"Master Xu!" Lin Hao ignored Li Zifeng, who kept yelling strangely, and asked Xu Mingjun: "If I read correctly, you have been raising these turtles for seven or eight years, right?"

"That's right!" An old voice came from behind them: "You are indeed a bit discerning, and you are not talking nonsense. I have indeed been raising these turtles for more than seven years!"

Hearing the sound, everyone turned to look and found that at some point, an old man about the same age as Li Hui had appeared behind them. He was thinner than Li Hui and not as energetic.

Seeing him, Li Zifeng hurriedly called out: "Hello, Grandpa Xu!"

Li Hui pointed at him and cursed with a smile: "You old guy, when did you come here? Why are you so sneaky and there is no movement at all!"

Xu Mingjun's grandfather, Xu Zongqing, said: "I've been here for a while, and my feet are numb when I stand! It's because your ears are too hard and your eyesight doesn't work well, so you didn't hear it."

Li Hui smiled and scolded: "What? Are you afraid that your grandson will give me your treasures?"

Xu Zongqing said: "It's really not an ordinary worry. He has wanted to be your uncle of the Li family for a long time. Plus today is your birthday. In order to please you, what can't he do?"

Obviously, the two old men were very familiar with each other and often joked. Such scolding conversations were commonplace.

Xu Mingjun hurriedly said: "Grandpa, I just brought it..."

"I'll deal with you later!" Xu Zongqing waved his hand to stop him, then pointed at Lin Hao and said: "Boy, keep talking!"

"Hello, Mr. Xu!" Lin Hao said hello politely, and then continued: "Excuse me, have these turtles ever bred?"

Xu Zongqing said gloomily: "A lot of eggs have been laid, but no turtles have ever hatched."

"Holy shit!" Li Zifeng shouted again, "Lin Hao, you really have been fooled!"

Lin Hao smiled and asked again: "Mr. Xu, do you hope that your turtle will hatch hatchlings when it lays eggs next year?"

Li Hui said: "Of course he hopes that if you can cure his turtles, he will definitely smile and lose a few more teeth!"

Xu Zongqing rolled his eyes strangely at Li Hui, and then said: "Boy, if you can really cure them and let them reproduce, I will not only get a reward, but also let my grandson make friends with you."

"That's great!" Lin Hao nodded and said, "Although these money turtles are somewhat mutilated, they are not sick and do not need treatment."

Xu Zongqing asked doubtfully: "If there is no disease, why can't the turtles hatch?"

"The reason is very simple. They are all female and there is not a single male. How can they reproduce?" Lin Hao gave an example: "Like eggs, how can they hatch chicks without passing through the rooster?"

Xu Zongqing said in astonishment: "Are they all from mothers?"

Lin Hao nodded and said: "Not bad!"

Xu Guoqing said: "But others say I have a male here!"

Lin Hao shook his head and said: "No, not one, they are all female!"

Li Zifeng hurriedly asked: "Lin Hao, how do you tell that these are all female?"

Lin Hao said: "It is actually very simple to distinguish the male and female money turtles. And the simplest way is to look at its bottom plate. The female's bottom plate is a flat surface, and the male's bottom plate has a groove."

The reason why the male turtle has that groove is to prevent it from sliding down during mating. Yan Su told Lin Hao about this. There was no certificate to prove it, and it was not easy to say it out loud, so Lin Hao skipped it.

Everyone turned the six turtles over to take a look, and found that almost all the turtles had flat bottoms. Only one looked slightly concave, but it was not very obvious.

Xu Zongqing immediately pointed to the turtle and said, "Look, isn't this one dented?"

Lin Hao shook his head, "No. If it is really a male turtle, its concavity is very obvious. The reason why yours is a little concave is that it is deformed due to improper feeding."

Xu Mingjun interrupted angrily, "No matter what you say, you are right. You are the one who says you are concave, and you are the one who says you are not concave..."

"Shut up!" Xu Zongqing shouted: "If you don't understand something, you must study it seriously."

Xu Mingjun shut up gloomily and didn't say a word.

Xu Zongqing said: "Who is that..."

Lin Hao said: "Grandpa Xu, my name is Lin Hao!"

Xu Zongqing said: "Lin Hao, please continue. This boy in my family is used to being proud. He has never obeyed anyone. Don't be as knowledgeable as him."

Lin Hao nodded, "It doesn't matter. If there is any dispute about the bottom plate, then we can look at other details and we can also distinguish male from female."

Xu Zongqing asked: "What other details are there? Tell me quickly!"

Lin Hao said: "The body of the male turtle is slightly thinner, narrower and thinner, with a thicker tail base and a long face. Most of the tails are long and thick. The cloaca is far away from the rear edge of the carapace, and genital blisters can be seen. The female turtle has a long and thick tail.

The turtle has a thick body, a thin and short tail, the cloaca is close to the rear edge of the plastron, and protruding flesh spines can be seen near the cloaca."

