How to resolve conflicts? It seems that it will take some time.
On the way back, Wang Ke told Professor Ye Rongguang about the snake he had just killed. Uncle Geng became anxious when he heard this, "Is there a snake in my pile of firewood?"
"Yes, Uncle Geng, I will clean it up thoroughly when I get back."
When Professor Wen heard this, he immediately asked: "Xiao Wang Ke, did you throw away the dead snake?"
"No, I'll put it in the sheepfold for Uncle Ye to take a look at."
"Oh, what a pity. Why did you kill the snake? It should have been captured alive and used to make snake wine!" Professor Wen clicked his tongue, remembering the tiger bone wine he drank at Dong Pianfang's house in Nanshao Village.
"Uncle Ye, can this poisonous snake be brewed into wine?"
"Are you sure it's a white-browed adder?" Professor Ye Rongguang asked.
"It should be, almost the same as what we saw at the cemetery last time." Wang Ke replied, pushing the cart and turning into the village.
"Well, the white-browed adder is also a valuable medicinal material. It has particularly good effects on dispelling wind, unblocking collaterals, relieving pain, and detoxifying. Use it to prepare adder wine, which can treat rheumatism, leprosy, scrofula, boils, etc. rheumatism and skin diseases such as scabies, hemorrhoids, and tumors,” Professor Ye Rongguang added.
"How is it?" Professor Wen was also proud of receiving the support of Professor Ye Rongguang.
"That's easy. Godfather Wen, when I get home later, I'll clean up the firewood. I might even find one!" Wang Ke said casually.
"Nonsense, Lao Geng's house is not a snake nest." Although Professor Ye Rongguang said this, his heart was "thumping". This kind of venomous snake usually appears near wild cemeteries. How could it come to a farmyard? The biological chain is also its not right?
From Nanshao Village, Wang Ke seemed to have become a "relative" with venomous snakes. They had a fate and were constantly surrounded by venomous snakes. Just say the cockscomb snake and the golden cobra, both are very rare species.
This white-browed adder is a common mixed venomous snake in the western mountainous area. It appeared in Lao Geng's house at an inappropriate time at this moment, and something was wrong. Moreover, this kind of snake has the habit of living in groups and will never be the only one.
"Daddy Wen, if we catch another one, then I will make wine for you to drink." Wang Ke heard Professor Ye Rongguang's explanation just now and thought of the five bottles of sorghum wine that Uncle Geng bought. If he can really catch one, To get a live snake, it will be worth sacrificing a bottle at that time.
Back at Uncle Geng's house, Wang Ke put away the car and buckets, then led everyone to the sheepfold, pointed at the dead snake and said, "Uncle Ye, that's the one."
Ye Rongguang ducked into the sheepfold to take a look and said: "Yes, it is really the white-browed viper. This snake is the most venomous snake in our western mountainous area. It and the turtle-shell viper are the spear-headed viper and the five-step viper." The snake is the sharp-nosed adder and it is among the ten most venomous snakes. Don’t let it bite you. It will be very troublesome if you bite it.”
When Ye Rongguang said this, Wang Ke immediately answered. "Uncle Geng, let me clean this pile of firewood thoroughly first. In addition, I will also clean up the pile of broken bricks in the corner of our wall. In short, I feel that our yard is not peaceful. We cannot leave a hiding place for poisonous snakes."
"Yes, yes, Wang Ke is right. I'll clean up with you, and the rest of you should go to the room to rest." As a senior biologist and botanist, Professor Ye Rongguang immediately went to find a triangular hairpin.
This is called an extraneous incident. Originally, Professor Ye Rongguang wanted to come back and study the relationship between Wang Ke and the big ram. Now that Wang Ke is so sure, he can only eliminate the "four pests" first and clean up the environment. .
What are the "Four Pests"? In that era, it originally referred to flies, mosquitoes, rats, and sparrows in urban and rural areas. Later, sparrows were rehabilitated and changed to cockroaches. There are no cockroaches in the mountains, but they are poisonous snakes.
Uncle Geng and his wife did not dare to take advantage of it easily, so they took their children to a neighbor's house.
Professor Wen didn't do anything, but he didn't sleep either. He stood in the middle of the yard with his arms crossed. He wanted to see how Professor Ye Rongguang captured a poisonous snake alive.
