"Something's wrong. There should be many bamboo insects in this bamboo!”
In the process of carefully searching for bamboo rats, Su Mubai discovered an unusual bamboo. This bamboo had some small holes, these holes were gnawed out by bamboo insects.
Su Mubai also tried to rummage through it, but what he hadn't expected was that there were actually no traces of bamboo insects in these bamboos. This made him feel strange again, and at the same time, he remembered the strangeness of this forest.
It seemed that even if there was oil in the future, it would be difficult to eat fried bamboo worms.
It was fine if there were no bamboo worms, but he had to find bamboo rats. If he could find bamboo rats, then he would have a fixed source of fresh meat in the future. This was very important.
Heaven did not disappoint those who put in the effort.
After more than ten minutes, Su Mubai finally found traces of the bamboo rat.
The nests of bamboo rats were usually built underground. This also caused the bamboo in their caves to die because it was difficult for them to absorb water. Basically, in a green bamboo forest, if you saw that the bamboo was beginning to wither, it was very likely that there was a bamboo rat cave underneath.
If the bamboo was completely yellow, then there might not be one. Once the bamboo was completely yellow, the bamboo rats living inside would have nothing to eat. They would start to move under other bamboos.
After Su Mubai found this bamboo, he immediately began to search nearby. A moment later, he found a cave entrance on a slope.
"These marks look very new.”
Su Mubai looked at the small footprints in front of the cave, his face filled with joy. There was a high possibility that there were bamboo rats inside.
Not in a hurry to act, Su Mubai once again began to search nearby. Bamboo Rat Cave generally had two entrances, and if he wanted to catch bamboo rats, he needed to first find both entrances before he could start, otherwise he definitely wouldn't be able to catch them.
"This is the place."
Very soon, Su Mubai found another hole, and without another word, Su Mubai began to block this exit with the surrounding rocks and mud, so that the bamboo rat wouldn't escape from here.
After finding this hole, Su Mubai continued to look around, just in case. Even though most bamboo rats would only dig two holes, there would also be a few that would dig more than one. Su Mubai had met before, the most he had seen was five.
"I don't think so."
After confirming that there were really only two holes around, Su Mubai prepared to start catching bamboo rats.
There were many ways to catch bamboo rats, pouring water and smoking were the most common methods. Su Mubai planned to use smoking to drive the bamboo rats out of their holes.
Once again, Su Mubai walked to a place far away from the cave entrance, using the Taiping Axe to cut a few large bamboo tubes. The large bamboo tubes had an opening at the front and a section at the back. This thing would be of great use at that time.
After doing this, Su Mubai also used rocks and mud to block the hole, but unlike the other side, this time Su Mubai wouldn't block the entire hole, only making the hole a lot smaller.
Moreover, he began to pick up dried bamboo leaves and other things near the entrance of the cave. He placed them in the entrance of the cave and lit a fire with flint.
Halfway through, Su Mubai deliberately extinguished the fire, smoke immediately rising.
Su Mubai took off the cloth covering his face, and forcefully fanned the cave. In any case, he knew that there were almost no insects in the jungle, so he didn't need this kind of protective measure, and now it was just right to fan.
"Ji... Ji..."
A sound came from the cave, which made Su Mubai's eyes light up. He was too familiar with this sound, it was the sound of bamboo rats, and according to his experience, this sound definitely wasn't just one.
Su Mubai began to listen carefully.
"Ji... Ji..."
"It's coming soon!"
Listening to the sound getting closer and closer, and the sound of hurried footsteps, Su Mubai hurriedly grabbed the large bamboo tube beside him, opening his mouth to block the entrance.
"Bang!"
"Ji... Ji... Ji... Ji..."
Su Mubai was delighted, but his hands didn't stop moving.
He lifted the heavy bamboo tube up. From the opening of the bamboo tube, one could see its gray butt and slender tail. The entire bamboo tube was shaking non-stop, and a sharp sound was constantly coming from the bamboo tube.
Su Mubai put this big bamboo tube to the side, temporarily not caring about it, and continued to pick up another big bamboo tube from the side, placing it on the same way.
This time it was still very smooth, Su Mubai once again used the large bamboo tube to capture a bamboo rat.
There were two in total, but there were no more. It was very simple to determine if there were any more bamboo rats inside. They just had to listen to the sounds, the cries of the bamboo rats, and the sound of footsteps.
"What a pity. I don't know if it's because the two of you haven't been together for long, or if your child has already grown up and left.”
Holding a bamboo tube in each hand, Su Mubai shook his head somewhat regretfully. This was a snake swallowing an elephant when the heart was not satisfied. He had already caught two big bamboo rats, and Su Mubai was still a bit dissatisfied.
The reason Su Mubai said this was because he understood the habits of bamboo rats. Bamboo rats usually lived alone or a male and female lived together. After the male and female lived together, they would quickly give birth to small bamboo rats.
In a situation like this, where there were only two bamboo rats, it was either that they had just gotten together not long ago, or that the children they gave birth to had grown up and left.
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