Chapter 604: Survival of the Fittest
"Okay, if the second brother thinks it's suitable, then it's suitable." This is the house Xia Qing built for the eldest sheep. After it was built, injured wolves, sick wolves, and injured squirrels lived here. Now a pair of weasels with cubs will live here. Xia Qing thinks this house can be renamed a zoo.
After the weasel couple wakes up, they may leave her territory soon and return to the third peak of the fifty-foot mountain.
Xia Qing opened the tin foil wrapped around the cardboard box, and then carefully opened the lid of the box. She found that not only the weasel parents were sleeping, but also the five little weasels squeezed between the parents were asleep.
Some of the little guys lay on their mothers, some on their fathers, and some squeezed together with their brothers and sisters, sleeping very sweetly. It formed a sharp contrast with the three cubs who had died in the corner of the box.
The sick wolf put his head in and sniffed the little weasel, watching intently.
Xia Qing sat on the haystack and slowly told the sick wolf what happened. "Thanks to the plucker who came to us, otherwise more little weasels might have died, and Little White Hair would have had a hard time surviving."
The flawless albino weasel lay quietly, and there was a kind of otherworldly quiet beauty. It was so beautiful that Xia Qing couldn't help but reach out and stroke it.
It's a pity that he couldn't stroke it.
"Zhang He said that Little White Hair was giving birth to a cub for the first time, which means that it might be a little weasel born last year. So the plucker was an old wolf eating tender grass. How could he fall in love with this little White Hair who looks so beautiful? Could it be that the plucker is considered powerful among weasels?"
Xia Qing confirmed that the plucker was not a cub born last spring, because when it was brought to Territory No. 3 by the alpha wolf to pluck its hair in late July last year, it had already passed the growth period and became an adult.
The newborn weasel cub has a long body and is pink and tender, which makes people feel soft at heart. This feeling was completely different from the feeling Xia Qing had when she saw the newly hatched mealworms.
The mealworms made her see fat chickens and plump fish, and the weasel cubs made her absolutely happy, wanting to watch them grow up little by little.
Even though she knew that these little weasels might be smelly now, Xia Qing still wanted to pet them.
Unfortunately, she couldn't pet them either.
The eyeballs and claws of the plucked weasel moved, and it seemed that the anesthesia was about to wear off.
The sick wolf put its head in again and sniffed it gently, as if to soothe its emotions. The sick wolf was an evolved wolf that was very good at taking care of its companions.
Xia Qing said softly, "Plucking, are you awake? Your wife gave birth to eight cubs, but three of them died. You can decide for yourself what to do."
After Xia Qing finished speaking, she tied the two necklaces with Yi stones that she had prepared around the necks of the plucked weasel and the albino weasel, "You chose a bad day to give birth to your cubs. The first rain of the year will arrive in a few days. These two Yi stones are my friendly sponsorship to you. I wish your family can safely survive the rainy season."
The albino weasel had a caesarean section and was still breastfeeding. The newborn weasels would also be fragile and need the protection of Yi stones.
The plucked weasel is an important fighting force for Xia Qing to guard the hidden cave, and it also needs protection.
Of course, if Xia Qing hadn't just made a fortune, she would not be willing to put the precious Yi stones on the necks of the two weasels, even if they were just two small pieces that were separated.
The plucked weasel raised its naturally smiling face tremblingly, its beard trembling, and looked at Xia Qing with tearful eyes, which softened Xia Qing's heart.
The reason why the plucked weasel was tearful was because Xia Qing had put eye drops in it. After taking the anesthetic, the weasel would not close its eyes on its own, and the eyes without eye drops would lose water, causing symptoms such as ulcers.
She raised her hand and touched the little guy's head, and her voice was gentle, "It's okay, fortunately you are smart enough to come to me for help, your wife and five children are alive, it's okay."
The wild animals in the evolutionary forest have no protective masks or medicines, and can only rely on their bodies to resist various disasters and evolutionary microorganisms, and they will die if they can't resist.
Organisms that can adapt to the natural environment of the evolved blue planet will reproduce and grow; those that cannot adapt to the environment will be eliminated and die. This is the survival of the fittest.
If the plucked weasel had not come to Xia Qing, it would not only have no offspring this year, but it might also lose its mate.
This weasel has evolved to be smarter. Its evolved brain can judge the level of danger and consciously choose the object of help. Therefore, its spouse and children survived. This is also the survival of the fittest.
Xia Qing rubbed the clever little head of the weasel again, took a small camera from the house, and installed it in the sheep shed. A while ago, there were a few cameras left for the No. 50 mountain, and Zhang San gave them directly to Xia Qing and asked her to play with them.
Now, it finally came in handy.
After skillfully debugging the camera, Xia Qing had no time to take care of the weasel family. There were many things waiting for her in the territory.
The first thing Xia Qing did when she returned to the house was to check the sewers in the kitchen and bathroom. After finding that no small insects were pouring out of the pipes, she reapplied the insect repellent, then simply rinsed the mud on the protective suit, took out the air toxin detector, carefully tested the protective suit and protective gloves, and confirmed that there was no ethanethiol gas residue before daring to take off the protective mask.
Great, I didn't get stained with a bad smell this time.
When Xia Qing went back to her bedroom to change her clothes, the freeloader red squirrel was already squatting on her windowsill, waiting for dinner.
Xia Qing opened the window and poured spring water into it without putting any food. "Freeloader, winter is over and you have become a fat ball. It's time to move back to your own territory and rely on your own abilities to find food."
The red squirrel didn't understand. After drinking the water, it rubbed its little paws and shook its big tail. It stared at Xia Qing with its small black eyes, waiting for food.
Xia Qing closed the window without hesitation. She had been busy all night, and now she was tired and hungry, but she had no time to waste time with a little squirrel.
After the red squirrel confirmed that Xia Qing would not give it any more food, it jumped up and down for a while and left cursing.
Xia Qing entered the kitchen and steamed green rice first, then carried a spray on her back to spray the grass wall with pesticide to repel small reptiles. As the temperature warms up, snakes, mice, centipedes and other animals will also come out and move around. If she doesn't spray pesticides, various reptiles will soon appear in her territory.
After spraying the pesticide, Xia Qing walked on the dirt road to the greenhouse, cut some alfalfa to feed the mealworms and rabbits, and cut some perilla to throw to the green lantern chickens. I just went home with four eggs and a basket of vegetables.
Seeing that the sick wolf was still watching the weasel in the sheep shed, Xia Qing didn't bother her and went back to the house to wash vegetables and cook.
Add three green eggs and a handful of green onions to the steamed green rice to make fried rice. Make meatballs out of pureed snake meat, add a handful of spinach, and you have a pot of spinach and meatball soup.
The sick wolf's breakfast is a boiled egg and half a pot of snake meatball soup, while the sheep's breakfast is green light alfalfa concentrate.
After finishing the meal, Xia Qing opened the back window and called her companions on the slope in a medium voice, "Boss, let's go home for dinner——"