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Chapter 503 Collecting Rana Eggs

Chapter 503 Collecting Rana Eggs

Forest frog breeding has a lot of requirements on the growth environment. After all, it is an amphibian, and it cannot survive in places that are too short of water.

This is why Lu Lu chose this mud ditch.

There are not small trees on the mountains on both sides, there are shrubs under the big trees, and weeds and rotting leaves under the shrubs, and most of them are broad-leaved trees, which makes the ground have a strong shading effect Open areas with less wind are much more humid.

Moreover, there is a lot of mud in the ditch, and the thick rotting leaves in the forest are also easy to breed insects, providing a lot of food for insects.

When the forest frogs go up the mountain, they like to hide in these rotten leaves. Sooner or later is the peak time of activity.

Such a place is more favorable.

Next, Lu Lu led the three of them to check along the mud ditch, pointing out several places suitable for building hatching pools.

Then he led the three people and pointed out the area that needed to be delineated.

That's how things went.

In the next few days, Lu Lu led Zhang Shaofeng and Meng Zhaohua to the farm to plow the land, tossing the farming machines all the time.

After all, Meng Zhaohua knows how to drive a car, so he has a foundation. Lu Lu told him how to control it, and with simple instructions, he can get started quickly.

Zhang Shaofeng is slower to learn, but he is also very interested in these machines. After a few days, he can still master them. I believe that in the next use process, he will become more and more proficient. During this period of time, The [-] mu of land that had been plowed once before was plowed deeply again.

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-April. Seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Lu went back to Lannigou to take a look. Zhao Yongke and Liang Kangbo were leading a group of people to dig or block and build according to the terrain. Those wood frog hatching ponds.

In addition to the few families who participated in the establishment of the family farm, several militiamen and their daughters-in-law also participated in the work. The progress was very fast, and six of the pools that Lu Lu needed had been made.

The six pools have been filled with water, forming water bubbles one by one, and the water quality of the earliest ones has settled and become clear.

A ditch was dug from the upstream of the ditch to divert water into the pool. A drainage ditch was also dug at the bottom of the pool, and the drainage channel was inlaid with stones. The drain can be blocked directly with a snakeskin bag filled with mud, which is very convenient.

"Brother, how are these pools doing?"

Seeing Lu Lu come to check these ponds, Liang Kangbo, who was leading a group of people to shovel out the mud from the pond and paste it on the edge of the mud pond, asked with a smile.

"It's very good!"

Lu Lu praised sincerely.

They were meticulously doing things according to Lu Lu's requirements, and they also used some methods that Lu Lu hadn't noticed before.

For example, when introducing water into the pool, they directly cut wood one by one, and then used chisels, knives and axes to make grooves directly on the tree trunks, and used these wooden grooves to connect the water into the pool, saving the long-distance digging of ditches. trouble.

"Brother Liang, next, you continue to lead them to do it. I have to call Brother Zhao away and go to the mountains to find forest frog eggs. We must not miss this time, otherwise we will not be able to raise them this year."

Now is the time for the frogs to cuddle and lay eggs, only about one month before and after. During this time, we must collect as many wood frog eggs as possible.

Liang Kangbo nodded again and again: "This matter is important. I can lead them to do the things here."

Lu Lu greeted Zhang Shaofeng, Meng Zhaohua, and Zhao Yongke and explained the matter clearly.

Going back at night, when passing Xiushantun, Lu Lv called Chen Xiuqing out.

"Brother Lu, what are you doing?" Chen Xiuqing ran out sweating profusely.

"Let's put aside the matter of your building the house. Your father-in-law will lead the people to build it, so you don't need to worry about it. Go into the mountains with me tomorrow to find forest frog eggs! If you have anything to do, you can tell Brother Wang in advance Hey, it’s not a problem for you to spend on the house every day, there are so many things to do on the farm, you can’t justify it at all. The key is that you can’t do anything else except help carry things here!”

This guy hasn't paid attention to the farm for a long time, and everyone else is there. It's not suitable for him, and he doesn't seem to be motivated.

Hearing what Lu Lu said, Chen Xiuqing came over and nodded quickly in agreement: "Yeah!"

