Chapter 486: Snow Tracking
It snowed for almost a day and a night, and now it's stopped!
After a day and a night of heavy snowfall, the earth was covered with a silver-white plain costume, but on top of this plain costume, there were a man and a dog moving.
The village is built on the mountain, but there is a distance from the back mountain, which is made up of patches of farmland, most of the fields in the vicinity are here, but some are in front of the village, so to speak, the whole village is surrounded by farmland, and only the front and back roads can lead to the outside.
One road is at the west end of the village, and the other is at the east end of the village, the road at the east end of the village connects several nearby villages, and the road at the west end of the village is the only way to the county seat......
Back Mountain!
Lin Tian was constantly patrolling, trying to find the traces of hares' activities in this vast snow-covered land.
But the idea is very good, but it is not satisfactory, since the little black dog on the side was brought out by Lin Tian, it is called a cheerful, running around from time to time, and running away from time to time.
The little black dog ran around, but it was always moving in front of Lin Tian, but if there were rabbit footprints in front of it, wouldn't it be destroyed by the little black dog. Therefore, Lin Tian hurriedly caught up with the little black dog and criticized it fiercely.
Now, the little black dog finally got honest.
The dog is a very magical creature, to say that it understands human nature, it does understand some, the domestic dog will be very fierce when it comes to outsiders, and it can't wait to bite you, but it will be very obedient to its own family, especially people like Lin Tian who have not been back to their hometown for many years.
When you first arrive, the little black dog may be wary of you, but after a while, he will basically listen to you.
Lin Tian walked along the ridge and walked on the edge of a pond, and Lin Tian basically didn't look at the side in the rear, and found no traces of hare activities, Lin Tian couldn't help but be a little disappointed, so he decided to bypass the pond and go farther away.
There is a pond in front of the village and a pond at the back of the village, and these two ponds play a very important role in the village, one is a "food storehouse", there are many fish in it, and there are many wild ones. In Lin Tian's memory, many people used to go fishing in the summer, and the size of the fish caught was very large.
In addition, these two ponds also serve as water, and in the event of a drought, they will open the sluice gates to release water to irrigate the crops in the fields.
Walking and walking, Lin Tian came to the place where the whole village planted vegetables, this area is the place where the whole village people concentrate on planting vegetables, and each family will divide a few pieces of land to grow all kinds of vegetables.
However, it is winter, and there is nothing else to be seen in the field except for some very hardy vegetables.
Seeing this, Lin Tian thought that there are so many vegetables here, there should be traces of hares!
So, Lin Tian began to look carefully, the footprints of the rabbit are very good, and the four points formed by the footprints, the first two footprints will form a straight line, and the back two corners will be separated, so it is easy to distinguish.
First of all, Lin Tian began to look for the entrance of the vegetable field, then circled the vegetable field, and finally saw traces of hare activity on the outermost side, near the ridge, and there were traces of the vegetables planted in the field next to it.
Lin Tian squatted down and took a closer look, and found that it was indeed the footprints of a hare, and then Lin Tian identified the direction of the footprints and began to follow the footprints.......
Walking and walking, he came to a bush, and the footprints began to be messy here, but this was difficult for Lin Tian, and after distinguishing the messy footprints, he found the route where the hare finally left.
Then after walking for about a few minutes, Lin Tian saw that the footprints of Snow Mountain suddenly disappeared......
After thinking about it, since the footprints disappeared, it meant that the rabbit should be nearby, so Lin Tian immediately searched for it carefully......
A moment later.
Sure enough, a hole was found under a small snow cave, and there were some weeds growing next to the hole, Lin Tian cleared all the snow nearby, picked up a stick from the ground, and poked it in.....
Without waiting for Lin Tian to poke a few times, a gray "big mouse" suddenly popped out on Lin Tian's side, and after a closer look, this big mouse was not a hare What else could it be, without saying a word, Lin Tian chased after him, and the little black dog rolling in the snow on the side, after seeing Lin Tian's movements, he also ran to Lin Tian's side for a while.
The rabbit's legs are relatively short, and it can't run fast in the thick snow, so Lin Tian doesn't need to be in a hurry, the reason why he catches up is because he is afraid that it will suddenly burrow into some grass.
"Blackie, catch it quickly. Lin Tian shouted.
The little black dog was also interested in rabbits, which were small and active, and after hearing Lin Tian's shout, he also quickly chased after them.
Soon, the short-legged hare slowed down as it ran, apparently exhausted, and the little black dog easily stopped its direction, and for a time a rabbit and a dog, the two were looking at each other.
The hare's ears were pricked up, and his big eyes stared straight at the behemoth in front of him, while the little black dog lay on the snow, grinning at the hare.
The hare trembled..... After seeing Lin Tian coming over, he immediately shrank his head.
Lin Tian stepped forward and grabbed one of the hare's big ears, and then picked it up and rushed back......
It's easy to catch a hare after a heavy snowfall, but it's hard to find a rabbit, and if you're unlucky, it's really hard to find a rabbit's footprints, after all, the area around the village is too big. And hares don't have to be near vegetable patches, there are too many things in the countryside for rabbits to eat......
The hare in Lin Tian's hand is relatively large, it is estimated that it is more than three catties and almost four catties, barely enough for the family to eat...... Thinking of this, Lin Tian couldn't help but be a little happy, and he was worthy of getting up so early to catch rabbits, which was a bit of a gain.
Otherwise, if you get up so early, if the hare is not caught, you will be busy in vain.
On the way back, he met some people from the village, and they took the initiative to greet Lin Tian, but Lin Tian didn't remember who they were, so he just smiled and nodded, and then continued to walk back with the rabbit.
When I got home, my grandfather had already gotten up and was starting a fire in the house, and the first thing I did when I got up every day was to light the stove and put some charcoal on it, so that it would be warmer.
"Grandpa, I'm back!" Lin Tian kicked the snow on the upper of his shoes in the yard.
"Xiaotian is back!" Grandpa replied with a smile, "Yo, the harvest is not small." Seeing the hare in Lin Tian's hand, he also said with a smile.
"Fortunately, I was lucky to catch a hare that was more than three catties all the time..... Lin Tian said.
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