It is normal to have scorpions in the orchards. Not to mention that this is at the foot of the mountain. Even in the village and in the villagers' homes, there will be scorpions crawling around at night, so a few adults didn't take it seriously.

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Scorpions like to stay in the shade and don't come out during the day, because the sun can kill them, so they hide in the corners of their corners during the day. Unless people search for them, they won't crawl out.

In addition, there are two water channels crisscrossing the outside of the farm, so scorpions cannot crawl through, so there is no need to worry.

But Wang Zhenzhen kept shouting, saying that there were really many scorpions, and once they were caught, there would be a big nest. If they were caught, they would be able to sell them for a lot of money, and they would just let them go out and have a look.

Chen Ling, Weng and his son-in-law couldn't bear her pull, so they went out to have a look.

When I saw the result, I was a little surprised.

There are not so many scorpions here.

Liu Nier and several little kids were happily turning over rocks to catch scorpions in the orchard. The least they caught almost weighed two kilograms.

You must know that a scorpion only weighs about two grams. There are large and small scorpions per pound, and there are at least 250 scorpions.

A scorpion caught by such a few kids would weigh at least ten pounds.

That guy is two to three thousand scorpions.

I really don’t know it until I see it, and I’m shocked when I see it.

"What's going on? Where did so many scorpions come from?"

Wang Zhenzhen shook his head: "I don't know. When we came over to play, Liu Nier said we were going to make a trap to catch birds. Who knew that as soon as a stone was removed, a few scorpions crawled out from under it, and we caught them all.

, after catching them, I turned over the rocks on the side, and there were a lot of scorpions lying underneath. They didn’t run fast during the day, so they were easy to catch.”

"Well, my little aunt is right. We just didn't bring enough things to pack them. Otherwise, we could still catch hundreds of them."

Liu Nier held up an earthen jar to show Chen Ling. It was full of scorpions crawling "swishingly". Chen Ling lowered his head and took a look, "Good guy, this earthen jar is almost full."

Recently, I learned that the cicada shells were almost gone. They went out to play in the morning and didn't bring anything with them. They still found this earthen pot from the chicken coop.

"Uncle Fugui, you should hurry up and catch them. There are really a lot of scorpions in your orchard."

"Yes, uncle, come and take a look. This stone is not as big as my head, and there are so many scorpions hidden underneath."

Not far away, Sniffy Kid lifted a stone with one hand and shouted at him, asking him to go over and take a look.

Chen Ling and his father-in-law walked over to take a look.

Under the turned stone, I saw densely packed yellow-brown scorpions, all of them crawling slowly with their tails raised. There were even a few fat old female scorpions with their tails curled up, and their backs were covered with white and tender scorpions.

There are hundreds of little scorpions, and they look like they have a layer of white bumps, which makes people get goosebumps when they look at them.

"Good guy, our orchard has become a scorpion nest." Wang Cunye stared.

Chen Ling walked to the side and turned over two rocks to look at them. They were also densely covered with scorpions.

"Catch them. There are so many scorpions. If we don't catch them, they will crawl all over the world at night, and we won't be able to make a camp."

Wang Susu is particularly afraid of scorpions. If she knew there were so many scorpions hidden in the orchard, she would be so scared that she would not even dare to leave the farm.

And with so many scorpions, it would be bad if someone accidentally gets hurt.

"Just catch them. Since we know they are hiding under the rocks, it is easy to catch them during the day."

During the day, scorpions are not as active as at night. They cannot run fast or hide. They are easy to catch. Basically, just find something to catch them when you see them. If that doesn't work, just sprinkle a layer of soil on them. No need.

Afraid they will run away.

"I'll get it, I'll get it."

When Wang Zhenzhen heard this, he rushed back to the farm and gave them two bamboo clips and a fish basket.

My father-in-law took it and said, "Why do so many scorpions appear? This is a bit abnormal."

There are many poisonous insects on the north mountain, but it's not like there are so many scorpions running into the orchards down the mountain.

Chen Ling also shook his head and said he didn't know, and asked a few questions worriedly.

In fact, he knew in his heart that it must have been a lot of rain a while ago and the water in his house overflowed, attracting so many scorpions to gather here.

After catching the scorpions here, continue turning over the rocks.

Then I discovered that there were not only many scorpions, but also other bugs.

Centipedes, spiders, poisonous ants, and even many leeches were found in the ditches.

