After dinner, Zhou Qinglan checked Sheng Xitai's homework, then watched Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei finish their homework before leaving.
Sheng Xiping was going back to the collective household, so he happened to be with Zhou Qinglan. After sending her to Tang's house, she went back to the collective household to sleep.
On the morning of the 18th, Sheng Xiping and others casually dealt with the stutterer, then packed up and headed into the mountains with guns on their backs.
I laid so many traps yesterday, I should be able to gain something. I have to walk the traps quickly today to avoid being eaten by other beasts.
In this season, the leaves are withering, the weeds are withering, and the view in the forest is wider than in summer.
Even if there is a hidden beast, it can still be detected.
Besides, they have several young men and two guns. Even if there are any wild beasts, they can just shoot them.
So this time, Sheng Xiping didn't bring the dog.
Not to mention, Sheng Xiping was really good at trapping. In the first valley, he harvested five pheasants and three hares.
"Come on, let's go forward and climb over this post. There is a condom at the other end."
Everyone set a lot of traps in this mountain forest yesterday, and they must all go for a walk today.
We had a lot of gains when we first arrived here. Wang Jianshe and others were also very happy, and no one felt tired.
Everyone followed Sheng Xiping, climbed over mountains and hills, and arrived at another trap-laying area.
But when I got here, I realized that something didn't seem right.
Several condoms had obviously been tampered with, and there were specks of blood on the snow, and there were leftover remains and fur not far away.
"Grass, it was stolen by the mountain raccoon again."
Sheng Xiping looked at the mark on the snow and guessed that it must be the mountain raccoon that ran out last night and stole the rabbit in the quilt.
This guy is so disgusting. At this time, there are plenty of prey in the forest. Instead of hunting, he steals what they have caught.
Judging from the situation before us, at least three rabbits were harmed by the mountain fox last night.
"Come on, follow me to find it."
Sheng Xiping became angry and decided to follow the traces on the snow to find the mountain raccoon to settle the score.
"Brother Xiping, have you ever beaten a mountain fox before? I heard that it runs very fast and is difficult to fight."
Zhang Zhijun was a little hesitant. He had heard the old man say before that mountain raccoon dogs are very powerful. If they are hungry and anxious, they will even dare to fight wolves.
If they go there, can they find mountain civets? Even if they can find them, can they hunt them?
"I played with the master once, and it was really fast.
But it ate a lot last night and should be sleeping in its hole now.
Let's go look for its cave, maybe we can find a way."
Cats usually come out to hunt when they are hungry. When they are full, they go back to their caves and do not come out for two or three days.
So at this time, following the lynx's footprints, you should be able to find its cave, and think of a way to clean it up.
We had agreed before we came out that everything in the mountain would be subject to Sheng Xiping's orders.
Since Sheng Xiping said he was going to find the lynx, the others would naturally follow.
So Sheng Xiping was in front, and everyone was behind, following the footprints on the snow, and began to trace Shan Lizi's traces.
Feline footprints are linear, that is, the footprints extend forward like a line.
However, this mountain raccoon is very smart. It does not walk in areas with thick snow, but wherever the snow is thin.
The wind was strong on the mountain, and the snow that was not too thick in the first place was blown away by the wind. The snow was thick in the low-lying areas, and the terrain was slightly undulating, so there was not much snow.
As Sheng Xiping walked, he carefully identified the footprints, and the others followed behind.
This walk lasted nearly two hours.
Along the way, the footprints of the mountain fox never stopped.
Until under a pine tree in front, this guy must have peed a splash of urine, which was yellow.
This kind of thing is probably marking the territory, that is to say, it is not far from Shanlizi's cave.
Sheng Xiping raised his head and looked ahead.
The place they were in at the moment was a valley. As they walked forward, the mountain walls became steeper and steeper. They were covered with rocks, and below was a rocky pond.
Mountain lizards usually live in rock ponds, and the nest of the mountain lizards is probably in front of it.
"Let's go forward, that guy should be right in front."
Sheng Xiping pointed ahead, and the group continued walking forward following the footprints.
After walking for about half an hour, when Sheng Xiping and others followed them to the top of a stone slab, Shanlizi's footprints disappeared.
Everyone searched all over the top of Shilizi, but no trace of Shanlizi was found.
It felt like that guy had disappeared, disappeared into thin air.
"Brother Xiping, what's going on? Why can't I find it?" Zhang Zhijun couldn't hold it back and asked.
"Don't worry, this guy must be hiding nearby, don't say anything."
Now that they are here, Sheng Xiping naturally refuses to give up easily, so he looks around Shi Lizi carefully.
Sure enough, Sheng Xiping found a pair of footprints in a gap more than a foot wide in the stone.
Sheng Xiping lay down on the gap and looked in. It was only about three or four meters deep.
It's a bit blurry inside, so I can't see clearly. It looks like it's a dead end.
"Xiping, that thing can't be inside, right? How can we catch it? Otherwise, I can go down and have a look?"
Wang Jianshe saw that Sheng Xiping's behavior was a bit strange, so he came over and asked softly.
"This gap is a bit narrow, it's not easy to get in, and it's easy to get stuck. Who among us is the thinnest?"
Sheng Xiping looked at the gap in the stone again, and then looked back at the friends behind him.
After looking around, it seems that Zhang Zhijun is a little thinner. I think he can get in. If others go in, they will easily get stuck.
When Zhang Zhijun saw everyone looking at him, he was stunned. He raised his finger and pointed at his nose, "Me? Let me go in and take a look?"
"Then you're not talking nonsense? We are all a bit strong, and the crack in the stone is not wide, so we can't squeeze in."
When Wang Jianshe heard this, he burst into laughter, grabbed Zhang Zhijun, and tried to push him into the crack in the stone.
"Don't worry, this won't work. You have to let Zhijun bring something to defend himself."
Sheng Xiping ran to the distance, cut a two-meter-long stick with a knife, then put a knife on the stick and handed it to Zhang Zhijun.
"Hold it, remember to point the knife end inward. Once the mountain fox jumps out, stab it with the knife."
Most cats are nocturnal, especially those that have just eaten. They are most likely to sleep in their holes at this time and will not escape easily.
Of course, you still need to have the necessary means of self-defense.
Zhang Zhijun nodded, holding a stick in his hand, and squeezed into the stone crevice.
Not to mention, thanks to his thinness, it was not difficult to get in.
Zhang Zhijun took a few steps forward and saw a layer of hair on the ground outside the stone crevice, probably the leftovers from the mountain raccoons.
After walking a few steps further inside, it becomes a little more spacious and you can squat down.
The inside of the cave is clean, but there is an unpleasant smell.
"Zhijun, look on both sides of the stone cracks to see if there are any holes or anything like that." Sheng Xiping shouted softly from outside.
Zhang Zhijun slowly squatted down according to Sheng Xiping's instructions.
I saw a hole six or seven inches in diameter on the stone wall on one side. It was so dark that I didn't know how deep it was.
There is a layer of white frost on the upper edge of the hole.