When Mrs. Liu was being tortured by Mrs. Shen Wang, Shen Wan had already gone to the accounting office and paid three hundred taels of silver in her mother's name.
When we arrived at Xin'anji, the market was already extremely busy.
There are stalls for eating, drinking, playing, dancing, and singing, covering a small area of land!
"Master, there are a lot less bug sellers at the market this time!" Shen Wan's companion, Xiaosi, turned to look around and followed the owner eagerly.
Shen Wan said: "What do you know? The colder the weather, the braver the insects are. This is the best time for good insects to appear. If you can find a good insect, you must go to Qiusheng Pavilion this time to kill the red-robed general." Kill him without leaving any trace behind!"
Actually, Shen Wan didn't say anything yet.
He picked insects not only to fight them, but also to listen to them.
It was already late autumn and the weather was getting colder.
Many artificially bred bugs will soon be on the market. Among winter bugs, he especially likes grasshoppers. If he takes good care of them, he will have snow flying outside the window and insects chirping in the house until the end of the cold winter. Then he will make a pot of tea and enjoy the snow. , while drinking tea, listening to the chirping of insects in my ears, the taste is really not something ordinary people can enjoy.
At this moment, a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old walked in front of them. He was dressed as a scholar and carrying a bamboo cage in his hand. As he walked, he shouted: "What a bug, the mountains are green, five taels." Money, if you don’t have money, don’t show it!”
Shen Wan has seen many worms worth five taels of silver, but this is the first time he has heard of the principle of not even showing what the worm looks like without seeing the silver.
He stopped the man and said, "Hey, is your grasshopper a winter melon? You can't even take a look at it?"
The scholar glanced at Shen Wan and walked around them. He continued to shout: "What a bug! The mountains are green. Five taels of silver. If you don't have any money, I won't show you!"
When Shen Wan's servant saw this, he immediately yelled at the man: "Are you deaf? Can't you hear what our young master is saying?"
The scholar stopped and turned around and said, "I made it very clear. I need to take out five taels of silver and let me look at it before I can show you the worms. I don't want to waste time!"
"He's riding a horse!" When the servants of the Shen family saw that the scholar was talking so well, they were ready to go up and beat him up.
But at this moment, Shen Wan suddenly smiled and said: "I have five taels of silver, young master, but if your insect is not worth five taels of silver, I will call someone..."
"Haha, I broke your leg..."
While he was talking, the movement here attracted the attention of the people going to the market around him.
"Isn't this the one from the Shen family..."
"This master is not someone to be trifled with. I'm afraid the scholar will be in bad luck today!"
"What kind of insect costs five taels of silver? I'm also very curious!"
"What are you curious about? The third young master of the Shen family is obviously looking for trouble and wants to break the scholar's legs!"
"It's so cruel..."
Just when everyone thought that the scholar would be frightened and run away when he heard this, the scholar smiled and said: "If this insect is good, will this young master pay for it?"
Hearing this, Shen Wan smiled evilly at the scholar and said, "Okay, but whether it's good or not, it's me, the buyer, who has the final say!"
When people around him heard this, they secretly cursed Shen Wan for being shameless.
After seeing the insect, if the insect was good, he would definitely not be able to tell. Isn't this obvious?
But the scholar seemed not to understand, and smiled slightly and said: "Okay, then, young master, take out the silver and take a look!"
Shen Wan tapped his chin with his chin.
One of them immediately took out about five taels of silver ingots from his arms.
When the scholar saw this, he didn't waste any time. He took off the grasshopper cage from his waist, took out a shallow earthen jar from his arms and placed it on the ground.
Then he opened the cage and poured out the worms.
As soon as the insect fell into the jar, the eyes of the knowledgeable people around him suddenly lit up: "This is the great green mountains of the Western Mountains!"
Xishan Dashanqing is actually a kind of wild grasshopper native to Xishan, a suburb of the capital. It has always been famous for its handsome size and loud cry.
