My village can't be like this

Chapter 687 Trap
Because he was worried about the chickens at home being harmed by a weasel last night, Zhang An got up from bed at daybreak in the morning.

Although he had arranged for Xiaohu and the Gray Ball couple to act as bodyguards for the chickens and ducks at home last night, he still had to go to the chicken coop today to find out where that yellow-skinned guy got into the chicken coop.

Only after we figure it out can we find a way to catch this annoying guy.

After all, you can only be a thief for a thousand days, and there is no reason to prevent a thief for a thousand days.

Although it was just daybreak, when Zhang An got up, he found that his parents were already up and were looking around the chicken coop.

"Xiao An, get up. It's daylight now. Take Gray Ball and the other two back to their nest."

When Wang Fang saw Zhang An, she pointed at the couple of gray balls on the wooden beam and said.

Wang Fang has always loved animals that can contribute to the family.

Last night she heard that a weasel ran into her house and harmed the chickens and ducks that she had worked so hard to raise. She was so heartbroken.

Therefore, Wang Fang liked the Huiqiu couple from the bottom of her heart, as they served as bodyguards in the brothel for a whole night.

Of course, needless to say, Xiaohu and the other big dogs have never had a diminished status in the family.

Don’t be fooled by the gray ball’s fierceness at night. It will catch mice when it sees them and will catch snakes when it sees them.

But once it was daytime, he immediately became blind.

Wang Fang never treats the heroes in the family unfairly.

Seeing that it was daytime, she and Zhang Jianguo planned to send the two owls, Huiqiu and the other two, back to their nest to rest.

But the Gray Ball couple are no less inferior to the arrogant Flower Head family. Although they have lived in the house for such a long time and are not afraid of them, Zhang An has to speak to them personally if he wants them to be obedient.

So no matter how Wang Fang called them, Huiqiu and his wife just refused to come down from the wooden beam.

Upon hearing this, Zhang An simply cooed twice at the two gray-ball birds, and they immediately flew down.

However, their landing was not as precise as last night, and their landing movements were a little hasty. It was obvious that the broad daylight had a significant impact on them.

After sending Huiqiu and his wife to rest, Zhang An returned to the chicken coop.

"Mom and Dad, how is it, did you find anything wrong?"

Just from the traces of cleaning in the chicken coop, it was not difficult for Zhang An to tell that it was his mother who got up this morning to clean it.

When he came in just now, he also saw his parents searching in the corner.

"No, the floor and walls are fine. I didn't find any holes. The weasel must have crawled in from under the eaves of the roof last night."

Hearing what Zhang An said, Zhang Jianguo immediately shook his head. He searched carefully in the chicken coop for a long time but found nothing.

In the countryside, the weasel is also called Huang Daxian, which is enough to prove that this guy has great magical powers.

Because this guy is not only extremely fast when moving, but he is also very good at digging holes, climbing walls, and even swimming.

The most important thing is the fart it emits, which is extremely smelly. Many animals are often stunned by its fart.

The reason why Zhang Jianguo got up early in the morning to search was because he was afraid that the yellow fox had made a hole in his chicken coop.

After searching around, I couldn't find any holes or cracks in the chicken coop, so I could only crawl in from under the eaves.

"Then we can only make some traps and put them in cages to see if we can catch it."

Zhang An sighed. It would be easier to grab if there were holes in the wall and the ground.

But if it crawls in from under the eaves, it would be difficult to deal with.

After all, the chicken coop is so big, and the area under the eaves alone is not small, which makes it much more difficult to place the trap.

But no matter what, the trap must be set, because it would be more difficult to catch the yellow fox if other methods were used.

Zhang An didn't want that yellow-skinned guy to run into his house and disgust him from time to time.

"That's the only way. If it doesn't work, we'll just have to block the gap under the eaves."

Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo couldn't think of a better way, so they could only do as Zhang An said.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, we will definitely not block the gap under the eaves.

Because this is not an easy job. If you really start doing it, it will definitely be a big project and very troublesome.

After saying that, he left Xiaohu and the others to continue staying in the chicken coop. Although weasels would also move around during the day, it was still safer during the day than at night.

