webnovelfull Chapter 249 Catching Bamboo Rats
Chapter 249 Catching Bamboo Rats
"Go Master, no matter where you go, Xiangxiang will be with you, hehe..."
Song Anning walked on the winding mountain road, and soon her figure disappeared into the dense woods.
The Song family looked towards the back mountain. Song Dashan and Zhang stood at the front of the crowd, their eyes full of worry.
"There are the most snakes and insects on the mountain at this time. I tried to persuade her several times, but she didn't listen."
A few years ago, Zhang encountered a large black grass snake in the mountains, and it still haunts her. Her family earns a lot of money a month just from pickling duck eggs, and she really doesn't want her to go up the mountain again. Aning is a girl, not very old, and what would she do if she encountered a wild animal?
Song Dashan waved his hand and looked for a long time before speaking.
"Our granddaughter is quite capable. The wild wolves in the mountain behind her get along very well with her. As long as she doesn't encounter tigers or bears, she'll be fine.
And this time she went up the mountain with that stupid guard. Don't look at that boy as dumb, he's quite skilled, so he'll be fine."
He said this as if to comfort Zhang, but in fact he was comforting himself.
In the past two days, the family members took turns to persuade Song An Ning, but none of them succeeded, so the family could only carefully prepare things that she could use when going up the mountain.
After saying this, he knelt at the foot of the mountain and bowed devoutly, wishing the mountain god to bless the child. He did not ask for the child to collect any precious medicinal herbs, but only for peace and safety.
Seeing Song Dashan kneeling down, the people behind him also knelt down with their hands clasped together, closed their eyes and prayed sincerely.
"Grandpa Mountain God, you must bless my sister and make this journey smooth and successful."
"Grandpa Mountain God, please let Ah Yue grow up quickly so that she can go up the mountain with my sister and help collect herbs."
Two tender children's voices were heard, and everyone present smiled. The same words spoken by children sounded very cute.
On the other side, Song An Ning felt very energetic after climbing over the back mountain. During the more than ten days at home, she clearly felt that the various pills she had taken had taken effect.
When I first arrived here, I weighed more than 150 kilograms, but now I only weigh more than 120 kilograms, and my height has grown to 1.65 meters.
Not only that, her tanned skin gradually turned white again. Now, she has bright eyes, white teeth, and her black hair is tied into a ponytail, making her look particularly energetic.
"I haven't seen Big Gray and the others in the last few trips up the mountain. Those wolf cubs should have grown up a bit, right?"
Song An Ning chatted with Xiang Xiang as they walked. A few days ago, whenever she went to the back mountain, she would ask Xiang Xiang to keep an eye on the movements of the wolves, but after searching for a long time, she didn't even see a single wolf hair.
"Master is worried about them, right?
Here comes the encyclopedia of Xiangxiang brand: In winter, many small animals in the mountains will hide and hibernate, and most of the ones outside are large animals such as bison, wild boars, and deer.
So wolves work together in groups to hunt, as hunting becomes easier in the summer, and they also have to raise their cubs.
A male and a female will hide in the mountains with their children, where they are hard to be found."
"I see."
No wonder there has been no trace of wolves in the mountains since early summer. The mountains behind Banyue Village stretch for hundreds of miles, and she can't walk to every mountaintop, so it's normal that she can't see any.
After crossing two mountains, we arrived at the bamboo forest. The bamboos were tall and straight, and the sunlight filtered through the gaps between the leaves, creating golden streaks of light and shadow.
After walking on the mountain road for nearly an hour, Song Anning was a little tired. He chose a relatively flat place and took out a parasol, a lounge chair, and a small table from his backpack.
The weather was getting hotter, but the bamboo forest was very cool. Not long after I rested, Xiangxiang's voice was audible.
"Master, look! There's a bamboo rat. It's super fat. If we don't catch it now, when will we?"
"Bamboo rat? The one that costs three yuan each, or three for ten yuan?"
In his previous life, Song An Ning lived in the north and had never seen this little thing. He stood up and looked for it, and sure enough, he saw several fat figures fleeing into the cave.
This is a new species that has never been caught before. Song Anning walked around the area and found many holes dug by bamboo rats on the ground.
"How do we catch this? Set a mousetrap?"
"Ding, Xiangxiang is just about to explain science to the master.
The first method is to pour water into the hole slowly. Do not pour too much water at one time, and allow the water to seep in gradually.
Bamboo rats will escape from their burrows due to changes in water pressure and the environment."
"Second: Fumigation. You can light the outer bark of a bamboo outside the bamboo rat hole to let the smoke enter the hole.
But be careful, the weather is dry, beware of wildfires."
"Three: Use sharp sounds or vibrations..."
Xiangxiang explained a lot of science in one breath. She was anxious to get to the primeval forest. Using traps or anything like that was out of the question. Setting fire...
Setting fire to the mountain will result in life imprisonment! There is a lot of dry grass and bamboo bark in the bamboo forest. If you are not careful, it will easily catch fire. It is better to use water to extinguish it.
"Xiangxiang, buy a few big buckets, fill them with water, and give the bamboo rats a bath."
"Hahaha, I've bought it. Remember, Master, pour the water in slowly."
"it is good."
After taking out the bucket from his backpack, Song Anning found a larger bamboo rat hole and slowly poured half a bucket of water into it as Xiangxiang had instructed.
But after waiting for a long time, the bamboo rat in the cave still did not crawl out.
"What's going on? This guy isn't home?"
"I'm at home. Is there something wrong with Xiangxiang's popular science? No way?"
Xiangxiang scanned around and saw the big bamboo rat in the cave was staring motionlessly at the cave entrance, and even though it was soaked, it refused to come out.
"Master, try pouring some more. This hole is quite big, and it will take at least a bucket of water."
"Okay, I don't believe it!"
Song An Ning poured water as he spoke, but after a bucket of water was poured in, there was still no trace of the bamboo rat.
Seeing this, she picked up another bucket of water and continued to pour it in. At this moment, Xiangxiang stopped her loudly:
"Alright, alright, that big fat rat just climbed up a little bit, and was pushed back down by its owner!"
"..."
After a while, a sound finally came from the cave entrance. The bamboo rat, its fur wet and looking a bit funny, was slowly crawling out.
A trace of confusion flashed through Shushu's bean-sized eyes: Is this still land? Is my wonderful home gone just like that?
"Hurry up, owner, put on your anti-scratch gloves and pinch the bamboo rat before it reacts."
"it is good."
In this regard, Song An Ning did not dare to be careless at all. Just look at the big teeth exposed by the bamboo rat. If it bites you, a piece of meat will fall off.
Taking advantage of the bamboo rat's brain crash, Song An Ning grabbed it and Xiang Xiang immediately took it back.
"Ding, I recovered a wild bamboo rat, weighing three kilograms, and the amount is six hundred coins."
Seeing that there was one more red species in the system, Song An Ning followed the previous steps and caught two more before stopping.
These little creatures live quite well in the bamboo forest. If they are caught in large numbers, it will definitely destroy the ecological system of the bamboo forest.
The captured rat: What’s the point of catching me? What’s the point of watering me so much?
After resting for a while on the recliner, Song Anning took out his work clothes and put them on, tied up his cuffs, put on hiking boots, packed up his things and walked towards the primeval forest.