The stewed beef and rabbit with pickled cabbage was fragrant, spicy and sour, perfect for eating with rice.

Everyone gathered around the pot, holding their bowls, slurping and soon putting bowl after bowl of rice into their mouths.

The autumn wind blew, but it couldn't blow away the sweat from the spiciness.

Several people in the team had red eyes from the spiciness, and they were about to burst into tears, but they became more and more enthusiastic as they ate.

Li Yueling's eyelashes were covered with tears from the spicy food. She hissed and inhaled, "Xiao Nong, you really turned decay into magic. It's so delicious!"

Xia Lunong looked up at her, "It's not that exaggerated."

"Really, if it weren't for you, this pot of food would be much worse." Li Yueling said as she hissed, "Xiao Nong, the peppers in your family are really fragrant and spicy. I find that everything in your family is especially delicious, the dried tomatoes are delicious, the dried peppers are delicious, and even the dried winter melon is more flavorful than other people's."

Doctor Ou said from the side, "Aren't the plants in Xiao Nong's family famous for being good? I used his tomatoes as seeds, and the two tomato plants in the yard produced a whole tree of fruits, which I couldn't eat up."

"And peanuts." Another male team member interrupted, "I've never seen anyone's peanuts grow so well before. Seeing the peanuts of Deputy Captain Xia's family really broadened my horizons."

Xia Lunong felt embarrassed by their compliments.

Old Liu said, "Xiao Nong, why don't you open a seed store to benefit our base."

Xia Lunong said, "There's no need for a seed store. There aren't many people in our base. If you need seeds, just come and ask me."

Old Liu gave a thumbs up, "That's great."

A group of people quickly finished their meal, packed up their things, loaded them into the car and prepared to go back.

Xia Lunong and his team had basically no harvest today. They packed up everything, fed the calf, and cut grass to take with them. They loaded the car in more than half an hour.

When they were done, the two cars of Old Liu and Doctor Ou were still not in order.

They had to wait a while.

Xia Lunong looked at the sky and said, "While it's still early, why don't we go to Honeysuckle to take a look? This time we say goodbye, and I don't know when we will see each other again."

After saying the last sentence, he felt a little melancholy.

Yan Xinian looked around and said, "That's fine, let's take a camera and take a picture together."

Xia Lunong nodded, "I think this is a good idea."

Xia Huoqu and Kong Zhi did not object.

Finally, the four of them brought Ba Niu to take pictures of them.

Ba Niu and Xiao Tang were there for the past two days, but they had no direct contact with Honeysuckle, let alone any friendship.

When they heard that they were going to take pictures, Baniu said, "I won't be in the picture. You four can take pictures with Honeysuckle."

Xia Lunong nodded, "Please, Brother Baniu."

The group went to the library. Honeysuckle had not yet slowed down. Its vines were curling and many of its leaves were withered and yellow.

Xia Lunong changed back to his beast form and was carried by his brother to Honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle's consciousness was awakened and she asked Xia Maomao, "Why are you here?"

Xia Maomao: "We are going back to the base. We came to say goodbye to you and take pictures as a souvenir."

Honeysuckle's weak voice was filled with a smile, "This is my first time taking pictures."

Xia Maomao: "I'll take the pictures quickly. I'll show you later."

A wolf and a cat stood in front of the honeysuckle vines.

The white tiger stood a little further away, and the golden eagle flew in the sky.

Ba Niu found a good angle and took dozens of photos of them.

Yan Xinian and Kong Zhi turned back into human form, and Ba Niu took a photo of Honeysuckle and the giant wolf kitten.

After that, he took a photo of Summer Cat and Honeysuckle separately.

At this time, the afterglow of the sunset had not yet dissipated. The sweet forest cat with a silver-gray face and back sat on its front paws and took a photo with Honeysuckle.

The sun cast a layer of soft light on them.

Ba Niu took photos of them from the front and side. They looked good no matter how he took them.

After taking the photos, Xia Huoqu approached Honeysuckle, picked up Summer the cat from the ground, held her in his arms, and showed them the photos that the camera had just taken.

"Meow." Summer the cat called out, and with her soft paws she pulled her brother's hand, asking him to take his hand down a little so that he could appreciate the photos with Honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle's voice echoed in his mind, "You look so pretty. This is the first time I've seen myself."

"Me too." Summer Cat said, "So this is what I look like in my animal form."

Honeysuckle smiled, "You look really pretty in your animal form. You look cute."

Summer Cat: "Does the aesthetic of plants look the same as we do as animals?"

"I don't know about other plants, but to me, you look cute like this, and you look pretty in your human form, too." Honeysuckle said, "Next time we have a chance, maybe we can discuss each other's aesthetic preferences together."

"Okay." Summer Cat said, "I look forward to the day we meet again."

"Goodbye."

Summer Cat said goodbye to Honeysuckle and was taken to the car by his brother.

The truck slowly drove away along the main road.

