My village can't be like this

Chapter 719 Bird Thief

Following the sound of the barking dog, Zhang An walked quickly for several minutes before he found the source of the sound.

It was in their orchard, on the mountain road leading to the top of the mountain.

Before getting close, Zhang An could already see through the light of the flashlight that densely packed dog heads were tightly packed together in three layers inside and outside to form a large circle.

And their Xiaohu, with his own dogs, stood at the innermost part of the circle, acting like a leader.

After getting closer, Zhang An shone the flashlight over there and found two people lying on the ground in the open space surrounded by dogs.

Originally, Zhang An wanted to ask about the origins of these two people, but when he saw that these two guys were tied with net cages, he understood everything and didn't even need to interrogate them.

Especially inside the net cage, there were several bright red golden roosters and a sturdy white pheasant.

It is obvious that these two people are the so-called "net workers" in the mountains and forests, who often make profits by poaching various birds.

I guess he discovered that there are many golden pheasants and white pheasants in Changqing Village, so he was ready to make a fortune.

The golden roosters and white pheasants in the village were released by Zhang An himself, and their roosting place is the top of the mountain behind their orchard.

There is only one way to get there, and that is through the orchard, because all other roads had been blocked by Zhang An long time ago.

Originally, this road in the orchard could only be accessed through Zhang An's yard.

However, it was reopened to the public to make it easier for tourists to enter the orchard to view the cherry blossoms.

When these two people went up, they were not discovered by Xiaohu and the others, which means they could have sneaked up during the day.

After he succeeded, he probably thought he would wait until dark to sneak down so that he would not be easily discovered.

Unfortunately, man cannot predict God. They did not expect that there were so many dogs in the village, and they were discovered halfway through their trick.

When only a few dogs noticed them, the two of them thought they had a chance to run away, but the leading big dog just barked and called a whole group of dogs over at once, which scared the two of them so much that they collapsed to the ground. How could they even think of running away?

Zhang An looked at them coldly, and said with a half-smile: "You two have come to our Changqing territory to make a living. It seems that you don't take the people in our village seriously."

"Big brother, we know we were wrong. It's up to you to decide what to do. Can you please call them away first?"

Seeing Zhang An rushing over, the two people on the ground seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and desperately called for help.

Under normal circumstances, they would definitely not admit a word, and would try every possible means to excuse themselves and not allow themselves to have anything to do with poaching.

Because in the mountains, there are always many people who poach wild animals or catch wild birds.

Starting a few years ago, this group of people have become more and more outrageous, each year becoming more excessive.

It was not until last year that the city realized that the problem had become so serious that it could no longer be ignored, so it asked the Forestry Bureau to cooperate with the public security organs to start taking strict measures.

Anyone caught will be severely punished. In addition to paying a fine, those with serious offenses will be imprisoned for several years.

Because of the previous incident where two leopards were injured by poachers, the county began to crack down strongly on this issue and arrested many typical cases.

But people die for money and birds die for food. Although the situation has improved a lot after the crackdown, there are still some criminals who continue to poach at the risk of their lives, so this is still a protracted battle.

We don't have to catch all these people, but we have to make sure they don't dare to take action again.

But now, being stared at by so many pairs of big, dark eyes is really creepy.

So they are so frightened that they don't care about poaching or not. If they are caught by the police station, at most they will be fined and imprisoned for a few years. But if they are eaten by these dogs, not only will they be bitten to death, but there will probably be no complete corpse left in the end.

It would be fine if he died, but if he was not bitten to death, it would be a torture.

However, Zhang An had no intention of paying any attention to them. He just watched them coldly without calling the dog away.

The two men today were fully equipped and it was obvious that they were not first-time offenders.

Zhang An didn't like people like them in the first place, and he usually told the villagers that if they found such people going into the mountains from the village, they must tell him.

So the luck of these two people was really bad. Not only were they caught by the village dogs, but they were also discovered by Zhang An.

Don't forget, Zhang An is a member of the Forestry Bureau and has some power in this matter. These two guys are in trouble.

