No one fired a shotgun that day, and the birds of the Lake District flew freely and chirped in harmony. The middle-aged man carrying the shotgun appeared again. His figure was swaying on the island. Wangfu took out the wooden sign and followed him. But walking along the beach, there were huge mountains between the beach and all the islands. The water could not pass, so Wangfu held the wooden sign high.
He looked at the island where the middle-aged man was and announced loudly: I am the special envoy of this county's wildlife protection station, specializing in protecting the birds in the lake area. From now on, all hunters are prohibited from hunting birds.
Wang Fu repeated it many times. I wonder if the middle-aged man on the island heard it. He looked towards Wang Fu on the beach from time to time, and his eyes fell on the wooden sign Wang Fu held up. I wonder if he could clearly read the words on it.
Wangfu guessed that he was alert. Although he did not board a raft from this lake beach to the island today, someone would tell him that the county wildlife protection station had sent people to look after him and that hunting birds was prohibited in the lake area.
Wangfu was holding up a wooden sign to preach, when suddenly a raft came by. It was a bald old man ferrying the boat. He brought the raft close to Wangfu's side of the lake and said to Wangfu, "Come up, I will take you to each island to preach."
Wangfu jumped on the raft and thanked the bald old man. When he saw a fishing rod on the raft, he asked: "Aren't you fishing?" Wouldn't sending me to the island waste my working hours?
It doesn’t matter, I support your ban on bird hunting in the Lake District, and it’s good for me too. The bald old man held his pole vigorously and spoke attentively. There were ripples on the water, and smile lines appeared on his face. Wangfu asked, what good will it do to you if I come to the lake area to ban bird hunting?
do you know? I am a fisherman, and shotguns are heard from time to time on the island. The ground shakes and the water surface also feels. Can I catch a fish like this? The bald old man became more and more excited as he talked. If I didn't drive the hunter away, the hunter would drive me away.
Wangfu talked to him, and also paid attention to the islands where hunters were active. The raft drew close to the island where the middle-aged man was, and saw the middle-aged man starting their raft again and sailing towards another island. The bald old man said, it seems that hunters are still afraid of the people at your wildlife protection station.
Wang Fu did not strike up a conversation, but put his hands together near his mouth like a trumpet, and took the opportunity to loudly announce what he had just said on the lakeshore. Now that the distance was close, the lake wind blew towards the island again, completely sending Wangfu's voice away.
Wang Fu clearly saw the middle-aged man take off the shotgun from his body, lay it flat on the raft, and block it with his body until Wang Fu couldn't see the shotgun.
The bald old man pointed at the middle-aged man and told Wangfu not to chase him. He had realized that hunting birds was forbidden.
OK, Wangfu said excitedly: The ban on hunting birds is still effective.
The bald old man sent Wangfu to several other islands to preach about the ban on hunting. Several hunters were meeting him. They all knew that hunting birds was strictly prohibited by the country, so they told Wangfu that they planned to quit. Wang Fu said that you should evacuate the lake area quickly. If you are found hunting birds here next time, your shotguns will be confiscated and you will be fined. If the case is serious, it will be handed over to the judicial authorities.
Wangfu found that the birds did not dare to rest on any island where hunters were active. He said angrily: The environment for the survival of birds has been destroyed. Don't you have any sense of self-blame?
After a while, several hunters dispersed. The bald old man rowed the raft and took Wangfu to all the islands in the lake area. It was almost noon, and the raft gradually came to the shore. There was a tiled house on the shore. The bald old man said that this is my home.
His home is opposite Master Shi's house, separated by a wide lake. Wangfu suddenly remembered that he was taking care of Master Shi's cattle, so he turned around and looked at the distance of the lake. His sight was blocked by several islands in the middle of the lake. He couldn't see the other side of the lake. He didn't know whether the cattle he was taking care of were still there. When he was not grazing on the shore of the lake, he became anxious and asked the bald old man to send him back on a raft.
The bald old man said, you have lunch at my house, take a rest after lunch, and then I will send you there on a raft.
