The nine-scented insect is a flying blue-black beetle, the size of a fingernail, and shaped like a water turtle. In spring and summer, it crawls on the stems and leaves of crops to suck slurry. If you accidentally touch it, it will emit a smelly and unpleasant gas, which makes people avoid it. As a result, you will get a "fart bug" or "fart bug". "worm" reputation. Piba Chong contains nine-flavored insect oil. Once fried, it is a delicious medicinal delicacy that can cure diseases and prolong life. Therefore, it has won the reputation of "Nine-flavored Chong". "Nine-scented insects, when asked, smell bad and taste delicious..." The Jialing River flows through Jianzhong, and it was called Yanjiang or Jianshui in ancient times. Nine-scented insects are found in all parts of the north and south of my country, but the ones that are most concentrated and are found in literature are the Jialing River in Sichuan and the Chiye River in Guizhou. The soft blue Jialing River runs out of thousands of mountains and valleys. As soon as it arrives here, it slows down and goes around in circles. Walking along the river near the city, the water flows out of the water, and you hug a "Zhongba" of hundreds of acres tightly in your arms. This is the place where "the south of Jianzhou City is rare in the world" praised highly in Du Fu's "Song of Jianshui". "Baoning Vinegar", a traditional wine famous both at home and abroad for curing diseases and fighting cancer, used to be brewed from mid-flow winter water flowing through this section of Zhongba. On the middle dam, there are piles of pebbles washed away by the flood, which are smooth and round, like basins, like fists, like beans, densely packed and stacked one on top of another. Nine-scented insects like moisture and breathability, and there is no sand between the pebbles. That is where the nine-scented insects gather. Whenever the autumn wind rustles and the wild geese fly south, the nine-scented insects hibernate in groups under the pebbles by the river to overwinter. This is the best time to collect Nine-Fragrant Insects. After the Waking of Insects in the coming year, the Nine-Fragrant Insects will fly away! As the saying goes: "Rich people eat deer antlers, and poor people eat butt bugs." This shows that the high-quality and cheap nine-spice bugs have similar effects to the high-end aphrodisiac drug deer antlers. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and the "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine": Nine-flavored insects have significant curative effects on neurological gastric diseases, heart and mouth pain caused by mental depression, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, impotence, and enuresis caused by spleen and kidney yang deficiency. That's why Li Shizhen said it: salty and warm, non-toxic, regulates qi and relieves pain, warms the body and strengthens yang, "long-term use is beneficial to people", "natives take it in large quantities to fill their affairs". Catching nine-scented insects has both economic value and a recreational activity that is beneficial to physical and mental health. During the holidays, gather your friends, bring a plastic bag, go to the place where the pebbles accumulate on the Jialing River, lift the pebbles with your feet, and underneath you will find a nest of pea-like nine-scented insects. When the sun shines, some want to fly and some want to escape. One side shouted: "Come quickly!" The other side shouted "Catch it quickly!" Grab the nine-scented insect and put it in the bag. Running and laughing, you can catch more than ten kilograms in one morning! The joy of catching nine-scented worms is no less than the joy of fishing! The caught nine-spice bugs must be fried before they can be eaten. First, put the caught nine-scented insect into a basin of warm water to "fart". When the bugs were flooded, they couldn't fly, but they couldn't escape. They were so anxious that they crawled around and put their smelly farts (containing organic compounds called ketones) in the water. After changing the water three or four times in this way, the farts were all gone, and the insects spread their wings and legs and died. Then, pour the worms into the hot iron pot and slowly roast them. When the worms are roasted and the oil comes out, the aroma will come out. Then add seasonings such as salt and pepper, and you will have a yellow, crispy, shiny, and fragrant delicacy. Then put it in a bag, just like eating melon seeds, you can eat it whenever you want. Eating fart worms strengthens the body, makes me less afraid of the cold in winter, and prevents me from peeing at night. In the past, there were stalls selling melon seeds in towns along the Jialing River, just like selling melon seeds for a few cents. Children and adults also loved to eat them. Those who drink, buy a plate, chew it slowly, sip it slowly, and enjoy the unique taste. Nine-scented insects and medicinal materials companies purchase them at a high price. In recent years, due to the use of pesticides, the use of pebbles to build houses, and the changes in the Jialing River bed, the annual acquisitions have decreased, and the supply exceeds demand. It is in short supply, but it is not difficult to collect some. The discovery of the edible value of the nine-flavored insect is a valuable civilizational legacy left by our adventurous ancestors. You can imagine how much courage and risk it took to try that smelly bug in the first place! Beautiful, Nine-Fragrant Insect! Beautiful, Jialing River water! Beautiful, our adventurous ancestors!