Last time I went to a restaurant with my friends, I ate a delicacy called fried golden cicada, ** it is scary, it turns out that this golden cicada is actually an insect called "chrysalis" in our hometown. We have a lot of aliases for this thing, such as some places call it "crawling", some places call it "knowing monkey", and some places call it "festival turtle" or something, no matter what the name is, it is the most unforgettable memory of my childhood!
I remember that the family conditions were not good at that time, and it was difficult to eat meat several times a year, so every family in the village would choose to pick up a flashlight to catch cicada chrysalis on a sultry night. In those places in the summer evening, you see, there are more people to see the excitement than during the day, some in groups, some acting alone. Now that I think about it, I was one of the latter at the time, and I liked to play alone and have fun on my own. Every time I touch something, I always feel a sense of accomplishment.
Touching the cicada chrysalis is a technical job. First of all, you have to choose the right time, the cicada chrysalis don't all come out all at once, and you can't catch it in a hurry. Because the eyes of cicada chrysalis are particularly afraid of light, they dare to come out of the soil as soon as the sun sets. But we smart people also figured out their rules, you squat on the side of the road, on the ground, in the grass, and gently bite the ground with your fingernails to see if there are small holes in the shape of mesh. Sometimes you can see a lot of holes directly, and it must be their lair. Don't be in a hurry when digging, the little ones are in a hurry at the entrance of the cave. Wait until they can't hold it anymore, and then grab them out. If you don't pinch, it doesn't matter if you fall, use a small stick to slowly poke into the hole, and maybe they will grab the stick and climb up!Then, it depends on the weather. If there is a timely rain in the summer, it will be equivalent to a bumper harvest for the army of insects!After the rain, the soil is soft, and it saves a lot of effort, and this little thing will really pick the time. So, you have to wake up early on summer nights and hurry up to go treasure hunting. Of course, you must also choose a place that is inaccessible, otherwise there will be too many people, and things will have long been grabbed by people. Besides, even if you're half a beat slower, you can still pick up some fish that slipped through the net.
Now we have a good life, we have meat to eat every day, and the workload is huge, but whenever I go out for a walk in the summer night and pass by the park woods, I still involuntarily raise the flashlight in my hand and look down to see if there is the "little friend" from our hometown - the chrysalis on the tree. The "little luck" left to me by those years is still unforgettable.