Catch the Mountain 1985

Chapter 256 Li Chunmei’s request
"That's good. It's pretty fast this time. I thought I had to wait a few days. I thought Xiaomei's coming over was in vain. I can't even see your face." Wang Xiufen also felt the same after hearing Zhang Peng's words. Said to him.
"Well, it went very smoothly this time. Basically, nothing went wrong. I came back right after the village meeting." Zhang Peng also said to Wang Xiufen. Of course, he also said this to Li Chunmei.
"Chunmei, are you doing well at home?" Zhang Peng asked Li Chunmei.
"My mother is fine, and my brother has also gone to school. This time I mainly came here to see my aunt, and I have something else to do. See if you can help." Li Chunmei also said to Zhang Peng.
"Oh, Xiaomei, what are you talking about? Just say whatever you want. If Zhang Peng can help, there must be no problem." Wang Xiufen heard Li Chunmei's words and said with a smile.
Well, Chunmei, just tell me. What happened? "Zhang Peng also asked with some curiosity.
Generally speaking, Li Chunmei rarely speaks. She doesn't want to trouble others with anything, and she won't say a word if she can do it by herself. Zhang Peng was also curious about what she said suddenly.
"Well, I just want to ask if we still have badger seed oil?" Li Chunmei also said to Zhang Peng.
"Badger Seed Oil? What happened? Who got burned?" Zhang Peng heard Li Chunmei's words and mentioned Badger Seed Oil, and knew that someone must have been burned, otherwise he wouldn't want this thing.
"Ah? No, no one was burned." Li Chunmei was stunned when she heard Zhang Peng's words, and then said to him.
"Then why do you need badger seed oil? This thing is only useful for burns." Zhang Peng asked with some confusion after hearing this.
"No, it's from our village. Lao Wang's Sanmei didn't know where you came from. So she came to me and asked if there was any badger seed oil. Her mother had stomach trouble again. Isn't this a folk remedy she heard? Well, a spoonful of badger seed oil fried with eggs every day is said to have miraculous effects." Li Chunmei quickly explained after hearing Zhang Peng's words.
"Oh, this matter, it's hard to deal with badgers this winter. In other seasons, this thing wouldn't be a big deal." Zhang Peng sat on the kang, touched his chin, and then said to Li Chunmei.
"If it's not easy, forget it. I'll just go back and talk to her then." Li Chunmei was also a little disappointed when she heard this, but she still said to Zhang Peng understandingly.
"Hey, son, is there nothing we can do? Let Xiaomei ask other families if they have saved anything before." Wang Xiufen heard Li Chunmei's words and asked Zhang Peng.
Zhang Peng was stunned when he heard Wang Xiufen's words. He had fallen into a misunderstanding. He didn't have this thing here, and it might not be available in other places. This badger seed oil is also easy to store. If it is stored well, it can be stored in a large box. There was no problem for half a year.
"Yes, Mom, you are right. I can ask other families if they have any. You sit and wait for a while. I will ask first." After saying this, Zhang Peng put on his fur coat and prepared to go out.
"Hey, you should take a rest first, you are not in such a hurry." When Li Chunmei saw Zhang Peng getting up to go out, she quickly got up and said to Zhang Peng.
But then she was grabbed by Wang Xiufen who was on the kang, and then she motioned for Zhang Peng to go out.
"It's okay, Xiaomei, just sit still and let him ask him why he, a young man, is so tired. Just chat with your aunt and wait until he comes back." Wang Xiufen also said to Li Chunmei, and then He also grabbed a handful of melon seeds and stuffed them into her hand.
"You two, stop playing. Go to the warehouse to get some frozen pears and come back to eat them later. I'll feed them to you, Sister Chunmei, later." Wang Xiufen turned her head again and said to Zhang Xiaoxia and Zhang Xiaolan who were running to the edge of the kang.
After Zhang Xiaoxia and Zhang Xiaolan heard this, they quickly let go of the ravaged Xiaobao, happily went to the ground to put on their shoes, and went to the barn to get frozen pears hand in hand.
"Wash your hands first before you go, my hair is getting wet every day," Wang Xiufen also reminded the two of them.
After hearing Wang Xiufen's words, Zhang Xiaoxia and Zhang Xiaolan obediently went to the outhouse, washed and dried their hands, then opened the door and walked out.
After Zhang Peng walked out, he was thinking about where he could get badger oil and come back. Li Chunmei said, "I can't just give it to her if I get some." That would be a bit unreasonable.
Then I can only quickly search in my head to see who might have it, and there will be a lot of it left in the previous inventory.
Walking on the road in the village, Zhang Peng was going to try his luck at Liu Zhiyong's house. He knew that Liu Zhiyong was good at tinkering with these things before, and he also had his own unique skills for digging out badger holes.
This kid has his own unique insights into badgers, and has his own method of picking out badgers. This is the method this kid told Zhang Peng when he got older.
Liu Zhiyong divided badgers into two types: wandering badgers and resident badgers.As the name suggests, wandering badgers refer to badgers that pass by without a fixed abode, or occasionally come to take a walk, play, or find food.To live in a badger is to build a nest and burrow on a low slope facing the sun, with the intention of living in a certain place for a long time and reproducing from generation to generation.

As long as empty soil is found on the slope, it means that there may be a badger hole nearby, and you need to be vigilant.The caves where badgers live are mostly at the roots of gentle slopes facing the sun. The mouth of the badger cave is as big as a sea bowl, and the inside is deep and winding. There are "doors" in front and behind the cave. Therefore, whether it is water irrigation or smoke, it is difficult to catch them smoothly at the front door. Unless they can find the back door and ambush above it.

Liu Zhiyong often uses the smoking method. This is also the simplest. Use smoke at one hole and ambush the other hole. Once the badgers can't stand the smoke, they will run out, but at this time, they cannot act immediately. , the badger was very cautious when it first came out of the hole. You have to wait until it comes out completely, and then cover it with a badger trap to catch it alive.
The badger trap is made of hemp ropes tied into a net and is specially used to catch badgers. The badger trap has a wooden handle and the net is shallower. This way, it will be safer and the badgers will not be trapped inside. It’s very powerful, so it’s very easy to use.
From these, we can see to what extent Liu Zhiyong's research on badgers has reached and what extent he has learned.
Moreover, Liu Zhiyong also improved the badger barbed hook, which is actually an ancient badger thorn, and also has an iron clip specially used for badgers. After doing this, he said that there is no badger that he can't take off.
Of course, some people make mistakes and some horses make mistakes, and there are some things that Zhang Peng can't take down. Then he has to resort to the last resort. Use a shovel to follow the trend of the badger hole, dig out the whole badger hole, and then Find the right opportunity and kill it with a shovel.
When Zhang Peng arrived at the gate of Liu Zhiyong's courtyard, he happened to see Liu Zhiyong walking away with his arms crossed.
"Hey, Zhiyong, what are you doing?" Zhang Peng shouted to Liu Zhiyong.
Liu Zhiyong raised his head and saw Zhang Peng. He was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly came up to him with a smile.
"I have nothing to do. I wanted to go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the village to buy something. Why are you here? What do you want from me?" Liu Zhiyong said to Zhang Peng.
"Well, something happened. Do you still have badger oil at home?" Zhang Peng also asked directly.
"What's going on? Who in our family wants to use it?" Liu Zhiyong asked quickly after hearing Zhang Peng's words.
(End of this chapter)