Peach Blossom Land On Longyin Island Chapter 30

Set out to catch snakes

The best time to catch snakes is late spring and early autumn. In late spring, everything comes to life. Snakes are waking up from hibernation. They have been hungry all winter and need to eat. In early autumn, snakes need to store fat for the winter. They are also active and have a greater chance of encountering snakes.Now that it is late autumn, most snakes have already gone into hiding to prepare for winter, and their traces are hard to find. This is not a good time to go up the mountain to catch snakes.However, there are also advantages. The temperature is low during this season, and the snake’s reaction speed, flexibility, and aggressiveness will be greatly reduced, so the danger is also low.Moreover, snakes have the habit of spending the winter collectively. Several or even dozens of snakes of the same or different species may gather in a snake den. If you find such a snake den, you will undoubtedly gain a lot.Therefore, the most important thing about catching snakes in late autumn is not to look for snakes in the mountains and plains, but to find the hibernating snake nests.

“How to find a snake nest?” Anle, who came to catch snakes, asked after listening to An’s father’s popular science.

Yesterday, after An’s mother gave him a strict “not allowed to go” order, he was already frustrated. Unexpectedly, after they finished picking up the herbs and An’s father came out of the house, he not only received a pardon, but also got An’s mother’s consent, and he was actually allowed to follow him to catch snakes!

Anle was surprised and asked An’s father how he persuaded An’s mother. An’s father smiled mysteriously and said nothing.However, after hearing An’s father’s science information on the way, Anle guessed that the cold weather had reduced the risk, so An’s mother agreed to let him follow.After listening to the popular science, Anle felt a little relieved. It seemed that he would not be bitten by a poisonous snake while walking.

Looking for a snake nest sounds much safer.

“Snakes prefer sunny and sheltered slopes or underground caves during the winter. Pay more attention to deeper caves, stone crevices, and abandoned animal nests. Look around the cave entrance to see if there are any fragments of snake sloughs or traces of snake movement.To roughly determine whether there are snakes living in the cave.” An’s father answered Anle’s question, “If it is in a rock crevice, use a snake pole to penetrate the snake hole and gently tap it to draw the snake out.If it is an underground cave, you can dig directly, but be sure to pay attention to safety.”

“I know, dad.” Anle nodded obediently and said.

Father An smiled kindly, turned around and said to the teenagers following him: “You guys too, pay attention to safety. This time, just learn from it and watch from a distance. It’s up to us to find and catch snakes.”

Behind An’s father, in addition to Anle, there were also many people. Not to mention An Xiaoyu, Anmai, An Linmian, Antu, and Anshun also came.Anmai came with his father Anmi, and Anlinmian came with Anmai, saying he was protecting Anmai.Antu and Anshun came here as their first mission to join the hunting team to protect a few people. They also came with two old members of the hunting team, Anton and Annan.In addition, there is a pair of young brothers who are both doctors: An Chongyang and An Duanwu.

A group of twelve people, plus one wolf, An Xiaojin, arrived in the northwest mountains and forests at sunrise in the early morning.The mist is diffuse, and the mountains and forests in the northwest are filled with mountain streams, stone gorges, many shrubs and grasses, and many broad-leaved forests.

In late autumn, when the grass leaves were withered and yellow, a group of people walked on the thick fallen leaves, which made a distinct creaking sound. The small animals under the leaves were often startled and fled here and there, which made An Xiaojin particularly excited. He chased little squirrels and lizards everywhere, and every time he caught one, he would take it to An Le.

Adhering to the education policy of praising and motivating children, no matter how small the prey An Xiaojin catches and brings it to him, Anle will express surprise in cooperation, take the prey, touch the wolf’s head affectionately, praise “good boy” gently, and then reward the prey to An Xiaojin.Amidst An Le’s compliments, An Xiaojin worked harder and harder, catching more and more. This “more” refers not only to quantity, but also to variety.

So Anle couldn’t boast any more. Squirrels, moles, and mice were all. Frogs, toads, and geckos were also acceptable, but what would happen if a spider as big as a fist was caught in its mouth!

When An Xiaojin ran up to An Le with a dark brown spider with a big and round belly in his mouth, opened his big round eyes, wagging his tail, and looked at An Le proudly as if asking for credit and praise, the corners of An Le’s mouth twitched.

He wished he could hide far away, where would he dare to pick it up with his hands.Fortunately, An Xiaojin was stupid but not stupid, and knew how to kill the prey first before catching it in his mouth, otherwise Anle would have been unable to hold back and run away.Anle stretched out her hand, and finally patted the wolf’s head stiffly and perfunctorily, then bravely boasted: “Go…good boy…”

But Anle didn’t reach out to take it, and An Xiaojin seemed dissatisfied with Anle for not accepting his gift, and stretched his head towards Anle.An Le didn’t want the big spider to touch her at all, so An Xiaojin took one step forward and An Le took one step back.

An Xiaojin pressed forward step by step, seemingly unwilling to give up.An Le retreated step by step, and the people had retreated to An Xiaoyu. There was no way to retreat, so he closed his eyes and pointed with his hand, naming: “An Xiaoyu, come here!”

An Xiaoyu held the snake hook in one hand and hugged An Le’s waist with the other.

The group of people watched the intimate interaction between one person and one wolf and couldn’t help but laugh. An Linmian opened his mouth and taunted: “Anle, okay? Why are you even afraid of spiders?”

Anle’s brows jumped: “You’re not afraid, just come!”

