Godly Fisherman

Odysseus Castle stands on a hill on the edge of Mykonos Town. The standard ‘spring blossoms facing the sea’.

But even though it is called ‘castle’ in the name, it’s actually not big. There are only two and a half floors — the top floor is a large terrace with only eight rooms. But on Mykonos, this is a big building.

Because this island of Mykonos is entirely granite, it is really difficult to build a house here.

After Xiao Peng arrived, he found Oceanus was squatting in the yard looking down at something. Xiao Peng walked over and asked curiously, "Ocean, what are you looking at here?"

Oceanus saw Xiao Peng coming over: "Dad, I'm looking at ants, you see, ants are all moving."

Xiao Peng smiled and said, "This means it's going to rain. Where are your mother and Emilia?"

"Talking to the real estate agent about buying here." Oceanus said.

Xiao Peng asked, "Do you like it here?"

After hearing this, Oceanus thought for a while and said: "Actually, I don't like this place. It's far worse than Qianliyan. There are no bears and no tigers. But my mother likes it here."

Xiao Peng smiled and said: "I've already told your mother. When you come back, you will live with me in Huaxia. After studying in Huaxia for a few years and establishing a correct outlook on life and values, you can go to Europe or the Stars and Stripes to study for a few years. Broaden your horizons and learn languages."

"What about my mother? She will be alone here, right?" Oceanus said.

Xiao Peng thought for a while: "Don't worry, now the Internet is so developed, you can video chat with your mother at any time. If you miss your mother, we will fly over to see her. If you are not afraid of getting tired, you will come back once a week. can."

"Is it the same as I live on campus now?" Oceanus asked.

Xiao Peng nodded: "Yes, it's the same. Since your mother likes this place, how about buying it here and giving it to your mother?"

Oceanus shook his head: "Dad, I still don't recommend you to do this. Aunt Emilia is here. What do you think about buying a house for my mother? Aunt Emilia is not there now. Money, don't care about these things. Are you such a low EQ?"

Xiao Peng laughed angrily after hearing this: "Come on, you are great! Okay, from now on you teach Dad to pick up girls, I will listen to you. Let's go, don't look at ants here."

Oceanus stood up after hearing this: "Dad, why do you say that ants are so hardworking? These worker ants work so hard every day to find food and help the queen nurture their children. What other creatures in the world are so selfless and dedicated? "

Xiao Peng blinked, "Uh, I will first explain a misunderstanding to you. These worker ants help the queen raise children not for the continuation of the race, but for their own survival, because if they don't do this, they will die. of."

"What?" Oceanus blinked after hearing this. "Dad, are you kidding me? This is different from what we learned when we were in school."

Xiao Peng smiled and shook his head and said, "The textbooks are not necessarily correct. In fact, the larvae of the ants are the food and clothing parents of the worker ants. They are feeding the worker ants. If there is no larvae to provide food, the worker ants will be hungry. dead."

Oceanus' eyes widened: "Dad, don't you please stop teasing?

? Are you the opposite? The young ants do not go out in the nest, how can they provide food for the workers? "

Xiao Peng laughed after hearing this: "Don't worry, come here, take a look." Xiao Peng found a dry branch, grabbed an ant and placed it in front of Oceanus: "Ants belong to the Hymenoptera, and The wasp is a relative. The biggest feature of this insect is that it has a super thin waist. Look at his body proportions, do you think such a thin waist can pass food?"

Oceanus took a closer look: "Can't food with such a thin waist pass?"

Xiao Peng nodded and said: "Most Hymenoptera insects, such as wasps, cannot digest solid food particles larger than one micron. However, their stomachs and other digestive organs are behind the waist, so solid food can't survive. And only the larvae of ants have the ability to eat solid food, because the larvae do not have such a thin waist. So you can see that the food these worker ants are looking for is actually for the larvae. Moreover, the worker ants cannot digest protein, but the larvae do not. There are proteases to digest them."

"What does this mean?" Oceanus asked.

Xiao Peng explained: "This means that the larvae are not waste products lying there waiting to eat and drink. On the contrary, they are the canteen of the entire ant colony. I will use a more vivid metaphor to tell you that the whole ant colony is A person, and the young ants are the person’s intestines, responsible for digesting food, and then feeding back nutrients to the various organs of the body. They spit out water after eating the food brought back by the worker ants. These saliva is the worker ants, soldier ants, and queen ants. Food. You are like a queen ant who wants to reproduce offspring. You need protein, and these proteins are obtained from the saliva of young ants."

