The morning episode passed quickly, and in the afternoon Qiaoya rushed to tell her that the children of the village would start a "big operation" with a few young people today - digging vole holes. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xue Ying's eyes widened, in her previous life, she had heard that people in some places regarded vole meat as a delicacy, could they be looking for wild meat? So she took a few seconds to think about her acceptance of vole meat, and decided that although she could go with her, it was better to see if it was time to eat.

As a result, after Qiaoya explained, she learned that the main purpose of digging vole holes was not for vole meat, but for the food that was stolen by voles. It's shortly after the autumn harvest, and the voles are at their most stockpiled. In addition, the peaches on the mountain were finished picking again, so these young people made time to clean up the vole.

So with a strong curiosity, she followed Qiaoya to the field, and sure enough, she saw three young men of about fifteen or sixteen years old walking in front with shovels and shovels, followed by a group of children in the Zhuangzi.

Seeing that Xue Ying was also coming, several young men couldn't help blushing, and then raised their chests pretending to be calm, looking like they were going to behave well.

Xue Ying held back a smile and joined the team of the children behind. In Qiaoya's reminder, I knew that the young man who walked in the front today was called Zhao Yunyou, although he was young, he was a generation older than Zhao Zhuangtou in Zhuangzi, and his brain was extremely smart, but unfortunately he didn't like to study, and he wanted to enter the winery to inherit his father's skills.

It didn't take long for everyone to stop. Zhao Yunyou squatted down in front of a vole hole, looked at the situation at the entrance of the cave, pinched a handful of dirt and sniffed it, and then made a gesture to let the other two people disperse. The other children had learned about it, and they scattered and began to search the neighborhood with all their might.

"What are they looking for?" Xue Ying asked.

"Vole Cave. I've inquired, this vole has not only one but three holes, one is used to dig out when the hole is made, one is used to enter and exit at ordinary times, and one is used for emergency escape. They had to find and plug the other two holes, and then dig all the way through the holes that came in and out. ”

"But don't you mean they're just looking for food? Why do you want to seal the hole? Xue Ying's mind began to think of vole meat again.

"I'm going to catch the vole back and feed it to the cat!" Qiaoya glanced at her a little strangely, "Besides, if the vole is not killed, it will steal the things in the granary in a few days, so won't it be a loss?" ”

Xue Ying was speechless: she was still in the mind that life was more important than food, so she didn't think of the harm of voles for a while.

Ahem, no way, she wasn't an authentic farmer in her last life after all.

Not long after, with the strong support of the "broad masses of working people", they quickly found the remaining two holes, and after Zhao Yunyou's confirmation, they stuffed a large ball of soil tightly.

The three boys went back to the original hole and dug it with shovels.

"This hole is so big, it's a fat vole!" Someone sighed.

Zhao Yunyou stood aside and continued to be a military advisor, and said, "Of course, I bet that this hole must be at least fifty catties." ”

Xue Ying's eyes widened when she heard this: Fifty catties?!

No wonder it takes so much effort to dig vole holes, and the food consumed by this litter of voles is about the same as that of a child! It is said that voles are pests, she didn't have much personal experience before, but now she has a deep understanding: this is ancient times, the planting technology is not developed, fifty catties of grain is not a small amount, how many people's hard work and sweat must be!

After digging up, I saw that the passage below was crooked, like a tunnel battle. Fortunately, these two young men were accustomed to farm work, their movements were clean and fast, and not long after digging, two forks in the road appeared. Zhao Yunyou, who had been standing aside to observe the battle, inserted a piece of grass into the hole on the left and asked them to dig the one on the right.

And when digging a corner, Zhao Yunyou asked them to stop first, looked at it confidently, and straightened in a straight direction: "This is the vole's nest." ”

Sure enough, after a few shovels, a hole was revealed that was much wider than the passage, and in the hole was covered with comfortable hay, on which lay six small voles that had not yet grown hair, pink and delicate, with bare skin. Exposed, it looks so pitiful.

The children cheered, and rushed over to quickly snatch and distribute the little voles, apparently mistaking them for new toys.

Zhao Yunyou and the other two young men were much calmer, and dug along the passage in another direction.

This time, Zhao Yunyou was no longer a good look, clutching the shovel in his hand, and staring at the hole with a pair of clear eyes. Qiaoya also became more and more nervous, and grabbed Xue Ying's sleeve, which made her heart lift.

Suddenly, a gray shadow flashed, and the shovel in Zhao Yunyou's hand also fell like thunder, knocking the gray shadow away with a "snap".

Xue Ying was startled, and her heart was about to jump out. I finally settled my mind and looked at it, and the gray shadow turned out to be a huge vole, and that size looked no smaller than a medium-sized cat!

This is the legendary vole that can scare cats away, right?

A chubby little boy was very sharp with his hands and feet, and immediately went over to pick up the fat vole, shook it, and shouted: "This is for my family!" ”

Other children agreed: "Ah Hua has a cub, I want to feed it!" ”

"Yes, yes, give birth to a cub and share one of my family!"

Although the vole had been killed by Zhao Yunyou with a shovel, Xue Ying couldn't help but take a step back, not daring to look at the blood flowing from the corner of the vole's mouth.

Zhao Yunyou noticed her cringe and walked over: "Third Miss, if you're afraid, go back first, these are not suitable for girls." ”

Just kidding, there are a lot of girls who come with you, okay?

Xue Ying hurriedly waved her hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm not afraid." After speaking, he gave a thumbs up, "Brother Ayou is so amazing!" ”

Zhao Yunyou smiled a little embarrassedly and returned to his post.

After playing for a long time, I saw another vole, this vole did not escape, but buried its head desperately digging holes, it looked a little smaller than the one just now, but the size was definitely at the level of a general among voles.

One of the burrowers shoveled the vole's head off like a bolt.

Xue Ying couldn't help but close her eyes, but Qiaoya beside her exclaimed, there was little horror in her voice, more appreciation and excitement.

Yes, it's really right to let this girl practice martial arts, this is really bold enough.

After exterminating the voles in the hole, they began to look for the voles' granaries. When digging down the other passage, Zhao Yunyou stopped again, leaned in to take a look, and pointed to the dirt next to him: "Dig here." ”

A few shovels went down, revealing another side of the world. The cave was several times wider than the vole's nest earlier, and it was full of peanuts, all plump and delicious to look at.

Xue Ying couldn't help but sigh: It is worthy of being a vole, this ability to choose food is first-class!