Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 540

"It may also be a salamander. I've read the information. It can be up to 1 meter in length and the heaviest is over [-] catties..." Another person made a judgment.A netizen once broke the news on a forum about the occurrence of salamanders in mountain streams near Liujiagou, and many people know about it.

"Impossible, this season, salamanders have hibernated early. Besides, they usually stay in mountain streams and are unlikely to live in rivers." Then someone said.

Hearing the mention of salamanders, Liu Junhao thought of the ones he raised in his stone lock.Now he feels like he's in pain and wants to cry... so why can't he afford it!

Liu Junhao checked the information on the Internet before, and the growth rate of salamanders is very slow. The newly hatched seedlings can grow three to five centimeters in the first year, and just reach six centimeters in the second year. Until the fifth year, the body length is only [-] centimeters. About one catty in weight.

In this case, even if the salamander can be eaten again, Liu Junhao can afford it.

But... the wish is beautiful, but the reality is extremely cruel.He forgot that the above information said that the growth rate of salamanders in the wild environment is very different from that in artificial breeding.

As long as there is sufficient food, the growth rate of salamanders in the growth period is actually terrifying, and the annual weight gain can reach three to four kilograms.That is to say, you can gain seven or eight catties a year.

Even if the eels in Shisuo reproduce very fast, they can't afford to eat so many salamanders.You must know that this thing has a strong ability to withstand hunger, and it will not starve to death if it does not eat for two or three years.But they are also outrageous if they eat food, and they can eat one-fifth of their body weight in one meal.

What's more, the outside world is chilly, and there is still no sign of hibernation in Stone Lock.

In fact, he had long thought of releasing salamanders, but it was delayed due to miscellaneous things.

Looking at the rapidly growing salamanders, Liu Junhao already regarded them as trouble.He secretly made up his mind to keep only a few locks in the stone locks when the spring warmed up, and release the rest.Anyway, with this weight, I can live independently.

A group of people waited on the river beach for nearly two hours, but the river was still foggy and saw nothing.

Everyone guessed, but in the end they didn't say anything.The fog was too thick, and the old man's eyesight could not be ruled out.Of course, many people thought it was some kind of big fish in their hearts, but they were embarrassed to say it because of the old man's attitude.

After all, there have been precedents for this kind of thing, and there are plenty of big fish in the weir pond.Didn't Liu Junhao's two fire heads weighing tens of kilograms swim from the Baitiao River into the Yantang along the underground undercurrent?

It was almost noon, and many tourists turned and left one after another seeing that there was no result.

Liu Junhao was worried about the eldest and the second, and didn't want to wait any longer, so he greeted Liu Wuye and left.

As soon as she got home, Zhang Qian immediately asked, "Is there really a monster?" If it wasn't too cold, she would have taken her two children to the river beach just now.

"No, I guess Liu Wuye is blind." Liu Junhao replied, reaching out to hug his elder and younger relatives.

"Look at the child. I'll go in and get some food for the pheasants. They've been barking outside the yard all morning, which is annoying." When her husband came back, Zhang Qian finally took a breath.She went into the room and found two big pumpkins, picked up the kitchen knife and chopped them up.

In the spring, Liu Junhao's family only planted a few pumpkin seedlings, but there were many wild pumpkin seedlings growing around the yard.A pumpkin weighs more than ten catties, which is enough for the couple to eat for several days.In summer, when the fruits are in full bloom, they give away pumpkins.Even so, two large carts of old pumpkins were still harvested during the autumn harvest.

The couple now feel sick at the sight of pumpkins, so they chop them up and feed them to the animals in the yard.

Bang bang bang...the kitchen knife waved.After a while, she chopped up two big pumpkins, and then opened her mouth to call chickens and ducks.

Zhang Qian couldn't imagine this kind of farm work before, but now she does it smoothly.

Hearing the call of the hostess, the chickens and ducks looking for food outside the yard rushed into the yard one after another, scrambling around the trough.

Zhang Qian looked at it for a while, then turned her head and wanted to go into the room to play with the computer.After taking two steps, he stopped again: "Husband, do you think those pheasants are sick, why don't they eat?"

"I can't..." Liu Junhao stepped forward upon hearing the sound.The chickens and ducks in his family are often fed with spring water and rarely get sick.

The few pheasants next to the trough were very honest, and the owner didn't fly away even when he came to them.

Liu Junhao had sharp eyes and quick hands, squatted down and grabbed one of them.After he saw the mechanism on the pheasant's mouth clearly, he couldn't help laughing and cursing: "It must be the immoral things those brats did!"

"What's the matter with Liu Changlin and the others?" Of course Zhang Qian knew who the "bear children" her husband was talking about.

"Look for yourself." Liu Junhao stretched out his hand and handed over the pheasant.

"It's a matchstick, no wonder I can't eat..." Zhang Qian couldn't help laughing when she saw the thing propped up in the pheasant's mouth.

"When they brought the squirrels here in the morning, they had nothing to do to catch pheasants. I thought it was wrong. These guys have never done anything good." Liu Junhao struck out with both hands, and quickly removed the matchsticks from the mouths of the pheasants.

