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Chapter 168: The badger's fart smells bad

The mountain near the cave was very steep, so they had to take a detour to climb to the top from a gentler slope. After climbing over the white stone tiles and arriving at the southeastern sunny slope, Xu Ning took a look at the traces of pigs.

This pig trail is quite messy, and the pigs must have been foraging here. The snow around the trail has hardened and turned black, and there is still a layer of snow particles attached to the floating head. Xu Ning estimates that the pig trail is a few weeks old.

If we want to drive out this old trail, it will take two or three days, and we may not be able to drive away the animals.

When Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang heard about it, they immediately gave up their thoughts on hunting pigs. Although the headhunting of more than 100 kilograms of wild boars was enough for them to eat for four or five days, it took too long and was not worthwhile at all.

As for the human footprints they saw, they were in Xiaobeigou at the bottom of Baishilizi Valley. They had to walk five or six miles to see them, so Xu Ning did not take a look around, but went straight there with Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang. Gone to the burrow.

The underground cave is located on a hillside on the southeast slope of Baishilizi. There are large green poplars, linden trees, pine trees, etc. growing on both sides, as well as patches of fire colored glaze. This fire colored glaze is often called mountain needle, which grows on the weathered ground. On top of the rocks.

It is known as the northern Huanghuali. It is quite worthwhile in later generations. The car is made beautifully as a bracelet, and it is also made into a slingshot.

Xu Ning stood in front of the ventilation hole of the snow pile, squatted down and smashed the snow pile into pieces. After the snow covering the top was cleared away, a hole hidden under the roots of the tree was revealed. The hole was smooth and flat, but there were tree roots crossing it. Block it longitudinally, leaving only an oval hole.

Wang Hu cleaned up the snow next to him, turned around and asked, "Second brother, what should we do?"

"Look for other cave entrances first. It looks like a badger's cave to me. There are indeed things living in it... Brother, let's look for branches and dead grass later."

"Got it."

Then the three of them were picking up branches and dead grass nearby while searching for other cave entrances.

This badger's habits are very regular. He mainly stays out during the day and comes out at night. He is good at digging holes and likes to live in groups, but he likes to forage alone.

They are omnivorous animals, and they like to eat earthworms, frogs, rodents, bugs, plant roots, corns, sweet potatoes, etc., and sometimes also eat carrion.

Similar to the black blind man, it begins to accumulate fat in autumn, sleeps in caves in winter, and does not come out until spring.

In the Northeast, most badgers are dog badgers, also known as badgers.

There is also a species of badger called Tugouzi, and its scientific name is Wolverine. It is the wolverine that people often call. It is more ferocious than badgers by nature, and is comparable to Pingtou brother in the Northeast. However, the activities of wolverines in Gongyao Lingzi Traces are few and far between, but not absent.

"Second brother, there is a crack in the stone here."

Wang Hu pointed to a stone under the north side of Guan Liangzi.

Xu Ning walked over and glanced around, observing the surrounding environment and terrain, and said: "This stone gap is not necessarily the entrance to the badger's cave, but it must be blocked. Brother, you two find some branches or cut down a dead tree. It was cut into sections and blocked, and the outside was packed tightly with snow."

Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu responded and immediately looked for branches and tree trunks. They were everywhere in the mountains. Soon Li Fuqiang was carrying a tree section as thick as the mouth of a bowl and blocked the gap between the stones. Then he used branches to seal the gap. Fill it up and press a layer of snow on the outside...

Wang Hu smiled and untied his trousers, turning the snow into yellow ice, which was even more airtight this time.

Xu Ning found two more holes near the tree root hole. These two holes were semicircular. The loose soil accumulated underneath had been frozen solid by the snow in the cold winter, and was covered with a layer of snow.

Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu blocked two holes in a row, then clapped their hands and stood up, looked at Xu Ning and asked: "Brother, are you going to fix it?"

"all!"

At this time, Xu Ning left two badger holes. Badgers like to live in groups and are good at digging holes, so the holes and nests are very neatly built. The channels are connected to each other, just like the fire pit at home. As long as a fire is lit at one end, the smoke will It will automatically pump into the pipe.

In summer and autumn, the main method of digging a badger hole is to use a pickaxe to dig a hole in the soil, or use a long hook to dig a hole. Generally, a fire is not set at the entrance of the hole, because the hot weather can easily cause a jungle fire.

In winter, there is no fear of fire. There is snow all around, and the withered grass is not dense, so even if it is lit, it will not ignite. Moreover, the soil in winter was too hard, and Xu Ning and the other three did not have pickaxes, so they could only look for moist dry grass, burn it and throw it to the entrance of the hole, and the smoke would get into the hole and smoke it out.

This hunting method has been used a long time ago, so it is not a new idea. It is mainly just for fun.

Will this kill the badger?

Since the badgers were hibernating, there was a real possibility of being smoked to death, so Xu Ning asked Li Fuqiang to throw marle seeds into the hole to wake up the badgers first and prevent them from being smoked to death in the nest.

