My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 118 Badger

   The screams of the little beasts continued, especially when Chen Ling was approaching, and the screams became even louder. The screams of "Ouch" were similar to those of wild boars, but they were much sharper than those of wild boars.

It kept struggling, trying to escape, but unfortunately, facing the burly black baby, it couldn't break free no matter what, it made the blood flow faster on its head and neck, and it screamed more miserably. .

  Chen Ling was upset when he heard it, so he pulled out a pole from the cave and let Heiwa lift it up.

  In the end, I didn't expect this guy's temperament to be quite fierce. After Heiwa let go, he still had the courage to yell at them. He was covered in blood, bared his teeth and grinned and rushed towards Chen Ling savagely.

  Chen Ling saw that he was afraid that the blood would get on his body, so he avoided it a little, raised the pole and pointed it at the head of this little beast.

   "Ow", the beast let out a miserable howl, then staggered and fell to the ground, quickly dying.

   Now Chen Ling finally knows what this weird little beast is...

   is actually a badger.

Badger is the local name for a pig badger. It is generally the size of a local dog. It has four short and fat legs, a big head and a thick neck, small eyes and small ears, and a clumsy appearance. When angry, it makes a sound similar to that of a pig. It has a pig-like mouth, so it is called a pig badger.

  This thing belongs to nocturnal creatures. It hides in caves during the day and does not come out. It only comes out at night to hunt for food, so it is not often seen by people.

Chen Ling hadn't seen it a few times in his two lifetimes, and his memory was still in his childhood. At first, it seemed that he was suffering from scald or something. My grandfather went to the next village to ask for one, and smeared it on the affected area with boiled oil. Surprisingly good.

Later in the summer, he was enjoying the shade in the courtyard. His little brother was bitten by some poisonous insect. It was inflamed and swollen. It was extremely itchy and then painful. OK

   These memories are also blurred.

   The most impressive thing is that after the development of the Internet in the previous life, when I inquired on the Internet what Mr. Lu Xun wrote about '猹', I had a clear understanding of the badger in my hometown.

Before, he only thought that this thing was the badger in his hometown. After all, the badger also steals melons. Later, I learned that the badger is a pig badger, and in some places it is called a badger pig, and the chi is a dog badger. These two are different creatures.

   There is a dialogue between Runtu and Brother Xun in "Juvenile Runtu", which is as follows:

   "Dad and I go to manage the watermelon at night, and you go too."

   "Do you manage thieves?"

"No. People who walk are thirsty and pick a melon to eat. We don't steal it here. It's the badger pig, the hedgehog, and the scorpion. Under the moon, listen to the 'rustle', and the scorpion is biting the melon. You squeezed the fork and walked gently..."

  …

  Look, this description of 猹 actually clearly distinguishes the pig badger from the 猹.

   "I just don't know whether the meat of this thing is saucy or not, and whether it is delicious or not, Mr. Lu Xun never mentioned it."

Chen Ling moved Badger's body a few times with the pole, and found that it was quite heavy, at least 20 to 30 pounds, so he carried a hind leg and put it into the cave: "How much is a piece of meat, it can't be wasted. , if it really doesn't work, boil it into oil, who can use it when they want to use it?"

  Thinking like this, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional and a little funny. It seems that he was influenced by his own daughter-in-law before he knew it, and now he has become more and more aware of being diligent and thrifty.

   "Huh? This badger's fur looks familiar!"

   When he turned his head and inadvertently glanced at Badger Zimao on the ground, Chen Ling was stunned.

  Thinking about it carefully, I remembered one more thing in my mind.

About two or three months ago, I remember that not long after the saplings were planted, Xiao Bai Niu was frightened by something in the cemetery. In the cave, there is this gray-white rough hair at the entrance of the cave.

   I didn’t know what it was before, but now I think about it, I realize that it was a badger.

"I didn't expect badgers to be active nearby. It's okay, I used to plant everything I planted and harvested, and ordinary vegetables don't grow fast, otherwise I'll be stared at by badgers, and I really can't stand them. scourge."

   Badgers like to eat insects and small animals, such as earthworms, frogs, mice, etc. are their food.

But the most hated thing is to steal crops, such as corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and watermelons. Maybe these things have sweet taste. They are very powerful in harming them. The damage is second only to wild boars. It also has a special taste after dilution, which is extremely attractive to living things.

