My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 185 Little Leopard

  Sprinkle a little medicinal powder and blow a bamboo whistle.

   can not only lure snakes out of their holes, but also attract snakes to people.

   Chen Ling admires such a skill.

   And the fiery chain snake climbed up to Wang Cunye, and after being caught by Wang Cunye, he didn't do anything drastic, he just slowly curled up and rolled into a ball.

   "Before the snow, and after the beginning of winter, this is the time when the worms are the fattest..."

  Wang Cunye held the snake in his arms and touched it. Seeing his son-in-law's surprised look, he immediately smiled: "I'll teach you later, you can try it too."

   "Huh? Can I do this too?"

  Chen Ling asked strangely, "Dad, didn't you say that snake-inducing medicine is passed down from males to females?"

  The snake-inducing medicine king Susu doesn't even know how to prepare it, so how could his son-in-law be in a hurry to ask for it?

Hearing him say this, Wang Cunye didn't know what he was thinking, and it was quite funny: "It's an old life thing to pass on a man or a woman, so why pay attention to this now, and besides, this thing is not worth much, and people today don't. Rarely does this."

   "Your eldest brother and second brother, I teach them, but none of them learn."

   Having said this, he glanced at Chen Ling: "I have never taught Susu, the girl's family, and my mother and I never thought of letting her do this."

  Chen Ling immediately became ashamed.

   "If you want to learn, I'll go back and give you the recipe, and you can go home and prepare it yourself."

  Wang Cunye held the fire chain snake in one hand and gently stroked it with the other: "But this snake attracting fan should not be used often, otherwise, if the snake catches too much, it will provoke the snake lady and will be punished."

   "Like before, when we were collecting herbs, we caught a few snakes by the way. Some herbs were next to the worm nests, and they were full of poisonous worms. With snake-inducing powder, you can feel more at ease."

   The old man said in a low voice.

   explained to Chen Ling as he walked.

   The snake-inducing medicine is scattered, which can attract all the snakes within a range of about ten meters.

   not only attracts snakes, but also makes them tame and docile.

  Some grumpy and aggressive snakes are caught in their hands and will not bite.

   is also called "lock snake".

   can be said to be very magical.

   But also in view of this, it is too easy to catch snakes. In the past, there were many drug farmers in other villages who caught snakes and suffered revenge from snakes.

  I heard from the old man that hundreds of poisonous snakes entered the door at that time, but I don’t know if it was true or not.

   Afterwards, it was rumored that too many snakes were caught, which angered the snake goddess in the mountains.

   Such a statement, Chen Ling naturally does not believe it.

   But everything is too much. Whether it is a hunter who hunts or a medicinal farmer who collects herbs and catches snakes, they each abide by their own rules.

   This is the wisdom to survive in the mountains.

   The sun is rising higher and higher.

  The weather has been good in recent days. Walking on the mountain and through the forest, the warm sunshine in early winter shone down from the gaps between the branches and leaves. When the breeze blows, the sound of the leaves is commensurate with the sound of the babbling stream, which is pleasant and ethereal.

  Wang Cunye has poor legs and feet and walks relatively slowly, but he often walks in the mountains and his stamina is quite good.

   At this time, he found the trace of the snake again, and told Chen Ling to stop with the two dolls, not to walk around, and walked back and forth along the forest path alone, looking for confirmation on both sides.

   "That's it."

   After two or three minutes, Wang Cunye turned around and walked to Chen Ling's side: "Come on, open your hands."

   When Chen Ling opened his palm, he poured the snake-inducing medicine powder from the gourd into Chen Ling's palm.

   Then he taught Chen Ling how to sprinkle snake powder along the trail of the snake.

   "Three steps and one turn, five steps and one wave, don't spill the snake-inducing powder, pay attention to your feet and behind..."

  The old man warned.

   There is nothing mysterious about this.

   is to make people pay attention to the wind direction and water flow, as well as the poisonous insects hidden in the trees under their feet.

  The direction of the wind is wrong, or the powder is easy to fail near the current, and the snakes cannot be attracted. The poisonous insects on the trees and under the feet are sometimes fatal.

   In addition, there are some details of sprinkle powder, which are the most important.

  Chen Ling followed suit.

   After the powder was sprinkled, he returned to the original place and blew the bamboo whistle as taught by the old man.

The mountain wind was gentle, and the bamboo whistle that was absent lasted for less than two minutes, and snakes of all sizes came crawling from the grass, tree holes, and crevices of stone ridges. Some large snakes were more than one meter long and nearly two meters long. Some small snakes are only about the thickness of a thumb, and some are poisonous and some are non-venomous.

  At first, they were tame when they crawled over one after another.

   But after a yellow and black-striped grass-headed snake appeared, many small snakes avoided them one after another, trying to escape, only a few white-and-black-striped white-flowered snakes were suddenly greatly stimulated and entangled with the thick grass-headed snake.

   made Xiao Tongtong, who was beside Chen Ling, fix his eyes.

