Chapter 358 Lake 2.0
The two breathed a sigh of relief when the bees moved in.
The rapeseed at home is blooming, but there has been less wind recently and it has rained frequently. The pollen of the blooming rapeseed is easily washed away by the rain, and there is no wind to help with pollination. It will be troublesome if it continues to rain.
Now that the bee colony has moved in, the two of them no longer need to worry about pollination. Mu Xi went out to dig bamboo and plant it, while Zhao Yeqing went into the fields to pick rape flowers to make tonight's dinner.
The rapeseed was growing lushly, and Zhao Yeqing didn't dare go deep into the field, for fear that there might be a snake hiding in it.
There was no wind or rain today. Only when you get close to the rapeseed field can you smell the rich fragrance of flowers. Zhao Yeqing picked a large handful of rapeseed flowers, only pinching the middle part of the stalk. The second crop of rapeseed can continue to grow at the broken end.
The leaves bitten by insects are cleaned up by the fish pond. They can be directly pulled off and thrown into the fish pond or snail pond to avoid waste.
There are more moths and butterflies now, and after the rapeseed fields bloom, there are also more small caterpillars.
Some caterpillars are very small when they are just born, about the thickness of the head of a chopstick, but within a week they will grow as thick as a little finger, and the thickest ones are about the same size as an index finger, a big green piece clinging to her rapeseed.
Zhao Yeqing took a long bamboo pole and drove the ducks that had just entered the water out, and directly drove them into the rapeseed field to eat insects.
The ducks, which had been driven away several times, have become very familiar with the route. From being panic-stricken at the beginning to being calm and composed now, they slowly follow the direction indicated by the bamboo poles to their buffet dining area.
Looking at the ducks growing up and becoming plumper one by one, she felt like she hadn't been to the lake for a long time and didn't know what the situation was like there now.
Zhao Yeqing wanted to go over and take a look, but didn't want to drive there. Every time they drove into the meadow, the animals would be scared and run around. Xiaohong was taken away by Mu Xi and wouldn't be back for a while, so she could only sit by the field waiting bored.
But if she stayed still outdoors, no matter how thick her clothes were, mosquitoes would come and flutter around her. She couldn't sit still anymore, so she ran to the back of the yard to dig a hole for the bamboo that was about to be brought home.
After waiting for two hours, Mu Xi returned home. On the cart pulled by Xiaohong behind him was a pile of bamboo whips covered with dirt.
The bamboo plant is not like a tree. A tree has only one seed. In the soil, the bamboo rhizome spreads everywhere. Small bamboo shoots emerge from the rhizome and eventually grow into bamboo.
It is possible that a small piece of bamboo forest shares the same rhizome, which is also called bamboo whip.
Bamboo shoots grow upwards on one side of the bamboo whip, and roots grow downwards on the other side. Mu Xi searched for a long time before finding the thickest sections of bamboo whip, one of which had small bamboo shoots on it.
"The current climate is really suitable for bamboo growth. It's only been a month, and you wouldn't dare to imagine that the bamboo forest has nearly doubled in size."
That means that many vegetation near the bamboo forest that are not adapted to the current climate have died, leaving their territory for the bamboo forest to continue expanding its sphere of influence.
Zhao Yeqing threw the shovel in his hand to Mu Xi, "You plant it first, I want to go to the lake to take a look."
He climbed onto the horse, pulled the reins and waved to Mu Xi: "Let's go, I'll be back soon."
Zhao Yeqing had just helped Xiaohong trim the horseshoe the day before, and now he was running so fast that his feet were flying, and his speed was so fast that her sunglasses almost fell off.
In addition to the original herbs on the meadow, there were also many flowers that Zhao Yeqing had never seen before. At first glance, there were yellow, red and orange colors, which looked quite beautiful.
There are still rabbits and deer on the grass, but the deer are a little different from before.
The elk and white-lipped deer that we saw before, which were only seen in cool alpine meadows, have now been replaced by white-tailed deer and sika deer, which are found in tropical rainforests.
The altitude near the lake is about 2,000 meters above sea level. It will be higher towards the tourist area. I don't know if the climate characteristics are the same as here.
Zhao Yeqing slowed down her horse after entering the meadow. I looked around at the changes in the surroundings. Until we reached the lake, for a moment she thought she had come to the wrong place.
The original lake was vast and silent, like a sapphire nestled in the mountains, surrounded by gray-yellow sand and stones, with only a few layers of withered yellow thatch in the corners.
But now it is very different.
The sapphire mirror was broken, and various water birds and wild ducks were wandering on it. Zhao Yeqing couldn't name them for the moment. The originally withered and yellow thatch had now grown into a large green patch surrounding the shore.
The water level has also risen a lot. The big rock that Zhao Yeqing always liked to lean on when fishing is now half submerged by the water level, and a wild duck is squatting on it and taking a nap.
Various green algae also grow on the yellow sandy beach. Zhao Yeqing dismounted and quietly approached the shore without disturbing the animals on the lake.
Some of the grass on the ground was rough and dry, some felt fuzzy, and there were many Selaginella growing on the larger rocks.
This fern has a history of hundreds of millions of years and is one of the oldest plants in existence. It has extremely tenacious vitality. When there is a lack of water, it can even pull its roots out of the soil, roll them up into a ball, and be blown by the wind to a place with water before taking root and growing.
The leaves are very similar to those of cypress trees, and when there is no water, they curl into small balls.
Zhao Yeqing picked one up and rubbed it between his fingertips, looking around at the place in front of him that was both familiar and unfamiliar. He took out his cell phone from his pocket, turned it on, took two photos and took them home to show Mu Xi.
When I got home, Mu Xi had already planted the bamboo. "Is it fun by the lake? Did you pick up any wild duck eggs?"
Zhao Yeqing handed him the reins in his hand, and waited for him to tie up Xiaohong before taking out his cell phone and handing it to him, "Look where is this?"
After reading it, Mu Xi turned off his phone and said, "If this continues, we can go fishing for piranhas in the water."
Zhao Yeqing rolled his eyes at him and said, "We don't have that kind of thing in our country. According to what you said, there might be crocodiles crawling in the rivers and streams at the foot of the mountain..."
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After Zhao Yeqing finished speaking, the two couldn't help but look at each other. Piranhas might be a bit far-fetched, but based on the current world that cannot be guessed by common sense, crocodiles are not impossible.
"It will probably be difficult to return to Meishan in the future. Fortunately, we have moved to the grassland. If we still live in the mountains, there will probably be more snakes, insects, rats and ants."
Zhao Yeqing recalled that she had gone to look for wild vegetables on the path down the mountain a few days ago, and saw all kinds of brightly colored spiders hanging on the vegetation on the roadside and on the nearby trees. She couldn't help but shudder.
In the rainforest climate, the more vegetation cover and the wetter the place is, the more dangerous it is to live. Now that I live in a meadow, I have to clean the spider webs on the eaves from time to time.
There are bound to be some gaps in a self-built house. Nighthawks can eat the insects outside, but those that crawl in through the gaps can only be removed manually by two people.
Zhao Yeqing walked to the greenhouse in the yard and picked a handful of mint leaves to make a natural insect repellent.
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