When Tao Daqiang came back from the net, he heard that he was going to dig up badger pig roe, and he immediately agreed.
In the eyes of local people, there are two types of badgers, dog badgers and pig badgers. Dogs and badgers are rare, and the ones that can be seen locally are mostly badgers and pigs.
However, adults in ordinary families usually work in the fields, and they are busy with endless work all year round, so they have no time to dig this thing.
Children are usually warned by adults. After all, badgers have very powerful mouths and can bite people, so adults tell children to stay away from this thing.
You can see fox holes and badger holes in the wild, and you usually just take a look at them out of curiosity. Even if you encounter rabbit holes, you rarely dig them.
The main reason is that I am not hungry enough, or there are abundant other food sources available. Fish, wild vegetables, and crops in the fields can be eaten casually, so I will not take risks.
But there is also a contradiction. Although everyone does not want to dig it, if there is badger oil, everyone will definitely like it.
The three of them talked and laughed and went back with their things.
Meng Zhiqiang, who was still setting up the net in Xiaohaizi, felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the three of them together.
When Li Long came to call for someone, he heard it. But I hesitated for a moment and didn’t follow him. Thinking about things in other villages, I'm not particularly familiar with Li Long, so what's the point of following him?
When he saw Yang Yongqiang rushing out and following Tao Daqiang, Meng Zhiqiang laughed at the young man for being a bit silly.
Now it seems that the young man is not stupid at all, or in other words, stupid people are lucky?
The three people went to their home to pick up tools, met on the road outside the settlement, and were then led by Yang Yongqiang to find the badger cave.
Badger Cave is actually not far away, just beside an abandoned large ditch less than one kilometer away from the residential area.
Li Long sighed secretly as he walked.
In my memory, the length of this stretch of road changes. When I first started farming in my previous life, it felt like a long way to walk, and there were several marked points in the middle. It takes more than ten minutes or even half an hour to walk between sections.
Of course, there are also reasons for poor roads.
Later, twenty years later, the settlements were merged, and the road to farming became even longer. Then ten years later, the county built a loop line and bypassed this place. There were cars further back, and the loop line was an asphalt road. It felt like you were there as soon as you stepped on the accelerator - how could it be so close?
There is even an illusion that some invisible power has directly taken away a certain piece of land in the middle. Otherwise, it used to feel like the landmarks were so far apart. How could it be now? Getting so close?
“This is it.” Yang Yongqiang pointed to the badger hole and said, “It’s not night yet, so I don’t know if the badger is inside.”
"It doesn't matter if it's there or not, dig it out." Li Long not only carried a shovel but also a gun. He said, "dig it out. If it's there, kill it. If it's not there, it's lucky."
Three men excavated. Li Long and Tao Daqiang were below, digging on both sides, and Yang Yongqiang was digging holes above.
"Don't be impatient, dig slowly, there should be no other holes in this badger hole. Be careful when digging, don't let him bite you." Li Long said, "Don't let this guy bite you. The teeth are so powerful that they can bite a wooden stick.”
In fact, the three people present know how powerful the badger is. After all, it has a close relative, the flat-headed brother, who is the same as the lion and crocodile. The guy who dares to fight hard is very cruel.
Although the pig badger is not as famous as the flat-headed brother, they are all badgers, so what difference can they make?
The soil quality in northern Xinjiang is usually that the upper layer of alkaline soil is floating, and then it starts to become hard, especially hard. It was a bit laborious to dig, so it took half an hour to dig less than one meter away. The space in the hole was slightly reduced, but it could be seen that things often came in and out, and some corn cobs were also taken out.
“This guy still eats corn?” Tao Daqiang was a little surprised.
"Omnivore, it eats a lot of things." Li Long said, "Snakes, earthworms, fish, bird eggs... also eat corn."
Then he took out half of it. There are two kinds of snakes here - there are two kinds of local snakes, the most common one is the snakes. The locals also call it Tugong, or earthworm, but it is different from the Tugong found online. Its tail is round, and its appearance is relatively less like a snake. It is just like a round stick, and its head and body are about the same thickness. The excretion hole suddenly became thinner, and then became like a round stick.
In the eyes of local people, it is considered a non-venomous snake. But snakes are something that not many people actually like to get close to, so in fact, in the whole village, the one who is best at handling snakes is the older one like Li Long, which is difficult to catch fish and they are often encountered. And the smaller one turned out to be Qiangqiang.
Qiangqiang has had a strong curiosity since he was in elementary school. In his last life, he also ate snake meat with Li Long, and he was no longer afraid of snakes after that.
Whether it is a non-venomous longworm or a poisonous plateau viper, as long as you are brave and careful, you can handle it.
In fact, in Li Long's view, the reputation of catching snakes with force is sometimes forced to spread. At first, they may have encountered each other occasionally, but after catching it twice, someone spread the word. If they encountered snakes later, they would look for him. He had to catch snakes due to his reputation. Fortunately, he basically never missed it. He is also brave and careful. , so the reputation is getting bigger and bigger.
