Chapter 44: Catching a Tiger with a Trap

After his wife agreed, Gu Yan began to plan what kind of prey to hunt.

First of all, he didn't want to let the tiger go. The whole body of the tiger is a treasure. The tiger skin is warm.

Tiger bones and tiger penis are precious medicinal materials.

There are also bison and wild sheep, both of which are not cheap. Black bears are also acceptable. Bear paws and bear gall are not cheap. Bear meat is said to strengthen muscles and bones.

He now has a wife to support him, so he has some ideas about what to do with the wild beasts that he used to run away from.

Li Wanqing had no idea that Gu Yan was thinking so well. But even if she knew, she wouldn't refuse. She also wanted to have a taste of the bear's paw.

"Wife, I want to dig a trap to catch a tiger. This tiger is full of treasures and can be sold for hundreds of taels of silver." Gu Yan said.

"The tiger is good, but can you do it alone?" Li Wanqing asked.

Gu Yan also considered this problem, and it would definitely not be possible to confront him head-on.

However, he could use a trick. He would dig a trap on the tiger's path, put sharpened bamboo thorns in the trap, and then lure the tiger into the trap.

Gu Yan told Li Wanqing the method, and Li Wanqing also thought it was feasible.

Knowing that he could catch the tiger, Gu Yan was no longer tired and immediately took out tools to dig a trap.

With that one turn just now, he had already found the tiger's daily route.

Digging a trap is not an easy task. The soil is mixed with rocks and tree roots, making it particularly difficult to dig.

But Gu Yan was in high spirits and worked very hard.

There was no other way, so Li Wanqing had to shine a flashlight on him.

Gu Yan dug until midnight before he finished digging the trap. The reason it took so long was because the trap was dug deep enough.

It has to be deep enough, as tigers have good jumping ability. If it’s too shallow, I’m afraid they will jump out again.

After digging the trap, they cut bamboo and sharpened some thorns to stand inside it, and then found some branches and weeds to camouflage it.

"Wife, the trap has been dug. Thank you for helping me light it for so long. Let's go to your space and rest." Gu Yan said, putting down the tools in his hand.

"It's not hard. Come on, I'll take you inside to rest." Li Wanqing would never tell him that the reason she was so active in helping him light the flashlight was because she also wanted the tiger.

The two returned to the space, washed up and rested.

Because they were worried about something, they both got up early the next morning.

Li Wanqing was too lazy to cook, so she just cooked two bags of instant noodles and fried a plate of steamed bread slices, and the two of them had a meal together.

Then the two men sat there waiting for the tiger to come out.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Li Wanqing seemed to see a tiger coming from afar.

"Coming here, coming here." Li Wanqing immediately sat up straight.

Gu Yan stood up quickly when he heard it: "Wife, let's go out. Just stand behind me. If anything happens, you can immediately enter the space."

Li Wanqing nodded. This was what the two of them had discussed yesterday. Gu Yan went out to lure Tiger, and she followed him so that if Tiger did not follow the plan, she could bring Gu Yan into the space in time.

The tiger was about to go out to look for food after a good sleep, but unexpectedly the two-legged beast from yesterday suddenly appeared in front of him again.

The tiger let the two bipeds escape yesterday, and saw them again today. It immediately went into combat mode.

In addition, the tiger was hungry in the morning, so it rushed over without thinking.

Gu Yan originally thought that he needed to lure the tiger over before it would come, but he didn't expect the tiger to rush over before they even made a move.

In order to avoid being hurt by the tiger, Gu Yan quickly embraced Li Wanqing and retreated.

At this time, the tiger also arrived in front of the trap, and with a "plop", the tiger fell into the trap.

"Awoo!" The tiger's roar scared the birds that were originally perched on the branches and made them fly away.

The tiger's roar sounded painful, probably because it was pricked by the bamboo thorns.

However, Gu Yan did not dare to be careless, nor did he dare to go near the trap. He just stood there holding Li Wanqing and waited.

Until the tiger's roar became weaker and weaker, and later no sound was heard at all.

Even so, Gu Yan did not approach rashly. Instead, he waited for another half an hour to make sure that the tiger inside could no longer pose a threat to them before approaching cautiously.

The tiger in the trap was no longer moving. Gu Yan was afraid that it was pretending to be dead, so he found a branch and poked it hard, but the tiger still did not move.

Looking more closely, it turned out that when the tiger fell, a bamboo thorn had pierced the artery in its neck.

The neck is still bleeding.

Tiger blood is also a good thing and should not be wasted.

"Wife, give me a big basin quickly. The tiger's blood cannot be wasted." Gu Yan said as he jumped into the trap and landed right on the tiger.

Li Wanqing took out a large stainless steel basin from the space and gave it to him.

Gu Yan pulled out the bamboo thorn from the tiger's neck and placed the basin on the tiger's neck.

A lot of it had been wasted before, and Gu Yan spent a long time collecting only a small half basin.

Gu Yan handed the basin to Li Wanqing and asked her to put it away.

"Wife, please put it away. It's a pity. It's all wasted." Gu Yan said regretfully as he looked at the blood on the ground.

Li Wanqing was not interested in these things, nor did she feel it was a pity. She just wanted to put the tiger away and go dig ginseng.

"Don't feel sorry. Let me put the tiger away quickly and we can go dig ginseng." Li Wanqing said.

Li Wanqing had already packed up the rooms in the space, putting all the things in one room and leaving two rooms free for the prey.

In order to prevent the animal's blood from dirtying the house, Li Wanqing even laid down plastic sheeting.

These plastic sheets were discarded from the school's medicinal herb greenhouse. With the idea that there are useless people, there are no useless people, Li Wanqing put them into the space. Now, they are being used.

After putting the tiger into the space, the two of them immediately went to dig the ginseng that they had not finished digging yesterday.

Now that the space was clear, Li Wanqing directly planted all the small ginseng in the space.

In the following days, Gu Yan took Li Wanqing deep into the mountains.

This was also because Li Wanqing's space gave them the confidence, otherwise they would have gone back long ago.

Gu Yan has fully experienced the convenience of having space in the past few days.

Whether it is medicinal herbs or prey, there is no need to worry about not being able to get them. Just throw them into the space.

The two of them could be said to be traveling light, unlike before when they had to carry backpacks.

The most important thing is that you don’t have to worry about life-threatening situations. If you encounter danger, you can just hide in the space and feel at ease.

Gu Yan finally understood why Li Wanqing, a single woman, dared to walk alone in the deep mountains and forests.

The two of them walked in for more than twenty days, and they naturally reaped a lot of rewards, but it was also very hard work.

After all, even if there is space, it can ensure the safety of life and allow you to sleep soundly at night.

But you still have to travel during the day and concentrate to avoid being attacked by wild animals.