   It's hard not to be targeted by Badgers.

  Chen Ling looked at Xiao Jin who was still digging soil on the side of the bushes, thinking that maybe he had already been eyeing, and almost no one came after the flood, so he moved the cave from the cemetery to this side.

   "Don't dig a little gold, the Badger's hole is very deep, and it's still sloppy, what are you doing?"

The soil around the cave had been dug out, and the prey had not been caught yet. Xiao Jin was very unwilling, but Chen Ling didn't let it dig, so it obediently stopped digging, ran up to him, wagged its tail, and hummed. Acting like a spoiled child, it is also somewhat discouraged.

   "Okay, okay, let them go first, and we'll come again at night. If they don't run away, we'll smoke them and fill them with water, so that they won't come out."

  Chen Ling touched Xiaojin's head to comfort him.

   Badgers live in caves and like to dig caves in barren hills, roadsides, fields, etc., and also occupy caves of other beasts, such as Shanlizi Cave and Fox Cave.

   But often even if they rob someone else's nest, they will re-expand.

Badger's front claws are extremely sharp, and they dig holes very quickly, usually straight up and down, the deepest can be ten meters, and the common ones are several meters deep. To leave other holes to escape, it is very mean for the three caves of the cunning rabbit.

   He listened to the movement in the cave just now. It was obvious that there was more than one badger, and most of them were in the feeding period. At this time, the badger cave, God knows where it went.

   Xiaojin competes with them, and it is a waste of effort.

   soothed the two dogs and let the pigeons go for a while.

Afterwards, he walked around his fruit forest and found that the small ditch at the foot of the mountain had also widened, and there was blue water flowing. He walked under the root of the mountain in the northwest, and there was actually water flowing down from the mountain and pouring into it. in the ditch. It's just that the water flow is very small, and it is not as clear as the mountain spring water in Nanshan. It should be because the rain is too heavy this time, and a lot of water is stored in the low depressions on the mountain, which is flowing down.

Originally, this was nothing unusual, but Chen Ling found that there were actually many footprints and feces of wild animals around the ditch, and there were bones and feathers left over from eating among the weeds, which were obviously traces of wild animals in the mountains. With these simple traces, it is impossible to see what is left behind.

   He couldn't even recognize Badger Zimao, let alone these things. He only knew that what left traces was definitely not a wild animal.

   "This guy won't come at night. If there are wolves and wild boars going down the mountain, I can't handle it."

  Chen Ling became vigilant in his heart.

  I originally wanted to take advantage of the cool weather in the evening to **** and water the grass.

   Now it seems to be okay, and it will be the same for tomorrow morning.

Seeing that it was noon, the sun was getting hotter and hotter, and the two hot dogs didn't have the strength to run around. They followed Chen Ling with their tongues out. I didn't even bother to pursue it.

  Chen Ling took two glances, picked up a piece of dirt and rubbish, and threw it hard, so frightened that these raccoons hurriedly retracted their heads into the hole, and when he was far away, they burst out and screamed and complained.

  This thing, like a badger, likes to dig holes in the ground, especially in graveyards, and the sound is very unpleasant, so the villagers feel bad when they see it.

   "It's too hot, let's go, let's go home."

  Chen Ling called the dog, called back the pigeon, got up and walked home.

   Now, the houses of each household in the village are basically half built. Some people have a large number of households, and the construction speed is fast. Now they have been built and surrounded by walls.

   When Chen Ling walked into the village, Wang Lishan's family was squatting under the tree in the corner to eat.

   Seeing Chen Ling coming with the dog, he immediately shouted: "Huh? Isn't this a badger? This thing is very slippery, but it's hard to catch. Where did you catch it?"

   "In the field at the foot of the mountain, the family dog ​​found a badger hole and lived in a litter of badgers. Unfortunately, this thing was hidden deep, and they caught one."

When    went home, Chen Ling took out the badger and let Heiwa hold it, otherwise it would be difficult to take it out when he got home.

Badgerzi weighs more than 20 pounds. This weight is easy for Heiwa, but it is still surprising for others to see it. While surprised at Badgerzi, he also envy Chen Ling very much, thinking that there are two such dogs. , Fugui this baby is really lucky, and she will soon have meat if she doesn't work much.

