Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 394 The murder caused by the otter

After dinner in the morning, Professor Zhao sat in the wooden bridge pavilion with a cup of tea to enjoy the cool, while Liu Junhao looked in the dictionary to find the name for his child.This is the top priority at the moment, and we must be cautious. Zhang Qian whispers in his ear almost every day.

Liu Junhao has thought about it for more than 20 times, but all of them were rejected.In fact, in his opinion, it is enough to have a name that deserves it, so there are so many things to pay attention to.

But Zhang Qian didn't think so, saying that she had to be careful when choosing a name.The example she gave was that when she was in high school, she had a female classmate who was the eldest at home. When she was just born, her father named her Sixi, but it turned out that she had three daughters in a row.

Hearing what his wife said was so mysterious, Liu Junhao could only take the naming as a big deal.

While thinking about it here, Professor Zhao suddenly pointed to a few Qingzhuang feathers under the bridge and asked, "Xiaohao, have you noticed that there are often bird feathers in the ditch these days..."

"It's so fresh, you always just discovered your feelings. It's not normal for birds to shed their hair." Liu Junhao answered absent-mindedly, not knowing why he made such a fuss.

"No, you see, these are old Ling..." Professor Zhao pointed to a few bird feathers blocked by aquatic plants.

"Old Ling, didn't it fall during the fight in Qingzhuang?" Liu Junhao speculated when he saw the dark gray feathers that were nearly [-] centimeters long.This is Qing Zhuang's flying feather, its texture is hard, it is generally difficult to fall off, unless it is torn off during a fight.

"There are more here, so many..." When Professor Zhao cast his eyes on the patch of reeds, he immediately shouted.

"Isn't it?" Liu Junhao looked in the direction of his finger, and found a lot of Qingzhuang feathers.

At this time, the two people realized that something was wrong, and began to search along the ditch, but the more they searched, the more surprised they were. The feathers of various birds they found were nearly half of the bamboo basket, and there were also many bird bones.

Liu Junhao didn't count them seriously because the green farms raised by his family were often mixed with those in the woods.Now it seems that it is very likely that his own Qingzhuang has also suffered a lot.

Thinking of this, Liu Junhao immediately went back to the backyard to catch a large bucket of crucian carp, and then whistled in the yard.At this time, the weather is hot, Qingzhuang will not fly far at all, and it is easy for him to summon.

"Quack, quack" Hearing the master's call, Qingzhuang, who was enjoying the shade in the woods, screamed and rushed into the yard immediately, scrambling around the master.

Liu Junhao casually threw the crucian carp on the ground, teased Qingzhuang to scatter, and counted them carefully.

Those Qingzhuang were crowded and crowded, and they kept running around, and it would have been blurry for someone else.However, Liu Junhao has a quick reaction and super mathematical calculation ability. In Zhang Qian's words, he is not human, so it is not difficult to count.

But after counting, I was depressed again. Not only did my family's Qingzhuang not decrease, but there were more than a dozen more.He thought he had made a mistake, so he hurriedly counted again.

"How is it?" Seeing her husband's serious face, Zhang Qian asked hastily.

"I can't count them. There are more than a dozen more. Let's count them at night." Liu Junhao shook his head with a wry smile.It must be that the Yeqing Village outside also got involved. These guys have been looking for food in front of the door for a long time, and they are no different from domestic ones, and they are not afraid of people at all.

Unable to find an answer, several people had no choice but to walk out of the yard and walk upstream along the ditch.Soon they found that the bird feathers had grown in the area in front of the door, and it was normal in the ditch above.It's just that I don't know when the tragedy started, and I didn't find it under my nose.The home of the three macular skins, serious dereliction of duty!

"What do you think is the water bird that preyed on it?" Professor Zhao asked after surveying the scene.

"I don't know either," Liu Junhao thought for a long time but couldn't find the culprit. There has been no abnormality in the courtyard recently.

"Could it be those foxes?" a tourist who came to buy rice field eels interjected.He knew that there were several foxes on the river beach who often ran to Liu Junhao's house, and the foxes also ate water birds.

"It could also be the grass leopard. Hasn't that guy been here a few times?" Er Mazi continued.He came here to pick beans, but this happened to him.Since the grass leopard was released back to the forest, it seems that Liu Junhao's place is a treasure of Fengshui, and he will show up nearby every now and then, but he is driven away by Xiaopi every time.