After all, the golden pheasants and white pheasants in Changqing Village were released by him personally, and these two people have violated his taboo.

Just as Zhang An was about to take out his cell phone and call the police station in town to ask them to come over and cooperate in handling the case, flashlight beams lit up at the foot of the mountain and people from the village came over.

After all, there was such a loud noise here just now, and it was only after Zhang An came over that the dogs in the village stopped barking.

Even if someone was a very sleepy person, they would have realized something was wrong and woke up.

"What's going on, Zhang An?"

Sure enough, after a while, Zhang Jianwen came over with his men, and when he saw Zhang An, he started asking.

But when they saw so many dogs gathered here, they knew something was wrong.

"Hey, our village dog caught two guys who sneaked up to steal birds."

Zhang An stepped aside to make way for the two bird thieves who were surrounded by a pack of dogs.

"Grandson, who gave you the courage to come here and act wildly?"

Li Heping, who usually had a good temper in the village, immediately glared and started to get angry when he heard this.

He really hated these people because a few years ago, their family's most valuable buffalo was targeted by thieves who sneaked into the village.

If it weren't for the help of everyone in the village, the cow would probably have been sold to somewhere unknown.

"Village chief, someone actually dared to come to our territory and cause trouble. In my opinion, we should just catch him as an example and hang him at the entrance of the village to let those blind guys see what will happen to them."

Huang Ming's father had caught robbers and bandits with the villagers in his early years. He stared at the two people surrounded by dogs and threatened them.

"Yes, yes, yes. Not only do we have to hang them up, but we also have to let the dogs in our village bite them one by one. Let's see if anyone dares to come to our village to cause trouble in the future."

Huang Dabiao's words were supported by other people in the village. If the two men had fought in the mountains, they would not have been so angry.

But if you dare to do it in the village, that would be a big taboo.

If they hadn't been separated by the big dogs, the sticks and hoes in everyone's hands would probably have fallen on them.

"Please spare us, gentlemen. We really don't dare to do this..."

After hearing what the villagers said, the two people lying on the ground were even more frightened.

Listen to what they are saying. Not only will they be hung at the entrance of the village, but they will also let these dogs come up and eat them one by one. What kind of living devils are these people in this village?

Zhang An's eyesight improved and he suddenly noticed that the crotches of these two guys had become wet. They were scared to death by everyone.

"What nonsense! These people don't understand the law. Do we have to follow suit? Zhang An, what do you think is the appropriate way to deal with this?" Zhang Jianwen glared and scolded everyone.

In fact, if it were in the past, he would definitely agree with this approach.

But things are different now. The whole village is open to the outside world. If we do this, it will easily scare visitors and give them a reputation of being fierce and vicious. All the efforts made by the village before will be wasted.

"Call the police station and let them handle it. It will definitely not be easy for them."

Zhang An had originally planned to handle it this way, and told Zhang Jianwen directly.

Zhang Jianwen nodded: "That's it, call them now."

Soon, the person on duty at the police station received a call, notified his superior, and rushed over with people overnight.

This is a great achievement. Not to mention at night, even if it is raining heavily and knives are falling, they can still come quickly.

"Oh my god, why are there so many dogs?"

A group of people from the police station came over, but they were also frightened by the dogs around and did not dare to go forward.

"Nonsense, these two people were caught by them. They have done nothing wrong, so why are you afraid? They won't bite anyone randomly."

Zhang An had dealt with them many times and they were considered acquaintances.

"That's what you guys need. You don't need anyone to keep watch at night. They will come out to help."

After hearing what Zhang An said, the group's attitude towards the dogs in Changqing Village changed drastically.

After handing the two men over to the police station, Zhang An released the captured golden roosters and white pheasants back to the mountain.

"Alright, alright, let's all go home. Stop wandering around outside and go back to sleep."

After the matter was over, Zhang Jianwen dismissed everyone. It was still late at night.

"I understand, village chief. I'll go back right away."

It was late at night, so everyone had to go back to sleep, but when they left, they also called their dogs to go with them.

