An hour later, Jiang Xuan and the others walked through the dense miscanthus and finally found the place they saw on the tree.
Chi Shao squatted down and observed carefully, he found that several places on the ground had been dug up, and many young shoots of miscanthus had also been gnawed.
"The wounds on these buds are still very fresh. They should have been chewed last night or today. The soil dug out of these shallow holes is also very fresh."
Chi Shao stood up and said: "Look around to see if there are any holes. The big bamboo rat should be nearby."
Jiang Xuan and Uncaria bent down and continued to drill into the nearby miscanthus bushes. Fortunately, there were many gaps under the tall miscanthus bushes, otherwise it would have been difficult to drill.
Jiang Xuan walked not far when he suddenly found a trail. The trail was about fifteen centimeters wide and very smooth. There was no moss or gravel on the ground. It was obvious that wild animals often walked on it.
"This should be the way the bamboo rat came out, right?"
Jiang Xuan continued to move forward along this small road. The further he went, the more holes he found in the ground and the more traces of gnawed miscanthus shoots.
This made Jiang Xuan very excited. He felt that he was about to get close to the big bamboo rat's lair.
After drilling about five or six meters, Jiang Xuan suddenly saw a lot of granular soil on the ground, but he didn't see where the hole was.
The upper layer of these soils is relatively fresh and moist, while the lower layer is older and dry.
Next to this large pile of soil, the traces of the bamboo rat's activities are more obvious. There are many miscanthus that have fallen on the ground, and the bottoms have been eaten.
"Sister, come here quickly."
Jiang Xuan shouted, and the red peony root and Uncaria pumila peeled away the miscanthus and got to Jiang Xuan's side.
Jiang Xuan pointed to the large pile of soil and said, "Sister, can you see if this was dug by the bamboo rat? But I didn't see any holes in the ground."
Chi Shao walked over and trampled the nearby miscanthus down with her feet to clear a space for movement. Then she pulled out a newly withered miscanthus from the soil and took a look.
The miscanthus seems to be still growing on the ground, but in fact the roots have been chewed up long ago and fall off as soon as it is pulled out. No wonder it withers.
Red peony pulled out other miscanthus in the soil pile, but the result was the same, the roots had long been chewed off.
"Yes, this is it."
When Uncaria heard that the Bamboo Rat was here, she excitedly searched around on the ground, hoping to find the Bamboo Rat's burrow.
Unfortunately, he couldn't find it after searching for a long time, so he wondered: "The soil is piled here, why don't you see the big bamboo rat's hole?"
Chi Shao said: "The big bamboo rat is a very smart beast. After it enters the cave during the day, it will dig the soil by itself and cover the cave again to prevent predators from finding it."
"Look, I just need to dig up all this pile of soil, and I should be able to find the real hole of the bamboo rat."
Chi Shao pulled out all the rootless miscanthus, and then quickly dug up all the pile of soil with a bone shovel and cleared it aside.
Sure enough, when the real ground was exposed, the bamboo rat's nest was exposed.
Chi Shao dug away the relatively loose soil, and then dug twenty or thirty centimeters deeper with a bone blade. An oval-shaped hole suddenly appeared in front of the three of them.
There are a lot of miscanthus stalks in this cave, and the red peony roots have all been pulled out, and some of them are still dripping with juice. Apparently the big bamboo rats were gnawing on them just now.
The red peony root continued to be dug with a bone blade, and after digging about half a meter, a lot of soil had been cleared.
Fortunately, Chi Shao is a warrior and very strong, because it is very tiring to dig so much soil with primitive tools like bone blades.
"Sister, let me do it."
Jiang Xuan volunteered to take the bone from Chi Shao's hand and continued to dig inside.
Unexpectedly, not long after he dug, the soil hole actually split into two branches.
"This..."
Jiang Xuan was dumbfounded. He thought he could dig out the bamboo rat if he kept digging. No one expected that the bamboo rat actually dug two holes. Where should he dig?
Chi Shao said: "The big bamboo rat is very cunning. The place where it sleeps and the place where it actually hides are separated."
"The place where it sleeps will usually be a nest made of soft grass, and there will be a granary to store food next to it. Even if it encounters natural enemies blocking the outside, it can survive in it for seven or eight days with this food."
