After listening to Wang Manyin's narration, several educated youths immediately became interested in the mole.

Especially if this thing is edible.

Liu Xiangyang squatted beside a mound of earth and looked at it for a few moments, then asked, "Can you pour it out with water like catching a yellow mouse?"

"Difficult, this thing is different from a yellow rat, it is estimated that a hundred buckets of water may not be effective." Wang Manyin directly shook his head and vetoed it.

The mole rats are worthy of the veritable masters of the Loess Plateau, and the burrows they dig are very complex and generally divided into three layers. The top layer is close to the surface and is only about 10 centimeters deep, and it is called a foraging hole.

The mole eats the roots of plants every day, and it is hiding in this layer. The foraging holes extend in all directions, spreading directly along the rhizomes of plants, and the total length can reach more than 100 meters.

The hundreds of piles of loess on the ground were carried out when they were digging holes, and it was very spectacular to look at.

And in order to prevent being found by natural predators, the mole usually deliberately blocks the entrance of the hole, and has been staying underground to live a stable life.

As everyone knows, this is completely three hundred taels of silver here.

As long as you see the loess mound, you know that there are moles nearby.

The second basement level is a traffic road, about one or two meters deep from the ground, connected by a cave to the sky and a foraging passage.

The rest and daily life of the mole are on this floor, and there are nests, toilets, nurseries, etc., and the facilities are quite functional.

In addition, there is a third layer deep underground, which is mainly used as a grain storehouse.

And this guy's ability to harm food is far greater than that of a yellow squirrel.

A squirrel hole can dig up to a dozen catties of grain. The mole hole is different, at least dozens of catties, or even hundreds of catties. And depending on the grain stolen, they are stored in separate warehouses.

Wang Manyin read one on the Internet in later generations: someone accidentally found the old nest of the mole squirrel, and as a result, nearly 20 catties of peanuts and more than 10 catties of various plant rhizomes were dug out of a warehouse. In another warehouse, there are still more than 30 catties of artichoke, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.

Someone else found a bag full of carrots from the mole hole.

However, although there is a lot of food stored in the mole burrow, it is difficult to find. Because the complex cave dug by this guy is enough to make it calmly face all kinds of dangers.

Wang Manyin just said that filling a hundred buckets of water is still a bit less. Although this river road is only a few hundred meters away from Yangweigou, it still belongs to the loess layer, and the soil is loose and does not store water.

If you pour down the hole, it is easy to infiltrate, and it is estimated that 200 barrels is not enough.

In addition, when the cave senses that the cave encounters water flow or other damage in the cave, the mole will seal the soil as soon as possible to block it.

This guy is known as an excavator, and the speed of digging is very amazing, and it is said that he can dig a seventy-centimeter-long channel in twelve minutes. So it's almost impossible to pour them out with water.

Of course, no matter how cunning an animal is, it can only be regarded as a hair in front of humans.

If you want to deal with these guys, it's not completely out of luck.

On the Loess Plateau, there is a trade called rat whackers, who make a tool called the earth bow, which is specially used to hunt mole rats.

As long as you have hands, you can do it, but fighting moles is different, and it is a highly technical job.

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Because the foraging passage of the mole is like a labyrinth, hundreds of meters long, and there are many hidden exits. If you can't find the mole hiding in the *** place, no matter how much you do, it's a blind busy.

However, Wang Dacai of the first team of Jar Village knows this craft.

The predecessor had seen the other party catch moles, and after finding the burrow, he would directly choose a foraging passage to dig a gap, and then hide next to it to observe and wait for a while.

As long as the gap is found to be re-sealed by the loess, the approximate location of the mole can be determined.

Then destroy the enclosure and place a ground bow above the gap. When the mole dozes the hole for the second time, it will touch the mechanism and be killed with one hit.

Of course, Wang Manyin doesn't have such ability. I can only write down the location and go back later to ask the king of the village to make a move.

Hearing this, Liu Xiangyang and the others were very sorry to hear it.

Although they really wanted to see what the ground sheep looked like, they could only do nothing. It is seven or eight miles away from the Dongla River, and it really makes a few people carry water to fill the hole, and no one is willing to make stupid efforts.

Then, just as everyone was about to leave, they saw Rhubarb sniffing at a mound of dirt.

Suddenly, it stretched out its front paws and slashed at the ground.

In just half a minute, a shallow pit the size of a basin was dug out.

"Brother Wang, Rhubarb won't find the place where the ground sheep is hiding." Shang Zhimin said in surprise.

"That's right, rhubarb has a keen sense of smell, so he definitely didn't run now," Liu Xiangyang excitedly walked closer to observe.

Wang Manyin's heart also moved slightly: he knew better than a few educated youths about the hunting ability of rhubarb. This guy can find even a tiny scorpion, let alone a mole.

He has always wanted Rhubarb to keep a low profile, and his key strength does not allow it......

When everyone came closer, they saw that this guy had a new move. It stopped digging for dirt and continued to sniff along the ground, slowly moving forward.

After walking more than ten meters, he began to dig soil again.

This move made the confident young people confused. I don't know what kind of operation rhubarb belongs to, but I found it, or I'm blind.

