Chapter 687 Trap
Because he was thinking about the weasels that killed the chickens at home last night, Zhang An got up from the bed at dawn.
Although last night, he had arranged for Xiaohu, the couple and Huiqiu to serve as bodyguards for the chickens and ducks at home, but today he still had to go to the chicken pen to find out who the yellow-skinned guy was. Where did he touch his chicken coop?
Only after we find out, can we find a way to catch this disgusting guy.
After all, you can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no reason to prevent a thief for a thousand days.
Although it was just dawn, when Zhang An got up, he found that his parents were already up, and they were looking around in the chicken coop.
"Xiao An is up. It's dawn now. You can take Hui Qiu and the two back to their nest."
After Wang Fang saw Zhang An, he pointed to the wooden beam Hui Qiu and his wife said.
Wang Fang has always been very fond of animals that can contribute to the family.
Last night, she heard that a weasel came to the house and caused trouble to the chickens and ducks that she had worked so hard to feed. It made her feel bad.
Therefore, Wang Fang really likes Hui Qiu and his wife who have been working as bodyguards in the chicken pen all night.
Of course, Xiaohu and the other big dogs needless to say, their status in the family has never been reduced.
Don’t look at the fierce gray balls at night. If you see a mouse, catch a mouse. If you see a snake, catch a snake.
But as soon as it was daytime, he immediately became blind.
Wang Fang never treats the heroes in the family badly.
Seeing that daytime had arrived, she and Zhang Jianguo planned to send the two owls, Gray Ball, back to their nest to rest.
But Hui Qiu and his wife are not inferior to the proud Huatou family at all. Although they have lived at home for so long, they are not afraid of them, but if they want them to be obedient, they can only Zhang An Just say it yourself.
So no matter how Wang Fang greeted them, Hui Qiu and his wife would not get off the wooden beam.
Hearing this, Zhang An just cooed twice at the two gray-ball birds, and they flew down immediately.
It’s just that the landing was not as precise as last night, and the landing movement was still a little hasty. It can be seen that the impact of this broad daylight on them was not small at all.
After sending Hui Qiu and his wife to rest, Zhang An returned to the chicken pen.
"Mom and Dad, how are you? Did you find anything wrong?"
Judging from the traces of cleaning in the chicken coop, it was not difficult for Zhang An to tell that it was his mother this morning. Get up and clean up.
When he came in just now, he also saw his parents searching in the corner.
"No, the ground and walls are all good. No holes were found. The weasel should have crawled in from under the eaves of the roof last night."
Hear Zhang An's words made Zhang Jianguo immediately shake his head. He searched carefully in the chicken coop for a long time and found nothing.
The weasel is also called Wong Tai Sin in the countryside, which proves that this guy has great magical powers.
Because this guy not only moves very fast, but he can also drill holes, climb walls, and even swim very well.
The most important thing is the farts it emits, which are extremely smelly. Many animals are often stunned by its farts.
The reason why Zhang Jianguo got up early in the morning to search was because he was afraid that the yellow leather would make holes in his chicken coop.
Now I have searched around and found no holes or cracks in the chicken coop, so I can only crawl in from under the eaves.
"Then we can only make some traps and put them in the cage to see if we can catch it."
Zhang An sighed, if holes were drilled in the walls and the ground, That would be easier to catch.
But if someone crawls in from under the eaves, it won’t be easy.
After all, the chicken coop is so big, and the space under the eaves alone is not small, which makes placing traps much more difficult.
But no matter what, the trap is still necessary, because using other methods, it will be even harder to catch the yellow man.
Zhang An didn’t want to be disgusted by that yellow guy running into his house from time to time.
"That's the only way. If it doesn't work, we can only block the gaps under the eaves."
Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo couldn't think of any better way, so they could only According to what Zhang An said.
Unless absolutely necessary, you will definitely not block the gaps under the eaves.
Because this is not a simple job. If you really want to do it, it will definitely be a big project and very troublesome.
After that, leave the tiger cubs and the others to continue in the chicken pen. Although the weasels will also move during the day, they are still safer during the day than at night.
Especially if there are several big dogs guarding him, the weasel will never be so bold no matter what.
