Cats grow fields in the apocalyptic wasteland

Xia Lunong hugged Kong Zhi's neck, and opened her eyes to look at the scene below.

The lotus below has spread from one end to the other, and it should be tens of acres in size.

At this time, there were only scattered lotus flowers left in the lotus field, the lotus leaves were withered and yellow, the lotus pods were dry and brown, and many black lotus seeds protruded from the lotus pods, plump and huge.

From time to time, birds landed on the residual lotus and pecked at the lotus seeds with their beaks.

Xia Lunong could clearly see that the bottom was not an ornamental lotus field, but an economic lotus field with lotus seeds and lotus roots.

If they drove over, they would definitely be able to dig a lot of lotus roots and get a lot of lotus seeds.

Xia Lunong's eyes flickered, and he hugged the golden eagle's neck and shouted: "Kong Zhi, let's go back first. Later, we will go down to pick lotus pods and dig lotus roots together!"

The golden eagle screamed, flapping its wings and flying back.

This time they had a clear destination, Kong Zhi didn't delay, and flew back directly, returning to the temporary camp in a few minutes.

As soon as Kong Zhi landed, Xia Lunong couldn't wait to get off his back and shouted to his brother: "Brother, we found that fragrant thing, it's a lotus!"

Xia Huoqu: "There are still lotus?"

Xia Lunong nodded vigorously, "Yes! There is a large residual lotus in the southeast. Now the lotus field is full of withered lotus pods, and there should be lotus roots underneath. Let's go and see."

Kong Zhi changed back into a human form, Xia Lunong took out clothes from the backpack and gave them to him, and continued: "I also saw many birds in the lotus field pecking at lotus seeds to eat, lotus seeds should be non-toxic and can be eaten directly."

Xia Huoqu asked: "Is the skin of dried lotus seeds very hard? Birds can peck them?"

"I don't know much about that." Xia Lunong said, "I'll find out what's going on after I go and have a look."

Yan Xiannian came over with an opened bamboo joint and handed it to them, "Drink your saliva first, your face is flushed with excitement."

Xia Lunong took it, Gudu Gudu drank half of the bottle of water, handed the remaining half to Kong Zhi, and said: "It must be exciting, so many lotus seeds and lotus pods are gifts from nature. We How much can we reap after working so hard for half a year? Hetian can at least give us a hundred times the reap!"

Yan Xinian smiled, "That's really exciting. Thank you for your hard work."

Kong Zhi put on his clothes, drank the water in the empty bamboo tube, and said, "It's mainly thanks to Xiao Nong. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have discovered that there is a large lotus field in the southeast corner."

Xia Lunong said: "That's our joint contribution. It's strange, don't people from the base often come here to catch birds? They didn't find such a big lotus field."

Kong Zhi: "Birds are so fierce. Most people catch a few birds and run away quickly. How dare they go through the bird's territory and explore there?"

"That's right." Xia Lunong thought of the truck, and before his brother and his former brother could ask, he took the initiative to say, "We also found the truck, it's by the river, it seems to be stuck in the mud, and we can't drive it out for a while. "

Xia Huo channel: "It is conceivable that if the truck is okay, they should drive it that day and run away."

"I guess I can't win." Xia Lunong said, "The place where the truck was parked was very close to the flock of birds. It must have been attacked by the flock of birds. The windshield was completely broken, and the hood was still full of bird droppings. It looked very dire.”

Yan Xi Nian said: "Then what about now, is there any bird in the car?"

"No." Xia Lunong observed carefully, "The driver's cab is very empty, and it looks clean. It should not be harmed by birds."

Yan Xiannian turned to ask Xia Huoqu's opinion, "Then let's pack up our things and go take a look?"

Xia Huoqu: "Just drive the truck over there, and maybe leave by another road later."

"I think it's okay." Yan Xiannian turned to Xia Lunong and Kong Zhi, "What's your opinion?"

Xia Lunong said: "I think it's okay too."

Kong Zhi nodded.

Unanimously approved, several people packed their things and headed to the river beach.

Kong Zhi knew the place, so he drove the car.

Four people squeezed together in the cab.

