Chapter 158 Casting a Long Line to Catch a Big Fish
Gu Yanxu put down his chopsticks and said, "I hope all the animal traps in the ground will be stepped on."
This makes packing easier for us and saves us time using the metal detector.
Lin Zhou said, "Those animal traps are really powerful; ninety percent of people will break their feet if they step on them."
After finishing his meal, Bai Tang stood up and said:
"If they don't come, the supply won't stop, but if they don't come, we won't be able to catch anyone."
It's your own fault for breaking up with it; there's nothing to regret.
In today's environment, feeling sorry for others is subconsciously harming yourself.
After lunch, the whole family didn't go to the fields to wait.
Instead, Bai Tang and the others went to guard the fields behind the mountain.
Because we knew roughly when the neighboring families would arrive.
So they had to pretend to be there and guard the field.
Bai Tang distributed a bottle of sunscreen toeach of Lin Fan and the others.
Although the temperature outside isn't that high now, it's still daytime 24 hours a day.
The sun is always out, so the ultraviolet radiation must be strong.
To prevent sunburn, they need to take precautions against sun exposure.
Lin Feng and the other men haphazardly smeared sunscreen on their faces and arms.
Bai Tang also applied a little bit, which could prevent sunburn without being too excessive.
Polar day will last for about two more years before it completely ends, and the sun will shine on them 24 hours a day.
Most of the people at the base get quite tanned.
This excludes people who are naturally fair-skinned and won't get tanned.
Although Bai Tang doesn't dislike black, he can't stand it when it's too dark.
However, towards the end of Polar Day, they could try tanning to achieve a healthy wheatish complexion.
But those are things for the future; right now, they need to go out to the fields to keep watch.
Soon, the group of them walked out to go to the field to keep watch.
When they arrived at their own land, they found that there were many more people there.
Most of them were people whose homes hadn't been damaged, but were buying them just in case.
Lin Fan whispered, "If they keep guarding this place, those people won't have a chance to make a move. How are we supposed to catch them?"
Bai Tang also whispered, "They probably won't be able to hold out for long; those people will definitely come back."
Moreover, they can only stay here during normal daytime hours.
They should all be home resting at night on a normal evening.
Although it's still daylight at night, they will definitely rest when they need to.
Even an iron man couldn't endure this.
They get tired even when they take turns guarding the place, let alone the whole family who come here together to guard it.
Don't worry, we don't need to go into our fields anymore anyway.
"It would be best if we could catch those people; if not, they're lucky they survived."
The few of them just sat there doing nothing in the field.
Bai Tang took Mu Mu and Canned Food for a walk, holding Canned Food's hand in one hand and Mu Mu's hand in the other.
Gu Yanxu and the others could only sit there miserably.
Bai Tang led Mu Mu and Canned Food to the burned-down ant nest on the back hill.
There are no more of those horrible giant ants here now.
It was leveled and used for farming, and the trees and grass in the vicinity were burned.
The remaining wood ash is practically natural fertile soil.
This land was cultivated by people who didn't have houses.
The base allowed them to cultivate some unclaimed wasteland.
We encourage everyone to be as self-sufficient as possible, which reduces the pressure on the base.
Bai Tang, the two of them, and the cat took a stroll. At that moment, Mu Mu spoke to Bai Tangin her mind:
" Sister Tang Tang, I have discovered that kind of spying again."
Bai Tang continued walking calmly on the surface, while mentally recalling Mu Mu's words:
"Where is that person peeking now?"
Mu Mu replied, "There are two people hiding behind that mound to our right and behind us."
But their aura wasn't that of the two from that day.
Bai Tang said, "It's alright, don't worry about it, let's go back now."
"To catch a big fish, we should play the long game; let them be for now."
The two people and the cat quickly returned to their own territory.
Fortunately, it's bright outside 24 hours a day.
Otherwise, those two would definitely have attacked, but they would have been the ones who got hurt.
When Gu Yanxu saw Bai Tang and the others return, he went over and pulled Bai Tang aside, saying:
"Shall we go back now? I think it's getting late."
Bai Tang glanced at the surrounding houses, and they gradually left as well.
Then she said, "Let's go home. Anyway, that thief won't dare to come anytime soon."
They left the area quickly.
After they left, two men sneaked over.
The two men stood on Bai Tang's land for a while, seemingly marking something.
However, their actions were so discreet that no one noticed.
After Bai Tang and the others returned home, during dinner, Bai Tang said:
"We'll go again tomorrow, but we won't be staying in the fields the day after tomorrow."
Lin Feng asked, puzzled, "If everyone else is going, wouldn't it be inappropriate for us not to go?"
Bai Tang explained to him, "With so many people guarding the field, those people definitely didn't have time to commit the crime."
So by not going, we are giving them this opportunity.
Now it's a matter of who will give in first, us or the murderer.
Because our seedlings will start bearing fruit soon.
Even if they pulled the things out then, we could just put them back in.
.....
Over the next few days, Bai Tang and his family went to the fields once.
Then, on this occasion, Gu Yanxu discovered the marks that the two men had made on their land.
He quietly pointed it out to Bai Tang and the others, and then Bai Tang whispered:
"Don't worry about it, let them write it down. I was worried they wouldn't come."
They stayed in the field for one day and never went back.
Other families remained obediently in their fields, because their land was their lifeline.
However, they are not invincible and they get tired eventually.
The days that followed remained calm.
But these past two days, Bai Tang has had a premonition that those people are about to make a move.
...
Sure enough, one night, several men carrying tools approached Bai Tang's land in a furtive manner.
One of the men was muttering curses as he said:
"Hurry up, we finally got a chance, and now no one's watching us."
That family dared to insult us like that, so I'll teach them a lesson and show them what's what.
Cut the net quickly, and as usual, destroy all their crops.
We only have twenty minutes. It's rare that no one's watching over us now, so hurry up!
Soon, they cut a hole in the wire fence that Bai Tang's family had just repaired, just big enough for one person to fit through.
The man who was leading the way went in first, and then urged the others on.