Chapter 143 Buy a kitten, a chicken, a duck, a goose, and a little fox breaks through
In the backyard of Li Xiang's house, along the high wall, the rape flowers are blooming golden yellow, and many butterflies and bees are flying among them, collecting nectar.
The spring breeze blows, and the fragrance is in the air.
However, this is not the most beautiful time. It will take another ten days or half a month for the rape flowers to fully bloom and be extremely gorgeous.
The kittens were attracted by the graceful dancing of the butterflies and lurked and fluttered in the flower fields. However, they were too small and did not have the ability to catch the flying butterflies, but they enjoyed doing it.
The mother cat takes this opportunity to teach them various hunting skills.
As spring comes and flowers bloom, the kittens are growing up gradually, and the mother cat is almost done with raising them. It will probably not be long before she goes into heat again.
Originally, Li Xiang wanted to take it for sterilization, because it was old and it would be more dangerous for it to get pregnant and give birth again. But later, Li Xiang often fed them elixir porridge, and not only did the kittens grow well, but the physique of this old tabby cat also improved significantly. Li Xiang thought it would be better to let nature take its course.
After all, sterilization is not necessarily a good thing. For cats themselves, it is in their genes to reproduce. However, surgery also involves many risks, and there may be some sequelae, psychological shadows, etc.
If there are too many of them, they will be kept in other places, such as the Holy Land Garden.
There's a cafe over there, a cat cafe?
Li Xiang did not go to Hailuogou primeval forest to clear the mountains again, because he had basically cleared it once, and the spiritual medicines in the system warehouse were enough for the time being, with enough "rations" for three to five months.
He rode his tricycle to the town again to buy liquor from the pure grain liquor workshop.
The boss was extremely happy to see him. Li Xiang picked out 60 kilograms of the best wine. The boss helped him load it into the car and also gave him a jar of freshly brewed rice wine.
This rice wine is also called laozao. It is very delicious when used to cook glutinous rice balls.
There are also some other ways of cooking, such as fermented glutinous rice and brown sugar eggs, fermented glutinous rice steamed apples, and fermented glutinous rice soup with white fungus and corn, which are especially good for women.
Then Li Xiang went to the vegetable market again, planning to buy some vegetables, seasonings and vegetable seeds.
Spring is here and flowers are blooming, with plenty of rain. It is a good season to sow vegetables.
He had excess energy during the past few days when he returned home, so he turned over the vacant land in the front and back yards over and over again, and made neat and flat vegetable plots. The soil particles were evenly fine, loose and had moderate moisture. He also buried the farmer's own organic fertilizer at the bottom. His grandmother said that it would be a shame not to plant vegetables on such good land.
Grandma saved some vegetable seeds last year, but the varieties were relatively few. Anyway, there are plenty of seeds on the market now, so Li Xiang went to the town to buy some more.
He came to a store that sold a large number of seeds, looked and chose, and asked the boss from time to time which brand of seeds was better. Finally, he selected more than ten packets of seeds and left.
There are loofah, winter melon, bitter melon, pumpkin, eggplant, cowpea, green beans, goose beans, cucumber, gourd, potato, pepper, water spinach, tomato, coriander, day lily, cabbage heart and so on.
In addition to ordinary tomatoes, Li Xiang also bought some cherry tomatoes, also known as cherry tomatoes, which taste better when eaten raw. They are available in red and yellow varieties.
Huang also has a nice name, called Imperial Noble Concubine or Golden Queen.
Then the choy sum seeds he bought were different from the rapeseed he planted last year.
Chinese cabbage, also known as Chinese cabbage moss, is a variety of cabbage. It is also divided into two types, white and red.
Li Xiang also bought both. Only primary school students would do multiple-choice questions.
Both white cabbage sprouts and red cabbage sprouts are sweet and crispy, and are perfect for stir-frying with bacon.
Although both choy sum and rapeseed are plants of the genus Brassica in the cruciferous family and their flowers are very similar, they are different species and have different uses.
Chinese cabbage is mainly used as a vegetable. It is relatively thick, sweet and crispy. The young leaves are oval, softer and green. You can tell at a glance that it can be eaten as a vegetable. Rapeseed is more slender and grows taller. The leaves are triangular or diamond-shaped, yellow-green in color, and feel harder. It is mainly used for flowering and harvesting seeds for oil extraction.
The rapeseed flowers are golden and brilliant, and the sea of flowers they form is a beautiful sight that many people enjoy.
Not only humans like it, but also bees, butterflies, cats, dogs, and little foxes all like it.
Of course, the tender tips of rapeseed can also be picked and fried, but they are not as plump and delicious as the heart of the rapeseed.
Outside the vegetable market, there is a street where many people set up stalls. In this season, there are many chicks, ducks and geese for sale. Li Xiang went over and picked some.
Of course, the mutant organism identification function is also turned on, but they are all ordinary items. You buy them and raise them to eat eggs, or kill them and serve them on the table during festivals.
There are also some kittens and puppies for sale, and the system doesn't prompt any information. Forget about the dogs, as I already have Erhuang and a little fox at home. If I buy a few more, it would be bad if it destroys their relationship. However, the kitten Li Xiang decided to buy some.
