My village can't be like this

Chapter 278 An Unexpected Joy, Badger Cave
As for the wild boars raised by Zhang An's family, Zhou Yang never thought about it.

Because the meat prices of these wild boars are not cheap, much more expensive than native pigs.

But there is a reason why people are expensive. Zhou Yang also ate the wild boar raised by Zhang An's family.

The meat is much more fragrant than local pork. Fat meat is not greasy, and lean meat is not greasy.

Therefore, the few wild boars that Zhang An's family raises every year are all rounded up by the villa next door.

That villa is in the nearby village, which is different from ordinary villas.

Because it is a private place, it is not open at all.

It is said that it was built by a rich boss when he returned to his hometown. It is a place for friends to play with their own people.

Because it is not far from Changqing, and because of the name of Dahe, they come here for a stroll.

As a result, after coming here, he fell in love with Chang Qing, especially those big dogs of Zhang An's family.

But later, even though they couldn't ask for a few big dogs, they liked to come and walk every time they came.

Because they fell in love with Zhang An's food and tea, they brought their friends over from time to time to open a small stove.

Later, when Zhang An's family was killing wild boars, they happened to meet them.

Because this wild pork meat is very appetizing to the people in the city, so they wrapped it up with a wave.

And they were willing to pay the price, so every year in the future, the few wild boars raised by Zhang An's family were basically taken away.

This is also the reason why Zhang An's family sold wild boars last year, and later Zhang An went to the mountains to raise a few wild boars.

"Hey, what a big hole."

Zhang An and the others were planting piles in the front ridge, when they heard Zhang Ping who was draining the ditch behind him shout.

Just as Zhang An turned his head, the little tigers beside him had already rushed to the entrance of the cave.

At this time, everyone gathered around to check.

"What kind of hole is this? It's definitely not a snake hole. It's too big. A rabbit hole? But it doesn't look like it. I don't see rabbit fur."

Uncle Zhang went up to look for a while, but he couldn't see what was dug.

"This is the Badger's Cave. Look, there are still some hairs here."

At this time, Zhang Xingxing, who squatted on the ground and searched for a while, said.

After looking at the entrance of the cave just now, he was looking for something on the ground.

At this time, I found some badger hair from the turned over soil and showed it to everyone.

"It turns out that the hole is here, so I said why so many badgers came to the melon field all of a sudden."

Last time Zhang An killed three badgers in the melon field, but he never figured out where the badgers came from.

Seeing this place today, he really didn't expect that the badger's lair was so close.

"Is it empty inside? I killed three big badgers in the melon patch below."

Since those few badgers were turned into badger oil, no other badgers have been seen in the melon patch.

So Zhang An wondered if this cave was the home of the three badgers, and it was empty now.

"No, if it's empty, a few big dogs won't be so sensitive, there must be badgers in it."

Seeing several big dogs staring at the entrance of the cave, Zhang Xingxing said affirmatively.

If you really want to do what Zhang An said, it will take a few months to say nothing.

After such a long time, if there were no badgers living in it, the smell would have dissipated long ago, and the little tigers would not be so excited.

"Everyone look for it nearby. There are usually two holes in this thing, so the things inside will slip away from other places later."

Although Badger Cave said that there will be many holes, just like rabbit holes.

However, most of the local Badger Caves have two entrances, one for entry and one for exit.

Because in the nearby area, when the sun is often out, it suddenly rains.

Therefore, if there are too many holes, the inside of the hole is easy to get wet, which is not suitable for them to live in.

Anyway, the drainage ditch has been almost dug, and the remaining two rows of piles have not been planted, and it will not take much time to dry.

So Zhang and his party found this badger hole, wondering if they could catch two badgers.

After all, badger seed oil is so powerful that it can not only cure burns, but also has a miraculous effect on hemorrhoids.

And in the past few years, badgers have rarely been seen in the village.

Even if you see it, if you don't prepare enough, you really can't catch this thing.

For Zhang An, it is not difficult to find the entrance of the cave.

Picking up the pinch of badger hair that Zhang Xingxing took just now, let Xiaohu smell it, and one person and one dog started looking for it.

After more than ten minutes, Xiaohu searched back and forth in the vicinity, and finally found a piece of wasteland above.

Zhang An climbed up and searched with Xiaohu.

Sure enough, Xiaohu never let everyone down.

Finally, under the rock at the corner of the ground, I found a hole about the same size as the one below.

If it weren't for the little tiger, everyone might not be able to find it if they searched nearby.

Because the entire entrance of the cave is behind the rocks and completely blocked, most people really can't find it.