  Wang Zhenzhen raised his head proudly and said, "Dad, I'll say brother-in-law is amazing. Look, he can attract so many snakes at once, and he can also make snakes fight."

  Wang Cunye was dumbfounded, thinking you thought you were doing acrobatics.

   I don't know what to say.

   Only Chen Ling realized something was wrong, because the snakes were fighting, and none of them walked towards him, so he took down the bamboo whistle and asked, "Dad, did I get it right?"

   "Well, your whistle didn't blow properly."

Wang Cunye nodded, then pointed at the scuffled snakes and said: "The other is the grass-headed snakes, they are afraid. There are only a few white-flowered snakes, it is estimated that it is the time for breeding. At this time, they have a bad temper and are easy to follow. The other worms fought, and they didn't scare away when they encountered a grass-headed snake."

  The white-flowered snake is the silver-ringed snake. This kind of snake comes into estrus relatively late, mates in late autumn and early winter, lays eggs in the next summer, and is irritable during the estrus period.

  The grass-headed snake is also known as the big king snake. Generally, there are no poisonous snakes in the places where this kind of snake lives. There are very few other small snakes and will be eaten by the grass-headed snake.

   But there are no absolutes in the world.

   In this season, all kinds of snakes begin to hibernate one after another, eating less and less vigilance.

  Otherwise, if you smell the smell of the grass-headed snake, you will avoid it far away.

   As the saying goes: There are grass heads in one place, and there are no poisonous snakes in ten miles.

   is the power of the grass-headed snake.

   While talking to Chen Ling, the old man used snake hooks to pick apart the snakes that were fighting, then picked two male white snakes, grabbed them, and handed them to Chen Ling.

   "Look, with the snake-inducing medicine, no matter what kind of worm, you can be honest when you catch it."

  Chen Ling grabbed one in his hand and squeezed the snake's head tightly. He didn't dare to be careless. This was a silver-ringed snake. The two little guys were still following him.

   But the snake-inducing medicine is really amazing. This white-flowered snake, which was just over a meter, was fighting with the grass-headed snake in anger before, but now it is quiet and can't feel the struggle at all.

"How about it?"

   Wang Cunye asked with a smile.

   "Well, it's really honest in the hand, and it doesn't move around."

  Chen Ling said, looking at the one in the hands of the old man, he was also very obedient.

   I thought it was no wonder that this snake-inducing drug was not allowed to be abused.

The    effect is too strong and sometimes not good.

   "Haha, let's catch these two, the remaining few will give birth to little worms next year."

  Wang Cunye looked at the sun in the sky: "It's almost noon, it's time for us to go back to eat."

   Then he used the snake hook to pick up the grass-headed snake that had not climbed far on the ground and flew far away.

  Without the grass-headed snake, other snakes will no longer fight.

   However, the effect of attracting snake powder is still there, and they are still hovering nearby.

   In this regard, Wang Cunye said: "Don't worry about this, wait for half an hour for the herbs to stop working, and they will go away."

   walked back.

  Chen Ling held his little nephew in his arms.

   tease him and ask him something.

Xiaotongtong is also very good. After getting acquainted with him, he will tell stories to his grandfather and uncle for a while, and ride on Chen Ling's neck for a while. He flips his hair with his little hands and finds him white hair. Wang Qingwen has a lot of white hair. He thought that Chen Ling had a lot of white hair. There are some, but I didn't find it for a long time.

   "Why doesn't my uncle grow white hair?"

  Xiaotongtong asked very strangely: "Dad, the second uncle has white hair, and every time I wash my hair, I will pull them out..."

   "Haha, my uncle is still young, and he hasn't grown white hair yet."

  Chen Ling smiled and moved him from his neck to his arms, and then a few raised the little doll to make him giggle for a while.

   "Can you all write?"

   "Yes, I can write three words, it's my name."

   "Uncle, can you write my name? Grandpa said that my name is the hardest to write, and there are many gestures."

   "Ah? How to write, uncle can't, you can write for uncle."

   "Okay, uncle, stretch out your hand."

   When Chen Ling reached out his hand, Xiaotongtong wrote stroke by stroke on his hand.

   While writing, he read: "King, politics, communication."

   "Uncle, will you know?"

   "Yes, is it all written like this?"

  Chen Ling wrote on his chest and stomach with his finger, and the itchy little guy laughed again.

  Wang Cunye watched and was happy.

  Chen Ling smiled at his father-in-law and said, "Big brother really knows how to name, and this name is ambitious."

  The government is compatible with people, and at first glance, it is taken by cultural people.

   "He doesn't want to give the baby a cheap name. A cheap name is easy to support. You see this baby has been ill since childhood..."

  Wang Cunye shook his head: "Susu and Zhenzhen both have nicknames. Your eldest brother is unwilling to take it. It sounds ugly, and I'm afraid that it won't change after a long time."

   "That's true."

  Chen Ling nodded. His mother didn't want to take a nickname before. The name she gave him was very high, called Chen Lingyun.

   Later, he was also old and sick, so he changed it. Grandpa even gave him a few nicknames.