Yan Xiannian deployed: "Let's observe from a distance later, if the truck really gets stuck in the mud, I will turn into a beast and push behind, Huo Qu, you drive, Kong Zhi and Xiao Nong, the two of you Parked in these two vehicles, ready to support or escape at any time."

Xia Lunong said: "Why don't we push it too, more people will work harder."

"No need." Yan Xianian refused, "I'll change back into the animal form, so I can lift the car up without any problem, I don't need you. It's not convenient for you and Kongzhi to use force in the animal form."

Xia Lunong had no choice but to say: "Okay."

Yan Xiannian rubbed his head, "Didn't you just finish the investigation work, it's our turn to contribute to this kind of formal work."

Kong Zhi said: "I'll drive the car to the front first, brother Huo Qu, you guys will follow later."

Xia Huoqu nodded, "No problem, we'll make it quick later."

Several people divided the work, and soon drove the car to the river beach.

The plants on the river beach were relatively low, and the truck was very conspicuous. Several people saw the truck left on it at a glance.

Yan Xiannian stared at the truck, feeling a little toothache, "It's only been a few days, and the truck is broken like this?"

Xiahuo channel: "Violent destruction is of course different from natural weathering. Kongzhi, please stop the car, we are going to get off."

"Okay." Kong Zhi stopped the car, "Be careful."

Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian opened the door and got out of the car.

Xia Huoqu put on his backpack and went to the back of the car to pick up a can of gasoline.

Yan Xiannian took off his clothes on the spot and threw it to Xia Huoqu, turned into a giant tiger, followed behind him, lowered his body, and flicked his tail, meaning to let him sit on him.

Xia Huoqu was not polite, he turned over and climbed onto the back of the giant tiger with his hands vigorously.

The giant tiger rushed forward with him, like a gust of wind, quickly blew to the side of the truck.

Xia Huoqu jumped off the giant tiger, carried his backpack, ran to the cab, opened the door and inserted the key to start the truck, all in one go.

Juhu quickly pushed the truck up with his head behind the truck.

At the same time, the truck made a "buzzing" sound and drove straight away.

The flock of birds was startled by the sound, and most of them flew up again, flying up first, and then slammed towards the truck.

At this time, the truck had already driven out of the mud pit, and Xia Huoqu shouted in the empty cab, "Get in the car!"

"Roar!" The giant tiger roared, frightening the birds, ran two steps quickly, ran to the back of the car, quickly changed back to human form, reached out to grab the tarpaulin, swung directly, climbed into the car, and shouted Said: "Okay!"

Without saying a word, Xia Huoqu started the truck and followed the truck that was driving in the sky.

Kong Zhi calmly increased his speed, trying to get rid of the birds.

Xia Lunong watched nervously from the rearview mirror that his brother was chasing him by car.

The flock of birds is too large, and a single bird is also very large. They are besieged by so many flocks of birds. Once they get close, the consequences will be disastrous.

There are so many ants that can kill elephants, let alone so many birds, it is also possible to peck them into skeletons.

"Kong Zhi, hurry up!" Xia Lunong's voice changed so nervously, "Hurry up, hurry up! Take my brother and the others out! They are about to be surrounded!"

"This is already the fastest speed." Kong Zhi saw Xia Huoqu's truck surrounded by them from the rearview mirror, and said, "Wait! You drive!"

"how about you?!"

"I turned back into a golden eagle to scare off the birds!"

As Kong Zhi said, he had already stepped on the brakes, made an emergency stop, unfastened his seat belt, and opened the door to get out of the car.

Xia Lunong quickly switched to the driver's seat, caught the clothes, shoes and socks he threw in, and piled them into the co-pilot.

Kong Zhi helped him close the car door, "You drive ahead and lead the way, and I'll help Brother Huo Qu and the others."

Seeing him turning into a giant golden eagle, Xia Lunong's heart jumped into her throat, and she only had time to say, "Be careful in everything" before she had to drive forward.

There was already a bird staring at his car from behind, flapping its wings and rushing over.

Xia Lunong only has a driver's license for a car, and she doesn't usually drive much, and she has very little experience in driving a truck.

He was not proficient in driving. As soon as he stepped on the accelerator, the truck immediately rushed out with a "bang", which surprised him.

