Chapter 435 Slope

"Do you remember the pool of water we saw when we went to the woods today?"

Zhao Yeqing nodded. Beside the turbid yellow pool of water there was the corpse of a wild boar that had been seriously injured and killed by the clouded leopard.

Mu Xi recalled the experience he had learned before. "The pond didn't seem to have been excavated very long ago. The yellow mud marks on the edge of the pond are still very fresh. The temperature dropped for a period of time before the New Year. I suspect that was when the elephants left the grassland."

Zhao Yeqing didn't understand what he meant: "So if you say so, the elephants left and the wild boars came, the traces of the pool wouldn't be so new. It must have been half a year ago."

And what does this have to do with wild boar attacks?

Mu Xi's thoughts were rather roundabout. After organizing his words, he explained, "Generally speaking, there won't be a lot of animal migration during the winter. This is the natural law of the past. Even if many animals don't hibernate, they will enter a semi-hibernation mode."

"Like the raccoon dog from before?"

"Yes, the wild boars may have returned after the spring. I guess the reason for their return is not that simple. They may have been driven here."

As Mu Xi said this, the forgotten details in Zhao Yeqing's mind gradually came together:

"The wild boars were driven here from their original territory, so their emotions were unstable. Moreover, after being driven here, they finally found a forest where the elephants had already migrated away, and they were attacked again?"

When the temperature warms up, many animals will return from low altitudes to high altitudes, so as to avoid both the cold winter and the heat summer.

The events that Zhao Yeqing connected in his mind were roughly this: after the spring, some animal drove away the wild boars. The wild boars that had just arrived nearby had not stayed there for long. The wild boars, which were unfamiliar with the surrounding environment, broke into their home while looking for food, broke through the wall and feasted on the food.

After the two men killed their companion, the wild boar's body was given to the clouded leopards. The clouded leopards, who had started to eat wild boars, then pursued the wild boar into the pine forest and seriously injured one of the two escaping wild boars. The seriously injured wild boar returned to the mud to heal its wounds, but failed. It was seriously injured and died by the water.

The two of them had a lot of fun guessing. There was nothing new in the mountains, and sorting out a story from beginning to end based on clues was already a rare and interesting way to kill time.

Not to mention that this guess could also dispel the two people's concerns. If it was true as guessed, as long as the animal that drove the wild boar away did not appear nearby, they would not be in any danger.

From that day on, Mu Xi tried to take the cattle and sheep to a farther place to graze, giving the grass at home some buffer time to grow again.

The weather is getting warmer. There is no animal feces on the grass outside the yard, and the wind blowing in from the window has a fragrance.

The fragrance comes from the lotus. The climate in the meadow is warm now. The temperature has been rising slowly since the beginning of summer. It is only the beginning of July and there are no ducks disturbing the lotus pond. The flowers have finally bloomed successfully this year.

The tender pink petals gradually fade as they approach the lotus pod, and eventually turn white, pure and delicate. They look even more beautiful in the morning when there are still some dewdrops hanging on them. The crystal water droplets drip onto the lotus leaves below, and are held up by the water-free lotus leaves like crystal clear glass beads.

When she got up early in the morning, the wind blowing from the meadow was still a little chilly. Zhao Yeqing was ordered by Mu Xi not to drink ice water in the morning. She had to drink warm water, which was good for her health. For a moment, she thought she saw her grandmother.

The hotter the weather gets, the less you are allowed to drink ice water, as they say it will harm your body. I resisted it in the beginning when I was a child, and then I felt uncomfortable returning to the mountains after the ground cracked, but over the years I gradually got used to it and would spontaneously pour myself a glass of warm water when I woke up in the morning.

Holding the lotus in his hand, he slowly walked out of the yard and stood by the pond to admire the lotus flowers.

He smacked his lips, savoring the sweetness of honey, his mind racing with thoughts of those ancient costume dramas in which the ladies and concubines in the palace got up early in the morning to collect dewdrops to make tea, saying that it would taste better.

Tsk, she doesn't even have tea leaves.

But even if there was, she probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference between dew and tap water.

Speaking of tea, the family had run out of tea bran for washing hair. Even though there were no dangerous animals in the pine forest now, the two of them did not dare to cross over and run to Yunwu Mountain to pick tea fruits. For washing hair, they could only use fermented rice water with soapberry or gleditsia to make shampoo.

Sometimes Zhao Yeqing would use soapberry lotion to wash his hair directly, so that it wouldn’t have the sour smell of fermented rice water.

Using only soapberry will damage the hair. Even though it is natural, it is an alkaline detergent after all. It is still not as good as tea bran. Using tea bran to wash your hair not only nourishes the hair, but also does not have a strange smell. It even has a slightly foaming effect. It is the best natural shampoo.

How about going to that slope over there and taking a look?

When Mu Xi heard her mention it, his hand, which was about to open the animal pen to let the livestock out to graze, stopped.

"If you want to go, you have to start preparing now. Tea fruits are ripe in summer. If you don't go now, it will be out of season."

Zhao Yeqing put down the cup of honey water in his hand and went to pack up immediately. He had to do what he decided to do quickly, otherwise he would not want to move after procrastinating. The mountain collapsed over there for more than a year, and if he didn't go, the animals that were driven away might come back.

The animals in this season are not as ferocious as those that hunt and store food in autumn and winter. The two discussed whether to move the electric car to the edge of the cliff.

"The straight-line distance from the cliff we often go to the slope is estimated to be only a few hundred meters. If there are obstacles in the middle, we can clear them. If we can ride a small electric donkey up and down the slope, our efficiency can be increased several times."

Mu Xi thought so too, but he was a little worried about what would happen if the road was too rough. It would be even more troublesome if the tire burst.

"Let's check out the terrain first. At least we both need to get to the side of the slope first."

If all else fails, just cut a path out and fill in the uneven ground with stones. At worst you can just take a detour, you can always get through.

In fact, when the ground cracked, it would not have been impossible for her to get out of the mountain. The crack was several dozen meters wide, and she could have cut down two of the tallest trees to build a bridge in the middle, and she could have gotten across. It was a little dangerous, but not impossible.

There are older pine trees in the mountains, some of which are over 50 meters tall.

But she didn't want to go, because she didn't know what might happen to her if she went out.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yeqing glanced at Mu Xi who was packing her things beside her, and the corners of her mouth curved up slightly. She thought that if Mu Xi had not come back, she would have been alone, and maybe she would have really found a way to get out of the forest one day.

For example, the water shortage issue from Meishan to Caoyuan.

The two of them packed up their things, closed the door and went downstairs. At that moment, no one noticed that the radio placed on the bedside made a slight crackling sound.