Chapter 191 Fighting Badger Thieves with a Group of Dogs
When Zhang An went out, he only brought a steel fork and not even a flashlight.
It is a summer night, when the bright moon is in the sky, and the bright moonlight fills the earth.
Although it is dimmer than during the day, you can still see clearly.
Zhang An stood on the edge of the melon field. With the brightness of the moonlight, he could clearly see the situation inside the melon field.
Standing in the melon field and watching for a long time, Zhang An didn't notice any movement.
Maybe it’s because they came too early, the melon thieves haven’t started clocking in yet.
But when he turned back, Zhang An found that Xiaohu had brought his five children, neatly following Zhang An.
After these few months, Da Mao and the others have grown very strong, and they are almost the same as the native dogs in the village.
Seeing them following, Zhang An felt dumbfounded.
Because Zhang An had no intention of bringing them over when he went out.
The main reason is that there are too many tiger cubs and they are all standing here. No melon thief would dare to come here.
It is said that it is easy to be a thief for a thousand days, but difficult to guard against a thief for a thousand days.
Although a few of them come to stand guard, they can make the melon field stable.
But if you don’t come one day, or you come late and leave early, you’ve given the other party a chance.
Zhang An didn't want to guard against thieves for a thousand days, so he wanted to spend a few days to catch this thing.
But Xiaohu and the others came, and Zhang An didn’t chase them back.
Instead, let them lie under the ditch, covered by melons and vines. If they are far away, it is not easy to find them.
In this way, Zhang An squatted in the melon field and waited for more than an hour.
During this period, no sound was heard. Zhang An thought he was here and the other party did not dare to come again.
Just when I was planning to take Xiaohu and the others back, I heard a "rustling" sound coming from the corner of the melon field.
Coming.
Zhang An heard the sound and reacted immediately.
This movement was too quiet. If ordinary people came over, they would not be able to hear it clearly.
But Zhang An has a pair of ears, and this is an open area. Zhang An, who has a well-developed sense of hearing, heard everything clearly.
Then Zhang An quietly took Xiaohu and the others and slowly moved towards the direction of the sound.
Damn, there’s more than one.
Not far away, Zhang An had already seen the appearance of the melon thief.
Under the moonlight, three melon thieves were lying on the ground gnawing on the freshly opened watermelon.
Zhang An guessed right. The three melon thieves in front of him were mountain badgers that are common in the mountains.
Through the moonlight, you can see their muzzles that look like native dogs.
You can tell just from here that they are badgers.
They are larger in size and look very fat, with thick and short necks, short and strong limbs, and short tails.
Judging from their size, which is about the same size as a local dog, these mountain badgers are already adult badgers.
At the same time that Zhang An discovered Shan Baozi, Shan Baozi also discovered Zhang An.
These guys have a fierce temperament. When they saw Zhang An, they knew that their melon-stealing behavior had been discovered.
But instead of trying to escape, they put down the watermelon they were nibbling and ran towards Zhang An.
This is a dog badger. If it were a pig badger, it would turn around and run away as soon as it was discovered.
The actions of the mountain badgers were exactly what Zhang An was thinking.
I was worried that they would run away, but I didn’t expect them to come to my door on their own.
Seeing them running towards him, Zhang An picked up the steel fork and pointed towards the largest one.
You guys are not afraid of a wild boar that weighs more than three hundred pounds, let alone a little mountain badger like you.
Xiaohu didn't wait for Zhang An's greeting, and rushed into the battlefield with Da Mao and the others behind him.
For a while, the scene was quite intense.
The little tiger faces one alone, and the remaining five little tigers surround the other one and prepare to attack.
The mountain badger is famous for its ferocity in the mountains. Generally, the native dogs in the village can't do anything with it one on one.
On the contrary, there are many local dogs bitten by mountain badgers in the village.
However, Zhang An was very confident about the little tiger, and the five little ones on the other side were attacking a mountain badger, so there wouldn't be much of a problem.
These guys are not only extremely ferocious, but also very cunning.
Seeing Zhang An carrying a steel fork, he kept playing hide and seek with Zhang An.
It will rush over for a while and roll over for a while, but it won't let you catch it.
Zhang An picked up the steel fork and almost hit it several times, but it always got away.
Sure enough, Runtu was right, these guys are very slippery.
The scene was at a stalemate for a while. Many of the melons and vines in the melon field had been tortured beyond recognition by a few badgers and the dog generals at home.
