Chapter 616: Reclamation
"Sister Qing." Yu Shou greeted Xia Qing first.
"Sister Qing."
Zhang Hongda, who was following Yue Haiying, followed suit and bowed to Xia Qing respectfully.
He could not reveal his identity or salute, so he could only express his gratitude by bowing.
Zhang Hongda was poisoned, which caused extensive damage to his skin. He bowed very slowly. His voice was low and he lacked confidence. He estimated that after leaving the territory, he would have to rely on Yu Shou to carry him.
Fearing that someone was watching from a distance, Xia Qing only nodded at him and handed the seeds to Yue Haiying, and routinely reminded him, "Use a telescope to carefully check the danger zone every two hours. If you find any abnormalities, report them immediately. You must wear protective clothing when you leave the bear cave."
"Understood." Yue Haiying stuffed the seeds into his bag.
The conditions of the hidden valley are unique. The lords of the alliance not only grow rice seedlings and sweet potato seedlings in it, but also leave space for other green light seedlings in each territory. Xia Qing gave Yue Haiying a bag of vegetable seeds so that he could help her plant them in the valley.
When the seedlings survive the rainy season and are transplanted to the territory, their spring-sown vegetables can be put on the market ten days earlier than other territories and can be sold at a good price.
Not only these green light seedlings, but also the lords of the territory alliance will plant some of the vegetable seeds in the valley after the base distributes the high-yi element green light spinach seeds.
Although there is no high-yi element soil in the valley, there is Yi stone protection during the rainy season to ensure that the quality of spinach will not decline due to the influence of excessive rainy elements during the rainy season.
After watching the three people slowly walk away, Xia Qing returned to the territory and ate two strawberries to clear his mind, then carried a shovel and a large backpack to open up the wasteland.
After the first rainstorm, Xia Qing will plant two mu of yellow light rice, half an mu of green light rice, one mu of green light wheat, half an mu of green light soybean, half an mu of green light corn, half an mu of green light mung bean, half an mu of green light cotton and half an mu of yellow light sunflower in the cultivated land, a total of 6 mu.
Last year, Xia Qing reclaimed a total of 5 mu of cultivated land, 1.7 mu of hillside terraces and 2 mu of greenhouse.
Although they grow sparsely, 2 mu of yellow light wheat and 1 mu of yellow light rapeseed still take up so much space. In addition to these two, Xia Qing also planted 0.5 mu of green light wheat in the field, so only 1.5 mu of cultivated land is empty, and at least 4.5 mu of land needs to be reclaimed in the next few days.
In the years of natural disasters, crops must not only prevent evolutionary pests and diseases, but also prevent rainstorms, so greenhouses must be built and covered with insect-proof nets and rainproof cloths.
The simple greenhouses built in the territory are one per mu of land. In order to be uniform, Xia Qing decided to reclaim five mu of land.
Reclaiming five mu of land is easy for Xia Qing, the power evolution lord who owns a power evolution sheep.
However, to build five greenhouses, it is necessary to complete multiple processes such as digging pits, setting up arch supports, tying crossbars, covering insect-proof nets and rainproof cloths. For Xia Qing, who is the only person with two hands in the territory, it will take several days.
However, Xia Qing is not in a hurry.
These days, she has to calm down the emotions affected by the volatilized gas of the big cypress tree, collect the synthetic element gas, and take care of the sheep boss. It is just in time to open up the wasteland, plow the land, and build the greenhouse.
Xia Qing likes to do farm work because it gives her a sense of accomplishment. Every piece of wasteland reclaimed will be sown with seeds of hope and grow food.
This morning, Xia Qing's task is to clear the rocks and weeds in the selected reclamation area, level the land, and divide the plots. In the afternoon, she can harness the sheep boss and turn the land over.
Xia Qing has always been very diligent and serious about farming. Whenever she has time, she clears the weeds and stones in the uncultivated land and levels the land. Now she just needs to clear the weeds that were not cleared last fall and were covered by snow, and pick up some small stones.
The temperature is now 15 degrees, neither cold nor hot. The sound of running water, the melodious birdsong and the clucking of chickens make her happy and energetic.
Xia Qing worked alone for less than an hour, and the sick wolf came to help after feeding the fish. The sick wolf can also do general farm work in the territory. It will pull weeds with its mouth, dig saplings with its claws, and pick up stones.
The man and the wolf worked for a while, and the sheep boss who had eaten and drunk enough in the greenhouse also came over. It lay under the tree, squinting and chewing, watching its companions busy.
Many birds flew over and landed on the cleared plots, looking for insects brought out by tree roots and grass roots to eat.
Xia Qing simply released the chickens raised in the greenhouse and let them dig for worms in the soil. Anyway, her territory has a wall, and the chickens can't run out of the territory.
Xia Qing now has 18 chickens, of which 1 male and 10 females are hers, and 7 are raised by Zhang San. Zhang San's foster chickens will not survive more than two months in Territory No. 3, and will be caught and slaughtered by Daya. These seven were sent here last month.
The shiny black-feathered rooster is still the leader of the group of chickens. It walks in front with its head held high, digging the soil and looking for worms with its sharp black claws. If a bird dares to come and grab food from the chickens, the black-feathered rooster will blow up the hair on its neck and flap its wings to fight.
Xia Qing asked the sick wolf to keep an eye on the surroundings to prevent the plucked weasel from stealing the chickens, and she kept an eye on the sky.
Half an hour later, an eagle circled high in Territory No. 3. When it began to circle and descend, ready to dive and catch the chicken, Xia Qing took out his slingshot and shot a steel ball.
"Screech--"
The frightened eagle let out a crisp cry, spread its wings and flew upward desperately, escaping from this territory, with a few feathers flying and falling in the wind.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck--"
The black-feathered rooster crowed in a low and rapid voice, and hid in the weeds that had not been cleared with the chickens. The birds were also scared and fled.
After confirming that the eagle had flown away, the chickens and birds landed in the area cleared by Xia Qing to look for insects.
Xia Qing put away the slingshot and continued to clear the weeds. Although her shooting accuracy with a slingshot was a little worse than that with a gun, it was still no problem to hit a target as big as an eagle.
However, eagles hunt for survival. After becoming friends with bird keepers, Xia Qing became more tolerant of birds.
When birds of prey came to her territory to hunt her chickens, Xia Qing first drove them away with a slingshot or stones. If the birds of prey did not know what was good for them, or had already evolved out of control, and did not retreat after Xia Qing showed her strength, then they could only be eliminated.
Xia Qing was more tolerant of birds, but other bird predators were not.
Not long after, the plucked weasel was attracted by the movement here and crouched in the grass not far away.
Xia Qing did not drive it away, because the sick wolf that had discovered the weasel did not show any reaction, indicating that the weasel's target was not the chickens she raised, but the birds that dig for insects.
Ten minutes later, the plucked weasel successfully caught two beautiful birds.
A few minutes later, Xia Qing received a plucked bird from the plucked weasel. (End of this chapter)