He slowed down a bit and looked in the rearview mirror.

The giant golden eagle flapped its wings and flew towards the truck behind. At the same time, its sharp claws grabbed several birds that were hitting him, and directly grabbed the birds out of several blood holes.

The smell of blood wafted away.

The golden eagle threw the bird carcass into the flock of birds, and the flock of birds panicked.

Many birds didn't care about besieging the truck for a moment, flapped their wings, and ran desperately in all directions.

The rest of the wild birds were aroused fiercely, and they slammed into the truck and the golden eagle without fear of death.

The golden eagle was not polite, and grabbed several birds with one claw, and killed dozens of birds in one breath.

Bird carcasses were thrown into the flock.

Instead of retreating, many birds attacked the golden eagles and trucks while pecking at the corpses of their companions.

Xia Lunong looked anxiously, but unfortunately, he was a cat in animal shape, with almost no attack power, so he could only worry on one side.

The only good thing is that his brother's situation didn't look dangerous, otherwise his brother would have turned back into a beast form.

The birds kept attacking them and their truck kept going.

After driving intermittently and with difficulty for more than ten minutes, the flock of birds that attacked them finally dispersed, leaving only a few sporadic fierce ones, all of which were caught and killed by the golden eagle's claws.

Fearing that the birds would catch up, Xia Lunong drove another kilometer before stopping, and opened the car door to check on his brother and the others.

Seeing him stop the car, the golden eagle fell to the ground, changed back into a human form, and opened the car door panting.

Xia Lunong glanced at his body, saw that he was not injured, quickly grabbed his clothes from the passenger seat and handed them to him, "You put them on first, I'll see how my brother and the others are doing."

Saying that, Xia Lunong ran away, ran to another truck, slammed the door of the truck, and shouted: "Brother, how are you doing?"

Xia Huoqu sat in the driver's seat, covered in blood.

The cab was also full of bird carcasses.

Seeing this scene, Xia Lunong almost went dumb with fright, and shouted with a pale face, "Brother, are you okay? Why is there so much blood?"

"It's nothing, it's mostly bird blood, I wasn't hurt much." Xia Huoqu glanced at him, "How are you and Kong Zhi?"

"No damage." Xia Lunong stretched out his hand to touch his brother. After touching it for a long time, he found that his brother was fine except for a few scratch marks on his face, neck and shoulders, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Xia Lunong walked softly to the back of the car and poked his head to see Yan Xi Nian's situation, "Brother Xi Nian, are you alright?"

"It's nothing, and I also harvested a bunch of bird carcasses." Yan Xiannian grabbed a bird carcass from the cart and showed him, "How about it, this year is just a good time to dry some dead birds."

Xia Lunong burst out laughing "puchi", relaxed her mood, took two steps back, and gave him a thumbs up, "Yes, it's very creative, others have salted duck, so it's not interesting for us to eat salted bird."

Xia Huoqu came out of the cab and looked him up and down, "It's okay, I can joke."

Yan Xiannian wiped the blood and sweat off his face, "I'm not hurt much, don't worry."

Kong Zhi also came over, seeing them like this, asked: "I'll go get some medicine."

Yan Xianian waved his hand, "I'll take it for Brother Huo Qu, don't waste medicine for my minor injury, I think it will be fine tomorrow."

Xiahuo channel: "Alcohol disinfection is still necessary, don't be brave."

Yan Xiannian didn't say anything anymore, just said: "Let's find a place to rest first, I was too nervous just now, my fingers were about to cramp, after all, I haven't been chased so embarrassingly in half a year."

Xia Huoqu glanced at him, "Born in sorrow, died in peace."

Yan Xinian smiled: "That makes sense. Let's go for a walk, drive, let's find a place to rest, and it's almost lunch time."

Xia Lunong glanced at his watch and took a long breath, "Let's have a good meal at noon to replenish our strength, and then pick some lotus seeds and roots to fill up the car and go home tomorrow."

Yan Xiannian was the first to respond, "I have no objection."

Xia Huoqu reminded: "Don't go near the water source for the time being, find a relatively open place to park."

Kong Zhi said: "I know where the square in Changhe Marsh is, I'll drive."

