Chapter 150
After listening to Wang Manyin's narration, several educated youths immediately became interested in zokors.

Especially this stuff can be eaten.

Liu Xiangyang squatted next to a mound of dirt, looked at it for a few moments, and then suggested, "Can we get it out with water just like catching a ground squirrel?"

"Difficult, this thing is different from ground squirrels, it is estimated that a hundred barrels of water may not be effective." Wang Manyin directly shook his head and vetoed it.

Zokors should be regarded as veritable master builders on the Loess Plateau. The caves they dug are very complex in structure, generally divided into three layers.The uppermost layer is close to the surface, and the depth is only about ten centimeters. It is called a foraging hole.

Zokors hide in this layer by stealing the roots of plants every day.The foraging holes extend in all directions, spreading directly along the plant rhizomes, and the total length can reach more than [-] meters.

The hundreds of piles of loess on the ground are what they carried out when they dug holes, and they look very spectacular.

Moreover, in order to prevent being found by natural enemies, zokors usually block the entrance of the cave deliberately, and they have been staying underground to live a stable life.

As everyone knows, this is completely without 300 taels of silver here.

Just by seeing mounds of loess, people know that zokors are nearby.

The second underground layer belongs to the traffic road, which is about one or two meters deep from the ground, and is connected to the foraging passage through the Chaotian Cave.

The rest and daily life of the zokors are all on this floor. There are nests, toilets, nursery rooms, etc. inside, and the facilities and functions are quite complete.

In addition, there is a third layer deep underground, which is mainly used as a grain warehouse.

Moreover, this guy's ability to harm food is much greater than that of ground squirrels.

At most a dozen catties of grain can be dug out of a squirrel hole.Zokor holes are different, at least dozens of catties, or even hundreds of catties.And according to the different grains stolen, they will also be stored in special warehouses.

Wang Manyin saw a video on the Internet of Later Times: Someone accidentally found the zokor's nest, and as a result, nearly 30 catties of peanuts and more than [-] catties of various plant roots were dug out from a warehouse.In another warehouse, there are still more than [-] catties of artichokes, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.

Someone else found a bag full of carrots from a zokor hole.

However, although there is a lot of food stored in the zokor cave, it is difficult to find it.Because the complicated cave dug by this guy is enough for it to calmly face various dangers.

Wang Manyin just said that filling one hundred barrels of water is still a little less.Although this river is only a few hundred meters away from Yangweigou, it still belongs to the loess layer, and the soil is loose and does not store water.

If it is poured downward along the hole, seepage will easily occur, and it is estimated that two hundred barrels are not enough.

In addition, when the cave senses water flow or other damage in the cave, the zokor will immediately seal the soil to block it.

This guy is known as an excavator, and his digging speed is astonishing. It is said that he can dig a [-]-centimeter-long tunnel in twelve minutes.So it's almost impossible to get them out with water.

Of course, no matter how cunning an animal is, it can only be regarded as a hair in front of human beings.

It is not completely useless to deal with these guys.

There is a trade on the Loess Plateau called rat wrestlers, and they make a tool called a ground bow, which is specially used for hunting zokors.

Feeding ground squirrels only needs hands, but hunting zokors is a highly technical job.

Because the zokor's foraging passage is like a maze, hundreds of meters long, with many hidden exits.If you can't find out where the zokor is hiding, it's futile to do anything.

But Wang Dacai from the first team of Guanzi Village knows this craft.

I have seen the other party catch zokors before, usually after finding the cave, I directly choose a foraging passage to dig out the gap, and then hide aside to observe and wait for a period of time.

As long as the gap is found to be re-sealed by loess, the approximate location where the zokor is hiding can be determined.

Then destroy the sealing soil, and then set the ground bow above the gap.When the zokor pushes the earth to seal the hole for the second time, it will trigger the mechanism and be killed with one blow.

Of course, Wang Manyin didn't have such ability.I can only write down the location, and I will go back later and ask Wang Dacai from the village to help.

After hearing this, Liu Xiangyang and others felt very sorry.

Although they wanted to see what the sheep looked like, they had no choice but to do so.This place is seven or eight miles away from the Dongla River. If several people are really asked to carry water to fill the cave, no one is willing to make a foolish effort.

Then, just as everyone was about to leave, they saw Rhubarb sniffing at a mound of dirt.

Suddenly, it stretched out its front paws and quickly scraped dirt on the ground.

In just half a minute, a shallow pit the size of a washbasin was dug out.

"Brother Wang, Rhubarb won't find the place where Diyang is hiding." Shang Zhimin said in surprise.

"That's right, Rhubarb has a keen sense of smell, so he definitely didn't run away this time," Liu Xiangyang excitedly walked up to observe.

Wang Manyin's heart also moved slightly: he knew better than a few educated youths about rhubarb's hunting ability.This guy can even find tiny scorpions, let alone zokors.

He always wanted Rhubarb to keep a low profile, but his key strength didn't allow it...

When everyone came close, they saw that this guy made a new move.It stopped digging suddenly, continued to sniff along the ground, and walked slowly forward.

After walking more than ten meters, he began to dig the soil again.

