Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 379 Netizens are good at playing with cats online
The young man in charge of publicity seized the opportunity and asked Chen Ying to take netizens for a walk by the river.

There are stone stairs leading down the mountain next to the Municipal Park.

Because the mountain is high and the road is steep, the stone stairs were built in a zigzag manner, and one place was built in a spiral shape following the shape of the mountain.

Chen Ying found it really fun and asked someone to take a few photos for him here.

Netizens also loved it. It was said that some people asked for the address and booked tickets on the spot to come and play.

It took more than twenty minutes to get down to the bottom of the mountain. Along the river was a relatively simple riverbank trail with a gravel surface and a barrier belt made of pebbles to prevent the invasion of weeds.

But in fact, there are still a lot of green spots emerging from the sand and gravel.

Going up the hillside is a newly built road that passes through the mountain and leads directly to the entrance of the highway.

When we arrived at the location where the fishing man was, he was calling people to come fishing with him, and asked them to bring some food and drinks.

When he saw Chen Ying and the others, the eldest brother raised his hand and greeted them, thinking that they were just like the young guys in the city who did live broadcasts and were just doing it for fun.

"Brother, you fish here, have you caught any rare wild fish?"

[Here they come, the fishermen are coming! ] Netizens in the live broadcast room pricked up their ears.

"Of course there are, but I put them all back. Have you seen the notice board on the roadside? It lists the rare fish that may appear in our river. We anglers have taken photos and studied them carefully. We must not break the law knowingly. We also have a group with relevant experts. Even if we are not sure, we can take a photo and send it up to find out what it is."

The eldest brother was afraid that they wouldn't believe it, so he took out his mobile phone and opened it for them to see.

I happened to see a photo posted by a fishing friend. The fish in the bucket was a Sichuan white snapper (wild), a Grade 2 fish. After taking the photo, the man posted a video and poured the water and fish in the bucket back into the river.

"Many netizens may have eaten this Sichuan white snapper, but it is indeed the second-class national fish. Of course, it refers to the wild population. Now many aquaculture farmers have begun to artificially cultivate and raise this economic fish. I have eaten it in the reservoir in our county before, and it tastes really good, but you must make sure that you are eating fish produced in the farm, otherwise I believe everyone knows the consequences."

Chen Ying clicked on the photo of Sichuan white soft-shelled turtle on her brother's phone and showed it to everyone.

To be honest, if you are not an expert in this field, it is not easy to see the difference. The publicity guy next to him quickly posted a picture of Sichuan white turtle in the live broadcast room.

It looks really ordinary. I guess most netizens would not know that this is actually a high-level grade 2 student even if they saw it.

The fisherman continued fishing and chatted with Chen Ying about his achievements. The audience in the live broadcast room typed rows of “hahahaha” in the comment section.

Chen Ying changed the subject and asked him if he knew about the leopard entering the city.

"I know. Our area is high in mountains and densely forested, with lots of wild animals. My home is on the hillside, over there. Last month, a wild boar broke in and got itself stuck in the railing in the middle of the road. In the end, the traffic police and firefighters got it out and took it back to the mountains and released it."

The young man next to him exclaimed, "Ah!" How come he didn't know about this?
"Not long after, right next to the top road. Right next to the first sentry box entering the city. It was around seven or eight in the evening. Luckily, there were not many people on the road at that time."

The young man quickly asked in the group, and a colleague confirmed that this happened. Their Forestry and Grassland Bureau was not involved, and the traffic police and fire brigade handled it directly.

"Let's not talk about wild boars. We often see civets and porcupines where I live. As for ordinary birds and pheasants, we often see them too. We are all good citizens and will never do anything that harms nature. Fishing doesn't count, right?"

Netizens in the live broadcast room burst into laughter, as this last sentence was full of desire to survive.

After bidding farewell to Big Brother, Chen Ying originally planned to end the live broadcast, but netizens were not happy about that. They still wanted to see what the porcupine tent in Big Brother's mouth looked like.

The eldest brother stretched his head to look at the live broadcast room, and was happy to see netizens saying they wanted to see porcupines.

"No, you can't see it. This thing hides during the day and comes out at night. Only those who live in the mountains like me can occasionally see it. I saw it last year, and I heard that someone saw it this year, but I don't know if it's true or not."

The publicity guy hurriedly asked about the place, and the eldest brother did not hide anything and simply put down his fishing rod and prepared to take them there personally.

It just so happened that the eldest brother's friend came to accompany him with food. Upon hearing this, he took the initiative to stay and guard the equipment so that they could go and come back early.

"Look, do you see the vegetable patch over there? That's the area. I saw it several times last year, running out at night to steal vegetables."

The owner of the vegetable patch that the eldest brother pointed out planted sweet potatoes and corn, which happened to be the porcupine's favorite foods.

An older woman nearby was watering the vegetables with a piece of water. She heard them talking about the porcupine and pointed at the vegetable patch on the back hill and started talking incoherently.

The eldest brother quickly translated, "Eldest sister said that she saw signs of crops being eaten when she went to the fields last month. It was probably done by a porcupine."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ying and the others greeted the eldest sister and wanted to go up and take a look.

Chen Ying had sharp eyes and indeed found traces of small animals entering and exiting in the northwest corner, and the crops in this area were not growing as well as in other places.

"You can't see it during the day, why don't you come to my house to rest and come back to see it at night?"

"It's okay. We'll set up a camera here so we can see any porcupines that appear at night."

