Chapter 183: Exploding Badgers

Because just now, when the three of them were constantly changing places, they discovered 3 badger holes. Badgers, although not big, are quite valuable, because their whole body is a treasure!

Badgers, their fur isn't big, and their quantity isn't small, so although they are valuable, the price isn't expensive. The acquisition price of a badger skin in the supply and marketing cooperative is 9 yuan, 1 yuan less than a yellow skin.

But badger oil is a good thing, simply a divine oil for burns. After being burned, applying badger oil is quite effective; it stops the pain and the wound heals quickly.

And this thing is also acquired by the supply and marketing cooperative, 2 yuan per jin. Normally, a 20-jin badger, after removing the fur, internal organs, and head, can produce nearly 4 jin of badger oil. It can be considered a relatively magical animal.

And the internal organs of a badger can also be eaten. So, there's nothing on a badger that can be thrown away.

That is to say, digging out one badger can earn about 17 yuan, and it can also satisfy cravings!

This led to the badger holes around the village basically being dug out. But as long as one is discovered, one must try every means to dig it out to exchange for money.

In this Northeast area, there are a total of three types of badgers.

Dog badgers, pig badgers, and wolverines. The ones people often hunt are dog badgers. The number of dog badgers is also the largest. Most importantly, dog badgers are gregarious, and they live in groups of ten to twenty or thirty. Digging once can dig out several or more than ten. If you are lucky, you can dig out 20 or so.

Pig badgers.

A pig badger nest generally has only one or two, at most three or four. Perhaps because of the region, the number of pig badgers in the Northeast is very small.

Wolverines.

Wolverines are also called sable bears. The number is even smaller. The rarity in the Northeast is about the same as tiger cubs. But wolverines are the largest and fiercest of these three types of badgers. The body size is about the same as tiger cubs, both at most 50 jin. Like tiger cubs, they can fight wolves one-on-one, and a lone wolf can't beat it.

However, specifically who is more powerful between a wolverine and a tiger cub is unknown, because both can defeat or even kill a lone wolf.

Dog badgers and pig badgers are about the same size, growing to a maximum of twenty-four or twenty-five jin. They are also very easy to distinguish.

The dog badger's nose is like a dog's nose, the color of the nose is black, and the shape is pointed.

The pig badger's nose is like a pig's nose, the nose is flat, the color of the nose is light red, and the pig badger's head is also more like a pig's head.

The three of them drove the sled and arrived near a badger nest, which was actually near a pile of dirt. The dirt that badgers dig out and transport out will not be piled up at the cave entrance, but will be transported more than ten meters away, perhaps to prevent rainwater from pouring into the cave when it rains.

Hearing the elderly in the village chat, their way of transporting dirt is the most bizarre. In every badger group, there will be a bullied badger.

And this bullied badger is the dirt-transporting tool in the badger group. The dirt dug out by the badgers will be held in the arms of this tool badger, and then dragged to a distance by other badgers biting its tail.

So when digging badgers, if you encounter one that is bald all over, it must be the one bullied in this badger group.

Anyone who has dug badger holes knows that the inside of a badger hole is like a palace. There are many caves: for raising cubs, for going to the toilet, for storing food, for sleeping. It can be said that it is quite complete.

And with the increase in the number of badgers, they will constantly dig new holes. Anyway, this animal, besides eating, sleeping, and storing food, is always digging holes, not knowing what rest is at all.

Of course, this thing will semi-hibernate, so in winter, this thing doesn't leave the nest at all, either sleeping or eating in the cave.

The three of them arrived not far from the dirt pile, found a tree at random to tie the stallion and feed it grass, and then released the six dogs.

At this time, Wang An said to Wang Li: "Fifth brother, take the board axe and cut some thick wooden wheels, use them to block the badger holes later, and cut three slightly longer pickaxe handles."

"Alright, fourth brother." Wang Li agreed casually, then took the board axe and turned to leave.