But obviously, it is impossible for the grasshoppers in the suburbs of Beijing to exist in Songjiang, thousands of miles away.
In fact, this "Western Mountain" is not that "Western Mountain", but the Xishan Island on Taihu Lake.
During this era, Taihu Lake's Xishan Island had dense vegetation and was rich in song insects, among which the species "Da Shan Qing" was the most famous.
Shen Wan did not expect that what the scholar was selling was really a [Xenomorph among Insects].
If the mountains in the west are green, let alone five taels of silver, even fifty taels would still be worth it.
But when he took a closer look, he found that the insect was old and had some scars on its belly. It was obvious that he didn't have a few days to live.
Seeing this, he felt a pang of regret in his heart, and then anger suddenly emerged: "Are you kidding me? This insect is already a remnant and has only a few days left to live!"
When the onlookers heard this, they immediately came forward to take a closer look. Sure enough, the insect was already a little sick and had injuries on its stomach.
When everyone saw this, they couldn't help but sweat for the scholar.
You said you were so poor that you just sold the scraps, but you met this evil star of the Shen family. You really had a bad destiny. Maybe your life will be decided here today!
Shen Wan looked at the man with a sneer and said, "Showing a broken insect through the market to defraud money, I think you are tired of living, come here, break his legs for me!"
"yes!"
"yes!"
Two powerful men suddenly emerged from the Shen family's servants.
Seeing that the two people were about to come to him, the scholar shouted: "Wait a minute!"
Shen Wan narrowed his eyes and said, "What else do you have to argue with?"
The scholar said: "Young Master still doesn't know the beauty of the insects I sell!"
Although Shen Wan likes to play with insects, he only knows a little about them. When he heard the scholar's words, he thought he had missed something, so he quickly asked: "What should I say?"
The scholar had enough time to take out a piece of straw, and in full view of everyone, he moved it twice near the big mountain green's head.
Just when everyone was confused, suddenly, a clear and loud sound of insects sounded.
In fact, because there were so many people watching, the scene was very noisy, but in such a noisy environment, the chirping of insects was still clearly heard by everyone.
"Oh! I've never heard such a beautiful insect chirp!"
"Yeah, the sound is amazing!"
"I've been playing with bugs for more than ten years, and this is the first time I've heard such a nice bug cry!"
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Shen Wan was also dumbfounded. The cry of a remnant was so melodious. Thinking about the screeching insects he raised at home, they were simply incomparable to this remnant!
At this time, the scholar smiled slightly and said: "Sir, I am not trying to show off. There is a saying for the cry of this insect, which is called [Han], which is also [Old Fool]."
"Call Han Chong" is the highest evaluation of the grasshopper's cry among insect experts. Generally speaking, if you encounter "Call Han Chong", it is worth a lot of money.
The scholar smiled and said: "The reason why I paid five taels of silver for this insect is because it still has five days to live. But even if it can only live for five days, whoever buys it back and listens to it for one day is still worth spending one dollar!"
Having said this, he cupped his fists at Shen Wan and said, "I think the young master is also an expert. I'll ask you yourself if this villain's words make sense!"
Shen Wan looked at the Xishan Dashanqing in the earthen jar and nodded repeatedly: "It makes sense, it makes sense. I'll pay you five taels of silver, but you have to teach me how to tease insects!"
The scholar laughed when he heard this and said: "Young Master is indeed an expert. A thousand insects are easy to buy, but a tease is difficult to learn! Okay, for the sake of Master's knowledge of goods, what's wrong with this villain teaching you the ancestral craftsmanship?"
When Shen Wan heard this, he was overjoyed: "Come on, brother, let's go to Jufu Tower over there and have a drink and chat!"
"Family members, I wish you all a healthy Mid-Autumn Festival and a happy family.
It's late autumn again, have you kept a bug at home to listen to music?
Leave me a message and let’s chat! Ha ha"
