Mountain driving career since 1982

Chapter 75 Green Root Mink (Muskrat)

Where there is water, the activities of prey tend to be more frequent.

Lu Lu simply followed the river bank and led the four of Yuan Baoniang all the way upstream.

With ingots around, Lu Lu's chances of finding the target were never low.

Three or four miles deep, he hit two greyhounds.

Seeing that noon was approaching, Lu Lu was about to turn back, go back to the basement to have lunch, and deal with the weasel and gray dog ​​in his hand, and then in the evening, he came back to look at the traps he had set, and was about to call Yuan Bao home. Just then, there was a whining sound.

Lu Lu knew that Yuan Bao had found a small animal again, so he looked in the direction Yuan Bao was looking at.

This river has a lot of water flow, but in this section, due to the erosion and silting of the sediment, it appears to be very gentle. Not far from the right side of the river, near the foot of the mountain, a small blister with an area of ​​less than [-] to [-] square meters has formed. son.

Among the fertile silt and gravel, there are many aquatic plants, and on the side of the mountain is a hazel bush, with intertwined branches and densely packed. He looked at it for a while, but still found nothing unusual.

Since there is a goal, how can I miss it, what if it is a good thing!
"Hey..."

Lu Lu once again issued an order to Yuan Bao to hunt him down.

In this case, if he goes first, it is very likely to alarm the little beast and let it run away first. It is better to let Yuan Bao go first, the chance of catching it is greater.

Hearing Lu Lu's order, Yuan Bao immediately bypassed Xiao Shui Pao Zi and got in through the gap in the hazel wood bushes.

In the hazelwood?
Lu Lu frowned slightly.

It is this kind of hazelwood bushes, which are too dense and not suitable for Yuanbao to run through and fight. It is very difficult to catch prey.

In short, let's take a look first, because Lu Lu doesn't have much hope.

As Lu Lu thought, Yuan Bao tried to get into the bushes, but was blocked by the branches and couldn't get in. After walking around for a while, he found a bigger gap, bent his waist, and got to a distance The water bubble is only about one meter next to an unknown small bush.

It barked wildly at the bushes, while stretching its feet into the bushes to scratch.

Lu Lu didn't see any small animals startled by it, but pulled out a large group of withered grass, and the next step was to dig the soil vigorously.

The three puppies also followed and joined in the fun.

However, after digging and digging, Yuan Bao gradually stopped, not even barking.

Lu Lu froze for a moment, Yuan Bao didn't move, that is to say, even it lost its target.

Somewhat strange!
Taking the knife and cutting off some branches, Lu Lv also went around to Yuan Bao, and saw a deep hole exposed at the place where Yuan Bao was pulling, he grabbed the clump of dry grass and looked at it, thought for a while, and immediately knew What did Yuan Bao find—a water mouse!

He suddenly became interested.

Don't listen to the ugly name of the water mouse, you may think it is a mouse, but in fact, it is a mouse, but it is a very special kind of mouse. It has two other names, Qinggen mink, also called muskrat, or muskrat .

Lu Lu, who was a buyer of mountain goods in his previous life, knew its value too well.

Its fur has a rich undercoat, brighter needles, and strong and tough leather boards. It is a good thing for making high-end fur coats. In the fur market, it is known as soft gold.

Moreover, if it is a male water mouse, during the breeding season, it will secrete musk musk with a strong fragrance, which is similar to the musk produced by forest musk deer. At the beginning of the year, it has not been recognized, mainly for fur.

Its fur can also be sold at a good price on the buying station.

The opening of the hole that Yuanbao pulls is the opening where the water mouse emerges from the water.

Usually when the water is shallow and the hole is above the water, it will block the hole with weeds.

Often in winter, a lot of weeds are dragged to cover the hole, which can prevent snow and keep warm.

Yuan Bao is not digging or screaming now, which means that the water mouse is no longer in the hole, and it should have entered the water along another exit for temporary shelter.