After everyone heard this, they began to study again, but after looking at it again, they found that every turtle looked the same and there was no way to tell them apart.

Lin Hao saw everyone's blank expressions and couldn't help but ask: "Do they all feel the same?"

Everyone nodded in unison, and Li Hui said: "I don't know if it's my old eyesight or something else, but there seems to be no difference among the six!"

Xu Zongqing said: "I'm afraid this proves that this guy is right. If there is a difference, then there are male and female. If there is no difference, then their genders are the same."

"That's true!" Lin Hao nodded and said, "But there is a more intuitive way to distinguish between male and female."

Li Zifeng hurriedly asked: "What can I do?"

Lin Hao picked up a money turtle and held it upright in his hand. With his other hand, he used his thumb, middle finger, and little finger to hold or take turns to lightly analyze the turtle's head and front paws. He also flicked it gently from time to time, as if playing a piano.

Similar.

As he moved, the tail of the money turtle stretched out, and something black slowly emerged from the cloaca of the tail, slowly blooming like a flower, and finally formed the shape of a swallowtail butterfly.

.

This is undoubtedly the gonads of the turtle! But this trick was not taught by Yan Su, but by Uncle Yan!

After seeing that its gonads were completely exposed, Lin Hao pointed and said, "Look, its gonads are in the shape of a butterfly, which proves that it is female."

Then, he changed to another one, in the same way, also in the shape of a butterfly.

Xu Mingjun also tried to pick one up, and after struggling for a long time, it finally exposed its gonads, which were also in the shape of a butterfly.

Several people tried it one after another, including Li Hui, and the results were the same.

Li Zifeng said: "What if it's a male?"

Lin Hao glanced at his crotch in a vulgar manner and smiled without saying a word.

Li Zifeng instantly understood that female turtles are like butterflies, and male turtles are naturally like mushrooms.

The men present also woke up one after another, but Li Bing still asked blankly: "What are you laughing at? Tell me!"

Lin Hao: "..."

Everyone was a little tired standing by the stream, so they moved to the pavilion on one side and sat down. The servants quickly served tea, snacks, and fruits to these young and old men.

After drinking a cup of tea, Xu Zongqing sighed and said: "I thought there were males among my six turtles, but it turned out that they were all females."

Lin Hao said: "Mr. Xu wants these turtles to breed. It's actually very simple. Just catch another male turtle."

Xu Zongqing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's hard to find a money turtle, but it's even harder to find a male turtle!"

Lin Hao said: "What's so difficult about this? I have it right there!"

Xu Zongqing's expression lit up, "Do you have a money turtle there?"

Lin Hao nodded, "Yes, my friends and I have set up a golden turtle breeding center. Currently, there are dozens of golden turtle adults, many golden turtle hatchlings, and many other species of turtles."

Xu Zongqing said: "Okay, I'll go to your place tomorrow and have a look."

Lin Hao thought for a while and said: "There is no need to change the date. I can show it to Mr. Xu now."

Xu Zongqing's expression brightened, "Have you brought it with you?"

Lin Hao nodded and dug in his pocket, but what he took out was not a money turtle, but a mobile phone.

Everyone was sweating so much that they thought he really was carrying the money turtle with him, but it turned out to be a photo.

It was only after Xu Zongqing took the phone that he discovered that it contained not only photos but also videos. The more he looked at it, the more surprised he became. Finally he couldn't help but ask: "These...are all grown in Vietnam?"

Lin Hao nodded, saying that this is not an ordinary strange thing. Wugutan belongs to Duanhun Ridge, and Duanhun Ridge belongs to Guangdong Province. Logically speaking, the money turtles in this mountain should be Guangdong species, but it just happens that they are.

The Vietnamese species has very obvious characteristics: olive head, red ears, red face, red flesh, and black background with rice characters.

Not only Lin Hao couldn't understand this problem, but even Wu Ruolan and Yan Su, who were about to become experts, couldn't figure it out.

After Xu Zongqing read them all, he immediately asked: "Lin Hao, can you sell any of these turtles?"

Lin Hao shook his head and said: "I have to go back and ask before I know. But even if you can't buy it right away, you can still make a reservation."

Xu Zongqing said: "If we can make a reservation, no matter how much it costs, I want one hundred, fifty males and fifty females!"

Li Hui followed: "I also want a hundred. I also want fifty males and fifty females!"

Lin Hao burst into sweat after hearing this, "Two old men, why do you want so many men?"

Xu Zongqing said: "Of course we want them to reproduce!"

Li Hui said: "That's right!"

Lin Hao shook his head and said: "The ratio of males and females is not like this. One male matches three females, or two males match five females. This is the normal match!"

Xu Zongqing said in astonishment: "Is this turtle also practicing polygamy?"

Lin Hao: "..."

Li Bing and Li Zifeng next to them almost sprayed tea on the spot and quickly turned to look at the scenery outside the pavilion.

After the two young men and the old man probably finalized a business deal and exchanged contact information, Xu Zongqing took Xu Mingjun and left.
To be continued...