"Hehe, I didn't expect our Da Huang to be so awesome that he could actually catch a thief. I'll give him two bones tomorrow."

"Isn't our little black dog the same? Did you see it just now? Our little black dog was right in front of your big yellow dog."

On the way down the mountain, everyone didn't know what was happening, but they started comparing their own dogs.

They are so arguing about this, they are already adults. Zhang An rolled his eyes and took his dog home to sleep.

Early the next morning, the tossing and turning in the middle of the night did not affect Zhang An's sleep.

The sky is still gloomy today, and I’m afraid it will be difficult to see the sun in the days to come.

Su Ying did not get up early as usual, but continued to curl up lazily in the quilt.

Next week is the time for the high school entrance exam. The village’s third-year students no longer have to stay in school, so teachers like Su Ying can finally take a break.

Although she finally didn’t have to get up early to go to school, Su Ying was just like her students and didn’t want to get up early at all.

In other words, Changqing Middle School attaches great importance to this year's graduates, and in order to give their students some time to review, they keep them in school.

In other schools, the third-year junior high school students would have already gone home for the holidays, waiting for the arrival of the exam time.

After washing up, Zhang An took out the packed Davidia involucrata seeds from the space.

There is nothing to do today. He has to plant all these trees. Otherwise, it will be too late to start when it starts to rain in a few days.

There are not many tree species, so not much manpower is needed. Zhang An and his family can handle it, so there is no need to find anyone.

After breakfast, Su Ying was still sleeping in, and no one at home disturbed her.

Not long after Xiao Siqi got up, he was invited over by Zhou Yang.

There was no other way. The one in their family was in a bad mood as soon as he woke up in the morning. The family members couldn't comfort him, so they had to use their last resort.

Zhang An, his parents, carried hoes and rakes and went to the depression. They spent half a day planting all the Davidia involucrata seeds.

Because there was a high probability of heavy rainfall in the next few days, Zhang An dug drainage ditches in the depression.

Although the Davidia involucrata seeds that have been planted will not be killed by water, the germination of the embryo will definitely be affected.

In a blink of an eye, a few days have passed, and the annual high school entrance examination is about to arrive.

These days, the time for the junior high school entrance exam is far more exaggerated than that for the college entrance exam, because the number of students in the third year of junior high school is countless times more than that in the third year of senior high school.

The examination venue for the high school entrance examination was arranged in the county town, and basically all the schools in the urban area were requisitioned.

Therefore, candidates from outside the urban area need to find a place to stay in the city during the examination days.

Although Changqing Middle School has just been reopened not long ago, it has not been negligent in this regard.

After all, there are only two classes of students in total. After the class teachers register them, they will arrange accommodation near the examination venue in advance.

Because the total number of students in the two classes is not too large, far less than that in the town, so it is relatively easy to take care of them.

Although candidates from the same school will be separated and arranged in different examination halls, the county town is relatively small nowadays and the distance between them will not be too far.

The day before the high school entrance examination, Principal Ou Lin had already arranged for a shuttle bus to pick up the students and was waiting in the village at noon.

A group of parents were reminding their children to listen to their teacher's arrangements after they went there, otherwise they would be punished when they came back.

Because children these days are quite independent, adults are not too worried that they cannot take care of themselves outside. The only thing they worry about is that they will be like runaway ponies, and will not listen to their teachers once they are away from adults.

In addition to giving instructions, almost every parent will do the same thing, which is to give money to their children.

Although I had already paid the fees for these two days when I registered at the school, including food and accommodation.

But as the old saying goes, a poor family makes a rich journey, so it is always better to bring more money with you when you go out.

Su Ying was also arranged to go and look after the students this time. Actually, she didn't have to go because she was not the class teacher, but Zhang Tie's younger brothers and sisters also had to take the exam, so she went along as well.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang An took his son and went to the city with his wife.

While Su Ying and other teachers went to look after the students, he took his son to his father-in-law's place.

Although Su Shaowen and Wu Qiuping often go to the countryside to visit their little grandson, they would be happier if little Siqi could come and stay with them for a few days.

(End of this chapter)