Oceanus blinked his eyes: "This is the truth?"

Xiao Peng nodded and said: "Yes, the young ants have a very special position in the colony. The colony cannot function normally without the young ants. They can only rely on eating the hemolymph in other insects, but this **** liquid The content is relatively small, so the worker ants will starve or even starve to death. So the worker ants feed the young ants to feed themselves."

After hearing this, Oceanus said to Xiao Peng: "Then why can the young ants feed all the ants? Just because they don't have waists?"

Xiao Peng nodded: "The most important thing is that they have a special talent. That is, when they see food, they will involuntarily drain water, and the saliva is rich in nutrients and becomes an important food in the ant colony. Uh, You can imagine that Julia made a meal for you, but she didn’t eat it herself, and then she watched you eat it, and collected your saliva as a drink. Well, that’s about it. ."

After hearing this, Oceanus shrugged: "Your analogy is very inappropriate. My mother can't eat the rice cooked by me. I can't even drool after eating the rice she cooked. Dad, as you said. Isn't it because the workers are so hardworking and plainly for themselves?"

Xiao Peng nodded: "You are right. And the truth is sometimes crueler than you think. If you open an ant nest, you will find that the worker ants will put their baby ants upside down. The body of the ant is curled up like dried shrimps, so that the belly is upside down, and the saliva spit out can be caught between the head and buttocks. For the worker ants, this is their ready-made canteen."

Oceanus frowned: "Imagine it feels disgusting."

Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Is this disgusting? This is actually good! Some ants are more cruel than you think. For example, there is a kind of blunt fierce ant, and the worker ants will directly tear open the skin on the larva's belly to **** them. Meat juice; in order to eat food, there is also a kind of blunt ant that will squeeze the larvae like milking until they spit out water; when the invading red fire ant wants to eat, it directly lifts the larvae, and then pinches the larvae's ass. , Suck the nutrient solution flowing out of it..."

Oceanus thought for a while and said, "This is really using young ants as food."

Xiao Peng nodded: "If the young ants die, if they don’t die from infectious diseases, they will be quickly used as food. If there is a famine in the ant colony, a large number of young ants will be killed and eaten. If the queen starves , Everyone will feed him with larvae or pupae, which can be used as emergency protein energy packs at home, which can be eaten directly when they are hungry."

Oceanus was dumbfounded, Xiao Peng smiled and said: "Moreover, some young ants are more than just food. For example, why are weaver ants called weaver ants? It's because their young ants spin silk and cocoon to help build their homes. , And black brown ants. When there is a flood in the house, the young ants will join together and become small rafts. After all, they grow fat and have high buoyancy. Then all the adult ants will lie on their bodies. Move to a safe place. From the point of view, you should feel lucky. You are not that young ant. It looks like you ate and slept all day. In fact, they are the worst. Well, it’s raining soon, we Go back and see how your mother and the others are talking."

"Good!" Oceanus put the small wooden branch crawling with ants on the ground: "Hurry up and move, don't let the heavy rain shower the house!"

Xiao Peng touched Oceanus' head: "Ocean, you remember, you must be friends with animals."

"Why?" Oceanus didn't understand.

Xiao Peng smiled and said, "People who love animals are kind. Let's go and go to your mother and others. This woman is troublesome to buy things, and she is not short of money. Just buy it if you are optimistic. Ocean, don't follow your mother. , Remember, men must be generous, otherwise no women like it. Of course, this generosity is not a commander. Forget it, I can’t tell you clearly. I will teach you this when you grow up."

"But I have grown up."

"... Wait until you grow hair."

"You mean beard?"

"Hmm, I mean beard!"

At this time, on the rooftop of Odysseus Castle, several pairs of eyes were staring at both Master Xiao Peng.

Julia sighed: "Emilia, you are right. In the eyes of boys, father can never be replaced. Just as you said, let Oceanus live in China."

Emilia smiled and said: "Don't worry, the traffic is so convenient now. Whenever you want to see your children, you can't see it at any time. I promise you that I will take Xiao Haiyang as my own child and take good care of it... .. But to be honest, it’s usually not my turn, after all, there is his grandmother. Huaxia people pay more attention to blood relationship than you think!"

After hearing this, Julia nodded, and said to a middle-aged man behind her: "Well, I bought this house!"