"The place it actually uses to hide from natural enemies is much deeper than the place where it sleeps. Some even dig other caves to escape directly."
Chi Shao walked over, observed the location of the two caves, and then used a bone to dig a hole on the left first. Before digging too far, he dug out a "granary" in which a large number of inch-long miscanthus rhizomes were stored.
and sprouts.
After digging for a while, Chi Shao dug out a nest made of soft grass leaves. This nest is obviously the place where the bamboo rat usually sleeps.
The cave ends at this point. Apparently, the bamboo rat hid in the deeper hole.
Chi Shao found a nearly two-meter-long piece of miscanthus and poked into the undug hole, and found that it was quite deep.
Chi Shao said helplessly: "Let's continue digging. Fortunately, the soil here is relatively thick and there are not many stones. Otherwise, we may find that the bamboo rat's hole is hidden under the big stone at the end of the digging and cannot be dug out at all."<
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"Uncaria, please clean up the miscanthus in front of you. Pay attention to the ground. If the bamboo rat's hole goes up, it may dig through the ground and escape."
"Okay!"
Uncaria immediately cleared away the miscanthus in the direction of the cave extension, and then stayed there to listen carefully to the movements underground to prevent the bamboo rat from having a chance to escape.
Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao took turns digging. As they dug deeper and deeper, there was finally movement in the hole.
"GuluGulu..."
There was the sound of rolling soil in the hole, and the sound of big bamboo rats digging in the soil.
Red peony root perked up and said: "We are digging to the end, the big bamboo rat is trying to dig a hole to escape!"
Hearing these words, Jiang Xuan dug even faster. He was a warrior of one color, and after eating many fruits of the whip tree, his strength increased greatly. Even with a bone blade, he could dig the soil very quickly. p>
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Suddenly, Chi Shao asked Jiang Xuan to stop and stare at the cave.
She discovered that a furry head actually emerged from the cave. It was a small bamboo rat.
This little bamboo rat is about the size of an adult's fist. It obviously has no way to escape, so it simply crawls outside to see if it can escape.
When the little bamboo rat completely left the cave and wanted to crawl out, Chi Shao quickly pressed down its head with a wooden stick. She did not dare to use too much force to avoid crushing the little bamboo rat to death.
With her other hand, she grabbed the little bamboo rat by its tail and lifted it up.
"Bullshit..."
"Kakaka..."
The little bamboo rat is not big, but it is very fierce. It makes threatening sounds from its mouth and its big front teeth collide rapidly, trying to scare people away.
However, it looks too small and cute, not scary at all.
"Put it into the animal skin bag first. Such a deep hole cannot be dug by this little bamboo rat. There must be something inside."
Chi Shao asked Jiang Xuan to take off an animal skin bag, put the little bamboo rat into the animal skin bag, and then continued to stare at the cave.
After waiting for a long time, no other big bamboo rats came out of the hole. On the contrary, the sound of digging in the hole continued.
Red peony immediately picked up the bone and continued digging.
Before digging too deep, two more small bamboo rats came out. They were also caught by Chi Shao and put into the animal skin bag.
The red peony root continued to dig, but after a short time, the big bamboo rat found that it could not escape, and finally gave up and continued digging. Like the first three small bamboo rats, it chose to crawl out.
Chi Shao used a bone to hold down the big bamboo rat, then grabbed its hairless tail and lifted it up.
"Kakaka..."
This big bamboo rat is much larger than the bamboo rats Jiang Xuan saw in his previous life, weighing twenty to thirty kilograms, and is very fierce.
Its two front teeth kept colliding with its lower teeth, making a threatening sound. At the same time, it turned its head and wanted to bite Chi Shao's hand.
Unfortunately, after being lifted upside down, it couldn't bite Chi Shao's hand holding its tail.
Chi Shao put the big bamboo rat into a strong animal skin bag and said with a smile: "I'm lucky, I dug up a big bamboo rat with cubs, which I can take back and tame."
Jiang Xuan also smiled and said: "Thanks to my sister's rich experience, otherwise we wouldn't be able to catch them even if we found this place."
Chi Shao said: "I also learned from the experience of working with people in the hunting team before."
"I've been out for a long time today, let's go home."
The three of them embarked on the road back to the tribe with joy.