Chapter 137 Catching Snakes
The next day, Yang Qing and the others didn't come out until after eleven o'clock. As soon as they left the room, they felt the heat wave and quickly turned on the air conditioner.
Looking at the thermometer again, it was already 45 degrees, which had never happened before.
And it looks like it's going to go up further.
When I looked outside again, the water had receded one floor, and the entire fifth floor was exposed.
But the stench outside was still terrible, and snakes kept coming out of the water.
Lu Lin was about to make lunch when there was a knock on the door.
Yang Qing opened the door carefully. Fortunately, realgar powder was sprinkled outside, and no snake came up again.
Gao Yang was at the door, looking excited.
"Yang Qing, I went out this morning and heard that those snakes are edible. The government is collecting snakes, and they're offering five kilograms of snakes for one kilogram of food."
"Really?" Yang Qing was a little surprised, "Snakes aren't poisonous?"
"Well, I heard that they are all non-venomous snakes, so it's okay if you get bit by a snake. However, those snakes seem to carry a lot of germs. Someone couldn't help but eat a snake last night. I don't know if it was not cooked thoroughly, but he vomited and had diarrhea, but he didn't die." Gao Yang said.
"You call this okay?" Yang Qing rolled her eyes. "Can we still eat it?"
"So, the authorities said that they will recycle them and sterilize them. They may be canned snakes in the future. After all, it's all meat, and it's better than nothing to eat."
Yang Qing nodded, that’s true.
Yang Qing took out the radio and listened to it. Sure enough, he heard the official broadcast, which called on everyone not to eat snake meat on their own initiative. If you get sick and don't get timely treatment, it will be very dangerous.
It would be best to hand them over to the authorities for unified handling, with five kilograms of snakes being exchanged for one kilogram of food.
Later, the snake meat can be made into canned food and then exchanged for supplies.
"Should we go catch some snakes? Look down there, there are so many snakes, it shouldn't be difficult to catch them." Gao Yang said.
Yang Qing shook his head. "Forget it. I'm afraid of snakes. You guys go ahead."
Leng Yi came over and said, "Have you thought about how to catch them? Do the officials want whole snakes, or can they be cut into pieces? We killed so many snakes yesterday and cut them into pieces."
"This... I don't know either." Gao Yang shook his head.
"It's not easy to get a complete snake. It's hard to catch, and it's easy to cut the snake in half with a knife," said Leng Yi.
"This is indeed a problem." Gao Yang nodded.
Looking out the window, many people were eager to take action, but seemed to not know what to do.
"Although the snake is not poisonous, if the bacteria are very strong, it will be very uncomfortable to be bitten. Even if you don't die, you may easily get sick. You still have to be careful." Yang Qing said.
Gao Yang was a little discouraged. He watched so many snakes swimming around but couldn't catch any of them. He felt so unwilling to accept it.
"Hey, what do you think about using electricity?" Yang Qing suddenly had an idea. "We have electricity at home. We can pass it into the water, electrocute the snake, and then fish it out."
Gao Yang's eyes lit up, "That's a good idea."
"It's a bit dangerous." Leng Yi frowned.
"I want to try it." Gao Yang said. We can't let those snakes go to waste. They are all food.
"Then you guys try it," Yang Qing said, "but you can't just throw a 220-volt wire into the water, right? I saw online before that they use those electric fishing devices in the river, and it seems that they need to convert it into high-frequency, high-voltage alternating current."
"Indeed, it would be best to modify an electric fishing device." Leng Yi said.
"It's very dangerous to do the modification yourself. You'd better stay upstairs and don't go downstairs to avoid electric shock." Yang Qing warned.
"Okay, I'll go prepare it." Gao Yang said and returned to 701.
Leng Yi also walked over and started working with Gao Yang.
Gao Yang found two socket cords and cut off the end with the socket. Leng Yi went to the eighth floor to find a roll of wire and made two iron nets.
Then peel off the wire skin at one end of the socket cord to expose the copper wire inside, wrap the copper wire around the iron mesh, and plug the other end into the generator plug.
"This should be okay, right?" Gao Yang and Leng Yi looked at each other.
"Try it?" They both nodded at the same time.
"Wait a moment." Leng Yi went up to the eighth floor again and took down the fishing net he had used earlier. He handed it to Jiang Hao, "We'll drop the electric net down and shock the snake. When we see it come up, we'll turn off the power. You just wait a moment and then use the net to pull the snake out."
"Li Shengnan, listen to my instructions next to the generator. I give you the order to turn off the power immediately."
"Okay!" Li Shengnan nodded and squatted beside the generator waiting for instructions.
Wang Min was a little scared and watched them from a distance, "You must be careful!"
Leng Yi opened the window and sprinkled some realgar on the windowsill to prevent the snakes in the water from jumping out.
He looked at the water downstairs and saw that there was no one around, so he and Gao Yang picked up the electric net and threw it out of the window at the same time.
The water had just receded, and no one lived on the fifth and sixth floors, so there was no need to worry about electric shock.
"Li Shengnan, turn on the switch!" Leng Yi shouted.
Li Shengnan quickly pressed the switch.
The electric grid in the water flashed with arcs of electricity. Soon, the snakes in the water turned over and floated to the surface. When a layer of snake corpses floated on the water, Leng Yi shouted, "Turn off the power!"
Li Shengnan quickly turned off the switch.
Jiang Hao raised the scoop net in his hand and waited for a while. In fact, the handle of the scoop net was made of bamboo, and it was not wet, so it should be okay.
To be on the safe side, I waited for a while before extending the net to scoop up all the snakes with their stomachs turned upside down.
It took several trips to catch all the snakes floating on the surface.
"So many?" Wang Min saw the snakes that were fished out. Although they were all dead, it still made his scalp tingle.
Li Shengnan quickly found a bucket to collect the water.
"It seems to be quite useful." Leng Yi and Gao Yang looked at each other and said, "Keep going!"
The two men threw the electric fence down again.
I fished it out twice, but I don’t know if the snake sensed the danger here, but it didn’t dare to swim over.
The two changed direction and continued to go down the power grid.
Someone nearby saw them electrocuting snakes in the water. There were so many snakes floating on the water that it was so eye-catching.
Someone actually came in a rubber boat and tried to snatch the snake.
"Are you trying to kill yourself?" Gao Yang yelled. "We won't be responsible if you're electrocuted!"
The visitor looked at the electric arc in the water, feeling both afraid and unwilling, and watched from a distance.
As soon as the power was turned off, when Jiang Hao lowered the net to catch the snake, those people came to grab it.
Jiang Hao hurriedly caught two fish in his net, but the rest was still snatched away by someone.
Jiang Hao was so angry that he started cursing.
"Forget it, it's good to have so much harvest today." Leng Yi put away the electric net.
I charged it three times in total, and filled two large buckets, which should weigh more than 100 kilograms.
"How to divide it?" Gao Yang asked.
Mainly four people were involved, and Wang Min didn't do anything, so should she be counted?
"You guys divide it up, I don't want it anymore." Leng Yi said.
One hundred kilograms of snakes can only be exchanged for twenty kilograms of food. The food in Yang Qing's space is more than he can eat in his lifetime, so there is no need to compete with them for this.
"That won't work. You've also contributed." Li Shengnan said.
"Yang Qing doesn't like snakes, and we don't need this little bit of food. You can take it and exchange it." Leng Yi said, "After that, you can electrocute the snakes yourselves. I won't participate. But you must be careful. If you can go upstairs, it's better to go upstairs. If you go down, be careful of electric shock."
"We will pay attention." Gao Yang nodded.
(End of this chapter)
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