Chapter 5: The Final Trap
We were preparing to catch the flying snake in the courtyard of the village chief Liu Wang's house, when a person walked in from outside the door, and the village chief asked, "Is it a jade pillar, is there something?" ”
"It's okay, I heard that four little masters were invited to catch the flying snake, so I thought this thing might be useful, so I brought it," he said, and placed something in the middle of the courtyard. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Everyone looked at this thing, and they also said okay, it turned out that this jade pillar was not anything else, but a long-handled fishing buckle, it turned out that this jade pillar raised a few ducks, this is not, let the flying snake make people panic, and the jade pillar also hopes to catch the flying snake quickly, because the snake can eat chicken, then it must also be able to eat ducks, so he brought the long-handled fishing buckle for the ducks to fish for water and grass.
The second senior brother weighed the fishing buckle and said that it was really good, and the handle was long, so that even if the flying snake flew up, it could be buckled with the fishing buckle. A few of us looked at him and laughed, and said in our hearts, "We are afraid to catch him with our hands, and we are afraid."
Everyone continued to prepare, and the senior sister asked the village chief for a little rooster, which was jumping around, but it was lively, why should she choose such a lively little rooster, because only when the movement was loud could it attract the attention of the snake and lead it out during the day.
Only the elder brother had been meditating on a chair in the courtyard, and the village chief asked us, "Why doesn't this little master prepare things, what is he thinking?" "Actually, we all know this habit of the senior brother, under normal circumstances, if he goes out to do something, the master will let the senior brother lead the team, because he is the most meticulous in his work, since he is meditating, on the one hand, he may be running the true qi, and on the other hand, he is thinking about the whole plan. So we prepare us, and no one bothers him.
Under the sun, everyone was so busy that they were sweating, and the village chief asked someone to go to the field to pick two big watermelons to quench their thirst, not to mention, the watermelons just picked from the ground tasted different, with a fragrance of the land.
After everyone finished eating the watermelon, the village chief called a few villagers with good physical strength to help catch the snake, and a few of us prepared everything that could be prepared, just waiting for the senior brother to say that we could go, and we could catch the flying snake.
The senior brother said to everyone: "Although this flying snake is small, it is also a poisonous snake, so you should be extra careful when you catch it, the villagers only need to protect it in the field, and the matter of catching the snake will be left to the four of us." ”
The village chief nodded again and again, and said in his heart that this little master doesn't look very old, but the calm energy of doing things really seems to be like that, although we farmers have also seen snakes, but they are all long worms, they are non-venomous snakes, besides, who has nothing to catch them, so let the villagers catch them, it is really inexperienced.
Seeing that everyone had no opinions, the senior brother and the village chief led the team and walked towards the jujube grove at the edge of the village. A lot of villagers along the way are watching the excitement, as soon as they heard that they were going to catch the flying snake, they all wanted to follow to take a look, so that the village chief stopped it, he scared everyone and said that this flying snake is a snake demon, and it will swallow clouds and spit out fog. At this moment, the timid people did not dare to follow.
When he was about to arrive at the jujube forest, the senior brother asked the village chief: "Uncle Village, is there an open space near our village?" ”
"There is not nearby, but there is a vacant land on the other side of the river next to this jujube grove, which was wasteland before, and now the neighboring village has leveled the land, and is going to dig a fish pond there to raise fish." The village chief said, gesturing to the other side of the river.
Although it is a small river, the river is nearly 30 meters wide, and you can see the line of digging a pit made of white ash in the open space across it.
The senior brother nodded, whispered to the second senior brother on the side, and then said to the village chief, we are waiting here, you let the villagers take two more buckles, and the handle should be as long as possible.
The village chief said yes, and immediately asked people to go to the village to get the buckle. In this village, it is generally the family that raises ducks and geese to have a fishing button, because ducks and geese need to be fed with aquatic plants to grow fast and lay eggs, so they will prepare a fishing button to go to the river to catch aquatic plants.
Soon there were two people running in the distance, not yet in front of them, the long handle of the buckle arrived first, but it was really long enough, and then take a closer look, the handle of the buckle is still connected with a bamboo pole, so it is much longer than the original, and the pocket of the buckle is also deep. The senior brother took it and said that it was good, so he gave these two fishing buckles to me and my senior sister, and said that we should be careful outside for a while.
As soon as I heard that he meant not to let us in, I asked, "Senior brother, didn't you say that the four of you would catch snakes together, why didn't my sister and I let us in?" ”
The work outside is more important, you are preparing to catch the snake outside, your second senior brother and I will go in first to see, if there is any change, you and senior sister can call us outside.