But Zhang An doesn’t feel bad, after all, there are not many watermelons on the melon vines now.
As long as these three guys are caught, it will be a good thing.
Not only can you save the remaining watermelons and strawberries, but you can also boil some badger seed oil at home.
As the saying goes, "eight pounds of badger seeds and seven pounds of oil", this badger oil is a treasure.
Using it to treat burns has always been miraculous. Not to mention that future generations have been protected. Even now, this badger seed oil is very expensive.
Zhang An estimated that the three badgers in front of him were quite big, and they would definitely be able to produce a lot of badger oil if they were caught.
In later generations, a large piece of Swallow's hand was burned by the boiling water. Fortunately, the second master had a small jar left.
If it weren’t for the badger oil, Yan Zi’s burned hand would probably be covered with wrinkled burn scars.
But after using badger seed oil, although it is not as good as before, there are no traces of burns unless you look carefully.
And in this badger, not only the badger seed oil is precious, but even the badger skin can be used as a cushion to cure hemorrhoids.
Soon, Xiaohu took the lead in resolving the battle.
The badger facing it had been bitten by the tiger cub and was lying on the ground, its limbs still twitching.
After the battle was resolved, Xiaohu pushed him to the side to help his child deal with the other badger.
Zhang An felt extremely sad after seeing this.
In the past, Xiaohu always thought of himself first.
But now it has changed, and the first thing that comes to mind is Da Mao and the others.
Sure enough, when it forced the female wolf away, it was absolutely right to call it a scumbag.
Now that one end has been eliminated, the other end will probably be killed soon.
Zhang An felt that he should hurry up and deal with this guy in front of him.
You can't wait until Xiaohu and the others are done, then stand by and watch him perform a show of steel-forked Doosan Badgers for them.
Shan Baizi, who had been avoiding Zhang An's attack just now, Zhang An did not let him relax for a moment.
And it has been looking for opportunities to attack Zhang An, rolling around, and its physical strength is probably almost exhausted by now.
Zhang An saw it slow down and used all his strength.
With the idea of predicting, the fork is coming before the badger arrives.
Perhaps the mountain badger saw Zhang An swinging the steel fork forward again, and habitually rolled to avoid it.
It would have been unexpected that Zhang An's steel fork was thrust towards the position where it rolled.
Everything was just right, a polished steel fork was inserted deeply into its neck. No matter how cunning you are, are you still as smart as a human being?
Being stabbed by a steel fork, the mountain badger quickly ended its life.
Zhang An then stood aside leisurely, watching his dogs fighting the last badger.
Because the place is not big and there are many dogs, the remaining badger has been surrounded.
Zhang An couldn't step forward to help at this moment. If he didn't cross Zhongshan Badger and caught his own dog, the gain would outweigh the loss.
But San Mao seems to be a little unlucky. He must have been bitten on his front paw by a badger.
I feel a little uncomfortable when I move now.
If Sanmao were to fight against Badger, his claws would probably be bloody.
But today, because Sanmao had too many brothers, as soon as the badger bit Sanmao, he was attacked by other Sanmao from behind.
The pained Badger could only let go of Sanmao's claws to defend himself from other enemies behind him.
This is really thanks to the mountain badger. If it were a pig badger or a honey badger, it would be hard to say.
The pig badger is not so courageous. When he sees the opponent's large number of people, his first thought is to run away.
As for the honey badger, he is also the flat-headed brother. This guy's life is either fighting or on the way to fight.
The flat-headed brother with white hair and a cloak feels windy everywhere when he walks. Even if you encounter a lion or a working leopard, you still have to fight with them to determine who is the best.
As expected, these puppies at home are helpless when they encounter Brother Flathead.
Although there are many people, they are not afraid of death at all. With the self-destructing truck style, I can be injured, but you can't feel comfortable either.
Fortunately, Zhang An and his friends are not the hometown where Brother Pingtou lives.
Originally, I had five puppies, and they had no plan when fighting, so I couldn't take down this badger for a long time.
But after Xiaohu joined, the brothers seemed to have learned to cooperate.
Da Mao is seducing from the front, while the others are waiting for the opportunity.
Zhang An had nothing to do. He picked a watermelon and ate it while watching.
By the time Zhang An finished eating half of the watermelon, the battle was still unresolved.
