The otter does look like a large mouse, but like the weasel, it is actually a mustel.

The habits of the two are somewhat similar, and both like to kill their prey. If a weasel breaks into a flock, it often kills all the chickens.

Otters are similar.

This guy belongs to the famous fish-eating herd, which mainly feeds on fish and other aquatic creatures. If it finds a large school of fish in the water, it will chase them one by one until they have killed all the fish they can catch.

If there are really otters in the pond, they must be disposed of in time, otherwise the second team will not want to divide the fish for the New Year this year.

Listening to Pingwa and them, Wang Manyin didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately said hello to Orchid.

Then, he shouted rhubarb and brought two cats with him.

After thinking about it, Wang Manyin still felt unsafe, so he deliberately went to Wang Manjun's house to borrow a seedling gun!

No wonder he was careful, the main otter was known in later generations as the water flathead. This guy is fierce and aggressive by nature, and he is even more powerful in the water. Some popular science articles point out that they can even carry large stones weighing up to 60 kilograms.

Some legends about water monkeys in China are also mostly related to otters. One of the things that is often mentioned is that the water monkeys drag human ankles to the deep water, which shows their strength.

Even otters dare to attack hounds that are several times their size, and have a record of biting to death.

Of course, Wang Manyin believes in Rhubarb's strength, but for the sake of safety, it is better to make more preparations.

This move alarmed many idlers in the village, and they gathered in front of the fish pond to watch the excitement.

They all want to know what the hell is worth making such a big move.

When he came to the earth and rock dam, Wang Manyin immediately took rhubarb and began to look for prey. Rhubarb has never disappointed...... As long as this guy is still around, he will definitely be found.

After more than a year of renovation, the area around the fish pond has also undergone great changes. Clusters of tall and dense reeds and aquatic plants grow near the water's shore, which are just right to supplement the grass carp fry as food.

Of course, the daily feeding is mainly alfalfa.

As Wang Manyin had guessed, it didn't take long for Rhubarb to let out a low roar at a bush of reeds.

"That's right, that's where we found the rats!" Mao Dan raised his hand again and gestured at everyone.

The more this guy compared, the more exaggerated he became, at first he described it as only half a meter long, but now it is more than a meter. I'm afraid that a crocodile can only be matched in the pond.

It's just that Wang Manyin carefully inspected the reeds near the Dynasty and found no other abnormalities.

However, the two cats also reacted at the moment, meowing at a lump of grass and mud.

Really weird?!

Seeing that rhubarb and the cat were pointing to the same place, Wang Manyin was even more puzzled.

The mud was close to the shore, he had seen it at a glance, but he didn't care. Mainly, it looks like a prank on some broken baby, deliberately mixing mud and weeds on the ground to make a big ball at the bottom of the pot.

With curiosity, Wang Manyin used a seedling gun to lift the mud and grass ball.

I'll go!

The next moment, the people around him exclaimed.

Underneath the mud, a black hole the size of a bowl appeared. It's so full of water that you can't tell what animals inhabit it.

"There's really something, I don't know what to dig up, it's so big!"

"It can't be a weasel, right?"

"You've seen weasels make such thick holes, and weasels don't dig holes at the water's edge...... Wang Manjun is very experienced in catching weasels, so he vetoed it directly.

There is also speculation that the burrows were dug by ground sheep. This one is even more, as moles generally inhabit arid farmland and do not look for damp water to nest in.

"What do you want to do so much, just catch it!" Wang Manjun spoke up again.

"The key is to catch this thing?" Liu Xiangyang raised his own questions.

Wang Manjun can't be the captain, but he is still very good at catching the beasts in the cave.

He directly gave advice: "What else can you do, smoke it, or throw a detonator to blow it up!" Our team went to the silt dam in the spring, and there were still some detonators left. ”

Wang Manyin also thinks that this method is reliable, whether it is an otter or not, a detonator can solve the problem, simple and efficient. There's no need for rhubarb to keep watch by the side.

As for the grass carp that may be fried...... As long as the explosives are not loaded, the power itself is very small, and it should have little effect.

Seeing that it was not early, Wang Manyin arranged for someone to go to the village to borrow a detonator.

In order to allow the detonator to fall into the cave accurately after the fuse was ignited, Wang Manyin deliberately made a delay device with two tree branches to support.

Everything was ready, everyone retreated to safety.

A few seconds later, with a dull sound, ripples rippled around the pond.

The people hurried back to the shore and saw that the black hole had been completely blown away. Other than that, nothing.

Suddenly, two dark shadows appeared on the water. They weren't killed, and their limbs were still paddling slowly, just slowly.

"The rat has become a sperm!"

"What a big rat! Full of silver, stab it to death! Seeing the appearance of the black shadow clearly, Wang Manjun couldn't help but exclaim.

Liu Xiangyang was faster, quickly picked up the net pocket in his hand and copied it, and caught the two big mice on the shore one after another.

Wang Manyin didn't have much effect holding the seedling gun, but he had many doubts in his heart.

He had seen an otter at the zoo, and it was very different from the two prey in front of him.

The otter is shaped like a weasel and has a thick tail.

