During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the faint fragrance of osmanthus floats in the air, and a bright moon hangs high in the sky. At this time, most families in Shanghai were gathering together to enjoy the moon, but the Lu family mansion in Fukangli, Bangnan seemed very deserted and silent, as if it was enveloped in an ominous atmosphere. It turned out that a few days ago, Lu Xiaokai went to "Shuaiju" without telling Master Lu to fight crickets. The Shanghainese called it Douchong, also called Shangzha, which is a rectangular cage where crickets duel. What Lu Xiaokai took was a famous Shanghai Qibao insect called Crab Green, while the other land tycoon, Mr. Xiaokai Jin, had his insect from Ningjin, Shandong Province, where the cricket in "Promoting Weaving" comes from.
Reader comments
I really like the showdown between the Crab caterpillar and Bai Yeqing. The Crab caterpillar was aggressive at first, but Bai Yeqing cleverly used a trick to turn defeat into victory, which was really unexpected. And through this story, we can also see Lu Xiaokai's character. He went to fight crickets without telling his father, and ended up losing miserably. This kind of behavior is really not stable. But this book also gave me a deeper understanding of cricket fighting, which is very interesting!
It's well written. When I was a kid, I would catch crickets by myself and fight bugs with my friends. Of course, I caught some good ones a few times. I remember one with a purple head was very powerful and there was also a bug with a sweet-scented osmanthus flower on its back when it screamed. I also caught one with straight teeth, which were very big when they were opened. I stopped playing with them after I entered high school. I haven't caught them in many years.
Fighting against insects also fights against people, and so do people who like insects.
Wonderfully written about humanity
Wonderful! It's the annual insect fighting season, so I can gain knowledge. It's hard to find famous people!
Insect affairs, human affairs, and world affairs. Wonderful.
Dragons and phoenixes among people, two yellows among insects
I really like the showdown between the Crab caterpillar and Bai Yeqing. The Crab caterpillar was aggressive at first, but Bai Yeqing cleverly used a trick to turn defeat into victory, which was really unexpected. And through this story, we can also see Lu Xiaokai's character. He went to fight crickets without telling his father, and ended up losing miserably. This kind of behavior is really not stable. But this book also gave me a deeper understanding of cricket fighting, which is very interesting!
It's well written. When I was a kid, I would catch crickets by myself and fight bugs with my friends. Of course, I caught some good ones a few times. I remember one with a purple head was very powerful and there was also a bug with a sweet-scented osmanthus flower on its back when it screamed. I also caught one with straight teeth, which were very big when they were opened. I stopped playing with them after I entered high school. I haven't caught them in many years.
Fighting against insects also fights against people, and so do people who like insects.
Wonderfully written about humanity
Wonderful! It's the annual insect fighting season, so I can gain knowledge. It's hard to find famous people!
Insect affairs, human affairs, and world affairs. Wonderful.
Dragons and phoenixes among people, two yellows among insects
Just in time for the golden season
A good book for those who like playing crickets