Chapter 291 Big Leaf Ants Wake Up
As the sun gradually rose higher, the leaf ants became more active. When they saw Josh guarding outside the box, they began to wave their antennae to greet her.
She could also gradually hear their confused voices and their dissatisfaction with hunger; they wanted to eat.
This Josh was prepared.
When I passed by the field of big-leaf ant beans yesterday, I trimmed the branches and leaves for them. Qiao Xi quickly picked all the small pods that had grown crooked.
Keeping it would be a waste of nutrients, so it's just right for the big leaf ants to eat it first.
Josh took out the bean stalks and small pods he had collected yesterday from his space backpack and gently threw them down from above the box.
Contrary to what Josh expected, they didn't seem to be interested in these big-leaf ant beans.
What's going on? Josh was a little confused. Didn't they say that these guys can only eat big-leaf ant beans? If they don't eat them, they will die? Why do they look like they don't like it very much?
It’s a pity that Josh didn’t say it. If Josh had said it and the big leaf ants heard it, they would definitely have a good talk with Josh.
Yes, they must eat big-leaf ant beans to survive, but who says that they must like big-leaf ant beans? What's so delicious about these beans that don't taste as sweet as peas or broad beans?
I really don’t know how our ancestors evolved that they had to eat this stuff.
The big leaf ants raised their antennae to resist.
Besides, the big leaf ants just can’t eat other food for a long time, but they can’t eat anything. I take a bite of the unpalatable big leaf ant beans and a bite of the sweet magic fruit, what can they do to me!
Josh said she knew nothing about this. She only knew that the little guys in front of her looked even more listless than when they just woke up when faced with the food she specially prepared for them.
Is it because you are not familiar with the taste of the food?
Qiao Xi thought of an idea. No bug could resist the temptation of delicious honey. If she poured the special honey on the leaves and pods of these big-leaf ant beans, it would be sweet and delicious.
Qiao Xi did it as soon as he thought of it. He quickly brought a piece of honey that had been newly harvested this year and gently poured a few circles on the big-leaf ant beans.
Sure enough, the little ants responded immediately.
Josh saw the big leaf ants starting to try to eat the big leaf ant beans covered in honey, but it just looked weird.
Josh stared at them again and again, thinking that this might be their special eating process.
In fact, the big leaf ants found it fragrant and unpalatable at the same time, yet it was so sweet that they were reluctant to spit it out, so they could only chew it while eating.
Josh couldn't see it, but the big-tailed yak next to him understood it.
Just telling Qiao Xi would only add to her troubles. What else can these ants eat if not these things? They have to eat them even if they taste bad.
After eating the big leaf ant beans with added ingredients, the big leaf ants no longer said they were hungry, but their antennae were flailing everywhere, as they wanted to come out and explore.
Since they wanted to get out, Josh would explain things to them first.
"Hello, big leaf ants. I'm Josh, the farmer who just fed you big leaf ant beans. Those big leaf ant beans are delicious, right? As long as you work hard in my farm, you will have plenty of big leaf ant beans to eat in the future..." After Josh said a lot of things, he suddenly found that these big leaf ants seemed to be in a daze and had no reaction at all.
"Big-leaf ant beans, did you hear that? If you work hard, you will have a lot of big-leaf ant beans." She said quickly again.
As a result, one ant suddenly fell to the ground, its body stiff and motionless. Then one, two... all fell to the ground and motionless.
"Ah, what happened?" Josh was confused.
The big-tailed yak couldn't bear it anymore and tried hard to hold back his laughter and reminded Qiao Xi.
"Moo~" They don't like to eat big-leaf ant beans. Josh, don't emphasize this anymore. Look, they are almost fainted by the anger.
Huh? Qiao Xi turned his head speechlessly and looked at the group of little guys pretending to be dead. You guys just don’t like to eat at all!
I was wondering why he looked so reluctant to eat.
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more. Look, there's a small piece of honey here." Josh took the opportunity to put a platinum-colored honeycomb on the table. Golden honey flowed out of it, and the sweet fragrance filled the air.
Honey! The radar on the big leaf ant's head quickly started working, locked onto the target, and charged!
Josh opened the lid, and soon the leaf ants swayed their antennae and crawled out of the freezer through the passage.
At the very end was the queen ant who had just woken up and whose head was still a little dizzy. It was larger than its peers, but now it was shriveled by hunger. It staggered behind the big leaf ants, and it also wanted to eat honey.
Unfortunately, it couldn't climb over the frozen box and rolled down several times.
Josh stared at the large leaf ants that arrived first and found them somewhat novel and interesting.
When I looked back, I noticed the queen ant who was dizzy from the fall.
Sorry, sorry, I ignored you, Josh beat the wooden fish in his heart.
She then decided to build a mini stove for the queen ant. She broke off a small piece of honeycomb and placed it next to the queen ant.
After all, she is the queen ant. She needs to bribe her first so that she can command more big leaf ants to work for her in the future.
The beehive on the table was not small, but it was quickly destroyed by a group of big leaf ants.
But they soon discovered that Josh was secretly playing tricks on the queen ant. They didn't dare to be angry or say anything to the queen ant, but they dared to be angry but not say anything to Josh. The wildly dancing tentacles on their heads showed how rich their psychological activities were.
"What are you looking at? You were ignoring me just now, and now you want to scold me after eating the honey I gave you?" Qiao Xi took the initiative.
Huh? The antennae of the big leaf ants stopped moving for a moment, as if to say, oh, isn't this a bit bad?
"Do you know you're in the wrong? If you do, I'll share the delicious food with you next time. If you still want to eat my crickets, forget it." Josh began to trick the ants.
Delicious? We know we were wrong, we know we were wrong, we all know we were wrong. The big leaf ants all began to bow to Qiao Xi.
At this speed, Qiao Xi's mouth twitched. He only heard "it's delicious, right?" and probably didn't even understand what I said.
Forget it, Lord Qiao Xi will not bear grudge against Xiao Yi and will forgive you generously.
"Okay, your performance is okay for now. Next you have a difficult task. Do you have the confidence to complete it?" Josh asked seriously.
Mission? Difficult? What does that mean? The big leaf ants whispered to each other for a while, then looked at Josh with some confusion.
It was strange that she could see confusion in the body language of a group of ants.
"Ahem, it's like this. You've just been released from lockdown today. You should take advantage of the good weather today and start building an ant nest. You don't want to stay in this small box forever, do you?"
No, of course not, the big leaf ants all shook their antennae.
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