After some trouble, with the eldest sister's consent, they found a tree near the vegetable field and placed a camera.

After the technical staff finished installing it, it was almost six o'clock. Chen Ying did not continue the live broadcast. The live broadcast room was directly connected to the scene at the temporary shelter of the Forestry and Grassland Bureau. The two leopards were full and sleeping soundly, one high and one low.

Netizens are also patient. They were so interested in watching the two silly leopards sleep that the number of people online in the live broadcast room has remained in four digits, which is the popularity that many live broadcast rooms selling goods dream of.

My colleagues from the Forestry and Grassland Bureau treated me to dinner, and we had lamb and pheasant at an old local restaurant.

"Brother Ying, you are going into the mountains tomorrow. I have prepared some small things for you that will be useful in the mountains."

The young man from the publicity office handed over a small cloth bag, which contained nearly twenty bottles and cans, all with labels on them, and a handwritten booklet about the key points that need to be paid attention to in this mountainous area.

Even if Chen Ying doesn't need it, the thought behind it means a lot.

The others didn't bring any gifts, but when they chatted, they told Chen Ying and Shu Nan what they knew about the distribution of animals in the reserve.

"Brother Ying, my leader said that you should go ahead. If the two little leopards are still in good condition in three days, we plan to send them to Liangjiaba for release. I checked and you should be at Mamu Mountain near Liangjiaba in three days. You might even encounter two leopards."

Hearing the regret in the young man's tone, Chen Ying asked him with a smile, "What's the matter? Do you still want me to help you take the leopard out and release it?"

"It's not impossible. I just think those two little leopards would definitely prefer to follow you, Brother Ying."

"Don't think too much. I'm still with the expedition team. With two leopards, are you deliberately trying to keep the team members from sleeping?"

That is definitely not the case, but for some reason, every time Brother Ying went to see the two leopards, the way the leopards rubbed against his calves looked very much like domestic cats, which made him unconsciously think that the two little leopards were raised by Brother Ying himself.

It's no wonder that some netizens still think that the two leopards don't look like wild leopards. Otherwise, why are they so close to Chen Ying, whom they just met? Don't talk about whether they are druids or not. Isn't this just a joke by netizens? Do they really think there is such a great virtue?
Even in the subsequent live broadcast, when the two leopards roared and scratched other feeders, those people understood it as "because the leopards were not raised by them personally."

Fortunately, Chen Ying has a good reputation among netizens. After all, there is basically nothing to criticize about him. People just say that he has low emotional intelligence and cannot speak well.

There's nothing to be afraid of, as long as the animals are friendly to him and his main work is not delayed.

Netizens sometimes find fault with something, and sometimes are open-minded, but they mostly just follow their heart.

The black fans were unable to set the pace, and since this was an official account after all, they could only get angry for a while and then end the incident.

Early the next morning, Chen Ying came to the animal house with meat for the two leopards.

He will leave in an hour, and unless something unexpected happens, they will say goodbye from then on.

Perhaps the two leopards also knew that today was the day to say goodbye, because they stuck to him for at least twenty minutes before letting him go.

Chen Ying watched them finish eating the meat, rubbed their backs one by one, and finally left with the empty bowl.

After one night, the number of people in the live broadcast room dropped to about four or five hundred.

Seeing the harmonious interaction between the one man and the two leopards, some with shallow eye sockets were already filled with tears when they said goodbye.

At eight o'clock, the expedition team was notified to gather at the gate of the Forestry and Grassland Bureau and get on the bus. They would take the bus to the nearest management station, and then hike from there for eighteen days to reach the northernmost management station.

Chen Ying and his team will separate from the expedition team midway, but they will still have to travel together for at least seven or eight days.

The nearest maintenance station is located at the edge of the buffer zone and is also the closest to the city.

Lao Luo from the management station acted as their guide, escorting them to the next management station and then returning by car.

The expedition team is basically composed of young people. Except for the guide Lao Luo who is 40 years old, the oldest is the team leader Brother Suma, who is 38 years old. This is his third time leading a team to conduct a forest resource survey.

After entering the experimental area, we walked for a whole day and at around six o'clock, Lao Luo led everyone to the designated camping site.

The place where they camped at night was located at the junction of the buffer zone and the experimental zone. Just below the hillside where they camped, they could see several old farmhouses and cultivated terraced fields.

"Most of the people in the village here have evacuated, and the ones left are mostly old people who refuse to leave. After a hundred years, this village will probably be naturally deserted."

"Once you enter the buffer zone, there is basically no one around. You must take good care of your supplies, check your waterproof bags, shoes, and clothes. Once you go in, it will take at least a week to get to the next supply point."

Brother Suma gave some instructions to the team members and then sat next to Chen Ying.

"Brother Ying, can you tell me about the situation over there? I want to do a joint project with you next year on the protection and research of Davidia involucrata. I may need your help to make some connections then."

"Brother Ma, don't call me Brother Ying. I can't bear that. Just call me Ah Ying. I don't know much about plants, but my friend is a semi-expert in this area. How about I let him talk to you?"

Chen Ying gave Yin Li’s VX number to Su Ma, and then told him about the situation in Jiamugou.

While the two of them were chatting, the others finished their work and sat down to listen to Chen Ying talk about the general situation of the adjacent protected area.

We are so close that we never know when we will conduct joint research. Only by knowing ourselves and the enemy can we win every battle.

(End of this chapter)