This move stunned the confident educated youths.I don't know what kind of operation rhubarb is. I found it, or I was just blind.

Wang Manyin saw it clearly, and immediately explained for the dog: "The zokor should be hiding in a nearby hole. This guy has a strong sense of perception, and our footsteps scared it away."

Wang Manyin asked the others to stay where they were, and followed Rhubarb alone, walking lightly and slowly.

After arriving at the new location, he stopped the dirt dog from digging.

Then he chose a position forward and quickly dug the soil with the sickle in his hand.The loess is loose and it is very easy to dig up.In just a few strokes, a channel with a thick bowl mouth was revealed.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, I could still hear rustling noises coming from inside. It should be that the zokors were fleeing quickly.

Rhubarb rushed up again, sniffing and tracking along the ground.

Wang Manyin followed closely behind.

When he saw another mound of dirt ahead, he rushed over to stop it, and kept hitting the ground with his sickle.

Sure enough, following his movements, Rhubarb quickly changed direction.

It seemed that the zokor was frightened, hid in the ground and turned around.

However, with the cheating device of rhubarb, all the evasive actions of the zokor are in vain.

After confirming that it was blocked in the passage, Wang Manyin used a sickle to cut off this passage as well.

In this way, the prey is trapped in a passage more than ten meters long.

Of course, this is not foolproof, and it is necessary to prevent the existence of cross holes in the channel.

In fact, even if there is, I am not afraid, it is nothing more than another blockage.

Next, Wang Manyin asked Shang Zhimin and others to guard at the other end of the passage.

On the other hand, he took Liu Xiangyang, puffed up his cheeks, and aimed at the opening of the passage, blowing air continuously.

After blowing more than ten times in a row, Liu Xiangyang felt a little dizzy, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Wang, can we blow air if we are more than ten meters away?"

"It must be useful. The sheep are afraid of the wind. Once they sense the wind blowing in the cave, they will seal the hole with soil. Don't you feel that it is getting more and more difficult to blow it now?" Wang Manyin asked.

"It really is……"

Hearing what he said, Liu Xiangyang immediately felt abnormal.

It was blowing smoothly before, but now the wind is spinning and running backwards. It should be blocked by something near the passage.

Looking at the location where Rhubarb stayed, Wang Manyin made an advance measure and excavated again.

After the passage was cut off, he looked inside and found that the front was blocked by loess.

So, Wang Manyin asked other educated youths to breathe from the other end...

In this way, the zokor continued to push the soil to seal the hole, completely sealing itself in a dead end two to three meters long.

Wang Manyin continued to dig with a sickle.

When I came out this time to catch wild pigeons, I only brought a sickle as a tool. If I knew that I would encounter a zokor hole, I should have brought a shovel.

Fortunately, there is only a distance of two or three meters, which is not too much effort for Wang Manyin.

Soon, the passage was cut off in the middle again.

At this moment, Rhubarb got up and slowly approached somewhere.

Everyone hurriedly stopped digging and held their breath.

At this moment, rustling noises could be clearly heard from the ground.

Apparently, the zokor decided to dig another hole and escape after finding that the front and back roads were blocked by itself.

However, this guy was in a hurry and did not control the depth of the digging.Everyone could clearly see that part of the loess on the ground was turning slightly.

Rhubarb suddenly leaped forward, paws quickly clawing downwards.Then he took out a big fat guy and ran to the master to claim credit.

Good guy, it can weigh almost a catty, enough to fry a big plate at noon.

In addition to the delicious meat, the bones of zokor are also a traditional Chinese medicinal material.In later generations, it was regarded as tiger bone, and its name was Sailong bone. It is said that it can cure rheumatism, and after drying, it can be sold for hundreds of yuan per catty.

"This is the local sheep?!" Looking at the chubby guy in front of them, several people felt that it was full of meat.

Having eaten ground squirrel meat several times, their ability to accept it has naturally been greatly enhanced.What's more, although this thing is called a blind mouse, it doesn't look like a vole at all.

But more surprises are yet to come. Da Huang's finding a zokor is not the end.He sniffed the remaining mounds, and soon began digging again.

"and also?"

Everyone was excited again.

"Of course, it's the courtship season for zokors. If nothing else happens, there should be a second one inside."

With experience, the next process of catching zokor went very smoothly.

Wang Manyin was not allowed to go out at all, and several educated youths quickly dug up the two ends of the passage and successfully caught the second zokor.

It took about an hour to toss like this.

Wang Manyin felt that the time was almost up, so he opened his mouth. "Go, go and see if you caught the rock pigeon?"

Hearing his mention, everyone remembered the purpose of coming out this time.

The two zokors weighed about two catties. In fact, even if they couldn't catch the wild pigeons later, everyone was worth the trip.

When they boarded the ridge again, they heard cuckoos from a distance.

"Caught a wild pigeon!!" The children rushed over cheering without waiting for the adults to speak.

When I got close, I saw a group of wild pigeons fluttering their wings near the trap, flying up and down.It's a pity that their heads were locked tightly, and all they did was useless.

What surprised them even more was that a beautiful pheasant was caught in one of the loops.

(End of this chapter)

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