Fox meets golden retriever

Chapter 11 Preparations for Overwintering

In the second week after the meeting there was an autumn rain in the jungle.

This is the first time Chang Nian saw a rainy day after coming here.The rain here is cold and fierce, unlike Chang Nian's hometown, even the winter rain is soft, with a warm and humid feeling.

After the autumn rain, the weather quickly cooled down.

Looking at the busy figures of Chacha and Tiger every day, Chang Nian couldn't help but get nervous.He drew up a long storage list in his mind, most of which were ingredients that were easy to store.He decided to get these things ready for winter before the first snow came.

When the little golden retriever was still there, Chang Nian would take him wandering in the woods every day, firstly to practice hunting, and secondly to familiarize himself with the environment.

Therefore, Chang Nian has long discovered that there are many edible fungi deep in the dense forest, as well as a large number of gymnosperms. Dried mushrooms, fungus and nuts that are easy to store after drying are at the top of Chang Nian's wish list.

Chang Nian quickly acted.

Of course, there are many dangers in the dense forest, and Chang Nian will not take risks blindly.

At first he only planned to sneak behind the men, but he was discovered on the first day.

Fortunately, the men are very tolerant, not only did they not drive him away after discovering the little tail of Chang Nian, they were even very happy to take him along.

Especially those older men, they even planned to teach Chang Nian some hunting skills at the beginning. After finding that Chang Nian was only in love with those strange-shaped "grass", they couldn't help shaking their heads and sighing, saying in their mouths: "Still not Grow up! How will you live in the future?"

Chang Nianzao calmed down about the fact that he was a juvenile little beast.He is doing well now, and will be even better in the future.Besides, isn't it a matter of time before you become an adult?

Chang Nian expressed extreme incomprehension of the exaggerated vigor of these people's sighs.Of course, what he needs now is the other party's protection.In this regard, the men are still very conscientious, and they protect Chang Nian very well, even without Tiger present.

In this way, Chang Nian set off early every day and walked with the men.The men are hunting passionately, and they often read fungus and mushrooms happily.

After a few days, Chang Nian had a good harvest.

Most of the freshly picked mushrooms are damp, and Chang Nian hangs them one by one on the long thorns of the shrub wall of the secret base to dry. In other words, the tall, dense and thorny shrub wall is really a natural drying and air-drying place.

But there was a problem that made Chang Nian tangled up - where should I put the grain reserves after they were dried and dried?

Chang Nian didn't dare to hang around like this all the time.Especially in winter, when food is difficult to find, this is undoubtedly telling the birds and beasts in the forest: "There is food here, come and steal it!"

The best way Chang Nian can think of is to dig a cellar for storage.When reading novels describing rural life in the 60s and [-]s, he often saw the magical creation of the "cellar"—yes, Chang Nian thought it was a magical creation, which could be warm in winter and cool in summer without consuming one kilowatt-hour of electricity.Food can be stored in peacetime, and livestock can be hidden in wartime. It is indeed the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people.

If there is a cellar, not only the dry goods, but even the alluring green leafy vegetables will find a suitable home.

Seeing the well-growing green leafy vegetables, Chang Nian felt a little pity.I had no experience at the beginning, so I planted what I could eat when I saw it, but I planted too much at once, and I couldn't eat it and couldn't put it down.When the frost and snow come down, it will definitely be wasted.

It would be great if there was a cellar... On a snowy day, setting up a bone pot in the secret base and cooking some delicious vegetables with chopsticks, the joy is beyond words.

However, when he stretched out his limp little paws, Chang Nian was extremely disappointed - when the cellar was dug, would this thing still be bloody?

So, until the right tools were found, cellar plans had to be put on hold.Fortunately, the grain reserves hadn't been dried yet, and he still had about a week to come up with other solutions.

Generally speaking, the search for food went smoothly, and Chang Nian was in a good mood. He temporarily put aside his worries, stretched out comfortably, and lay down on the big rock while resting and making plans as usual, and fell asleep before he knew it. past.

In a daze, Chang Nian felt something cool touch his face lightly, and he became somewhat awake at that time.But he kept his eyes open and his mind cleared up, but he didn't open his eyes immediately.

A second breath was clearly heard in the ear, and the breath of soil entered the nostrils.Chang Nian remained calm, felt the intruder's position, took advantage of the intruder's unpreparedness, opened his eyes suddenly, and quickly clawed out!

Hearing a scream of "呲——", a gray shadow flashed past, and by the time Chang Nian jumped up to prepare for the second round of attacks, the shadow had long since disappeared.

This process seems to be long, but in fact it is only a blink of an eye, which is unbelievably fast.If it weren't for the scales left on the claws, Chang Nian would have almost thought that the experience just now was just an illusion between half-dream and half-awake.

Chang Nian raised his front paw, and there was a fan-shaped scale armor between the claws, smooth, cold, with a fresh earthy smell.Of course, the root is inevitably bloodshot, indicating the fact that it has just left the owner's body.

Chang Nian looked around and found nothing unusual.So, he put down his scales, jumped off the boulder, and searched the base with steady steps.

