Elven settlers

Chapter 60 The Weak Cub

The water source, light, and soil conditions are basically all satisfied, and Rock's next step is the most important step, which is to try to plant a tree fruit seed.

If this place is really suitable for tree fruit growth, it only takes a day or two for the seeds to break through the soil and germinate.And if there is no germination, then no matter how consistent the previous data is, it is meaningless.

Rock rubbed his hands, and dug a palm-deep hole on the ground with a pious heart, buried the seed of a orange fruit in it, and poured the river water filled in the kettle.

Bay leaf sniffed the place where the seeds were planted, and then followed Rock away with satisfaction.

Spend one night in the oak forest not far away, and spent half a day exploring the entire plain in the territory the next day.

Only a part of the forest in the west and a few hills near the bay in the south remained unexplored, and Rock planned to stay until later. In the afternoon, he excitedly returned to the place where he planted fruit yesterday.

"Yeah!"

Bay Leaf was one step ahead of him, and ran to the place where the seeds had been planted before, jumping excitedly.

Seeing this, Rock walked a few steps quickly, and then saw a one-decimeter-high seedling break through the ground, revealing two green and tender leaves.

Excitedly shaking his fist in the air, Rock stroked his chin and began to plan the tree orchard.

He didn't plan to move the trees on the east and north sides of the hill. The slope there was a bit steep, which could just serve as a protective forest and act as a natural barrier.

On the southwestern side of the gentle slope, Rock plans to clear all the land and open up an area of ​​about fifteen hectares as a tree orchard.

According to the planting of each tree at a distance of five meters, the tree orchard can eventually accommodate [-] fruit trees.

But now Rock only has more than 200 seeds in his hand, and he only needs to open up a small area for the time being. With these [-] fruit trees, the whole tree orchard can be filled next year.

"But the most urgent thing is to dig an irrigation canal first."

Although there is a river below the hill, there is still a straight-line distance of nearly 900 meters, and there is still a height difference.

Among the tools that Rock bought before, there was only a Squirrel water bottle, and it was only enough to water a tree when filled with water.

Therefore, he planned to lead a canal from the upper reaches of the river behind the hill, flow through the entire tree orchard, and then flow into the river from the bottom of the hill.

Just do it, Rock took the shovel and walked upstream to the river.

As he walked, he visually measured the height of the hill, and when he could slightly overlook the tree orchard, he began to dig soil one meter away from the river.

The canal that Rock is going to dig is an inverted trapezoid, one meter deep, one meter wide at the top, and half a meter wide at the bottom.

First use an iron pick to loosen the soil, and then use a shovel to dig out the soil and pile it on both sides of the ditch.

It was fun at first, but after an hour of hard work, he found it a bit boring.

Straightening up his slightly numb waist, Rock looked back and found that he had only dug less than two meters.

If this section of ditch is to connect to the hills and pass through the orchard and then merge into the river, the length of the ditch must reach three kilometers by visual estimation.

Although Rock is in good physical condition, he can only dig more than 20 meters a day at most.At this rate, it will take more than 100 days to dig the ditch, and he feels it is necessary to re-evaluate his plan.

"Hiss, Chubb"

Seeming to see Rock's distress, the Arbo monster who had been watching from the side slowly swam down and looked at the soil at the bottom of the ditch.

"Huh? Abbey, what are you going to do?"

Under Rock's puzzled eyes, the Arbo monster suddenly plunged into the soil, and its five-meter-long thick body swung vigorously, pushing it forward.

The surface of the ground bulges and cracks towards the distance, like an earth dragon. After extending for about ten meters, the head of the Arbo monster got out of the soil.

"Chappa!"

"Hahaha, I didn't expect it. Digging a ditch is not easy for you, good man, you helped a lot this time!"

With the help of Arbor, Rock only needs to shovel away the loose ground with a shovel, rest the shape of the ditch, and the speed immediately increases.

Seeing the bay leaf bouncing around and wanting to help with labor, Roque simply carried a soft bag for it, and let it go to the river to pick up some gravel and bring it back, and spread it on the bottom of the dug ditch.

As their movements became more proficient, their speed became faster and faster. When the sun was about to set, the length of the ditch was close to 100 meters.

Rock estimated that it would only take ten days to repair the irrigation canal of this tree orchard, without delaying the planting of the fruit at all.

"Bai! Baili! Baili!"

At this moment, Bayleaf ran over anxiously, pushed Rock from behind, and pushed him forward.

"What's the matter bay leaf, did you find anything?"

Rock asked as he quickened his pace, and bay leaf saw him move and ran to the front to lead the way.

Following the bay leaf to a hillside by the river bank, Rock also saw what the bay leaf had discovered.

It was a Pokémon corpse that had lost most of its body, and the white bones and black blood stains could be seen from a distance.

Stepping closer, a pair of huge curved horns reveal the species of the dead Pokémon, which is a black Luga.

This Heiluga should have experienced a battle during his lifetime, and the surrounding plants showed signs of breaking and scorching.After the opponent defeated and killed it, it also ate its hind legs and belly.

This Heluga's body solved one of Rock's previous doubts. The other party should inhabit this land, but was killed by another enemy.

"The elf who killed Heluga may have returned to his territory, or he was also injured and went back to the lair to recuperate, so I haven't found a powerful predator here these days...huh?"

Rock approached the corpse, wanting to judge through the wound on Heluga's body what kind of elf it was that killed it.

Unexpectedly, a puppy-like Pokémon was found on the other side of Heluga's body.

Black fur, orange belly and mouth, short and thick tail, and bone-like body tissues growing on the forehead, back and ankles respectively.

This Dai Rubi was only as big as a meow, and it seemed that it had just been weaned, and it was hidden behind Hei Lujia's body so that Rock didn't notice it at the first time.

Sensing someone approaching, Derby raised his head weakly and glanced at Rock before lying down again.

It should be Hei Lujia's child. It seemed that he hadn't eaten or drank for a long time, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

Rock sighed, if he hadn't found it, this young Deruby might not last until tomorrow's sunrise.

He squatted down, took out the kettle and poured some water out gently.

Derby, who felt the wetness, braced himself, poked his head out and drank.

　I got up this morning to make up this chapter, and I fell asleep while writing it last night. Happy weekend everyone!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)