Then Xiaohu searched the vicinity for a long time, in case there were other holes.

But in the end, nothing was found, and I don't know if there is no hole, or Xiaohu didn't find it.

But everyone is not entangled, it's fine if you don't find it, let's block these two openings and take a look.

If you really can't catch it, the badger in the hole should die.

"Xiao An, you go home and bring some steel forks over here."

Zhang and his party blocked the two holes with straw while talking to Zhang An.

Everyone knows that badgers are ferocious, so weapons must be indispensable to catch them.

Zhang An returned home and found two steel forks to go back to the field.

Then I thought that if I could catch them alive, it would be a good choice to raise two in the space.

After all, after arriving, the number of these things is getting less and less, and it is really hard to find when you need it.

Zhang An pondered in his mind, to see if there was a good way to catch it.

Suddenly, I glanced at the pig cage that had been placed next to me for a long time. No, there was a solution.

Holding the steel fork, he rushed to the field with several pig cages.

"Hiss, brother Ping, how did you get this thing here?"

When he got to the field, Zhang An found that Zhang Ping had an extra black shotgun in his hand.

Although it is said that this thing is banned now, all of them have been confiscated.

But Zhang Ping is a forest ranger, and he often walks in the mountains.

For the sake of safety and the nature of their work, the unit has provided them with a handful.

After all, no one knows what to expect in the mountains, especially in the mountains behind Changqing, there are many large animals.

"Um, badger is too fierce, it's better to greet the guy to be safer."

Zhang An was younger than Zhou Yang, but Zhang Ping had seen it when he was a child. Someone in the village was bitten when he caught a badger.

In fact, Zhang An has also seen the ferocity of the badgers with his own eyes. After all, the dogs at home were bitten by those badgers last time.

"Xiao An, why did you bring the pig cage here? Do you want to catch this thing?"

Looking at the several pig cages in Zhang An's hands, Zhang and his party asked.

They thought about getting this thing from the beginning, and never thought about capturing it alive.

"Hey, the number of these things is getting less and less, I just want to see if I can catch two and raise them, so that I don't have to worry about finding them if I need them in the future."

As for Zhang An's hobby of raising something like this, and planting something like that, everyone has known for a long time, so they didn't say anything.

They also agree with Zhang An's idea that if they are raised, it will not be difficult to find them when they need them in the future.

It's just that in their hearts, no one is optimistic about raising this thing.

After Zhang and his party observed back and forth, they found that the upper hole was the exit, and the lower one was the entrance.

So Zhang An went up with the pig cage, dug up the rock, and then sealed the hole with the pig cage.

In this way, if the badger inside wants to get out, it can only drill into the pig cage.

But that thing's teeth are very strong, and the pig cage is fine for a short time, but after a long time, they will definitely bite the bamboo and escape.

But this period of time is enough, anyway, as long as you catch them, when the worst comes out, just knock them unconscious with a stick.

Zhang An was done here, and the people below started to burn fire into the cave, and a lot of thick smoke rushed into the cave.

Moreover, in order to lure Badger to come out of this opening, Zhang An also used the space spring water.

Sure enough, after more than 20 minutes of smoking the cave with fire smoke, Zhang An heard noises coming from the cave.

After a while, a badger the size of a dirt dog came out of the hole because of the heavy smoke or the lure of the spring water.

Zhang An said that it was too late and then it was too fast, and knocked the badger unconscious with a stick.

With such a small hole, I don't know how these things get in and out. Could it be that they have practiced bone shrinking skills?
Seeing that there was no one around, Zhang An directly threw the stunned badger into the space.

Before he had time to separate the males and females, after getting three badgers and throwing them into the space, Zhang An shouted down and the badgers came out.

When the people below heard this, Zhang Ping and Zhou Shuanglin who carried the shotgun were left behind to guard with Zhang and his party, and the others all ran up to help.

Although it is said that this is the entrance, when encountering danger, whether it is a person or an animal, it is important to escape, so it doesn't matter whether you are importing or exporting.

And Zhang Ping was guarding the entrance of the cave below. If any badger wanted to get off the road, Zhang Ping would give it a handful of shiny peanuts without hesitation.

As for Zhang An, the business is really good.

After a while, a badger came out of the hole, and as long as it entered the pig cage, Zhang An could see that it would be a stick.

Then change another pig cage to seal the hole, let Uncle Zhang and the others take the badger that was knocked unconscious, and tie the mouth and feet with a rope.

It's just that after three more badgers were caught, the badgers that emerged from behind were smaller.

