Chapter Seventy-One: Digging Crabs in the Mouse Hole
Liu Daode had great strength, and with three or two strokes of the shovel, he leveled a thin layer of soil on the top. Rats burrow, twisting and turning.
Therefore, digging rat holes also pays attention to skills, don't be stupid, dig a shovel to see the rat hole, don't let the soil be buried. Otherwise, it will be a complete wasted effort.
Of course, there is a more secure way...... Under Liu Daodao's introduction, the rest of the people dragged a dogtail grass one after another, stuffed it directly down the mouse hole, and stuffed it until the end before stopping.
In this way, even if the excavated soil fills in the rat hole, and there are traces of dogtail grass, you can find the general direction.
Liu Daode is familiar with the road, wielding a shovel and working hard. After about ten minutes, I heard a squeaking sound from inside. The general stood up abruptly, staring at the entrance of the cave.
As for the second general, it was still squinting, and it was clear that it was not interested in these rats at all.
Another shovel was dug up, and suddenly a rat sprang out and ran straight down the ditch.
As soon as he ran two steps, he was caught up by the general.
The front paws lifted and fell, and the thing immediately died and could not die again.
One, two, three...... There was a general guarding by the side, and none of the rats in this nest ran away.
The general caught the rat and did not eat it, but went to the roadside and lined up to ask for credit from the master. Chen Dadong looked at it and thought it was interesting, so he simply threw away the shovel and came to Liu Daode to take pictures.
"See, this is the mouse's bedroom," Liu Daode explained, pointing to the wide cave.
The cave is the size of a bowl, and is covered with bird feathers and hay, which looks quite comfortable.
Chen Dadong took a few photos and said with some admiration: "This nest is very clean."
"Of course, the rat hole is very particular, not only has a bedroom, but also a bathroom, and usually their feces are all discharged in the bathroom. Liu Daode explained, while waving the shovel and digging a few more times, another smaller cave appeared in front of him, and there was a pungent smell in it.
"That's really the case, take it" Chen Dadong didn't like the smell unpleasant, and continued to take pictures.
The rat nest has come out, indicating that it is not far from the warehouse. Liu Daode continued to dig down, and a few shovels went down to the end.
Below was dirt, empty, nothing.
"On the ground, what's going on, why don't there be rat barns?" Chen Dadong threw a few sticks and asked suspiciously.
"There must have been a fork just now, just keep digging back" Liu Daode is very experienced in this, the mouse hole is more complicated than the tunnel in "Tunnel War". It often goes up and down, left and right, and there are forks in places where you don't pay attention, especially those caves where food is hidden, which are often sealed with earth.
Liu Daode searched in the direction he had dug and found another hole. Digging two more shovels, and seeing that the diameter of the cave was constantly expanding, he was almost sure that he had dug the granary.
Sure enough, soon the shelled peanuts were revealed. These peanuts are carefully selected by the rats, and the shells are dry and very full.
Hearing that he had dug up food, the rest of the tourists stopped what they were doing and came over to watch.
Liu Daode squatted down, directly held it with his hand, and held four or five catties of peanuts before cleaning the rat barn.
"It's finally over, let's continue to look for a new hole, right?" Chen Dadong got up and said.
"Don't worry, it's not over yet, just dug a warehouse. Liu Daode shook his head and followed: "This is just a peanut warehouse, there should be a soybean warehouse and a wheat warehouse." ”
"Really...... Rats also know how to classify food?" said Zhou with an expression of obvious disbelief on his face.
"Many mice are like this, the peanut bin is full of peanuts, the mung bean bin is full of mung beans, of course, there are a few lazy mice, and there will be miscellaneous food piles together...... I'll look for other dark holes. Liu Daode explained, squatting down and carefully searching for the wall of the hole he had dug.
Soon, another dark hole was discovered.
This time I dug up, and inside was the wheat barn.
The ears of wheat are arranged quite neatly, and the direction of the head and tail of the ears of wheat is basically the same, and there is no other grain in sight. This warehouse should have been stocked up in the summer.
"Two words, admire" Zhou Chaowei was completely convinced after reading it.
After the wheat ears were processed, Liu Daode then dug out a mung bean warehouse. He continued to search along the cave wall, and when he saw that there was indeed no dark hole, he stopped.
With Liu Daodao's experience, the rest of the people were enthusiastic, and soon they also had their own gains. Of course, there are a lot of rats dug up, and under the pursuit of the general, they basically didn't run.
"I'm ...... This is a crab, am I digging a crab hole?" At this time, Wang Junyi suddenly exclaimed.
"Crab hole, didn't you dig along the rat hole just now?" Chen Dadong leaned over and took a few photos and asked rhetorically.
"That's it, morality, come over and have a look," Wang Junyi shouted again.
"I'll see" Liu Daode put down the shovel and walked over in a few steps.
I saw seven or eight small crabs slipping in the cave the thickness of a teacup below, all of these guys had no legs, only two big pincers left, waving their teeth and claws.
Seeing this, he replied with confirmation: "You didn't dig it wrong, it's a rat hole, and the crabs in it are the food stored by mice." ”
"Rats store crabs as food...... How could it possibly catch a crab in the water?" the crowd was shocked again.
"Hehe, again, rats are far smarter than you think. Generally, in the first month of autumn, when the weather turns cooler, crabs will come ashore in groups.
On shore, they are basically no match for rats. When a mouse encounters a crab, it usually bites off its eight paws first, then eats it, and drags it into the burrow and stores it when it can't finish eating.
The bottom of the rat hole is relatively wet, and the crabs will not die if they survive in it for three to five months. However, the big crabs and mice can't fight, and generally only catch the small ones...... You see, these little crabs don't have claws. With that, he reached out and grabbed a crab and threw it on the road.
I saw this guy holding the pliers and spinning in place, unable to crawl at all.
"That's true"
In the end, the crowd didn't know what to say. Simply digging a rat is an eye-opener for them.
Such a novel thing is simply unimaginable for those who have not experienced it firsthand.
Most of these tourists are digging rats for the first time, so naturally their interest is high. I didn't stop until it was almost dark.
It was useless for a few people to dig up food, and all of them were given to Liu Daode to feed the chickens and ducks. Speaking of which, most of them have eaten free watermelons at Liu Daodao's house, and now they can be regarded as "investing in Li and repaying them with peaches".
The results were quite fruitful, and when he returned home, the two snakeskin bags that Liu Daode brought were basically full.
More than thirty rats were not wasted, and he sneaked home in one go.
Wait to feed the foodies, and throw them away if you can't finish eating.
I was more active today, so I washed my hands at home, took a break, and then started to cook dinner.
After eating, Liu Daode just sat down next to the peach tree, and the three animals in the courtyard gathered around him, waiting for the master to start cultivating. xh:.74.240.212