At this time, Xu Ning and Wang Hu filled the guns with lead pellets. Then Xu Ning glanced at Li Fuqiang and nodded: "Brother, let's light the fire first, and then you can throw the marbles."

Li Fuqiang nodded: "If you pass the message, I will throw it away."

Wang Hu, carrying a gun on his back, squatted on the ground and asked, "Second brother, would you like to order?"

"Point it. After you point it, try to stuff it into the hole, and stuff some dry grass leaves outside."

"OK."

Wang Hu then lit the withered grass on fire. After the flames became stronger, he stuffed the withered grass into the hole and pressed a layer outside.

Xu Ning quickly ran back to the tree root hole and shouted to Li Fuqiang: "Brother, throw the marlezi!"

"Got it!"

Li Fuqiang had been waiting for Xin'er. He quickly ordered two marlezi and threw them into the hole under Gangliangzi.

Bang bang!

After two muffled explosions, the violent explosion of Marlezi did not collapse the entrance of the cave. Li Fuqiang hurriedly stuffed the tree section as thick as a bowl next to the entrance of the hole, filling the gap with branches, and pressed another layer on the outside. Layers of snow.

When he ran to Xu Ning, he took the cloth bag that Xu Ning handed him, and immediately opened it and stood at the entrance of the cave, staring at it.

"Brother, there's something going on..."

Xu Ning looked at the poplar tree one meter next to Wang Hu and shouted: "Huzi, there is smoke under the poplar tree behind you! Stop it quickly!"

"Eh!"

Wang Hu turned around and saw smoke coming from the roots of the poplar tree. The smoke came from behind, so the three people didn't notice it before.

He quickly pulled away the snow pile, then picked up branches and stuffed them into the hole. At this time, two sounds of "chichichi" happened to come from the hole.

"Second brother! Leave it to me!"

Xu Ning waved his hand, "Hurry up and block it, don't worry about it for now."

After Wang Hu blocked the entrance to the cave, he raised his foot and stamped hard. After watching the snow compacting, he quickly returned to Xu Ning.

"Brother, why don't you come out yet?"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Don't worry, there is no smoke at the entrance of our cave yet. Huzi, go and add some fire to the other end."

"Got it."

More than ten seconds after Wang Hu left, white smoke came out of the cave entrance where Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang were.

Li Fuqiang was overjoyed when he saw Bai Yan, and hurriedly opened the cloth bag and placed it in front of the cave entrance, while Xu Ning took off the old pout and stared at the cave entrance.

At this time, there was sudden movement in the cave, and several shouts of "chichihahaha" shocked Li Fuqiang, and Xu Ning also pointed his gun at the entrance of the cave.

Only three seconds passed, and a little beast with black and white stripes on its head and a mixture of brown and white all over its body came out.

Li Fuqiang quickly held up the cloth bag with his quick eyes and hands, and let him get in.

"Good guy! Haha..."

Li Fuqiang laughed twice and immediately put away the cloth bag, while the little beast inside was thrashing and screaming.

"Brother, hide!"

Li Fuqiang was stunned when he saw another badger springing out of the cave and rushing towards Li Fuqiang. At this time, Xu Ning could not shoot at all, so he could only draw his knife and rush towards it.

He swung the knife, and when the badger jumped toward Li Fuqiang, he slashed the badger in the neck.

"What a bastard!"

In an instant, the badger fell to the ground, and Xu Ning also fell to the ground.

"brother!"

"I'm fine!" Xu Ning quickly got up and checked the handle of the old prong. Fortunately, there was no snow in the muzzle, otherwise the gun would be useless.

"Second brother..." Wang Hu finished filling the fire and ran back. When he saw the twitching little beast on the ground, he grinned and said, "Second brother, Niubi! Haha... Brother Qiang caught it too?"

"Yeah, it got in by itself."

Xu Ning held up the gun and said, "Huzi, hurry up and get another cloth bag. Maybe there will be some more."

"Got it!"

Wang Hu grabbed the cloth bag on the ground and placed it at the entrance of the cave. However, he did not hear any movement after holding it for half a minute.

Xu Ning frowned, and said at Li Fuqiang, "Brother, go to the stones and throw a Marezi."

Li Fuqiang tied the mouth of the cloth bag, nodded and went to the crack in the stone. Wang Hu had peed on this crack, so he couldn't bear to move. He only turned around and shouted: "Brother, this hole is sealed very tightly. I'll go to the side." Throw it into the hole?"

Wang Hu bared his teeth and said, "Second brother, I have frozen the crack in the stone."

"Fuck, you're quite capable."

"Haha, it must be."

Wang Hu's laughter did not stop.

Xu Ning heard a hissing sound in the cave, and he quickly reminded: "There is something! Huzi..."

Wang Hu hurriedly held up the cloth pocket, and then a small beast got into the cloth pocket. He quickly sealed the cloth pocket, feeling relaxed.

At this time, Li Fuqiang opened the hole in the gangliangzi and stuffed two marlezi inside.

Li Fuqiang quickly blocked the entrance to the cave after hearing two explosions.

"How's it going?"

