Farming and reading family

To put it nicely, Gao Chong is easy to talk to, but to put it bluntly, he is a coward.

I don't have much ambition. I just want to own some land, collect some rent, and live my own life.

So he would definitely not provoke something like a snake for no reason.

Wu sighed, "He went back to his hometown to check on the crops and didn't notice a snake in the grass. He stepped on it and got bit. I heard them say that there are so many snakes in the area these past two years, for some reason."

When Gao E heard Wu say this, she suddenly thought of Qu Zhonglai.

One of the reasons why Qu Zhonglai took over Ghost Crying Mountain was because there was a silver dragon there.

Moreover, there are many hollow stones on Ghost Crying Mountain, and the mountain is full of cracks, which is simply a natural place for snakes to breed.

It is very likely that Qu Zhonglai brought a lot of poisonous snakes with him, and after his death, no one took care of the snakes, so they spread all over the surrounding area.

"Then be more careful next time." Gao E warned.

"I won't let him look after the land anymore." Mrs. Wu sighed.

Fortunately, this person was rescued, otherwise everything would be lost.

"Well, you stay with him, I'll go ask Doctor Mu." Gao E instructed.

"Sister, go and get busy." Mrs. Wu nodded.

Mu Gonglao was extremely happy to have obtained the gallbladder of the mountain-shaking snake. He was just thinking about what kind of detoxification pill to make when Gao E knocked on the door and came over.

"Is there anything wrong, Madam Chen?" Mu Gonglao covered the snake gall.

"Doctor Mu said before that there are such poisonous snakes in He County. Does that mean that in principle there will not be such poisonous snakes in He County?" Gao E asked.

Mu Gonglao nodded: "Venomous snakes are distributed regionally. There shouldn't be any particularly venomous snakes in He County."

"What if someone brings a lot of poisonous snakes?" Gao E continued to ask.

"That would be troublesome." Mu Gonglao spread his hands. "If there were no animals that eat venomous snakes, they would multiply quickly and become a disaster."

To put it bluntly, invasive alien species have no natural enemies.

Gao E nodded: "If I'm not mistaken, my brother was bitten by a poisonous snake from outside."

Mu Gonglao frowned: "Are you sure?"

Gao E briefly told the story of Qu Zhonglai forcibly buying Ghost Crying Mountain, and suspected that he wanted to raise snakes in Ghost Crying Mountain.

"Then we have to quickly let the government organize people to catch them, otherwise no one will be able to go to that area in the future." Mu Gonglao reminded hurriedly.

Gao E thought that the land was hers too: "Can we trap them?"

"What did you use to trap it?" Mu Gonglao was curious.

"I got snake attractant incense before, and it worked very well."

"That would be the best, but we need to make thorough preparations. I'll go over there and take a look in the next two days," Mu Gonglao suggested.

"Okay." Gao E nodded.

It would be best if Doctor Mu could take care of this matter.

Gao Chong was able to go out after two days of care at Gao E's house. He left only after making sure that he was fine.

Mu Gonglao had just returned from Ghost Crying Mountain after two days. As soon as he entered the door, he wiped the sweat off his head with a towel.

"What a sin!" Mu Gonglao said angrily. "I heard from the people there that dozens of people have been killed by snake bites since last year. Now they have to use sticks to beat themselves when they go out."

Gao E didn't expect it to be so serious. She thought that her elder brother and the others were planning to grow some spices over there.

In some places cotton can still be grown, so the snake problem must be solved.

"Then I will have people prepare and trap those snakes." Gao E no longer hesitated.

Mu Gonglao looked at Gao E and asked, "Is your snake-attracting incense very useful?"

"It was it that lured out the Mountain-Shaking Snake."

Mu Gonglao felt relieved when he heard Gao E say this.

"But its effectiveness may not be as good as before." Gao E explained in detail.

There were three pieces of snake-luring incense when they were brought back. They used all three to lure the mountain snake, and then Xu Boyan kneaded them together and sealed them.

It was used twice more afterwards, and Xu Boyan divided it into four parts, three of which were sealed and sent back to Gao E.

Mu Gonglao thought for a moment and said, "Then let's be cautious and use one at a time. We'll talk about it later if it doesn't work."

"Okay." Gao E nodded.

The next day, Gao E selected ten young men to go to Ghost Mountain with her.

When the people in the Ghost Crying Mountain area heard that they were going to catch snakes, they followed them, hoping to catch those evildoers as soon as possible.

When Gao E arrived at Ghost Crying Mountain, she did not catch the snake directly, but asked someone to dig a big pit.

The people he brought started digging a hole immediately. The others found it strange because they had never heard of digging a trap to catch snakes.

While they were digging the pit, Cao Geng brought a group of people over.

"Lord Cao?" Gao E went over to greet him.

"What are you doing..." Cao Geng saw them digging a hole.

"I heard there are a lot of poisonous snakes in this area. Most of the land surrounding Ghost Mountain is mine, so I want to come and clear out the snakes." Gao E replied.

Cao Geng heard Gao E talking about cleaning. Did she have any special methods?

"I also led people to catch snakes. I have already contacted local snake catchers. They said that such snakes have never been seen in He County before and they are particularly poisonous." Cao Geng looked solemn.

"So it must be dealt with as soon as possible." Gao E also looked solemn.

"Then you dig a hole..." Cao Geng was a little puzzled.

"Oh, we dig a pit and put snake-attracting incense in the pit to lure all the snakes into the pit, which makes it easier to clean them up," Gao E explained.

"Snake-attracting incense." Cao Geng repeated, "If such a thing really existed, it would be much more convenient." He instructed the people behind him, "You also help dig the pit."

Most of the people Cao Geng brought with him were yamen runners, and they were all very reluctant.

They have been working as yamen runners for so many years, but this is the first time they have been forced to do hard labor.

"Sir, this pit is good enough. It's just a few snakes." The bailiff said reluctantly.

"Dig according to Madam Chen's request." Cao Geng gave the order directly.

According to Gao E's request, a pit with a diameter of two meters and a depth of eight feet should be dug.

Everyone thought it was an exaggeration, as such a pit could trap a bear.

Those yamen runners didn't dig properly, so the people who came with Gao E dug according to Gao E's requirements.

Soon a big pit was dug.

In order to prevent the snake-attracting incense from being swallowed by snakes, Gao E made a bamboo cage the size of a football, squeezed the snake-attracting incense into the cage and threw it in, then fixed the cage to the bottom of the pit.

After doing all this, everyone stepped aside to observe, and in less than a quarter of an hour a snake crawled over.

Everyone was excited when they saw that it was effective. They thought this method was really useful and much more convenient than looking for it everywhere.

Besides, snakes will hide in cracks between rocks or in grass nests, making them impossible to find.

But soon they couldn't laugh anymore, because more and more snakes crawled out, and soon they formed a dense layer at the bottom of the pit, all wanting to get closer to the cage.

Fortunately, these snakes were not very big and were crowded around the cage, unable to destroy it.

The key is that there are still snakes crawling towards this side.

Gao E wondered how many snakes Qu Zhonglai had brought with him, but how could there only be this many after a year?

There definitely weren't so many snakes in the Ghost Crying Mountain area before. Yu Zhao and the others never mentioned the existence of snakes. Wei Kai had been working as a blacksmith in Hantan for so long and he had never heard him say he had seen a snake.

"Let's clean it up first. It will be troublesome to clean up too much." Mu Gonglao suggested.