Xia Lunong has encountered many moving plants in her life, but this is the first time she has encountered a talking plant. She was stunned for a moment.

The two cacti stood a few meters away and did not come over. They shook their petals and said, "What's wrong? Did Honeysuckle let you come over?"

The cactus seemed to be afraid that they would resist, so it raised its voice, "Honeysuckle has described you to me, and you are just like this. Don't tell me it's not true!"

Xia Lunong's tone was a little dreamy, "Yes... We just didn't expect..."

The petals of the cactus trembled and laughed "hahahaha".

The laughter was very rough, as if a middle-aged man was laughing in front of them.

It felt very magical.

Xia Lunong quietly reached out and rubbed her arms, trying to rub away the goose bumps on her arms.

The cactus laughed and said proudly: "You didn't expect me to be able to speak, did you?"

"Yes." Xia Lunong said dryly, "You are one step ahead."

Cactus: "Thank you, hahahahahahahaha, I was just bored and figured out your pronunciation. Hey, don't stand there, come and sit!"

After the cactus said a few more words, Xia Lunong could clearly feel that its Mandarin had a southern accent, with no distinction between flat and recurved tongue, and it was a bit soft.

It should be a local accent.

I don't know how this cactus learned it, and who it learned it from.

While they were lost in thought, the cactus stretched out its long stem and called to them, "Move the stool yourselves. I'm too weak to move it."

"Okay." Xia Lunong came to her senses and introduced herself, "Honeysuckle should have told you about this. My name is Xia Lunong, and the one next to me is my partner Kong Zhi." "

I've told you about this before. She also said that you're a very nice person and that your place is very lively. I'd definitely like it if I went there."

Xia Lunong didn't expect Honeysuckle to say so many good things about them. She rubbed her trouser seams and said, "Honeysuckle is also very nice and has helped us a lot."

The cactus agreed deeply, and several flowers on its top swayed at the same time, "Yes, yes, honeysuckle is famous for being good. Everyone thinks very highly of it ." Convinced."

The two sides talked about some common topics, and the atmosphere eased a little. Xia Lunong said: "The purpose of our visit this time is to invite you to our base. We can help with watering and fertilizing, and you can provide us with flowers, fruits and other products. It will be mutually beneficial."

The cactus shook its petals, "I heard it. But my flowers and fruits don't seem to be of any use to you. Is this okay?"

"Yes, are they useful? We can judge for ourselves, as long as you are willing to provide them to us."

"That's no problem. Anyway, my flowers will wither every day, and it's better to keep them. If you want them, take them and give me something in return."

The cactus was more straightforward than they imagined.

Xia Lunong and Kong Zhi looked at each other, and there was some surprise in each other's eyes.

Xia Lunong smiled, "Well, happy cooperation?"

The cactus shook its flower, "How about - let's talk about my treatment first?"

Xia Lunong's smile got bigger.

He thought this guy was selfless, but it seemed that this guy was more cunning than he imagined.

It seemed that the plants had also become cunning.

Xia Lunong nodded, "No problem. Tell me your request first."

The cactus said with embarrassment, "I have never cooperated with other humans before. I don't know what to ask for. Why don't you tell me first? If not, we can discuss it again. If yes, I will go with you."

Xia Lunong said, "When we cooperate with plants, we generally adopt the principle of equal exchange. What kind of treatment we can give depends on what the plants can provide us."

Xia Lunong gave it an example, "For example, we have a rose at home. The petals it gives us contain a lot of energy. We input it every day. For example, we have a Sichuan pepper plant at home that can watch over our house. We often inject superpowers into it and help it water and fertilize it. "

The cactus pondered, "If these two are counted, I can do it too."

Xia Lunong smiled, "Yes, so we only have the basis of cooperation."

The cactus immediately said, "Then if I can provide you with flowers like the rose, my treatment should be comparable to the rose."

Xia Lunong: "The rose has more flowers..."

The cactus interrupted him unconvinced, "I have a lot of flowers too."

Xia Lunong paused, "Then let's try it?"

"Let's try it." The cactus shook its flower and said, "If it doesn't work, can you send me back?"

Xia Lunong laughed, "Of course. As long as you say you are not satisfied and want to come back, we can send you back anytime."

The cactus said, "That's no problem, I'll go with you!"

The conversation between Xia Lunong and the others and the cactus went unexpectedly smoothly. In less than half an hour, the two sides reached a cooperation agreement.

Xia Lunong looked at the sky outside and said, "It's too late today. We need to rest here for a while. We will set out back to the base tomorrow."

The cactus promised, "You can rest assured. Didn't you say before that there is a Sichuan pepper plant in your house that will help you watch the house? I can help you keep watch today."

Xia Lunong didn't trust this cactus that she just met, but she still said readily, "Then I'll trouble you."

"You're welcome. We are all friends."

Xia Lunong and Kong Zhi didn't need to find another place. The two of them simply cleaned the abandoned yard and built a simple stove in the middle of the yard with stones, and they were done.

It was a little cold after nightfall.

They lit a bonfire, and the flames flickered, casting a layer of warm light on the abandoned yard.

Xia Lunong sniffed, sat by the fire and took out the fish she caught in the afternoon.

The fish meat was very fresh and very elastic, and she could smell the sweet smell of fish meat when she put it in front of her eyes.

If it weren't for the fact that it was impossible to eat sashimi in this era, Xia Lunong would have wanted to cut a plate of sashimi to try.

Kong Zhi took out a cutting board and said to Xia Lunong, "Give me the fish meat."

"Okay. Let's have boiled fish fillets?"

"Don't you like pickled fish? There's a small jar of pickled cabbage in Kong Zhi's bamboo tube. I'll make you pickled fish tonight."