They stayed at N University for two days. They had already collected all the most valuable things in the area and were now heading back home. They returned

with four fully loaded trucks. The trucks were too heavy and they could not drive fast. It took them another three days to get back to the base.

Three days later, in the afternoon, they finally drove the trucks back slowly from the main gate of the base.

People at the base came over to see the excitement and were stunned to see Xia Lunong and his team bringing back a herd of cattle.

"Is this a yellow cattle?"

"Why is this ox so thin?"

"Hey, I said Xia Lunong always has good luck every time she goes out. This cow is really good!"

Yan Xinian parked the car and said with a smile, "It's not a yellow cattle, it's an Angern dairy cow."

People who were watching the excitement poked their heads out, "Hey, it looks the same as a yellow cattle, except that it has a bigger skeleton."

"They're so small now, you can't see anything. You'll know when they grow up. Xiao Tang, Ba Niu, you two pick one."

Ba Niu responded happily, "Here we come!"

Ba Niu and Xiao Tang strolled over to pick the cattle.

After being on the road for so many days, everyone had already discussed how to distribute the supplies.

Now they can just divide them into several piles when unloading.

After Xiao Tang picked up the yak, he went back to Lao Liu, and the rest was divided among Ba Niu, Xia Lunong and the other four.

Doctor Ou and Lao Liu were not qualified to pick the yak.

​​They just resisted together for a while when they were attacked by the giant bull that night, and then they didn't contribute much.

On the contrary, when they went out to search, they also borrowed the help of Yan Xinian and Xia Huoqu, and the supplies were divided into two groups.

After the yak was divided, there were books, honeysuckle, computers and the like left, which were to be divided by Ba Niu and Xia Lunong.

Ba Niu did not contribute much this time. He was mainly responsible for driving the car to keep up the pressure. Therefore, he only took 20 kilograms of honeysuckle and 300 kilograms of rice compensated by others. In addition, the miscellaneous odds and ends he obtained on the road also belonged to him.

The remaining two trucks of things belonged to Xia Lunong and his family. It was difficult to divide them among their families for the time being, so they all went to the public account.

In addition, Liao Quannan and his family had delivered a truck of gasoline earlier, and this gasoline was also divided according to contribution.

Yan Xinian, Xia Huoqu and Kong Zhi shared more than 700 kilograms of gasoline. Xia Lunong's contribution in this matter was too small, so he did not participate in the division.

Dividing things is actually a troublesome matter. Several people were busy until night fell, and then they divided the materials and returned the trucks.

The harvested honeysuckle was sent directly to the small square to dry, the computers and books were temporarily placed on the second floor, and the fifteen cows were sent to Zheng Linguang, who helped them raise pigs, and asked Zheng Linguang to take care of them for a few days.

The cows still lived in the pigsty and woodshed built by Xia Lunong.

They had built three large pig pens and woodsheds before, and now they used one to keep the pigs. The chickens, ducks and geese were temporarily moved out and put in chicken cages, leaving two rooms for the cows.

The woodshed was average, and these cows were thin and weak, so it was not good to keep them together, so they had to build a few cow sheds as soon as possible.

In addition, fodder and other supplies must be arranged in time to provide the cattle with a good supply, otherwise these cattle will be too deprived when they are young and will not be strong when they grow up.

All of these are urgent matters.

During dinner, Xia Lunong said with a headache: "It is not easy for us to raise so many cattle. The base does not have enough fodder."

Yan Xinian looked at him, "Then use these cattle to exchange for some supplies? After the exchange, our feeding pressure will not be so great."

Xia Lunong rejected: "How much supplies are skinny cattle worth? We have worked hard to pull them back from a long distance, and I can't bear to exchange them."

Xia Huoqu looked at him, "You are still keeping us in suspense, tell me what you have to do."

"No secret." Xia Lunong chuckled, "I'm just thinking about how to say it."

Xia Lunong said: "Brother, you see there are more and more people in the base, and there is definitely not enough land. People haven't completely solved the problem of food and clothing, and there is no way to free up land for us to grow grass and raise cattle."

Xia Huoqu nodded, motioning him to continue.

Xia Lunong: "How about we enclose a piece of land outside the base to grow grass? We have cleared the area near the base many times, and there are not many dangerous mutant plants and animals anymore. We can just enclose a piece of fertile land to grow grass."

Xia Lunong thought about it and continued: "Anyway, grass is not a serious crop, and the possibility of being damaged is relatively small. If it is eaten by insects or pecked by birds, it will be convenient for us to replant it."

Yan Xinian pondered for a while, "That's not bad, we can try to open up some wasteland on a small scale."

Yan Xinian agreed and smiled at Xia Lunong, "Have you had this idea a long time ago? The land in the base is not enough for you to use, right?"

"That's not the case." Xia Lunong said honestly, "Honeysuckle entrusted its body to me. We are definitely not at ease planting it in the base, so we can only plant it outside the base. If we open up wasteland outside, we can go and see it often."