Start with the pile of random bricks, pick them out one by one, and stack them one on top of the other. There was nothing under the bricks except some bugs.
I was extremely careful when picking up the stack of firewood and grain. I shook off a bundle and carried it to the sheepfold from a distance. Soon it was almost reaching the bottom.
Wang Ke's right chest moved slightly again. Could it be that he found another poisonous snake? Wang Ke's scalp went numb, and he immediately cheered up and carefully observed every leaf in the stack of firewood, for fear of missing any clues.
"Uncle Ye!" Wang Ke took a step forward, pulled Ye Rongguang back, and instinctively stepped on something with his foot wearing Jiefang shoes.
"What?" Before Professor Ye Rongguang could react, Wang Ke had already bent down, reached out from under the upper of his shoe and pinched the snake's head. The living snake struggled desperately and was picked up by Wang Ke. Half of its body kept twisting and was still entangled in Wang Ke's hand from time to time.
"Quick, Godfather Wen, open a bottle of wine."
"Where is the wine?" Professor Wen saw that he had actually caught a snake and immediately started shouting.
"On the case in the hall." Wang Ke pinched the head of the white-browed adder, not daring to be careless. This was also his first time catching a venomous snake alive. The horror was mixed with excitement.
"Wang Ke, be careful, don't let the snake's head turn around." Professor Ye Rongguang also came over immediately. There were two venomous snakes in this small courtyard. I don't know if there are any more.
"Uncle Ye, I understand." Wang Ke looked at the snake on his arm, jumped out quickly, and followed Professor Wen to the main room.
"Bang" Professor Wen found a screwdriver and opened a bottle of wine.
"Xiao Wang Ke, the mouth of this bottle is so small, how can you put a poisonous snake in it?" Professor Wen walked out with the wine bottle. Everyone knows that live snakes are needed to make wine. If the poisonous snake is killed, even if it is brewed, You can't get that kind of medicinal effect either.
"Install the venomous snake's tail first." Wang Ke shouted. He had already straightened the tail of the white-browed viper. But as soon as he put the snake's tail into the mouth of the bottle and loosened his grip, the white-browed adder's body curled up. I tried several times in a row, but it didn't work.
"Try letting go of the snake's head." Professor Wen suggested.
"Daddy Wen, this is even worse. If I let go of the snake's head, it will definitely roll up and bite me." Wang Ke dared not let go. He looked at Professor Ye Rongguang as if asking for help.
Now everyone thinks of poisonous snake expert and Dr. Xiao Zhang. If he were here, he would definitely have a solution.
"Wang Ke, listen to your godfather Wen and let this venomous snake sniff the liquor." This was also the first time for Professor Ye Rongguang to make wine with a live snake. He observed it for a long time, but he was helpless. With such a small bottle mouth, it is impossible for this venomous snake to be put down vertically and still. The living snake will definitely struggle and it will not be captured easily.
"Uncle Ye, do you want the White-browed Viper to get drunk? Anyway, I smelled such fragrant liquor before, so I must be drunk." What Wang Ke said was ironic. Now that he smelled such fragrant wine, he wanted to immediately It takes a few gulps to satisfy your cravings.
After all, Wang Ke adjusted his direction. He pinched the head of the white-browed adder, stretched its tail with one hand, and slowly moved towards the mouth of the wine bottle.
"Wait a minute, Xiao Wang Ke, I put this bottle of wine on the table. I don't dare to hold the bottle with my hands." Professor Wen suddenly stopped. He was also afraid that if something went wrong and he loosened his hand, the snake head would Drop it and bite him again.
Although Professor Ye Rongguang said he was no stranger to biological species, he did not dare to take it lightly when faced with a white-browed viper.
Professor Wen turned around and moved a small table into the room, put the bottle of sorghum wine on the table, and then went to find a shovel to prevent Wang Ke from letting the White-browed Viper escape, so that he could immediately Take action and kill this poisonous snake under the table.
After everything was prepared, Wang Ke slowly brought the White-browed Viper close to the mouth of the wine bottle.
In that era, although the quality of the wine was average, it was all made from sorghum and there was no such thing as blending. A strong aroma of wine overflowed from the mouth of the bottle.