Especially with several big dogs guarding it, the weasel would never be so bold.

Wang Fang returned to the kitchen to prepare breakfast because Su Ying would get up and go to work at school soon.

Zhang An went into the side room, intending to find some wire to make some weasel traps.

But after searching for a long time, he couldn't find even the shadow of the wire.

"Dad, where did I put all the wire I bought last year?"

Zhang An clearly remembered that when he separated the frog pond last year, he bought a lot of thin iron wire, and at the end there was still more than a roll of wire left in the side room.

"It's long gone. Your uncle's family took it and used it when they were pulling nets for the orchard."

Zhang Jianguo recalled for a while and then remembered that the wires had been taken away by the third brother's family.

Iron wire is not like other kinetic energy. It will rust after being left for a long time. So if it is useful, it is impossible to keep it forever.

"Okay, I'll go to town and buy some later."

Zhang An didn't think about it. Since it was gone, he might as well buy some new ones. It wasn't something valuable anyway.

The best material for making a weasel trap is wire. If you use other materials, it probably won’t be able to withstand being bitten by the weasel.

Su Ying got up and Wang Fang had just finished cooking breakfast.

"Mom, why hasn't Qiqi gotten up yet?"

After Su Ying finished washing up, she found that her son had not gotten up yet, so she went to wake him up.

Because Su Ying feels that bad habits such as sleeping in and staying in bed late should be eradicated from an early age.

But she didn't think about it. When it was time for holidays, she would sleep until ten o'clock every day and would not get up until the sun was shining on her butt.

Zhang An wanted to say something, but when he remembered that you can't touch a tiger's butt, he thought it would be better to mind his own business.

"Let him sleep a little longer. He was also woken up by the weasel last night, and it took him a long time to fall asleep again."

Wang Fang felt sorry for her grandson, so she immediately called Su Ying over.

After the family of four had breakfast and Su Ying went to school, Zhang An went out to the town.

It was still early. When Zhang An passed by the central street, Zheng the butcher had just set up his stall and no one came to patronize it yet.

"Zhang An is here. Come over and get some beef to cook for Qiqi." As soon as he saw Zhang An driving by, Zheng the butcher stood up and waved, then picked up his ancestral butcher knife and prepared to cut the meat.

In the past two years, after their wolfdog was mated with Zhang An's Erhu, each litter was able to produce a lot of puppies, and their family made a lot of money from selling the puppies.

Naturally, Zheng the butcher would not forget this incident. He wanted to give some money, but Zhang An's family refused to accept it, so he could only do favors in this way. Every time he saw someone from Zhang An's family coming to the street, he would give them some beef.

It’s just that Zhang An’s family doesn’t go out very often, and they only come here occasionally.

Zhang An saw that the beef on Zheng the Butcher's stall was still steaming, and when he looked closely, he saw that the beef was bouncy, obviously fresh beef that had been slaughtered this morning.

"Uncle Butcher's beef is pretty good today, so I'll come and give you a treat and cut about twenty pounds of it."

Seeing such good beef, Zhang An felt a little envious. It happened that his family hadn't eaten beef for a long time, so he bought more this time.

"Of course not. This is our little yellow cow. We just bought it these past two days."

Butcher Zheng chuckled, picked up the butcher knife, and cut off a very good piece of beef cleanly and neatly.

"Here, it's exactly 20 kilograms. These two cow bones are a good match. Take them back and make it for Qiqi."

Butcher Zheng simply used the scale to weigh the meat and casually told the amount. In the end, he even packed in several ribs that had not been minced.

"Uncle Butcher, this won't work. The ribs are more expensive than this beef."

Zhang An was a little amused and helpless when he saw this. Every time he met Zheng the Butcher, he would have to go through this.

"What's wrong with that? It's for little Qiqi, not for you. Just take it."

Butcher Zheng just glared at him and then ignored him.

Zhang An took the beef only after paying the money. He didn't intend to ask Zheng the butcher for the change and just left, just treating it as the money for the ribs.

But in the end, I found that I was still young. No wonder the butcher uncle no longer chased me for money like he used to.

Because the beef that Zheng the butcher gave was obviously more than 20 kilograms, definitely a lot more, so he got the bargain after all.

