Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 36: Jilin, a Land of Abundant Resources

So, in the following days, Ma Qing would give extra lessons to his cousins ​​in the morning, and in the afternoon, Huang Tian, ​​the local tyrant, would take him for a stroll with the Jiangbei Machinery Factory as the center. Of course, he would occasionally have to bring Huang Di, the follower, along, so that Ma Qing had no time to do his own things.

Ma Qing didn't find a chance to enter the space for a whole week. The two little followers really followed him everywhere. Well, their dear cousin would buy them soda, popsicles, or sesame candy snacks every day. For the first time, Huang Tian and Huang Di felt that summer was so beautiful.

Ma Qing couldn't stand it anymore. After taking a nap at noon, he took the two annoying kids to the family quarters of Jiangbei Machinery Factory. After buying a popsicle for his cousin, he threatened them, "You two stay here and play with your classmates. Don't follow me. Otherwise, I won't buy food for you anymore."

Huang Tian and Huang Di looked at each other and raised a little finger each. Ma Qing exhaled lightly, took out two dimes from his pocket, gave one dimes to each of them, and said viciously: "Here, I'll pick you up here in the afternoon. Don't run around. And don't tell your mother that I went out alone when I go back. Do you understand?"

The two little bastards held the 1 cents and smiled happily, waving at Ma Qing as if they were shooing away a fly.

Ma Qing, who was blackmailed, turned around and left, wondering if he had been too nice to these two kids and that they had learned how to blackmail him.

Now Ma Qing urgently needs to solve two problems. One is that the chickens, ducks and geese in the space have all hatched, but the feed they are given is potato leaves, sweet potato leaves and corn leaves. They grow very slowly and show signs of malnutrition.

Secondly, Ma Qing didn't have much RMB on hand, which was also a problem that needed to be solved, because buying lambs, calves, and piglets required a lot of money.

Problems must be solved one by one. Under Huang Tian's leadership, Ma Qing has gotten a thorough understanding of the surrounding environment these days. Of course, he first came to the Songhua River next to the Jiangbei Machinery Factory, intending to scrape a layer of oil from this largest tributary on the right bank of the Heilongjiang River, which is also the third largest inland river in China after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.

The Songhua River originates from the Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain and flows through Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces. It is rich in fishery resources. The fish species in the Songhua River are not abundant, with only 77 species in total (well, this is what people say). "Three flowers, five Luo, one island and eighteen sons" is the summary of all the fish in the river. It can be said that every fish is a precious species.

Three flowers: Ao flower, bream flower, crucian carp flower. Ao flower is mandarin fish, also written as Guiyu.

The five Luos: Zhe Luo, Faro, Ya Luo, Hu Luo and Tong Luo.

Island, also known as whitefish, scientific name Erythroculter ocellaris.

Eighteen pieces: This eighteen pieces is an approximate number. No one can count all the eighteen pieces.

On an August afternoon in Jilin, the hot weather made people hide under trees. Ma Qing found an empty tree by the river and quietly placed the space door across the river. Ten robots unknowingly dived into the river and began to communicate with Xiao Qi in their minds.

"Xiao Qi, increase the power of the pump to increase the flow rate of the water in the canal. The fish in fast-flowing water will have less fishy smell and taste better." Ma Qing licked his lips.

"I know." Xiao Qi seemed very impatient.

"Dig a few ponds next to the Bubble Palace and connect them. It will be nice to live by the water. Then raise some koi or something. Then good days will come."

"Got it. You collect more carp varieties so I can breed all kinds of koi." Ma Qing chatted with Xiao Qi while watching fish of all sizes being thrown in from the space gate of the space and falling into the canal of the space. The frightened fish swung their tails vigorously and fled around in panic.

Under Ma Qing's "Three Alls" policy, not only fish, but also freshwater snails, river clams, river shrimps, and water plants, as long as they were useful, were thrown into the space. Ma Qing even scraped a layer of mud from the bottom of the river and spread it in the space canal. He was really more cruel than the Japanese. For a whole afternoon, Ma Qing sat alone under a tree by the river, laughing foolishly. Fortunately, there was no one around, otherwise he would definitely be considered a lunatic.

When the sun set, Ma Qing finally used all his magical powers and collected more than 5 tons of various fish. Ma Qing deliberately kept a oxtail weighing more than 5 kilograms (scientific name: Ussuri catfish). If you ask, it's because he found it by the river. You can't find it again. My luck is so good, it bit me.

Ma Qing put a branch through the fish's mouth and dragged it towards Jiangbei Machinery Factory. He first went to the staff quarters to find the two little rascals and only returned home after they confirmed their statements.

On the way home, the two little rascals jumped high and were very proud. They asked everyone they met to see the big fish they caught, which made Ma Qing start to doubt his memory. You really can't trust what children say.

After arriving home, Ma Qing naturally lied all the time, saying that he found the big fish stuck in the rocks by the river. The two children actually described the scene in vivid detail. Ma Qing's aunt naturally praised her nephew again and again, saying that her nephew was awesome.

At night, Ma Qing was lying on the bed, planning the follow-up matters. He would find a chance to go to Longtan Mountain and search hard. The products of northern China would be basically available. On the way back to Sijiu City, he would go to Dalian and Tianjin to collect some things from the sea. By the way, he would ask Xiaoqi to change the mobile area directly into the seafood area. With Xiaoqi's knowledge, farming seafood should be almost the same. It would not be impossible to go sea fishing directly in the space in the future.

The next day, as usual, after bribing the two little brats, Ma Qing headed for Longtan Mountain. Jiangbei Machinery Factory is located in Longtan District. How close is it to Longtan Mountain? Ma Qing strolled along, sightseeing all the way, and came to Jialan Temple in the north of Longtan District. However, after visiting Jialan Temple, Ma Qing dived into the woods next to the temple.

After Ma Qing advanced up the mountain for more than twenty minutes, he felt tired.

Ma Qing found a relatively secluded place, opened the portal, and released his lackey, the universal robot. At a command, supplies were collected, and Ma Qing, with the help of Xiao Qi, began to order food.

These two hazelnut trees are nice. I’ll take them.

There are two good pine trees over there, dig them up.

That walnut looks beautiful and it is destined to be with me.

Did you see that hawthorn tree next to you? Even if you saw it, why didn’t you do anything?

The raspberries over there are growing so well that my mouth is watering. What are you still standing there for?

It seems easy to say, but in fact, digging for treasures in the mountains is much slower than finding fish in the river. Ma Qing had no choice but to go to Longtan Mountain continuously in the following days. After more than a week of hard collection, he finally achieved his wish.

Ma Qing stood in the breeding area in the space, looking at the breeding area that had changed drastically, and said to Xiao Qi, "All the hard work is worth it. Look, this breeding area is so beautiful after being turned into a green ecological development breeding area."

"You've worked so hard, it's all because I'm the one directing the robots to collect the data."

"Why do we family members say such things? It's too formal. Seventh brother, we can arrange two robots to take charge of watching over here. These animals should be separated. You are responsible for my meat." Ma Qing drooled as he looked at the ordinary chickens, ducks and geese in the breeding area, as well as the Northeastern hares, silly goats, wild boars, wild ducks, hazel grouse, sand chickens, ring-necked pheasants, etc., as well as the crayfish, small river shrimps, small snails, etc. in the clear water pool.

(End of this chapter)