In my days as a farmer

"It seems that I can't grow up with these cute little lives."

Pegasus pushed the small paper bag in front of Xia Dongli, his eyes as blue as the Aegean Sea were filled with heartbreaking waves and regret, and there was even a bit of aria in his tone: "What a pity! , My hometown doesn’t have the favorite food of this cute little animal, and according to the regulations, I can’t take away the local creatures at will.”

I can't see that you are a good young man who abides by inspection and quarantine regulations!It is a very commendable behavior not to bring foreign animals and plants back to China.

Xia Dongli blinked in surprise, then took the small paper package with a smile, but there was no mulberry tree...Brother, you probably don't know the history of your country well?

Greece, as the world's shipping power along the Mediterranean Sea, has always relied on trade as its main pillar since ancient times. China and Greece have had indirect trade since ancient times. Early oriental silk and ceramics were the most beloved commodities of the Greeks.

How could people's desire for silk not lead to a desire to explore the process of making it?It's just that the distance between China and Greece is too far, and the goods have been controlled by layers of profiteers during the export process. In order to earn money from the Greeks, the secrets of silkworms are strictly controlled.

It is said that profiteers in Central Asia lied to the Greeks that silk was the secretion of a certain tree, and the Greeks searched for the tree for a long time.In the end, the king of the Eastern Roman Empire spent a lot of manpower and material resources to finally smuggle silkworm eggs from the East and hatch them in Europe, thus opening the silk civilization in the West.

——In fact, stealing mulberry trees is more troublesome than hatching silkworms. Baby silkworms prefer to eat native mulberry trees in the East, that is, white mulberries, while countries along the Mediterranean Sea raise black mulberries.

Although the silkworm eggs hatched smoothly, the silk threads spit out by the silkworms reared with black mulberry are rough and lack luster, just like inferior products.So the Europeans spent a lot of effort to introduce white mulberry from China.

Today, apart from Asian countries such as China and Japan, the big countries in the silk industry are the countries along the Mediterranean Sea.

However, he had no intention of explaining this to the other party. Xia Dongli was so considerate that he took Canzi, secretly prepared the equipment in his heart*3, and looked at the Yangko troupe and square dance troupe who were battling each other on the stage. want to go back home.

Both he and Xun Yao came out, and the small animals were naturally not easy to raise. Those who were locked in cages were kept in cages, and those who were kept at home were kept at home.From the moment they went out, these little guys who were used to being free-range began to moan and protest, which sounded pitiful.

Especially Rice, with a pair of juicy apricot eyes looking at Xia Dongli with a look of: Why can't I go!

Xia Dongli was so distressed that he hugged the dog for a comforting meal, but it was Xun Yu who brutally tore him off the rice, and now he felt a little bit like an arrow after watching the excitement.

Xia Dongli turned his head and asked Xun Yao. After all, Comrade Xiao Xun seemed very interested in this event.

After getting the same advice to retreat, he turned to Pegasus to bid farewell to others. Pegasus said that he still wanted to take another look, so the two said goodbye.

Just as he was about to stand up, Xia Dongli suddenly heard a familiar call. It was the courier brother who had cooperated well with him. The latter sat in the back seat and waved his hand when he saw him turn around: "Xiao Xia, morning!" One of your couriers has arrived, and it’s still in the station!”

"Huh? Ah, okay, I'll wait and get it." Xia Dongli also waved his hand there, and then lowered his head and turned on his phone in some doubts to check the logistics information: "Strange, I haven't bought express delivery recently. "

As soon as the screen of his mobile phone was turned on, Pegasus' attention was attracted, and the youth's blue eyes became sharp instantly, staring closely at Xia Dongli's screensaver photo.

Xia Dongli's mobile phone screensaver is a jade photo of their family's rice. Of course, no matter the screensaver or the desktop, and even the customized app icon, the stupid dog dad is talking about people like them.

Ahem, of course Xia Dongli would not admit this.

