huaian on the shoulder and said contemptuously: "What's so great about pushing a chicken bus? Just ask, who can't do it?"
Zhou Huaian looked around and found that everyone knew how to do it. "What's the point of you knowing how to do it? You have to push 100 to 200 kilograms and walk to Ning'an. Can you do it?"
Li Qiuyue said matter-of-factly: "No, a hundred pounds or so is fine, but an arm of 100 or 200 pounds is unbearable!"
Zhou Huaian looked at Zhou Huaishan proudly, "Third sister-in-law, you can't go. From pushing Fu Niu to Ning An, my arms are so sore that I can't bear it anymore, and I didn't even let Chunyan take a break."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "I wanted to switch with him, but he refused."
Li Qiuyue looked at him in surprise, "Wow, I didn't realize that the youngest is such a considerate person."
Zhou Huaian felt sweet inside and spread his hands, "What if I don't push it? Look, her handrail is not even as thick as the handlebar of a bus! I'm afraid it will break if I use a little force."
Zhou Huaishan looked at him with satisfaction, "Youngest brother, people say that every failure makes one wiser. If you can really change your ways, I think the loss is worth it!"
"Tsk tsk!" Zhou Huaian squinted at him and rubbed his arms, "I have goose bumps all over my body."
"Get lost~" Zhou Huaishan, who was rarely sentimental, kicked him with a red face.
Li Qiuyue ignored the two brothers' quarrel and looked at Yang Chunyan, "Chunyan, do you think Lazy Cicada and Yellow Eel can be sold in the city?"
Yang Chunyan thought about it and felt that in her previous life, when she went to the city to sell medicine, she never saw anyone selling lazy cicadas.
"Then go by yourself to the south city vegetable market and try to set up a stall. If that doesn't work, go find a guesthouse or a restaurant. They should charge you a lower price."
Zhou Huaian came out from behind the tree, "Chunyan, I think it's okay to go later. When we were buying medicine hoes on North Street that day, I saw someone selling fish in buckets. I think someone would want the eels on North Street."
"Yes! There are a lot of people on North Street, so it should be okay for us to set up a stall on North Street." Yang Chunyan suddenly remembered that these days are different from twenty years later when there are urban management officers everywhere and stalls can be set up everywhere on the streets now.
Li Qiuyue looked at Zhao Huifang and Zhang Xiuxiang, "I want to take Xiaolin with me, sister-in-law, sister-in-law, who of you will go with me?"
Zhang Xiuxiang smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, go. She can speak better than me."
Zhao Huifang nodded readily: "Okay, I'll go with the youngest and the others the day after tomorrow."
Yang Chunyan thought for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law, a medicinal hoe is more convenient for digging herbs. Let's go buy one."
The three of them said in unison: "Okay! We will listen to you."
(End of this chapter)
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