Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 296 Harvest in the Deep Mountains
Tao Tao circled Lu Qiaoge several times before reluctantly spreading its wings and flying towards the autumn sky.

With a series of flutters, countless swallows took flight as well.

Suddenly, half the sky was blocked out.

Tao Tao said that these are not the last batch; several more batches will fly away in succession.

They circled overhead for a few minutes, presumably reorganizing their formation, and soon took shape before gradually disappearing into the azure sky.

Well, I still feel a little melancholy.

Previously, Tao Tao and Nini didn't know where they were passing through. Lu Qiaoge drew a route for them. Based on Tao Tao's memory from last year, Lu Qiaoge discovered that they were not flying south, especially to the northeastern population. They needed to cross the equator and could reach as far as northern Australia.

Although they are barn swallows, they have great endurance and, like old turtles, are extremely sensitive to the weather.

The route was the same as last year, and the weather didn't change much either.

Lu Qiaoge glanced at the silent forest, where people occasionally ventured in to pick mushrooms and wood ear fungus.

That's because there are long-term purchasing points set up by food factories in Guzitun.

Settlement is conducted at the beginning of each month, and all settlements are in cash.

Because of this purchasing point, some villagers in Guzitun earned more than 100 yuan in one autumn.

This is equivalent to the annual living expenses for a family of seven.

Judging from the situation in the mountains, harvesting can be completed by the middle to late part of this month.

Lu Qiaoge asked Xiao Cangcang, "Do you remember the ginseng we marked last time? Has it been picked by anyone?"

Xiao Cangcang immediately replied: "No, it's still there. I checked when you were talking to Taotao."

What else could Lu Qiaoge say? She really did have a top-notch scout.

So, they led the little animals and headed deep into the mountains.

Soon, they stopped in front of a dense grove of trees.

Lu Qiaoge thought about it again and again, but in the end she still didn't go to cut down the tree.

Although there's no such thing as "health and wellness" now, and no one knows she cut down trees.

But having experienced the apocalypse, I still feel that we should cherish the environment.

Even a tree as thick as a wrist takes more than ten years to grow to that size.

The situation is particularly different in the North and the South.

If there's no bamboo to build a bamboo house, then we'll use the miscellaneous trees and fallen logs cleared from the nearby forest farm.

Lu Qiaoge stood on the mountaintop. This place was far from the city. According to the map, they had already entered the Anling Mountains.

She first went to a river in the mountains and picked up a lot of pebbles.

The pebbles in the north are all the same color. Lu Qiaoge thought it would be best if she could go to the south to pick up some beautiful agate stones and pebbles to pave the lakeside or put them on the bottom of the lake.

With her speed and ability, she could easily achieve this idea without needing a letter of introduction or a hotel, relying solely on her two legs and the animals.

Just then, all the little animals that had gone out to scout ahead returned.

This time, Xiao Cangcang didn't go first, but gave it to Huahua.

The tabby cat was delighted: "Little master, if you go upstream along this river and turn a corner, you'll see a patch of unripe persimmons, which are the wild blueberries you mentioned. They're quite large."

Xiao Cangcang: [I found dozens of wild Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms. No one can go in there, so they are very large and old, and many of them have golden edges...]

This was Dian Dian's first time participating in such an activity, and she was happy throughout. Now she was even happier: "Little master, I found a forest of red pine trees, covered with huge pine cones!" The sparrows chirped happily too: "We found a patch of wild grapes, all ripe. We also found hazelnuts and pecans."

Grey Pigeon: [Little master, I found a patch of scrubland cleared by the forest rangers; it's all over that hillside.]

The eldest rat, along with the little black snake, were traveling together. The eldest rat, suppressing his excitement, said: "After crossing the swamp, we came to a large river. It's wide and deep. Little master, the little black snake and I went into the water to look. There are many beautiful stones at the bottom of the river, all sorts of colors, some even transparent. They should be what humans call Beijiang agate."

Lu Qiaoge's eyes lit up. That's right, this place belongs to the Beijiang River basin. Beijiang agate is water-washed agate, similar to Hetian jade pebble material. Under the long flow of water, each agate is radiant. Hmm, it can be placed in the lake in the space.

The little yellow dog and the old black cat were overjoyed.

However, their situation is special; they cannot always play with the little fairy.

They actually wanted to recognize Lu Qiaoge as their master, but they all had homes. Lu Qiaoge then said that she also liked to call her Little Fairy.

So, the little yellow dog happily ran back: "Little fairy, I saw a puddle, it was very deep, and I even saw a big fish jump up, but I didn't hear it speak."

The tabby cat happily snuggled up to the little yellow dog, meowing several times.

The old black cat was the last to return, and it said slowly, "I saw a dead pine tree on that hillside over there. Its roots were entirely made of pine resin. Once, my little master used pine resin to start a fire, and Xiao Bao's grandfather said, 'This can even be carved into works of art.'"

Oh dear, Lu Qiaoge's eyes curved into crescent moons as she laughed.

My little darlings, so good, so good!
"Let's start harvesting from this river, hahaha, let's go, my darlings!" Lu Qiaoge shouted happily.

Lunch was eaten by the river. They caught some small fish for the two cats, then started a fire, set up a small iron pot, and Lu Qiaoge used the lake water from her space to cook three pots of noodles with eggs and canned meat.

Aside from my own portion, I put the rest in the washbasin.

After eating and drinking their fill, they continued harvesting.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Qiaoge was resting on the grass on the hillside with a group of small animals.

The grass wasn't very green anymore; some parts had turned yellow, but it was still very soft to lie on.

Lu Qiaoge glanced at the space and saw a large pile of miscellaneous wood cut down by the forest rangers on the hillside, enough to build a simple wooden house.

And then there's what I've accomplished today.

First, a large patch of wild Ganoderma lucidum was dug up and planted in the grassy area of ​​the space.

The colors are beautiful; the inside is golden-red and the outside is gold. Some also have pale yellow edges, but the older the piece, the deeper the color.

Next to the wild Ganoderma lucidum was a large patch of wild ginseng, which Lu Qiaoge spent more than an hour replanting.

A huge pile of wild grapes, weighing about 500 pounds, not very big, but very sweet.

I picked a basket full of wild blueberries. It was well past the season, but this was a remote mountain where almost no one came. Some of the berries hadn't fallen off, probably because they ripened late.

There was also a large pile of pine cones, which was actually quite difficult to pick, especially since the red pines were very tall. Lu Qiaoge easily picked a large pile of them.

There were nearly a thousand of them, each bigger than her palm.

The others are untouched; let them stay there. There are plenty of animals in the mountains that like to eat pine cones.

I especially love Dot Dot.

The pine torches that the old black cat found are also quite good. Lu Qiaoge even dug them out by the roots, but the roots have lost their vitality. However, they can be used as firewood in winter, and can also be carved after being stored for a long time.

They also picked some hickory nuts and hazelnuts.

Because there were only five wicker baskets, the rest were piled up on the grass.

Hua Hua and the old black cat naturally caught quite a few small fish, but the live ones couldn't fit inside. Lu Qiaoge let the two cats handle it themselves; they were both intelligent enough to handle simple tasks...

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