Chapter 1656
You'll All Be Yours Once You've Learned It
Wang Li wasn't bothered by the retort and said with a grin:
"Anyway, you were the most famous the other day. You were the number one troublemaker in our village, hahaha."
After Wang Li finished speaking, Wang An couldn't help but laugh.
The main point is that what Wang Li said is true and correct, and that is indeed the case.
After laughing, Wang Licai asked Wang An:
"Fourth Brother, you still haven't told me how to catch ants on this plastic sheet."
Wang An rolled his eyes at Wang Li, his face full of resentment, and said:
"I don't know, you rambling nonsense. You never talk about anything important, just spouting useless drivel."
After scolding Wang Li and making several more sarcastic remarks about him, Wang An began his explanation:
"In a little while, we'll tie the two ends of the plastic sheet to the wooden stakes, and then we'll put it across the road that Hashma must pass, just like a bamboo pole."
“The hamsters can’t see the plastic sheeting, they don’t know how to turn, and they certainly won’t back up. We’ll just wait for the hamsters to be blocked by the plastic sheeting, and once there are enough of them, we’ll just put them directly into the urea bags and that’s it.”
After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li pondered for a long time before saying with considerable shock:
"Oh my god, this method works! This method is amazing! It will save us so much trouble! Fourth Brother, your brain is so sharp! You can even come up with such an awesome method."
Wang An nodded smugly and said with a hint of pride:
"Of course it's necessary! Hahaha, just learn it, and it'll all be yours."
In fact, Wang An had heard about this method from someone when he was squatting by the fence in his previous life.
As for why no one did this before, it's because plastic sheeting was a rare commodity back then; almost no household had it.
However, while this method of catching forest frogs is quite effective, it is not advisable, because if done in this way, often not a single forest frog in a pond will be left, and they will be wiped out!
To put it bluntly, doing this once or twice is fine, but if you keep doing it, the number of forest frogs will decrease drastically until there are none left.
Thinking of this, Wang An suddenly said solemnly to Wang Li:
"This method is simple and easy to learn, but you're not allowed to tell anyone. And you're not allowed to use this method in crowded places, understand?"
Wang Likabakab's eyes widened in confusion as he said:
"Then my older brother and the others can't tell either, can they?"
Wang An shook his head and said with a very firm attitude:
"You can't say it, you can't tell anyone."
"After you tell your older brother, he will definitely tell your sister-in-law. Then, will your sister-in-law tell her brothers? And once her brothers find out, do you think they will tell their wives?"
Wang Li blinked again, looking a little embarrassed, and said:
"These mountains are so big, and there are ponds everywhere. There are so many ants that it's impossible to catch them all. Even if they know this, what are they afraid of?"
Wang An did not answer Wang Li's question, but instead asked Wang Li:
"How much does a pound of ham at the market cost now?"
Wang Li frowned and thought for a moment before saying uncertainly:
"It seems like a mixed-sex leopard is 1.5 yuan, and a pure female is 2.5 yuan. Anyway, this thing is more expensive than pork. There are quite a few people catching these every day and selling them at the market, and they're selling really fast," Wang An laughed.
"Then tell me, if everyone learns this method, all the ants will be caught and die out. What will we do if we want to eat them in the future? Where will we catch them?"
Wang An was not exaggerating at all, because he clearly remembered that although forest frogs could still be seen everywhere, they existed wherever there was water.
By the 90s, the number of wild forest frogs had decreased dramatically, and it was no easy thing to have a meal of wild forest frogs. Even artificially bred ones were already on the market, but they could not fill the market gap.
The reason for this result is that people use such a very simple, yet devastating, method of capture.
To say that Wang An said this doesn't mean he had any intention of protecting wild forest frogs, because Wang An is really not that great.
Wang An simply hoped that he could eat forest frogs whenever he wanted, instead of having to go to the market to buy artificially bred ones.
That's right, the reason Wang An didn't want others to learn this method was that simple, so simple it was outrageous.
After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li nodded helplessly and said:
"Fourth Brother, you're right!"
Soon, Wang An and his companion had chopped over forty wooden stakes. Wang An estimated the length of the plastic sheeting and said:
"Alright, this much is enough. Let's find a suitable place to set up the plastic sheet and we'll be done."
After Wang An finished speaking, the two of them, carrying axes, a pile of wooden stakes, and several wads of plastic sheeting, walked towards the pond again.
Walking to the edge of the pond, they saw many more forest frogs crawling out, but Wang An didn't rush to pick them up. Instead, he turned to Wang Li and said:
"Let's not set up the plastic sheet in front of this pond. Let's move it into the mountains, preferably into the woods, so that no one can see it as much as possible."
Wang Li casually agreed:
"Okay, Fourth Brother, you can find a place. I don't know anything about this anyway, so you decide."
Following the tracks of the forest frogs that were already heading deeper into the mountains, the two walked another 30 meters or so into the woods. Wang An surveyed the surroundings and, finding that this was a place virtually untouched, threw down the wooden stakes and plastic sheeting, saying:
"Alright, let's leave it here. This spot is perfect. It's the only way for the Hashma to get up the mountain, and it's also where the Hashma start to disperse."
After Wang An finished speaking, he squatted down and began to drive wooden stakes into the ground using the flat side of the axe.
After nailing the wooden pegs, Wang An instructed Wang Li to wrap one end of the plastic sheet around the wooden pegs and then secure the plastic sheet with a rope.
Once the plastic sheeting is in place, the overall effect is similar to attaching a flag to a wooden pole.
Next, unfold the coiled plastic sheet completely, nail a wooden peg to the other end of the plastic sheet, and then wrap the plastic sheet around the wooden peg.
And so, two wooden stakes supported a long plastic sheet, standing on the ground like a wall at the foot of the mountain.
Because the plastic sheeting is too long, it droops to the ground in the middle. So, every three meters, a wooden peg needs to be nailed down to support the drooping plastic sheeting.
In less than half an hour, the two of them had turned all the plastic sheeting they brought into a plastic sheet wall, which was about seventy or eighty meters long from one end to the other.
Wang An looked at the fruits of his and Wang Li's labor with a happy expression and said with a beaming smile:
"Alright, that's all. Now we can just wait for the bastards to gather on their own, hahaha." (End of Chapter)