Wang Fu refused and told him what he promised to Master Shi. The bald old man said, Oops! Who wants you to help him take care of the oxen? You can't care for two. If you protect the birds, you should protect the birds. What kind of cattle are you herding? I suggest inserting the wooden sign here. There are many passers-by here. When they see the sign, they will no longer hunt birds, but only protect them.
Wang Fu was trustworthy and said that I am grateful for your support and understanding, but now I must return to the lake to prevent Mr. Shi from having any ideas. More importantly, I promised to help take care of his scalpers. If they run away and disappear, I will Still have to find it.
Seeing that what he said was so important and his attitude of returning was so determined, the bald old man had no choice but to start the raft and send Wangfu to the other side of the lake.
Sure enough, the cattle disappeared. Wangfu stood in the direct sunlight at noon, holding an arbor with his hands, and looked towards the farther lake shore. There was still no sign of the cattle. When he was anxious, he heard Master Shi calling him from behind, "Wangfu," What are you looking at? My cow is missing, along with the calf. Wang Fu was leaning on the wooden sign, looking very embarrassed.
Is it urgent? A faint smile suddenly appeared on Mr. Shi's face, and he said, "I know you are doing bird protection propaganda work on the islands in the lake area. Cows and calves, I have rushed back to the farm a long time ago!"
In the evening, just after Wangfu and Shi Ye had finished their supper, a man came into the main room, carrying a dead colorful pheasant in his hand. Wangfu saw that it was the middle-aged man who looked familiar. He was a hunter.
Master Shi stood up and said: Xiao Jing, why are you here? And stared at the pheasant. Xiao Jing looked at the wealth and looked at the leftover dishes on the table that had not yet been put into the vegetable cabinet. They were all vegetarian dishes such as peppers, sponge gourds, and beans. There was no meaty taste at all, so he said to Master Shi: I will give you a colorful one. The pheasant is here to give you extra food. Its meat is quite delicious! I didn’t do it in the lake area, I did it in the mountains, so there should be no problem!
Mr. Shi paused for a moment, feeling that Wang Fu was a bird protector and didn't know what to say. Wang Fu said bluntly: No wild animals should be hunted. Mr. Shi, we don’t want this pheasant, and we don’t want to eat its meat. Mr. Shi frowned and said unhappily, "Hey, don't be too principled. You protect birds on the islands in the lake area, but not on the mountains. The pheasants they hunt on the mountains have nothing to do with you and are not within the scope of your care." , why bother so much?
Xiao Jing put the colorful pheasants into Master Shi's bamboo basket, raised his head, and said confidently, Master Shi, do some work for this comrade from the county wildlife protection station. I will not treat him badly in the future. .
Don't have to do the work. Wang Fu stood up from the dining table and stared at Xiao Jing. "Take this pheasant away and don't hunt any birds in the future, whether on the island or on the mountain." Otherwise, I will report it to the county wildlife protection station, and the station will send someone to investigate.
Xiao Jing didn't buy it, saying that the colorful pheasant was a protected animal at various levels in the country. I didn't know. What I knew was that since the beginning of the world, no government of any dynasty or generation would use criminal law against a hunter who killed a pheasant.
Wangfu didn't have much education, so he couldn't be convinced, but he believed in a dead end: as long as it is a wild animal, it must be protected. Is the colorful pheasant a wild animal? Xiao Jing was also asked.
Mr. Shi came to persuade me, please stop arguing. Arguments are not clear. But Mr. Shi told Wangfu the benefits of Xiao Jing, saying that he often brought game. This colorful pheasant was given to me by Xiao Jing. You, Shi Wangfu, should leave it alone. Besides, this colorful pheasant is not with you. The ones hunted within the lake area under your jurisdiction are hunted in the mountains and forests, so you just turn a blind eye.
Wangfu's thoughts were a little wavered, but now his arms were itching again, so he firmed up his initial attitude, Mr. Shi, if you accept this colorful pheasant, then I have no choice but to leave here now. He thought of the bald old man who cooperated with him to protect the birds. If he was not left here, he would go find the bald old man immediately.