The five kittens in the house are all brothers and sisters. Cats have no concept of ethics, and it would be bad if they did something chaotic when they grow up. So Li Xiang picked seven good-looking kittens, both male and female, from different stall owners and took them home to let them fall in love freely.
Although "chaos" cannot be completely avoided, the chances of it happening are lower if there are more choices. Otherwise, they can only be given away or raised in different places.
Seven kittens were meowing in a bamboo cage. They didn't know yet what a happy family they would enter.
At Li Xiang's house, there is elixir porridge to eat, plenty of dried fish, and rare and precious spicy strips that can often be eaten.
Although they are ordinary creatures now, there is no guarantee that their offspring will be extraordinary. This is also one of the reasons why Li Xiang did not sterilize the mother cat.
The mother cat has three extraordinary puppies in her litter, she is a very remarkable female cat.
System: "Detected a fifth-level mutant creature, a red-crowned silver-feathered goose, and a third-level mutant creature, a black-beaked black-feathered goose."
Li Xiang was immediately pleasantly surprised. He finally met a village bully named Big Goose who had extraordinary potential and super combat power!
There were some chicks, ducks and geese in another bamboo cage in his carriage, but they had been bought long ago and were definitely not these.
Li Xiang looked ahead and, sure enough, about ten meters away, there was another person selling chicks, ducks and geese, so he walked over.
There were nine goslings left on the other side. Except for one with black feathers, the others looked almost the same.
"Boss, how much are you selling these goose seedlings?"
The boss was a middle-aged woman. She smiled and said, "Females are twenty dollars, and males are ten dollars. My geese are good, easy to raise, and lay a lot of big eggs."
Li Xiang thought that this old lady was kind and sold male and female geese separately. This was because most people, especially young people, could not tell the difference between male and female geese that were so small. Everyone wanted to buy female chicks, ducklings, and geese, so the males could not be sold.
Some stall owners take advantage of the fact that buyers don't know much and only pick the male ones, and keep the price the same.
"Then I'll take them all. Can you calculate how much they are?" Li Xiang said.
The old lady was immediately happy and picked up the goose to teach Li Xiang how to distinguish the sexes, mainly by observing whether there is a bulge on the buttocks, and then the head features, shape, fur color, nostril shape and other aspects.
Some people can't even tell the difference between ducklings and goslings, let alone distinguish between male and female goslings. Because these two little things look very similar when they are young.
Especially city people, because they have never been exposed to it, they will confuse leeks and wheat seedlings.
In fact, Li Xiang can tell the difference by himself without the aunt's teaching. There are tutorials on the Internet and even a jingle about how to distinguish the male and female geese.
"Young man, there are four males and five females, totaling 140 yuan."
"Okay." Li Xiang paid the money readily, and the aunt enthusiastically helped put the goose into Li Xiang's bamboo cage.
Li Xiang returned with a full load. His tricycle could not hold all the things. He bought seven kittens, eighteen chicks, twelve ducklings, and fifteen goslings.
There was constant singing along the way, and the little ones were very lively.
After returning home, the kitten was thrown to its mother cat, but the mother cat refused and drove it away. The other kittens were also resistant. The little cow cat and the little tabby cat even breathed at the strange cats.
"You fools, these are your future wives and husbands!"
Li Xiang had no choice but to keep the kittens in another place. He didn't have a special cat bed, so he took a large bamboo basket and put old clothes on it as their dormitory.
These new kittens are actually not familiar with each other. They were picked by Li Xiang from different stalls and have no blood relationship. However, they have been huddled in the same cage all the way, experienced a journey together, and arrived in a completely unfamiliar environment, so they are relatively closer and will "huddle together for warmth."
But as time goes by, the new cats and the natives will definitely get along well.
The chicks, ducklings and geese were left to the care of their grandmother, who enclosed an area with a net next to the chicken coop to feed them. Since the little ones were too small, they certainly could not live with the adult chickens and ducks.
The mother cat brought her kittens over to see these little things. The chicks, ducklings and geese were scared and ran around everywhere. When Erhuang and the little fox came over, the little guys hid in the corner and trembled even more.
Li Xiang drove away the "big beasts" that were watching, so that they would not scare the baby.
Afterwards, Li Xiang specifically called the little fox and told it to protect the new friends and never let the weasel take them away.
"Chirp~" The little fox stood up and patted his chest to show that he received it.
In the middle of the night, Li Xiang heard a sharp fox cry and was filled with excitement. He went out to see a ball of fiery red rushing through the bloodstone jungle, weaving in and out like light and shadow.
However, he was naturally no match for Li Xiang's speed. He flashed in front of the little fox. The little fox excitedly jumped into his arms, chirping.
"Breakthrough? Let me take a look." Li Xiang stroked its smooth, satin-like fur. The little fox was very cooperative. It squinted its eyes and was quite flattering, allowing Li Xiang's spiritual power to enter its body.
"This little thing is really gifted." Li Xiang discovered that the little fox had condensed the first vortex of spiritual power and awakened its first superpower, the art of agility.
It is somewhat different from the art of divine movement. The divine movement is good at moving straight forward and running long distances, while the art of lightness and agility is more inclined to moving around and changing body movements in a small range.
Er Huang ran over, with a look of envy on his face.
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