In this era, no matter men or women, basically everyone has dug badgers, because the degree to which this thing harms grain is no different from wild boars. A dozen badgers in one night can destroy several mu of corn. So this thing is like a rat in the countryside, everyone must kill it. Although this thing is fierce, its body size is too small, a four-pronged steel fork, or a fire fork, can handle it! A fire fork is a two-pronged steel fork.

Badger holes are relatively easy to find in the snow, because badgers need to breathe in the cave, so the snow at the badger cave entrance is different from other places, having a small depression. Of course, this small depression isn't obvious either.

So, it needs the help of a dog's nose. There are many badger cave entrances, so you must try your best to find them all. Otherwise, after startling the badger from its deep sleep, the badger will run around, not knowing which entrance it will run out of.

"Sniff, sniff-sniff." Wang An and Seeing Mu Xueli pointed at the ground and simultaneously started commanding their dogs.

This "sniff" word is actually read as "chou" sound in the mouths of mountain-goers, but the pronunciation is relatively light. As long as it's a hunting dog that has been dragged out, understanding this word is a basic skill, and it's also a must-learn.

Of course, there are also simple words like "up," "pinch," "dig," etc. It's just that every hunter's habit is different. These three words are actually the same meaning, which is to let the dog fight!

There are also "release," "come back," whistling, etc. Like these, when dragging dogs, they must also be taught to the dogs!

Following the instructions given by Wang An and Seeing Mu Xueli, the six dogs obediently started sniffing on the snow.

After a while, the six dogs found four cave entrances, and after scratching them open with their front paws, they kept barking at the cave entrances. Wang Li also returned, holding three pickaxe handles and a pile of wooden wheels more than twenty centimeters long.

Generally, digging badgers uses Ula grass and wet pine branches, which are lit and then put into the cave, using smoke to smoke the badgers out. But badgers aren't stupid; they will dig dirt in the cave to block the cave entrance where the smoke enters.

So generally, after working for half a day, you can only smoke out one or two badgers. It can be said that wanting to dig this thing is also quite strenuous, mainly because this thing doesn't want to come out.

Spring, summer, and autumn are the times when people go crazy digging badgers. Sometimes after digging a badger's big pit, it's more than a hundred square meters big.

And Wang An digging badgers certainly won't use smoke to smoke them out strenuously. The key is that for Wang An, digging out one or two doesn't do much!

Because twenty or thirty yuan, after a day of hard work, isn't as good as hitting a few wild boars or roe deer.

The reason he decided to dig this thing is because Wang An has firecrackers and two-kickers in his pocket.

Originally, Wang An's thinking was different from normal people. Although no one had done this before, Wang An felt that using firecrackers to explode badgers out was absolutely effective. The sound and vibration were one aspect, and the smell of gunpowder was also quite strong.

Kick the wooden wheels into two of the cave entrances, and then Wang An let Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li lead the three dogs to guard an unblocked cave entrance.

These two people, each holding a pickaxe handle, looked at the cave entrance like two door gods, and the three green dogs also stood on the side, looking at the cave entrance for a while, and then looking at these two door gods for a while, not knowing what the hell they were doing.

Wang An lit a cigarette and took a puff, then casually broke a tree branch and probed into the cave. This cave is not bad, quite straight.

Then Wang An took out a two-kicker, the top of the two-kicker facing the direction the tree branch probed into, and lit the ignition fuse.

Only hearing a "bang," the two-kicker drilled into the badger hole. The three black dogs that were tightly staring at the badger hole let out a "woo-woo" sound and were so scared that they jumped on the spot. Because the three black dogs were relatively close, they jumped the highest, but because they used too much force, they lay down backwards.

Then there was a "pfft" sound from the cave. This sound was like a fart. Maybe the two-kicker went deeper into the cave, so the sound wasn't loud.

Wang An didn't care about the three dogs, but lit a large firecracker and threw it in with force. It's just that this cave had a slope, so the firecracker didn't go very deep before it exploded.

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