Chapter 137 Catching the Snake
Yang Qing and the others didn't come out until after eleven o'clock the next day. As soon as they left the room, they felt a wave of heat hitting their faces and quickly turned on the air conditioner.

Looking at the thermometer again, it was already forty-five degrees, which had never happened before.

And it looks like it will continue to rise.

Looking outside again, the water had receded one level, and the entire fifth floor was exposed.

But it still smells bad outside, and snakes come out of the water from time to time.

Lu Lin was about to make lunch when there was a knock on the door outside.

Yang Qing opened the door carefully. Fortunately, realgar powder was sprinkled outside and no snake came up again.

Gao Yang was at the door, and he looked excited.

"Yang Qing, I went out in the morning and heard that the snakes are edible. The officials are collecting the snakes. Five pounds of snakes will be exchanged for one pound of grain."

"Really?" Yang Qing was a little surprised, "Snake is not poisonous?"

"Well, I heard that they are all non-venomous snakes. Even if you are bitten by a snake, it will be fine. However, those snakes seem to carry a lot of germs. Someone couldn't help but eat the snake last night. I don't know if it was undercooked. It caused vomiting and diarrhea, but No one is dead," Gao Yang said.

"Is this okay?" Yang Qing rolled his eyes, "Can I still eat it?"

"So, the official said that they will recycle them and take them for disinfection and sterilization. They may make canned snakes in the future. After all, they are all meat, so it is better than eating nothing."

Yang Qing nodded, that's true.

Yang Qing took out the radio and listened, and sure enough, he heard an official broadcast. The radio called on everyone not to eat snake meat on their own initiative. It is still very dangerous if they get sick and don't receive timely treatment.

It is best to hand it over to the authorities and exchange five pounds of snakes for one pound of grain.

Later, it can be made into canned snake meat, which can be exchanged for supplies.

"Should we catch snakes? Look below, there are so many snakes, it shouldn't be difficult to catch them." Gao Yang said.

Yang Qing shook his head, "I'd better forget it, I'm afraid of snakes, so you can go ahead."

Leng Yi came over and said, "Have you ever thought about how to catch them? Do the snakes the official wants be whole, or can they be cut off? We killed so many snakes yesterday and chopped them off."

"Um..., I don't know either." Gao Yang shook his head.

"It's not easy to get a whole snake, it's hard to catch, and it's easy to cut the snake in half with a knife," Leng Yi said.

"This is indeed a problem." Gao Yang nodded.

Looking out the window, many people were ready to move, but they didn't seem to know what to do.

"Although the snake is not poisonous, if the germs are very strong, the bite will be very uncomfortable. Even if it does not die, it may be easy to contract the disease. You still have to be careful." Yang Qing said.

Gao Yang was a little frustrated. He couldn't bear to see so many snakes swimming around but couldn't catch them.

"Hey, do you think we can use electricity?" Yang Qing suddenly thought, "We have electricity at home. We can pass the electricity into the water, electrocute the snake to death, and then fish it out."

Gao Yang's eyes lit up, "This is a good idea."

"It's a bit dangerous." Leng Yi frowned.

"I want to try." Gao Yang said, we can't let those snakes go to waste, they are all food.

"Then you give it a try." Yang Qing said, "But can't you just throw the 220-volt wire directly into the water? I used to see on the Internet that they use that kind of electric fish device in the river to electrofish, which seems to be converted into high frequency and high voltage. Alternating current will do.”

"Indeed, it would be best to modify an electric fish device." Leng Yi said.

"It's very dangerous to modify it yourself. You'd better stay upstairs and don't go down to avoid getting an electric shock." Yang Qing warned.

"Okay, I'll go get ready." Gao Yang said and returned to 701.

Leng Yi also walked over and got busy with Gao Yang.

Gao Yang found two socket cords and cut off the jack end. Leng Yi went to the eighth floor to find a roll of money wire and made two iron nets.

Then peel off the wire skin at the end of the socket cord to expose the copper wire inside, wrap the copper wire around the iron mesh, and plug the other end into the generator plug.

"This should be okay, right?" Gao Yang and Leng Yi looked at each other.

"Try?" They both nodded at the same time. "Wait a minute." Leng Yi went up to the eighth floor and took down the fishing net he had used before and handed it to Jiang Hao. "We will throw down the power grid later and electrocute the snake. When the snake comes up, we will close it." Dian, please wait a moment and use the fishing net to fish out the snake."

"Li Shengnan, you are listening to my instructions next to the generator. I will order you to turn off the power immediately."

"Okay!" Li Shengnan nodded, squatting next to the generator and waiting for instructions.

Wang Min was a little scared and hid and watched them from a distance, "You must be careful!"

Leng Yi opened the window and sprinkled some realgar on the windowsill to prevent snakes in the water from jumping up.

Looking at the water downstairs again, there was no one nearby, so they picked up the power grid and threw it out of the window at the same time.

The water has just receded and no one is living on the fifth or sixth floors, so there is no fear of electric shock to anyone.

"Li Shengnan, turn on the switch!" Leng Yi shouted.

Li Shengnan quickly pressed the switch.

I saw bursts of arcs flashing from the power grid in the water. After a while, the snakes in the water turned over and floated to the surface. When a layer of snake corpses appeared on the water, Leng Yi shouted, "Turn off the power!"

Li Shengnan quickly turned off the switch.

Jiang Hao raised the fishing net in his hand and waited for a short while. In fact, the handle of the fishing net was made of bamboo, and it didn't get wet. It shouldn't matter.

Just to be cautious, I waited a moment, then stretched out the net and fished out all the snakes that had turned their bellies.

It took several trips to catch all the snakes floating on top.

"So many?" Wang Min saw the snakes fished out. Although they were all dead, his scalp was still numb.

Li Shengnan quickly found a bucket to put it in.

"It seems quite useful." Leng Yi and Gao Yang looked at each other, "Continue!"

The two threw the power grid down again.

After catching it twice, I don’t know if the snake felt there was danger here, but it didn’t even dare to swim over.

The two of them changed directions and continued to get off the power grid.

Someone nearby saw them electric snakes in the water. They were so jealous that there were so many snakes floating on the water.

Someone came over in a rubber boat and tried to snatch the snake.

"You don't want your life?" Gao Yang shouted, "We are not responsible for electrocuting him to death!"

The visitor looked at the arc in the water, fearful and unwilling, and watched from a distance.

When the power was turned off and Jiang Hao stretched out his net to catch the snake, those people came over to grab it.

Jiang Hao hurriedly caught two nets, but the rest was still snatched away.

Jiang Hao was so angry that he cursed loudly.

"Forget it, it's good to have so many gains today." Leng Yi put away the power grid.

It was powered on three times in total, and two large buckets were filled, which should weigh more than a hundred kilograms.

"How to divide?" Gao Yang asked.

There were mainly four people involved. Wang Min didn't do anything. Should she be counted?
"You guys divide it, I don't want it anymore." Leng Yi said.

One hundred kilograms of snakes can only be exchanged for twenty kilograms of grain. The food in Yang Qing's space can't be eaten in a lifetime, so there is no need to argue with them on this point.

"How can that be done? You also contributed." Li Shengnan said.

"Yang Qing doesn't like snakes, and we don't need this little food. You can exchange it for yourself." Leng Yi said, "After that, you will electrify the snakes yourself. I won't participate. But you must be careful. Fortunately, it's upstairs. If you go down, be careful of getting an electric shock."

"We will pay attention." Gao Yang nodded.

(End of this chapter)

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