my mountain and river space

Chapter 551 Bamboo Rat, Bamboo Shoots

"Brother Hu, Elena, let me tell you that the growth of bamboo shoots also depends on the location. Generally, the soil is darker, with more rotten leaves, and it is easier to grow in soft and humid places. When looking for it, you have to look at the direction of the bamboo roots. If you can't see it, then you have to pay attention to the soil layer, usually where there are cracks, there is a high chance of bamboo shoots underneath." The fat man introduced it to the two with his head held up like a teacher.

Lele and Yuanyuan rolled their eyes, but Yuhu nodded.Yi Lianna looked at Xu Ling after listening, she believed in her own people even more.

"What the fat man said is basically correct. Another thing is that there are a lot of bamboo rats here. As the saying goes, rabbits don't eat grass near their nests, but bamboo rats are very strange. Where there are many bamboo shoots, their holes are often denser. Of course, This is relative to the entire bamboo forest." Xu Ling explained to them with a smile.

"Oh, then should we look for the bamboo rat nest first, or the bamboo shoots directly?" Elena asked Xu Ling in a confused voice.

"I'll take you to find it." Xu Ling smiled bitterly. This kind of thing becomes more confusing the more you explain it, but it comes faster with practice.

Lele and Yuanyuan are making a bet with Fatty Yuhu to see who can dig more, and the loser treats them to a meal in a restaurant.

In order to prevent accidents, Xu Ling asked Da Zhuang Er Zhuang and a dog to follow the first team.This made the two dogs grunt twice in dissatisfaction. They were about to catch the bamboo rat and chase the pheasant by the way.

Seeing that one team went to the right, and the other team went forward to look for bamboo shoots, Xu Ling led Elena to the left.Although there are many shrubs, the line of sight is not bad, and nothing will happen.

This side of Xuling is the best road, with vines and shrubs running rampant.However, there is an advantage to this kind of place. The soil quality is better and there are many bamboo shoots.

In order to prevent Elena from being scratched, Xu Ling took out his machete and carved a path.

"Did you see that bush?" Xu Ling pointed to the muzi tree in front and pulled Elena over and said.

"Well, are there bamboo shoots?" Elena was a little excited and immediately pushed aside the leaves to get closer.

Xu Ling held her back and motioned for him to come first.Wait until you get close before letting Elena look at it.

"It's really there!" Yi Lianna used her hands to peel off the top layer of soft soil, revealing a pointed top of a bamboo shoot.

But when digging, even if Xu Ling was pointing at the side, the digging was unavoidable, which made her feel annoyed for a while.

"It's okay. I dug it into several pieces the first time I dug it. You are much better than me." Xu Ling patted her on the shoulder and smiled comfortingly.In fact, it was caused by his lack of strength when he was eight years old.

"Return it to me later." Elena wrinkled her nose and said dissatisfied.

Next, Yi Lianna not only learned to find bamboo shoots very quickly, but also digged them neatly.After digging a few, he was out of breath and exhausted, and Xu Ling even had to carry it for a while.

Elena lay on Xu Ling's back enjoying herself, her eyes blurred and intoxicated.

Xu Ling held her plump and round buttocks with his left hand. Although he enjoyed it, the road was not easy to walk, so it was both painful and pleasurable.

Fortunately, Yi Lianna is not the kind of person who only knows how to enjoy herself, and she can do it by herself when she recovers some physical strength.

In just one hour, Xu Ling and his two dug more than a dozen roots.This time they just came to a small hillside and found several fresh earth holes!

"Bamboo rat?" Yi Lianna asked, her eyes sparkling, holding Xu Ling's hand.

"Yes, it looks like there's more than one litter." Xu Ling replied, mentally poking inside, he found at least three litters, and one of them contained a particularly large bamboo rat!
"Fatty, Lele, come here." Xu Ling yelled, Fatty and Yuanyuan who were in the distance rushed to this side immediately after hearing it.

"Wow, so many holes." Looking at the freshly dug soil, the fat man was overjoyed.But the first thing to do now is to find other openings, so as not to be slipped by them.

A radius of 20 meters, including the bottom of the tree roots, the roots of dead trees, and the underside of fallen rotten trees should be looked at. Some very thieves will set up escape hatches in such places.

"I'm talking about Uncle Fatty, you just dug up three bamboo shoots, it's too bad!" Lele Yuanyuan said disdainfully when she saw the fat snakeskin bag.

"Ahem, I want to call Fatty Brother, how can I say that you and I are of the same generation." Fatty's face turned awkward, and he hurriedly led Da Zhuang to find the entrance of the cave.

Xu Ling smiled, and led Yi Lianna to look for the hole, telling her where bamboo rats like to escape.How to judge whether there are bamboo rats, and how to distinguish whether it is a snake hole.

"Snake hole? Smooth? There is almost no grass around, does it look like the hole at the bottom of the tree next to it?" Elena opened a pair of big blue eyes, looked curiously at the root of a big pine tree in front, and pointed to the hole. Said to Xu Ling.

"Huh? You're a quick learner! Let's go, I'll introduce you to each other, maybe we can have a meal of dragon and phoenix soup at noon!" Xu Ling said in praise.

When I came closer, I saw a black hole with the thickness of an arm at the bottom of the root like a horned dragon!The hole is smooth, and there is no grass around it, which is obviously caused by something constantly moving.

Xu Ling took a closer look and found that the snake was not small.Pulling Elena to look around, she found a piece of snake skin that had just shed.

"Huh? It turned out to be Emperor Viper?" Xu Ling was taken aback.

Seeing the surprised expression in Xu Ling's eyes, Yi Lianna hurriedly asked what was wrong. "This is the most difficult emperor viper to meet here! In the eighties and 90s, my grandfather said that scientists once came here to look for this subspecies of viper, but unfortunately they didn't find it for half a year. You see, even if the snake sheds its skin, Is there still some golden color left in its belly?"

Xu Ling brought the snake skin close to Yi Lianna's eyes.Elena was so brave that she actually held it in her hand and observed it.Fatty and the others found the entrance of the cave, marked it and waited for Xu Ling's instructions. It was obvious that the two of them were muttering to each other but there was no movement. They thought they were having a love affair!

However, several people still walked towards Xu Ling.When the fat man saw the snake slough, he gestured curiously and found that the snake was at least two meters long!

"What snake?" Yuhu asked.

"Emperor Viper!" Elena raised the snake slough in her hand.

"What? Did you find the emperor's viper?", the fat man beamed and threatened to catch and cultivate it.

"What kind of snake is this? I've never heard of it!" Yuhu patted his head and searched his mind, but he still hadn't heard of it.

"Of course I haven't heard any news about this kind of snake. Because it was considered a functionally extinct species at the end of the 80s census!" Xu Ling said lightly.

"What is functional extinction?" the fat man asked again.

"It is basically impossible to continue to reproduce in the wild and gradually become extinct. For example, the baiji dolphin in the Yangtze River Basin!" Xu Ling gave an example.

"Fat man, why are you talking about breeding?" Yuhu knew that any snake with the word viper is absolutely poisonous!

(End of this chapter)