Raising snakes is not difficult and does not take up much space. In the villages to the west of Fenglei Town, almost every household raises snakes, and there are also hunting dogs "snake dogs" specially trained to find snakes.

His love for snakes is evident from this.

According to Wang Cunye, a young boy from their place caught a "medicine-guarding snake" a few years ago, which is a snake that guards near rare herbs.

The snake was very big, almost two meters long. It was caught together with the herbs and the snake. The snake was sold alive for thousands of dollars.

Later, I heard people say that the sales of this product are still low. The Medicinal Snake is not a simple thing. It is a rare and good thing. It has great effects. It is not to say that it sells for tens of thousands. It is not a problem to double the price several times on the basis of one thousand yuan.

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Although the income from raising snakes is not comparable to this, since the last time Chen Ling sold wine, it almost sold for a sky-high price, using snakes mixed with medicinal materials to make wine is also a good way. As long as it can sell well, there is no need to "keep the medicine"

Snake” sucks.

In addition, Wang Cunye felt that if his son-in-law didn't learn some real skills and kept cheating and selling wine, he would be prone to problems if his secrets were exposed or he ran into difficult people.

Other than that, it's just what the old man said before.

Raising snakes can prevent snakes, and it can also prevent some small beasts that are afraid of snakes. They will not go to places where the smell of snakes is strong.

On the way back, the two of them found several nests of snakes, and now they just catch them and raise them at home, so they caught all non-venomous snakes, cauliflower snakes, grass-headed snakes, black-headed snakes, etc., which are easier to breed.

After catching the snake, the two of them hurried back without stopping without any further delay.

Although the days are longer in summer, it gets dark much earlier in the mountains than outside.

In addition, wild animals are very active in the mountains and forests during this season, so the sooner you leave, the better.

Speaking of wild animals, if Xiaojin hadn't been able to detect the situation anytime and anywhere and take them around in advance whenever he found the slightest bit of abnormal smell, he would have bumped into quite a few just by the dense footprints of wild beasts and wild animals at the water's edge.

When it comes to Cao Cao and Cao Cao's arrival, there are some things that I can't help but talk about.

Although I have been very careful, after all I am in the mountains and many things are out of my control.

On the way home, they inadvertently encountered a large group of wild boars. There were more than twenty wild boars lined up one by one. They were walking leisurely on the edge of the forest, swaying their long noses on the ground and carrying wild pigs on their bodies.

With the wet muddy water, it seemed that he had just taken a bath somewhere.

Fortunately, the distance was relatively far. With Wang Cunye's eyesight, he could only see a few dark wild boars moving. Unlike Chen Ling, who could see exactly how many of them there were at once.

Ordinary people can only see the lake, which is a relatively safe distance.

However, this group of wild boars is quite large and cannot be underestimated.

The leading boar, with Chen Ling's eyesight, could clearly see its sharp tusks. It was walking at the front, and three or four meters away were the other members of the wild boar family, scattered behind the big boar.

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There are also more than a dozen little wild boars whose patterns have not faded, lazily following behind, playing and walking, jumping around with their four little legs, and following behind like they are having fun.

Weng and his son-in-law held their breath and did not dare to disturb them. After the wild boars left, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The father-in-law even stroked his chest several times: "Good guy, it's a good thing I brought Xiao Jin with me. Otherwise, if I were walking here without a dog to explore the way, I don't know what I would encounter."

It was Xiao Jin who gave the warning in time and they stopped. Later they saw a herd of wild boars.

"I had known that I would come back to catch worms in two days. It was because I wandered around a few more places that I came across this wild boar. Otherwise, I had nothing to do the past few times I came here. I only saw a few of them at most.

There were squirrels and porcupines, oh, and I also encountered two spotted foxes, but nothing else. It was very peaceful on the road."

The old man now feels a little regretful, regretting that he walked a few more miles in the mountains and stayed so long in order to catch snakes.

As the saying goes: If you walk too much at night, you will easily encounter ghosts.

After walking a lot on this mountain road, it is normal to encounter some wild animals.

The first few times he went into the mountains, he picked the herbs that could be picked and left a mark on the ones that couldn't be picked. He didn't stop much at all. In addition, he came out early to collect the herbs and walked around in the mountains, often before noon.

, and even returned home shortly after noon.

Today I was trying to catch snakes and took away a few places. I stayed in the mountains for a little too long.

"Hey, it's okay, Dad, look, aren't we almost at Langdiao Rock? After passing Langdiao Rock, we're basically out, and there won't be any wild things coming out."

What Chen Ling said is true. After passing Langdao Rock, it is on the outskirts of the mountain forest. Since it is close to human settlements and human activities are relatively frequent, there are no large beasts in the large area around it.

Wang Cunye also felt that what his son-in-law said was reasonable, so he hurried out of the mountain.

Unfortunately, what they didn't expect was that they encountered another accident before they had gone very far.

