Chapter 272 The beast grows
Most of the local foxes are red red foxes, or spotted foxes in three colors: red, white and yellow.
This thing is actually not far away from people. In the past, it could be seen everywhere in the reeds by the river, in cemeteries, at the foot of mountains or on the slopes of fields, and in tree holes.
Until recent years, it has become increasingly rare.
They are actually not that harmful.
To be honest, with so much food in the mountains, the harm they do to poultry is not as bad as that of mountain civets and weasels.
However, the fur on its body is expensive and can be exchanged for money, so people catch it in large numbers, and then it becomes less and less.
Fortunately, foxes are cunning and clever enough. Many times, even with a trap or a trap, it is difficult to catch them.
Often the meat on the clamp is picked up, but the clamp has not yet fallen.
If I hadn’t met this fox.
Chen Ling also didn't notice that there seemed to be more foxes hiding in the mountains this year.
When he went up the mountain to pick green persimmons and look for honeycombs again.
I met several foxes one after another on the mountain.
In addition to foxes, badgers, red muntjacs, and common muntjacs also often appear in the nearby mountains.
After dark, while the wild animals came out to look for food, he went to the mountains for a walk.
It was found that wild animals such as leopards and jackals began to appear nearby, and there were even more owls than before.
As if suddenly, the surrounding mountains were a little too overpopulated with wild beasts and birds.
The variety is also exaggerated.
Suddenly.
But Chen Ling does not think that the current change was caused suddenly.
"It seems that the reason is the spiritual water in the cave. As the spiritual water enters the canal and flows everywhere, from spring to now, after several rains, the environment around the farm has changed, attracting a large number of wild animals."
< br>Chen Ling thought secretly.
Since moving in April of the lunar calendar, in the past half year, he has often poured buckets of spiritual water into the ditch every now and then.
Not only are all kinds of wild animals overflowing, but also vegetation. Even the jackals that once took refuge in the deep mountains and old forests and disappeared from people for many years have begun to spread to the outskirts of the mountains and forests.
The population is also growing.
Although Chen Ling was still prepared to keep a low profile, his rationality told him that this was not a bad thing.
He can drive away jackals and wolves.
It’s just that the wild boars are a bit overpopulated, and it’s a bit unreasonable to give birth to cubs.
"It seems that after a while, we will still have to go into the mountains to hunt pigs, and drive wild animals such as jackals into the mountains."
There were a lot of wild boars last year. , also frequently descended the mountain, but people watched carefully and they did not harm the crops.
But it is still much worse than this year.
This year, Chen Ling alone encountered at least three groups of large wild boars. The largest and leading boar weighed over five to six hundred kilograms, which was extremely scary.
If this person ran down the mountain, he could damage seven or eight acres of land in one night.
And no one can control them.
So in the past few days, in addition to busy making fruit wine with his father-in-law at his farm, Chen Ling also informed Wang Laishun that wild boars were overflowing on the mountain, and asked the village to arrange for young pigs to watch them early this year.
Anyway, corn on the cob can only be eaten for about ten days, and then it starts to get old. It can be harvested in no more than two weeks. The job of watching the corn is just a few days in turns.
At the same time, he often goes into the mountains to place a few traps in places where wild boars are infested.
When I pick up eggs every day, I slide the clip and watch Xiao Jin and his fox friends playing and playing by the river for a while. It is very pleasant.
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"Uncle, I want to catch birds, can you catch a myna for me?" Xiao Lizi held Chen Ling's hand and walked along the water channel in the orchard. He stood there, looking at the birds flying around in the forest with his big eyes, and his heart was very excited.
"Huh? Why do you want to catch starlings? They are dark and not good-looking. How about I catch two golden wings for you?" Golden wings are also goldfinches. They are often seen at the foot of mountains and slopes. They like to use dandelions and the like. The stuff builds nests, and a nest is formed when caught at night.
And this bird has black and yellow feathers, which is very beautiful and easy to feed.
There is no need to catch insects for it, just feed it some millet and millet.
"I don't want that, I want myna. Well, with myna, I can teach it to talk and let it accompany me to relieve my boredom." The little girl asked in a sweet voice, She looked at a group of starlings in the distance and wanted Chen Ling to catch them for her.
Except when mating and hatching eggs, starlings always come in groups, similar to magpies. There are twenty or thirty of them at a time.
"Okay, okay, I'll catch the starlings for you, so let's not look for the little fox now."
