Chapter 5: Surprise in the Fruit Forest
Imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.
Qiao Xi cheered up and planted broad beans one by one in the soft soil turned over by the big-tailed yak.
We must ensure that there is enough sunlight to promote its rooting and germination, but we must also be careful not to let bushes affect its growth.
I didn't bring enough seeds, but broad beans grow very fast and should be able to cover the entire land.
The soil is quite moist, so there is no need to water it anymore. Watering too much will have the opposite effect and will let the seeds rot.
For the time being, we will only develop these two plots of land. Qiao Xi cannot take care of more.
She had to go check on the fruit trees on the hillside. She had only seen them from a distance a few times in the past few days and had never observed them up close. Many of the fruit trees were bearing fruit, as Qiao Xi saw.
However, the orchard is not simpler than the wasteland outside the cabin. The abundant food will attract many greedy monsters, and there may even be some little creatures settling there.
Josh dared not act rashly.
"Big-tailed yak, let's go to the fruit forest and take a look," he patted the big-tailed yak who was full and sleeping lazily.
One man and one cow headed towards the hillside.
"Moo~"
Qiao Xi felt the temperature around her suddenly drop, and there was an ice-blue light flashing around her. This was the big-tailed yak using its energy to create a shield around her.
Just in case there are special circumstances.
Before reaching the orchard, Qiao Xi heard a buzzing sound.
The more you fear something, the more likely it will come.
Qiao Xi's heart was beating fast and he glanced at the big-tailed yak.
"Moo~" Don't be afraid of me!
Yes, there is a big-tailed yak, but I don’t know what kind of bee it is. I hope it’s not a double-sting hornet or a giant-jawed poisonous bee. If it is these two kinds of monsters, Josh would not dare to provoke them.
It's nothing, he just has a strong desire for revenge. If he could bite Josh when Niu Niu isn't paying attention, he could just carry Josh away.
As he approached the orchard, Qiao Xi saw that the orchard in front of him was full of small pink flowers. The flowers had a very faint fragrance and the petals were obovate.
It's bitter candy! Qiao Xi's mind was working quickly. When it grows up, it will be a small heart-shaped fruit. It is sweet with a slight bitter taste, which can refresh the mind.
Currently, the pioneering corps is working hard to advance the strategic goal of opening up the alien continent, working day and night. The demand for bitter candies is very high and the price is very good.
However, Qiao Xi waved her hand to signal the big-tailed yak not to follow her. She quietly went in to take a look at what kind of bees it was so that she could think of a way to manage this bitter candy forest.
An ice-blue light enveloped Qiao Xi, and she tiptoed into the orchard and walked towards the direction where the "buzzing" sound came from.
Please don't let it be a double-stinged hornet, please don't let it be a giant-jawed venomous wasp, please, please!
Josh muttered to himself.
Hey! Looking ahead, I saw a white beehive built on the ground and branches. It was not a beehive of double-stinged wasps or giant-jawed venomous wasps.
Josh felt relieved and unconsciously took a few more steps forward, wanting to take a closer look at what kind of bee it was.
"Buzz buzz buzz" he was discovered! A group of white, fat, furry little bees surrounded Josh.
"Moo~" This is the warning of the big-tailed yak.
The little fat bees retreated several meters in an instant. They could not afford to provoke such a high-level magical beast.
This time Qiao Xi saw it clearly. It was a white velvet bumblebee! It was a good helper in the orchard!
Moreover, their numbers are much smaller than other bee-like monsters, their aggressiveness is very low, and they are very well-behaved little bees.
"Hello, my name is Qiao Xi, and I am the owner of the orchard where you are staying."
Master? The white velvet bumblebees were buzzing and communicating, flying up and down.
This is a newly emerged bee colony. The queen bee has just awakened from her slumber and established this small colony.
The combat capability is unknown, but it is definitely not strong.
Are they going to be forced to leave before they even make much honey? Can they find a better place to collect honey after leaving here? Can they compete with other evil bee colonies?
The swarm of bees buzzed in panic.
These honest little bees never thought about whether to rob the orchard, they believed whatever Josh said. Of course, they didn't have the strength to do so.
"Buzz buzz" the queen bee slowly came out of the hive and flew towards Josh pitifully. Because it was too fat, it fell down after flying for a while, and then flew up again by flapping its short wings.
Josh's heart was melted, so cute.
"Buzz buzz buzz" The queen bee rubbed her furry little feet in front of Josh, as if begging.
Josh asked, "Are you asking me to let you stay in the orchard? If so, hum."
"Buzz" the queen bee really made a buzz.
Haha, Josh really hopes these cute little bees will stay, but he can't reveal his thoughts.
Josh pretended to think for a moment and said, "If you want to stay in my orchard, you need to work for me and manage the pollination of this orchard for me."
"Buzz buzz" the queen bee buzzed twice quickly, and it agreed.
"Also, tell me the truth, where did all your pollen go?" Qiao Shi finally revealed his true intentions.
The white velvet bumblebee can make honey, but the technique is not very good and the yield is very low. Their hives are not built very well, but they can collect more pollen than other bees. There are also large and small hairs on their legs, which seem to be some kind of innate spatial talent that allows them to carry more pollen.
So they almost always eat ready-made nectar and make very little.
The legs of this group of white velvet bumblebees are clean, with only a few of them stained with a little pollen. There is no honey at all in the hive, and it is well built, without any miscellaneous dirt mixed in.
It's obvious at first glance that this group of stupid bumblebees couldn't have built it.
They are looking for pollen almost all day long. There is no way that there is no pollen in the hive. The only reason is that they send all the pollen to other places.
"Buzz buzz buzz" smaller bees emerged from behind the fruit trees blocked by the white beehive.
"Slender-legged bee?" Qiao Xi was surprised. If this rare little bee didn't look so special, she really wouldn't have recognized it.
Their small bodies drag along several pairs of long and slender legs, which causes them to fly slowly and also prevents them from carrying much pollen. Their legs are smooth and without hair, so they cannot store much pollen.
But when it comes to making honey in the hive, their skills are fast and excellent, and they are a type of bee that produces a very high amount of honey.
Of course, this is all what Qiao Xi read in the newspaper, and she has never seen it.
A small group of slender-legged bees flew to the side of the white-velvet bumblebee queen and buzzed towards Josh together.
"Do you want me to keep the wasp as well?"
Two groups of little bees buzzed quickly.
"Then you have to work for me, only then will I allow you to stay here," Josh said seriously to the slender-legged bee.
In fact, she was so happy that she almost couldn't hold back her laughter.
(End of this chapter)
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