Chapter 468: Fighting with snakes, endless fun

The so-called mountain wind is actually a king cobra.

Any snake with the word "王" in its name is a snake that can eat snakes. For example, the cauliflower snake is actually called the king elaphe. It can eat snakes, and even poisonous snakes. There is a saying that if there are cauliflowers in one mile, there will be no poisonous snakes in ten miles.

Unfortunately, the king cobra is an exception.

The king cobra is larger than an ordinary cobra and its venom is extremely toxic. The rat snake is not immune to it. Even if the rat snake can use its powerful strangling ability to strangle the smaller king cobra, it will still die once it is bitten by a king cobra.

Gao Mingcheng was also surprised when he found out that the snake was a mountain wind.

However, he was not scared by this. After all, king cobras were not uncommon in their mountainous area. Gao Mingcheng had encountered them several times when he was in the mountains.

However, he didn't fight with the king cobra very often because he always stayed away from it.

The king cobra is a very ferocious species. When a human approaches it, it will expand its neck, raise its front body, and actively attack. Once bitten by it, it is almost a dead end!

Therefore, when Gao Mingcheng saw a king cobra in the mountains, he would avoid it.

But this time he went into the mountains specifically to look for snakes, and when he found it, the king cobra had already attacked him.

Gao Mingcheng took a half step back and stood in a bow stance, and the javelin in his hand quickly attacked the king cobra's head.

Unfortunately, the king cobra was too fast, and he had not practiced javelin recently, so the first attack missed.

Gao Mingcheng's heart sank and he stepped back quickly to avoid being bitten by the snake, while he continued to attack the king cobra with the javelin in his hand.

The king cobra was indeed ferocious and kept chasing him, but fortunately Gao Mingcheng brought a javelin from home. The length of the javelin separated him from the king cobra, ensuring to a certain extent that he would not be bitten easily.

Relying on this advantage, Gao Mingcheng dealt with the king cobra.

This king cobra is quite big, about two meters long. With its neck expanded and its front body erected, it keeps attacking Gao Mingcheng.

Gao Mingcheng was not in a hurry. He used the javelin in his hand to try to kill the king cobra.

After several rounds of fighting between the man and the snake, Gao Mingcheng finally found an opportunity. He stabbed out with the javelin in his hand, hitting the king cobra's head right on the head. The heavy javelin pierced the king cobra directly into the soil.

Even so, the king cobra, which was not completely dead, was still struggling.

Gao Mingcheng didn't dare to approach immediately, and looked around vigilantly with his eyes.

King cobras mainly prey on snakes, but they can also prey on birds, rodents, lizards, etc.

Wherever it is, there are very few snakes. They are either scared away or eaten by it.

After Gao Mingcheng killed the king cobra, he began to think about why he saw the king cobra in Xiaofushan, because king cobras generally live in deep mountains near water sources.

And its staple food is snakes, not chickens or eggs.

Gao Mingcheng thought about it for a while and felt that it might be the chickens and eggs that attracted other snakes, and the other snakes attracted the king cobra.

Gao Mingcheng didn’t know whether the two roosters were killed by the king cobra. Even if they were, it didn’t matter. As long as the chicken was thoroughly stewed, there would be no poison in the meat.

After a long while, until the king cobra stopped moving, Gao Mingcheng stepped forward and pulled the javelin out of the ground. He didn't dare to grab it with his hands, in case the king cobra pretended to be dead and suddenly bit him before dying, then he would be doomed.

So Gao Mingcheng simply kept holding the king cobra with his javelin, kept a good distance from it, and continued patrolling the mountain.

However, there was only one king cobra in the mountains, and no other snakes were seen.

Gao Mingcheng toured the entire Xiaofu Mountain but found no trace of other snakes. However, he did observe the growth of the fruit trees.

The oranges have started to grow larger, and their green skin looks sour, but if we wait for more than a month, the oranges will gradually turn yellow and mature.

As for the pomelo trees planted next to the orange trees, there were also green pomeloes hanging on the trees. One of the pomelo trees had been infested with insects before. Gao Mingcheng used medicine in time, but it seemed that the insects were not completely killed. There were still white insect eggs on the leaves of the pomelo tree.

