Chapter 278 An unexpected surprise, Badger Cave

Chapter 278 An unexpected surprise, Badger Cave

As for the wild boars raised by Zhang An’s family, Zhou Yang had never thought about it.

Because the meat of these wild boars is not cheap, it is much more expensive than native pigs.

But people are more expensive than others. Zhou Yang also ate the wild boar raised by Zhang An’s family.

The meat is much more fragrant than native pork. You won’t feel greasy after eating fat meat, and you won’t feel tired after eating lean meat.

So the few wild boars Zhang An’s family raises every year are all taken care of by the villa next door.

The villa is in the village not far next door, and it is different from ordinary villas.

Because it is a private place, it is not open at all.

It is said that a wealthy boss came back to his hometown to build it as a place for friends and family to play.

Because it is not far from Changqing and has the reputation of a big river, people come here for a stroll.

After the results came, I fell in love with Chang Qing, especially the big dogs of Zhang An's family.

But later on, although I couldn’t get a few big dogs, I still liked to come and walk around every time I came.

Because they fell in love with the food and tea at Zhang An's house, they would bring their friends over to open a small stove from time to time.

Later, when Zhang An's family was killing wild boars, they happened to meet them.

Because this wild boar meat is very popular with the people in the city, they will eat it with just a wave of their hands.

And they were willing to pay the price, so every year from now on, most of the wild boars raised by Zhang An's family were covered.

This is also the reason why Zhang An’s family sold the wild boars last year, and later Zhang An went to the mountains to pick up a few and raise them back.

“Hey, what a big hole.”

Zhang An and others were planting piles on the front ridge, when they heard Zhang Ping, who was lining the ditch behind, shouting.

As soon as Zhang An turned around, the tiger cubs next to him had already rushed to the entrance of the cave.

At this time, everyone gathered around to check.

"What kind of hole is this? It's definitely not a snake hole. It's too big. It's a rabbit hole? But it doesn't look like it. I don't see any rabbit fur."

Sanshu Zhang came up to take a look. After a while, I couldn't see what was digging it.

"This is the badger cave. Look, there are some hairs here."

At this time, Zhang Yixin squatted on the ground and searched for it.

After he looked at the entrance of the cave just now, he was looking for something on the ground.

At this time, I found some badger hairs from the turned soil and showed them to everyone.

“It turns out that the cave is here, so I asked why so many badgers suddenly came to the melon field at that time.”

Last time Zhang An killed three badgers in the melon field. Badger, but I never figured out where this badger came from.

When he saw this place today, he really didn’t expect that the badger’s lair was so close.

"Will it be empty inside? I killed three big badgers in the melon field below."

Since those badgers were turned into badger oil, the melon field has become empty. I've seen other badgers.

So Zhang An wondered if this cave might be the home of the three badgers. It is now empty.

"No, if it were empty, the big dogs wouldn't be so sensitive. There must be badgers in there."

Looking at the big dogs staring at them intently Looking at the entrance of the cave, Zhang Yixing said affirmatively.

If you really want to do what Zhang An said, it will take a few months to say the least.

If there were no badgers living in it for such a long time, the smell would have dissipated long ago, and the little tigers wouldn't be so excited.

“Let’s all look around. This thing usually has two holes, which saves the things inside from slipping out from other places later.”

Although the badger hole They say there will be many holes, just like rabbit holes.

But most of the local badger caves have two entrances, one entering and one exiting.

Because in this nearby area, when the sun is out, it often rains suddenly.

So if there are too many cave entrances, the cave will be easily damp and unsuitable for them to live.

Anyway, the drainage ditch has been almost dug, and there are only two rows of piles left that have not been planted, so it won’t take much time to dry them.

So Zhang and his party found this badger cave and wondered if they could catch two badgers.

After all, badger seed oil is so powerful. It can not only cure burns, but also has miraculous effects on hemorrhoids.

And in the past few years, badgers have rarely been seen in the village.

Even if you see it, if you are not fully prepared, you really won’t be able to catch it.

For Zhang An, it is not difficult to find the entrance to the cave.

Picked up the handful of badger hair that Zhang Yixing had just taken, and after letting Xiaohu smell it, one person and one dog began to search.

After more than ten minutes, Xiaohu searched around the area and finally made a discovery on a piece of wasteland above.

Zhang An climbed up and searched with Xiaohu.

Sure enough, Xiaohu has never let everyone down.

Finally, I found a hole about the same size as the one below under a rock in the corner of the earth.

If it weren’t for the little tiger, everyone might not be able to find it if they search nearby.

