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Chapter 127 The Abnormal Reaction of Rhubarb

He had caught ground squirrels before, but for Wang Manyin, this was the first time he had personally experienced it, and it felt very fresh.

So when Wang Qingming mentioned it, he immediately nodded in agreement.

It happened that there was no shortage of buckets and poles on the construction site. The two picked four buckets of water from the fish pond and set off with a few educated youths.

The other laborers worked for half a day, and their bodies were exhausted, so they had no interest in joining in the fun.

At the door of the house, Wang Manyin greeted Lan Hua, and called Rhubarb.

On the way, Wang Qingming explained the location where the squirrel hole was found.

They are all on the plateau near the farmland of the second team. The distance is not too far, but the location is relatively hidden.In previous years, these caves had been discovered by others.

This year, due to the construction of the earth dam, most of the labor force of the second team was busy on the construction site, and they rarely went to the plateau to check, so he picked up a leak.

He had just climbed up to the first plateau, and before Wang Qingming could point out the specific location, Rhubarb had already responded.

The guy arched himself in a lunging pose.

"There is movement." Seeing Da Huang's appearance, Wang Manyin immediately raised his hand to make everyone stop.

This is the spring field left by the team, and the peas have just grown a few tender leaves.

Looking around, there is an empty space, and everyone can see everything at a glance.

Wang Qingming glanced around, patted Wang Manyin's shoulder quietly, and said in a low voice: "I saw a ground squirrel, it's next to the sour jujube tree in the east. Did you see it, it's drying grass."

Following the direction pointed by the other party, Wang Manyin immediately saw a drab guy, who was standing half upright at the moment, gnawing on a single pole of wormwood with his fangs.

In just a few seconds, it bit off the wormwood, and then dragged and crawled not far away.

"I'll go, what is this thing for?" Xie Liansheng couldn't help exclaiming when he saw the ground squirrel.

The ground squirrel has very good ears, and when it heard something unusual, it let out a squeaky scream.At the same time, he quickly ran towards the wild grass beside him, but disappeared in an instant.

"I didn't know ground squirrels could hear so far," Xie Liansheng blamed himself.

"It's okay, it's better to enter the hole, anyway, I plan to irrigate it with water." Wang Manyin comforted, explaining, "Just now, ground squirrels were drying grass to prepare for breeding offspring."

The habits of ground squirrels are similar to those of many ground squirrels. In addition to digging holes, they also lay grass in the holes to make nests.

However, after an autumn and winter, their old nests became moldy and deteriorated, and they were no longer warm.After courtship, some fastidious chinchillas will specially use new hay to make nests for their spouses and arrange delivery rooms.It's very clean inside and even has a bathroom.

Moreover, after giving birth to cubs, ground squirrels will divide the cubs into several groups and arrange them in different living holes in order to prevent them from being wiped out by other natural enemies.

In short, this is a very fastidious animal.

But there is no need for Wang Manyin to talk about these things.

"I'm going, is it true or not, this kind of squirrel can still dry hay?"

"If you don't believe me, you can try to dig one yourself later. But be prepared, it will take at least half a day to dig." Wang Qingming said.

"Forget it..." Hearing that it would take a long time, Xie Liansheng shook his head decisively.

Wang Qingming put down the bucket and pulled some weeds to completely block the entrance of the cave.

Then, he took the shovel from Liu Xiangyang and dug a funnel-shaped shallow pit around the hole.Then, pour water into it.

Although ground squirrels live underground, they are drought-loving animals and are particularly afraid of water by nature.

As long as they find the main hole and fill it with water, they will run away in all likelihood.

As Wang Qingming slowly poured down a large bucket of water, the hole immediately showed that it was filled.

Within 2 minutes, bubbling bubbles came out.

"Everyone, keep quiet, the ground squirrel is coming out!!" Wang Qingming hastily reminded, and then tiptoed towards the entrance of the cave.

Before he reached the entrance of the cave, a wet head stuck out.

Immediately, the little guy jumped out of the cave and ran wildly towards the distant farmland.

"rhubarb!"

Wang Manyin gave an order, and the earth dog rushed out quickly.

The running speed of the ground squirrel is far inferior to that of the hare. It only escaped a dozen meters away before being held down and caught.

Rhubarb opened his mouth and clicked, and came back to show off with his mouth in his mouth.

Wang Qingming still guarded the entrance of the cave, not daring to relax in the slightest.Now that the male ground squirrel has started drying grass, theoretically there is a female ground squirrel hidden in the cave...the whole family should be neat and tidy.

Sure enough, after waiting for half a minute, another head appeared in the hole.

This time, Wang Qingming had quick eyes and quick hands. Before the guy could open his eyes, his thumb and forefinger had already dropped rapidly, just caught the chinchilla's neck, and then pulled it out with all his strength, and slammed it to the ground.

With the two plump prey in the bucket, Wang Qing was obviously in high spirits.He waved his hand and said, "Go, take you to the next cave."

Killing two ground squirrels can yield more than a catty of meat, as long as another hole is filled, 10 work points will be obtained.

"It's very interesting to catch this thing, let me try it later." After watching the process of catching ground squirrels, Liu Xiangyang said with great interest.

"Just you, forget it," Wang Qingming shook his head repeatedly.

