In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Chapter 291 Catching Catalpa Insects

It was another day of doing nothing. Mingxu and his friends sat in front of the TV watching the news anchor reporting some interesting news.

"This is the site of the children's insect collection camp. A large group of children have come here from the city to participate. The purpose of this event is to let the children get closer to nature." The host explained on the spot.

"There are really all kinds of activities nowadays," Meiya complained.

"Children in the city are so pitiful." Guangzhi couldn't help but yawn.

"But city kids rarely experience this kind of situation. Xiaoxin and I only come into contact with these things when we go out to our grandfather's house in the countryside." Mingxu spread his hands.

"That's right." Several people shrugged and continued watching TV.

"Little boy, what did you catch?" the host asked with a smile, but when he saw the insect box held up by the child, he couldn't help but feel creepy. Insects are the most disgusting thing!!!

"Rhinoceros beetle, scarab beetle, eh, this is it!" The host read out the names very professionally, but when she saw one of the insects, her eyes widened: "Move the camera closer, photographer!"

The host then caught a catalpa worm.

"Calpa shaped insect? What's so surprising about this thing?" Mingxu was a little confused.

"I don't understand." The family shook their heads. They didn't understand why the host was so surprised.

"Catalamus! This is a catalpa bug! I didn't expect that this kid actually caught a catalpa bug. This kind of insect is rarely seen recently. In a department store in the city, one sells for at least 50,000!" The host gave the answer that puzzled Mingxu and the others.

"Oh my god, so expensive? For a bug?" Mingxu was also surprised. You know, Guangzhi only makes 300,000 a month. Although the currency here is circulated with the mainland, the more commonly used currency is the local currency, similar to Hong Kong and Taiwan. So, six catalpa bugs are equivalent to Guangzhi's monthly salary? It's really surprising.

"Fifty thousand! Fifty thousand for one!" Meiya also widened her eyes.

"I've caught it in the countryside before, but I didn't expect it to be so expensive now." Guangzhi said with some emotion.

"Then is there any near us?" Meiya suddenly became interested.

"What are you thinking about? This is a residential area." Guangzhi rolled his eyes at Meiya.

"But I can't say for sure." Mingxu spread his hands.

"Oh? Have you seen it?" Hearing Mingxu say this, Guangzhi Meiya immediately came over.

"I saw this nearby." Xiaoxin said suddenly.

"Ah! Really?"

"Where did you see it?"

"Come on, what you saw should be other bugs."

"No, it's in the woods in the park." Shin-chan shook his head.

"There are a lot of butterflies in that woods, and there might be some catalpa insects there." Meiya immediately became interested and looked at Hiroshi.

"It doesn't mean there isn't any." Guangzhi spread his hands.

"Then let's go look for it! It's worth it. With the 50,000, we can buy some high-end suits, do beauty treatments, and also..." Meiya suddenly began to fantasize.

"..." Mingxu looked at Meiya, "Mom, don't you know what's going on? You do this every month, okay?"

"Hehe, you are really petty. You actually want to make a fortune by doing this! Catch a pair of catalpa worms, a male and a female, and let them mate. In this way, hehehe." Guangzhi laughed proudly.

"...Don't say this in front of children." Mingxu rolled his eyes at them.

"What do you mean?" Xiaoxin suddenly became interested.

"That means being a couple like mom and dad, so that you can have many catalpa worm babies." Meiya explained.

"Baby catalpa worms? How are they born?" Shin-chan became even more curious.

“…” Now it was their turn to be shy.

"How to give birth?" Guangzhi changed the subject.

"I don't remember." Meiya rolled her eyes at him.

"Never mind that. This way we will have a lot of catalpa insects. Two will become four, four will become eight, eight will become sixteen, and thirty-two will continue in a cycle, and so on."

"We will have a catalpa worm farm soon, hahaha." Meiya boasted.

"The problem is that catalpa worms are rare and valuable now. If there are so many of them, they will be worthless." Mingxu reminded them, successfully shattering their fantasy.

"...Anyway, let's go take a look." Hiroshi raised his hand: "Nohara family! Move out!"

"Move out!"

After packing up some things, the family walked towards the park that Shin-chan mentioned.

"Okay, we will definitely catch him!" Guangzhi said confidently.

"Let's go." Mingxu shrugged and walked in first.