Gao Mingcheng frowned and decided to use the medicine again.

This is the case with fruit tree pest problems. You can’t completely solve the problem by just spraying pesticides once.

Gao Mingcheng walked all the way down the mountain, and only at this moment did he dare to touch the motionless king cobra.

He grabbed the king cobra by its tail, placed it on the ground, and decided to cut off its head completely.

Gao Mingcheng didn't have a dagger or knife with him, so he could only use a javelin to cut. After three seconds, he began to be glad of this decision.

Because when the snake's head was completely cut off, the broken head actually bit towards Gao Mingcheng's direction!

Fortunately, the javelin had a long enough distance, and Gao Mingcheng took two steps back in a hurry. The snake head that was ejected finally failed in the sneak attack and could only fall from mid-air.

"Huh!" Gao Mingcheng breathed a sigh of relief, but felt his heart pounding.

Once bitten by a king cobra, even he would die on the spot!

Gao Mingcheng stared at the completely motionless snake head, thought for a while, and continued to use the javelin to lift the snake head.

At first, he wanted to dig a hole and bury the snake's head deep, but he was worried that when he dug a hole to plant fruit trees later, he might accidentally dig the snake's head out again.

Snake meat will rot, but snake bones and fangs are difficult to rot, and even after turning into bones, the fangs are still highly poisonous.

Therefore, if you want to completely kill the poison in the fangs, you can only use high temperature method, that is, throw the snake head into the stove and burn it.

Gao Mingcheng came to Chen Dasong's house carrying the snake. Aunt Liu had already dealt with the two roosters. When she saw the snake in his hand, she was shocked.

"Mountain wind?"

"Ouch, this snake is extremely poisonous!"

"It's okay, as long as it's cooked. Just cook it a little longer." Gao Mingcheng said, and then prepared to peel it.

Although king cobras are highly venomous and have almost no natural enemies in the mountains, their biggest natural enemy is actually humans. As human activities expand and forests decrease, all kinds of wild animals will be affected.

King cobras are hunted because of the unique pattern of their skin. After being skinned, the skin can be made into expensive snakeskin bags and belts.

In addition, its venom also has medicinal research value. Therefore, due to human capture, the number of king cobras gradually decreased, and finally became a protected animal with a kingly attitude.

After Gao Mingcheng processed the snake meat, he handed it to Aunt Liu. As for the snake head, it had been thrown into the stove.

"Let it stew for a while longer. I'm going to do something first and come back for dinner later." Gao Mingcheng reminded.

"Yeah, I know." Aunt Liu agreed. They had also eaten chickens killed by snakes, but they had to stew them longer and more tenderly.

Gao Mingcheng returned to his home, found the pesticide he had bought earlier, and planned to spray the infested fruit trees again.

On the way, I met Chen Dasong working in the chicken coop, so I told him about the mountain wind that appeared in Xiaofu Mountain.

And he was told to be careful when he went into the mountains to do things in the future.

When Chen Dasong heard about the mountain wind, he was a little scared. The snake was too poisonous. If bitten, it would be terrible. Therefore, he decided to bring a hoe with him for self-defense when he went into the mountains in the future.

"Mingcheng, you have picked up three or four hundred eggs. You should take them to the county to sell them." Chen Dasong showed Gao Mingcheng the eggs he had just picked up today.

The newly woven bamboo basket was already half full of eggs. The eggs were of normal size, with only a very few that were still relatively small.

Hens are accustomed to laying eggs in a fixed place. As long as you make a nest for them, they will come to the nest when they are ready to lay eggs.

But because they are free-range, some hens will lay eggs in other places, and people have to go into the mountains to find them.

And if you pick up the eggs in the nest every time, the hen will feel insecure and will look for another place to lay eggs.

At this time, you need to leave an egg in the nest as a lure.

Gao Mingcheng took a look at the eggs in the bamboo basket and said, "Okay, I'll take them to the county to sell them. You can move all these eggs to my living room later."

"Okay." Chen Dasong agreed, and then the two of them picked up eggs, and one went into the mountains to apply pesticides.

Life is always dull yet busy.

Every bit of busyness will eventually turn into harvest.

(End of this chapter)