Yan Xinian nodded, "Then I'll drive the car behind, let's set off quickly."

The four drove the car to a small square.

Xia Lunong took out alcohol and medicinal powder first, and treated the wounds of the two elder brothers.

After cleaning up the blood on their bodies, Xia Lunong realized that their injuries were not serious, especially Yan Xinian, the wound on his shoulder blade was deeply visible.

Xia Lunong frowned, "If I had known earlier, we wouldn't have come."

"How could there be so many people who knew earlier. Besides, isn't it good for us?" Yan Xinian raised his chin, indicating that the ground was full of dead birds, "not to mention harvesting so much meat, but also found a large lotus field, what a bargain. "

Kong Zhi counted, "A total of 47 dead birds, excluding the nine that were too small and with poor meat quality, there are 38 in total."

Yan Xiannian nodded, smiling happily, "Big harvest."

As soon as he finished saying this, Xia Huoqu, who helped him treat his wound, tipped the alcohol bottle and poured it on his wound.

The alcohol instantly washed away the blood from his wound, revealing the pink flesh. He gritted his teeth tightly and let out a "hiss", "Huo Qu, you are too cruel!"

Xia Huoqu said lightly: "It's better to be more ruthless. Not only will you remember that it's a good deal, but you may also remember that it hurts."

Xia Lunong was laughing at the side, seeing his brother's eyes sweeping over, he hurriedly said: "I have to finish all these birds today, otherwise they won't be fresh. Brother, let me boil the water."

Xia Huoqu nodded, and then instructed, "It's not safe in the wild, don't use supernatural powers, just go get some ordinary water and come back."

"I see, then Kong Zhi and I went to fetch water."

There is a river nearby. Although the river water does not meet the entrance standard, it is enough to burn the birds to shed their feathers.

The two returned with two large buckets of water, Xia Lunong found the soup pot, poured water into the pot, and lit a fire to boil the water.

Xia Huoqu and Yan Xiannian had treated their wounds and changed into another set of clothes.

The clothes of the two of them were full of blood stains and holes, and they could no longer wear them, so they were buried directly on the spot.

It took more than two hours for 38 wild birds to bleed and remove their feathers to clean their internal organs.

Charlon's main task is to cook.

At noon, he cooked a big pot of bamboo rice, and fried bird offal with pickled peppers and fried bird meat with green and red vitex.

Both of these dishes are delicious and spicy as a side dish.

The four of them had a good meal with two dishes. After they were full, they threw the bird feathers and guts into the grass, and drove to the other side of the square.

The bloody smell was too strong in the place where they had handled the birds. Even burying them on the spot could not stop the smell. They could only go to another place, lest the smell would attract any wild beasts and they would be in danger again.

"Brother, you guys should sleep for a while, Kong Zhi and I will keep watch."

Xia Huoqu didn't refuse, "Be careful, you two, call us if you need something."

"I know. Brother, you can rest assured to sleep, I will call you two hours later."

A few people didn't get enough sleep last night, and after tossing and tossing for so long in the morning, it is necessary to have a good rest in order to ensure that they have enough energy to deal with the accident.

Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian climbed into the back of the truck that was still intact, and soon fell asleep.

Xia Lunong and Kong Zhi were not idle when they were on guard, they took out the processed bird and salted it.

Every time they come out, they bring a lot of salt. If they catch any large prey, they usually salt it and store it for three to five days.

After bringing the cured meat back to the base, if you don't want to dry it, you can soak it in water to wash off the salty taste, and eat it directly as fresh meat, which also has a special flavor.

It didn't take much time to marinate the meat, it was marinated quickly, and the two of them had nothing to do, so they began to concentrate on guarding.

Xia Lunong didn't hold on for long, and leaned against Kong Zhi, yawning and sleepy, while watching the whistle.

Kong Zhi said: "I can do it alone, if you are sleepy, go to sleep for a while."

"It's not that sleepy." Xia Lunong stood next to him, "I don't want to leave you alone."

Kong Zhi tilted his head and kissed him.

Xia Lunong was so terrified by the kiss, she quickly stretched out her hand to block it, and refused in a low voice, "Don't."