Catching chinchillas seems simple, but not everyone can do it, and it requires skill.

Rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, and the same is true for ground squirrels.I can only catch this guy at the moment when his head rises, and if he moves a little slower for a few seconds, his finger may be bitten.

It is not uncommon for a finger to bleed, or to be bitten off a large piece of meat.

Now everyone in the village knows that the educated youths are all lumps.If something happens, I can't afford it.

When a few people came to the second plateau, they discovered that the squirrel holes here were beyond imagination.

They searched together and found ten caves within a radius of tens of square meters.Judging from the traces, it should be a new hole just dug.

"Great, at least twenty ground squirrels can be caught."

"Thinking too much, there is only one truth here, and the others belong to the Mihun Cave." After pouring cold water on the educated youths, Wang Qingming turned his head and said, "Man Yin, test your eyesight and see if you can find the real cave." .”

He has a knack for finding squirrel holes, and can easily distinguish fake holes from real ones.But this ability, naturally, will not tell others easily.

"Easy, rhubarb..."

Wang Manyin didn't plan to look for it himself, so he took rhubarb directly.Ground squirrels live in real holes every day, and the hole will definitely leave a strong smell.

For rhubarb, it's not easy to find.

Under the master's command, the guy quickly stopped in front of a hole.

Wang Qingming was speechless: "I'm so cowardly, your dog is too irritating."

It took me a long time to observe the real hole before I found it, but people found it by smelling it.

"The more fake holes, the bigger the ground squirrel, especially the shape of the main hole, which is estimated to weigh more than a catty. We are lucky!!"

After Wang Qingming summed up a few sentences, the same procedure followed.First dig a groove around the hole, and then fill it with water.

Unsurprisingly, the more complex the burrow structure, the larger the chinchilla hidden inside.

When Wang Qingming got up with a chubby guy, he looked extremely excited.

The next second, he yelled again: "Man Yin, the second one is out, grab it!"

But Wang Manyin didn't intend to do anything... With Rhubarb by his side, there was no need to take any risks by himself.In case of being bitten,

It also costs money for injections.

Watching a wet guy escape, Rhubarb next to him immediately chased after him.A few more escaped, successfully captured the prey and brought it back.

The two squirrel holes are perfectly done, and the time is almost up.

Everyone discussed getting off the platform from another direction and took a shortcut back to the construction site.

As a result, as soon as he entered the cliff ditch, Rhubarb stopped suddenly, arched his body, and made a deep and rapid sound.

This appearance is in stark contrast to when the chinchilla was found.

Wang Manyin immediately understood, and hurriedly stopped everyone and said: "Stop, there is... prey ahead! It may be a wolf!"

He originally wanted to say that there was danger, but changed his words when the words came to his lips.

This is also another place where rhubarb shows its charm, and it will react differently according to the size of the prey it finds.

The last time it looked like this, the corpse of the wild wolf was still found.

"Wouldn't there really be wolves?"

Wang Qingming suddenly became nervous and subconsciously grasped the pole in his hand.

Liu Xiangyang raised his shovel.

Seeing that they had no weapons, the remaining educated youths directly took down the buckets and put the empty buckets in front of them.

Wang Manyin was not overly panicked, even if he really encountered a wolf.Wild wolves on the Loess Plateau are usually alone or in couples.

When they find crowds, they tend to take the initiative to back away.

Thinking in his heart, Wang Manyin looked ahead intently.Due to the heavy rain just before the time, the sparse weeds in the cliff ditch are obviously much more vigorous, and some Artemisia argyi is nearly knee-deep.

However, if there is a wolf hiding in it, it is still easy to be found.

As a result, several people waited for a full 2 ​​minutes, but did not see any abnormalities.Rhubarb still looked very nervous and kept growling at his master.

Wang Qingming couldn't help but said: "Man Yin, I didn't see anything, you can't smell rhubarb wrongly, can you?"

It's not a problem to wait all the time, and I have to go to work soon.

"Let's go over and have a look, everyone be careful!!" Wang Manyin was also a little puzzled by Rhubarb's abnormal behavior.

In this way, everyone walked forward cautiously.

After walking a few steps, Wang Qingming suddenly yelled, "My mother!"

With the words, he jumped and ran back.

"What's the matter, what's the matter!?" Wang Manyin hurriedly stopped, and then his scalp became numb.

He finally knew why Rhubarb kept growling and reminding him.

"I, Japan!" Liu Xiangyang felt his back was chilly, and couldn't help but backed away.

The rest of the educated youths also cautiously reacted similarly.

I saw large groups of long insects wriggling densely in a crack on the sunny slope two meters ahead.Long worms belong to the dialect of the Loess Plateau, and they are often called snakes.

Most people are not particularly afraid when encountering snakes in the wild...especially in this era, they are also considered a kind of meat.If there were only one or two, Wang Qingming might kill them and eat them.

But the scene in front of me is different, the long worms almost occupy the entire gap, there are two to three hundred of them.

It is close at hand, and the visual impact can be imagined.

At this moment, something nagging appeared in Wang Qingming's mind.If it weren't for a few educated youths following him, he would have almost knelt on the ground to write a libretto.

Not only Wang Qingming, but even the educated youths were suppressed.It was also the first time for them to see such a large-scale gathering of snakes.

(End of this chapter)