Wang Ke swallowed a sip of saliva. He pinched the head of the white-browed adder and just put it to the mouth of the wine bottle. Wang Ke suddenly called out "Ah". He discovered something very strange. The body of the poisonous snake suddenly drooped down limply.
"Uncle Ye, Godfather Wen, look, what's going on?" Wang Ke said, releasing his hand from holding the tail of the white-browed viper, and the snake's tail immediately drooped down in a line. . The whole white-browed viper seemed to be paralyzed by cramps, and it no longer struggled or twisted.
Huh? Professor Wen and Professor Ye Rongguang were stunned as they looked at what was happening in front of them.
"Wang Ke, hold the snake's tail and see if it struggles?" Professor Ye Rongguang became bolder. He saw that the white-browed adder had fainted.
"Yeah." Wang Ke said, picking up the tail of the white-browed viper again and letting go of the snake's head. Sure enough, the whole snake stopped moving and became as soft as a rope.
"Xiao Wang Ke, did you crush this poisonous snake to death?"
"How could it be?" Even if the poisonous snake is crushed to death, its body will still twist and struggle for a while, but now it looks like it has fainted, motionless and limp, at the mercy of others.
Without any time to think, Wang Ke aimed the head of the white-browed adder at the mouth of the wine cake and let it go. At this time, the white-browed viper moved instinctively. But as soon as he came into contact with liquor, he immediately stopped moving.
Wang Ke smoothly put the upper half of the white-browed viper, which was as thick as the mouth of the wine bottle, into the wine bottle. The middle was a bit thick, and without any time to think about it, Wang Ke used both hands to force it in.
From beginning to end, the white-browed viper made no serious resistance and sank quietly into the white wine.
This sudden change made people unable to react quickly.
"Eh, that's not right. Don't people often say in newspapers and radio that poisonous snakes that have been soaked in a certain place for three years spring out to bite people when the lid of a wine bottle is opened?" Professor Wen looked at the scene in front of him and asked Professor Ye Rongguang.
Professor Ye Rongguang and Monk Zhang Er were also confused. It turns out that venomous snakes are afraid of alcohol. This volatile ethanol is a fatal "hypnotic agent" for venomous snakes. But why is it different from what is said in newspapers and radios? Is it spreading rumors to spread rumors, or is the white-browed viper a different kind?
Anyway, seeing is believing.
Wang Ke capped the bottle, picked up the bottle of sorghum wine and shook it. The white-browed adder had turned its stomach and it died without pain.
Professor Wen took the bottle, shook it, and said loudly: "This poisonous snake wine is soaked."
Professor Ye Rongguang didn't know what to say. His eyes lit up. If this liquor was used on other poisonous snakes, would it have the same effect?
If it is the same, are we still afraid of the golden cobra?
Today's incident, if you look at it in a small way, you can write a good paper; if you look at it in a big way, it may be a new theoretical discovery. Those who say snakes can survive when soaked in wine are pure nonsense.
"Wang Ke, if we can still catch a snake alive, let's try again."
"Okay, Uncle Ye, but I guess there may be no more in this yard. If we want to catch him, let's wait for Teacher Zhang to come back and let's go to Barren Grass Beach." Wang Ke took Professor Ye Rongguang's words and put the wine back where it belonged. , and then came to the yard to continue cleaning.
"Xiao Wang Ke, don't leave in a hurry. Why did you say this yard is gone? Is it your feeling or other reasons?" Professor Wen followed out. He had begun to suspect from Nanshao Village that Wang Ke and Gu Maolin On many issues, he is very sneaky and tries to hide his secrets. I encountered snakes twice today, especially the second time. He spoke with such certainty that it was like seeing him.
"Daddy Wen, I'm all talking nonsense, don't take it seriously." Wang Ke explained quickly.
"No way, I think your kid can be called Wang Banxian. Once he was fooled, he was fooled twice, but if he got it right every time, then he is not fooled." Professor Wen squinted his eyes and observed Wang Ke's expression.
Wang Ke's face turned red. What should I say? I can't open my mouth.
"Yes, Wang Ke, what's going on with that big ram?" Professor Ye Rongguang thought of this matter again, and he continued, "Wang Ke, don't do it yet, come and explain it to us."
