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

Chapter 800: Catching Feet
Mu Xueli is a person with a very good personality. Most importantly, he listens to Wang An very much. So when he heard Wang An say this, Mu Xueli said with a smile on his face:

"A hand tractor will do. A hand tractor is great. Haha. By the way, brother-in-law, I heard from my sister that you all use rice transplanters to plant rice seedlings?"

Before Wang An could speak, Wang Li spoke first:
"Of course we do. The three of us use rice transplanters to grow rice seedlings. They're really fast. Gaga."

Mu Xueli ignored Wang Li's words and said to Wang An in a flattering manner:

"Brother-in-law, I heard from my sister that you bought two rice transplanters?"

Wang An was moved when he heard this, and said with a smile:

"Of course. I have a four-wheeler and a walk-behind tractor, so I have to buy two and use them alternately."

In fact, the reason why Wang An bought two rice transplanters was, on the one hand, because the rice transplanters were sold at the price of scrap iron, which was really cheap, and it would be a waste not to buy them.

On the other hand, considering the relatives at home, if any of them buys a four-wheeled vehicle or a hand tractor, this rice transplanter can be used.

As for using the two machines alternately, Wang An had never really thought about it.

The main reason is that there are only so many rice fields, and the two rice transplanters are of no use at all and are completely redundant.

Hearing Wang An say this, Mu Xueli said with a smirk on his face:

"I've seen everything at your house these days. There's a rice transplanter that has never been put into the field. There's not even a speck of mud on the wheels of the transplanter."

Wang An rolled his eyes at Mu Xueli and said unhappily:
"If you have something to say, just say it. If you have something to say, just fart. Don't talk to me about this useless stuff. I bought this machine. Why do you care whether I let it go or not?"

Mu Xueli first laughed "Hehehehe." and then said:
"Why don't you give me the rice transplanter when I buy a walk-behind tractor? We need to make the most of it, right? It would be such a waste to just leave it there."

Wang An glanced at Mu Xueli, then took a bite of meat and chewed it for a few times before saying:
"How do you do it? Just keep talking and you're going to take away the rice transplanter I've been tinkering with for the whole afternoon?"

Wang An didn't care about the 30 yuan, but that was not the way to go. The main reason was that Mu Xue wasn't short of the 30 yuan!
Until then, Mu Xueli said with a smile on his face:

"My sister said that if I sold it to someone else, it would be at least 50 yuan, but if I sold it to me, 40 yuan would be enough."

Wang An suddenly realized that his wife was really good!
She is beautiful, has a good figure, works efficiently, and knows how to manage her daily life. Most importantly, she never tinkers with anything at her parents' home.

And now, Mu Xueqing still wants to earn 10 yuan from her own brother!

She can really distinguish between her mother's home and her own home.

One has to admit that a daughter-in-law like Mu Xueqing is definitely one in a million.

Even Wang Li, who heard Mu Xueli's words, was stunned for a moment.

Because Wang Li knew that those rice transplanters cost a total of 87 yuan, including 80 yuan for the rice transplanters and 7 yuan for the fireworks.

On average, each rice transplanter cost 29 yuan.

I just added some more butter to the machine and added some parts, and the cost of each machine was only 30 yuan.

However, Wang Li’s fourth sister-in-law, Comrade Mu Xueqing, actually wanted to sell it to her own brother for 40 yuan.

However, Wang Li only blinked very quickly after listening to it, and then he started to concentrate on eating meat. The main point is that eating meat can shut up. Besides, it involves money and his fourth brother's business, so the smartest thing to do is to shut up.

Wang An didn't lack 10 yuan, and it wasn't worth it to earn 10 yuan from his brother-in-law, so Wang An said with a smile:
"Your sister has already set the price at 40 yuan, and as your brother-in-law, I can't do anything wrong. Come on, I'll give you 10 yuan less and charge you 30 yuan, hehe."

When Mu Xueli heard this, he didn't bother to be polite with Wang An. He took out three big unity notes from his pocket and handed them to Wang An, saying at the same time:

"Then brother-in-law, that idle rice transplanter in your house will belong to me, hehehehe"

Wang An took the money, nodded and smiled:

"Well, it's yours. Go home when you have time."

In this way, while the three of them were chatting and discussing things, they finished their lunch, put the meat back on the horse's back, and rode down the mountain.

On the way back, Wang An suddenly asked Mu Xueli:
"Xue Li, does Lao Xiao Pao know how to catch deer? Has Lao Xiao Pao ever taught you the special foot-catching device they made to catch deer?"

What Wang An called "catching feet" is, in principle, a combination of a clamp and a rabbit trap.

It's just that the triggering principle of this thing is the same as that of a clamp, but what really works and catches the prey is the noose.

The principle is also very simple.

That is to bend a small tree with very good elasticity and tie one end of the rope to the top of the tree.

At the same time, another rope should be tied to the top of the tree, and the other end of this rope should be tied to a wooden stick. As for this wooden stick, it is actually the trigger mechanism.

Of course, this small wooden stick must be stuck between two wooden pegs that have been hammered into the ground in advance.

Finally, put the rope around the inner circle of the two pegs, and the trap is complete.

As long as the wooden stick is triggered so that either end of the stick is no longer stuck on the wooden wedge, the bent tree will immediately lose the force and bounce back quickly.

The rebound of the small tree will naturally tighten the noose, and the feet of the animal in the noose will inevitably be tied up by the noose, thus achieving the purpose of capturing the prey alive.

The simplest reason why Wang An wanted to study this was actually to catch a deer.

Although almost everyone understands the working principle of this "foot-catching" device, it is extremely difficult to find a suitable place to set it up.

The main thing is that in these mountains, if you want to catch a live deer, you must go along the path that the deer must pass. But in this season, who knows where the deer will pass every day?
But even if they find one, most people don't dare to set up a trap easily, because deer are animals that are very vigilant in these mountains, and any disturbance or strange smell will make them change their route.

Therefore, catching deer is definitely a very technical job.

Mu Xueli thought about it and said:
"I'll go find him when I get home tonight. What do you want to catch, brother-in-law?"

Wang An said without thinking:

"Just catch the deer. If you're going to kill anything else, just shoot it to death."

While Wang An was studying how to catch deer, a horrifying thing was happening in the room far away in the county town where Shang Tianbao was imprisoned.

(End of this chapter)