Chapter 79: The Number One Natural Enemy of the Frog
(It has been a difficult journey along the way. I sincerely ask for your support from fellow villagers...)
"This big skin frog seems to be a protected animal."
Yang Zhicheng said suspiciously when he saw Fang Rui grabbing another one.
"It seems so, but we have a lot of space."
Fang Rui quickly caught the big frog from the net, stuffed it into the basket, and smiled disapprovingly.
This large-skinned frog is commonly known as the tiger-striped frog. It is all gray in color, and some are slightly black. Their reproductive ability is super strong. A large-skinned frog lays hundreds or thousands of eggs at a time, and the hatching rate and survival rate are not low. Furthermore,
The big-skinned frog is the overlord among its kind. It eats few insects and the most important thing is frogs smaller than it. The small-skinned frog is also its prey.
Because of this, the frog grows very fast. In the wild, it can grow to more than two taels in one year, and half a catty in the second year. A few can even grow to six or seven taels, and some weigh more than one catty.
When it reaches this weight, it is basically its limit, and there are very few big-skinned frogs that can grow to this weight. The first is the problem of birth, old age, sickness and death, and the second is the problem of natural enemies.
"A frog is also protected, grass, why don't you protect the mouse!" Lao Bian didn't know that the tiger striped frog was a protected animal, so when he heard that it was a protected animal, he cursed with disdain, but the main reason why he scolded him was because of the big frog.
The meat of skin frog is really delicious.
"Old Bian, you finally said something right." Fang Rui said with a smile.
"What?" Lao Bian was stunned by the compliment.
"Brother Ruizi, what do you mean, this tiger-striped frog should not be protected?" Yang Zhicheng asked.
"Aren't we advocating peaceful coexistence between humans and animals? There is nothing wrong with protecting any animal. It's just too much to list this big frog as a protected animal. It's even funnier than listing wild boar as a protected animal... Those who sit in big classes every day
Chair, blowing the air conditioner, drinking Biluochun, how do people who read the tabloids know that a certain animal that they have included in the protection list? The farmer uncle sprayed a potion in the field, and dozens of percent of the cubs were killed.
It died. And many kinds of wild animals such as snakes, rats, birds, etc. all feed on the protected animals..." Fang Rui told the truth, but he didn't live in a rural area, and he didn't know much about frogs.
How would anyone with some knowledge know this?
After listening to Fang Rui's words, Lao Bian suddenly slapped his head, with a look of enlightenment on his face, "I understand!"
Fang Rui and Yang Zhicheng looked at him doubtfully and asked, "What do you understand?"
Lao Bian said, "I understand why this big-skinned frog is listed as a protected animal!"
Yang Zhicheng said, "Tell me about it."
Lao Bian said proudly, "Because those Animal Protection Association people didn't see the big frog in the office, nor did they see it in the wine, Muzu Pavilion, sauna center and other places. They still didn't see it in the reinforced concrete jungle in the city.
Didn't they see it? They thought the giant frog was on the verge of extinction, so they listed it as a protected animal."
It's a bit biased, but the irony is profound. It's rare for an old man to say such a good thing, and Fang Rui is very happy. Yang Zhicheng said, "The reason why protected animals are protected is because they are rare or precious. Like the big
Pandas, tigers, golden monkeys, pangolins, crocodiles..."
But Lao Bian interrupted Yang Zhicheng again and said contemptuously, "Because they are rare and precious, they must be protected. Only by protecting them and isolating them from ordinary people can those high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen have enough to eat. Otherwise, how can they be satisfied?"
The greedy faces of those guys..."
Yang Zhicheng nodded solemnly this time and said, "Brother Xiaogang is indeed right. The more people shout to protect, the more they eat happily... Look at the banquets of those government officials on the dining table..."
Lao Bian spat and said, "Just like the more people understand the law, the more they break the law. Just like the stone arch bridge in this village collapsed two days ago, there is something fishy behind it..."...
After experiencing what happened last time and understanding what happened behind the scenes, Fang Rui was extremely disgusted with those dark things, especially the obscene behavior of a certain type of bastard under the banner of the government. Hearing what Lao Bian said, he couldn't help but frown and waved.
He waved his hands and said, "Don't mention those boring things..."
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While we were chatting, the beam of the miner's lamp shone into the center of the pond, and we saw a huge frog lying on a cluster of water peanuts. It had a pair of round eyes as big as soybeans. Under the light, the eyes turned light red.
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"Shh!" Looking at the cow dung-like weight, which was probably six or seven taels in size, Fang Rui quickly made a gesture to silence him.
"Shhhh, it's so far away, why don't you bite it?" Lao Bian said contemptuously.
"Shut up!" Fang Rui tried to stab Lao Bian with the bamboo handle of the net.
"So what if you shut up, you still can't bite it." Lao Bian said provocatively.
"Would you like to take a gamble?" Fang Rui narrowed his eyes and glared at Lao Bian.