"It shouldn't be," Liu Junhao shook his head.Although foxes and clouded leopards eat birds, they generally do not commit crimes near water.Besides, these waterfowls have become very fierce under the leadership of Qingzhuang in the courtyard. If they encounter natural enemies, they will definitely attack them in groups.The commotion is definitely not small, but he has never seen it before.

"Could there be a big fire hidden in the water?" Professor Zhao asked after a while.This ditch, together with the weir pond, might have a fire running into the ditch.

"No, if Huotou is small, he is no match for Qingzhuang. If he is big, he will definitely not be able to hide in the ditch." Er Mazi denied it.

All morning, everyone was talking about Qingzhuang, but after talking for a long time, they couldn't tell the reason.As for the badgers and otters in the yard, Liu Junhao didn't think they did it.Although the badger can climb trees, he is relatively timid. He once saw those guys running around being chased by Qing Zhuang with his own eyes.Besides, they usually go to the fields to catch mice, and rarely come to the front.

Otters, too, spend most of their time in the backyard.They are particularly clumsy on land, and it is even more difficult to get out of the hospital, and the otter nest is more than ten meters away from the ditch.

Liu Junhao stayed by the ditch all afternoon, but the weather was calm and he didn't see any dangerous animals appearing.Originally, I wanted to count at night to see if there were any young ones in my family's Qingzhuang, but I didn't know that there were still more than a dozen more.Now he has nothing to do, and he doesn't know where the problem is.

I thought it would be difficult to solve this mystery, but I didn't know that just one day later, the culprit appeared.

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If you want to say which tourists come to Liujiagou more often, Wen Fuqiang and his wife will definitely be on the list.Ever since they discovered that their son had become cheerful in Liujiagou, they must bring him here for a day or two every week.After the summer vacation started, I went to Liujiagou every now and then.

Of course, they also bought Liu Junhao's watermelons, and they became acquaintances as soon as they came and went. Xiao Wenwen was no stranger to the yard, and soon got together with the monkey.

Wen Fuqiang and his wife became more and more envious of Liu Junhao's living environment. When they opened the courtyard door, there was a fresh and clean breath in the air.The courtyard is lined with green trees, flowers are in full bloom, and chickens and ducks are in flocks.When you are free, pour a cup of tea and hold a book, as if you have forgotten the hustle and bustle of the city and retreated to the countryside.

After playing with Wukong for a while, Xiao Wenwen touched an eel hook from the window and fished for eels in the ditch outside.

Wen Fuqiang was afraid that his son would play in the water, so he hurriedly followed behind with an eel hook.It should be said that this man also fished eels when he was a child, so he wanted to show off in front of his son.

After hanging the earthworms, he immediately squatted beside the wooden bridge.According to previous experience, there should be eel holes under the wooden bridge.

As soon as the eel hook was inserted into the water, the sound of splashing water came from under the bridge.

He thought that there were big fish infesting, so he subconsciously stretched his head under the bridge, but his face suddenly turned pale.

"Wow, what a ghost..." Wen Fuqiang yelled suddenly, almost scaring away the soul of Liu Junhao who had just walked out of the courtyard.

Then I saw him backing away in panic, but he didn't expect that the side of the ditch was too slippery. He stepped on the moss and fell into the lotus pond with a plop.

"Help, help!" The voice yelled very miserable, and he couldn't stop beating on the water.

Liu Junhao admired him a little. How could such a big man be so timid, and he didn't know what he saw.Besides, the ditch is no more than thigh deep, do you need to call for help?

"I said Old Wen, what did you see?" Liu Junhao smiled and stretched out his hand to pull him.

"There's something under the bridge... a monster..." Wen Fuqiang climbed ashore and screamed, pointing his fingers regardless of his wet body.

The commotion he made was quite loud, alarming both Zhang Qian and Ye Wanhua.

Several people put their heads under the bridge to have a look, but they saw nothing.

"You are dazzled, hurry up and ask Xiaohao to find you two dry clothes to change into." Ye Wanhua reprimanded a few words, and then asked the master to find clothes.

"Dad, you're so inferior." Xiao Wenwen also added insult to injury.

Liu Junhao is about the same height as Wen Fuqiang, only slightly stronger, and his own clothes fit him well.

After changing his clothes, Wen Fuqiang was still not reconciled.There were a few tourists who came to buy rice field eels just now, and they happened to see him fall into the water, which was really embarrassing.And he felt that his eyes were not dazzled, there was clearly something there.

Thinking of this, he stretched his head under the bridge again, but his eyes widened and his hands trembled uncontrollably. Fortunately, he didn't fall into the water this time.

