Fisherwoman: After my divorce, I became rich by fishing at sea

Chapter 235 Good People Will Be Rewarded

"Oh my god, what is this thing?"

Fu Ming muttered to himself, while Fu Wan and the others did not speak.

Before their eyes, a small animal they had never seen before was curled up under a tree, with a homemade trap stuck in its foot, and the soil beneath it was even stained red with blood.

When the little animal saw several strange two-legged beasts coming over, it tried hard to curl up into a ball, but as soon as it moved, it cried out in pain again.

The squirrel was obviously an old acquaintance of the little animal. It jumped up and down anxiously beside it, running to a place not far from Fu Wan and then to the side of the little animal.

I was so anxious that I almost opened my mouth to speak.

Fu Wan walked over slowly, and only when she got closer did she recognize what kind of animal the curled-up little thing was.

It is one of the oldest animals on earth, a living fossil of my country's animal kingdom - the pangolin!

I don’t know which damn heartless person put a trap in the deep mountains!

After Fu Wan recognized it as a pangolin, she was no longer afraid. She was still wearing gloves for picking chestnuts, and she carefully went over to try to pry open the trap on the pangolin's foot.

"Awan, be careful it might bite you!"

Fu Ming grabbed Fu Wan and stopped her.

Fu Wan asked him to let go, "Brother, uncle, can't you see that this is a pangolin?"

"It won't hurt anyone!"

Pangolins, named for their tile-like scales that resemble ancient armor, live in forests and mountains, feeding primarily on ants, bees, and other insect larvae, especially termites.

You must know that the harm caused by termites is obvious to all. They have strong reproductive capacity and destructive power. If there are no animals like pangolins to control termites, the mountains and forests will no longer exist.

Ye Jianguo was already furious at this time. He had felt that this thing looked familiar before, but because it was far away, he could not see clearly that it was a pangolin.

I didn't expect that someone would dare to set traps in the deep mountains and hurt pangolins.

You should know that although there are many villagers in Qingshan Village who go up the mountain to catch wild rabbits and the like, the village chief has repeatedly stressed that some wild animals cannot be caught.

Pangolin is one of them, but pangolins usually move at night and live in deep mountains. This is the first time Ye Jianguo has seen this thing.

"Awan, let me open the trap!"

Ye Jianguo walked forward. Perhaps because he was tall, the pangolin was so scared that it curled up into a ball, protecting its injured leg with its tail, and even the trap was pressed under its body.

How can this be good?

The squirrel was so anxious that it jumped around next to the pangolin and squeaked. Fu Wan thought for a moment and asked Ye Jianguo to go aside first. She quietly walked to the pangolin and comforted it softly.

"Little guy, we won't hurt you. We're just going to take the things off your feet. Don't be afraid!"

As soon as Fu Wan finished speaking, the little squirrel squeaked twice, as if agreeing with what she said and trying hard to convince his timid friend.

If you believe Shushu, this two-legged creature is not a bad person. She even picked up big chestnuts for me, Shushu!

Perhaps sensing that Fu Wan had no ill intentions, or perhaps the pangolin listened to the squirrel's advice, it slowly unfolded its curled-up body, revealing its injured paw.

Fu Wan's eyes turned red when she saw the claw exposed. The trap was clamped tightly on its little claw, and the claw was covered in blood and flesh. Fu Ming and Ye Lin felt a little bit sorry for it.

"Uncle, please teach me how to open this trap!"

Ye Jianguo responded, then instructed her to feel under the trap and pry it open with both hands. Fu Wan gritted her teeth and pried it open. It took a lot of effort to open the trap, and then she quickly threw it aside.

"Awan, I brought some medicine for wounds. Please sprinkle some on this little guy."

Ye Jianguo took out a small bottle from the inside pocket of his clothes. It was the golden medicine prescribed for him by the old Chinese doctor in the village.

He always carries it with him whenever he goes up the mountain, just in case he gets hurt and can save himself.

Fu Wan took the medicine bottle, pulled out the wooden cork, and then carefully sprinkled it on the injured area of the pangolin. The pangolin was worthy of being an elf in the mountains. Although it was in pain, it did not struggle and let Fu Wan apply the medicine to it.

After the medicine was applied, the pangolin seemed to feel much better and stopped crying. Fu Wan saw a small hole next to it, which she guessed was its cave.

I think he accidentally stepped on a trap when he just went out to look for food.

Ye Jianguo picked up the trap. It was a very ordinary trap, but he didn't know if it was set by the villagers in their village.

He had to go back and ask the village chief about this. If any villagers dared to sneak up the mountain to catch pangolins or other rare animals, the village chief would have to take action.

The pangolin was probably tired. After applying the medicine, it used its tail to move itself to a small hole nearby, and then fell asleep at the entrance of the hole without caring about anything.

He is really carefree.

Judging from its appearance, there shouldn't be any wild animals nearby that would eat it. But come to think of it, with its armor, it probably has no other natural enemies except humans.

"We've almost finished picking up the chestnuts, why don't we go back?"

Ye Jianguo glanced at the snakeskin bags beside the four people and felt that it was almost time to go back.

Fu Wan nodded in agreement, took one last look at the pangolin and the squirrel, and was about to turn and leave.

There are many trees in the forest, and many branches have fallen.

When Fu Wan turned to leave, a thick branch blocked her legs. She picked it up with her hands and prepared to break it off and take it back to burn for firewood.

But as soon as she picked it up, she felt that something was wrong with the branch.

"Brothers, look at this branch. Doesn't it look a little strange?"

Fu Wan raised the branch in her hand. The branch was long and had many branches.

What's even stranger is that there are no traces of leaves on it. Normally, tree branches have pointed ends, but this thing is round.

A vague idea emerged in her mind. She took the bottom of the branch in her hand and placed it on Fu Ming's head. Hmm, this makes sense.

"Hey, what kind of branch is this? It's a deer antler!"

Ye Lin slapped his thigh, while Fu Ming was holding the branch in Fu Wan's hand with a confused look on his face.

Ye Jianguo was walking in front and turned his head to look over when he heard the noise.

"Oh, these are real deer antlers!"

He walked over quickly and took the deer antlers from Fu Wan's hand.

"Looking at this, it looks like the antlers fell off on their own. They must be at least a few decades old. They must be good stuff!"

When the antlers fall off the deer's head, they become what people often call velvet antlers.

Deer antler can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effect of strengthening bones and muscles and replenishing essence and blood.

Fu Wan was very happy now. She picked up another deer antler of similar appearance on the ground and weighed it a few times.

"These two antlers must weigh at least 20 kilograms in total. This trip up the mountain was worth it!"

It's worth it! Ye Lin couldn't help but sigh:

"As the saying goes, good things come to good people, and it's absolutely true! If Awan hadn't come to rescue this pangolin, how would she have picked up these two huge antlers?!"