Chapter 437: A New Trick to Catch Sparrows

On New Year's Day, I bought two long whips of soil that I didn't finish, and I still had one hanging left to throw at home. Liu Junhao originally planned to put it during the Chinese New Year, but now it comes in handy.

This kind of earthen cannon is made by a small firecracker factory in the township, and it is much more powerful than the machine-made cannon sold on the market. He took off a few wrist-thick thunderbolts and strung them together with cotton threads, poured some vegetable oil on the noodles, and began to choose the location of the explosion on the ice. This place he dug up in the mud in the summer, and the water was waist-deep, which was easy to form fish nests.

After choosing a place to put it, Liu Junhao used a chisel to dig a few holes in the ice and put the big thunderbolt into it.

It wasn't until this moment that Professor Zhao understood which play he was singing.

"All the ......" five loud noises in a row, frightened the chickens and ducks not far away, and then heard a commotion in the ditch.

When the dust settled, he and Professor Zhao hurried to the ice. I saw a crack in the ice, and water was seeping out of it.

Seeing this result, Liu Junhao secretly exclaimed that it was a pity, if it was replaced with the self-made small dragon cannon before, it is estimated that the ice surface would have been blown apart.

However, if there is a crack, it is much easier to hit it with an iron shovel, Liu Junhao directly knocked out a thick piece of ice with a radius of two zhang on the top, and then was lifted by him and Professor Zhao. Don't look at such a large area of ice cubes, it is actually not heavy, just about 200 catties. If it weren't too slippery, Liu Junhao would be able to carry it alone.

As previously suspected, the Ditch Reed Ice is twenty centimeters thick, so it's no wonder that people can stand.

As soon as the two of them carried the ice to the side of the road, the waterfowl had already scrambled into the puddle, and in less than two minutes, the ice hole was tightly blocked, and even a large group of green villages were occupied on the ice.

Soon the waterfowl screamed again and flew out in panic.

Liu Junhao thought something was happening, but when he got to the edge of the ice cave, he found that it was an otter who was doing the trick. A few little guys blasted all the birds away, and then took over the waters alone, catching the fish with peace of mind.

Otters like to make noise, and with them there, waterfowl don't dare to jump into the ice hole for half a day.

Liu Junhao turned his head and threw a bucket into the ice hole, and after several guys were full, they threw the fish they caught into the bucket, and the bucket was full in half an hour.

Now the waterfowl have food, and he is carrying a bucket to feed the waterfowl, when he hears a few laughs behind him. When I turned my head, I saw that several bear children in the village were sliding on an ice cart and rushed over from the ditch.

This kind of ice car Liu Junhao often played when he was a child, that is, he used thin wooden planks to nail a rectangular wooden frame, and nailed a piece of palladium nails on the left and right sides of the wooden frame, which was mainly used to contact the ice surface, so as to reduce friction and facilitate sliding.

The child sits on a wooden shelf and holds a pointed bamboo pole in both hands, and the ice cart slides and the bamboo pole can control the direction of travel.

"Uncle Xiaohao, I'll come," the hairy boy shouted in a long voice. He skated fast, his movements were coquettish, and he came to Liu Junhao in the blink of an eye.

"Stop, be careful," Liu Junhao hurriedly shouted.

"What...... Oh...... Plop ......" I saw the bear child scream and plunge into the ice cave.

"Hahaha......" The little baby and others who followed behind came to the ice cave and laughed.

Seeing the miserable appearance of this unlucky child, Liu Junhao and the others also held back their laughter. Look at him and show off......

"Uncle Xiaohao, what are you doing digging such a big hole in the ice?" The furry child was also very depressed when he climbed on the ice. Several of them are competing to see who skates fast, who knows that they are so unlucky.

Liu Junhao was afraid that this guy would freeze, so he hurriedly asked him to go into the house and put on his thick jacket, and then instructed the little baby to go back and get dry clothes.

When the hairy child went home, his face was full of reluctance, and Liu Junhao could imagine that this bear child was going to be beaten by his son when he went home.

Sending people away, he took the time to look at the backyard, and the snow was a little deeper than yesterday. At this moment, the backyard is full of brushes, and the ditch that was originally dug is no longer visible.

In the past two days, there are tourists who want to come to buy yellow eels, but they are all rejected by Liu Junhao, and now there is no way to catch yellow eels with such thick snow in the ditch.

It's okay in the stone lock, but Liu Junhao has no plans to catch it. If you get a yellow eel at this time, even a fool knows that there is a problem. It's been a busy year, so it's good to rest.

Looking at the snow dozens of centimeters thick, Zhang Qian was very worried that the yellow eel in the backyard would freeze to death, and Liu Junhao laughed at his wife's worries. This thing burrows deep into the mud when it's cold, and is not afraid of the wind and snow outside.

After an hour outside, both of them were freezing and stamping their feet.

In such a cold weather, the chickens and ducks had long been hiding in the cage and refused to come out, but the sparrows were chirping in the yard, and a few bold guys rushed into the house.

"Wow, so many sparrows" Zhang Qian didn't expect to work for a while, hundreds of sparrows flew in her yard, and a large area of ash fell in the snow, which looked very conspicuous.

"What's so strange about this, I'm looking for something to eat." Liu Junhao felt that his wife was making a fuss. It snowed for several days on end, and there was no food in the fields for the birds to feed, so they rushed to the edge of the village in groups to find something to eat. This scene is not huge, and he has seen hundreds of sparrows swarming when he was a child.