Thinking of this, Lu Lu immediately took out the slingshot, filled the sling with mud pellets, slowly got up, and scanned the water surface and surroundings of Shui Paozi.

This guy is a master of diving, and can even hold his breath for five or six minutes in the water.

Lu Lu waited quietly for about 3 minutes, and suddenly noticed that there were water ripples on the edge of the water bubble, and the body of the water mouse protruded out of the weeds in the shallow water.

Lu Lu, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately opened his bow and shot out.

The distance is only a few meters away. For Lu Lu, this distance couldn't be simpler.

After the slap, the water mouse had no chance to react, so it could only struggle and wriggle slightly in the water.

As soon as Yuan Bao heard the sound of the slingshot, he immediately jumped into the water bubble and swam towards the water mouse. The three puppies also jumped into the water bubble. Churning, struggling, and screaming in the water bubble.

Lu Lu didn't care about them either. For the three puppies, learning to swim was a must for them.

He circled out of the hazelwood forest and walked towards Shui Paozi on the opposite side.

Yuan Bao quickly swam to the side of the water mouse, grabbed it, jumped out of the bubbles a few times, and happily ran towards Lu Lu. When he arrived in front of Lu Lu, he spit out the water mouse and put it on the ground.

Lu Lu picked up the water mouse by its tail. Good guy, it's chubby, it weighs no less than one kilogram, and it's relatively large among water mice. Moreover, it's a male water mouse.

Yuan Bao just took it back without biting it, which made Lu Lu slightly relieved.

If there are a few more tooth holes, this small fur will be greatly reduced.

However, this also shows the rarity of ingots from another aspect.

A good hunting dog is like this. If it is not hunting, it is just helping the owner to pick up the prey. It will not bite and destroy it. It is busy eating meat, but brings it back to the owner.

Lu Lu rubbed Yuan Bao's head: "I'll share it with you when I go back to the cellar."

As if hearing Lu Lu's words, Yuan Bao snorted softly, and shook his body violently, water droplets splashed in all directions, reflecting a rainbow under the sunlight.

Although it was the first time for the three puppies to go into the water, their natures dictated that they splashed around in the water for a while, and gradually mastered the swimming skills. They clumsily swam towards Lu Lu and Yuan Bao. The body, shaking off the water on the fur, whined, as if it had suffered a little grievance.

In one morning's work, two greyhounds, one yellow-skinned dog, and one muskrat, Lu Lu was already very satisfied with such a harvest.

Carrying the prey and not staying any longer, Lu Lu led Yuan Bao's family, took a small road, and spent nearly an hour returning to the basement.

Carrying the prey along the way, his hands were stained with the smell of some yellow leather, so he simply peeled a few small things.

Huang Pizi couldn't bear to be skinned like a squirrel, so he chose to use a knife from his mouth to cut out the fur, then carefully took off Huang Pizi as if he was undressing, and chopped a piece of wood with an axe. Lay it on the open space in front, then turn the yellow skin inside and collapse it on the wooden stake, so that it is convenient to shovel the oil skin.

The water mouse was also peeled in the same way. As for the sachet inside the water mouse, Lu Lu carefully peeled it off like a pig gall, and kept it in a small rubber-capped bottle that Wang Demin came to treat Yuanbao to see a doctor.

The meat of Huang Pizi and muskrat was distributed to Yuan Baoniang by Lu Lu. Animals with precious fur should be remembered by them.

After shoveling the oily skin from a few pieces of small fur, Lu Lu stretched the gray skin into a frame, and stuffed the yellow skin and muskrat skin with some Ula grass he found to tighten them, and put them into the fairy column to dry in the shade.

I took the soap to wash off the stench on my hands. It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon.

Lu Lu went back to the basement and started cooking, but he was thinking about the harvest on the wooden clips at night...

　Thanks to book friend Maxim Little Noodle Ball, Frozen Valley for the reward!

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(End of this chapter)