Now that I think about it, my brother was afraid that my sister and I would be in danger, so he didn't let us in. But when I was young, I knew to listen to my brother, so my sister and I waited outside with the village chief and a few villagers.
The senior brothers mean to go first to see the terrain, if it is easy to get it, catch it inside, if it is not easy to get it, and then lure the snake out, not to mention that there is no way to just wait outside to lure the snake out, after all, it is too passive.
After a long time, the two senior brothers came out of it, and the village chief stepped forward and asked, "How is it, two little masters, do you see a snake inside?" Can you catch it? ”
"I saw it, it should be inside, but the environment inside is too complicated, and you can't catch it from inside, so you have to lure it out." The elder brother said.
"See, what? Did you bite you? I asked naively.
"I didn't bite it, but it looks quite fierce, there is an abandoned magpie nest in a tree inside, and that thing is inside, only a tail is exposed, but it looks very strong, and you have to be careful when you catch it."
The only way to lure the snake out of the hole is to do that. Let's get ready together. Everyone tied the lively little rooster to the edge of the jujube grove and sprinkled rice next to it, but the sprinkled rice was in a place where it couldn't peck it, so the little rooster was in a hurry, so it tossed more violently there, and it was obvious from a distance.
The elder brother asked the village chief to find two gongs, and my sister and I took the gongs on the side of the forest, that is, the side that was not near the river, and asked the village chief to take the villagers to light a fire at the entrance of the village, so that everyone could smoke there, and make the fire look like smoke. Then he and the second senior brother ambushed in the forest with a long-handled fishing buckle.
Wait, wait, wait, it was almost two hours, and there was no movement, and it was already afternoon, and the sun was sinking westward little by little, and the sun was not as hot as it was in the morning, and there was some cool breeze, and the little rooster on the edge of the forest was already hungry, and tried to break free from the rope to eat rice, and crowed twice from time to time.
As the little rooster crowed, a green light flashed in the depths of the jujube forest, and a small flying snake flew out of it and pounced on the little rooster. Before it could fall, the senior brother was really fast enough, and before the little flying snake could be used, a scoop caught it in its net pocket. Everyone thought that this would be the case, but the senior sister shouted: "Be careful! ”
It turned out that when the senior brother was about to put the little flying snake into the cloth pocket, two green lights flashed from behind him, and two bloody mouths were rushing towards him. After being reminded by the senior sister, I saw the senior brother pulling onions on dry land, and he actually rose into the air, jumped several meters away, and the two snakes pounced in the air.
Only then did everyone see clearly, the two flying snakes that came out of the back were several times thicker than the one they just caught, and they were a lot longer, and from the point of view of the green, they were also deeper, no need to ask, these are two big snakes, it seems that this snake may be a family, the one caught just now is a small snake, the village chief can see that the one everyone chased yesterday is also this little snake, it seems that he is not full, so he can't help it, he ran out first and was ready to eat the little rooster, but he didn't expect to be caught, so the two big snakes came to save it.
When the two serpents saw that they had pounced, they turned around and prepared to attack again. At this time, the second senior brother also came over, taking advantage of this gap, the two of them quickly put the little snake into the cloth bag, and saw the little snake writhing in the cloth bag, the eyes of the two big snakes were red, so they pounced on the two senior brothers in both directions.
The second senior brother was originally afraid of snakes, and when he saw that the snake had red eyes, he was a little timid, but when he saw the eyes of the villagers in the distance, a wave of courage suddenly surged into his heart, which may also be related to our long-term practice, and sometimes a true qi can really hold up people's courage.
At first, the two snakes were still quite strong, and they almost bit the senior brother a few times, but as time went by, their strength weakened little by little, and they couldn't continue, so they glanced at the little snake in the cloth bag, ready to escape, but the entrance of the jujube forest had been guarded by the two senior brothers, and my senior sister and I began to beat the gong vigorously on the side, scaring the two snakes so much that we thought how many people there were. So I wanted to flee in the direction of the village, but as soon as I arrived at the entrance of the village, I was choked back by a puff of smoke, this snake is the most afraid of smoke, this time I can choke these two snakes enough, I can't help it, I can only run away in the direction of the small river.
According to the text on the master's picture, we can know that although this flying snake is a snake, it is most afraid of water and cannot swim, so their last choice is to cross the river, which is also the last trap set by the senior brother for them.
I saw two big flying snakes start to run from the flat ground, and with the last bit of strength, they spread their wings and began to glide into the air, ready to cross the river. At this time, I saw that the two senior brothers also began to run, and the villagers were stunned, and said in their hearts, could it be that these two also have wings and can fly?
(To be continued)