Chapter 6 Fruit Forest Situation

With the permission of the bee colony, Josh walked closer to the hive and took a closer look at the hive of the slender-legged bee.

Unlike the white-velvet bumblebee, the beehive of the slender-legged bee is like a huge storage room. Somehow the two types of bees reached a consensus. The white-velvet bumblebee collects pollen for them, while the slender-legged bees make honey and build beehives for them.

The beehive was filled to the brim with pollen, but there wasn't much honey.

Josh stretched out his index finger and dipped it in it. It tasted sweet and a warmth surged through his body.

Although it was fleeting, Josh still felt it.

The honey brewed by these little bee monsters will have different beneficial effects depending on their living environment and the source of pollen.

It seems that the honey they brew has the effect of resisting cold.

With just one lick, Josh could feel a hint of warmth in the ice shield of the high-level monster. The effect without the shield can be imagined.

Two swarms of bees buzzed around Josh, filling her head with the noise.

"Don't worry, little ones. I won't take your honey. You just need to pollinate my orchard and thin out the fruits."

Magic orchards also require meticulous management. Without high-quality management, the orchards will not produce significant output.

The white velvet bumblebee can bite off overly dense flower buds while collecting nectar, allowing fruit trees to grow and develop properly and produce high-quality fruit.

After saying goodbye to the swarm of bees, Qiao Xi returned the same way and returned to the big-tailed yak.

She said excitedly: "Big-tailed yak, there are two bee colonies, they are white-velvet bumblebees and slender-legged bees! Haha, that's great, our farm has a group of helpers and an output!" Only in front of the big-tailed yak can she show her whole self.

"Moo~" The big-tailed yak rubbed Qiao Xi gently, and it was also very happy.

Josh couldn't help grinning and continued walking towards the orchard where he had seen the fruits before.

However, the situation in this orchard is not very good. Josh saw the figure of the greedy longhorn beetle. This little creature will crawl on the tenderest part of the fruit trees and suck the sap.

They also have a big appetite and will often suck the fruit from a tree until it dies before replacing it with the next one.

I'll have to rent some iron-beaked woodpeckers or some other bird beasts, Josh thought.

Qiao Xi looked at the orchard carefully. There were only a few dry fruit trees. Perhaps the greedy longhorn beetle had just woken up from the cold winter and had not caused much damage yet.

The bigger problem is not this. Now is the season when giant lemons mature, but there are very few fruits on these trees, and they are very small. It is only early spring, but there are still flower buds on few trees. This kind of fruit tree can continue to bloom and bear fruit until the end of summer.

Obviously, the giant lemon tree does not grow well alone if it is not taken care of all year round.

The next step is to start working on this orchard.

Qiao Xi took out a small notebook and wrote down the problems and solutions for the orchard.

Going deeper, it became difficult to get through the dense woods. It was obvious that this orchard had been abandoned earlier than the previous two.

At least there are traces of a few roads ahead, but this place is completely covered by forest vegetation. Only a few sweet persimmons and sun-shaped oranges that are still growing tenaciously prove that this was once an orchard.

Okay, this is another difficult task, but it has already become like this, and it cannot be changed in a short time, so let it be like this for now, and there is nothing we can do about it for the time being.

Unable to walk in, Qiao Xi simply took out his backpack and started collecting giant lemons. Although the quality was not very good, a small lemon is still meat.

The giant lemons, which should have been bigger than Josh's two fists, were either as small as ordinary lemons or had strange shapes, making Josh doubt whether they could be sold.

After tearing open the peel, Qiao Xi took a light bite. The sour taste instantly filled her entire mouth, making her shiver.

However, her five senses became much clearer. Qiao Xi spat out the fruit pulp in her mouth. She would never eat these fruits casually, absolutely!

Giving up those that were difficult to pick and those that were of very poor quality, Josh tried his best to pick all that could be picked.

I originally planned to make a salad with giant lemon for dinner today, but after trying it, Josh became obedient.

This is not something she should eat, she can't eat any of it!

I dug up some edible wild vegetables and found a few sweet potatoes. I dug up the dead leaves and found a series of sweet potatoes, which were big and plump. Tonight's dinner was easily solved.

When he came to the shipping box, Qiao Xi remembered that he forgot to collect the money for the sweet mushrooms he sold yesterday.

Josh took out his card and swiped it, then clicked the withdrawal button. He had 677 federal points, but the remaining point was less than 1 point and he couldn't withdraw it.

It was much less than Josh expected. The sweet mushroom was very effective and it was sold for more than this price even in Giant Rock Highlands.

Is there no market here? Or are there other farms that are encroaching on the market?

Qiao Xi didn't know. She currently had no other means of transportation and could only rely on shipping boxes. She couldn't check the market conditions in real time, which was indeed very passive.

We can only wait until the farm develops and then establish our own sales points.

After turning the backpack over and putting the giant lemons into the shipping box, Josh had to prepare dinner for tonight.

Rinse the picked wild vegetables with clean water, twist them with your hands to break them, put them into the pot, and blanch them until they are cooked through.

Put the sweet potatoes and beans in the stove to bake them in advance, peel off the skins, put them in a bowl, and use a spoon to mash them into a slightly dry paste. Add a little milk and a pinch of salt.

Then take out the softened vegetables and put them in the mashed potatoes and beans. Josh just likes to put them in a random way like this.

Take one bite, then another bite.

…………

I have to say, it has a very spring feel, with a fresh and natural flavor…

Well, Josh really couldn't eat it anymore. There was not much seasoning. The earthy smell of wild potatoes and the bitter wild vegetables, even with the sweet milk of the big-tailed yak, made the taste hard to swallow.

Josh cast his eyes towards the giant lemon next to him. It was too small and was stuck on the backpack. It was not poured out and was kept by Josh.

Use a knife to cut it in half, squeeze it between your thumb and index finger, and the juice will drip into the plate, which smells very fragrant.

After giving it a quick stir, Josh took a tentative taste.

Hmm! The earthy smell is almost gone, and the sweet smell of milk and the fresh fragrance of lemon juice are mixed together, making it even more delicious than before.

As long as it’s edible, Josh stuffed the mashed potato and bean into his mouth in big mouthfuls to fill his stomach first.

The big-tailed yak was lazily eating the newly sprouted grass nearby, so it had no worries about food.

After eating, Qiao Xi took out the remaining giant lemon again and asked, "How about I try it again?"

Gently cutting it open, Josh licked the cross section.

Hey! It's different from the one I tasted in the orchard before. This one is small, but only the size of a thumb.

It’s sweet and sour and delicious!

(End of this chapter)