However, An Linmian seemed to have goosebumps all over his body. He crossed his hands and rubbed his arms, saying repeatedly: “I won’t come, it’s not hairy, it’s not velvet, it’s disgusting, I won’t touch it with my hands.”

An Le was speechless: “You don’t even dare to talk about me!”

“It’s not that I don’t dare! I just don’t want to touch it!” An Linmian retorted, “I’m not so scared that I have to hide from my wife’s arms!”

Again!say!old!Po!

An Le’s desire to fight suddenly came to him. He stared at An Linmian with squinted eyes, and immediately wanted to jump out of An Xiaoyu and fight An Linmian. However, at this moment, An Le suddenly had an idea and thought of a better idea.

An Le not only did not leave An Xiaoyu, but instead leaned into An Xiaoyu’s arms. He looked at An Linmian with a sweet smile and said, “You can’t hide even if you want to. You don’t have a wife. An Linmian, are you jealous that I have a wife?”

An Linmian suddenly became angry, his eyes widened, and he put his hands on his hips and was about to fight An Le. At the critical moment, An Mai jumped between the two of them, grabbed An Linmian with one hand, pointed at An Xiaojin with the other, and said to An Le, “I’ll come, I’ll come, An Le, can you give me this spider? I want this spider.”

“Ah?” Anle suspected that he heard wrong and asked in disbelief, “Maizi, do you…actually like spiders?”

An Mai nodded seriously.

An Le opened her mouth and was so shocked that she didn’t make a sound for a long time.

Father An explained with a smile: “This is a big-bellied orb-web spider. After drying, the whole body can be used as medicine. It can dispel wind, reduce swelling, and detoxify. Its web can be used to stop bleeding, and its shell can be used to treat tooth decay. Our little Jin is really capable.”

“So that’s it.” After listening to An’s father’s popular science, Anle touched the wolf’s head affectionately and praised sincerely, “An Xiaojin, good job, go and deliver the wheat, and then go and catch more.”

An Xiaojin seemed to understand. He walked up to Anmai and stretched his head to give her the spider.An Mai was about to pick it up, but saw An Linmian catch it first, and said with a look of disgust: “Hurry up, cage.”

An Mai immediately took out a small bamboo cage that he carried with him, and An Linmian quickly threw it in. After throwing it away, the hand that had just caught the spider kept swinging in the air, as if to get rid of the residual touch on it, and he bared his teeth in disgust: “Eh–it’s disgusting. It’s disgusting.”

An Mai put away the bamboo cage and looked at An Linmian with a smile: “It’s disgusting, but you still do it.”

An Linmian raised her chin arrogantly and said, “As I said, just use acupuncture and check the pulse with your hands to see the doctor. Don’t touch these disgusting things.”

An Mai took out a handkerchief and handed it to An Linmian, saying, “Take it. This spider is poisonous.”

“Ah?!” Two exclamations came at the same time, one from An Linmian and one from Anle.

Anle immediately squatted down, plucking An Xiaojin’s mouth, and said nervously: “An Xiaojin, are you okay? Dad, look at him quickly, is he not poisoned? Do you think he is not in good spirits? Are his eyes not too bright?”

An Xiaojin’s golden pupils were full of energy, and his two wolf ears stood high. He was full of energy and showed no signs of discomfort.Father An smiled and said: “Don’t worry, it’s okay. The big-bellied garden spider is not very poisonous, and wolves have the ability to distinguish poisons.”

Hearing this, An Le breathed a long sigh of relief, patted the wolf’s head and said, “As long as it’s okay, don’t eat blindly. You’re stupid to begin with, so don’t be poisoned and become mentally retarded. Don’t go and catch him, just stay here and follow me.”

Anmai’s father Anmi also smiled and explained: “It doesn’t matter even if you eat it. Most of the venom needs to pass through the wound and blood to take effect. It’s okay if you eat it in the stomach.”

“Well…that’s it.” After hearing An Mi’s explanation, Anle felt a lot more at ease. He patted An Xiaojin’s head and said, “Let’s go play and catch more big-bellied spiders for Maizi.”

After explaining, Anle stood up and An Xiaojin ran away.The group continued to move forward, and after a while, An Xiaojin came back with a big-bellied garden spider in his mouth. He circled in front of Anle on his back and ran straight to Anmai. He seemed to know that he wanted to hand the spider over to Anmai.

Antu was amazed: “Lele, Xiao Jin can actually understand you! You have had him for less than a month, and the smartest hound in the team has been trained for half a year, and he can only understand simple commands. Xiao Jin is so smart.”

“Of course!” An Le crossed his arms and raised his chin with a proud look on his face. He waved to An Xiaojin and said, “An Xiaojin, go find the snake nest. If you find it, I’ll mark your merits. When you get back, I’ll stew the goose at home for you.” If there was a tail, An Le’s tail would have been raised to the sky.

So An Xiaojin ran away again and came back with spiders, centipedes and scorpions in his mouth from time to time. An Le couldn’t bear to look at them, but An’s father and others were very happy. While praising An Xiaojin for his ability, they put the spiders, centipedes and scorpions into small cages.The group continued to move forward, with An’s father and An Mi leading the way. Compared to the others, they were more familiar with this mountain forest and led the group to a sunny slope suitable for snakes to hibernate.

The terrain here is relatively flat, with few trees and many piles of rocks. At a glance, the view is quite broad.The group, consisting of An’s father, An Mi, An Chongyang, and An Xiaoyang, formed a small team and spread out to look for suspicious caves.