In the early morning of the next day, Meng Zhaohua, Zhang Shaofeng, and Zhao Yongke arrived at Lulu Caodianzi early, and each prepared a water bucket and the inner bag of the fertilizer bag, which was removed and cleaned.These are prepared to hold the frog eggs.

Chen Xiuqing has been living in Lu Lu's place since the house was built, and things have already been prepared.

All the tools needed to be taken were loaded into the car, and each of them also brought a semi-automatic rifle.

To collect wood frog eggs, you must go to the water bubbles in the mountains, streams, and small rivers where the water is relatively gentle. You must bring a gun, not for hunting, but also for protection.

"Hua Zi, go to the hunting gear store in the district first!"

After letting Zhang Shaofeng take the co-pilot seat, Lu Lu gave instructions to Meng Zhaohua.

The dogs stayed at home these days and were already very sleepy. Lu Lu also planned to take them into the mountains so that they could serve as a warning when wild animals approached.

Among other things, at this time, the blind bears have ended their hibernation and started to come out. They have been hungry for a long winter, and this is the time when they need a lot of nourishment. If they encounter it, they are more likely to attack people There are a lot of them, so I have to guard against them.

After getting into the car, Lu Lu waved at several dogs. The dogs had already been running around happily, and after Yuan Bao jumped into the car, the other dogs also jumped up one after another.

The place he was going was not far away, so he wasn't worried that Yuan Bao would get motion sickness again like last time.

After getting ready, Lu Lu shouted loudly: "Let's go!"

Meng Zhaohua immediately started the car and headed towards the district.

During this period of time, he has been busy working on the farm, Ma Jinlan has been living at home, Aunt Duan will come here often, and Zhao Tuanqing has also habitually walked around Caodianzi twice a day, so there is no need to worry about the safety of Caodianzi.

The car stopped at the gate of the hunting gear shop in the district.

Lu Lu and the others jumped out of the car and entered the shop one after another.

Except for Meng Zhaohua, the rest of them all carried semi-automatics on their backs, and sneaked into the store one after another. The salesperson who watched them was stunned and looked a lot nervous.

"Get us some sets of water fork pants!"

If you want to go into the water to catch wood frog eggs, you can't do without wading equipment such as water fork pants.

It is only the beginning of spring now, and the ice and snow in many shady places have not yet melted.Without water-fork pants, rolling up the trouser legs and going into the water with bare feet is unbearable. Even wearing water-fork pants for waterproofing can still get terribly cold.

Several people quickly bought suitable water fork trousers according to their own size, paid the money, and walked to the door. Lu Lu suddenly stopped again and called to several people: "Wait a minute, I still need to buy something!"

"What are you buying?" Zhang Shaofeng was a little confused.

"I still need to prepare some bird nets or gauze nets... When the frog eggs are placed in the hatching pond, there will be many birds coming to eat them during the hatching process, so we have to be on guard!"

Lu Lu explained the reason, and went back to the salesperson to buy a lot of gauze nets and bird nets.

This kind of semi-manual intervention and semi-wild forest frog farming, although the number base was very large at the beginning, the return rate is actually very low.

From the time when the eggs were still eggs, you have to be careful to protect them. There are no fish in the mud ditch, so you don’t have to worry about the fish eating frog eggs. But when you go up the mountain, you will face natural enemies such as rats, snakes and birds. These protection efforts are not enough. Done well, when you go up the mountain, there are still densely packed, and those who can really escape the catastrophe and return to the pond to overwinter are very few. You must know that forest frogs have to be raised for about three years before they can be processed and sold.

Things sound simple, but in practice, it is a lot of trouble.

Lu Lu prepared a book for every account, and recorded it clearly. When the time comes, the money will be divided according to the five people's shares.

After the matter was finished, the group of people got into the car again.

The first place Lu Lu chose to go was the Wolong River where a group of people went fishing after Liu Hao came back.

When fishing for fish last time, many forest frogs were caught along the way, so this naturally became the first choice.

There is no road, and the car can't go deep all the time.

They simply chose a spacious place and parked the car near the river channel where the Wolong River flows into the Tangwang River. Then, each of them carried the bucket covered with the inner bag of the fertilizer bag on a shoulder pole, and went into the mountain, towards the bank of the Wolong River. near.

