After a while, something new happened. They found that the real hole was always blocked by soft soil, making the entrance of the hole looming.
Xu Yunfei and Han Tuo studied the situation for a long time and suddenly realized something. They shouted excitedly at the same time,""There's a vole in the hole!"
Indeed, there were two voles in the cave.
The vole that escaped just now was using a bait to lure the invading enemy away.
Unfortunately, he did not succeed.
If the first plan didn't work, there was still a second plan, which was to set up a fake cave.
Voley had dug this fake hole when he first started digging holes to settle down. It was similar to the saying 'a cunning rabbit has three burress'. It was mainly used to confuse the enemy. He did not expect to be seen through.
The vole that was left in the hole was digging hard, trying to block the hole so that the invading enemy could not find the hole.
Unfortunately, it was facing humans, the smartest creatures on Earth and the king of all creatures.
Its efforts to survive did not have any effect. Instead, it made the intruders even more excited.
Xu Yunfei tried his best to dig, not caring to wipe the sweat on his face. Han Tuo held the wooden stick and was eager to try. Little Black ran up and down, sniffing around with its nose and making a "wuwu" sound from its mouth.
Xu Yunfei stepped up his digging and pushed the shovel down again.
With a crack, the shovel seemed to have hit something hard.
Xu Yunfei exerted more force on his foot, but the hard object was not cut by the sharp edge of the shovel. Instead, it made an ear-piercing friction sound.
Han Tuo looked out and said," It might have hit a metal plate. Be careful not to break the shovel."”
"It sounds like metal." Xu Yunfei nodded.”
As he spoke, he used the shovel to push away the soil. As the soil fell off, a rusty object about seven to eight centimeters long was revealed.
Xu Yunfei wiped the wet soil on the thing with his hand and looked down. He couldn't confirm what it was. He pinched it with his fingers and pulled it, but it didn't move. It seemed that there was still a long section buried in the soil.
"What is this thing?" Han Tuo asked as he squatted beside the pit. It didn't look like scrap metal, but more like the tip of a sword.”
"Yes, dig it out and take a look."
Xu Yunfei dug more than a foot deep in the direction of the metal object buried in the ground. He stopped and tried to pull it with his hands again, but he still couldn't move it. He had to expand the hole and continue to shovel the soil.
After digging nearly a meter deep, he could already tell that the rusted thing was a sword.
Xu Yunfei felt that he was almost done digging, so he put the shovel aside and asked Han Tuo to bring the woven bag over. He wrapped the bag around the sword a few times, held it with both hands, lifted it up, and shook it left and right to loosen it. Then, he pulled it out with force, and the sword was finally pulled out of the soil.
"Ah, it really is a sword." Han Tuo shouted.
Xu Yunfei held the hilt of his sword and looked at it. He shook his head and sighed."Unfortunately, it's rusted beyond recognition."
Han Tuo took the rusty sword from Xu Yunfei's hand and weighed it, saying,""This sword is quite long. It should be more than a meter long. Hmm, it's also quite heavy. If you sell it as scrap metal, you should be able to sell it for more than ten yuan.”
As he spoke, he casually stuffed the rusty sword into the woven bag.
Xu Yunfei didn't take the sword seriously.
Scrap iron was worthless these days.
He and Han Tuo had lived in this remote mountain village since they were young. They had just graduated from primary school and did not know what antiques were, let alone that this sword might be a priceless cultural relic.
Xu Yunfei picked up the shovel and cleared the soil that had fallen from digging the sword, then continued to dig the rat hole.
He had only dug two shovels, but he had actually dug out a few grains of corn.
The yellowish-white corn grains were very eye-catching in the dark brown soil.
When he saw the corn, even the usually calm Xu Yunfei couldn't help but shout,""Look, we found Voley's warehouse!”
Everyone was excited again.
Xu Yunfei took off his white coat, swung his arm, and dug deeper.
At this moment, squeaking sounds came from the cave.
"Ah, Voley!"
They all shouted.
"Han Tuo, guard this side of the paddy field and prevent it from entering the paddy field. If the vole escapes in other directions, don't worry about it. Leave it to me and Little Black.”
Xu Yunfei ordered and said to Xiao Ji,""Wait for me to catch voles for you!"
Han Tuo stood in position with the wooden club in his hand, ready to attack.
Little Black smelled the smell of the field mouse and couldn't help but jump left and right, making strange noises.
The squeaking sounds became more and more urgent.
As Xu Yunfei pushed the shovel down, a basketball-sized nest appeared, and the corn seeds flowed down.
A large vole, about half a foot long, with gray fur and a sharp mouth, was guarding a pile of hay at the innermost end of the cave. It bared its sharp teeth and squeaked threateningly. On the soft hay, there were seven or eight pink and tender voles lying.
These young voles were still unable to sense the danger in the outside world. They wriggled their bodies and probed their mouths left and right, as if they were looking for their mother's milk.
The big vole's fur rustled as it continued to bared its teeth and squeaked threateningly. Obviously, it had no intention of escaping.
Xu Yunfei could clearly feel the fear of the big vole. In front of humans, they seemed too weak, but their natural motherly instinct prompted them to protect their children.
The trembling big vole protected the cubs with its life, never leaving them. This scene reminded Xu Yunfei of the night that made him suffer for the rest of his life.
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