Chapter 137 [On the order of insects]
After entering the outer courtyard and heading north along the road paved with blue bricks, you will find the main entrance of the main courtyard.
This was a rule in the early years. Regardless of the residence of an official, marquis or even a prince, the main entrance must open to the north, and the side entrances can only be lined with east and west. This is because the Holy Emperor sits in the north and faces south. When entering from the north, he always faces the king.
The main entrance of Zhuoguyuan is very spacious, with twenty front rooms lined up in a row. In front of the three or four meter high gate in the middle, there are countless girls standing; but they are not They are not dressed up in a fashionable style, but wearing cheongsams and combed hair, with various hairpins and flowers in their hair. Perhaps because of the cold weather, the beauties still wear thick flesh-colored stockings on their thighs, with vivid colors. The fragrant and beautiful legs immediately dissipated a lot of the ancient thoughts, but there were some flaws.
Zhou Yi and the others looked from a distance and saw that the guests who had come to attend the "Winter Insect Club" had arrived. No matter how arrogant and domineering they were on weekdays, they all behaved in a well-behaved manner. One by one, they took out cricket gourds from their bodies and took out When you bring your own insects, put them into the ladle carried by the beauty and weigh them. The ladle is also very particular. It is woven with warm winter grass and wrapped with layers of red satin. It is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Once it's in, it can't jump out. There are three thin steel wires connected to the outside, and the scale rods are tied to it. This scale is said to be extremely sensitive and can be accurate to one or two percent.
After the crickets were weighed, the beauties either took out a film and handed it to the guests, or smiled and shook their heads. When they shook their heads, the guests didn't say much, they just smiled and turned around and left. No one dared to criticize them. Making trouble.
Zhou Yi watched for a while and guessed that the second master Bao must have set standards for crickets. Anyone who came to visit the crickets who did not meet the standards would lose the qualification to participate in the 'Winter Insect Club'.
"This Second Master Bao is fair. He looks at insects rather than people, but he is much better than those talent show judges..."
Zhou Yi was really surprised at this moment. People say that there is a fight against insects in autumn, because ordinary insects cannot survive the day of Beginning of Winter. But this man found another way and insisted on organizing a "Winter Insect Society", that is to say. Those who can bring insects are all winter insects that can speak ice, and they are all treasures! But even so, there are still many people whose insects do not comply with the rules, which shows that the selection criteria are very strict. They want to sneak in and eat them. Drinking is not easy.
"I wonder if my gold-red fighting line can meet this man's standards?" Zhou Yi glanced at Liu Ke and saw that he looked confident, which was a bit strange. He didn't know what he was holding. Insects.
At this time, the weather had completely cooled down, and the crickets were kept in gourds close to the body, relying on human body temperature to survive the winter. Therefore, Liu Ke never showed off his insects along the way, let alone Zhou Yi. Even Zhang Zhao Never seen it before.
"Are the three gentlemen together?"
The leading beauty in flag-dress took the film from Liu Ke's hand and put it away after one look. She smiled and said, "Should the three of you discuss the ranking together, or separately?"
Liu Ke was stunned: "I accepted the second master's film, but I haven't heard that there are any rules about ranking?"
"Gee, there are different classes. The rooms you stay in are also different; and even the quality of the seats after the worm meeting starts is related to the class..."
The beauty smiled and explained: "If we talk about it separately, you only need to show your own bugs. Those of high quality will live in upper rooms, those of medium quality will live in middle rooms, and those of lower quality will live in lower rooms. Those of lower quality cannot.
Entered; if it is the same level, as long as one of the three insects reaches the top grade, it will guarantee that they will all enter the Zhaogu Garden. If they are all top grade or all mid-grade or low-grade, we also have relative rules.
, to determine the class for everyone..."
It's probably because her rules are very complicated, so she didn't go into details.
"Of course we'll discuss it together. We'll come in if we want to, and leave if we want to leave."
Liu Ke still has this kind of loyalty.
"Okay, who comes first?" The beauty shook the ladle in her hand.
"I'll go first, Zhang Zhao, you pick up..."
Liu Ke took out a cricket gourd from his arms. Although it was not the best quality of 'Shaheliu', it was still a fine product from Baoding Prefecture. It also had a pyrography of twelve golden hairpins on it. It looked like a good thing at first glance.
He opened the mouth of the gourd and patted the bottom of the gourd with his hand. Immediately, a cricket with a big head and an upturned tail crawled out. Zhou Yi took a look at it and immediately secretly praised: "It's also a good insect...
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The colors of crickets are divided into six categories: green, black, purple, white, yellow, and red. Each category has its kings and some with soy sauce. Generally speaking, the purer the color, the better, such as authentic green, carbon black,
Pearly whites are like purebred horses on a racetrack. The purer the breed, the better, and it is trustworthy.
But there are exceptions. Some are not pure in color, but they have strange shapes and colors. For example, Zhou Yi's 'Douxian Golden Red' is a rare treasure. And Liu Ke's one is more mixed in color, with red and green, and the body is
There are also purple and yellow mixed lines on it. This kind of person is a mixed race. It has the advantage of hybridization and is also a handsome cricket.
The beautiful woman in charge of weighing insects had seen many good insects, but she was not moved when she saw Liu Ke's insect. She weighed the cricket very calmly and said with a smile: "Please put it away.
Your exotic red sand green weighs 7.8%, which can barely be considered a middle-grade product. It passes the test."
"Is this just mid-range?"
Zhou Yi suddenly took a breath of cold air. A cricket weighing seven centimeters is considered a treasure, but here it is only a middle-grade one. Is the standard too high? Liu Ke's expression also changed slightly, but he didn't say anything.
This red sand green retrieved the cricket gourd.
"I'll do it!" Zhang Zhao gritted his teeth, took out the gourd from his body, and poured out the worms he had carefully prepared.
"Slightly mottled crab shell green, weighing seven centimeters..."
The beauty said a little coldly: "Low-grade! If the three of you can only come up with one medium-grade and one low-grade insect, then according to the rules, you can only ask everyone to go back because there are not enough levels."
This is the cruelty of three people discussing levels at the same time. If everyone goes in, if they fail, they all have to go home. If everyone discusses their own level, Liu Ke and Zhang Zhao can stay in the middle-grade and lower-grade rooms respectively.
, in this way Zhouyi has become a drag on them.
"Hey, forget it...it's all my fault for being too careless. I thought my worms were enough for all three of us to pass, but I forgot to tell brother Zhou that I didn't let you prepare the worms in advance."
Liu Ke sighed, it didn't matter if he couldn't get in, but he brought Zhou Yi all the way, but he couldn't even get in through the main entrance. This was really embarrassing.
In fact, it's no wonder that he didn't make it clear to Zhou Yi. If he wasn't a real player or a caring person, who would be free to hunt for insects? Besides, this kind of treasure insect that can survive the winter can't be obtained just by hunting for it.
"Wait a minute..."
Zhou Yi smiled and took out the 'Jia Sidao's cricket gourd' from his arms and said: "I also have a bug here, why don't you bother me to weigh it?"
It's not that he's doing it for grudges, he's just an idler. It would be a pity to miss this grand event. He has to go in and have fun anyway, right?
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