"Your dog is a spirit. This is the smell of the badger's body. Today, your baby has a good time. Li Xian got one a few years ago. That guy is fresher than mutton and more fragrant than dog meat. Getting old."

   Wang Lishan couldn't help swallowing.

  The surrounding people also commented on Badger.

   "Is badger meat really so delicious?"

  Chen Ling asked curiously, wild things are smelly, and most of them are difficult to deal with. He remembers that the oil from the Badgerzi has a strange smell.

At this time, Chen Dazhi, who lived nearby, heard the movement, and ran out with a kitchen knife. When he saw the badger in Heiwa's mouth, he suddenly laughed: "Haha, you really picked it up. Badger The thieves are thieves, and they only climb out of their nests when they feel the dark. I met one when I was planting strawberries a few years ago. At night, my sister-in-law and I chased it with a hoe, but I was so anxious that I even arrested someone. Biting, very fierce."

   "But it's really delicious. After the smell is gone, I fry it in an earthen pot and then stew it. The taste is absolutely amazing, and even the gods can't stand still after eating it."

  Chen Ling heard that he was greedy, but he had never done this before, so he really didn't know how to deal with it.

As a result, everyone laughed when they saw him, and Wang Lishan said again: "You can't clean up, I'll give you a trick, you will go to Brother Guoping's house later, and you will prepare the stew and give him some points. As for the seasoning, Mrs. Xiufen has accumulated a lot of strange medicinal herbs, how to use it to remove the smell and enhance the fragrance, it is not easy to deal with a badger."

   Chen Ling's eyes lit up after hearing it, "This is reliable, I'll try it when I go back, and when the badger meat is made, everyone will come and try it."

   Everyone is greedy, but Chen Ling said this, who would have the nerve to agree, and half-jokingly said that this bit of badger meat is not enough for a few people, and it is not worthwhile to go to his house to eat with a bottle of wine.

   "That said, what kind of wine do you bring to my house? Badgers are rare, don't we just eat something fresh?"

   As a result, everyone just laughed and refused to answer.

On the other hand, Chen Sangui's son Chen Baoshuan was quite moved: "Fugui, how about coming to my house at night to fight for a tie, just blocking the nest of pigeons, and adding your badger meat, it is absolutely delicious. I have more. Good wine, we won't go home if we don't get drunk at night."

   Without waiting for Chen Ling to say anything, the few people next to him couldn't listen anymore.

   "You can pull it down. A litter of pigeons is only a few taels of meat, so I'm too embarrassed to say that it's a tie."

  Someone who speaks harshly is even more ruthless. He **** the wild vegetable noodles and shouts: "You sell a daughter-in-law, don't think that you are rich and strong, and you are stronger than Yang Gangdan. I want your daughter-in-law to borrow the seeds."

I don't know what's going on with these words. It seems that Chen Baoshuan's lung tube was really poked. His face turned red and red, and he even scolded a few words from your ancestors. home.

   The others laughed even more.

   "You don't know anything, just smear Uncle Sangui's face. Don't have the same knowledge as him."

  Chen Ling also felt a little funny when he heard the words, but he didn't expect that his status was still higher now, and some people told him not to have the same knowledge as others.

   then glanced at Chen Baoshuan's house and said, "Aren't Baoshuan and Vanilla very difficult to deal with? In the past, two good words for Xizi were blocked at other people's houses. Brother Lihui, you are not afraid that they will make trouble with you."

"What are you afraid of? This **** is now counting on others to help him build a house. If he dares to stab him again, who will pay attention to him? If everyone hadn't looked at Uncle Sangui's face, it would have depended on the two of them. It's weird to build it."

  Wang Lihui said and rubbed his chin at Wang Lishan. If nothing else, their uncles and brothers all lived nearby, so I wouldn't worry about anyone coming.

  Chen Ling was stunned.

"Fugui, be careful, the vanilla lady don't look savage, she's very arrogant in her bones. She didn't see the fancy dresses in these days, she just stood at the door and recruited men. I heard that she gave up her face and went to Sister Xiufen to beg a few times. It's the second recipe, so don't get caught."

  Wang Lihui didn't keep his mouth shut, making Chen Ling's face darken and speechless.

   He didn't dare to gossip with these guys, so he called two dogs and went home.

   As a result, he provoked another strange cry, saying that this baby is still young and his face is still too tender. Where is this going? He really hasn't vomited out yet.

   (end of this chapter)