"Is it really weird?" Seeing his appearance, Liu Junhao also climbed sideways under the bridge to have a look: his scalp was numb, and his hands subconsciously supported the bridge guardrail!
Good guy, I saw a few pairs of pea-sized eyes staring at him in the dark place in the water, the green lights were shining brightly, it was very scary.I can't see clearly in the dark, I just feel that there are a few big boa constrictors hiding under the bridge.

As if hearing his movement, those guys chirped.

Otter! !Hearing the sound, Liu Junhao breathed a sigh of relief. It was Baoyu's voice, and the feeling was that a few otters were hiding under the bridge.

"I'm dizzy, so it's an otter." Wen Fuqiang saw that it was a few little guys, so his hands stopped shaking.

Seeing the owner, Baoyu's family seemed very happy, and they all poked their heads out from under the bridge screaming.Behind them, there is a black hole the size of a washbasin, which should be the otter's cave.

Otters shouldn't stay in the yard, when did they come out?This...wouldn't be digging the cave under the bridge?Liu Junhao finds it incredible. You must know that the otter nest is on the east side of his yard, and the wooden bridge is next to Professor Zhao’s house. Even if a straight line is drawn diagonally, the distance between the two places is more than 20 meters.

A few otters should not be able to do such a big project... Thinking of this, Liu Junhao hurriedly turned back to the yard, huddled under the peach tree and shouted loudly.

"Chi Chi... Chi Chi..." Soon there were several crisp calls from the otter cave.Baoyu poked his head out happily under the peach tree.

Damn, no, Liu Junhao was completely dizzy.

The day before yesterday, Professor Zhao told himself about bird feathers in the ditch, and he thought it was eaten by some unknown animal.Now it seems that nine out of ten cases are caused by the otters.

At noon under the bridge, the sun is not shining, many fish will hide under it to enjoy the shade, and those greedy water birds will naturally gather under the water.

Otters hide and wait in their holes, and it is too easy to catch waterfowl.This is simply a natural trap!

It's no wonder that Qingzhuang screamed several times at noon, but it was too hot, so Liu Junhao didn't go out of the yard to check.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief after he figured everything out, hurriedly called out Professor Zhao, and then shared his reasoning with everyone.Everyone found it unbelievable. After trying several times in the otter cave and under the bridge, they believed Liu Junhao's words.

But what made them even more incredible was how the otters could dig out such a long cave quietly, with a straight line distance of 20 meters, which is difficult even for humans.

"Hehe, I've read reports about this on the Internet before. Otters are quite smart, and we can't take them too simply." Wen Fuqiang no longer had the panic just now, and he said, "They live between land and water. Build dikes and weirs to intercept water into pools, and dig holes to build nests. Caves have several entrances and exits, usually one end is opened in the woods, and the other end is opened two or three meters below the water, so that the water and land are connected. Run away. The cave is a bit far away, but it's not a big deal, otters can sneak underwater for five or six minutes."

"That's right," followed a tourist, "the intelligence of animals is beyond people's imagination. I also heard that there is a kind of animal called beaver, which is intelligent. They can use tree poles, stones, and silt to build dams to block floods. It is said that the longest embankment is nearly 200 meters long, six to seven meters wide, and more than three meters high. It is better than humans... and they can build houses. The houses they built are quite exquisite, similar to the charcoal kilns we used to burn bricks. After the house is built, the walls are coated with clay to prevent explosions..."

"Really?" Liu Junhao heard for the first time that there was such a smart animal, which was even more outrageous than his own, and looked quite evil.

"It's absolutely true. If you don't believe me, you can check it later... In the western United States, in order to control the water flow of streams and rivers, people specially transported beavers there and let them build embankments to make their homes."

After Liu Junhao checked on the Internet, he realized that there is no best X, only more awesome X.Beavers are beyond my imagination, and when I can introduce a few to Liujiagou, it will definitely cause a sensation.

But just thinking about it, this thing is very rare in China.Beavers exist only in the XJ Bulgen River Basin, which belongs to the national first-class protected animals, and it is impossible to introduce them.

But how to treat these otters, Liu Junhao became worried.

Of course, it is impossible to reason with the otters, and it is estimated that they will not understand that those fish thieves in the backyard have eaten a lot, and it is too late to correct them now.

When Qing Zhuang was in the courtyard, he didn't catch the otters, probably not because of his high consciousness as he speculated before, but because they were too slow on land.

Well, just eat it, Liu Junhao can't find a perfect solution after much deliberation, so he can only give up.After all, otters live on fish and eat waterfowl only occasionally.

(End of this chapter)