"Oh, you crow's mouth by the river, it's really snowing. Forget it, you can't go hunting. Brother, let's find a new festival. Yan Yuan walked outside and looked at the snow, holding sweet potatoes in his hand and eating non-stop, but there was still a hint of disappointment on his face.

"It's not like there's nothing to play with. Let's catch sparrows today. Ebebe smiled.

Sparrows were classified as the four major evils in the days when the countryside was still a production team, but from the perspective of farmers, it was not unreasonable to do so.

Due to the destruction of forests during the years of mass production, birds of prey such as eagles are rapidly decreasing, resulting in a dramatic increase in the number of sparrows. As a result, it had a very serious impact on agricultural production at that time.

I heard the old people talk about the grand occasion of the sparrows at that time. It is said that once after a thunderstorm, someone found that the land in the heron mountain was full of sparrows that had been electrocuted, and they picked dozens of baskets with baskets. You can see how amazing the number of sparrows is.

The turtle king also often said that the production team finished distributing the millet one year, and put the millet at the bottom of the warehouse in a wooden bucket and put it on the barn to dry, and immediately surrounded the black and pressed a large group of sparrows. The turtle king himself covered the bucket with a fishing net, caught hundreds of sparrows, and made a big tooth sacrifice in the canteen of the production team that night. Meat was really rare at that time. Every time the turtle king said it, he always kept sighing

This is not the most serious thing, the most serious thing is that when the production team sows the grain, these sparrows will always come to join in the fun. Sparrows during the day and rats at night. At that time, there was a lack of food and clothing, and each family had a little food, so it was naturally difficult for these birds and beasts to store enough food. At this time, seeing that the fields were full of grain, their excitement could be imagined.

The sparrow is a large black oppression, and if you drill into the field, you can eat a piece of grain. At that time, there was a shortage of materials, but there were no materials such as mulch, and the people of the production team used some moss to cover the grain seeds, but where could they escape the eyes of sparrows?

Once these sparrows are allowed to succeed, the production team will inevitably be completely destroyed. At that time, people tried their best. I tried all sorts of ways to make a scarecrow, set off firecrackers, but none of them worked. These sparrows are also very smart, and they will be able to adapt to any trick after one or two times. In the end, the production team had to arrange for people to guard the field for days until the grain seeds in the rice fields turned into green seedlings.

So, the people of that era tried everything they could to get rid of the sparrows, but the number of sparrows was always very large. It was not until the emergence of highly toxic pesticides that the number of sparrows was slowly controlled.

In the nineties of the last century, a strange thing happened in Lulu Mountain, and all the sparrows disappeared overnight.

The sparrow in Lulu Mountain is a light gray sparrow, and this kind of sparrow suddenly disappeared in the entire Jinlu County, or even the entire region, in a certain year. No one knows why.

Until now, there has been no trace of this sparrow on the riverside.

However, a few years ago, there were more sparrows in Egret Mountain, and they were not the light gray sparrows they used to be. This type of sparrow has some spots on its feathers, and its coat color is darker, and it is slightly smaller.

And, strangely, although there are a large number of sparrows behind Heron Mountain, they are at peace with the farmers. When farmers grow seedlings, they don't come to make trouble. They seem to be more interested in the caterpillars of the mountains.

"Aren't sparrows protected animals?" Xiao Yalin said.

Jiang Bian smiled awkwardly, "In our mid-mountain village, except for people, nothing should be protected." Wild boars, for example, are also protected animals. Grade 2 protected animals, but in our mid-mountain village, that beast is a scourge. Now that there is no one to hunt, the herds of wild boars in the heron mountain come to the fields to feed, and in one night, a large area of the land will be destroyed by them. Therefore, the villagers will set some traps around the field, and as long as they are trapped, they will eat the meat directly. ”…,

"If you do this, if you are caught, you will be punished." Xiao Yalin said.

"Why? The crops we planted have been damaged by wild boars, who do we turn to for compensation? The mother-in-law of the sixth family went to dig sweet potatoes in the field, and also encountered a herd of wild boars, and was almost not bitten to death by wild boars. Could it be that the lives of our villagers in the mid-levels are not as precious as those wild boars? Jiang asked rhetorically.

Xiao Yalin asked, "Doesn't it mean that farmers around the reserve will be compensated for their agricultural losses?" ”

"Reparations? I've grown so old that I've never heard of anyone who has been compensated for the destruction of their crops. Therefore, the people in our village can only rely on themselves. Whoever wants to touch our jobs, we want their lives. Ebebe smiled.

"The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, who will really take care of the affairs in this small mountain village. Anyway, there are a lot of sparrows in this mountain. Yan Yuan said.

Xiao Yalin didn't have to stop the riverside from catching birds, but she was a little worried that the riverside did this illegal thing and would be held accountable in the future.

"Well, over the years, the labor force in the village has gone to work in the city, and the big trees in the Egret Mountain have become more numerous, and the shrubs have also squeezed the Egret Mountain to the point that there is not even a gap. The wild beasts and wild fowl in the mountains also increased. Kawabe said.

"Say it. How to catch birds? Yan Yuan asked.