There are still more than twenty fire rats left in the summer, and the weather is still very hot. Walking in the mountains is much cooler, but when walking in the dense mountain forests, the sky will become much darker.

That is, the bamboo forest and river ditch that we walked through. As soon as we entered this mountain forest, after walking a few steps into the forest, Xiao Jin gave a warning, letting out a slight low whimpering and growling alertly, and three little weasels also alertly emerged from the grass.

He stood upright, his little eyes widened.

At this time, I only heard the sound of branches and leaves in the dark dense forest, and then a low and hoarse roar, like the threatening sound made by a cat when it is protecting food, but it is much louder than the sound of a cat.

When you listen to it from a distance, you can feel the ferocity in this sound.

Hearing this sound, the hair on Chen Ling and Chen Ling's bodies stood up. Wang Cunye even stopped and grabbed Chen Ling's arm: "Don't move, it's a native leopard. There are native leopards in the forest."

As he spoke, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he gestured with his hand to signal Chen Ling to quickly get the shotgun as a precaution.

As soon as he said this, when Chen Ling was still wondering why the native leopard was out and about during the day, a small leopard, not much bigger than a tabby cat, suddenly jumped out from among the branches and leaves. It didn't know what it was holding in its mouth, and several of them jumped up.

After that, it disappeared among the lush branches and leaves.

After the little leopard left.

Xiao Jin was still staring at a place on the tree in the distance. The hair on his neck was fluffy. His eyes were fierce and showed no signs of relaxation. The little weasels were the same. They ran back to the feet of the two of them and turned around anxiously. They all looked nervous.

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"The native leopard is still there, and the one who just left is the grass leopard. If these two can get together, they should take the leopard cub away." Wang Cunye looked carefully in the direction Xiao Jin was looking, not daring to be careless at all.

"It turns out we encountered a local leopard with its cubs. I'll fire a few shots to scare it away."

Chen Ling's reaction was actually much faster than that of his father-in-law. When he heard something was wrong with the roar in the forest, he quickly took off his backpack and other sundries, raised the shotgun in his hand, and kept on guard.

But even with his far superior eyesight, he couldn't clearly see what was on the tree.

It was only then that I heard my father-in-law say that it was a native leopard, that is, a clouded leopard, and I suddenly realized.

Clouded leopards rarely harm humans.

However, during the two special periods, they cannot stand the stimulation. If the mountain people encounter them when they go into the mountains, they will be attacked by sneak attacks, or even followed in retaliation and carried out continuous sneak attacks.

During these two periods, one is when they mate in winter and the other is when they give birth to pups in summer, they will be extremely sensitive and irritable.

Especially at this time, the leopard cubs born at the turn of spring and summer have not yet grown up and left the den, and have not yet had the time to leave and survive alone. The male leopard and the female leopard will guard them closely, and human intrusion into their territory will attract fierce violence.

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Even during the day.

Furthermore, it is actually not daytime in the mountains anymore. It will be dark soon after five o'clock.

In this special period, it is useless to retreat if you encounter a leopard. They will still hold grudges.

Just use a gun.

"Bang, bang, bang--"

Chen Ling raised his gun and fired several shots into the air. At the same time, he stamped his feet and shouted loudly, trying to scare it away.

This is indeed effective.

Amid the sound of gunshots and shouts, the branches and leaves on the distant trees swayed slightly again, and the native leopard left quietly.

Not only did they leave, but something also fell from the tree. It looked like the head of a deer, which should be what they had eaten.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Jin quickly ran over and prepared to take it back.

However……

Just when it leaned over and bit the deer's head, a golden figure suddenly pounced on the tree three or four meters away.

Fast, swift, and fierce, but elegant and agile throughout, silently.

As if the distance of three or four meters was nothing to it, it was there in the blink of an eye.

It turned out to be the native leopard that had left, and it turned around and rushed over with its teeth and claws.

Its claws are extremely large in proportion to its fangs and body. Just looking at it from a distance makes people shudder. It is definitely a deadly weapon that can deliver a fatal blow when hunting.

What's more, it was a sneak attack.

If you are not prepared, even wild animals two or three times larger than it can be killed by its sneak attack.

But this sneak attack had no effect on Xiao Jin.

It seemed as if it was within Xiao Jin’s expectation.

Xiao Jin originally leaned down to bite the deer's head, but at this moment, as if there were eyes in his back, he suddenly turned around when the native leopard was about to pounce, and actually bit the native leopard in front of it, with a ferocious expression on his face.

The white teeth were exposed, like a golden-haired wolf attacking, and the target was the native leopard's throat.

A fierce battle broke out.

The roar of the leopard and the howl of the dog made the two guys bite into each other the moment they met, and they were fighting inextricably.

People's brains and eyes can't react at all, as if they are fighting together in the blink of an eye.
To be continued...