Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 49: The Clamp

"Sister Cuihua..."

"Xue Ting, you take care of the child. I'll come and chat with Sister Cui Hua."

Liu Xueting was about to snore when Chen Weidong stopped her. He knew that Yang Cuihua brought Tiedan here, definitely not to thank Erni for beating Tiedan.

He knew his wife's character very well. Yang Cuihua was famous for her toughness in Jiuqu. Liu Xueting would definitely not get along well with Yang Cuihua.

Then Chen Weidong stepped forward and asked, "Sister Cuihua, why are you here?"

"Weidong, you're here just in time. Look at how your Erni beat my Tiedan?"

As soon as Yang Cuihua came up, she angrily scolded Erni to Chen Weidong.

"Isn't it normal for children to fight? Why should we adults care about children? Besides, your son took my daughter's candy first."

Chen Weidong's expression was slightly cold. Having lived two lives, he should have been a very calm person. However, he felt very unhappy when he heard others talking about his daughter.

"Normal? It was your girl who beat up my Tiedan. Look at what he has done."

"Your Erni is so young, how can she be so cruel in the future~"

"You said that my Tiedan stole your daughter's candy. Look at your loss. Do you have the spare money to buy candy? Everyone, please give your opinion."

Yang Cuihua cursed more and more fiercely. It must be said that these old ladies from Northeast China are really good at cursing.

Especially Yang Cuihua came over cursing all the way. At this time, seven or eight people had gathered in front of Chen Weidong's house to watch the fun, pointing at Chen Weidong and Yang Cuihua and talking about them.

"Yang Cuihua, don't force me to beat you, just get out of here." Chen Weidong was no longer as polite as before.

"Why do you still want to hit me? Everyone come and see Chen Weidong is going to hit someone. Your wife is useless and gave birth to six daughters, so you come here to hit my son? Now you want to hit me too! Dahai, come and see, someone is going to beat your wife!"

Yang Cuihua took the opportunity to make a scene in front of Chen Weidong's house.

"Damn it Yang Cuihua, do you really think I'm so easy to talk to?"

Chen Weidong was about to take action when he saw Wu Xiuqin coming in from outside.
Seeing that many people were gathered at the door of Chen Weidong's house, he quickly walked over, put his hands on his hips, stood in front of Chen Weidong, pointed at everyone and said, "What do you want to do?"

"Aunt Xiuqin..." Someone then exaggerated what had just happened.

"Yang Cuihua, you~ My Weidong is lucky. He caught a nest of wild hogs in the mountains. What's wrong with buying candy for the children? Are you jealous?"

"What happened to my Weidong's six daughters? Did they eat your food?"

"You bully my Weidong for not having a son. I tell you, my Weidong doesn't have a son, but he has an older brother and a nephew. His father and I are here. Yang Cuihua, you come here to make a scene, should you think twice before doing so?"

"What are you doing staring at? Go away..."

As Wu Xiuqin yelled, the onlookers gradually dispersed for fear of getting in trouble for the fish pond. They all knew how powerful Wu Xiuqin was.

He is the kind of person who can argue with others for three days without losing. In Jiuqu Village, there are only two or three people who can argue with him. Although Yang Cuihua is fierce, she is not as good as him at the moment.

And knowing that Chen Weidong had caught a nest of wild hogs in the mountains, what else could they say except envy? Apart from the fact that Chen Weidong could not have a son, he was a nice person in the village... It was probably Tiedan who stole the candy from the girl.

Watching everyone disperse, Yang Cuihua was so scolded that she couldn't say anything back. Seeing this, she could only leave in shame with Tiedan.

"Mom, why are you here?"

Watching everyone leave, Chen Weidong looked at Wu Xiuqin and asked, "I came to see you, but I didn't expect Yang Cuihua to come and make trouble. Do you really think that there is no one in our family? No, this matter is not over yet..."

After Wu Xiuqin finished cursing, she wanted to leave.

"Mom, forget it! We are from the same village, we will meet each other sooner or later."

Liu Xueting said at this time.

"No, we won't let others bully our family!"

Wu Xiuqin left cursing.

"mom……"

“Xue Ting, my mother is like this, leave her alone, you won’t suffer any loss!”

"Grandma, that's amazing!"

Sanni exclaimed in a baby voice, and the other little ones nodded quickly.

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After comforting Liu Xueting and the little kids, Chen Weidong led Heihu, carried the gun on his back, took two clamps, four step clamps, and a piece of wire he bought last time, and continued to go up the mountain.

After more than an hour, we arrived at the riverside stall where we found the water dog.
When Chen Weidong arrived at the river, he first looked around and found no trace of water beetles in the river, but no fresh feces were found around the stones where water beetles had excreted.

Water dogs like to live alone. Females can have a fixed residence to feed their babies, but males often only stay in one place for a few days before moving to another, with an uncertain whereabouts.

The fur of water dog is very precious. Chen Weidong once did mountain product business and once caught a water dog by setting traps with an old hunter.

According to the old hunter, water dogs live on dry land and hunt fish and shrimp in the water. They go to the river to find food during the day and return to their nests in the evening.

On this point, in fact, Chen Weidong had learned some information in his previous life and some experts said that water dogs are nocturnal animals. They like to be active at night and hide in caves to rest during the day.

The experience of old hunters and the statements of experts are contradictory, but I have seen that water dogs in the animal world are quite active during the day.

There was no one in the cave at this time, so Chen Weidong chose to trust the old hunter's experience. After all, the trap set by the old hunter was very successful.

Water dogs have another very deadly habit. When they return to their caves at night, they follow the paw prints they made in the morning to find their way back.

The way out is the way home!
As long as the claw marks are identified accurately and the wooden clamps are set, as long as the water dog does not move, it can be easily caught.

Now, Chen Weidong already knows the location of its nest. He doesn't even need to identify claw marks. He can just put down the wooden clamps. To enter the cave, he must pass over the clamps. Chen Weidong is absolutely sure that he can catch this water dog.

He went straight to the cave built by the water dog under a tree stump on the river bank. It was close to the water and the soil was moist. It was obvious that the water dog often went in and out. Its sharp little claws left dense claw marks on the soil that had been trampled smooth.

Going in and out quite frequently!
Before setting the trap, Chen Weidong observed for a while and identified the direction of the freshest claw marks, which were heading downstream of the river.

He first used a knife to cut a wooden stake, took a stone from the river, and drove the wooden stake into the ground on one side of the cave entrance. Then he took a thin steel wire rope, tied one end to the wooden stake, and fastened the other end to the wooden clamp.

After making sure it was tied securely, Chen Weidong opened the wooden clamp with force, placed it gently at the entrance of the hole, and adjusted the direction to face the fresh claw marks.

The water dogs in Northeast China are larger than those in other places. Their slender, streamlined bodies are about 60 to 70 centimeters long, and their thick tails can reach more than 50 centimeters. Their bodies are much larger than those of martens.

Fortunately, the clamps I got from my uncle were all large wooden clamps with amazing elasticity. As long as they were stepped on, they would have no problem clamping the water dog.

(End of this chapter)