After experiencing initial frustration, Wang Tianxiao quickly recovered.

He was the leader here, and he often told himself that others could be frustrated, but he couldn't, otherwise everyone's morale would be low and they wouldn't be as motivated to do things.

"Haha, don't worry, everyone. They're just a flock of birds. We're not going to be scared to death by these little sparrows."

“Boss, those aren’t just little sparrows. They’re cunning, like they’re organized and disciplined. We can’t do anything with them; they’ve got us completely outmaneuvered.”

"Haha, really? That's amazing."

Wang Tianxiao couldn't help but chuckle at Mi Xiaoqing's aggrieved look. Judging from her expression, he thought someone had bullied her.

“Boss, we really can’t ignore this. These birds like to come in flocks. If they get a taste of the food, they’ll probably bring even more flocks after a while. Then we won’t be able to keep up with their speed in scattering them.”

Wu Wenhua said worriedly from the side.

"Yes, I know."

Wang Tianxiao gestured for everyone to go wash up first, and then eat. He would think of a solution regarding the bird problem later.

There was nothing anyone could do for the time being, so they could only disperse, but their spirits were still not high.

Wang Tianxiao continued to wait for Liu Yuan at the mountain pass.

Liu Yuan and Wang Tianxin went to the mountains to collect cages this morning. They've been gone for about two hours and should be back soon.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, an old man and a young boy appeared on the mountain path.

With two snakeskin bags, one large and one small, Liu Yuan carried the large one and Wang Tianxin carried the small one. The two returned against the sunlight, chatting and laughing, just like cowboys returning from a hunt in a movie.

From a distance, Wang Tianxin waved to Wang Tianxiao, and Wang Tianxiao waved back a few times.

Now, under his guidance, Wang Tianxin has become much more stable, and their relationship has improved significantly. He is basically certain that Wang Tianxin will not go down the old path again.

This is a good development.

"Brother, look, today's harvest is pretty good, a full sixteen rabbits and two pheasants. How come we can never catch all these guys?"

Wang Tianxin enthusiastically shook the bag behind him, showing Wang Tianxiao his work.

"This is nothing. This is winter, and it's still relatively few. When spring comes next year, they'll be running all over the mountains and fields. If you want to catch them, you can catch them from morning till night."

"Catching rabbits all the time is boring. When can I get a pig's testicle like you? That would be really exciting."

"Pig testicles" is a local term for wild boars.

Actually, this name was originally used for male wild boars that were about two years old, but as it became more and more common, people stopped distinguishing between them and started calling them that.

Wang Tianxiao's encounter with that wild boar last time was purely accidental, and the boar was injured, so it was much simpler.

Hunting wild boars isn't necessarily more difficult than that, but you need to prepare in advance.

Wang Tianxiao doesn't have any immediate plans to hunt. He'll wait until he finishes his current tasks and is completely settled before preparing his gear to hunt wild boar. That way, he'll be more confident and won't leave empty-handed.

He laughed and told his younger brother that he needed to hone his skills. With his current mediocre abilities, he couldn't even catch a small roe deer, let alone hunt a wild boar.

Wang Tianxin still felt that he had been looked down upon and was slightly resentful.

"Alright, alright, Tianxin, take the wild game to the warehouse. Uncle Liu and I have something to discuss."

"Okay."

Wang Tianxin took the things off Liu Yuan's back, carrying one in each hand as he walked towards the warehouse.

Liu Yuan pulled out his pipe from his waist, sat cross-legged on the boulder, and asked with a smile while tapping off the ash, "What's up? Going to give me work again?"

"Haha, is that how you see me? How could I dare to assign you any work? I just have something to ask you."

"Judging from your expression, this can't be good news. Tell me, let me hear what it is."

"Here's the thing, Lao Wu and the others just came back and said that some birds have recently come to the mountains and eaten most of the seeds we painstakingly sowed. Do you think we have any ideas on how to solve this problem?"

"Birds."

Liu Yuan smiled and said, "Birds need to eat too. If you scatter food on the ground, you can't just block them from eating it."

Wang Tianxiao said with a wry smile, "Uncle Liu, if we continue to eat like this, then all our planting will have been for nothing."

"So what do you want to do?"

Wang Tianxiao pondered for a moment and said, "When dealing with birds, I still hope to focus on driving them away, but with such a large area as the mountain, we can't possibly take care of everything. So after thinking about it, we should deal with the most troublesome flock of winter cuckoos first. As for other birds such as crows, blackbirds, and magpies, they are not a threat for the time being, so there is no need to pay special attention to them."

“That’s true,” Liu Yuan said, taking a puff of his cigarette and exhaling a cloud of smoke that was blown away by the wind onto the mountain path. “The winter cuckoo is the most troublesome, and you can’t catch them all.”

"Tell me, what if we set a trap and put a net in it?"

Liu Yuan glanced at Wang Tianxiao and asked casually, "Are you really going to go online?"

Wang Tianxiao thought for a moment and nodded: "Let's hang it up for a while. There's no other way for now. After these winter cuckoos leave, our seeds will be mostly in the ground, then we can take down the net."

Wang Tianxiao knew why Liu Yuan asked that question.

It is truly a cruel thing to post something online.

For birds.

This raises a very perplexing question: are birds considered enemies of humankind?

Birds are small to humans and pose no threat to human health, which is why the saying "birds are friends of humankind" has been around for generations.

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