Chapter Twenty-Seven: Raising Foxes
Lao Jiu felt that raising foxes was a challenging new topic and should give it a try, so he tried all kinds of ways to persuade the red-haired father repeatedly.
In the end, the red-haired father was forced to have no tricks, so he had to agree to raise the fox.
After the persuasion was successful, Lao Jiu happily ran to tell the female fox, "You are all right. Stay here and we'll find something for you to eat. ”
The she-fox was still a little worried and asked, "What if it rains outside?" ”
Lao Jiu replied, "There is a small wooden house in the woods over there that shelters from the rain, and there are also two earthen pits in it. As soon as it rains it sends you over. ”
The she-fox sighed and said, "Ah! Looks like I'm going to have to live here. ”
In this way, in order to take care of the female fox, a pregnant woman, Lao Jiu caught an extra chicken or duck or rabbit for her every day to eat.
If it rains, move her to the pit of the hut in the woods, so that she can take shelter from the rain and prevent her from escaping.
In the other pits, pheasants, ducks, and hares are housed, and when it rains, they are moved to another pit in the woods hut.
After the rain is over, the clever red-haired father will open a ditch to drain the water in the open earthen pit, so that the animal feces in the soil pit will also be drained with the rainwater, eliminating the need for cleaning, killing two birds with one stone.
This leaves only the two pits of the sheltered cabin in the woods to be cleaned frequently.
In addition, on the periphery of the pits in front of the cave entrance, the red-haired father also designed several large traps to deal with those large beasts that were plotting against them and trying to sneak attack.
One day, Lao Jiu caught a gray-haired hare again, caught it back, and was about to throw it to the fox for food.
Unexpectedly, the hare was frightened, and begged for mercy: "Spare your life! Big dog grandpa, I beg your mercy! I have important military intelligence reports. ”
Seeing this, Lao Jiu put it down and asked, "What military situation?" If you dare to lie to me, then I will throw you down immediately. ”
"If I tell half a lie, you will eat me on the spot." The gray-haired hare swore to the sky.
"I forgive you for not having the audacity to lie in front of me. Tell me what's going on? Lao Jiu said.
"Yes. I've heard other mountain rabbits say, 'There's been another leopard coming from far away lately.' The gray-haired hare nodded hurriedly and said, "Therefore, I would like to remind you: 'Be careful when you go out in the future!'" In addition, there are frequent wild boars in the nearby mountains and forests recently, so you should also be vigilant!"
"Hmmm! Yes, this piece of information of yours is valuable. Lao Jiu said, "Then I'll let you go this time, I hope you can inform me in time if you have any information next time." I'll reward you with all the money. ”
"What reward will you give me?" The gray-haired hare asked.
"And what reward do you want?" Lao Jiu asked rhetorically.
"I'll think about it. Well...... Can you help us get rid of the weasels and the big bad wolves? The gray-haired hare said.
"No problem. It's my job, and I'm not only going to get rid of them, but I'm going to catch and eat them. Lao Jiu said.
"Thank you so much if you really do that. If there is any important information, I will keep you informed. Then I'm leaving! With that, the gray-haired hare turned and jumped away.
After the rabbit was gone, Lao Jiu had to go and catch other small animals.
The next morning, the red-haired father was a little unwell, so he stayed at home and let Lao Jiu go out hunting alone.
Lao Jiu was extremely cautious, and every time he walked a short distance forward, he stopped, lay down in the grass, sniffed vigorously with his nose, and listened carefully with his ears.
It has learned the power of the Golden Leopard, and it thinks that it has not yet had the capital to fight against the Golden Leopard.
In this way, it stops after walking for a while, sniffs it with its nose and listens with its ears, which can be called "steady and steady, step by step".
Stop-and-go, listening, Lao Jiu slowly walked to a place with charming scenery.
Suddenly, it heard the crying and frolicking of wild boars in the grove in front of it.
It silently touched the place where the sound had come from.
At this moment, it suddenly felt another dangerous aura coming towards it nearby.
It hurriedly stopped and lay on the ground, listened carefully to the movement around it, and sniffed it vigorously with its nose, and found that the dangerous aura was getting stronger and stronger.
At this moment, not far ahead, those wild boars who were playing and playing seemed to have no idea that death was about to come.
Lao Jiu stopped and looked around vigilantly to see what kind of beast was coming.
Suddenly, a fierce leopard sprang out of the grass more than a man tall in front of the left, and sped away like lightning towards the wild boar herd fifty meters away.
When the wild boars suddenly found the leopard, they were so frightened that they fled in all directions.
The leopard quickly caught up with a fat boar that was running last, knocked it down, and then rushed up and bit the boar's throat, killing the boar.
Then, the leopard unceremoniously bit the belly of the fat boar with its teeth, dug out its internal organs, and devoured it.
At this time, Lao Jiu suddenly found a little wild boar running towards him in a panic.
Lao Jiu was immediately overjoyed, and thought: This is a good thing of 'pie in the sky', and I can just 'take advantage of the fire to rob and fish in troubled waters'.
As soon as the little boar approached him, Lao Jiu jumped up and pounced on the little boar like a leopard and killed him.
Then, with the windfall in its mouth, it quickly left the dangerous place.
Today, Lao Jiu's luck is considered to be home.
After returning home, Lao Jiu immediately received praise from the red-haired father, saying that it was brave and strategic, decisive at the moment, and a general, which made it a little fluttery.
Therefore, Lao Jiu received the most reward ever, a lot of meat and bones, and let him eat it beautifully.
Similarly, the red-haired father and the mother fox also ate a lot of wild boar.