Chapter 37: The Crab Hunt
Although frost and dew fell, the peach forest was still verdant and lush with grass.
The tall cattle and sheep like to eat the most tender grass and drink the richest spring water full of spiritual energy under the peach forest. Of course, only the strongest of the huge herds of cattle and sheep are qualified to occupy this treasure land.
A huge rooster, dressed in colorful colors, stands high on the branch. His body was so huge, and his long tail began to rise obliquely, and when it reached the end, it could no longer be supported, and it slowly fell, and now, it has fallen into a changing iridescent; He is not as strong as he was at the beginning, but more of the shape of a bird, the wings are getting bigger and bigger, the wings at the tips of the wings are so big that they cover most of the body, and as soon as the long wings are raised, the wind will blow up, blowing within a radius of more than ten meters, and the wind is blowing!
He stood proudly upright, his eyes sharp, patrolling his territory.
In this territory, in addition to the hens, there are only three equally tall white geese that can compete with him, and even the few remaining ducks have been driven by him to the edge of the peach forest.
Zhang Chutian had seen this rooster a long time ago, and he looked at the rooster's sharp nailed gaze, and his whole body was cold, and his fur was about to stand up - even though he had "known him many times", Zhang Chutian was far less casual in the face of this arrogant and sharp "battle chicken", and he just waved his hand in a curt, which was regarded as a greeting.
When I saw the big rooster turn his head, he patted his chest, "I'm scared of the fat man!" ”
At this time, Daddy Zhang also followed, and also saw the big rooster, and was glanced at by the rooster, as if swept by a machine-gun, and a chill came out of his heart.
"You're a friend, you're a monster raiser, aren't you...... These things, one by one, are more strange than the other! He still whispered, for fear of alarming something.
"I don't know. It's obviously a science emperor, who knows that he ran back to farm, and he also raised some strange things. Zhang Chutian muttered, and finally added, "There are still some good things." ”
"That friend of yours is also a strange person." Daddy Zhang pushed aside the green grass, looked at the unusually large cattle and sheep inside, looked at the pure and curious bull's-eyed sheep's eyes, and said.
"Boy Zhang, crab?!" Old man Shi looked at Zhang Chutian and urged dissatisfiedly.
"It's in front, in that ditch." Zhang Chutian quickened his pace, went to the depths of the grass forest, and walked more than ten steps, picking up the long grass, revealing a long canal with crystal water flashing.
"Right in here?" Old man Shi looked at it, left and right, with his "crab idiot" eyesight, he didn't see the slightest trace of crab action, and couldn't help but doubt: "There are really crabs here?" ”
"It's really in this ditch." Zhang Chutian straightened his chest and affirmed, "This crab is different from other crabs and occupies territory. You see this ditch, there are more than one meter long, and there is more than half a meter deep, but this long ditch is more than ten meters, and there is only one big crab or one or two small crabs in it; A few more, you have to fight to the death, and the winner is over. ”
When Old Man Shi heard this, he looked all the way along the ditch. He believes that if there are crabs, they will never escape his eyesight!
He walked all the way, and only saw the pale cyan, blue-yellow transparent Daxi shrimp; I saw fish swimming one by one, shaking their tails, shaking their heads and tails, swimming happily; I saw snails crawling on the aquatic plants, stretching out their soft bodies, greedily sucking the aura in the water; I even saw a few turtles, basking in the sun quietly on the rocks by the mud ditch......
But in any case, no trace of crabs was found. No, it can't be said that there are no traces of crabs at all, he found a mud hole where crabs hit, but looking at the traces, it is obviously an abandoned "cave".
He walked a long way along the ditch, and either he couldn't find any signs of the crabs moving at all, or there were a few mud holes with no crab tracks, and he couldn't help but be depressed.
He blew his long beard, full of frustration, turned into anger, and vented to Zhang Chutian's brain, "You Zhang boy, as treacherous as your father, you follow me, where are the crabs in this mud nest ditch?" ”
Zhang Chutian's fat head shrank, like the turtle that shrunk into the shell next to him, and dodged a knock from Old Man Shi's head, and said in confusion: "How could it not be?" Didn't you catch it here last time? ”
He turned around in his head, and suddenly slapped the door of his head, and shouted, "Yes, last time I was here, I caught all the crabs - let's go over there!" With that, Zhang Chutian led Old Man Shi to the other side of the peach forest.
At the other end, sure enough, it didn't take long for Old Man Shi to find the traces of the crab.
However, now is not the time for crabs to eat, and besides, crabs have been caught a lot and are clever, and when they see someone coming, they hide in their mud holes in all directions.
