Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 313 Green Rooted Marten

Regarding Sun Nian and Sun Xianghuo, Wang An stopped thinking and concentrated on hunting squirrels and house sparrows.

Although Wang An's name is still being circulated among the gangsters in DJ County, Wang An himself has actually quit.

Besides, the characters in the gangster circle are updated very quickly.

It can be said that just like leeks, after cutting this stubble, another stubble will grow, and new leeks will sprout and grow up every day, and they will soon become a member of the gang.

If Wang An hadn't fought hard enough and had a good reputation, no one would have known who Wang An was in the past four months.

In fact, this is also the normal situation in the gangster circle. The old gangsters are dismissed, new gangsters take over, and a new generation replaces the old ones.

Therefore, changing the director, county magistrate, or even a mayor or a higher official has nothing to do with Wang An.

What Wang An is now concerned about is, where are the house finches and where are the squirrels? After all, what they do is what they say.

I saw Wang An using his slingshot on the left and the slingshot on the right to shoot out the mud marbles, and soon killed a few squirrels and a few house sparrows.

It has to be said that Wang An's slingshot skills improved extremely quickly.

In fact, whether it is shooting a gun or playing with a slingshot, as long as you practice long enough and often enough, you will definitely become a master at it even if you don't reach the level of awesome lightning.

Without him, only familiar with you!
Wang An carried three guns on his back and wandered aimlessly. The slingshot in his hand would be suddenly tightened from time to time.

Then after a "whoosh" sound, a squirrel or house sparrow will die on a tree or in the grass not far away.

In this way, Wang An unknowingly walked to a small river and stood there with his slingshot tightened.

There are two such small rivers near the village, both branches of the Hulan River. The river water is deep in some places and shallow in others.

The deepest place may be four or five meters deep, while the shallowest place is only more than one meter deep.

But at this time, the entire river was covered with snow, and there were only a few scattered ice holes where fish had been caught, but they had already been frozen again.

The reason that made Wang An stop to pull the slingshot was that Wang An saw a green-rooted marten.

green-rooted marten,
Green-rooted marten, formerly known as muskrat, is also called muskrat or water rat.

The largest one weighs more than two kilograms, which is about the same size as a sable. The fur is called green-root mink, but after it is made into clothes, it is not called mink, but "fur".

The green-rooted mink is very valuable. A piece of fur is purchased by the supply and marketing cooperative for 5 yuan, which is half the price of yellow fur.

But not only is the fur of this thing valuable, the most valuable thing is actually its sachet. Although a sachet is only the size of a peanut, the purchase price of it from the supply and marketing cooperative is as high as 20 yuan.

Of course, only male green-rooted martens have sachets, but females don't.

However, it is also because the sachet is too small, and there may not be musk in the sachet, so the amount of green-rooted marten musk that can be collected is basically very few.

Because the green-rooted marten, like the fragrant deer, only secretes musk when it is in heat.

But the difference between this thing and the fragrant deer is that its musk is not stored in the sachet. Normally, the sachet of this thing is empty.

This also leads to the fact that even if people catch a green-rooted marten, they will basically just sell their fur.

After Wang An tightened the slingshot, he waited for a long time, but he still didn't see the green-rooted marten he saw just now, emerging from the hole in the ice again.

Green-rooted martens usually live in holes on the banks of rivers, but most of the time, they look for food in the water.

If you want to get into the water in winter, you have to cut through the ice, so this thing is very powerful at drilling holes. Even on the ice, it can easily make a hole.

In the winter, if you see a lot of holes as thick as people’s arms on the ice or on the shore, it’s basically caused by this thing.

As a hunter, Wang An still has some patience. Besides, although the green-rooted marten is very powerful at digging holes, it usually can only drill one hole into the water.

Because it is not stupid, it also knows how tired it is, and it chews on the ice with a "click, click, click" sound. It is estimated that its two big fangs may also hurt. After about 5 minutes, the green-rooted marten emerged from the water. Wang An's eyes were sore because he kept staring like this.

Just as he climbed onto the ice and shook the water off his body, Wang An's slingshot was launched.

After hearing a "swish" sound, the green-rooted marten lay motionless on the ice.

Seeing this scene, Wang An's face immediately showed a happy smile.

Although the green-rooted marten belongs to the mouse family, aside from its valuable fur, its meat is also very delicious.

In fact, this thing is relatively rare in winter, and summer is the best time to play this thing.

Because you can see this thing not only in larger rivers like this, but also in ditches in fields and beside streams.

So every summer, no matter which village this thing is in, it is so serious that people of all ages are attracted to it.

Wang An walked up to it and found that it was a male green-rooted marten, and it was not completely dead. The slingshot just knocked it out.

Wang An then felt towards the belly in front of its hind legs, because this was where its sachet was.

If there is musk, then there will be a small bump in this place.

After touching it, Wang An felt a little regretful. This green-rooted marten did not have a sachet.

Wang An threw the green-rooted marten into the flour bag and continued walking along the river bank.

After killing a few sparrows, Wang An felt that the bag of flour he was carrying was already heavy, so he walked to the other side of the river, and then walked along the river to his home.

Fortunately, just when Wang An wanted to leave the river and take a side road, he discovered the trace of the second green-rooted marten.

The color of this green-rooted marten is slightly different from the previous one, but it should be a problem with the light.

Anyway, if you don't look carefully, you can't tell any difference.

But this one was even harder to fight than the previous one. Wang An stood on the shore for almost 15 minutes before the green-rooted marten came out of the water.

After another "whoosh" sound, Wang An unexpectedly missed.

Although the sound of the slingshot hitting the snow was not loud, it still scared the green-rooted marten.

I saw that the green-rooted marten did not bother to shake the water or drill into the hole in the ice, but ran towards the hole on the shore.

Using a slingshot to hit a moving target was like nonsense, so after Wang An tightened the slingshot again, he did not rush to launch, but waited again.

Because green-rooted ferrets are the same kind as mice, but they are also more easily frightened.

But it has the same bad habit as the silly roe deer, that is, it is very curious.

Whether it's on the river or in the woods, a little noise is normal.

But many times after a green-rooted marten is frightened, it wants to see what the noise is.

So anyone who knows it knows that there are two chances to fight this thing. As long as you can seize either one, you can earn at least 5 yuan and eat a very delicious meal of meat.

This time Wang An didn't wait too long, only about three or four minutes.

As soon as he saw the green-rooted marten, he cautiously emerged from the hole. Wang An remained motionless, waiting quietly for it to completely leave the hole.

Sure enough, after several trials, the green-rooted marten seemed to feel relieved. After crawling out of the hole, it stood on the edge of the hole with its hind legs, stretched its neck, and looked at the place where the noise had just been made.

How could Wang An miss such a good opportunity?

(End of this chapter)