Chapter 281 Catching Rabbits and Selling Their Offal
Thinking that the garrison would expand outward in the future, Xia Xiaoman immediately gave up the idea of moving to the hillside and planned to find a good piece of land outside the garrison to occupy first. But before that, she needed to leave for a while.
After waiting at the garrison for a few days, Xia Xiaoman found out that the person who claimed to have destroyed the Gao family gang was a woman among the victims, so he no longer had any concerns.
At the same time, the well had been dug. Water was already flowing out when the well was dug to more than 20 meters, but Li Yu'e was worried that the water level would drop in the future, so she asked Ji Ming to dig to 30 meters before she would pay the remaining balance.
After the well was dug, Li Yu'e led the group to move out of the camp. Xia Xiaoman also planned to leave, so he rolled up the tent and tied it under his backpack.
Some distance away from the camp, Xia Xiaoman saw that there was no one nearby, so she took out her off-road vehicle and drove away. She found a remote place, stopped the car, put the car into the space, and took out the tent and set it up.
"Maodan, let's go catch some steel-toothed rabbits. I'll roast them for you at noon." The food in the space has been reduced by more than half. If you can avoid touching the food in the space, it's better to do so. The more you save, the better.
When Maodan heard about Steel-Tooth Rabbit, he wagged his tail excitedly.
Xia Xiaoman walked to the foot of a mountain wall, took out a thick piece of cloth to build a small shed, and then took out some powder made from the ground internal organs of the steel-toothed rabbit from the space and sprinkled it on the ground.
After waiting quietly for more than ten minutes, the ground began to slowly move, and soon a snow-white rabbit crawled out from the ground.
The Steel-Tooth Rabbit stuck out its head and wanted to go back into the hole immediately when it saw that something was wrong. However, before it could retract its head, Maodan bit it and lifted it up.
Xia Xiaoman took the dead steel-toothed rabbit and gutted it to remove the internal organs. While she was dealing with the rabbit, several more steel-toothed rabbits emerged from the hole. Maodan saw that Xia Xiaoman ignored him, so he took the rabbit aside and chewed it slowly.
The man and the wolf hid in the shed and caught steel-toothed rabbits. After more than an hour, the steel-toothed rabbits nearby finally realized that this place was a trap and refused to come even after smelling the scent.
Seeing that no rabbit had taken the bait for a long time, Xia Xiaoman changed the place and continued to catch steel-toothed rabbits.
After catching steel-toothed rabbits for five consecutive days, the rabbits in the space were piled up into a small hill. Only then did Xia Xiaoman feel satisfied and brought Maodan back to the camp.
When they were almost at the station, Xia Xiaoman changed the off-road vehicle into a tricycle, and the back of the vehicle was filled with supplies. After riding the tricycle to Li Yu'e's new residence, Xia Xiaoman stopped the car and wiped his sweat while panting.
When Li Yu'e heard someone say Xia Xiaoman was coming, she immediately put down her work and went out, "Hey, Xiaoman, you are really good. You got so much in one trip. Where did you get the supplies from?"
Xia Xiaoman fanned himself with his hat and said, "I went back to dig out the supplies I had hidden a few days ago."
When Li Yu'e heard this, her face changed drastically. "You went back to the city? You want to die? Don't you know there's a plague in the city?"
"I didn't go to the city. The things were buried in the mountains behind Shuiyue Bay. I went there by taking a detour through the mountains."
Li Yu'e was relieved when she heard Xia Xiaoman's words. "That's good. The plague in the city is very serious. It's best not to get close to it."
Xia Xiaoman nodded, and suddenly she remembered something and asked, "Sister Yu'e, why are there so many people wandering around outside the camp, and they are digging the soil from time to time. Are they catching steel-toothed rabbits?"
When she passed by on her tricycle just now, all those people were staring at her tricycle and the eggs, which was quite creepy.
Li Yu'e said, "Yes! The potatoes that were just planted in the planting area the day before yesterday disappeared in less than a few minutes."
"After the higher-ups found out that the steel-toothed rabbits were eating the seeds planted in the planting area, they announced that everyone should go catch them. As soon as the announcement was made, a group of people ran out to look for rabbits in the fields."
Xia Xiaoman was a little confused, "Didn't they know there were steel-toothed rabbits in the mountains before?"
"I know! When we first moved to the garrison, many people went to the mountains to catch steel-toothed rabbits. But they wandered around the mountains for several days and didn't see any rabbits, not even rabbit fur. As time went by, no one went to catch steel-toothed rabbits anymore."
When they first moved to the base, it had been only a week since the aftershocks. All the steel-toothed rabbits in the mountains had gone into hiding, and they couldn't catch them even if they wanted to, unless they were willing to spend a lot of money to lure them out.
But food was scarce at that time, so who would be willing to spend a lot of money to catch steel-toothed rabbits?
After finding that it was difficult to catch the steel-toothed rabbit, everyone gave up the idea of catching rabbits and instead followed the instructions of the garrison and worked honestly. This at least ensured that they had porridge to eat every day.
But now it is said that if you catch a steel-toothed rabbit, you can exchange it for a bowl of porridge. A small amount of steel-toothed rabbit meat the size of a palm can be exchanged for a large bowl of porridge, which is a good deal no matter how you think about it, so some people go out to catch rabbits. Unexpectedly, someone actually caught three rabbits and exchanged them for three bowls of porridge, eating until his belly was full.
This gave many people hope, so more and more people went out to catch rabbits. However, few people were able to catch the steel-toothed rabbit.
Steel-toothed rabbits are afraid of light, and now the sun is hanging directly overhead, and there are few dark places in the bare mountains. So to catch steel-toothed rabbits, you must first create a dark place.
In addition, you need to get some food with a strong smell to lure the steel-toothed rabbits. But in the camp, few people have food in their hands, and even fewer have food with a strong smell. So most people go out and hang around for a day and catch nothing.
Most of the people Xia Xiaoman met when she came back were people who had been hungry for a day or two because they couldn't catch the steel-toothed rabbit. So when they saw her tricycle full of supplies and the big hairy eggs, they looked at her with green eyes.
After listening to this, Xia Xiaoman immediately thought of a business opportunity, "Sister Yu'e, there is a business, do you want to do it?"
Li Yu'e looked at her and said, "Tell me more about it."
"Other people don't have food with a strong odor, but we do! Let's catch a few steel-toothed rabbits, take out their entrails and sell them. We can trade one steel-toothed rabbit for one set of entrails. This is a no-cost business."
"It's a good idea, but...the people who come to buy the offal are here because they can't catch steel-toothed rabbits. Where do they get the rabbits to buy the offal from?" Li Yu'e asked.
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said, "It's simple. Let them leave the new ID card here. When the customer catches the steel-toothed rabbit, they can use the steel-toothed rabbit to redeem the ID card."
Li Yu'e thought about it and shook her head: "No, they can just apply for a new ID card."
Xia Xiaoman said, "So it's up to Lingxu to help you brothers and sisters. When you leave your ID card with us, record everyone's information. If anyone dares to run away, let the brothers and sisters collect the debt."
Li Yu'e thought this method was feasible, "Let's do this, let's go get a batch of steel-toothed rabbits first."
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