Chapter 861: Collecting Spinach Seeds
Xia Qing, who was happily picking spinach seeds, saw Lao Er go into the No. 1 shed, stand on the next step of the terrace and look up at him unhappily, and immediately asked, "Lao Er, what's wrong?"
The wolfhound Lao Er turned around and looked back at Xia Qing.
"Is there something going on outside? Okay, let's go and take a look." It was past five in the morning and the sky was already bright. There was no need to wear night vision goggles, so Xia Qing only put on a protective mask, stuffed a small bag of picked spinach seeds into his pocket, and then covered the uncollected spinach with a protective film, stood up and followed Lao Er down.
The sheep boss, who was lying with squinting eyes, looked at his younger brother leaving the shed with a squinting eye, and immediately stood up and walked into the spinach terrace, quickly picked up two rotten spinach leaves exposed outside the protective film and ate them.
One man and one wolf walked out of the No. 1 shed, standing on the high slope, Xia Qing saw the lively scene over at the No. 12 shed from afar.
Because the rainproof cloth of the No. 12 shed was blown away and the insect net was smashed by hail, the wheat in the shed, which was already in the mature stage, attracted a family of red squirrels and birds of all sizes to peck at the wheat grains that had been confiscated.
There were so many freeloaders that Lao Er and a wolf could not drive them away, so he came to Xia Qing.
"Lao Er did a good job. He found that the red squirrel family and the birds were stealing the wheat in our shed, so he came to tell me immediately." Xia Qing first praised his companion, and then proposed a solution, "We can't let all the wheat we worked hard to grow be cheap to them. Let's go home and catch two cages of chickens and let the chickens eat the wheat grains, okay?"
Lao Er liked Xia Qing to talk to him softly, and he was happy no matter what Xia Qing said.
One man and one wolf returned home and picked up three cages of big chickens and returned to the No. 12 shed.
These chickens were put into the cages by Xia Qing at around three o'clock, so that they could peck at the wheat grains in the No. 12 shed. It was just that she was so happy working in the No. 1 shed that she didn't notice that time passed so quickly and it was already dawn.
More than 50 chickens certainly couldn't eat all the wheat ears that fell in an acre of land. Xia Qing signaled Lao Er not to worry about the birds and squirrels and just protect the chickens.
All the territories in the northern area suffered more or less losses, attracting a large number of omnivorous birds to gather. At Xia Qing's request, the No. 8 territory released the Stylish Sea Eagle to hover in the sky. The inspection team was also shooting and driving away large birds, so there were no large predatory birds in the sky over the territory.
The No. 3 territory was protected by an iron mesh wall. Xia Qing brought the leader of the chicken flock - the advanced evolutionary black-feathered rooster and white-feathered hen, as well as their dozen children. These chickens were very fast and had strong fighting power. They were not afraid of small birds and squirrels at all. Therefore, Xia Qing was relieved to hand over the chickens to Lao Er.
The wolfhound Lao Er understood Xia Qing's actions, gave up the daily morning catching insects and feeding fish, and stayed at the side of the No. 12 shed to protect the chickens.
"Old No. 2 is awesome." Xia Qing took out a piece of dried meat from her pocket to reward it, and returned to the No. 1 shed next to the spinach terrace to continue working.
The sheep boss, with green spinach juice hanging on the snow-white fur on his mouth, pretended to be calm and squinted his eyes without moving, interpreting what "there is no silver here" means with his powerful acting skills.
Xia Qing glanced at the sheep hoof prints on the mulch, pretended not to notice anything, and sat down to continue working. Because from the boss's posture, if she exposed it for eating secretly, it would definitely jump up and fight with her. This is not a place for fighting, and Xia Qing has no time to fight now.
She is busy.
The sheep boss saw that the little brother really didn't notice, so he continued to chew.
Xia Qing held back her laughter and picked up a spinach leaf that was beaten into a sieve by spinach seeds, "Boss, do you want to eat?"
"Me~"
The sheep boss immediately opened his big eyes, came over and took away the delicious spinach leaf in Xia Qing's hand.
While picking spinach seeds, Xia Qing chatted with the eldest sheep standing next to him, "You foodie, Tang Huai said some time ago that he would find a ewe of the same breed to send over. I think even if she comes, she may not like you."
"Meh~~"
The eldest sheep didn't care what Xia Qing was nagging at this moment. All he could see were the fragrant spinach leaves, and he motioned Xia Qing to give him another leaf.
Xia Qing picked up another leaf and handed it to him, "Old man, eat less. We have already sold these leaves to the third brother, 280 points per pound."
The eldest sheep didn't care how valuable the spinach was, and he still shouted that he wanted to eat it.
Over at the 12th shed, the second sheep, who had found the right opportunity, took advantage of the elasticity of the shed support and jumped more than five meters high, biting the big magpie that dared to shit in the air and hit it. The birds and squirrels that were pecking at it were scared and flew away, and the chickens were also frightened and hid far away.
The mother red squirrel and her two children put the wheat seeds in their mouths into the tree hole, and then ran back to look for seeds under the wheat stalks farthest from the evolved wolf.
A thin red squirrel with flying hair on its ears poked its head out of the tree hole tremblingly, using its sense of smell to capture the sweet smell in the air.
A few minutes later, the little guy finally couldn't resist the temptation, and climbed out of the tree hole at risk, and moved forward cautiously under the cover of bushes and stones. Finally, he came to the outside of the No. 1 shed in the northern buffer forest, hiding in the weeds and looking inside.
When Xia Qing turned around to take the bag to pack the spinach seedlings, he found the small red squirrel outside the shed with a few pieces of hair missing, and sweated for it, "Little flying hair, why did you run out? Are you hungry? Isn't your mother pounding wheat grains in the nest? Doesn't she let you eat?"
This possibility exists.
The competition for survival in the evolutionary forest is very cruel, and many small animals have to risk their lives to obtain food. A red squirrel that is more than two months old should rely on its own strength to find food. If it cannot find food, it will become food for other animals.
At this point, most humans are "kinder" or better at understanding the importance of groups than many evolved animals. Human beings will take care of their relatives who are unable to support themselves and the weak in the group, providing them with food and treating their injuries and illnesses.
When Xiao Feimao heard Xia Qing's voice, he immediately opened his mouth and bit a hole in the insect net, then got into the greenhouse and came to Xia Qing's side.
Xia Qing was speechless, "You idiot! I didn't tell you to come in!"
When Xia Qing got up to mend the insect net, the sheep boss quickly picked up a spinach leaf, and Xiao Feimao picked up a spinach seed.
"Bang-bang."
Xia Qing, who was repairing the net, heard the slight sound and used tape to seal the holes in the insect net. He rushed back and grabbed Xiao Feimao, "You broke the insect net and ate two spinach seeds. I owe you." The points have increased to 52760. What do you want in return?”
Xiao Feimao, who was shrinking in Xia Qing's hand, chewed quickly and swallowed the spinach seeds. When Xia Qing wasn't paying attention, the sheep boss took another spinach leaf and swallowed it.
Xia Qing couldn't care less about this squirrel cub that was so thin that there was only a handful of bones left. He just stuffed it into his pocket and continued to pick up spinach seeds. If he didn't pick it up, it would be hot and the boss would have to eat. .
"Boss, go and guard shed No. 12 with your second brother. Don't let the birds bully our chickens."
The sheep boss squinted his eyes and pretended not to understand.
Xia Qing snorted coldly, "Just wait for me and I will see how I deal with you later."
The sheep boss narrowed his eyes and took another small spinach leaf from Xia Qing's feet.
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