"Damn, Ruizi, you want to bluff me, don't think that my brother is so easy to fool, just bet, whoever is afraid of whom...what to bet on?" Lao Bian said in a polite manner, saying that the center of the pond is at least ten meters away from the shore.
, How long is this net? Ruizi is not an Arhat with long hands. Only the devil can believe that he can catch that big frog.
Fang Rui used a miner's lamp to illuminate the rice fields by the pond. The rice ears were yellow with a hint of blue and were almost ripe. Fang Rui smiled inwardly. Lao Bian really suffered a lot and didn't have a long memory. Could he have forgotten the last time he killed mice so quickly?
Fang Rui smiled evilly in his heart, but said seriously on his face, "If I lose, I will fry a plate of eels for you every day, and fry a spicy frog, and serve you for half a year... Look at this
The early rice will be harvested in a short time, which means that it will be harvested in a week at most... If you lose, you have to work in the fields conscientiously, from harvesting the rice to planting the last handful of seedlings.
You must participate unconditionally, and you must not be lazy..."
"This..." Lao Bian thought about the last time he was bitten by a locust when he was planting rice, and he was still frightened. Looking at Fang Rui's confident look, he also thought about the last time he lost to Fangfang in a bet. Could it be that this guy Ruizi still had some troubles?
Is there really any way? Then I thought about the taste of the fried pan dragon and spicy frog. I could eat it every day for half a year. It was so cool. Hey... After thinking about it for a while, Lao Bian finally agreed, "Okay, that's it.
It’s decided, but you can only stand on the shore and catch it.”
Fang Rui smiled calmly and said to Yang Zhicheng, "You have heard the terms of Brother Yang's bet. Please help me bear witness. I will stand on the shore and catch him. If I break the rules, I will lose... But in the process of catching me, I will
, this fat guy can’t make any noise, otherwise he loses.”
"Brother, I am a special referee of the Chinese Super League. I hold an international first-class referee certificate. Fairness, openness and impartiality are the first principles of my life. This is well known... You two, please feel free to enter the stadium."
Yang Zhicheng said with a playful smile, he also had a small calculation in his mind, Ruizi, you won, brother, I didn't lose anything, the injured was Fatty Gang; if you lost, you can't just blow up the ordinary Panlong,
Fry a hot pepper field, even if you only get one of the same kind, you can't eat it alone if you are just fat, right... Shenma, don't you know the famous saying that "one person's mouth is rotten, and everyone's mouth is delicious"?
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The game kicked off.
Yang Zhicheng and Lao Bian stepped aside.
Fang Rui put down the basket first, then squatted down and broke off a piece of waterweed about three or four centimeters long.
Water plants are straight, elongated, cylindrical and hollow.
Fang Rui brought the waterweed to his mouth and sucked hard, and suddenly the waterweed pipe made a strange sound. Yang Zhicheng often went fishing in the wild, and when he heard it, he knew it was a snake biting a frog, and the frog made a desperate sound.
It's just that Yang Zhicheng didn't know what Fang Rui meant by using water plants to suck out this sound...
Lao Bian was even more disdainful. He thought Ruizi you had some great tricks. Unexpectedly, he picked some waterweed and sucked it, and made such a sad sound. You have watched too many martial arts movies, and you even played the flute to attract snakes.
Well... Lao Bian smiled proudly, but soon he couldn't hold back anymore. He stared at the center of the pond with his eyes bulging in disbelief. What, what's going on?
After Fang Rui rhythmically sucked out a dozen strange sounds from the water plant pipe, the big frog that had been lying motionless on the water plants in the center of the pond moved. It jumped up with its strong body and plunged headlong into the water.
After getting out of the water, it immediately surfaced again, pulling its limbs, but guided by the sound of water plants, it swam towards Fang Rui.
Yang Zhicheng was stunned, while Lao Bian stared at the big frog swimming this way stupidly, and cursed in his heart: Big frog, your sister, do you think this voice is your mother calling you?
Go home for dinner, then your number one natural enemy is asking you to come here and die, okay? You are really stupid.
After making about dozens of noises, the big frog swam to the pond more than three meters away from the shore. Fang Rui continued to suck the whistle and took action. With a pounce, the net covered the big frog on the water.
Skin frog.
Catching frogs on the water is not as easy as catching frogs on land. The land is solid. Frogs do not have the magic power of Tu Xingsun. They cannot use the art of escaping. But it is different on the water. It can dive into the water.
Escape. So it is very important to have some skills to catch frogs on the water. That is, the net covering the frog should rub into the water for a while, and then drag it back almost at the same time. In this way, even if the frog dives, it will be useless.
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Fang Rui's movements were very fast. He pounced, covered, pressed and pulled, all four movements in one go. When the net came out of the water, the heavy big frog was indeed jumping in the net... Yang Zhicheng was stunned.
Lao Bian was dumbfounded. Damn, with Ruizi's skills, he really deserves to be the frog's number one natural enemy!