Because the entire cave entrance is behind the rock and is completely blocked, most people can't find it.

Then Xiaohu searched nearby for a long time in case there were other cave entrances.

But in the end nothing was found, and I don’t know whether it was because there was no entrance to the cave or because Xiaohu didn’t find it.

But everyone didn’t get entangled. Just forget it if you didn’t find it. Let’s block these two openings and take a look.

If you really can’t catch it, then the badger in the cave should not die.

"Xiao An, go home and bring some steel forks."

Zhang and his party told Zhang An while plugging the two holes with straw.

Everyone knows that these badgers are ferocious, so weapons are definitely indispensable to catch them.

Zhang An returned home, found two steel forks and prepared to return to the fields.

Then I thought that if I could catch them alive, it would be a good choice to raise two in the space.

After all, after arriving, the number of these things will become less and less, and it is really hard to find them when you need them.

Zhang An was thinking in his mind to see if there was any easy way to catch him.

Suddenly I glanced at the pig cage that had been placed next to it for a long time. Here comes the solution.

He carried the steel fork and several pig cages and rushed to the fields.

“Hey, Brother Ping, how did you get this thing here.”

When they arrived in the field, Zhang An found a black shotgun in Zhang Ping’s hand.

Although this thing is now banned, all of them have been confiscated.

But Zhang Ping is a forest ranger and has to walk around in the mountains frequently.

For safety reasons and considering the nature of their work, the unit provided one.

After all, no one knows what they will encounter in the mountains and forests, especially in the mountains behind Chang Qing, where there are many large animals.

“Well, the badger is too fierce, it’s safer to greet him.”

Zhang An and Zhou Yang are younger, but they have seen Zhang Ping when he was a child. Someone in the village was bitten while catching a badger.

In fact, Zhang An has also seen the ferocity of badgers with his own eyes. After all, the family dog ​​was bitten by those badgers last time.

"Xiao An, why did you bring the pig cage here? Do you want to catch this thing?" Zhang Yi Xing asked looking at the several pig cages in Zhang An's hand.

They thought about getting this thing from the beginning, and never thought about catching it alive.

"Hey, the number of these things is getting less and less. I just wanted to see if I could catch two and raise them so that I don't have to worry about not finding them if I need them in the future."

For Zhang An likes this Everyone has long known about the hobby of having some hobbies, so they didn’t say anything.

They also agreed with Zhang An’s idea. If they were raised, it would not be difficult to find them when needed in the future.

But in their hearts, no one is optimistic about raising this thing.

After Zhang and his party observed back and forth, they found that the hole above was the exit, and the hole below was the entrance.

So Zhang An went up with the pig cage, dug out the rock, and then sealed the hole with the pig cage.

In this way, if the badger inside wants to get out, he can only crawl into the pig cage.

But that thing's teeth are very powerful. It's okay for the pigs to be trapped in this cage for a short time. But if it takes a long time, they will definitely bite open the bamboo and escape.

But this time is enough. Anyway, just catch them. At worst, when they come out, just knock them unconscious with a stick.

After Zhang An was done here, the people below began to light a fire in the cave, and a large amount of thick smoke was thrown into the cave.

Moreover, Zhang An also used space spring water in order to lure Badger out of this opening.

Sure enough, after the cave was filled with smoke for more than 20 minutes, Zhang An heard a noise coming from the cave.

Not long after, either because of the strong smoke or because of the lure of the spring water, a badger the size of a native dog came out of the hole.

Zhang An said it was too late and soon, he knocked the badger unconscious with a stick.

With such a small opening, I don’t know how these things get in and out. Could it be that they have practiced bone shrinking skills?

Seeing that no one was around, Zhang An directly threw the knocked-out Badger into the space.

There was no time to separate the male from the female. After getting three badgers and throwing them into the space, Zhang An shouted down below that the badgers came out.

When everyone below heard this, Zhang Ping and Zhou Shuanglin, who were carrying the shotgun, were left to guard Zhang and his party below, and everyone else ran up to help.

Although this is the entrance, when encountering danger, whether it is a person or an animal, it is important to escape for life, and it does not matter whether you are entering or exiting.

And Zhang Ping is guarding the entrance of the cave below. If a badger wants to go down the road, Zhang Ping will give it a shiny peanut without hesitation.

As for Zhang An, business is really good.

After a while, a badger emerged from the hole. As long as it entered the pig cage, Zhang An was sure to hit it with a stick.

Then he changed a pig cage to seal the hole, and asked Uncle Zhang and the others to take the knocked-out badger and tie his mouth and feet with ropes.