"Let's go to the snow to catch birds, how about the method in Mr. Lu Xun's "Juvenile Leap Land", how about ......it," Zhang Qian suggested with great interest.

"Okay, the sparrows at this time are fried and eat Zhengxiang......"

Before he finished speaking, his wife gave him a blank look, "Don't eat it, we'll catch it and let it go." Zhang Qian was purely curious, and she didn't have the heart to fry sparrows.

"Then catch and play, but the method described by the old man Lu Xun is not practical, let's find another way to catch sparrows......" Liu Junhao suggested with a smile. The method described in the book, of course, he knew, was nothing more than to prop up the upside-down sieve with a small wooden stick, and then sprinkle some wheat grains in it. When the sparrow flies in, he pulls the small stick down so that the bird can be kept inside.

But this method has two drawbacks, one is that the sparrows are very fast, and often the sieve has not yet fallen, and they have already drilled out of the gaps. The second is to open the sieve when the sparrow is taken out, and it is easier for the sparrow to escape through the gap at this time.

If you catch a bird in this way, you can catch it five times out of ten, which is very powerful.

"What's the other way?" Zhang Qian asked curiously.

"You'll know later, I'll do some prepping first." After Liu Junhao finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the courtyard. In fact, the preparation is very simple, that is, go to the backyard to cut a pencil-sized thin bamboo, then bend it into a ring and tighten it with wire, and then wrap a layer of broken fishing net in the ring, so as to form a fishing net lid. In the bucket, a round piece of cardboard is placed with three cotton threads tied to the edges of the cardboard, and the other end of the cotton thread is tied to the lid.

When the preparations were done, he sprinkled half a handful of wheat grains onto the cardboard, then pressed the cardboard down with his hands, and the lid above the bucket snapped shut.

"I see...... It's the same as that kind of dumpster with the lid lifted. Birds flying into buckets looking for food are bound to be locked inside, right? Zhang Qian exclaimed excitedly. I don't know if it's excitement or the cold, her little face is flushed.

"Smart" Liu Junhao rarely praised his wife, and then put the bucket in the yard. Of course, in order to attract the attention of the sparrows, he also sprinkled some wheat grains around the bucket.

These guys are probably very hungry, and as soon as Liu Junhao turned around, the sparrows had already fluttered down a large area, and pecked on the ground as if they were grabbing.

But there weren't many grains of wheat on the ground, and they quickly ran out of food, and then a few sparrows flew up to the edge of the bucket and chirped wildly.

A daring sparrow shrank its wings and plunged straight into the bucket.

"Why didn't it fall?" Zhang Qian asked strangely.

"Don't panic, wait for the other sparrows to jump in too." The load-bearing capacity of the cardboard in this trap is the key, the load-bearing capacity is too poor, and a sparrow trap will fall, so that the amount that can be caught is very small. The load-bearing capacity is too strong, and if there are too few sparrows, the lid will not fall at all, and in the end, I can only watch these old thieves eat the bait and fly away.

Liu Junhao has just repeatedly adjusted the trap in order to adjust the load-bearing capacity of the cardboard to the best.

One, two...... One after another, sparrows fell into the bucket, and when the eighth sparrow flew in, it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the lid snapped down.

"Yes" Zhang Qian clapped her hands excitedly and rushed out the door with the camera.

"Slow down, slow down" Liu Junhao hurriedly helped her.

Zhang Qian took the camera and clicked for a while, and then opened the lid to release the sparrow under her husband's resentful gaze.

Look at the daughter-in-law who was full of interest and uploaded the photos she had just taken to the eighteenth floor, and Liu Junhao was bored and flipped through the books. He used to be interested in this kind of petty bird hunting, but now he doesn't think it's very interesting at all. In this kind of weather, I still lead Xiaopi to the field to pick rabbits and pheasants. Winter hares are very fat and have good fur, which is most suitable for rabbit skin hats.

As soon as he thought of this, Er Mazi called and said that he was asking him to take Xiaopi to the field for a spin.

"It's a cold day, what are you going out for?" There was still light snow outside, and Zhang Qian really didn't want her husband to go out and run around.

"Uncle Guangxi is looking for me for something, it must be to catch rabbits." Snow days of the year are the best for hunting, and when it snows heavily, the rabbits can't find anything to eat, and they will definitely run around the mountains, leaving rabbit footprints everywhere. Now is a good time to lead the dog to catch the hare, just follow the map. The hare has short legs, cannot run fast when stuck in the snow, and is far less agile than before. The dog has long legs, does not sink into the snow, and can quickly catch up with the hare.

Hearing what her husband said, Zhang Qian also wanted to go out to see the excitement, but she knew that her husband would definitely disagree, so she didn't put forward this idea.

Seeing a light snow outside, Liu Junhao found a raincoat and put it on his body, and then led Xiaopi out of the door. I didn't expect the monkey to be afraid of freezing, so I squeaked and followed.

Liu Junhao knew that this guy was not an honest master, even if he didn't let him wait and estimated, he would secretly follow behind, so he let it keep up with things earlier. He placed Goku on his shoulder, let Monkeypaw hold his head, and wrapped the scarf around the guy's body.

Recently, there have been things at home, and Duan has changed a few times, which is really embarrassing.

In fact, I haven't been idle these days, I write every day, but I don't have time to upload. Well, tonight, I will take the time to upload all of them at the night market, which is about 15,000 words.

The update will be intermittent in the next few days.,It will be back to normal around the 20th.,Let's give you a head up first.