These crabs have big bodies, sharp claws, and dig up the mud quickly, and the crab holes are hit, which is called a deep, and they have learned the rabbit's, and they know the truth of the "three holes of the cunning rabbit", and they want to dig the mud hole step by step, and catch turtles in an urn, which is simply delusional!
Old man Shi saw a crab, just showed a crab claw, heard the human voice, immediately shrank in, and couldn't help but think.
He plucked a tough grass from the side, and slowly, stretched the grass stalk into the hole, gently shaking the grass stalk, like a swimming shrimp or a jumping fish, swimming in the water.
The crab was really fooled, and the big ao danced, clicked, and shook its waterline.
According to the old man's method, the grass stalk teased the crab, so as not to let the crab get caught in it, kept teasing, teasing the crab out of the hole, and then catching it; Once the grass stem is clamped, there is also a way, which is to pull out the grass stem and pull the crab out as quickly as possible, before the crab has time to react - this requires extremely high skill, you need to grasp the opportunity, you must open the crab's double chela, firmly clamp the grass stem, and the rest of the eight legs are in the mud, not yet exerting strength, there is no "mud foot deep", can pull the crab out.
Once the crab is clamped and finds the strength on the grass stalk, it stretches its eight legs into the mud and is ready for a tug-of-war, don't think about pulling him out again.
When Old Man Shi was catching stone crabs and stream crabs, this trick was commonly used and used well, but he still underestimated the reaction speed of this crab at the moment.
He put the grass stalk into the hole, and the crab stretched out its claw, clicked it, and quickly healed the electric shock, and cut the grass stalk directly; The sharp foot directly cuts the grass stem into two at the moment of cutting the grass stalk - this time, even the back move can be saved.
The crab pinched off the grass stem, saw that the situation was wrong, and retracted directly into the depths of the hole, and could no longer see any trace. Come to think of it, most of the day's work will not come out again.
"Old man Shi, old man Shi, I can't even catch a crab, it's really old~~!" Daddy Zhang's previous breath had not yet been cleaned, so he took the opportunity to spit it out.
Old man Shi squinted at him, didn't say a word, and went to look for the crab nest again.
Crab nest is not difficult to find for a veteran crab catcher like him, but it is not easy to catch those cunning crabs, three times in a row, and they miss one after another. The speed at which these crabs emerge is too fast, and it is not only fast, but also if they do not move, they move like thunder, and they are well versed in the art of war, which makes Old Man Shi have no temper.
Daddy Zhang watched Old Man Shi miss again and again, sarcastically one after another, and his anger was smooth.
He looked at the crabs hiding in the mud, and he was not convinced, and he also thought of a way to catch a crab out. It's a pity that I tried all the tricks, and I didn't even catch a crab claw, and I couldn't help but be depressed.
This mountain crab is not like a lake crab, it is not easy to catch it in a cage, you have to catch it skillfully, and it is not easy to catch it when you encounter a cunning one. encountered Zhou Yi, a crab who had become a fine crab in the forest, and even Old Man Shi, a crab idiot, could only "break the halberd and sink into the sand", sighing again and again.
Daddy Zhang's face is not good-looking.
He got up from the mud in embarrassment, glanced at Zhang Chutian, and said angrily: "Didn't you see that I was trying to catch crabs with you?" I don't know how to move! Tell me how you caught it last time! ”
Zhang Chutian also stood beside him helplessly, and said aggrievedly: "The last time I came with me, I happened to meet when the peaches were ripe, and I learned from my friend and used peach flesh to seduce these big crabs. ”
As soon as Daddy Zhang heard that he actually used the sky-high price of peaches, which he had to consider for a long time to eat a peach, he rushed to his head with enthusiasm, kicked over, and directly kicked Zhang Chutian into the muddy water, "Kill you, I'll kill you!! ”
The green tendons on his head were rising, and the black tendons on his hands were also stretched, clenching his fists, and chasing and beating Zhang Chutian fiercely.
Zhang Chutian is too familiar with this brazier's father. As soon as he saw Daddy Zhang's temper coming up, he didn't care about being covered in muddy water, he got up and ran, running in circles to the depths of the forest.
It is also strange to say that since he was hit by gout, Daddy Zhang has eaten fruits and vegetables every day, very little meat, and his anger has been declining day by day, and in recent years, he has hardly been angry. But since last year, that is, since Zhou Yi got peaches back, Daddy Zhang's temper has risen day by day - maybe there is something else in this?
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Thanks to the "strongman's boss", "Gelahua", "Happy Selfless" and other friends for their recommendation and support!