When they arrived at the place, it didn't take long for them to see the first group of Rana eggs among the water plants in the gentle flow of the river bend.

After changing into the water-fork pants, Lu Lu stepped into the river first, and could feel the coldness of the river through the water-fork pants.

Holding the bucket, he carefully approached the ball of wood frog eggs floating among the water plants, and then picked up the ball of wood frog eggs and put them into the bucket: "This ball of wood frog eggs should be produced by four-year-old wood frogs. There are at least [-] eggs, and if they hatch completely, there will be [-] tadpoles! Come and take a good look at them, and identify them carefully.

What we want to raise is the Northeast Rana. Living in this mountain, not only the Northeast Rana, but also a smaller species of Rana, also called HLJ Rana, also lay eggs and toad oil during this time. , but it is not the same thing as the Northeast Rana.

Northeast wood frogs will go to the mountains, but HLJ wood frogs are mostly concentrated in the fields and where there is water in the forest.

In terms of the forest frog oil produced, the HLJ forest frog is not comparable to the Northeast forest frog.The meat quality is also much worse. The skin of Northeast Rana is smooth, while that of HLJ Rana is leprosy.

Although the spawning places of Northeast Rana and HLJ Rana are naturally separated and usually not together, there are always exceptions, so we must pay attention to distinguishing them.Can not be mixed together.

The most obvious thing is that the eggs laid by the Northeast Rana are slightly larger than the eggs of the HLJ Rana..."

Lu Lu explained the identification method to the four in detail, and he even found a group of HLJ forest frog eggs for comparison.

But in the end, none of them expected that there were so many twists and turns, and they were confused.

"Also, the time before and after laying eggs is different for wood frogs. Some eggs have already begun to hatch in the water, and some eggs have just been laid. Such eggs cannot be placed together, and they must be placed separately." Lu Lu explained carefully.

Well, the eggs of the Northeast Rana cannot be mixed with the eggs of the HLJ Rana, which is understandable.

But now, the eggs of the same forest frog cannot be put together...

"Why is that?"

Chen Xiuqing scratched her hair and asked this iron skinned fool.

"The hatching time is different, the tadpoles that come out first will eat the eggs that hatch later!" Lu Lu explained patiently: "So, the tadpoles that hatch at about the same time should be placed in the same pool, so there should be no confusion. "

"There is such a thing...then we should separate!" Zhang Shaofeng listened attentively.

Zhao Yongke listened with a dazed expression on his face. Meng Zhaohua and Liang Kangbo had similar reactions, just like Chen Xiuqing, scratching their heads again and again.

"Also, there are other frogs in the Northeast, such as toads, etc. They also lay eggs in the water, which are different from forest frogs..."

Lu Lu's continued explanation was quickly interrupted by Zhang Shaofeng.

"Brother, I think the best way is, let's fish it out and show it to you, and then you can distinguish it. There are so many things, we can't tell them apart for a while!"

Even Zhang Shaofeng had a bitter face when he heard it: "Where would you expect it, just raising a forest frog, there are so many details."

"Without Brother Lu, it would be difficult for us to raise... we would not be able to play at all!" Meng Zhaohua interjected.

Lu Lu smiled slightly: "In the future, you will gradually understand, but let's talk about it first, this is a technical level thing, what I told you should be kept secret, otherwise, we may not make much money time money."

When the shackles of old ideas in each head are shaken off and they start to think of ways to make money, these things will soon be researched and copied, and more efficient methods will be developed. At that time, there will be more smart people all of a sudden. Incredible.

Even if what Lu Lu is talking about now doesn't have anything to do with Gao Shen, but the necessary secrecy is quite appropriate.

Hearing Lu Lu's words were so serious, several people thought about it and nodded again and again.

Whether it will be taught in a while, Lu Lu can only do what Zhang Shaofeng said, let them find the wood frog eggs, use them to distinguish for themselves, judge whether they are real, and how to put them in buckets by category.

The five people were also assigned to both sides of the river bank, and began to search along the bank, continuing to go deeper into the mountains.

(End of this chapter)