There are also more and more various types of biting mosquitoes in the grass.

They are all very big.

"Good guy, there are so many watermelon bugs."

Turning over the stone, in addition to the densely packed scorpions and centipedes, the common "watermelon bugs" also shrank into small balls and lay quietly in the moist soil, as if a layer of black had grown on the wet soil.

Little pimple.

In addition to watermelon bugs, there are also land bugs, which are grey-black fat bugs with an oval shell whose scientific name is Tu Yuan. After opening the stone, they will run away in large and small swarms, which can scare people.

Watermelon bugs, land bugs, stove horses... there are actually many such "woodlouse" bugs.

They are similar to scorpions, they all live in nests one after the other.

The orchard seems to have become a base camp for insects.

It stands to reason that in addition to chickens and ducks, there are also many birds flying here every day. Why are there so many bugs?

Did they all come here at night dragging their families with them?

When Chen Ling was confused, he continued to peel off a stone. He was so frightened that he almost cursed.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Wang Cunye and a bunch of kids came over quickly.

"Please don't come here with them. There are a lot of poisonous worms here."

Chen Ling stood up and took two steps back slightly. In front of him, behind the opened stones, there were four or five soldering iron heads lying in the grass. They were not big in size. They were all small snakes that had just grown up. But this

This stuff is highly toxic, so don't be careless.

"Poisonous worms? We have grass-headed snakes on the farm, and I have spread snake repellent. Why are there still venomous worms here?"

Wang Cunye came over with a bamboo pole and grass, and then asked Wang Zhenzhen to pass the bamboo pole to Chen Ling.

Bamboo poles can prevent snakes.

Snakes are afraid of bamboo poles. If you encounter a snake, pick it up with a bamboo pole and the snake will become soft.

Using it to break grass can scare away snakes in the grass.

"Good guy, there really is one. It's rare to see such a small soldering iron head."

When Wang Cunye saw it, he grabbed all the small soldering iron tips, stuffed them into bamboo baskets, closed the lid, and let them stay with the scorpions.

Although this iron tip is poisonous, he has been catching snakes all his life, and these little long worms are not a problem at all to him.

But his mind is not on this now, but on Didigu who can't help but ask: "Is it because it is close to the ditch, so the snake repellent won't work?"

This situation is actually quite common.

Snake-attracting medicine is also prone to failure in places near water sources.

Later, we also saw some non-venomous snakes such as cauliflower snakes and black tip snakes, as well as highly venomous five-step snakes, white-headed vipers and other venomous snakes.

"Something is wrong, something is very wrong." Wang Cunye frowned and muttered to himself.

In the wild, it is quite bizarre and strange to see several different species of snakes gathering together in one place.

"I didn't spread the snake-attracting drug either. Did you spread the snake-attracting drug?"

"No, Dad, if you are willing to give me the prescription, how could I use it around our house?" Chen Ling shook his head quickly.

In fact, he knew that in addition to the rain washing out the water in the ditch, the water flowing in the ditch every day was also diluted spiritual water. Although the dilution ratio was large, it was stronger than ordinary water after all, and it was also very attractive to wild things.

Thinking of this, he carefully looked at the route he had taken along the way, and found that these snakes and insects were indeed gathering near the ditch.

While thinking about water, Chen Ling discovered something new in the water.

It turned out to be two cedar fish, the kind of small salamanders found in mountain streams, and they were also attracted.

As soon as people approached, they slid into the water with a "swish" and disappeared.

Wang Cunye also discovered two new types of insects, one is the cantharides and the other is the bamboo elephant. The shells of the two insects are somewhat similar, but they are quite different.

Cantharidin is poisonous and can be used as medicine.

Bamboo elephants are pests that specialize in eating bamboo and can be eaten. Because they like to suck bamboo branches and leaves, whether they are fried or grilled, they have the fragrance of bamboo.

"You can catch this bamboo elephant, grab more of it, fry it with the scorpions, put it on two plates, and make it a feast for lunch."

"Yeah, but you have to save some scorpions. I'll keep them for you to make wine. The wine made from snakes, scorpions, centipedes, etc. will be very tonic. I'll make a big vat for you. From now on, you can

Take it and sell it."

"As long as you have that ability, I don't care if you sell it for ten thousand or one catty."

Wang Cunye laughed as he spoke, "Actually, if there are too many poisonous insects in the orchards, it's not necessarily a bad thing."
To be continued...