Xiaohu couldn't stand it anymore, so he attacked the mountain badger with a vicious dog attack, and the battle was resolved in two or two strokes.
Maybe it was because the movement he just made was too big. Zhang An squatted in the melon field for another long time and didn't hear any more noise.
Presumably there will be no more distinguished guests coming tonight.
Zhang An had no intention of continuing to guard, so he asked Xiaohu and the others to pick up three mountain badgers and get up to go home.
Regardless of whether there are other mountain badgers or other animals, Zhang An plans to come back tomorrow night.
If there are others who come to steal melons in the middle of the night, Zhang An will just feed them.
When I got home, it was almost twelve o'clock at night.
Wang Fang had already fallen asleep, but when she heard the sound of Zhang An opening the door, she got up from the bed again.
"Mom, why are you up? Why don't you get up when you're asleep."
Wang Fang and the others have always been very light sleepers, especially in the middle of the night when they heard some noises. Just woke up.
"It's okay. I'll get up and take a look at you. Have you caught me?"
Zhang An went out to guard the melon field at night. He told them before going out.
“Got it, three badgers.”
Zhang An stepped aside and showed his mother the three badgers held by the tiger cubs and the others behind them.
“How come there are so many and they are all so big.”
Wang Fang was a little surprised when he looked at such a big three-headed mountain badger.
Although mountain badgers are more common in the mountains, especially this summer.
But in most cases, you can only encounter one end, and rarely encounter both ends.
It is indeed rare for Zhang An to meet three heads this time, and they are all so big.
"Maybe our watermelon is delicious, but they couldn't stand the temptation, so they came together."
Zhang An just chewed half of the watermelon, and it tasted really good.
Although it cannot be compared with those grown in space, there is still no problem in crushing any watermelon on the market.
This is related to the sunny days this year. When there is more sun, the watermelon will be sweeter.
And now that the melon fields are so wide, there aren’t many watermelons harvested at all. It’s strange that it’s not good.
"Then nothing happened to our dog?"
Looking at the three dead badgers, Wang Fang worriedly asked about the condition of his dog.
After all, there are quite a few dogs bitten by badgers in the village.
"That's not true. With so many dogs in our house, how could they be bitten by a badger?"
Wang Fang felt relieved when he heard that all the dogs in his house were fine.
Zhang An asked Xiaohu and the others to put down the badgers and waved them to go to their den to rest.
This badger was bitten to death by a tiger cub, and the other one was bitten to death by Zhang An, so it is still bleeding.
Putting it on the ground like this is also a good idea, otherwise the house will stink when you wake up tomorrow.
Wang Fang found a big basin, put them in it, and covered it with a dustpan.
It’s already late today. We can only do the peeling and cooking of badger seed oil tomorrow.
Zhang An had eaten this mountain badger meat at Fourth Master Zhang’s house before. Although it was very tonic, it was not very tasty and had an earthy smell.
But in an era when meat was scarce, who cares whether it tastes good or not, it’s good to eat some.
And the best thing about this mountain badger is not its meat, but the layer of badger oil.
Although most people use it to treat burns and repair skin.
But it can cure a lot of problems, and it can be used internally or externally.
Zhang An thought, why not get a few of them and raise them in the space before they are protected yet.
We can also respond to emergencies when needed.
When Zhang An got up early the next morning, he found that his father had already started skinning badgers in the yard.
Yesterday Zhang Tie and the others wanted to follow Zhang An to guard the melon field, but it was so late at night that Zhang An did not allow it.
So I ran over early in the morning to see what this harpoon looked like.
When they saw a few badgers, they were dumbfounded.
"Brother, isn't this a badger? Where's the 猹?"
They were still curious about what Runtu was talking about and what it looked like.
When the results came over, they found that what Zhang An had caught was the mountain badger they had seen on weekdays.
"Isn't that right? The mountain badger is the 猹 mentioned in the book."
Hearing what Zhang An said, the children instantly lost interest.
He was so furious that he didn’t know where he was going.
Not long after, Mr. Zhang also came over. Wang Fang must have called him there in the morning.
If it comes to boiling oil alone, everyone in the countryside can do it.
But badger seed oil is different. It needs to be boiled well and how to store it for a long time. These are all based on experience.
Besides, it would take a long time for Zhang Jianguo to handle the three badgers by himself, so he called Mr. Zhang to come over and help with the pot.
(End of this chapter)