The little girl came back early with her mother Qin Yueru to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with her family. Today she came here specifically to visit Wang. Susu and the child, but the little girl was young. She played around the doll for a while and soon felt bored. She actually wanted to find Wang Zhenzhen, but unfortunately Wang Zhenzhen was not at home since he went to school.
When Gao Xiulan saw this, she comforted her and said that a fox had recently lived in the reeds by the river. The little girl suddenly became energetic and insisted that Chen Ling take her out to find the fox.
How can I find it in broad daylight?
Anyway, Chen Ling often saw Xiao Jin playing with foxes, and he also saw them playing back and forth with the little foxes in their mouths, but he had never seen a fox den.
"Well, I promised Uncle You that when the little fox comes out, we will go see it." The little girl smiled and nodded.
Chen Ling saw the little girl smiling happily, touched her little head, found a nylon rope, and found a place to put it on the ground.
The method of making this thing is simple, just use a long thin nylon rope, a thin bamboo pole, and a forked branch.
It looks simple, but the effect is absolutely powerful.
Make a ground trap and put it in the place where starlings often hang out. Then scatter some grain and catch two bugs. You don’t need to do any disguise. You can trap the birds just by putting it in plain sight. .
While he was playing with small chestnuts, a group of turtle doves landed on the ground next to him and walked around, only one meter away from them.
It seems to be saying to the two of them: Come and catch me, come and catch me, I am very easy to catch.
It is true that since childhood, the bird that Chen Ling trapped the most was the turtle dove.
This bird is very stupid. When it sees something to eat, it will take advantage of it. It is almost always accurate.
But now Chen Ling asked Xiao Lizi to drive away these silly birds.
Nothing else, they got into the trap and influenced him to trap the starlings.
"Fugui, what are you doing?"
At this time, Qin Yueru followed Wang Susu out. Seeing them, one big and one small, playing around here, she came over and asked.
“Let’s put two starlings on Xiaolizi for fun.” Chen Ling squatted on the ground and fixed the covering.
“Is it okay to catch starlings with such a simple thing?”
Qin Yueru saw the rough ground cover and couldn't help but wonder. Are those birds so stupid that they walked over and put the covers on themselves?
"Hey, just wait and see, wait until I get two more floor coverings, and you will see the effect immediately."
Chen Ling rubbed his hands and selected a few more In this place, cover the ground well.
Otherwise, there are too many birds in the forest, and it will be difficult to accurately trap the starlings.
And the other thing is, this thing is easy to say. In fact, when it comes to actually setting up ground traps, there are also very strong skills.
For example, bamboo poles cannot be left to grow old, otherwise they will lose their elasticity.
Even if the bird is lured in, it is difficult to trigger the mechanism.
The other thing is to observe the starlings. Just set traps wherever they like to move.
After the ground trap was set, Chen Ling led them back to the edge of the bamboo forest in front of the farm and observed on the rocks.
Especially Xiaolizi, this girl's eyes were looking straight at the place where she got off the harness, squatting on the ground, her pink and white fists clenched tightly, her eyes full of anticipation.
"Xiao Li, aren't you going to see the fox? Why do you think of catching the myna again? Do you know which one is the myna?" Wang Susu asked funnyly when seeing the little girl's appearance.
"Yes, I know. There are many old grandfathers raising starlings in my house. They can imitate human speech, which is very fun."
The little girl was talking, but her eyes were still staring there. , without blinking.
Birds like myna are also quite smart.
Although not as good as magpies and crows, they are much more alert than turtle doves.
If someone is guarding the trap, they will never come close.
"Fugui, look, look, a myna is flying down." Qin Yueru was even more excited than Xiao Lizi when she saw a myna flying over to eat.
"Calm down, calm down, this is a place." Chen Ling quickly waved his hand and asked her to squat down. As soon as she stood up, the bird saw it.
Subsequently, starlings flew to the vicinity of the ground one after another to eat. After waiting for more than ten minutes, the sounds of messy calls and flapping wings came.
A group of starlings also flew up in shock.
"It's caught, let's go and catch the bird."
Chen Ling waved his hand, and even the little guy Ruirui's eyes widened.
Xiao Lizi cheered even more and ran over quickly.
Qin Yueru also followed her daughter to take a look, and saw that only one of the three traps set up by Chen Ling was empty. The two starlings were tightly trapped and flapping their wings.
"Wow, I really trapped the myna, this myna is so stupid."
Xiao Lizi didn't care whether the myna was stupid or not, he grabbed Chen Ling's arm and jumped anxiously in front of him. "Uncle, uncle, please untie them quickly."