"By the way, how should we find it first?" Mingxu looked at Guangzhi and asked.

"Hey, leave this to me!" Guangzhi patted his chest and said, and then found an oak tree.

"Okay, this is the tree." Seeing the thick trunk in front of him, Guangzhi nodded with satisfaction.

"What's wrong? Can oak trees attract the attention of catalpa worms?" Mingxu asked curiously.

"That's right, catalpa worms like oak trees the most." Guangzhi nodded.

"But it's not here." Meiya was puzzled.

"Don't be in a hurry." Guangzhi said as he took out a bottle of honey from his bag, dipped a brush in it, and continued to apply it on the tree trunk.

"Oh, Dad, you want to use honey to attract catalpa worms." Seeing Guangzhi's operation, Mingxu immediately understood.

"That's right!" Guangzhi nodded with satisfaction.

"Wow, it's so sweet." Shin-chan leaned closer and licked it.

"No licking allowed!"

"That."

"You are not allowed to smoke either!"

Holding Xiaoxin in hand, the family hid aside and waited.

"Can this really attract 50,000 people?" Meiya asked puzzledly.

"Mom, you don't have to give me a nickname." Mingxu complained.

"Hehe." Meiya pretended to be stupid.

"Don't worry, catching bugs is like making money. The most important thing is to have patience." Guangzhi was observing with a telescope.

"That's true." Mingxu took out a telescope at some point and said.

"...You guys are so cunning, I want to see it too!" Xiaoxin suddenly yelled.

"Here you go." Mingxu handed the telescope to Xiaoxin.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Mingxu became a little impatient and took out a small alarm clock. An hour had passed, but there was still no trace of the catalpa worm.

"So boring." Xiao Xin was sitting on the ground when he suddenly saw an ant crawling onto his thigh. When he was about to catch it, the ant crawled into his pants. Xiao Xin felt his butt suddenly itchy, and after a few strange postures, the ant crawled out from the other thigh.

"...So you were bitten on the butt by an ant?" Mingxu asked in confusion as he picked up the ant.

“…” Xiao Xin didn’t want to talk.

"But this ant is really big." Looking at the ant in his hand, Mingxu shook his head and threw it away.

After waiting for a while, Mingxu suddenly found some insects coming out.

"Look, there are insects coming out!" Mingxu shouted, then ran over first, saw one of the catalpa insects, smiled, and caught it.

Xiaoxin also caught a rhinoceros beetle.

"Go away, this is not for you, it's for the catalpa insects!" Guangzhi ran over to drive away the insects, and then casually released the rhinoceros beetle in Xiaoxin's hand.

"Xiao Xu, Xiao Xin, we are not here to play today!"

"That's right, we must catch 50,000!" Meiya agreed.

"..." Mingxu was helpless. You didn't notice the one in my hand? I want to see when you will notice it.

After another period of waiting, there was still no trace of the catalpa worm on the tree, and Mingxu had already taken Xiaokui outside to play.

The catalpa worms were already in a bottle.

Guangzhi and the others also lost their patience and thought of other ways, such as kicking the tree hard so that the things on the tree would fall down.

"Come on, let's try it!" Meiya nodded.

Then Guangzhi kicked hard, and a bunch of caterpillars fell down. Mei Ya screamed in fear and ran outside, and Guangzhi and the others had no choice but to run out with her.

"Oh, they're out." Mingxu said while holding Xiaokui and seeing the people coming out.

"Oh, I still didn't catch him." Meiya sighed.

"Didn't you notice what I'm holding in my hand?" Mingxu was speechless and reminded them again. After he said that, their eyes immediately turned to the bottle in Mingxu's hand.

"It's a catalpa worm!" Guangzhi was immediately surprised: "When did you catch it?"

"I caught it from the pile of bugs just now." Mingxu spread his hands.

"Oh, why didn't you say it earlier?" Upon hearing this, several people suddenly felt weak all over.

"You don't ask." Mingxu said, spreading his hands.

"Here." Mingxu casually handed the bottle to them. He didn't bother to care anymore and started playing with Xiaokui. A butterfly flew over and landed on Xiaokui's head. The color was really bright~

"They're a perfect match." Xiaoxin nodded.

"It's very suitable, right?" Mingxu said with a smile.

"Oh, it's the same." Shin-chan tilted his head and smiled.

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