Chapter 23 Alfalfa

Before leaving, Mo Fei taught her parents how to check the surveillance she had set up.

These surveillance cameras cover the interior of the villa and within a 1,000-meter radius of the villa. The 4K high-definition image quality is connected to the huge display screen at home, and even a mole on a person's face can be seen clearly.

1000 meters is the maximum range that Mo Fei has set for his family to go out. Once they find something wrong or encounter any danger, they can run back as quickly as possible within this range.

"Yes. Press this button and the gate outside will automatically lock. Even if you use a car to ram it, it won't open." Mo Fei put the gate remote control in Mo Zhicheng's hand again.

"Alright, alright, go quickly. You'll be out for half an hour at most. Don't wait until dark and lose your way back. Your mother and I won't look for you." Mo Zhicheng waved his hands, pretending to be annoyed.

Mo Fei smiled, then turned around and walked out the door with the two children.

Of course, when taking the children out, for safety reasons, Mo Fei still asked them to wear sun protection equipment. Even if it can't block out the heat, it is necessary to block out some mosquitoes.

In addition, Mo Fei gave each of them a baton.

The first lesson she wanted to teach them in surviving a natural disaster was to get to know this whole new world.

Even though they are only eight years old, they must learn to protect themselves to the best of their ability.

The two of them listened to Mo Fei's words, put on their clothes, took their batons, and followed Mo Fei out like two little ducks.

As the iron gate slowly closed, the laughter of the two children could no longer be heard.

Song Yi walked past Mo Zhicheng who was staring at the iron gate with disdain: "Now you know how to look at it. Just now you were urging your daughter to leave quickly."

"Mind your own business!" Mo Zhicheng shouted angrily.

"That's enough. Come and help me fetch water. I hope the onions I just planted won't die."

The old couple gathered around the small vegetable patch in the yard and began to tend to it carefully.

Mo Fei had observed the area near the villa when he was looking at houses with the agent before.

Among the more than ten villas built on the hillside, no one else has moved in except their family. There are even several villas that are still unfinished and have not been decorated at all.

The population density here is extremely low, and the mutation rate of plants and animals is generally slower than that of humans, so the possibility of encountering danger is also very small. This is also the reason why Mo Fei is more confident in bringing them out. When this world becomes unimaginable in the future, it will be a matter of life and death, and there will be no such simple training opportunities.

"Can you keep up?" Mo Fei walked quickly, but he paid attention to the rhythm and always walked two meters away from them.

Mo Jianian nodded. Mo Jiayue was not to be outdone and kept her level with Mo Jianian.

The baton became their walking stick, clearing away a lot of overgrown weeds along the way.

"Mom. It's so beautiful here." When Mo Jiayue saw Mo Fei stop, she quickly quickened her pace and hurried over.

The original owner was often busy working everywhere and rarely brought her two children to the suburbs.

There are no steel, concrete and skyscrapers as seen everywhere in the city, only a vast wild green world blocking out the sky.

In the distance, the mountains are rolling and continuous. From the place where the leaves are sparse, the nearby mountains are a thick green, while the mountains in the distance are a dark black.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the orange-yellow sunlight is like handfuls of golden sand, shining through the layers of branches and leaves and sprinkling on the ground in patches.

Pure nature always makes people feel relaxed and at peace.

Mo Fei saw clearly that these trees were just like people. Under the scorching sun and high temperatures every day, most of them could not survive for long. The green before them was only temporary. But there was no guarantee that some trees would adapt to the hot weather as quickly as some lucky people and survive.

"Mom, I'll go over there and take a look." Mo Jiayue ran a little far away.

"Wait for me and my brother!" Mo Fei shouted at her.

Mo Jiayue did not continue running, but squatted in a bush for a long time, then ran back, holding a small grass picked from the roadside in her hand.

"Mom, I found a four-leaf clover. My classmates said that only one four-leaf clover will grow among one hundred thousand three-leaf clovers. I'll give it to you." Jiayue handed the four-leaf clover to Mo Fei.

"Okay. Thank you." Mo Fei was stunned for a moment and then took it with a smile. I don't know if it's a convention, but it seems that every school has the legend of the four-leaf clover. Those who find the four-leaf clover will find happiness.

Murphy simply took the four-leaf clover and began to popularize science: "This is not only called a four-leaf clover, its scientific name is alfalfa, and its other name is purple alfalfa. In addition to its meaning of happiness and luck, do you know what else it can do?"

The two kids had never been taught this in their normal science classes, and they both shook their heads in unison.

"This grass is the general name for plants of the genus Medicago in the Fabaceae family. The ingredients in it have many benefits for animals, so it can be used as feed for cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens. It is called the king of forage grass." Murphy squatted on the ground so that the two children could see the four-leaf clover more clearly.

"It's amazing." Mo Jiayue's eyes lit up. She didn't expect that this grass not only has a beautiful meaning, but also has such great uses.

"Not only that. Many plants in nature have medicinal effects and can be eaten. Alfalfa can be used as medicine to relieve cough, stop bleeding and promote bowel movements. However, people with poor spleen and stomach should not eat it, as it can easily cause indigestion." Mo Fei said.

Because she studied cooking, she also researched medicinal food, and she basically knows all edible plants.

Mo Jiayue looked at Mo Fei with almost admiration: "Mom, you know a lot."

Mo Jianian asked, "Mom, can we raise some chickens in the yard? I see that the alfalfa is growing well. If we have chickens, we can feed them."

Mo Fei looked down at a large field of alfalfa. She raised some fish, shrimps and snails in the space. She bought raw chickens, ducks, cows and sheep, and no live animals. However, she bought a lot of chicken and duck eggs, which were stored in the space and not damaged by high temperatures. She thought that maybe a few could be hatched.

"Then let's pick some grass and bring it back. If we can hatch chicks, we'll feed them to eat." Mo Fei said.

When they heard that they might raise chickens, the two kids were very excited. They picked alfalfa from everywhere, wishing they could take it all home. Mo Fei dug up some of it with the roots and put it into the space, so that he could try to plant it in the space later.

In line with the principle of not letting go of anything useful, Mo Fei took the children to pick some lush alfalfa and dry it in the yard.

Although he was already seven or eight hundred meters away from home, Mo Fei did not forget the purpose of his trip.

She wanted to see where the birds had landed.

When you look from a distance, you can vaguely see the direction where the birds landed, but when you are in the middle of the boulevard, it is inevitable that you cannot tell the specific direction.

Murphy searched carefully in the woods, but found nothing except moving ants, crawling dung beetles, and some unknown small insects.

"Tied up your sleeves to avoid getting caught by these bugs." Mo Fei reminded them while tying his sleeves and trouser legs tighter.

These insects looked the same as before, but Mo Fei couldn't guarantee whether they had evolved to be poisonous.

Even if they are not poisonous, it would be terrifying if a bug crawled on your body.

"I have a bird here!" Mo Jianian's voice came from behind a tree thicker than a bucket.

Mo Fei and Mo Jianian, who were a dozen steps away, hurried over.

The scene before them stunned the family of three.