"Ok?"

Xia Lu blushed and touched her ears, "I'll get distracted later, and we'll forget to keep watch."

Kong Zhi said: "Then go back and kiss again."

Xia Lunong coughed lightly, and changed the subject abruptly, "You said we saw so many acres of lotus fields this morning, how many lotus roots can we harvest this time?"

"I can't tell, there should be tens of thousands of catties."

"We definitely won't be able to consume that much, and we have to notify the people at the base to come and dig together." Xia Lunong calculated, "In any case, we will definitely not be hungry this year."

"You can also plant the harvested lotus roots as seeds, and we will plant some ourselves."

"We plant too?" Xia Lunong asked, "Do you want to dig a pond?"

Kong Zhi: "There is no need for a pond. Deep ditches have been dug in the rice fields for the fish to rest. Just plant lotus roots there."

Xia Lunong slapped his head, "I forgot about it. Yes, we can plant lotus root in it by then, and we are not the only ones who grow rice in the base, and we can also promote it so that everyone can get more harvest. "

Xia Lunong thought for a while, and then said: "In fact, there are so many ditches in the base, and you can also plant in the ditches."

Kong Zhi looked at him, "Like eating lotus root?"

"It's okay?" Xia Lu smiled, "I feel that lotus root is very delicious, so let's treat it as a vegetable that we eat frequently to enrich our life. Lotus root is also very easy to store. Now we harvest the lotus root and put it in the cellar for storage." , Maybe it can be saved until the Chinese New Year."

The two chatted casually outside, and two hours passed by.

Yan Xianian woke up first, jumped out of the car, and said to them: "You two keep talking about lotus roots and lotus seeds outside, and I'm hungry. Let's clean up and dig the lotus roots."

Xia Lunong yawned, "Did we bother you?"

"It's okay, it's not too noisy." Yan Xinian patted him on the shoulder lightly, "It's just that you keep talking about lotus root cakes, lotus root clips, lotus root powder and so on. I had a dream about eating lotus root all afternoon."

Xia Huoqu also came down while talking, "Are you two sleepy, do you want to sleep for a while?"

"It's okay." Xia Lunong said, "It's not too sleepy. We can go to bed early tonight, so we don't need to take extra rest now."

"Then let's go straight to dig the lotus root." Xia Huoqu asked, "How is the depth of the water? Did you notice this when you saw the lotus field in the morning?"

Xia Lunong scratched his head, "I really didn't pay much attention, about half a meter? The water where the lotus root is planted is usually not too deep, so you have to think about the people who dig the lotus root."

Xia Huo channel: "Then let's go and have a look first. Outian is also in danger, so be vigilant."

Xia Lunong didn't pay much attention.

He and Kong Zhi had one car, his brother and his former brother had another car, and the four of them drove the truck to Hetian.

The place where they rested was not far from Hetian, and they arrived at the edge of Hetian after driving for more than ten minutes. ,

The four got out of the car.

Xia Lunong looked at the lotus field that was almost reaching the horizon, and said with emotion, "If we come in summer, we will be able to see the scene of 'connecting the endless green of the lotus leaves'."

Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian were shocked by the fact that there was such a large lotus field here, and they didn't speak for a while.

After a long while, Yan Xiannian said: "It's fine without the lotus leaves, these lotus pods alone are enough for us to consume."

Xia Huoqu reminded: "Take a look around first, eliminate the danger and then go to the field."

"Okay." Yan Xi Nian took a deep breath, "I feel that the smell nearby is quite pure, there are only some small creatures such as birds and bugs, so there should be no danger."

Xia Huoqu: "The bottom of the lotus field is full of mud. Our feet will sink in later, and it will be inconvenient to escape. Don't do it, try to be as safe as possible."

Xia Huoqu was cautious, they all turned into animal shapes, and patrolled around.

After checking the surrounding environment, several people changed back to human form.

Xia Lunong raised her hand and was the first to speak, "I feel that there are snakes nearby, so be careful later."

Yan Xi Nian said: "The grass is so dense, it's normal for snakes to hide in it, just be careful. I also feel that there are snakes nearby, but other than that, I didn't notice any other dangers."

