Chapter 360 Meadow Map
Tourist area?
Zhao Yeqing thought about the animal community he saw last time on the nearby meadow, and wondered if there would be any changes if he went to a higher altitude in the tourist area.
"I'll go with you and see what's going on over there."
What makes the tropical rainforest significantly different from other places is not only its warmth and humidity, but also its vegetation coverage. The trees are lush and the canopy is extremely large. You can hardly see a trace of land when you look down, and all you can see is vegetation.
In addition to being blocked by vegetation, the view from above may also be blocked by clouds and fog.
Sea of forests, sea of clouds and sea of fog are also characteristics of rainforests.
When the two set out in the morning, there was heavy fog along the way. Unlike the cool mountain fog before, the fog now was like agarwood with thick smoke curling up.
It is thick and heavy. When the car enters the sea of fog, it makes people subconsciously want to close their eyes, as they always feel that they are going to hit something real.
It was still early, and Zhao Yeqing didn't see any animals along the way. He didn't know whether it was because there were fewer animals on the meadow at this time of year, or because they all ran away when they heard the noise of the car.
Mu Xi drove the car very slowly, and even with the high beam on, the light could not reach out. He stared at the front without blinking, "The fog is too thick now, and visibility is not high. When we come back, the fog will dissipate a little, and maybe we can see it."
Zhao Yeqing nodded with a "hmm". Although he couldn't see the situation at his feet from a distance, he could still see clearly. The vegetation became denser as he walked towards the tourist area. The weeds almost covered half of the wheels.
We set off at 7 a.m. The journey usually takes more than 40 minutes, but today we drove for an hour and a half. When we arrived at the tourist area, the visibility finally improved a little.
It’s not that the fog dissipated, but that the fog rose as a whole, lingering in the air above my head.
The sun has come out now, and there is not much sunlight left when it shines through the thick fog. However, with the recent intensity of the sunlight, it is estimated that the fog will dissipate soon.
The car drove into the tourist area. The road inside was paved with cement tiles and was much easier to drive on than grass. After driving in, the two stayed in the car for a while, observing the surrounding situation to see if there were any signs of animals.
Don't let the two of them get ambushed at the first sight.
Mu Xi opened the rear window and asked Xiao Hei who was sitting in the back seat to help check out the situation. Xiao Hei stuck out his tongue and placed his paws on the window to look around. After a long while when there was no movement, the two men and the dog finally opened the door and got out of the car.
As soon as the door was opened, Xiao Hei jumped down and sniffed everywhere. Mu Xi came over and held Zhao Yeqing's hand, "Let's go together. Don't separate."
A little further ahead is the parking lot. The purpose of their trip was to get old tires. They could have driven the car directly to the parking lot, but the front had collapsed.
I don’t know if it’s because of climate change, but the wooden homestays in the tourist area have been exposed to rain, dampness and stuffiness, and the buildings have rotted and collapsed, blocking the road ahead.
The last time Zhao Yeqing came here, he took a few quilts and left. "What a pity! There are still many mattresses in here. However, it seems that the more no one lives in this kind of wooden house, the faster it will deteriorate. I don't know why."
There used to be a village at the foot of the mountain. The young people in a family bought a house outside and moved their elderly parents out to live with them. But in less than half a year, the elderly parents said they couldn't adapt and wanted to come back.
The newly built house had been vacant for only half a year. When I moved back in, I stepped on it and a hole was made in the floor. Fortunately, the old man was fine.
At that time, the old people in the village all said that the less popular a house is, the faster it will deteriorate. There must always be someone living in it so that it can survive.
The two men walked around the ruins of the collapsed wooden building to the parking lot, picked up two deflated tires, cut the tire skins with a knife, and took them back to the car.
Zhao Yeqing tried to fill the trunk as much as possible every time he came to the tourist area. Now it seemed that there was nothing left to take back, but he felt a little bit disappointed to go back with an empty trunk.
His eyes wandered around the house next door, and finally stopped on the burglar-proof window.
"There were a lot of mosquitoes before, and the screens we took down last time could only be stuck to the window frames. There are not so many mosquitoes recently, so how about we replace the window frames?"
Mu Xi certainly had no objection. He recalled the size of the windows he had measured when he brought the screens back before, and found a few windows of the most suitable sizes, removed them and placed them in the trunk.
When it was time to go home, the fog on the meadow no longer blocked his view. Zhao Yeqing opened the car window and drove slowly back.
The temperature along this stretch of road is lower than that near my home, which may be because it is located at the wind outlet of the canyon. I could still feel a slight chill when I came here in the morning. Now the temperature is just right, and it is very comfortable to open the window and enjoy the breeze.
Xiao Hei also likes riding in a car. When Mu Xi rolls down the window for it, it puts its two paws on the edge of the window, sticks out its tongue and looks outside.
In the distance, a group of deer were grazing with their heads down. When they heard the noise of the car, they were startled and looked in the direction of the car. It was not until the car drove away that they saw from the rearview mirror that they lowered their heads again to graze.
The amount of water in the original small streams on the meadow increased significantly, overflowing from the small ditches and forming many small puddles on the meadow.
From a distance, you can see some long-legged birds like cranes or egrets slowly walking by the puddle. From time to time, you can see them dropping down and pecking at the puddle.
Zhao Yeqing said thoughtfully, "I suspect there are quite a few small shrimps in those streams. It's the season now. I should find time to get more. I should prepare more shrimp skins and shrimp powder this year. The ones I got in the spring are really not enough."
Mu Xi thought about the time they went to catch shrimps two years ago. It took them half a day to catch enough shrimps. He didn't know if the number would be more this year than in previous years. But the bamboo raft they used last time could no longer be put into the water.
“We’ll have to get a new raft this year to get to the middle of the lake.”
Zhao Yeqing sighed helplessly: "I don't know when human civilization will recover. It's really inconvenient not being able to buy things. It would be so convenient if I could buy a kayak online at this time."
In terms of direction, if the direction of home is the front and the direction of the tourist area is the back, then there are still several mountain forests on both sides that the two have never explored.
The most recent time was when we didn’t have a car yet and I took Xiaohong to pull the cart on foot to the tourist area for the first time. We spent the night on the meadow and picked up some firewood by the forest.
The forest on the left is also the direction the jackals took when they left the tourist area.
Those long-legged birds never go near the woods on either side. Looking from this direction, because the light from the meadow is brighter, the two woods appear very gloomy and pitch black inside. Zhao Yeqing took a look and then looked away.
As the car slowly drove past the small hill in front of the house, we saw dogs running around in the grain field.
Since both of them are going out today, the dogs have to stay at home to look after the house. When they hear the sound of a car, they rush over to greet it one by one.
Zhao Yeqing was almost knocked down by Dahuang as soon as she got off the car. She smiled and hugged Dahuang. The dog's head rubbed her neck frantically, making her itchy.
There was nothing I could do but hold Da Huang's head and push it away, teasing, "Let me see whose girl has given birth to three children and is still so lively."
"Woof!" (˙▽˙)!
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