"Okay, okay, I will untie them for you right now. Don't touch them, be careful they peck you."
Chen Ling walked over, untied the two mynas, and held them in his hands. The birds were black and about the size of a man's fist. They were not very good-looking.
But he is not good-looking, but he has a docile personality, is particularly easy to tame, and is also known to be easy to feed.
Back at the farm, Chen Ling locked the two starlings in a bamboo cage for Xiao Lizi and placed them under the eaves for her to play with.
Now the little girl has something to do. She is running around in the orchard, catching some crickets and grasshoppers to feed the starlings. From time to time she sticks to the cage and talks quietly to the two starlings. She has a lot of fun. happy.
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Although there is still a long time before the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, there are already people in the village carrying burdens to sell mooncakes.
These people, just like the salesmen, would carry their burdens and wander around the village every busy farming season.
Sell some steamed buns, sugar cakes and the like.
Some people were too busy to cook, so they ate some in the fields.
Before and after the busy farming season, it is often the Dragon Boat Festival before the summer harvest, and it is often the Mid-Autumn Festival before the autumn harvest. When these people encounter festivals, they will sell some rice dumplings and moon cakes.
Due to the flood last year, there were only people selling rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, but no mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Maybe they didn’t care.
The Chen Ling family does not need to buy mooncakes this year. Qin Yueru brought some when she came, and Professor Han brought some of his friends.
It is definitely more than enough to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Han Ninggui came to the farm in the afternoon when Qin Yueru came to the farm, bringing with him a middle-aged man who was slightly younger than him. Although he wore glasses, a beard, and a very elegant temperament, he looked dark and dark. You can tell by your skin that this is not the kind of person who works behind closed doors. He must also often work outdoors or in the field.
The two people stayed at the farm for one night.
Early the next morning, since Chen Ling could not follow them into the mountain, he went to the village to help them find Wang Lixian and Chen Dazhi, as well as some young boys, such as Chen Guoxing and Chen Guowang, and sent them into the mountain together. Went.
As for Chen Ling himself, he was not idle, because when he sent Professor Han and others into the mountain in the morning, he found that the trap he planted had yielded a harvest, which was a semi-large wild boar weighing over a hundred pounds.
He was too lazy to eat the food. After carrying it home, he drove the tractor from the brigade and took the wild boar to the slaughterhouse.
After selling the money, I cut some donkey meat along the way and bought a big donkey head to take home.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, let’s improve our lives first.
As the saying goes: Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground.
Donkey meat has no strange smell and is of delicate texture. It is suitable for all ages and is very delicious. In addition to the meat and internal organs on the body, there are many places where you can eat it.
For example, donkey mouth strips and donkey lips are quite delicious.
The taste of these two places is somewhat similar to pig's trotters, but the taste is far better than pig's trotters.
Used to go with wine, it goes very well.
Going home, cutting up the donkey meat, and drinking some wine with my father-in-law is quite pleasant.
However, after drinking and eating, something happened that night.
It turned out to be a herd of wild boars coming down the mountain.
It was nearly four o'clock in the morning, when the moonlight was very bright. Chen Ling heard the noise coming from far away, so he opened the window and looked outside. Heiwa Xiaojin was screaming wildly in the farm, and in the fields outside It was the light of torches and flashlights that flickered.
"The wild boar is coming down the mountain, the wild boar is coming down the mountain!"
Under the cool moonlight, someone shouted loudly, while gunshots continued to ring out, and the barking of dogs in the village was also heard.
My two dogs were also barking non-stop at the farm, staring into the distance across the orchards and fields, ready to move.
"What's wrong? The dog keeps barking." Wang Susu rubbed her eyes and sat up from the bed.
"Wild boars are making trouble. I heard there are a lot of people coming this time..."
Chen Ling turned around and said, then put on his clothes and walked out: "I'll go out and take a look, you and Ruirui Let’s sleep a little longer.”
“Well, Ruirui is also awake, so we two should follow you and take a look.”
It’s almost dawn at four o’clock in the morning.
Mountain people always go to bed early, going to bed around eight o'clock at night, and they are not very sleepy at this time.
So the young couple put on thick clothes for their son, got up and walked out.
Chen Ling saw that the two dogs kept barking, so he let them pass first.
They are excellent alpha dogs after all.
With them around, the native dogs in the village can play a greater role against the wild boars.
He himself was a little behind. He went to the hunting equipment room to get a shotgun and a knife, and then he took his wife and son and rushed towards the flickering torch in the distance.
(End of this chapter)