Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

I walked all the way to the fringe of urban and rural areas, where there was no one around, and then I took out a purple flashlight and started shining it on the scorpion.

"Hey! Zhao Zhao, how did you do this? It can emit purple light?

Oh my god, why do I feel a little scared? Let's not go too far, do you think there are ghosts here?"

Xiao Sanzi had never seen a purple light in his life. To be honest, he was a little scared.

Niu Xiaomin was also a little scared, "It's hard to say whether there are ghosts or not, but I heard that many people died in this area before liberation.

It is said that this is either an execution ground or a mass grave. If you just dig around with a hoe, you can pick up a lot of bullet casings.

My classmate's second uncle is a foolish and brave man. He often comes to this place to pick up bullet shells and sell them as scrap copper. I heard that he made a small fortune! "

Selling scraps only makes a few bucks, why do I have to search aimlessly for them? Han Zhaozhao thought.

I will open your eyes in a moment. You will be shocked to see money all over the ground waiting for you to pick it up. You will be so excited that you will lose your way.

Han Zhaozhao didn't have time to deal with the two of them. Once they reached the suburbs, it was her world. Who made her think about the huge scorpions crawling all over the ground?

"Brother Sanzi, hurry, look there, a scorpion!" Han Zhaozhao exclaimed, scaring the two boys.

"Ouch!" He turned around and ran back. The third child didn't even know how to use the flashlight, he ran very fast with the light on.

The flashlight flickered around, sometimes far away, sometimes near, sometimes high, sometimes low. In the silent night, it was like a ghost surrounding us. Oh! It was even scarier!

Han Zhaozhao was stunned. Before he could come to his senses, the two men had already run far away.

"Hey, stop! Brother Xiaomin, Xiaosanzi, why are you running? Stop! Stop!"

No one listens to her rabbit's cry!

"Fuck, this is so disloyal. Who is this person? He just abandoned me and ran away like this?"

Han Zhaozhao was amused and angry at the same time, "Huh! Fortunately, we weren't in real danger. That's it, fake friendship?"

Seeing the two people running further and further away, and in the blink of an eye they could no longer be seen, Han Zhaozhao spat.

"Bah, cowards! One or two of them, usually they are good at bragging, but they are really useless when they encounter troubles!"

Han Zhaozhao decided to ignore them. It took her five or six miles to get here, and she didn't want to waste this opportunity.

You know, if it weren't for this event, her grandmother would never let her go out at night.

In the early 2000s, many ultraviolet flashlights appeared on the market. Somehow, smart people learned how to use ultraviolet flashlights to illuminate scorpions.

Scorpions have a magical characteristic: under ultraviolet light, their bodies will emit a strange fluorescence.

What’s even more amazing is that immature young scorpions will not show up under the ultraviolet light. Only grown scorpions, whose skeletons and epidermis have hardened, will emit a transparent white or light blue color under the ultraviolet light.

In the dark night, scorpions come out to hunt for food, but they will be nowhere to hide as long as they are illuminated by the purple light.

What’s even more interesting is that as long as the scorpions are illuminated by ultraviolet light, they will lie still and allow people to catch them.

You know, it is very difficult to catch scorpions during the day. Scorpions are small animals that hide during the day and come out at night, and they usually come out to look for food in the dead of night.

During the day they either stay in cracks or hide under rocks. If you want to catch them, you have to turn over a lot of rocks.

After taking only a few steps, Han Zhaozhao discovered five or six scorpions, all of which were quite big.

She held the purple light in one hand and the clip in the other. She would clip the candy she saw and put it into the candy box tied around her waist.

Haha, in order to catch scorpions, she would collect any malted milk bottles or candy boxes that she saw.

Han Zhaozhao caught more than a dozen scorpions without moving much.

In the days without pesticides and chemical fertilizers, there were so many scorpions!

Han Zhaozhao was so happy that he didn't feel afraid and continued walking towards the remote hillside.

She could find one or two scorpions every step or two. She kept moving, catching scorpions everywhere without even raising her head.

She walked wherever the purple light shone, not even bothering to look at the direction.

Now the only things that could attract her attention were those cute, transparent, glowing scorpions.

She was so excited about catching the fish that she completely forgot about Xiaomin and Xiaosanzi.

Just as she was concentrating on catching scorpions, Niu Xiaomin and Xiao Sanzi came back to find her.

"Han Zhaozhao!" Xiao Sanzi was furious and cursed with gnashing teeth, "You are so damn brave! Brother Min and I are scared to death!

I thought you were caught by a ghost, but I didn't expect you to catch a scorpion here!"

Han Zhaozhao's hand shook, and a huge scorpion fell to the ground and almost landed on her feet.

She was so frightened that she jumped two feet high and almost fell down. Fortunately, Niu Xiaomin pulled her up, otherwise she would definitely fall face down on the ground.

"Xiao Sanzi, what are you yelling about? You almost stung my foot with a scorpion.

How dare you scold me? Who knew you were so timid? You ran away as soon as you said you would, and I couldn't stop you even if I shouted.

I'm telling you, I'm still angry! You two are so disloyal, leaving me and not caring about me.

I am just brave. If it were someone else, if they were thrown into this desolate wilderness by you two, they might have been scared to death."

Could Han Zhaozhao let him scold her? Even a good friend couldn't do that! She immediately complained to him.

"Zhao Zhao, don't be angry! We really didn't realize we left you behind. We were so nervous that we thought you were running behind us!

We realized you were missing halfway through the journey, and we were so scared. Didn’t we come back to find you right away?

Zhao Zhao, this scorpion can glow, it's amazing!" Niu Xiaomin's heart, which had just been beating wildly with fear, now calmed down.

What are you afraid of? Didn't you see that Han Zhaozhao was fine? It's really funny that the two boys scared themselves.

"Han Zhaozhao, you are such a freak! Why aren't you scared? I thought I would meet a crying person on the way, and I was thinking about how to comfort you.

I never thought you would come so far by yourself, and become addicted to catching scorpions with a flashlight that looks like a will-o'-the-wisp!"

Xiao Sanzi was still angry, and he felt ashamed. How could he be worse than a little girl? He was too timid.

"Stop talking nonsense, come on, look over there, over there, and over there, those shiny things are scorpions.

This is all money! Why are you standing there like an idiot? Come and grab it!"

Xiao Sanzi touched his pocket and exclaimed, "Oh no, I lost my clip! What should I do? Brother Min, go back with me to look for it. I must have lost it on the road because I was running so fast."

Xiao Sanzi wanted Niu Xiaomin to accompany him back. To be honest, he didn't dare to walk alone at night.

"What are you looking for? What are you doing in the dark? Why don't you use your brain?

Your trap is not big, it works fine during the day, but how can you find it at night? If you have the time, why not stay and catch more scorpions?

Besides, isn’t it said that scorpions don’t like to sting you? Just catch them!"

Xiao Sanzi smiled foolishly: "How could I forget this? Yes, I grabbed it with my hands.

Zhao Zhao, today I will let you see what your third brother is capable of!"

At this moment, he was finally no longer nervous, and his fear gradually disappeared.

The three people only had one purple flashlight, and after some discussion, they decided to work together.

They lined up in a line and moved forward. Han Zhaozhao held a purple light in the middle to shine it on the scorpions, while two boys stood on both sides to catch scorpions.