"Go, catch cricket in the ground! " annual in August, in Henan new rural area delays ferry county, curtain of night arrives, the villager is met fully armed, taking capture a tool, in threes and fours goes reachcapturing in corn ground cricket, take the sale on around market again next. There is countrywide each district here buy the home, want bosses only settle on, every cricket is little criterion a few yuan about a hundred yuan, many more than 10000 yuan, annual at this moment, the villager that very much outer ground works can come home to catch cricket technically.
Late on August 23, reporter of great river newspaper follows southwest village villager catchs cricket before countryside of Qiu of the Kingdom of Wei of the county that delay ferry together, experience them to catch the hardships of cricket and joy!
The bran that nod wheat is lost before catching cricket, the cricket that entice forages convenient capture.
In corn ground
The villager is wearing explore street lamp to catch cricket
Late on August 23, day just black come down, before the villager of southwest village people begin " disturbance " rose, everybody is driving electric car, in threes and fours, fully armed initiative collect village mouth, because the villager wants to catch cricket, they are called " cricket hunter " .
Feng Henglan is not exceptional also, much at 5 o'clock she ate dinner early. "Go must wearing long sleeve and bit thicker dress in the ground, otherwise corn leaf delimits easily face. " Feng Henglan tells a reporter, before setting out, the tool such as the string bag that she returns a capture cricket, bamboo slip was installed full one satchel, there is the explore street lamp of a shining on the head.
According to villager introduction, the youth that works outerly a lot of more every year can hurried back come, catch cricket technically in the ground, sometimes a month can earn a lot of money. In the home besides the old person young child outside, almost whole village can dispatch, go in the ground " find treasure " . Everybody catchs the cricket around, the villager drives to look for cricket to a few lis of very far even places.
Villager in threes and fours goes to corn ground capture cricket
The villager is fully armed, search carefully in one person's much higher corn ground " prey " .
Controlled at 7 o'clock that evening, reporter of great river newspaper follows Feng Henglan together, will leave a village in the cropland of a few inside and outside. Again half month controlled corn to mature with respect to this, corn has one person much taller, it is roric completely above leaf that evening, inside the station besides seeing light, lose sight of a person at all.
See Feng Henglan takes out wheat bran from the bag only child one small crowd one small crowd is lost go up, she says to entice cricket more easily to come over to eat so, convenient capture.
"First big, tooth size is big, large, taste be on intimate terms can sell superior price. " Fengheng orchid edge is cautious search " prey " , edge and reporter share the experience that catchs cricket, nobody wants small cricket, big bad to search, this should lean lot completely.
"This has, pretty good still. " between conversation, feng Henglan aims at a cricket, attacked with string bag, take bamboo slip was loaded after be being looked carefully at repeatedly in the palm in, fear cricket escapes, reoccupy cotton group tightens a place of strategic importance of bamboo slip mouth.
Villager Miao Zhentang is a middleaged man, catching cricket is an ace, one handgrip is worn corn leaf, taking string bag single-handed, searching cricket seriously.
Cricket outfit enters bamboo slip in, a bamboo slip can install only.
The boss that buys cricket is foreigner more
First big, tooth the price of ability curry favor with with big, big build.
In night fair field
Cricket bought the home to discharge hundreds of meters
Cricket, belong to insect key link animal, bug of Qu of local name Qu, Ye Ming (because it is in,night bleats) , general bug. According to research, cricket is a kind of old insect, already had history of 140 million years at least, still mix in ancient time contemporary play fought boy or girl friend. Current, the county that delay ferry has 10 many trade the market, cent is early city and night fair, everyday the boss that here has each district of many whole nation to buy cricket.
A few times come down, the reporter also caught two cricket, installed bamboo slip in, at the moment shoe and dress are hit by dew completely wet, already damp.
Come out from cropland, already was much at 9 o'clock in the evening, the villager is harvested each quite abundant, go in time have on outlet say to have laugh. Magnify woman of 68 years old also caught a few, she tells a reporter, between 56 climate, caught cricket to sell more than yuan 2600.
After many minutes 10, reporter and woman of Feng Henglan, magnify arrive together field of the night fair around, be in driveway of countryside of bright red stockaded village two side, hundreds of meters long filled up with desk and chair, lights is brilliant, before there is countrywide each district mostly from the back, will buy the boss of cricket. At the moment, already a lot of villagers are taking cricket to come round to trade, an argy-bargy, appropriate, everybody can sell cricket.
Carrying on the arm on magnify woman arm one promotes goal, there is the kettle of cricket of 10 many outfits inside, the side outside coal tub all around the muscle that use a skin is being plunged into. Every arrive before a stall that receives cricket, she can be stationed in you come, take the pot that puts cricket, let a boss look in turn. In having the look that buy the home, without giving thought to how many money, general she can sell. She says, it is collect in the ground come, money selling a site always is compared do not sell strong, such she is very happy also.
After a many hour, magnify woman sold 5 cricket, altogether 200 yuan, a the most expensive 50 yuan. Many villager shows the scene, have a person a few days ago a cricket sold more than 17000 yuan. "This market has had several 10 years. " many around villager tells a reporter, annual in August, early city before dawn 45 bits, night fair began more at 9 o'clock, the person is very much, quite lively also.
Many boss that the spot buys cricket is in suffer when visitting, express, the cricket that they buy is to play athletics game commonly, also somebody raises when pet. Also the boss discloses, they are bought in village low, change hands sells can earn a lot of money.
Night is late already, when getting on for before dawn, cricket trades the market is hot still, come round round a lot of villagers sale cricket, below lamplight shine upon, there is smile on the face.