Kong Zhi nodded in agreement.

Xia Huoqu also made the same judgment. He said, "That's the job, we divide the work. Xiao Nong, you and Kong Zhi use a sickle to cut the lotus pods, and Xi Nian and I dig the lotus roots."

"No problem." Xia Lunong was full of confidence, "We have brought out so many sacks, they will finally come in handy."

Several people went back to the car to get tools.

Xia Lunong dragged the sack and took the sickle, walked to the edge of the lotus field first, leaned over and hooked two big lotus pods, raised the knife and cut off the lotus pods.

The lotus pods withered a long time ago, and now they are dark brown, fluttering in the wind in the lotus field, making the whole lotus field extremely bleak.

The lotus seeds on the lotus pod protrude and are also dark brown.

Xia Lunong stretched out her hand and unscrewed four lotus seeds, gave two to Kong Zhi, and held the remaining two in her palm, carefully examining them.

After Xia Lunong looked at it, she wanted to pinch the lotus seeds to taste the taste, only to find that the lotus seed shells were thick and hard, and she couldn't squeeze them open at all, "The lotus seed shells are so hard, you can't pinch them!"

Kong Zhi glanced at him, and squeezed the lotus seeds away with his fingers.

Xia Lunong didn't have his skill, so he simply stuffed the lotus seeds into his mouth and bit them directly with his teeth.

This lotus seed is like wood.

He bit hard to leave teeth marks on the lotus seeds, and the lotus seeds finally cracked, and he had to use his nails to break them off.

Kong Zhi put the crushed lotus seeds in his hand, took the messy lotus seeds bitten by him and peeled them for him.

Xia Lunong looked at the lotus seeds in her palm.

These lotus seeds have dried up long ago, the flesh has turned light yellow instead of light green, and it smells faintly fragrant.

He put it in his mouth and bit it, crushed the pulp, took out the lotus core inside, and then threw the pulp into his mouth.

The lotus seeds taste slightly sweet and have a hard texture. They taste a little like raw peanuts, but they are sweeter than peanuts.

Xia Lunong calculated the stock at home, if these lotus seeds were brought back, they could use them to cook porridge.

At that time, put some bamboo, put some lotus seeds, a handful of rice and wheat, and some red dates, it will taste very good.

Xia Lunong's eyes rolled up just thinking about it.

Kong Zhi squeezed five or six lotus seeds for him in a row.

After Xia Lunong finished eating, her mouth felt a little dry, so she quickly returned the lotus seeds to Kong Zhi, "Try it too, these lotus seeds taste very good."

Yan Xiannian and Xia Huoqu walked up to them with hoes.

Hearing the words, Yan Xiannian poked his head over, "What a good idea, I'll try it too."

Xia Lunong was taken aback, and almost didn't throw out the lotus seeds in her hand.

Seeing his brother's expression, Xia Huoqu reached out and patted Yan Xiannian on the back, "If you want to eat, pick it off yourself."

After Xia Lunong finished eating the lotus seeds, he saw the wounds on his brother and his old brother, and then remembered, "Brother, your wounds should not get wet, why don't we switch jobs?"

"It's just digging lotus roots, and you don't want to swim in the water, so don't worry." Xia Huo said, "You don't react fast enough, and you won't be able to run away if you're in danger. I'll do it with your old brother."

Kong Zhi said: "Otherwise, Captain Yan and I will dig lotus roots, Brother Huo Qu, you and Xiao Nong will pick lotus pods?"

Xia Huoqu waved his hand, "Cutting lotus pods is not an easy job, so let's not give way, and hurry up and go back after finishing."

After Xia Huoqu finished speaking, he rolled up his trousers to his thighs and slowly went down to the field.

Xia Lunong watched his brother's movements nervously.

Fortunately, the water in the field was not very deep and there was not much silt. After the Xiahuo Canal went down into the water, the water only reached his middle thigh.

After Yan Xian went to the fields, the water only reached his lower thighs.

"Hey, I stepped on it." Yan Xinian said when she got down to the field, bent down and reached out to touch it, "I stepped on a lotus root here."

Xia Lunong looked at him nervously for a moment, "Is it big?"

"Very big."