Finding a hardware store, Zhang An calculated the size of his chicken coop and bought two bundles of thin wire.

When I got home, little Siqi was already up and eating the potato pancakes fried by his grandmother.

As for her grandson Xiao Siqi, Wang Fang really did everything a grandmother should do. She bought him what he wanted and cooked the food he wanted to eat, and she never thought it was troublesome.

As for breakfast every morning, as long as the little one asks, she will make it immediately.

"Mom, the butcher's beef is pretty good today. It's freshly slaughtered. I bought some. You can take it and watch me cook it."

Zhang An threw the wire in the yard, waited a while before coming out to set a trap, and then carried the beef into the house.

"Wow, why did you buy so much? Let's braise half of it and cut the rest into beef jerky. I remember Qiqi likes beef jerky the most."

Seeing so much beef, Wang Fang immediately figured out what to do.

"Beef jerky, beef jerky."

The little guy didn't care about anything else. He just followed Wang Fang in and out, and only cared about what was good.

Then Zhang An found a pair of pliers and went to the yard to start making a trap.

Because the chicken coop was too spacious and so many traps were needed, he hadn't finished half of them until lunchtime.

After lunch in the afternoon, we continued without stopping.

Because he wanted to make the traps today and hang them all under the eaves of the chicken coop.

Although Xiaohu and Huiqiu are on guard at night, it would be nice if they could relax a little.

In the afternoon, when Zhang An was still making the trap, Mr. Huang happened to pass by the door.

"Wow, where are you planning to cause trouble? Such a big event? No matter what it is, you can't let everyone get caught with it all."

When Mr. Huang saw the wire trap that Zhang An had already made and placed in the yard, he couldn't help but gasp.

If all these things were put in one place, it would definitely be like a family-destroying network.

Although Mr. Huang is old, he has always adhered to the principles of ecological capture and moderate hunting.

Seeing Zhang An making such a big move, he immediately wanted to come up and persuade him.

"Second Master, you have misunderstood me. Have you ever seen me causing trouble anywhere in all these years? This is all prepared for our family."

Seeing Master Huang like this, Zhang An knew what the old man was thinking, and he immediately began to explain with a helpless smile.

"In the middle of the night yesterday, a weasel came from nowhere and ran into the chicken coop to harm the chicks. If we don't deal with it, we will never be able to live in peace again."

"Weasel? I remember your area was always quite quiet, without even a mouse. How come you suddenly got hit by the Yellow Peril?"

When Mr. Huang heard the word "weasel", his expression changed and he showed a look of importance.

Because the weasel is not as simple as a mouse, even an experienced hunter like him has to take it seriously.

After all, if such a bad thing appears in a place, it is impossible that only the Haohao family will suffer, the people around them will also suffer.

Unfortunately, not far from Zhang An's home is Damingzi's home.

"I don't know either. I think it came from the mountains. If it weren't for the big rooster in my house, which is a bit more powerful, a lot of chicks would have been ruined by it."

Zhang An spread his hands, he also wanted to ask where the weasel came from.

"Then I'll do it with you. It will take you a long time to finish it by yourself."

Originally, Mr. Huang just wanted to come in and talk to Zhang An, but when he heard that these traps were set to catch weasels, he immediately decided not to leave and stayed to work with Zhang An.

Because only if the weasel is caught in Zhang An's house, the surrounding area will be peaceful.

With the help of Mr. Huang, Zhang An certainly would not refuse. After all, this skill was passed down to him by the old man.

"You can't do that. The weasel is small and yellow. You can't catch it with these buttons. You have to make them smaller."

Mr. Huang is indeed an old craftsman with a very sharp eyesight. He immediately saw the loopholes in the traps set by Zhang An.

So Zhang An reworked the buttons in the traps he had made before and made them smaller.

Working together, they were much faster than if they were alone. By noon, both bundles of wire had been made into a trap.

The wooden ladder at home was moved out and it was just enough to reach the eaves of the chicken coop.

It took another two hours to place all the wire traps under the eaves of the chicken coop.

Now, all we have to do is wait for that yellow-skinned guy to come and break through.

(End of this chapter)