Chapter 114 The doorway of fighting crickets
Chen Bailu's unexpected episode was easily solved by Chu Mufeng.
In fact, with Chu Mufeng's medical skills, if Chen Bailu asked him to take action earlier, it would save a lot of trouble later.
But didn't he know, and Chu Mufeng felt that since the other party could be cured by taking medicine, why bother to do this? Therefore, by chance, it turned out like this.
Fortunately, it was finally able to turn sorrow into joy, which is a blessing in disgrace!
One day later, Mr. Chen arrived as promised and took Chu Mufeng to fight crickets.
"I said why I'm going to see it today? Could it be that the other time is not enough?" Chu Mufeng asked casually while sitting in the car.
"Of course not!"
When Shen Lang heard this, he knew that Chu Mufeng was a layman. Anyway, there was still some time left, so he couldn't help but explain patiently.
"I tell you, this cricket fight is divided into different levels. Do you think you can have it when you want to have a game? Tell you, there is no door! If someone hadn't set up a game, you wouldn't have to fight at all."
"The lowest-class cricket fighting is just a few kids or a few boring lazy guys. You can have fun finding a place, porcelain teapots, and mud tiles."
"Their crickets are not of high quality. They are basically caught by themselves. They are not particular and have no reputation. They will not only lack short whiskers, short legs and broken teeth, and even life coffin boards and old rice mouths."
"But those who really play cricket fights are all the best people." Speaking of this, Shen Lang looked proud.
"The cricket fight that the best people play is a kind of gambling. People who set up the game will open pots every year. Before that, they will send a batch of big red invitations to invite the famous cricketers in our 49th city."
"I tell you, the one who specializes in eating this bowl of rice can really be regarded as the playmaker. The Cricket Bureau is located in their empty houses, and there are divisions of labor such as the scale, the statute, and the supervision bureau."
"Si Li? What does that do?" Chu Mufeng asked curiously.
"Hey, the scale is the weight of the cricket! Let me tell you, if you have different weights, you can't fight."
"If anyone is talking about fighting crickets, they must first take out their own crickets and weigh them for the weighing person. Then, after the weighing person reports the weight, the accountant will write them on the note, cover their own stamps at the bottom, and press them under the cricket jar, which is determined by the size."
"Then the fighters can watch the cricket weight of the rest of the people and choose to fight similar to their own. As for the bet, the supervisory bureau will come forward to deal with the matter. Only when these preparations are finished will the cricket fight be officially started and the winner will be discussed."
"You understand after saying this?"
Shen Lang's explanation made Chu Mufeng understand the tricks. Before this, he had no idea that there was such a saying that these cricket fighters were just playing tricks.
"Haha, you guys are really particular."
"Of course! The varieties of this cricket are different. How can you fight casually? It is impossible to say that you are holding a centipede guarding the gate to fight with the cat in the grass? Isn't that obvious bullying?"
"Although you see that although the crickets are small, there are many tricks inside. They are all very particular about food, drink, living, and playing." Shen Lang said this with a sarcastic eloquence, very excited, and seemed to have a sense of accomplishment.
"This is really a layman watching the fun, and an expert watching the tricks." Chu Mufeng sighed quite a bit.
"That's a must. Don't you know? There are four big croaking insects in this Sijiu city, referring to crickets, cucumbers, oil gourds and golden clocks. Among these four types, crickets are the most common."
"Are you not a Chinese study? I'll test you, someone once said that crickets have five virtues. Do you know which five virtues are?" Shen Lang asked as if he looked like a scholar.
"Five virtues?"
Chu Mufeng glanced over with his eyes playfully and said lazily: "The Book of Songs??July" once said, 'July is in the wild, August is in the sky, September is in the house, and crickets enter my bed in October'. What do you mean by this? As for the five virtues you mentioned, if you remember correctly, it should be summarized by the great calligrapher Huang Tingjian."
"He said that this cricket, 'If you keep singing without losing time, you will be trustworthy; if you fight when encountering an enemy, you will be brave; if you don't surrender, you will be loyal; if you don't cry out, you will be shameful; if you keep singing, you will be calm, you will be aware of the current affairs."
Chu Mufeng raised five fingers and said, "This is the five virtues of crickets, right?"
"Okay, I am an expert in cricket fighting. When talking about Chinese studies, you are a talented person!"
When Shen Lang heard Chu Mufeng open his mouth, he was speechless. It was not easy to pass the fourth year of the academic exam.
Chu Mufeng smiled indifferently. This was indeed a different matter.
Chu Mufeng also agrees with Huang Tingjian's statement.
What this cricket wants is the ruthless spirit. When fighting, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. Even if they lose, they will not retreat at all.
A garden in Peking City called Tongyou.
This is where Shen Lang wants to fight crickets.