Wang Fang returned to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, because Su Ying had to go to school after getting up later.
Zhang An got into the side room, wanting to find some wire and make some traps to catch weasels.
But he searched for a long time and couldn't even find the shadow of the wire.
"Dad, where are the wires I bought last year?"
Zhang An clearly remembers that when he separated the frog pond last year, he bought a lot of thin wires , after using it, there was still more than a roll of wire left in the side room.
"It's gone a long time ago. When your third uncle's family used to pull the net for the orchard, they took it and used it."
Zhang Jianguo thought about it for a while and then remembered those wires. They were all taken away by Lao San’s family.
Iron wire is no different from other kinetic energy. It will rust if left for a long time, so it can be used, so naturally it cannot be kept forever.
"Okay, then I'll go to the town to buy some later."
Zhang An didn't care about it either. Since it's gone, he would buy some again. It's not a valuable thing anyway.
The best material for making this kind of trap for catching weasels is wire. If you use anything else, it probably won’t be able to withstand being bitten by it.
Su Ying got up just as Wang Fang was cooking breakfast.
"Mom, why hasn't Qiqi gotten up yet?"
Su Ying finished washing and found that her son hadn't gotten up yet, so she wanted to wake him up.
Because Su Ying feels that the bad habit of sleeping in and staying in bed must be eradicated from an early age.
But she didn’t want to think about it. When it was holiday time, she would sleep until ten o’clock every day, and she wouldn’t get up until the sun was shining on her buttocks.
Zhang An would like to say a few words, but when he thinks of the tiger's butt that can't be touched, he can only do more than do less.
"Let him sleep a little longer. He was also woken up by the weasels last night and it took him a long time to fall asleep again."
Wang Fang felt sorry for her grandson and immediately called Su Ying live.
After the family of four had breakfast and Su Ying went to school, Zhang An went out to town.
It was still early at this time. When Zhang An passed by Zhongchen Street, Butcher Zheng had just set up his stall, and not many people were there yet.
"Zhang An is here, come and get some beef to cook for Qi Qi to eat." As soon as he saw Zhang An driving by, Zheng Butcher stood up and waved, then picked up his ancestral butcher's knife and prepared to cut the meat. .
In the past two years, after their wolf dog was bred with Zhang An's two tigers, they could give birth to many babies in each litter, and their family sold a lot of puppies. money.
Of course Butcher Zheng will not forget this. He wanted to give some money, but the Zhang An family would not accept it at all, so he could only use this aspect to transfer the favor. Every time he saw someone from the Zhang An family When you come to the street, you will be served some beef.
It’s just that Zhang An’s family doesn’t go out on the street that often, and they only come here once in a while.
Zhang An saw that the beef on Zheng Butcher’s stall was still steaming, and if he looked carefully, he could see that the beef was still bouncing on top. It was obviously fresh beef that had just been slaughtered this morning.
"Uncle the butcher's beef today is pretty good, so I'll make a cut for you and cut it into about twenty kilograms."
Zhang An was also a little greedy when he saw such good beef, and he happened to be at home for a long time. I haven’t eaten beef anymore, so I will buy more this time.
"No, this is our little scalper. I just bought it in the past two days."
Butcher Zheng smiled, picked up the butcher's knife, and brought it down cleanly. Had a very nice cut of beef.
"Well, it's exactly twenty pounds. These two ox bones are the same as each other. You can take them back and make them together."
Butcher Zheng just weighed them a little, and it was done. I casually mentioned the portion size, and ended up adding several ribs that had not been trimmed.
"Uncle Butcher, you can't do this. The ribs are more expensive than this beef."
Zhang An couldn't laugh or cry when he saw this. Every time he met Butcher Zheng, he had to come and serve him. This time.
"What's wrong? It's for that little guy Qiqi, not you, just take it."
Butcher Zheng just glared at it and didn't care. he.
Zhang An took the beef after giving him the money. He was not going to ask Butcher Zheng to find the money, so he left directly, treating it as money to buy the ribs.
But in the end, I realized that I was still young. No wonder the butcher uncle didn’t chase me for change like before.
Because the beef given by Butcher Zheng was obviously not only twenty kilograms, but definitely a lot more, he finally got the advantage.
