"What are you doing? Is this a trap? "Mai came over and asked.
"When the river rises, we can stand on it." The person standing next to Mai laughed.
They didn't know why Shao Xuan and Lang Ga were doing this, but they all knew that Lang Ga was interested in setting traps. Although most of the time he only set traps like ground bows, he would also set some other traps.
Lang Ga told the others about his and Shao Xuan's idea, and they were all very curious. As for the fish fences here, it was not a problem for them, but also convenient for them. When the river rose, they could even jump on them.
"You should go back. We'll patrol tonight. Lang Ga, you bring some people here early tomorrow." Mai said.
"Okay, we'll go back as soon as we finish the last one. I didn't notice it just now, but now I realize that I'm really hungry. "Lang Ga touched his belly and looked at his work, very satisfied.
Shao Xuan, who had finished his last fish fence, found that the people who came with Mai had brought not only their own stone tools and animal skin bags with food, but also a straw net.
"Uncle Mai, what are you going to do with the straw net?" Shao Xuan asked.
"Well," Mai smiled, "Of course it's for food."
Seeing that Shao Xuan was still confused, Mai said, "You'll know when you come here tomorrow. By the way, remember to bring a big net bag when you come here tomorrow. "
Although Shao Xuan didn't know what they were going to put in the net bag, he still prepared a net bag for them.
The next day, Shao Xuan brought Caesar and Chacha to Old Ke's place early in the morning, and then went to the patrol area.
When Shao Xuan arrived, Lang Ga and the other patrolmen were already there. What surprised Shao Xuan was that Mai and the others' straw nets were filled with watermelon-sized snails!
Not only that, but they could also see that near the river bank, sharp horns that were gradually growing in size appeared on the surface of the river. Those were all conches, and they were all moving towards the river bank.
Although it didn't seem like a lot now, if they continued like this, everyone would be able to get a lot by the time the patrol ended. Just look at the microphones and they would know.
Their shells were so thick that even the piranhas in the river couldn't do anything to them. However, the people in the tribe were different. After all, people could use tools to pull them out of their shells.
"Don't be fooled by their hard shells. If you take them back and cook them, the shells will break easily. In the past, some people wanted to use their shells to make things, but after a period of time, they broke easily," Mai said to Shao Xuan.
Even if these snails didn't provide much energy individually, the quantity was there, and they could indeed solve the food problem. No wonder Lang Ga wasn't worried.
According to Mai, these snails usually didn't come out. They would only come ashore in large batches after the rainy season officially started. The good thing was that these snails didn't have any attack power. They were completely provided as rations for people who were short of food during the rainy season.
They didn't know if there were any parasites, but judging from the people in the tribe who had been eating these snails for so many years, there shouldn't be any problem.
Since the people who changed shifts had arrived, Mai and the others didn't stay for long. After a night of rain, they hurried back to eat something and sleep. After a good rest, they would come back to continue the patrol.
"You guys stay here first. If you find something abnormal that you can't deal with, blow the whistle immediately. Do you hear me?" Mai said to Lang Ga and the others.
"Got it. It's not the first time we patrol in the rainy season. I've already told Xuan. I'll take care of him. Don't worry. "Lang Ga waved to Mai, and then immediately rushed over to check the fish fences made yesterday.
The rain didn't stop. At most, it would only rain a little. The river level had risen a lot compared to yesterday. Yesterday, more than half of the fish fences closest to the river were already submerged in the water.
At this level, no fish would get in. It was still early, and they didn't find anything abnormal on the river. Shao Xuan picked up the snails with the others.
Shao Xuan didn't know which species these snails belonged to. They had different shapes and colors, but Lang Ga said they could all be eaten. Shao Xuan didn't care too much. When they climbed ashore, he directly picked them up and threw them into the straw net. However, they stuck close to the ground, so it was not easy to pull them down from the stones on the slippery areas.
They didn't encounter any problems for most of the day. Except for the various snails climbing to the river bank, there was nothing else. When Shao Xuan went back that day, he sent a lot of snails to the kids in the orphan cave and Old Ke. After all, he couldn't eat so many snails by himself. Caesar didn't eat snails, but Chacha enjoyed them for a while. She only tried to peck the snails out of the shells for fun.
On the third day of Shao Xuan's patrol, the river level had completely surpassed the first fish fence. The first fish fence was not big, only two meters in diameter. At that time, they thought it was too small, so they didn't tear it down and rebuild it. Instead, they made the second fish fence much bigger. Therefore, when the river level surpassed the first fish fence, the second fish fence, which was almost parallel to the first one, was only partly submerged in the water.
"What do you think?" Lang Ga picked up the snails and threw them into the straw net, and shouted to Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan stood by the first fish fence and looked inside carefully.
There were no fish …
Other than that, there were no piranhas with big heads and mouths full of sharp teeth. There were no other fishes around, as if they had all disappeared.
When the water level was rising, there was not even a single fish to be seen!
So, the fish fences were all for nothing?
No, he could wait and see what else was in the river besides the fishes.
Just keep them. Shao Xuan looked at the fish fences under his feet, and decided to leave them here for the time being. He would remove them when the water level went down. Anyway, they wouldn't interfere with the patrol.
"Nothing!" Shao Xuan answered.
When he got up and was about to go to the bank, Shao Xuan suddenly felt a chill sweep over him.
Danger!
Just when he was about to jump away from the fish fences and run to the bank, he heard Lang Ga's hurried shout.
"Don't move! Don't move!! "
To move, or not to move? These two thoughts flashed through Shao Xuan's mind in an instant. In the end, Shao Xuan decided to follow Lang Ga's words and stay there.
Although he didn't move, the muscles all over his body were ready to move. Once something happened, he would move to the next step. His hand had already touched the stone knife.
On the other side, Lang Ga didn't have time to pick up the snails anymore. He ran over with the others, and when he ran, he threw the snails in his hand into the water thirty meters away from Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan could hear the snails falling into the river, but the needle-like gaze was still there. Shao Xuan was frozen in place, maintaining his previous posture, not moving an inch.
If he looked up, he would be able to see the source of the cold gaze. But at this moment, Shao Xuan held back, and his eyes didn't wander.
Not far away from Shao Xuan, a triangular head appeared on the surface of the water. There were two round eyes on the head.
At this moment, a soft sound came from the water in front of him. It wasn't obvious in the rain, but Shao Xuan heard it clearly.
"Gua!"
Shao Xuan: "…"
F * ck!
He finally knew why Lang Ga told him not to move.
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