No one knows who is behind Tongyou Garden, but they all know that this person is very capable and capable, because he has never heard of anyone who dares to make trouble in Tongyou Garden.
Those who had made trouble were all cleaned up in dust.
Elegant things are often held here.
It's like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, crickets and playing with cucumbers, as long as it can attract those playboys, literati and wealthy businessmen, Tongyouyuan will do it, and it will do it very exciting every time.
"Brothers, let me tell you the truth. The one I brought today is the plum blossom wings I bought with a lot of money. I will definitely win when the time comes."
"Come on, brother, I brought a worm's heavy teeth, and I'm almost the same one who bets me!"
"Did you hear that? This time, ten games will be played together, and it's lively!"
"This venue is big enough today. I wonder how many famous insects I will see!"
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When Chu Mufeng and the others came in, there were already many people in Tongyou Garden.
They dress differently, but they are obviously either rich or noble, with accents all over the world, and the central topic around them is cricket fighting.
"Where are your crickets?" Chu Mufeng seemed to have not seen Shen Lang carry them with him, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"On there! Come with me and let you see it!"
As Shen Lang said that, he pulled Chu Mufeng up and walked to a counter, where a small wooden jar made of golden nanmu was placed, with a yellow ink teeth inside.
"So, have you seen it? Since I got this cricket, I have been serving it. I live in golden nanmu and eat sheep liver and ant eggs."
"And yesterday I arranged a female cricket to cheer it up. Do you think it can't be powerful today?" Shen Lang said with a smile.
Chu Mufeng was speechless on the spot.
Is this possible?
"Okay, okay, you're busy with yours, I'll just take a walk."
After saying hello, Chu Mufeng turned around and started wandering around.
Chu Mufeng had no chance to come in places like this before, but now that he has come, he naturally has to take a good look at the tricks here.
Although it is not a question of being knowledgeable, it may be useful at any time.
There are all kinds of people here. Even if you don’t watch cricket fighting, it’s good to see their various appearances.
Soon, Chu Mufeng targeted someone.
This man was dressed gorgeously, but his style was very petty.
Especially those eyes always look very floating when looking at people, and they also lower their heads intentionally or unintentionally, as if they are deliberately avoiding someone's gaze.
But you are obviously dressed well and seemingly a rich man. Is this normal behavior?
Something is wrong with this man with slightly curly hair!
Just as Chu Mufeng muttered secretly, the cricket fighting game began.
The curly-haired man, who was questioned by Chu Mufeng, took out a small yellow croaker and bet directly at a cricket, shouting as a show-off: "My Ma Wu's Voldean cricket can definitely win first."
Crickets are found all over the country.
But in Peking, the most popular ones are local and Shandong.
The local area is naturally the Fudi crickets in Sujiatuo, the shrimp head green in Heilongtan, and the Qinghongtou in Fushouling, Shijingshan.
There is the Dezhou-Teacher Yellow in Shandong, which is the one raised by Shen Lang, and Ningyang's iron-headed and black-toed green-headed and black-toed green-headed.
The curly haired man Ma Wu's cricket is from Su Jiatuo.
"Hey, Lao Si, I said, what are you doing here? Hurry up, start fighting, come with me!"
After Shen Lang found Chu Mufeng, he pulled his arm and pulled it forward. Chu Mufeng waved his hand and said, "You go to yours, I can see your yellow black teeth here."
"Okay, I can't do anything to you, I'll go there!"
Shen Lang was thinking about his yellow black teeth, so he left Chu Mufeng and walked forward.
The competition is played in a pottery jar.
Shen Lang's black teeth are fighting against the local black teeth and green numb head.
With a slight teasing, the two crickets flap their wings violently and make crisp sounds.
Then the two fierce insects began to fight fiercely, and in the blink of an eye it entered white heat.
Tap the top of the head! Kick the teeth and bite!
Shen Lang's ink teeth is worthy of being carefully cultivated. Even in such a narrow small jar, it can roll its long tentacles, constantly rotate its body to find a favorable position, and then launch a brave culprit.
"Good example, I'll give it to me. If you win, I'll give you a wife!"
Shen Lang shouted beside him.
The people around were speechless.
But what's interesting is that the black teeth yellow seemed to understand Shen Lang's words. The moment he finished speaking, he suddenly jumped and appeared in front of the black teeth and blue numb head. Then he kicked his feet hard, and with a crisp bang, he kicked the opponent directly to the ground.
The black-toothed and blue-numbing head could no longer move, and the master could only admit defeat with dejected.
"Ha ha!"
Shen Lang looked at his yellow black teeth showing off his might in the jar and laughed proudly.
"Fourth brother, do you see it? My black teeth won!"
"It's OK to win!" Chu Mufeng nodded and said with a smile.
In just a moment, Ma Wu's cricket miraculously won.
Chapter completed!