Chapter 408 Melon Thief
The tune he was humming almost turned into the breath that choked him to death. The breath was stuck in his ribs, and Zhao Yeqing held it in his hand for a long time before he recovered.
I have recovered from the stitch in the side, but I can’t get over the scene before me.
Another third of the melon field in front of me was destroyed. Not only were the vines broken, but the two watermelons that were almost ready to be picked were also hollowed out and eaten, leaving only half of the rind.
Zhao Yeqing was so distressed that he quickly stepped forward to check the situation. He looked around carefully and found several deep scratches on the newly built wooden fence. The marks were very familiar.
She felt like she was about to faint from anger. She couldn't think of anything and shouted loudly, "Mu Xi!"
This angry shout was very effective. In less than half a minute, Mu Xi, who had just finished feeding the pigs, appeared next to the fence and asked, "What..."
Before he uttered the word "," Mu Xi saw the messy melon field and the eye-catching, tender green melon rinds left in their original place.
He walked to Zhao Yeqing's side and looked at the scratches on her fingers. He felt familiar with them at first glance, and within ten seconds he found the memory of the scratches in his mind.
"Do you still remember the animal that looked very similar to a raccoon that we saw in the surveillance video? These traces are exactly the same as the ones it left on the fence over there." After Mu Xi said this, Zhao Yeqing was able to remember it.
"Raccoons are omnivores, eating both fruit and meat. Could it be that this similar-looking creature is also the same?"
After a burst of anger and heartache, Zhao Yeqing had to accept the fact and began to recall the characteristics of the animal and the scenes that appeared in the video.
"How can we prevent this? The animal jumps over the fence like it's playing. We can't guard it every night, can we?"
Mu Xi looked at the messy melon field, pondered for a moment, and said, "If all else fails, we can set a trap to catch him. After all, there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days."
The animal in the surveillance video doesn't look that big, so it sounds feasible to catch it with a trap.
But it is good at climbing, and ordinary traps cannot catch it. You have to set one up so that the animal falls into it and the hole on top has to be sealed to prevent it from climbing out.
Apart from badgers, there is probably no other animal in their country that can dig holes underground.
The two men carefully confirmed that the creature was not a badger. Its fur was longer than that of a badger, its nose was not pointed, and its fur color and pattern were not the black and white stripes of the wild hog badger commonly seen in the mountains near them.
The two were worried that if they really encountered a badger they didn't know, their trap would be in vain.
Zhao Yeqing was more open-minded now. "It's okay. If it's really a badger, we'll just consider ourselves unlucky and try another trap."
Fortunately, the sweet potatoes had been harvested, and there were no ripe melons in the melon field that could attract the animal to appear again. The two placed sweet potatoes in the trap, and also put two cucumbers that had just ripened from the greenhouse in the yard, hoping that they would not be able to lure the animal away.
This animal must be caught. If it is left alone, not only will the watermelon field be damaged, but it may even crawl into the yard and destroy all the fruits and vegetables in the vegetable garden.
Judging from the appearance of the animal, if it is really an omnivore like a raccoon, the chickens and ducks in the house would also be killed.
In order to prevent accidents, Zhao Yeqing grabbed the four dogs and left their scent around the yard again, which might have some deterrent effect.
The trap was set up next to the watermelon field, and a camera was moved and hung on the fence next to the trap to monitor the situation at all times, waiting for night to come.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