This new screensaver is the most satisfying photo Xia Dongli took recently. At that time, Xia Dongli was sitting next to the field ridge, filling it with mint grass that was bought to repel insects, and then met Mr. Tutu who had just experienced the beating rice back home.

The merle-colored dog galloped toward him through the knee-high grass, his infectious canine grin on his face.

This scene is really too beautiful.While Xia Dongli was driven to smile, he reflexively raised his phone and took a snapshot of this.

A dog's smile is the most precious thing in the world. Since Pegasus was very interested, Xia Dongli clicked on the photo album and introduced his beloved dog to this foreign friend.

Of course, because of the use of the photo album, they had no way to open the translation software, so the two could only continue to communicate in plastic English. Pegasus was obviously amazed by the rice, and popped out English words such as beautiful and unbelievable, Praise means a lot.

The vanity of the dog dad is completely satisfied. As a silly dad, as long as you praise my dog, we are good friends. Xia Dongli feels that the relationship between him and Pegasus has upgraded from a straw friendship to a plastic friendship. A friend came from home to sit down.

Pegasus, who originally planned to watch the show, readily agreed, so the three of them went to Xia Dongli's small off-road together.

Uh, there are still necessary operations to be done before getting in the car.

Xun Ao leaned in after Xia Dongli unlocked the car. He put away the pet cushion placed in the back seat, and then took the sticky hair tube and turned it around on the cushion a few times.

A series of actions are so familiar that it is hard to believe that this person was still completely out of touch with society half a month ago.

Just as he was tearing off the stickers covered in fur from the sticky hair tube, Xia Dongli sent two more wet wipes, and Xun Yu took them and wiped them on the seat before asking Pegasus to come on car.

In fact, the SUV that Xia Dongli bought is an 8-seater, quite spacious.

But he put down the last two rows of seats to free up storage space. Rice usually sits in the first row behind the driver's seat, where he can see the owner's movements at any time. Passenger seat.

So Rice's pet mat has not been removed for a long time.

"It looks like I have to wash up when I go back." Xia Dongli muttered as he watched the scene where dog hair was flying all over the sky.

"Wash it the day after tomorrow, it will rain tomorrow." Xun Ao stuffed the folded cushion into a spare plastic bag and said.

"Then let's soak for a night tonight. It's probably not easy to wash." Xia Dongli answered casually, without any doubts about the weather conditions Xun Yao was talking about.

Xia Dongli himself doesn't read the weather forecast very much. He is a typical intuitive animal, but Xun Ao watches TV every day, and he has a good memory.So if Xia Dongli wanted to know the weather the next day, he could just ask him.

The weather forecasts these years are quite accurate due to the advancement of science and technology. Xia Dongli will always remember the despair of seeing the forecast that it will rain the next day during military training, but waking up to a sunny day.

Cough, far away.

After the general cleaning of the compartment was completed, the group of three drove towards Xiaotupo. The car was very quiet along the way. Xia Dongli adhered to the traffic rules of not talking while driving. Xun Ao was relatively taciturn, and Pegasus... He wanted to speak, but no one could understand without translation software, so he had to shut up.

So the group of people walked forward in silence, got out of the car in silence to move the express, and went uphill in silence to the small brick building.

Xia Dongli parked the car skillfully, then opened the fence of the house, and the most enthusiastic dog in the house rushed towards him.

"Rice! We're back!" Xia Dongli firmly caught his beloved dog. If you don't look at the hand behind him supported by Xun Yao, it is indeed very stable.

Rice enthusiastically contributed a loving lick, and then it looked at the strange visitor: "Wow?"

Master who is this?Why is he looking at Wang's territory?

Pegasus looked away from the thirteen acres of lush pasture full of affection, and narrowed his eyes after meeting Rice's round almond eyes.

