Chapter 46 Takes Shape
The whole team had eaten fish the night before. When Lin Qi went to the canteen the next morning, people greeted her along the way. The most common phrase she asked was, "Lin Qi, are you going to catch fish today?"
Of course she went. Yesterday she stimulated the growth of aquatic plants in the river. The river section for hundreds of meters was covered with lush aquatic plants, in order to attract fish from other places.
Several hundred kilograms a day, more than a thousand kilograms in three days. Lin Qi planned to reduce the number of fish caught on the fourth day and control the total amount of fish caught within two thousand kilograms. She couldn't catch all the fish.
As for the future, she planned to go deeper into the mountains and hunt one or two large animals. By that time, the autumn harvest would be almost over.
Lin Qi never answered anyone's questions. If someone came up to her out of curiosity, she would look at them with confused eyes, as if she didn't understand.
"It seems that even though he can catch fish, he is still a fool." The team members shook their heads regretfully.
"Lin Qi is not stupid, she just reacts slower than others." Lowe retorted.
"Okay, okay, I'm not stupid." The team member didn't want to argue with a kid. For the answer he didn't get, he turned to Lowe and said, "Then ask her if she's going to go fishing today."
"Ask now," Luo Wei said. He turned to look at Lin Qi, "Lin Qi, are you going to go fishing today?"
Lin Qi blinked and said, "Yes."
Lowe turned to the team member again and said proudly, "See, she's not stupid."
The team member nodded, "I see, she's not stupid, she just ignores people, especially those she doesn't know."
The team members were not angry either. Who would be angry with a fool?
The onlookers left, and Luo Wei and Lin Qi stood side by side. "I don't want to pick up rice ears, I want to go fishing with you. Dad said you are going to the deep mountains, aren't you afraid? Dad said there are wolves in the mountains, have you seen wolves?"
"I have." Lin Qi walked into the cafeteria and looked at the unchanging multi-grain porridge. Her appetite suddenly disappeared.
She has been eating too well recently and has become picky about food.
"I don't want to eat this porridge anymore." Luo Wei said with a bitter face, "But if I don't eat it, I'll be hungry again, and when I'm hungry, I won't have the energy to work. Lin Qi, can you come back earlier? I want to have fish for lunch."
"No." Lin Qi refused flatly.
"Okay." Lowe was extremely disappointed.
On this day, Lin Qi still caught several hundred kilograms of fish.
After handing in the fish, it was still early, so Lin Qi did not return to the educated youth point and went to the mountains again.
Arriving at the cave, she made a fire to smoke the fish, made herself a piece of bread, and gave birth to a basket of grapes. After eating a bunch of grapes, she took her hoe and went out. She first looked at her vegetables and crops.
The result was just as she expected. After one night, many animals appeared here. In addition to some small animals, Lin Qi also found two wild goats.
Lin Qi did not expect that there were wild black goats in the deep forest.
Lin Qi did not disturb these animals. Her plan today was to transplant various fruit trees that had appeared in the mountains, as well as yam, kudzu root and chestnuts. In addition to these, Lin Qi also planted various melons in various places, with pumpkin being the most common.
When these melons grow and take up space, just let them climb freely on vines, trees and rocks.
After planting the crops, Lin Qi once again used her supernatural powers to make her vegetables and crops grow. The vegetables and crops that had been eaten by animals soon became lush and green again.
Before returning to the cave, a vine silently strangled a gray rabbit by the neck and dragged it towards the cave. The vine moved quickly and accurately, and the rabbit was instantly silent, without making a sound or alarming the surrounding animals.
"Let's have cold rabbit tonight." Lin Qi said to herself.
The team ate fish for three consecutive nights. On the fourth night, the amount of fish meat was obviously less, from two pieces per person to one piece per person, and there was no fish soup.
"I have a feeling there will be no fish to eat tomorrow." Mo Mingyang sighed.
"The fish will eventually run out," Ming Kangjian said calmly. "Today, an experienced team member told me that the autumn harvest will be over in three or four days."
"So is it three days or four days? I feel sore all over now. I tremble all over when I get off work every day. I have to rely on one breath to hold on." Zhao Yi said weakly. This trip to the countryside was completely different from what he expected.
He originally wanted to use what he had learned to develop the countryside, but in the end, his knowledge was not put to use and all he put in was his energy.
"It's either three days or four days, just one more or one less. Just grit your teeth and hold on." Ming Kangjian comforted him.
"If there is something delicious for dinner, no matter how tired I am, I will still have a glimmer of anticipation in my heart. If there is nothing delicious, what will I rely on to sustain myself?" Zhao Yi wanted to cry.
When he said this, everyone fell silent.
The captain did not stop, and on the fifth day, Lin Qi continued to go fishing. However, she changed the location and took Old Man Xu to the direction of the cave.
"The vegetation in this area seems to be more lush, and there are more bird and animal sounds." Old Man Xu did not see the birds and animals in the lush forest, but he heard the sounds.
"Maybe it's because this is a paradise." Lin Qi said half-jokingly.
Unexpectedly, Old Man Xu nodded seriously, "Although I can't see anything, this place does give me an unusual feeling."
As for what was unusual, he couldn't put it into words, it was just a feeling.