Although    is a bit superstitious, Chen Ling is still very interested.

   He didn't know that his daughter-in-law had a nickname, which Wang Susu never said.

   Just as he was about to ask, he suddenly heard Wang Zhenzhen's shout from the front, and the two dogs were also barking frantically.

  The two of them were startled and ran over quickly.

  Unthinkable, Wang Cunye's legs and feet were bad, and in a hurry, he tripped to the ground.

   "Lingzi, go, go, see what's wrong, leave me alone..."

   When the old man saw Chen Ling turned back, he hurriedly waved at him, motioning to leave him alone.

  Chen Ling didn't care, he put down his little nephew, turned around and ran over.

   In fact, Wang Zhenzhen is not far ahead.

  Chen Ling arrived soon.

The little girl was hiding behind a big rock with a frightened face. The two dogs were beside her with their heads raised, their eyes fixed on the surrounding trees. roar.

   "What's the matter? Really?"

  Chen Ling hurriedly asked when he saw this situation.

   "There is a leopard, brother-in-law, such a fierce leopard. It is so big that it can reach the tree in one fell swoop..." Wang Zhenzhen was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he gestured with both hands.

   "Leopard? Is there such a small leopard?"

   Looking at his sister-in-law's gesture, Chen Ling looked up and looked around. There was nothing on the surrounding trees, "You can't read it wrong, right? Don't be a raccoon passing by."

  There are also many kinds of civet cats. Some of them are very similar to leopards. The color spots on their fur are almost the same as those of small leopards, but they are rare.

   "Not a raccoon, certainly not."

  Wang Zhenzhen denied it loudly, could she still not know Shantanzi?

"That's the leopard. I don't know what it was eating. It was eating under the sun in front of me. When I saw me, it rushed over like a gust of wind. I thought it wanted to eat me, but I didn't expect it to jump on the tree. already."

   "What happened, are you really okay?"

   At this time, the old man also limped over with his little grandson.

   "Father, there was a leopard just now..."

  Wang Zhenzhen repeated the situation again.

  Wang Cunye heard what his youngest daughter said, the expression on his face was the same as before Chen Ling.

   "You read that right? How can there be such a small leopard?"

   "The leopard doesn't come out during the day, don't recognize the raccoon as a leopard..."

   There are indeed leopards and wolves in the mountains on their side, but after so many years, I haven't heard anyone say that they have encountered these two things during the day, and they come out at night.

   Those who come out to run around to find food during the day are all wild cats, which are also called mountain raccoons by the locals.

   was talking when two dogs barked loudly and rushed down the hillside.

   stopped before going very far.

  Chen Ling walked over and saw bloodstains under the tree.

  Xiaojin sniffed around and quickly noticed the target, and ran forward in a hurry, while Heiwa was stopped by Chen Ling and followed beside him, looking at his old husband and two children.

   "Whether it's a leopard or not, get the guy ready first."

  The old man often walks in the mountains, but he can see it clearly. He takes out the bow and arrow. The arrow has been smeared with poison earlier, and then let Chen Ling hold the steel fork.

   The little girl was so frightened just now that she felt a little chilly now.

   I have never encountered beasts in the mountains face to face, and I can't feel that kind of fear. I am so scared that I dare not move, and the hair all over my body will stand up.

   "Don't be afraid, really, have you forgotten how many wolves were killed by Heiwa and Xiaojin in our village? With the two of them here, don't be afraid of leopards."

  Chen Ling comforted.

"understood…"

   The little girl nodded with a sullen face, a little insincere.

   She grew up listening to the story of wolves, tigers, and leopards, but even wolves and leopards have seen each other from a distance. It was the first time they were so close, and her legs felt weak with fright.

  Xiao Tongtong also shrank his body, holding his breath, not daring to say a word.

   After walking for less than half a mile, Xiao Jin barked in front of him.

   Except for Xiaojin's cry.

   There were also waves of vicious "Kakaka", similar to the sound of beasts baring their teeth and anger, mixed with the swaying of the branches, and the movement was particularly loud.

  Wang Zhenzhen reacted the fastest, pointing to the top of the tree in front and shouting: "Leopard, father, brother-in-law, look, it's the one just now!"

When they looked up, they were a little dumbfounded. A small leopard not two laps bigger than a raccoon had a small fluffy thing in its mouth. Blood was dripping from the corner of its mouth. A group of monkeys, big and small, with golden hair, nostrils pointing upwards, and white faces, looked quite strange.

   At this time, he surrounded the little leopards, bared his teeth and let out a sharp and angry roar.

   "It turned out to be a grass leopard, that's fine."

   Wang Cunye's face softened, and he smiled at Chen Ling: "Look at this situation, it must be that this beast is dishonest. He secretly caught a monkey cub to eat, and was blocked by the golden monkeys."

  The old man relieved his tense heartstrings.

  Chen Ling did not blink, but his heart was filled with novelty.

   This is the golden monkey!

   After two lifetimes, this is the first time I have seen a wild golden monkey! So exciting!

   (end of this chapter)