Xia Lunong gave her a thumbs up, "Then I'll cut the dried peppers."

They only brought out one pot, and this pot was used for both cooking and dishes. Since they were cooking pickled fish, there was no way to cook.

Xia Lunong simply took out a handful of rice noodles and soaked them. When the fish fillets were almost eaten, she would put the rice in to cook, and then use the broth from the pickled fish to cook a pot of hot pickled fish rice noodles.

The two often lived in the wild and cooperated very well. They didn't need to talk. A glance would tell the other party what to do. This was

the first time that Cactus had really talked to a human since he learned to speak.

Unexpectedly, these two people were so close that they couldn't tolerate a third party.

Cactus wanted to interrupt several times, but after he started, he felt it was inappropriate and had to give up.

It was very depressed, curled up in a corner, and didn't bother to pay attention to the two humans.

Xia Lunong didn't notice the situation on the cactus.

Plants don't need to eat.

The two of them finished cooking, washed the dishes and came out to taste it directly.

This pot of pickled fish was very tasty. As soon as the fish entered her mouth, Xia Lunong could feel the sour, fragrant, fresh, spicy, sweet and thick flavors of the soup.

The processed fish meat was very tender. Just put it on the tip of your tongue and take a sip, and the whole piece of fish meat melted.

There was no residue on the melted fish meat, only fat and tender.

Xia Lunong was even reluctant to swallow it. She tasted it for a while before swallowing the fish meat in her mouth.

As soon as he swallowed the fish, his eyes lit up, and he picked up a piece of slightly curled white fish meat, stared at the fish meat and said: "This fish meat is fresher than the river fish we usually eat!" "

It also contains more energy, so the taste is naturally better." Kong Zhi took a spoon and scooped a bowl of fish meat into his bowl, "Eat it quickly, or you will get old if you don't eat it."

"You should eat it quickly too. Let me try some pickled cabbage."

Their pickled cabbage is made of mustard greens, which have been pickled for almost a year and are very tasty.

Xia Lunong picked up a piece of pickled cabbage, which was golden and crisp, sour and delicious. It was stimulated by the fish meat and spicy taste, and it was simply invincible.

It has a completely different taste from the fish meat, but it is equally perfect.

After tasting it carefully, Xia Lunong squinted and said, "This pickled cabbage is too perfect, it's worthy of being pickled by us."

Kong Zhi smiled.

The two of them had a perfect pickled fish. Before going to bed, Xia Lunong's mouth was still curled up.

He grabbed the diary and wrote down everything that happened today, especially emphasizing how perfect the fish and pickled cabbage tonight were, reminding himself to catch more fish and pickle more pickled cabbage after returning home.

Kong Zhi looked over his diary and said, "If you like, we can bring a fishing net next time to catch fish."

"Okay." Xia Lunong thought for a moment, "Let's see if there's a chance to sail over here, otherwise it's too dangerous."

Kong Zhi said, "Based on our current production capacity, it may be next year before we can produce boats."

Xia Lunong waved her hand, "It's okay, we'll just wait a while, and catch a few more fish this year to satisfy our hunger."

The two took turns to keep watch.

There was a night owl cactus next to them to chat with them, so they didn't feel sleepy.

After a safe night, Kong Zhi got up early and went fishing with Xia Lunong.

They had a folding fishing rod in a bamboo tube in their space. They couldn't catch big fish, but it should be no problem to catch medium-sized fish weighing dozens of kilograms.

The two wanted to dig earthworms to make fish bait. Before they started, Xia Lunong had an idea and simply divided the fish bait into two types, one was earthworms, and the other was the fish meat they got yesterday.

Fish bait was much more useful than earthworm bait, and no human had ever come here to fish. After the fish bait was spread, the densely packed fish swam over, just like the goldfish raised in the park before the disaster, and came directly to grab the food.

They didn't even need to use a fishing rod to fish, they could just use a ladle to scoop.

Xia Lunong scooped several times with a bucket and scooped up more than ten fish.

The dark back of the fish was swaying in the puddle. Xia Lunong looked down and said with regret, "It would have been better if we had brought a fishing net with us."

"Come next time." Kong Zhi caught the fish that had mutated greatly in the puddle and threw it back into the sea. "Next time we will bring a fishing net by boat."

The two spent the whole morning catching fish and cleaning up the camp before taking the cactus back.

Kong Zhi changed back into his beast form. Xia Lunong tied the cactus pot to Kong Jin Diao with a rope and sat behind him to support it. Kong Jin Diao carried them back.

Kong Jin Diao moved very quickly.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived at the base.

The sentry saw them and waved at them, letting them in while shouting to the base, "Xiao Nong and Kong Zhi are back—"

Xia Lunong had never been treated this way in the past year when he and Kong Zhi were in and out of the base.

When he heard the shouting, he was stunned and asked Kong Zhi, "What happened?"

Kong Golden Eagle didn't know and couldn't answer him, so he flapped his wings and dived down faster.

The cactus was on the back of Kong Zhi's golden eagle, and its stems were almost broken by the wind. It was so scared that it shouted, "Slow down!"

Xia Lunong spread her clothes in front of it to block the wind and comforted it, "Hold on, we will be there soon."

"This - I can't hold on - my flowers will be torn apart by the wind -"

The cactus's trembling petals had not stopped yet, and Kong Zhi had already glided to the gate of the courtyard, stopped gently, and said to the cactus, "We're here."

"Huh, we're finally here." The petals of the cactus trembled wildly. "I was scared to death."

Xia Lunong was about to comfort it when someone ran down the mountain and shouted to him from a distance of more than ten meters, "Xiao Xia, you're finally back! Come with me to see the wheat seedlings in the field. They grow much faster than the wheat seedlings in the Fire Base!"

Xia Lunong: "Huh?"