Lin Qi pretended not to understand and did not respond. She led Old Man Xu through a path covered with thorny bushes and came out of the cave.
"Please wait a moment, I'll move a stone." Lin Qi said.
Old Man Xu was surprised. He didn't expect that behind these vines there was actually a cave entrance made of stones. "Is this your and Ah He's base in the mountains?"
"Base?" Lin Qi repeated the word and smiled. "You can say that."
After entering the cave, Old Man Xu saw at a glance several wooden racks in the middle of the cave filled with smoked fish. Each of these fish was very large, even bigger than the ones they had caught in the past few days.
"If we leave it like this, won't mice come in and steal the food?" Old Man Xu asked subconsciously.
"We have blocked the entrance to the cave, and we have caught most of the rats near the cave." On the day when Lin Qi planned to store food here, he quietly killed all the rats nearby.
Not only that, there were traps she had set near the cave, so even if mice came, they would never come back.
"We can't be careless. Rats can dig holes." said Old Man Xu.
Lin Qi nodded, "We will pay attention."
"I'll help you check later to make sure there's nothing missed." Old Man Xu said, turning his head to look around the cave. When he saw the big bed that was nearly two meters wide, the old man widened his eyes in shock.
How could there be a bed here, these two children——
As soon as Lin Qi saw Old Man Xu's expression, she knew he had misunderstood. "Sometimes I have to deal with prey and can't go back that night. There is a bed here, so it's convenient for me to rest."
“Oh~”
There was a hint of regret in Old Man Xu's tone, "It's just this reason."
Lin Qi: “….”
Lin Qi asked Old Man Xu to help them make a fire and smoke the meat in the cave, while she went out of the cave herself.
She is not going fishing today. She plans to get some meat to bring back. The two wild goats she saw a few days ago are good.
After her continuous transformation, this area has now mostly matured crops, fruits and vegetables, and their quantity is increasing day by day. Even the cracks in the rocks are filled with seeds of various melons.
However, although these crops, fruits and vegetables were ripe, there were not many left as they were all eaten by the animals that came after hearing the news.
Lin Qi didn't feel sorry for them. She kept eating and continued to induce them to give birth the next day. Now, these animals were gathering more and more in this area, and they were showing signs of settling down here.
In order to allow these animals to settle here completely, Lin Qi planned to dig a ditch from the other side of the mountain stream and bring in water.
With food and water, these animals will continue to come back even if they leave.
Huh?
Lin Qi, who was transferring her supernatural powers, raised her eyebrows. A big guy came today. She climbed up a tall tree and looked not far away. She saw four wild boars, two large and two small.
It turned out to be a family of four!
Not only that, she found that there were two more wild goats, making a total of four, one of which was pregnant.
Lin Qi was extremely surprised. She had not expected that her breeding business would start so soon.
She didn't want to touch the wild boars and wild goats for the time being. It would not be too late to eat them after they had grown to a certain size.
The most numerous animals in this area are various birds, pheasants, hares, and mountain rats. Among them, mountain rats are the most numerous. After just a few nights, countless rat holes appeared on the ground.
Old Man Xu’s worries are not unfounded. It is time to launch a large-scale rat eradication campaign.
"Will there be any fish tonight?" Zhao Yi looked towards the cafeteria, his steps too heavy to lift.
Mo Mingyang licked his lips. "At worst, there's fish soup. There's no oil or water in my stomach. It feels like something is gnawing at me. It's uncomfortable."
"Me too." Ma Guizhi touched her stomach. She didn't know if it was because she was hungry or tired. Her eyes were blurry. "I feel like I can swallow a cow."
At this moment, a gust of wind blew, and an overbearing and rich fragrance drifted into their noses.
"The smell of meat!" Zhao Yi exclaimed.
The next second, he rushed towards the cafeteria like a gust of wind.
Jian Tongyi looked at his back and exclaimed, "What a great power food has!"
The members of the Anliang Brigade originally just prayed for fish soup tonight, but the people in the cafeteria told them that there would be meat to eat tonight.
Everyone was so happy that their eyes turned green, as if they were people who had been hungry for several days.
"Where does the meat come from?" someone asked.
"It comes from the mountains. Ask Lin Qi about this." The chef was serving food while swallowing his saliva. He secretly ate a few bites while it was being cooked. It would have been fine if he hadn't eaten it, but after eating it, he became even more greedy.
"What meat?" asked another.
"You can tell it's rat meat."
"No wonder, I said the meat smells so good!"
"Those pots are all rat meat?"
"Yes, all rat meat. They brought in 1,329 rats today."
hiss--
so much!
Everyone in the cafeteria was stunned. The total number of rats in the entire Anliang Brigade was probably only this many. Where did she catch so many? ! !
"Where did she catch it?"
"How did you catch him?"
"I don't know. She and Old Man Xu left after putting down their backpacks. I can't tell you anything. But judging from the mouse's hair, it must be a mountain mouse."
“Are there so many rats in the mountains?”
"There's an outbreak of rats in the mountains?"
“.......”
The team members were full of questions, but no one could help them answer them.
"Why worry about so much? Let's eat meat first. If I can have such delicious rat meat every day, I will accept it even if I have to work every day."
That night, everyone in the cafeteria ate happily with smiles on their faces, looking very satisfied.
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