Chapter 1666
This wave of profit has been achieved.
But you know what, Mu Xueqing's words really worked. The two little ones, who had just started to cry, immediately stopped wailing loudly.
The two little ones pursed their lips and looked at Mu Xueqing with pitiful expressions, their little noses twitching. It was heartbreaking to see them like that.
Wang An wanted to laugh, but didn't dare. Instead, he advised Mu Xueqing:
"Aren't all kids like that? If they want to play, just let them play, right?"
Mu Xueqing rolled her eyes at Wang An and then scolded him:
"What are you playing around with? You're covered in filth, are you going to clean you up? You have to change your clothes eight times a day, how can you possibly wash them all?"
Actually, all kids this age are like this. They don't know what clean or dirty means. It's just that other people's kids can wear their clothes all they want, even if they're blacksmiths.
The reason why Happiness and Joy were able to keep their clothes clean and tidy was because their mother, Mu Xueqing, and aunt, Huang Li, took care of them every day. Whenever they found their clothes dirty, they would immediately change them into clean ones.
Wang An glanced at Mu Xueqing furtively, moved his lips, but remained silent.
Wang An noticed that Mu Xueqing was increasingly showing signs of becoming like her mother-in-law.
No, we have to find a way to stop this momentum as soon as possible, otherwise this woman will go too far!
Wang An thought this to himself silently.
Turning his head, Wang An called to Huang Li:
"Little Oriole, help me start a fire and boil some water. I'll kill these ants in a bit."
Huang Li agreed and ran to the stove, where she quickly began washing the pots and boiling water.
In the blink of an eye, two hours had passed, and Wang An had finished processing almost half a bucket, containing about 240 or 250 forest frogs. Half of them were skewered and dried, while the other half were kept to be braised in soy sauce that evening.
Wang An looked at the strings of forest frogs hanging on the clothesline and felt a great sense of accomplishment.
Just thinking about having braised frogs in soy sauce for dinner made Wang An's mouth water.
At 4:30 p.m., Wang Li arrived right on time in Wang An's sidecar.
Without delay, Wang An got into the sidecar and headed towards the South Depression with Wang Li.
At lunchtime, Wang Dazhu originally wanted to go with Wang An and his wife to catch frogs, but Huang Zhong's house was still under construction, so Wang Dazhu and his wife went to help build the house.
When the two arrived at the location where the plastic sheeting was laid out, they were immediately stunned by what they saw.
"Oh my god! What are all these bastards around here? Fourth Brother, we're rich now, aren't we? Hahahaha!"
Looking at the dense swarm of forest frogs below the plastic sheet slope, Wang Li couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Yeah, we've got to make a fortune! We're going to collect several sacks of stuff, hahaha!"
Wang An also spoke with great excitement.
Although Wang An knew that this method of catching frogs with plastic sheeting was very effective, he really didn't expect it to be this effective.
The current situation for Wang An and his companion is that the higher the plastic sheeting is, the thicker the frogs growing next to it are.
Furthermore, many forest frogs had already stepped over their companions' bodies and crossed the nearly half-meter-high plastic sheet to head into the mountains.
Of course, not all of these 70-80 meter long plastic sheeting poles are like this, but at least half of them are covered with frogs stacked on top of each other.
Without a word, the two grabbed buckets and urea bags and rushed over. Adhering to the principle of picking up the big ones and letting the small ones go, they began frantically collecting the forest frogs.
As he threw the frogs into the bucket, Wang Li excitedly said:
"Oh my god, this is so much fun! There's just not enough to pick them all up, hahaha!"
Wang An, however, couldn't help but pour cold water on Wang Li's enthusiasm, saying:
"Don't get cocky. This is the only batch we can get. Look back, there aren't any ants jumping out of this puddle anymore."
Wang Li, however, said without any concern:
"I'm already satisfied with just this one time. I've never seen so many ants in my life, hehehehehe."
Wang An smiled and said:
"Yeah, you're right. The two of us picking up this much is enough for others to pick up for several years."
Wang Li, however, retorted:
“It would take several years to collect this many. Those who sell ants at the market, I think they only take a handful at a time.”
Wang An nodded and smiled in agreement:
"Indeed, we've really hit the jackpot this time, hahaha."
As they talked and chatted, the two brothers quickly filled their buckets with frogs.
The two men poured the frogs from the bucket into a urea bag, tied the bag shut, and then started picking them up again.
After working for more than an hour, Wang An and his partner finally finished picking out all the frogs under the plastic sheet slope and putting them into urea bags.
When they finally saw the results, Wang An and Wang Li's mouths were stretched to their ears.
Wang An and Wang Li caught all four and a half bags and two buckets of frogs.
Looking at these forest frogs, Wang An said with considerable emotion:
"How come we two brothers managed to catch all the big ants in this big puddle?"
Wang Li nodded, smiling broadly, and said:
"Yeah, I think so too. It seems like not many of them escaped; they were all blocked off here by the plastic sheeting."
After a pause, Wang Li suddenly said with great concern:
"Fourth Brother, what if people find out about your method for catching ants? I reckon that in just a few years, our ants will be hunted to extinction."
Wang An really wanted to tell Wang Li: You're absolutely right. By the 90s, the number of wild forest frogs had become pitifully small!
If the forest frog hadn't been listed as a protected animal by the authorities, it would probably only survive in remote forests, and wouldn't exist anywhere with people.
Wang An sighed and said helplessly:
"Yeah, this method is so damn cunning. We can catch as many as there are. As soon as the ants come out of the water, no matter their size, not one of them can escape."
Looking at the 70-80 meter long plastic sheet, Wang Li asked Wang An with a troubled expression:
"Fourth Brother, shall we continue using this method to catch ants in the future?"
Wang An thought for a moment, mainly considering that this method wasn't something he had invented, and then said:
"We definitely have to use it, but we still have to do it like this time, stay away from the village, and keep it a secret from everyone so that no one can find out what's going on."
Wang Li nodded and said:
"Yeah, that's how it has to be done, otherwise it'll be too much trouble for us to catch ants ourselves."
Wang An pointed to the plastic sheet and said:
"Alright, that's enough for now. If any more ants come out of the water, we won't catch them anymore. Put the plastic sheet away and go home." (End of Chapter)