Chapter 21: The Chicken Thief
I don't know if it's an illusion, but since getting the net bottle, Zhang Fan found that his hearing, eyesight, etc., have been greatly improved. One thing is certain, his own strength is much greater.
In the middle of the night, the lights in the village gradually go out. The villagers don't have much nightlife, and they usually go to bed after watching two TV episodes, and it's not even ten o'clock.
As a night owl, Zhang Fan can't get used to going to bed so early.
Suddenly, he seemed to hear a shadow sneaking by outside the window. Intrigued, he secretly stuck his head out the window.
I saw an animal with a slender body, long cheeks, short limbs, pointed beak, erect ears, and a long tail, tiptoeing forward.
It seemed to sense something, suddenly turned around, a face full of doubt, shook its head, and continued on its way.
Zhang Fan exhaled secretly, fortunately he reacted quickly and didn't let the "thief" find out. But Zhang Fan knew that the "thief" must have increased his vigilance.
There is no doubt that it was a fox, which Zhang Fan had seen before when he went up the mountain. This animal is cunning and it is very difficult to catch them. The traps you set can't kill people, and the prey you can't get into the traps will also be picked up by them.
"Strange, now the fox is so bold?" Zhang Fan said secretly.
In the past, foxes rarely descended the mountain, and there were not many prey in the mountains, enough for them to be harmed, and there was no need to take risks.
Besides, Zhang Fan's house is not close to the mountain, there are still people who are closer to the mountain than his house, and it is more convenient not to steal, what is the reason for running to his house?
In an instant, Zhang Fan seemed to understand.
He fed the poultry spiritual water, and the taste of chickens and ducks was naturally more delicious, maybe this is the reason for attracting, right?
Zhang Fan also went out lightly, but he wanted to see how the "thief" stole the chicken. He didn't dare to get too close, knowing that the fox was not simple.
The fox's eyes are able to adapt to darkness, and the pupils are oval and shiny. Foxes have a keen sense of sight, smell, and hearing.
Fortunately, the moonlight was bright tonight, and the fox's every move could be observed from afar. Zhang Fan was quite speechless, still underestimating the fox's cleverness.
Perhaps, because of the alarm just now, the fox was not very relieved, so he walked back and walked towards Zhang Fan, his nose twitching, obviously smelling something.
Zhang Fan didn't say a word, and immediately entered the net bottle space.
"The nose is really smart. Zhang Fan also had to praise it.
It's a pity that I can't see what's going on outside.
As soon as he thought so, a scene suddenly appeared in his mind, which was the scene outside, which frightened Zhang Fan, but he didn't expect that the net bottle still had this function.
It's convenient.
The "thief" fox had a puzzled expression on its face again, and it was estimated that it was also full of surprise: Could it be that he has caught a cold recently and has a bad nose? Why did he suddenly disappear when he smelled the breath of a human being just now?
Foxes are suspicious creatures, and if they are suspicious, they will be especially careful.
Instead, it's probably given up on tonight's action and won't take any chances. But the smell of those chickens made it linger for a long time, and it almost drooled again, and it was reluctant to leave.
The fox's next move made Zhang Fandu open his mouth slightly, quite surprised.
I saw it knock on the door with its paws, and then hid in the dark, pricked up its ears to listen, and after a while, found that there was no movement, and thought that the people inside were asleep, so it poked its head out.
Zhang Fan seemed to be able to see clearly that the fox had a thief smile on his face.
If he hadn't gone to bed early, I'm afraid he would have really let this little thief succeed. It can catch one during the day, let alone at night.
As we all know, chickens are suffering from night blindness and cannot see anything at night. Therefore, it is especially easy to steal chickens at night, and if you catch them, you will not have the ability to resist at all.
Generally speaking, the retina of animals, including humans, mainly includes two kinds of cells, one is a thick and short cone cell, which mainly sees things during the day and has a strong ability to distinguish colors, and the other is a thin and long rod cell, which can distinguish the shape of objects in a darker situation, but the ability to distinguish color is very weak.
In fact, not only chickens, but many birds are also born with night blindness.
Therefore, it is easy to catch birds at night, Zhang Fan still remembers that he did a lot of such things when he was young, those birds are stupid, and they can take the birds away when they find the nest.
When the fox came to the chicken coop, he looked around again to make sure that he was safe, and then slowly raised his front paws, and slowly opened the door of the chicken coop, and saw that the eyes of the chickens shrunk into a ball inside.
He glanced back again before slipping in, closing the door by the way.
Zhang Fan also has to admit that the fox is really too chicken thief, and he is extremely cautious.
Soon, the angry voice of a big rooster came from the chicken coop. Zhang Fan didn't figure out what the situation was, but he saw the fox jumping out of the chicken coop in a very embarrassed way, followed by a fighting chicken, the hair on his neck exploded, and he looked terrifying.
Even Zhang Fan didn't expect that the spiritual water would improve the eyesight of the big rooster, although it was not to the level of a cat, but he could see objects at night.
The big rooster also seems to have been prepared, just waiting for the hateful little thief to find himself.
The fox had just slipped in, had been discovered, and was about to pick one to strike, when he was surprised to see the big rooster glaring at it, its feathers exploding, and almost flying over, pecking at its eyes.
The fox didn't commit crimes three or two times, when did he encounter such a situation? One was stunned, and he was pecked several times by the big rooster, and under the pain, the fox could not stay any longer.
It's not that it can't beat the chicken, it's just that the chicken is so troubled, and it will be discovered after a while, so it won't be entangled.
But as soon as it escaped from the chicken coop, a person appeared out of thin air, frightened it so much that it lay on the ground and pretended to be dead on the spot, and spit out half of its tongue. This made Zhang Fan cry and laugh suddenly, and he was smart but was mistaken by being smart!
I have to say that the fox is also a powerful actor in acting, and his kung fu of pretending to be dead is first-class, and there are not many in nature that can compare with it.
The big roosters chasing after him were a little confused: this is going to fall to death?
It also used its claws to catch the fox a few times, but it really didn't move, and the big rooster relaxed and circled around Zhang Fan as if he was asking for credit.
Zhang Fan saw that the fox was still pretending, and laughed, so he simply walked over and lifted it, preparing to find a snakeskin bag to put it up.
"It's quite bearable!" Zhang Fan said with a smile.
Until the fox was put into the snakeskin bag and the mouth of the bag was knotted, it was still able to endure it, which was really amazing!
He herded the big into the coop and closed the door again. After catching a thief, Zhang Fan was in a good mood, put the snakeskin bag containing the fox in the corner and fell asleep, thinking that he would clean it up tomorrow.
However, the next day, Zhang Fan happily told his aunt that they had caught the chicken thief.
But when he went to the corner again, he found that there was only a snakeskin bag left, and his face changed dramatically. He hurried to the chicken coop and counted, your sister! There is one less chicken.