It wasn’t until he graduated from high school and was admitted to college that his sister-in-law Liang Yuemei heard somewhere that the snake was a dragon, so Li Qiang was not allowed to catch snakes at will. This matter gradually disappeared as Li Qiang went to college. Slowly dissipated. People in the village still remember a child who was very good at catching snakes, but it has become a memory.
“You really eat snakes.” Yang Yongqiang looked at the half of the snake and exclaimed, “It seems that I just ate it not long ago, and the snake meat has not rotten yet.”
"Look, there's still a fish head - this one stinks." Tao Daqiang also took out something.
Li Long saw something moving inside.
A short tail shrank in, and then turned around, revealing a little bit of its head with white stripes.
"Be careful, there's a badger inside!" Li Long reminded. His words made Yang Yongqiang and Tao Daqiang excited. If you dig for a long time and find nothing, you will be unlucky, but if you can dig something, you will definitely be very happy.
At least something is guaranteed, right?
The two of them immediately accelerated the progress of digging, intending to take out the things directly.
Li Long stopped digging. He took a step back with the shovel and said:
"If one of them runs out later, I will deal with it. If any of you watch... Forget it, just Daqiang, you have to free your hands and work with me to solve this as quickly as possible. Yongqiang, you are right at the entrance of the cave. Watch, if there is one inside, you can take the next one. Otherwise, if one jumps out and we all join, the others will run away.”
Although Li Long’s words are simple, everyone can think of this. By arranging the time, you can mentally prepare the other two people, otherwise they will easily panic when things happen.
In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Chinese people are the best in the world in terms of organization. After all, this time only came out a few years ago, and it was more than ten years ago that all the people became soldiers. Even now, the village militia has to conduct a period of training every winter. Therefore, as soon as something is said, the other two people will immediately understand it and then work hard in the direction of what they should do.
In formal terms, subjective initiative is very strong.
Less than half a minute after Li Long finished speaking, a badger came out of the hole. He raised his front paws in a desperate posture. His movements were not very fast, but his eyes were fierce and his momentum was fierce. Sheng.
Li Long took another step back and slapped it with a shovel!
The badger dodged for a moment, but not completely. One of his legs was broken off by Li Long. He screamed and limped away as he tried to escape.
"Daqiang, keep an eye on the hole, I'll take care of this."
Li Long shouted, leading the badger away from here, and started to clean it up five or six meters away.
The badger was injured, and his mouth and teeth looked even more fierce. He opened his mouth to bite, but after all, his body was small, weighing about ten kilograms, and he was not as good as the big dog in the village, so Li Long did not I'm afraid, it's just like a shovel to take a cold blow, but this guy has a hard head, and the effect doesn't seem to be very good even after being slapped on the head a few times.
Tao Daqiang suddenly screamed:
“Another one comes out!”
He shouted, and the shovel under his hand was not slow at all, and he chopped hard on the head of the little badger that had just escaped.
This move was so powerful that it almost chopped off the badger's head.
Yang Yongqiang was stunned for a moment, and then said:
"Daqiang, you are amazing!"
"Hehe." Tao Daqiang smiled, "I just happened to meet... You see..."
He made a loud noise after him, and Yang Yongqiang reacted slower. When he heard the sound and lowered the shovel, another badger jumped out at a very fast speed. Yang Yongqiang's shovel only hit the tail, and the strength was not strong enough. The badger struggled to get away and went to Run into the ditch.
Yang Yongqiang hurriedly chased after him, and Li Long was already walking over carrying the badger that he didn't know whether to kill or knock out.
The badger that Tao Daqiang chopped off was still moving, but it was obviously not going to survive. Li Long occupied the position where Yang Yongqiang was, stretched out his shovel and poked inside, and said while exploring:
"I don't know if there is anything else..."
What came out now were one, two, and a half. Small, Li Long guessed that there should be a larger badger in this nest.
But haven’t seen it yet.
When he reached less than half a meter with his shovel, he felt something soft inside - and something else!
Tao Daqiang and Li Long have been working together for a long time. You can tell from Li Long's movements and expressions that he immediately chopped up the little badger with all his strength, and then he was ready with a shovel.
Seeing that the thing inside was not moving and would not come out, Li Long poked again with the shovel, this time with greater force. A badger inside couldn't stand it and ran away with a threatening sound in its mouth. When I came out, I encountered two sharp shovels at the entrance of the cave.
“I’ll kill you, don’t let me get away!” Li Long didn’t know if Yang Yongqiang could catch the badger. If not, he would have to make up for the badger, one for each of the three people.
Tao Daqiang also understood, so he struck hard as soon as the badger showed up.
It’s just that the badger is smart, and it shrinks in when the force is exerted here.
It took two people a lot of effort to kill the badger - and the hole was made even bigger.
Yang Yongqiang also came back with the badger a little proud, having succeeded.
Four badgers.
When Li Long was thinking about how to distribute, a somewhat annoying voice sounded:
"Hey, Xiaolong, what are you catching? Badger pigs? So many? Not bad, good, everyone has a share, you three "Can you give me one more? I don't ask too much, a small one is fine!"
Li Long looked up, Ma Jinbao.
How can there be such annoying people? (End of this chapter)