The same is true in the original badger, when fleeing for one's life, priority is given to the bigger ones.

Even if you don't know when you are fighting, it's not like this.

Not counting the three in Zhang An's space, after catching six of them back and forth, I waited for a long time and didn't see another one coming out of the hole.

"I guess it's gone, why not call it a day."

After waiting for more than half an hour, Zhang An still didn't see the sign of Badger, so Zhang An said.

Zhang An thought about it and found that he had caught nine of them, so the inside must be empty.

After all, badgers usually have their own caves in other seasons.

A small number of family members may not be separated, so they will live together.

In winter, it may be due to the weather, so some badgers will huddle in a burrow.

In the past, when many people dug out badger holes in winter, three or five badgers could be pulled out from one hole.

But even so, being able to catch nine badgers, large and small, in one cave is already considered a great harvest.

Besides, during the half day of waiting, the hole below has been burning.

Such thick smoke has been pouring into the hole, no animal can bear it for so long, it is probably empty.

"Then take it away. It's quite a lot to catch six. Even if there are still in the cave, it will be regarded as a release."

Zhang and his party looked at the six badgers who had been tied up on the ground and hadn't woken up, their faces were very happy.

The three biggest ones look big and fat, and it seems that they have gained a lot of fat in autumn.

It is a surprise to be able to boil several bowls of badger seed oil without saying anything.

"Xiao An, don't you want to raise a few to try? The three little ones in the back don't seem to have grown up at all. They happen to be one male and two females. You can try to raise them."

Zhang and his party turned over the three little badgers, looked at them, and said to Zhang An.

Zhang An nodded. The three badgers were not very big, and even if they were slaughtered, they wouldn't be able to cook much badger oil.

It was a small episode to dig the badger hole, but everyone was very happy to catch so many badgers in the end.

After all, no one can guarantee that they will not be burned in the future, and they need this thing.

You can tell by looking at Huang Ming, this guy burned his feet like that some time ago.

If it weren't for the badger seed oil that Zhang An's family took from here, it would definitely not be better.

"Master Dao, when shall we kill this badger?"

After the ditch was dug, and everyone planted piles together, Zhou Yang asked.

"I'm not in a hurry. Anyway, the badger is alive. After finishing the work today, let's slaughter it tomorrow."

The badgers caught today are still alive, unlike the ones that were killed like before. I was worried that they would stink, so I was in a hurry to deal with them.

Even if it is alive, it can last for a day or two even if it is not fed.

"How about today, those badgers look so fat, they must be very fat. If they are put in tomorrow, they will starve and lose weight, but the refined oil will be less and more wasteful."

As soon as Zhou Yang heard that Zhang Xingxing said that he was a genius, he became anxious immediately.

"Besides, there isn't much work left today. It will take at most an hour or two to finish in the afternoon. I have plenty of time to deal with these guys."

"What you said makes sense, then let's speed up and kill them when we go back in the afternoon."

Seeing Zhou Yang's anxious look, Zhang and his party didn't want to tease him, so they agreed.

"But Xiao Zhou, they didn't bite you just now, right? Why do you feel that they have a grudge against you? I don't really hope that they can live another day."

"Hey, that's not true. I'm not a cook. It's rare to come across this kind of badger meat, so I want to cook it in a pot for everyone to taste. If it's left for a long time, the meat will not be fresh."

As soon as Zhou Yang said it, Zhang An knew that feelings were the result of the glutton's addiction in this guy's stomach.

But this is normal, after all, out of ten cooks, nine are foodies.

"Yoko, do you know how to cook this badger meat? Don't worry about it not being delicious."

The badger meat was actually not tasty, it had an earthy smell mixed with other flavors.

If you want to make delicious food, you have to meet someone who can make it, otherwise you won't be able to get rid of the smell.

The last time Zhang An caught those few, after boiling the oil, there was not much meat left, so I gave them to Zhang Erye to take them back and stew them.

"I can't, I'll watch it tonight. I will definitely cook a pot of fragrant and delicious badger meat for everyone, so that everyone will want to eat it."

Hearing Zhang An's words, Zhou Yang patted his chest to assure everyone.

"Then let's work faster, Yoko is a great chef, let Yoko cook us a pot of good things in the afternoon."

In the village, Zhou Yang's cooking skills have long been recognized by everyone.

Uncle Zhang said something jokingly, and everyone responded with a smile.

Hearing that there is delicious food, I feel that when everyone is working, they are more energetic.

　If I have time today, I will do more, and I will try my best later, so that I can live up to everyone who has been waiting for me for more than a month.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)