"It's so simple. Use a wooden stick to prop up the bamboo basket, and a rope is attached to the wooden stick, and then put a handful of rice under the bamboo basket, hide it aside, and wait for the hemp. When you enter the bamboo basket and pull the rope, the sparrow is caught. ”

Riverside found a bamboo basket from home, which was used to sift through sand when building a house. was put away by Jiang Fengshi and them in the small miscellaneous room behind the house.

The river carried the bamboo basket to the bottom of a big tree, then supported the bamboo basket, sprinkled a handful of rice underneath, and then put the thin rope in the snow and hid it, and several people hid behind the door to observe.

After a while, a few sparrows flew down from the tree.

Although it was snowing heavily, the trees were like a big umbrella covering the ground.

The sparrow flew to the ground, but instead of going directly under the bamboo basket, it walked around and chattered.

They seem to be very interested in the food under the basket, but their wariness has not been lost.

"Brother, what's the matter, why isn't the bird fooled?" Yan Yuan asked in a low voice.

Xiao Yalin and Liu Ruxuan also looked at the riverside, and they also wanted to know the answer very much.

"They're tempting. Hold your horses. After a while, you'll be in. Jiang said confidently.

"Can this little bird have such a high IQ?" Yan Yuan asked, his voice slightly louder.

The sparrows seemed to hear the movement and hurriedly flew up to the tree.

"Be quiet." Liu Ruxuan pinched Yan Yuan's body.

"Oops!" Yan Yuan suppressed his throat tightly, but from his painful expression, it could be seen that Liu Ruxuan really had a heavy hand this time.

A few sparrows waited for a while, and then flew down from the trees.

Outside the house, the snow was falling heavier and heavier, from the beginning of the snow foam to the goose feather snow flying down.

The snow here and there seemed to be slowly thickening at a rate visible to the naked eye.

This time, the temptation of a few sparrows went further. A bold sparrow walked under the bamboo basket.

"There's a sparrow coming in, brother, hurry up." Yan Yuan was very anxious, fearing that the little sparrow would fly away immediately after eating the rice under the bamboo basket.

"No hurry, no hurry, wait. You see, the sparrow is under the basket, but it is still pacing on the edge of the basket. If you rush it, it will definitely let it escape, and a few sparrows next to it will naturally be scared away. After being frightened once, they won't be fooled again. Kawabe said.

When Ebebe was a child and caught sparrows, he often made such mistakes. The child was in a hurry, and when he saw a sparrow drilling under the bamboo basket, he immediately pulled the rope. But I didn't think that sparrows are very timid animals, although their IQ is not high, but they are not at all. …,

"What are you doing, you're so anxious." Liu Ruxuan said. As soon as her words came out, she felt the language in them, her face was red with shame, and she reached out and pinched Yan Yuan's body again.

"Mother-in-law, I didn't say anything just now." Yan Yuan said innocently.

"It's not because of you that I'm saying the wrong thing." Liu Ruxuan glanced at Yan Yuan.

"You're not saying the wrong thing, are you? Isn't that well said? Yan Yuan laughed.

Although Jiangbian and Xiao Yalin are not very experienced in some aspects, they can also hear where Liu Ruxuan's speech problem is just now. He pursed his lips and laughed non-stop.

Liu Ruxuan glanced at Yan Yuan, "You still say, see if I don't strangle you." ”

At this time, I saw Jiangbian pull the rope in his hand violently.

The bamboo basket was immediately lowered under the cover.

When Yan Yuan and Liu Ruxuan were fighting, a few sparrows had already gotten under the bamboo basket and enjoyed this rare delicacy together, but they didn't know that they had fallen into the trap arranged by the river.

The sparrows resting in the trees rushed out of the trees in a panic and flew in the direction of Egret Mountain

The covered sparrows were panicked, chirping under the bamboo baskets, trying to find a place to escape. But the bamboo basket is tight, and there are no gaps at all.

"Oh, brother, you're really a master, you can cover so many at once. I'll count, 124 a. Oh, there are 7 of them! How can there be so many? Wasn't there just four of them? Yan Yuan asked in surprise.

Jiang Bian smiled, "Just now, when you were arguing with your sister-in-law, a few more flew down from the tree. ”

Yan Yuan was very satisfied with the riverside calling Liu Ruxuan "sister-in-law", and stretched out a thumbs up to the riverside. I don't know if he praised Jiangbian's good skills, or if Jiangbian's "sister-in-law" was called well.

Liu Ruxuan was not happy with this title, "Jiangbian, you can't call me indiscriminately, you should call me Sister Ruxuan, I'm not your sister-in-law!" With a man like your brother, I don't want to marry him. Hmph, if you perform better in the future, you can consider it. ”

Xiao Yalin frowned and looked at the few sparrows under the bamboo basket, "Brother, what to do with these sparrows?" Are you really going to eat them? You see them so cute, you really can't bear to eat them? ”

Jiangbian didn't know what to do with it, although he often caught sparrows when he was a child, but it was only caught and used for play, although in the end the baby sparrows were usually raised to death. Sparrows are very irritable, raised up, do not eat food at all, and always struggle and die in a few days. Clear