No matter how these two guys look like rats magnified more than ten times, no wonder the people in the village think that they have become sperm.

A group of idlers looked around the big rat and shook their heads again and again, not recognizable what it was.

However, Shang Zhimin, who rushed to the scene after hearing the news, said with certainty: "This is a water mouse, also known as a muskrat, a green root marten, I have seen people in the northeast catch it, but I didn't expect that there are also in the pond of the Loess Plateau." ”

According to Shang Zhimin, muskrats are not a domestic species, but were introduced from abroad as a special breed in the early years.

This kind of thing likes to dig holes near the water to make nests, and mainly feeds on fish and frogs in the water. Its fur has a fine and soft texture after winter, and it is not wet when exposed to water, which is a good material for making fur coats and hats.

The local villagers in the Great Northern Wilderness will catch water rats under the water's edge at night, and make clothes and hats with fur. The meat is eaten and tastes very delicious.

However, in the early years, people did not know the habits of muskrats, so they were farmed on a large scale in the wild without any precautions. As a result, the thing quickly flooded and spread along the river to other places.

I didn't expect that now even the Loess Plateau is there, which shows the strong reproductive ability.

When they heard that they could eat it, the people at the scene immediately moved their minds.

The two water rats weigh about five pounds, and they can get a lot of meat by skinning them.

Everyone has even eaten a weasel, not to mention a muskrat.

"Xiangyang, if you take it back to fight the tie, I won't participate." Wang Manyin had just eaten wild duck meat at noon, and he didn't feel greedy.

There are so many people at the scene, and there are not a few pieces of meat for each person, so why bother with this excitement.

In addition, if you are not at home, Orchid cooks and takes care of the children at night, which is a little too busy.

***

The future of my brother-in-law is a big deal.

After an interval of two days, Wang Manyin ate at night and went to Director Guo's house early with a wild duck. Afraid that this thing would stink after being killed and put it for a day, he only twisted the duck's leg off when he caught it from space.

It is said that since he met Guo Chaowang, Wang Manyin has never been short of favors. Every first half of the month and January, I always come to the door to deliver some game.

In this regard, Guo Chaowang and his family are used to it.

"Manyin, where did you get it? Duck farming is now in Jar Village? ”

Seeing this fat wild duck, Guo Chaowang and his mother-in-law Liu Sufang were very surprised.

They naturally know ducks, but the lack of water on the Loess Plateau is really rare. In addition, there are restrictions on the breeding of members, and the number of duck breeders is even rarer.

"It's not raised. There are rice paddies in our village, and now there are many wild ducks and water birds. They hide in the grass on the shore at night...... It was also rhubarb's luck that I happened to catch one last night. I thought about sending it to Uncle Guo and his aunt to try it. ”

Now as long as the prey is caught, Wang Manyin will push the rhubarb.

His family has a good dog, and the whole commune knows about it, and no one will doubt it. In fact, not only rhubarb, but even the local dog of Wang Yanqiang's family has become powerful, and he can occasionally catch a hare in the wild.

This makes rhubarb even more popular. From the beginning of spring to the present, it has been in a happy dog life, and I don't know how many offspring it has reproduced.

With the relationship between Wang Manyin and Guo Chaowang, there is no need to go around in circles in the clouds. After a few gossip talks, he asked about the fifth phase of the university.

"The county supply and marketing cooperatives did issue a document, specifically mentioning this matter, preparing to change the county high school into a five-phase university, and open in the fall. Manyin, are you going to study? Guo Chaowang asked puzzled.

At present, the high school has not yet resumed classes, and in addition to holding various training courses and conferences, the school has been idle in normal times, and it is just right to run five semesters of college.

"What am I studying, I mainly want to ask Shao'an to see if our supply and marketing cooperatives can recommend it."

"No problem, our supply and marketing cooperatives have divided two places, and I'm worried about who to send to the task." Guo Chaowang did not hesitate and agreed.

According to the explanation on the document, this fifth-phase university adopts a half-farming and companion study mode, and the students spend half a day planting crops and raising pigs to provide for themselves, and half a day studying ideological and cultural courses.

He thinks that this kind of school is not of much use, and the key is to stop paying salaries, and ordinary people are definitely not willing to go.

With Shao'an's ingredients and conditions, if you really want to go, just recommend it directly.

Guo Chaowang was also thinking about Shao'an, so he opened his mouth and persuaded: "Full silver, how good is Shao'an's salary, why are you going to this university?" It's not beautiful to make any trouble. ”

He had already regarded Wang Manyin as his own, so he would say such heart-to-heart words.

"Uncle Guo, I also asked Shao'an. He said that the last time he participated in the promotion of bacterial fertilizer, he felt that he knew too little about agriculture. Taking advantage of this training on agriculture is like asking teachers to learn more and better serve the rural areas. ”

Listening to the meaning of Guo Chaowang's words, he didn't know the possible benefits of the fifth phase of the university.

Wang Manyin naturally didn't say the true purpose, so he could only find a more reasonable reason. In order to unify his voice, he had already communicated with Shao'an before.

"Okay, I'll recommend it in the next few days." Guo Chaowang couldn't be persuaded to move, so he agreed to come down.