The hard work paid off, and finally he found clues in the vegetable field-two green leafy vegetables were missing in the vegetable pit, and there were no roots, leaving only two bare pits.

Chang Nian grinned, probably thinking of what was going on.

So, Chang Nian stretched out his claws, dug open the soft soil, and found a small hole as expected.Dig down along the entrance of the hole, the deeper you dig, the wider it becomes—it turns out to be a thief!

Chang Nian sneered, blocked the hole mercilessly, and poured all the remaining water on it, even if the thief couldn't be drowned, he could still drink a pot.

After finishing all this, Chang Nian looked at the lush green vegetable field thoughtfully, thinking whether it should be harvested in advance.

At dinner, Chang Nian purposely put the scales washed in advance on a wooden stake, close to Chacha.

Sure enough, Chacha saw it at a glance, held the scale armor in surprise, jumped up and down in front of Tiger, and kissed him generously.

"Tiger, dear, thank you for giving me such a beautiful scale armor! It's actually a land beast, such a rare land beast!"

Land beast?Chang Nian collected first-hand information.

Tiger was a little confused by his partner's sudden enthusiasm: "What scale armor? Do you want the scale armor of the land beast? Oh...it seems a bit difficult!"

"Huh? My dear, didn't you give this to me?" Chacha raised the scales on her hand, which were slightly bigger than the nails. The afterglow of the setting sun just happened to shine on the smooth curved surface, and the small scales looked colorful. Beautiful and beautiful.

Tiger shook his head honestly, meaning it was obvious that he didn't send it.

Chacha showed a surprised expression, and Tiger was also very puzzled. For a while, the wooden house seemed unusually quiet.

Then, a sound of gulping soup came into the ears of the two of them.

Chacha and Tiger looked in the direction of Chang Nian at the same time, and at the next moment, they showed expressions of disbelief at the same time.

"Maomao, is this yours?" Chacha brought the armor to Chang Nian, nervously waiting for his answer.

Chang Nian pretended not to hear and continued to drink soup.There are still small pieces of meat in the soup, eat it decisively.

Before Chacha could continue asking, Tiger interrupted him.

"Chacha, you also know that the number of land beasts is rare, and their whereabouts are secretive. They are rarely seen. How could Mao Mao catch them!" Tiger said with an expression of "absolutely impossible".

Chacha became anxious: "That's not necessarily true. Have you forgotten how smart and powerful Maomao is now? Maomao even saved a little orc in the Beast River before!"

"Honey, I know Maomao is really powerful!" Tiger quickly echoed, and then couldn't help struggling, "But after all, it's an earth beast, and it's colorful..."

It's about the dignity of orcs, and Tiger couldn't help but be serious. Even the best adult orcs like him can't catch the ground beasts, can Mao Mao really do it?It's almost a no-brainer.

Chacha ignored Tiger, but leaned towards Chang Nian, with a flattering expression: "Maomao, tell Father, did you hunt this piece of scales?"

Chang Nian raised her head from the soup bowl, blinked her big dazed eyes and stared blankly at Chacha.

Chacha's smile froze at the corner of her mouth, but she repeated it patiently.

Chang Nian simply jumped off the stake this time, and took a leisurely evening walk—as for that strange scale armor, doesn't Chacha like it, so I'll give it to him.

Looking at Chang Nian's unhurried little back, the corners of Chacha's mouth twitched, unable to smile anymore.

Tiger suppressed a smile, and patted his partner on the shoulder comfortingly.

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The next day, as soon as Chang Nian entered the No. [-] base, he felt a strong sense of disobedience.Jumping onto the big rock, looking around, Chang Nian found the root of it.

The vegetable field on the west side has obviously been turned over, and the young grass left over from before has been turned into the soil. The whole field is no longer a pattern of pits and vegetables, but has been turned into a decent vegetable bed. The soil of j□j is wet, and all kinds of green leafy vegetables are fresh and verdant.

This is what a vegetable field should look like...

Chang Nian looked around, thinking a lot, unable to figure out who did these things for him.

A shadow as fast as lightning suddenly appeared in his head, and Chang Nian felt a "thump" in his heart.

He quickly ran back to the big rock and searched carefully. Sure enough, the hole he filled and filled with water yesterday was dug open again.

Chang Nian ran back to the vegetable field again and pulled out a green leafy vegetable nearby, the root was still there; another one was pulled out from another place, also intact.Only then did Chang Nian breathe a sigh of relief.

Turning around and looking at the hole under the big rock, he thought that he might have wronged the other party.Chang Nian was a little embarrassed, thought about it and put the dishes in the cave.

Then, Chang Nian took his small bamboo tube on his back and went to the river to fetch water.

When I came back, the two vegetables at the entrance of the cave had disappeared, and the sweet potato planting in the south had also been carefully turned over.

Chang Nian smiled knowingly, wondering if he had found a good helper on the farm with cheap "wages".

People are going to start to get lucky, and long-term workers can come without invitation.Chang Nian stretched comfortably and continued to work.