Chapter 296 Harvest in the Mountains
Taotao flew around Lu Qiaoge several times, and then reluctantly spread its wings and flew towards the autumn sky.
With a fluttering sound, countless swallows also took off.
Suddenly half the sky was covered.
Taotao said that they were not the last batch, and several more batches would fly away one after another.
They circled in the sky for a few minutes, probably organizing their formation. Soon they took shape and then gradually disappeared into the blue sky.
How should I put it, I still feel a little bit melancholy.
In the past, Taotao and Nini didn’t know where the areas they passed through along the way were. Lu Qiage drew a route for them. According to Taotao’s memory from last year, Lu Qiage discovered that they were not the so-called population flying to the south, especially the northeast. They needed to cross the equator and go as far as northern Australia.
Although Taotao and the others are house martins, they have great endurance. Like old turtles, they are extremely sensitive to the weather.
The route this year is the same as last year, and the weather hasn’t changed much.
Lu Qiaoge glanced at the silent forest. Occasionally, people would go into the mountains to pick mushrooms and wood ears.
That’s because there is a long-term purchasing point set up by the food factory in Guzitun.
Settlement is done at the beginning of each month, all in cash.
Thanks to this purchasing point, some villagers in Guzitun earned more than 100 yuan in one autumn.
This is equivalent to the annual living expenses for a family of seven.
Depending on the situation in the mountains, it can be harvested until the middle to late this month.
Lu Qiaoge asked Xiao Cangcang: "Do you remember the old mountain ginseng we marked last time? Has anyone picked it?"
Xiao Cang Cang immediately replied: [No, it’s still there. I went to check it out when you were talking to Tao Tao just now.]
What else could Lu Qiage say? She really had the best scout.
So, he took the little animals and started running deep into the mountains.
Soon, we stopped in front of a dense forest.
Lu Qiaoge thought about it again and again, and finally decided not to cut down the tree.
Although there is no such thing as health care now, and no one knew about her cutting down trees.
But after experiencing the end of the world, I always feel that we still need to protect the environment.
Even a tree as thick as a wrist will take more than ten years to grow.
Especially the north and the south are different.
If there is no bamboo to build a bamboo house, then use the miscellaneous wood and fallen trees cut down from the nearby forest farm.
Lu Qiaoge stood on the top of the mountain. This place was far away from the city. According to the map, they had already entered the Anling Mountains.
She first went to a river in the mountains and picked up a lot of pebbles.
The pebbles in the north are of a single color. Lu Qiage thought it would be best if he could go to the south to pick up some beautiful agate stones or rainflower stones to lay by the lake or place them on the bottom of the lake.
With her speed and ability, she can realize this idea without a letter of introduction or staying in a hotel. She can just rely on her two legs and the little animals.
It was at this time that the small animals that had run out to explore the way came back one after another.
Xiao Cangcang didn't take the lead this time, but gave it to Huahua.
The tabby cat was very happy: [My little master, if you go up this river and turn a corner, you will see a field of persimmons that have not fallen yet, which are the wild blueberries you mentioned. They are very big.]
Xiao Cang Cang: [I found dozens of wild Ganoderma lucidum. No one can enter there, so they are very big and very old. Many of them have golden edges...]
This is the first time that Diandian has participated in this kind of activity. She has been happy all the time, and now she is even happier: [My dear little master, I found a red pine forest, which is full of huge pine tree towers.]
The sparrows chirped happily: "We found a field of wild grapes, all ripe. We also found hazelnuts and pecans."
Gray Pigeon: [My little master, I found a patch of miscellaneous wood that was cleared by the forest clearers. It's all over the hillside.]
Rat, Rat Two and Little Black Snake acted together. Rat Big suppressed his excitement: [After crossing the swamp, there is a big river. The river is very wide and the water is very deep. My little master, Little Black Snake and I went into the water to take a look. There are many beautiful stones at the bottom of the river. There are all kinds of colors. Some are transparent. They should be what humans call Beijiang agate.]
Lu Qiage's eyes lit up. Yes, this place originally belongs to the Beijiang River Basin. Beijiang agate is water-washed agate, similar to the seed material of Hetian jade. Under the long-lasting water flow, each agate is shining and colorful. Well, it can be placed in the lake water in the space.
The little yellow dog and the old black cat were also very happy.
But their situation is special and they can't always play with the fairies.
In fact, they also wanted to recognize Lu Qiaoge as their master, but they all had homes. Lu Qiaoge said that she also liked being called fairy.
So, the little yellow dog ran back happily: [Little fairy, I saw a puddle, it was very deep, and I also saw a big fish jumping out, but I didn’t hear it speak. ]
The tabby cat happily stayed close to the little yellow dog and meowed several times.
The old black cat came back last and said slowly: "I saw a dead pine tree on the hillside over there. The roots were all covered with pine torches. One time, my little master used pine torches to start a fire, and Xiaobao's grandfather said that this could be used to carve a work of art."
Oh my, Lu Qiaoge’s eyes curved into crescents due to laughing.
My little cuties, very good!
"Then let's start harvesting from this river. Hahaha, let's go, babies!" Lu Qiage shouted happily.
They had lunch by the river. They caught some small fish for the two cats, then made a fire and put a small iron pot on the stove. Lu Qiage used the lake water from the space to cook three pots of noodles with eggs and canned meat.
Except for his own portion, he put the rest in the washbasin.
After eating and drinking, continue harvesting.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Qiaoge and a group of small animals were resting on the grass on the hillside.
The grass is not very green anymore, and has turned yellow in some places, but it is still very soft to lie on.
Lu Qiage took a look at the space. There was a pile of miscellaneous wood chopped down by the forest clearers on the hillside, enough to build a simple wooden house.
Then there is today’s harvest.
The first thing was to dig out a large patch of wild Ganoderma lucidum and plant it in the space grass.
The color is very beautiful, the inside is golden red and the outside is golden, there are also ones with light yellow edges, but the color becomes darker with age.
Next to the wild Ganoderma lucidum is a large patch of wild ginseng. It took Lu Qiage more than an hour to replant it.
A large pile of wild grapes, almost 500 kilograms, not big in size, but very sweet.
I picked a wicker basket of wild blueberries. It was long past the season, but this was deep in the mountains where almost no one came, so some of the fruits refused to fall off, probably because they ripened late.
There were also a lot of pine tree towers, which were actually very difficult to pick, especially the red pines which were very tall. Lu Qiage naturally picked a lot of them easily.
There were almost a thousand of them, and they were bigger than her palm.
The rest were left untouched, so just leave them there. There are many animals in the mountains that like to eat pine tree cones.
Especially Diandian, I like it the most.
The pine cones discovered by Old Black Cat are also good. Lu Qiaoge got them with the roots, but the roots are lifeless. However, they can be used as firewood in winter, and can also be carved after being kept for a long time.
Also picked some pecans and hazelnuts.
Because there were only five wicker baskets, the others were piled on the grass.
Huahua and Old Black Cat naturally caught a lot of small fish, but they couldn't get in alive, so Lu Qiaoge let the two cats handle it themselves. They were both intelligent, so they could handle simple tasks without any problem...
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