Wang Manyin saw it clearly, and immediately explained to the earth dog: "The mole should be hiding in a nearby hole, this guy has a strong sense of perception, and the sound of our footsteps scared it away."

Wang Manyin let the others stay where they were, followed behind Rhubarb alone, and walked slowly.

When he arrived at his new location, he stopped the dog from digging the earth.

Then he chose a position forward, and quickly dug with the scythe in his hand. The loess is loose and very easy to dig. In just a few clicks, a thick passage with a bowl mouth was revealed.

Leaning at the entrance of the cave, you can still hear the sound of rustling inside, it should be that the mole is fleeing quickly.

Rhubarb rushed up again, sniffing and tracking along the ground.

Wang Manyin followed.

When he saw another mound of dirt in front of him, he hurried over to block it, and kept hitting the ground with his scythe.

Sure enough, with his movements, Rhubarb quickly changed direction.

It seems that the mole rat was frightened and hid underground and turned around.

However, with the existence of the rhubarb cheat, all the dodging actions of the mole are in vain.

Confirming that it had been blocked in the passage, Wang Manyin also cut off this passage with a sickle.

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In this way, the prey is trapped in a passage more than ten meters long.

Of course, this is not foolproof, and it is necessary to prevent the existence of cross-holes in the passage.

In fact, even if there is, I am not afraid, it is just another blockage.

Next, Wang Manyin asked Shang Zhimin and a few people to guard at the other end of the passage.

He took Liu Xiangyang with him, puffed out his cheeks, aimed at the mouth of the passage, and kept blowing inside.

After blowing more than a dozen times in a row, Liu Xiangyang felt a little dazed in his head, and couldn't help asking, "Brother Wang, it's more than ten meters away, can we blow it?"

"It must be useful, the ground sheep are afraid of the wind, and once they sense that there is wind blowing in the hole, they will seal the earth and plug the hole. Don't you feel that it's getting harder and harder to blow now?" Wang Manyin asked rhetorically.

"It's really ......."

As soon as he heard him, Liu Xiangyang immediately felt abnormal.

It used to blow smoothly, but now the wind swirls and runs backwards, presumably because something is blocking the passage.

Looking at the location where the rhubarb stayed, Wang Manyin made a advance and excavated again.

When the passage was cut off, he looked inside, and sure enough, he found that the front was blocked by loess.

So, Wang Manyin asked the other educated youths to blow from the other end......

In this way, the mole kept bulldozing the earth and sealing the hole, completely sealing itself in a two- or three-meter-long dead end.

Wang Manyin continued to dig with a sickle.

This time he came out to catch wild pigeons, and he only brought a sickle

tools, I knew that I could touch the mole hole, and I should bring a shovel over.

Fortunately, there is only a distance of two or three meters, which is not too strenuous for Wang Manyin.

Soon, the passage was cut off from the middle.

At this time, Rhubarb got up and slowly approached somewhere.

The crowd hurriedly stopped digging and held their breath.

At this moment, a rustling sound could be clearly heard underground.

Apparently, the mole rat found that the front and back roads were blocked by himself, and planned to dig a new hole and escape.

However, this guy was in a hurry and did not control the depth of the excavation. Everyone can clearly see that part of the loess on the ground is churning slightly.

Rhubarb suddenly sprang around, his paws quickly pulling downward. Immediately, he took out a fat big guy and ran to the master to ask for credit.

Good guy, it can weigh almost a pound, enough to fry a large plate at noon.

In addition to the delicious meat, the bones of the squirrel are also a traditional Chinese medicine. In later generations, it was regarded as a tiger bone, and its name was Sai Keel, which is said to treat rheumatism, and can be sold for hundreds of yuan per pound after drying.

"This is the ground sheep?!" Looking at the fat guy in front of them, several people felt full of meat.

After eating the squirrel meat a few times, their receptivity is naturally greatly enhanced. What's more, although this thing is called a blind mouse, it doesn't look like a vole at all.

But more surprises are yet to come, and Rhubarb's finding of a mole is not over. It sniffed at the remaining mound and soon began digging again.

"And?"

The crowd was excited again.

"Of course, it's the mole's courtship season. If nothing else, there should be a second one."

With experience, the next process of catching moles was very smooth.

didn't let Wang Manyin out of the horse at all, and several educated youths quickly dug up both ends of the passage and successfully caught the second mole.

It took about an hour to toss it like this.

Wang Manyin felt that the time was almost up, so he spoke. "Let's go, let's see if we catch a rock pigeon?"

Listening to him, everyone remembered the purpose of coming out this time.

The two moles weighed about two pounds, in fact, even if they couldn't catch the wild pigeons, everyone would be worth the trip.

When they re-ascended the ridge, they heard a cooing sound in the distance.

"Caught a wild pigeon!!" Without waiting for the adults to speak, the broken babies rushed over with cheers.

When they got closer, they saw a flock of wild pigeons flapping their wings near the trap, flying up and down. It's a pity that their heads are locked up, and all they do is useless.

To the surprise of several people, a beautiful pheasant was caught in one of the live buttons.

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