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Originally thought that the rumor of the water monster was just a flash in the pan and would gradually disappear with time.

But things were beyond Liu Junhao's expectation, and another news came the next day.The two people who discovered the water monster this time were villagers from Sankeshu Village. They got up in the morning to collect the loose wire buckle for catching rabbits last night, only to hear the cry of sheep in the Baitiao River.Like Liu Wuye, they also thought that someone's sheep had been lost.After approaching the river bank, I found that the sound came from the center of the river...

One of them had a worse reaction than Mr. Liu Wuye. He even had a fever after returning home, and he is currently undergoing an infusion in the hospital.

The rest of the people insisted that there was a water monster in the river, which looked similar to Liu Wuye's description.

Upon receiving this news, the originally silent people became noisy again.

It's understandable for one person to be blindsided, but all three of them said that... Maybe there really is a water monster in the Baitiao River in Daqingshan.

Many tourists posted online to report the latest developments, and more people wandered around the river with their cameras.

As for Liu Wuye, now he has organized a search team and led everyone to search along the river bank.

At the request of everyone, Liu Junhao also became one of the team members, leading two macular skins to lead the battle.In fact, he has no hope of using the macular skin to find water monsters. Liu Junhao knows Xiaopi's skills very well, and no smell can escape its nose on land.But in the water, nine times out of ten, blindness is also in vain.It's just that under the eager anticipation of everyone, he can only bite the bullet and give it a try.

Needless to say, it really works.At the corner of a river bend, Xiaopi suddenly growled.

Looking in the direction of its cry, I saw an old willow tree halfway across the river, and many of its crooked roots extended into the river.

There is a hole the size of a washbasin under the root of the tree. The hole is very hidden. If you don't look carefully, you may think it is a natural crack caused by the river washing away the sand and sand under the root for a long time.

But if you look carefully, you can find some doubts. The soil at the entrance of the cave is very smooth, which is obviously caused by something frequently coming in and out.

Upon discovering something suspicious, Liu Junhao immediately yelled and asked the tourists behind to follow.

"This cave might really be a hiding place for water monsters. You can see how hidden it is. If it weren't for the macula nose tip, we wouldn't be able to find it at all..." A tourist took it for granted after looking at the cave with his probe.

"The entrance of the cave is too small. If this is really the cave of the water monster, the water monster is estimated to weigh only a dozen kilograms, and it is not even as good as a big fish. It would have been eaten by the fire head, and it is their turn to make waves on the river." Liu Wuye said disapprovingly. , "If I look at it, it's probably a long insect nest. Xiaohao, don't waste time on it, keep looking."

"I haven't heard that water snakes still make holes like this?"

Liu Junhao had doubts in his heart, and wanted to ask the old man, but he looked up and saw him secretly winking at him, so he had to suppress the question.

Searched along the coast until Gaohe Village, but still found nothing unusual.

Seeing that it was getting dark, they had to withdraw the team again.

When we arrived at Liujiagou, seeing no one was around, Liu Wuye took Liu Junhao and explained in a low voice: "Xiaohao, I told you, don't tell me, just now I found out that the cave is an old turtle's den."

"Old turtle's nest, you said that the one under the willow tree is the old turtle's nest?" Liu Junhao exclaimed in a low voice.In the early years, people in the village talked about Gu often talking about the old turtle's nest. The old turtle hibernates and likes to gather together and drill holes. The hiding place is commonly known as the old turtle's nest.

Just find their hiding place and catch several at a time.In the past, Liu Junhao and his group of half-grown boys went to the river beach to search after hearing about it, but they couldn't find anything.

Because the old turtle nest has always been very hidden, only the most experienced fishermen can find it.

"You brat, why are you shouting so loudly?" Fifth Master Liu hurriedly gave him a hand.

"I said Fifth Master, how do you know it's the old turtle's nest?" Liu Junhao asked curiously again, wanting to explore it when no one was around.

"You forgot what I do..." Liu Wuye explained in a low voice: "Before and after the beginning of winter, the old turtles usually hibernate. Generally choose a place sheltered from the wind in the east-west direction. When the temperature drops, they will go into the hole and hibernate together. During the whole winter season, the old turtles will shrink their heads, tails and limbs into their shells. They will not eat, move or excrete until the weather is warmer. Separate again. At this time, the old turtle is also the easiest to catch..." Seeing that he was interested, Liu Wuye rarely revealed a few words.

Although Liu Junhao listened with great interest, he didn't mean to pick up the old turtle's nest.Last year he caught many old turtles and stocked them in the stone locks. After a year, the old turtles laid eggs and hatched, and they have already bred inside.

"Of course, there are some things to pay attention to when digging out the old turtle cave. When these things go into the cave, they are stacked one by one, usually a dozen or so. The old turtle on the top layer usually has poisonous snakes on its back. When digging out the old turtle, you need to look Accurately locate the opening of the cave, and start digging out from the bottom one lightly. You can stop after picking out five or six, and you must not be greedy, because it is likely to wake up the poisonous snake at the end, and it will be a big problem if you get bitten.”

"Let me tell you, don't tell it. If anyone with jealousy finds out, they will probably clean it up."

(End of this chapter)