Wang Hu replied: "Brother Qiang, you have another haircut!"

"Haha, it's enough this time." Li Fuqiang walked back with a smile.

Xu Ning stood at the entrance of the cave with a gun and said, "It's probably gone. Let's wait a while, then open the hole and poke it with a wooden stick."

"OK."

Wang Hu glanced at the flapping creatures in the two cloth bags, and then smelled a foul smell.

He pursed his lips and said, "Second brother, we can't keep these two cloth pockets. These two damn toys should be left in them for farting."

Badger and Huangpizi are both stinky fart kings, and their farts are very smelly...

Now that the two cloth pockets were stained with badger farts, Wang Hu could smell them from two or three meters away. The smell was unmistakable.

"Oh shit, this smell... goes straight to my head!" Li Fuqiang said, covering his nose.

Xu Ning laughed twice and said, "Hurry up and bleed them both. I don't want Bu Douzi anymore."

"Yeah. These two cloth pockets are just for nothing."

Li Fuqiang said: "It's all for nothing. Why don't we fix the animals? These two cloth bags can be regarded as meritorious service."

"Well...Brother Qiang, you kill me?"

Li Fuqiang sniffed and said, "Then you kill it. I'll hold it for you and use the axe?"

"No, I'm good with the knife. Second brother, can I sell this leather for money?"

"Yes, this toy leather is more valuable than yellow leather. Just cut from the neck and don't hurt the abdomen."

"Eh."

Then Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu took care of the three badgers, and after Xu Ning took a look at the hole under the tree roots, he went to the hole where the fire was kept. The fire in the hole had been extinguished, and everything was black. Didn't look at it.

Xu Ning cut down an ash willow tree, took out the black ash from the hole, and poked it inside. It felt hard, as if it had been poked into frozen soil.

Obviously there was nothing to play with in this cave entrance. Then he went to other cave entrances, cleared away the snow and tree segments and branches covered outside, and poked inside, but still found nothing.

Xu Ning did this for two reasons. One was to allow the fainting badgers in the cave to breathe fresh air and save their lives. The other was to check if there were any fainting badgers at the entrance of the cave. If there were any, he would take them out and use them as food.

But unfortunately, Xu Ning stabbed all the entrances, and the feelings came from hard, there was no soft feeling.

At this time, Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang finished packing the three badgers and carried them to Xu Ning.

"Brother, these three badgers are enough for us to eat for three or four days."

Xu Ning nodded: "Go back and shave off the oil and put it in the lunch box. Let's burn the oil again when we get home."

Wang Hu asked: "Second brother, why are there no cowards in this badger's cave?"

The coward is a raccoon dog, and its scientific name is Usuli raccoon dog.

"I'm happy to live in a big meadow, coward. We do have some in Laoshangou, but there are too few."

Raccoons cannot dig holes and usually live in the same den with badgers who are good at digging holes, so hunters can sometimes encounter them by digging out badger holes.

Neither Wang Hu nor Li Fuqiang had eaten badger meat, so Xu Ning chatted with them about the taste of badgers, raccoon dogs and other small animals on the way back.

Badger meat is the firmest, while raccoon meat is the fattest and fragrant. It tastes similar to bear meat, but much tenderer than bear meat.

The two of them were drooling with greed. When they returned to the cave, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu got busy. They shaved the badger meat while heating the food, then strung it with branches and put it on two rocks. It's a pile of red-hot coals.

After Xu Ning finished cleaning the gun and sprinkled the baking ingredients provided by Yang Shuhua, and the food in the lunch box was heated, the three of them sat around the fire and ate.

"Second brother, shall we go for a walk later?"

Xu Ning shook his head: "Let's take a rest today. We'll go walk with the condom tomorrow. We'll stay for another four or five days and take a look at the big leather condom. Then we'll go home."

"It's done!"

Li Fuqiang tore off a piece of roasted badger meat from a branch, chewed it in his mouth and said with a smile: "Smells delicious! Damn it, this thing must be full of oil."

"That must be the case!"

Badger seed meat can dispel cold and replenish qi, treat backache and leg pain, kill and repel insects, and treat rheumatoid arthritis, while badger seed oil is also a good thing for treating burns.

Because there was nothing to do in the afternoon, they ate very slowly at the lunch and took time to drink some hot water.

After eating, Wang Hu went outside to make snow rub the lunch box and came back. Together with Li Fuqiang, he peeled off the fur of the three badgers, shaved off the grease and put them in the empty lunch box.

After Xu Ning polished his gun, he went for a walk outside the cave. He looked at two dead trees, kicked them down, and then dragged them back to the cave, saving them as firewood for the evening fire.

The next morning, it was the fourth day that the three of Xu Ning came to Baishilizi.

Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu are roasted with mule meat, and pheasants who went to walk back yesterday.

"Second brother, do you go to the big leather case today?"

Xu Ning shook his head: "Don't go, let's find the touches, yesterday, the sister -in -law was very fresh."

"Okay, then we have to bring lunch for lunch." Li Fuqiang said.

Xu Ning said: "Bake more badger meat."

(End of this chapter)