Kudzu is poisonous if it is not soaked, and soaking in river water can stun fish.

Gu Lan found some cassava that had not had time to soak in water, peeled off the skin, then ground the cassava skin into powder, mixed it into water, soaked the bacon in the water, worked hard for two days, and then hung it on the eaves again.

In the past two days, there have been a few light snowfalls, and the situation outside the village is not good, I heard that many villages have been affected by the snowstorm, houses have collapsed, some people have been killed or wounded, and many more people are hungry.

The weather was better, and the idle men and women in the village began to work again, grinding arrowroot powder, digging yellow mud and drying mud bricks, and were busy with their work.

No one found out that Gu Lan's sisters and brothers were planning to do a big thing.

Zhu'er had been nervously expecting it, sometimes feeling that the tiger would come in the afternoon, sometimes feeling that the tiger would come at night, but they waited for four or five days, and they did not see the tiger come down from the mountain.

The night before, Zhu'er was still talking about why the tiger didn't come, there was nothing to do that night, and early the next morning, before the sky was completely clear, Gu Lan heard a "bang" outside.

She was awakened by the sound, and quickly got up from the bed and woke up her two younger brothers.

"Hide the pearls in the cellar and go according to the plan."

Zhu'er obeyed the order, and hurriedly picked up Zhu'er, who had not woken up yet, turned over and got out of bed, Liang'er took a blanket and got out of bed, opened a wooden board under the kang, revealing a cellar about more than one meter deep and more than four meters wide.

There was food inside, Zhu'er jumped down, put his sister on the blanket, and then ran up in a hurry, pushing Liang'er: "You go down too!" ”

"I'm not going! I'm going to catch tigers too! ”

"You!" Zhu'er couldn't do anything about him, as long as he closed the cellar plank, and hurriedly ran to the kang to check the situation outside.

It was the same tiger, it looked much worse than the previous times, with skin and bones, an empty belly, and drooping fur, and it didn't have the majesty of a tiger at all.

It arched its back, vigilant of the movements around it, and tore at the food that was dragged down from the eaves, I don't know how long it had been hungry, and the situation that Gu Lan and the others expected that it might not eat this food did not appear.

"The first plan was a success."

The next thing to see is when the tiger is poisonous, Gu Lan has not tried the toxicity of these arrowroot powders, and there is not even a mouse at home, maybe it will be poisoned immediately, maybe in an hour or two.

But it doesn't matter, Gu Lan won't let the tiger out of the yard.

"Implement the second plan!"

Liang Er hurriedly ran to the crack of the door, pulled a silk thread, and under his pull, a bamboo basket in the yard slowly hung in the air, and an old hen was exposed to the tiger's field of vision.

The chicken was bought by Gu Lan from the village, and of course, the money has not been given yet.

Thanks to the credibility she has accumulated during this time, the villagers are willing to lend her something.

How can bacon have fresh flesh and blood delicious, the tiger immediately looked at the exposed hen, the hen fluttered its wings, it had already sensed the breath of the tiger, even if it was a desperate tiger, it was easy to tear a chicken to pieces.

The hen fluttered her wings and wanted to fly, and the next second, the tiger was as fast as lightning, bouncing directly into the air, opening its bloody mouth and biting the hen, blood and chicken feathers splashed everywhere, staining the snow red.

"It's tricked!"

Liang Er clapped his hands and screamed happily, and just then he found that the tiger was familiar with avoiding all the traps laid by Grandpa Shao, as if he knew nothing more than what it was.

This was the third time it had come to Gu Lan's house, and although it didn't hurt them, it was undoubtedly a sword hanging over their heads, and it would fall at some point.

Gu Lan also thought about why this tiger came to their house frequently, thinking about it, only to feel that this tiger had become a spirit, and it did not dare to go deep into the village, because its physical condition was not as good as before, and if it was discovered by the villagers, there would be no return.

It didn't dare to go to the bamboo forest to provoke Old Man Shao, so it could only focus on the Gu Lan sisters and brothers who lived alone and were weak.

"Don't talk about people, even animals know how to pinch soft persimmons first." Gu Lan muttered to herself, only to see the next second the tiger landed, there was a "plop", the snow suddenly sank, and the tiger only had time to struggle twice before falling into a deep pit.

The soil in winter is not easy to dig, but fortunately, the sun is out these days, and the people in the village have helped a lot.

The pit was relatively narrow, and the tiger's hind feet fell into it first, and most of its body was stuck in the pit, but the huge tiger's front paws were still exposed, and its mouth kept making terrifying roars.

"Roar—"

The sound of the tiger was deafening, and it spread far away in the mountains, and the tiger roar was heard in the village.

Uncle Ming immediately realized what the situation was, "Go to the east of the village, that tiger has fallen into a trap!" ”

"Lan girl really caught the tiger?" Old man Shao was serving breakfast to the table, listening to the sound not far away.

He put down his things, went into the house to get a fork, and when he went out again, he didn't see Aggie at the table.

Aggie was the first to arrive at the scene, and the courtyard was in shambles, and the tiger fought back to the death, waving its tiger claws to scratch many ravines in the snow next to the trap.

But no matter how it struggled, its lower body was trapped in a trap, unable to break free, its big bright yellow eyes were full of intersections, at this time, Gu Lan and the others just used the two plans they expected.

Zhu'er looked at the dying tiger outside, a little incredulous, "Is it that simple to catch a tiger?" ”

He knew how afraid the people in the village were of the tiger, and he had always told him that he could only run when he saw the tiger, and as long as he didn't fall to the end, he could pick up a life, and even Grandpa Shao didn't dare to confront the tiger head-on.

He thought that his sister and brother catching the tiger was just an idea......

At the last minute, it was up to him.

But now, the tiger has been caught, and he doesn't know how to end the tiger's life.

Looks like a coward.

Seeing that Aji was coming, and there was an old man Shao behind him, Gu Lan and the others finally let down their guard, opened the door and came out of it.

Too close to the tiger, the tiger's roar became more deafening, but gradually, the tiger stuck out its tongue, its strength was a little less, it weakly picked up the soil in front of it, and looked at everyone vigilantly.

"If it's really the tiger, it has a wound on its face that I shot with an arrow seven or eight years ago."

Old man Shao's tone was a little emotional, since that time, he had never seen this tiger again.

Seven or eight years is enough for the tiger to be old and frail, and it has been reduced to the point of begging for food in the village.

For a moment, he was full of thoughts in his heart, not knowing whether to sigh for this tiger or think of his fate.

"Let's kill it quickly." Aggie spoke brutal words with a calm face.

Old Man Shao took a step forward and raised his fork.

In an instant, the tiger struggled violently, its eyes widened like brass bells, and it roared angrily.

"Animals still know how to fight the trapped beasts......"

Aji and Old Man Shao were a little silent, as if they had thought of something.