Du Jiabin was too careful when loading the gun.
The moment the gun fired, the old-fashioned musket's upward-facing turret spewed out a large number of sparks due to the recoil.
Most of the sparks landed on half of Du Jiabin's face.
This hit Du Jiabin in excruciating pain, and the shock momentarily deafened him. He dropped his gun, clutched his face, and rolled on the ground in agony.
When Sun Yunpeng and the others arrived, they helped Du Jiabin up.
Someone took a look with a torch and saw that half of Du Jiabin's face was blackened, with many blood spots.
Needless to say, the blood spots were from being burned by sparks, and the blackened face was from being smoked by gunpowder.
Seeing Du Jiabin like this infuriated Sun Yunpeng.
"Why are you mounting the gun so securely? I told you long ago, this old, broken gun is no good, it's too outdated."
You wouldn't listen and insisted on using it, now look what happened!
At this point, complaining was useless, so Sun Yunpeng quickly had someone help Du Jiabin up and take him to the forest farm clinic.
There are patrols in this area, so the badgers are quite wary.
After the shot was fired, the badgers that were still stealing food in the field immediately turned around and ran away.
That way, tonight will be peaceful.
Du Jiabin was escorted to the clinic, and they knocked on the door.
Upon seeing Du Jiabin's condition, the doctor quickly examined and treated him.
After a thorough examination, it turned out there was nothing seriously wrong; he had just been sprayed with gunpowder.
The doctor then wiped the wound on Du Jiabin's face with iodine, prescribed some anti-inflammatory medicine, and told him not to wash his face when he got home to avoid infection.
"It's okay, it will fall off in ten days or half a month."
Sun Yunpeng, Du Jiabin, and others kept watch at night, but failed to catch any badgers. Instead, Du Jiabin was sprayed in the face with gunpowder, turning half of his face black.
The next day, when everyone heard the news, they couldn't stop laughing.
Especially Guo Yongping and others who were ridiculed yesterday, they finally got their revenge, and they were all laughing heartily.
However, Wang Jianshe and the others became a little worried at this point.
For two nights in a row, they didn't even catch a badger hair. Tonight it's their turn to keep watch over the greens. What could be going on?
After dinner, it got completely dark outside.
Sheng Xiping carried his own No. 16 slingshot on his back. It wasn't for hunting badgers; it was mainly for self-defense.
At this time of year, no one can say for sure that only badgers roam the land; what if wild boars come down from the mountains?
With guns, given Sheng Xiping's abilities and the two dogs' skills, at least everyone could escape unscathed without any accidents.
Sheng Xiping finished getting ready, went out the door, and then called out across the garden cane.
Chen Weiguo, dressed neatly, came out of the house.
Sheng Xiping and Erlang Shen, along with the Black General, left the Sheng family compound to meet up with Gao Haining and the others.
Apart from Sheng Xiping carrying a gun, the others all carried sticks.
After all, not everyone has a gun, and they haven't practiced night shooting. Even if they did have a gun, they might not be able to use it and could even cause trouble.
I already said I'd go check on things tonight.
Once we figure out the badger's route, we'll catch it if we can, and if we can't catch it, we'll scare it away if we can.
We'll wait until daytime to follow the clues to find the badger's den, and then we'll deal with them.
Therefore, there's no need to make a big fuss or be too grand.
Badgers are nocturnal, emerging from their burrows to forage around 6 or 7 p.m.
This thing has an omnivorous diet; it eats everything, including grasshoppers, earthworms, snakes, and insects from underground.
Of course, badgers' favorite food is crops, such as corn, soybeans, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.
After all, there are few living creatures, it's not easy to get full, and they don't taste as good as corn or sweet potatoes.
Therefore, every autumn, badgers will enter farmland to eat crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, soybeans, and peanuts in order to accumulate fat as quickly as possible.
If a cornfield is planted early and grows well, and is spotted by badgers, that would definitely be a problem.
This animal is very intelligent and has a keen sense of smell; it will avoid people when they are around.
It's very difficult to catch badgers by lying in wait and ambushing them.
Some badgers are bold; if people are on the east side of the field, they will go to the west side to eat, and if people go to the west side, they will go to the east side, thus playing guerrilla warfare with humans.
Since it's nighttime, it's hard for people to spot it.
So Sheng Xiping deliberately brought his dog to the field a little later.
They wait until the badgers enter the ground and forage for food, then release the dogs to catch them. With the dogs working together, they might be able to catch a few badgers in one night.
The temperature difference between day and night is large in the Changbai Mountain area, and the evenings in September are already quite cool.
The autumn wind was chilly, and a cold breeze swept through the air.
Fortunately, Sheng Xiping and the others were wearing many layers, so they didn't feel the cold.
Erlang Shen and the Black General rarely come out at night. The two dogs were quite excited and ran along, pulling their owner forward.
On September 5th, the 19th day of the seventh lunar month, the moon hid behind a thin layer of clouds, letting out some light.
In the woods outside the forest farm, several dark figures were jogging at a leisurely pace, sniffing the road as they ran.
There was no unusual smell on the road I walked on yesterday, nor did I smell any human presence.
Having not eaten properly for two nights, the badger was also hungry, so it ventured into the field without fear.
As soon as Erlang Shen and General Hei arrived at the edge of the field, they immediately became restless. Seeing this, Sheng Xiping quickly untied the rope.
The two dogs dashed off the moment the leash was released and disappeared in an instant.
"Let's go, let's hurry up and follow them." Sheng Xiping and the others quickly followed, taking advantage of the faint moonlight.
My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