But after catching three more badgers, the badgers that emerged from behind were smaller.

It turns out that this is also the case among badgers. When escaping, the bigger ones are given priority.

I just don’t know if it’s like this when fighting.

Not counting the three in Zhang An's space, after catching six of them, I waited for a long time but didn't see another one come out of the hole.

“It’s probably gone, why don’t we call it a day.”

After waiting for more than half an hour, still no sign of Badger, Zhang An said.

Zhang An mentally tallied up and found that he had caught nine of them, so it must be empty inside.

After all, badgers normally have their own caves in other seasons.

A small number of families may not be separated, so they live together.

In winter, it may be due to the weather, so some badgers will huddle in a cave.

In the past, when many people dug out badger holes in winter, they would find three or five badgers in each hole.

But even so, catching nine badgers, big and small, in one cave is already a big gain.

Besides, during the half-day waiting, the cave entrance below has been burning.

Such thick smoke kept pouring into the cave. No animal could endure it for so long. It was probably empty.

"Then let's collect them. Catching six is ​​already a lot. Even if there are still some in the cave, they should be released."

Zhang and his party looked at the ground being tied up by everyone. Looking at the six badgers who haven't woken up yet, their faces are very happy.

The three largest ones look big and fat. It seems that they have gained a lot of fat in the autumn.

At least I can make several large bowls of badger seed oil, which is an unexpected blessing.

"Xiao An, don't you want to raise a few to try? These three little ones haven't grown up at all. They happen to be one male and two females. You can try raising them."

Zhang and his party looked at the three small badgers and said to Zhang An.

Zhang An nodded, these three badgers were not very big, and they would not be able to produce much badger oil if they were killed.

Digging the badger hole was a small episode, but in the end we were able to catch so many badgers, and everyone was very happy.

After all, no one can guarantee that they will not be burned in the future, so they need this thing.

Looking at Huang Ming, you can tell that this guy burned his feet like that some time ago.

If it weren’t for the badger seed oil that Zhang An’s family brought here, it would definitely not be okay.

"Master Dao, when are we going to kill this badger?"

After the trench was dug and everyone planted stakes together, Zhou Yang asked.

"It's not urgent. Anyway, the badgers are alive. Finish the work today and kill them tomorrow."

The badgers caught today are all still alive, unlike before, they were all killed. For those who were concerned about the smell, they hurriedly dealt with it.

This living thing can survive for a day or two even if it is not fed.

"How about today, those badgers look so fat, they must be very fat. If it is left to tomorrow, they will be hungry and thin, but the oil produced will be much less. A waste.”

Zhou Yang became anxious when he heard Zhang Yixing’s explanation.

“Besides, there isn’t much work left today. It will take at most an hour or two to finish in the afternoon. There will be plenty of time to deal with these guys.”

"What you said makes sense. Let's speed up and kill them when we get back in the afternoon."

Looking at Zhou Yang's anxious look, Zhang Yixing agreed without even thinking of teasing him.

"But Xiao Zhou, they didn't bite you just now. Why do I feel like they have a grudge against you? I don't really hope they live another day."

"Hey, that's not the case. , I am not a cook, this badger meat is rare, so I just want to cook it for everyone to try. If it is left for a long time, the meat will not be fresh. "

As soon as Zhou Yang said it, Zhang An knew that this guy was obsessed with feelings.

But this is normal. After all, out of ten cooks, nine are foodies.

"Yoko, can you make this badger meat? Don't worry about it not being delicious."

This badger meat is actually not delicious, it smells earthy. Taste, mixed with other flavors.

If you want to make something delicious, you have to meet someone who knows how to make it, otherwise you won’t be able to get rid of the smell.

The last time Zhang An caught those few, after boiling them in oil, there wasn't much meat left, so they were all given to Mr. Zhang to take back and stew.

"That's not possible. It depends on me tonight. I will stew a pot of fragrant and delicious badger meat for everyone. I guarantee that everyone will want to eat it again."

One listen After Zhang An said this, Zhou Yang patted his chest and assured everyone.

"Then let's work quickly. Yoko is a great chef. Let Yoko cook us a pot of good food in the afternoon."

In the village, Zhou Yang's cooking skills have long been known Received everyone’s approval.

Uncle Zhang said something jokingly, and everyone responded with a smile.

Hearing that there is delicious food, I feel that everyone is more energetic when working.

I have time today, so I will update more, and I will try my best to update more in the future, so that I can live up to everyone’s waiting for me for more than a month in vain.

(End of this chapter)