Going to the hardware store, Zhang An calculated the size of the chicken coop at home and bought two bundles of thin wire.
When he got home, Xiao Siqi was already up and eating potato pancakes fried by his grandma.
For Xiao Siqi, her grandson, Wang Fang really did everything a grandma should do. She bought what she wanted and cooked what she wanted, without any trouble.
Just for breakfast every morning, as long as the little guy asked, she would make it immediately.
"Mom, the beef from the butcher's uncle's house is pretty good today. It was just slaughtered. I bought some. You can take it and watch it and make it."
Zhang An threw the wire in the yard Inside, wait for a while before coming out to make a trap, and then carry the beef into the house.
“Hey, why did you buy so much? I will marinate half of it and cut the rest to make beef jerky. I remember Qiqi likes to eat beef jerky the most.”
Seeing so much beef, Wang Fang immediately thought about what to do.
"Beef jerky, beef jerky."
The little guy doesn't care about anything else, just follow Wang Fang in and out, just know that there is good stuff.
Then Zhang An found a pair of pliers, came to the courtyard and started making a trap.
Because the chicken pen was too spacious and required too many traps, he had not finished half of it until lunch time.
After finishing the meal in the afternoon, we continued non-stop.
Because he wanted to make the traps today and hang them all under the eaves of the chicken pen.
Although Xiaohu and Gray Ball are keeping watch at night, it would be nice to make them relax.
In the afternoon, when Zhang An was still making traps, Mr. Huang happened to pass by the door.
"Hey, where are you going to cause trouble? For such a big occasion? No matter what it is, you can't just give it to others."
When he saw the wire trap that Zhang An had prepared and placed in the yard, Mr. Huang couldn't help but take a breath.
If all the things of so many guys were put in one place, it would definitely rival Juehu.com.
Although Mr. Huang is old, he has always adhered to the principles of ecological capture and moderate hunting.
Seeing Zhang An making such a big move, I immediately wanted to come up and try to persuade him.
"Second Master, you have always misunderstood me. Have you seen where I have caused trouble in all these years? These are all prepared for our family."
See With Mr. Huang like this, how could Zhang An not know what the old man was thinking, so he immediately explained in a dumbfounded way.
“Last night at midnight, a weasel who didn’t know where it came from ran into the chicken coop and caused trouble to the chickens. If we don’t solve this problem, we will definitely not be able to live in peace in the future.”
“Weasel ? I remember that your house has always been quiet, not even a mouse, so why did the yellow disaster suddenly happen?"
As soon as Mr. Huang heard the word "weasel", his expression changed. , showing a serious look.
Because weasels are not as simple as mice, even he, a veteran hunter, has to pay attention to them.
After all, if such bad things appear in a place, it will not only affect one family, but also the surrounding families will suffer.
Unfortunately, not far from Zhang An’s house is Damingzi’s house.
"I can't figure it out either. It probably came from the mountains. If my big rooster hadn't been a bit more powerful, many chicks might have been ruined by it."
Zhang An spread his hands and wanted to ask where the weasel came from.
"Then let me do it with you. How long do you have to go alone?"
Originally, Mr. Huang just wanted to come in and have a few words with Zhang An. But after hearing that these traps were used to catch weasels, he immediately stopped leaving and stayed with Zhang An to catch weasels.
Because only if the weasel is caught here at Zhang An’s house, will the area around here become quiet.
With the help of Mr. Huang, Zhang An will certainly not refuse. After all, this skill was passed down to him by the old man.
"You can't do this. The weasel itself is very small and yellow. If you put these buttons so big, you won't be able to catch it. You have to tighten them smaller."
Mr. Huang is indeed an experienced craftsman, and his eyesight is very good. He immediately saw the omissions in the traps made by Zhang An.
So Zhang An slightly reworked the buttons in the traps that he had made before and made them smaller.
The two of them worked together, and the speed was much faster than that of one person. By the time of lunch, the two bundles of wires were all made into traps.
Move out the wooden ladder from home, just enough to reach the eaves of the chicken pen.
It took another two hours to place all the wire traps under the eaves of the chicken pen.
Now, we just have to wait for the yellow guy to come over and break through.
(End of this chapter)