The young European squatted down so that his eyes were parallel to Da Mi Wang who was put down by Xia Dongli.Then, under the vigilant gaze of the dog, he gently supported Rice's chin with his white palm, and gently stroked the hair on Rice's face with the other hand.

He rubbed his forehead, rubbed his cheeks, and gently turned over the dog's ears to check the ear canal. His movements were very gentle, and he pressed his hands over the dog's back, front and rear legs in turn, and even lifted the tail of the rice to check Touched its anal glands.

"It's very healthy."

Pegasus concluded: "Muscle density, bone, fur, weight, cleanliness are excellent."

He smiled and looked at Xia Dongli: "You took good care of it."

Xia Dongli looked at him in surprise: "Mr. Pegasus, are you a veterinarian?" This kind of movement is so proficient that the dog can't be vigilant, if it is not professional, it is too against the sky Bar

"No." Pegasus washed his hands with the water in the small yard, and said while drying, "It's just that I also have a ranch at home, and the shepherd dog is my friend."

It turns out that this is the origin of family learning.

Xia Dongli immediately expressed his understanding. He hugged the coquettish rice, and suddenly thought of something, and immediately brought the young man to Xiaobaa's cage, and asked with some concern: "Mr. Pegasus, can you please?" Can you help me look at my sheep? This sheep was picked up when it was not weaned, and I am not very good at taking care of it."

"He has been having a bad temper lately, I'm not sure if it's because of his poor health."

Pegasus glanced at the little lamb who was bleating in the cage and bumped his head against the door of the cage from time to time, then looked at Xia Dongli with a sincere and worried face, and said very calmly: "No, He's just an asshole."

ah?This... Xia Dongli was stunned for a moment, wondering if the translation software was acting on its own again. Seeing him surprised, Pegasus spoke more slowly: "Goats are such evil animals. They are greedy and selfish, and they don't care And other people's thoughts. It's just that when they were young, they would hide their demon nature under a cute appearance to deceive you humans."

"But as we grow older, these dark sides cannot be hidden!"

Are Europeans so difficult to understand?

Xia Dongli was a little taken aback, saying that he always felt that Pegasus was obsessed with sheep!

Over there, Pegasus' thoughts continued: "There is no grass growing where they pass, and they can even eat the grass roots. They are so greedy."

"Ah...that, Mr. Pegasus?"

"If we talk about the only advantage..." he pondered for a moment, "the lamb chops are more delicious."

Xia Dongli: "..."

What's going on, it feels like the trustworthiness of the friends I just met before has all disappeared.

Xia Dongli silently poured a cup of tea and handed it over. After taking a sip, Pegasus sighed sadly: "I know what you are thinking, your heart must be whitewashing this ram."

"...Actually not."

"Hey, you people... always suffer in this regard." The Greek lowered his eyes, his blue eyes flashing with pain: "Don't worry, there is nothing wrong with it, what you see now is the nature of sheep , It’s better to say that what you saw before is false.”

...Do you Greeks have such deep resentment towards sheep?But I remember that the animal husbandry industry in Greece is also developing well! ?

Xia Dongli took two small steps back.

When the atmosphere became more and more weird, Xun Yao suddenly broke the silence. He pointed to the largest express box Xia Dongli brought back: "Ah Dong, there seems to be something moving inside."

Xia Dongli was shocked, and suddenly had a bad premonition, he hurriedly took out the courier with Xun Ao's help, looked at the sender, ah...it was my mother.

The living thing sent by his mother... He immediately knew what was inside. Xia Dongli carefully cut the tape with a blade, and saw a storage box inside the express box. Under the transparent shell was green moss and ventilation holes.

OK, he's identified what's in there.Xia Dongli carefully picked it up with his hands a few times, and after a while, he saw two small heads protruding slowly from the moss that had been pushed away.

"Ah Da, Ah Er!"

That's right, it was Xia Dongli's two tortoises who were suspected to be bigger than him who poked their heads out.

Xia Dongli hurriedly took the two turtles out of the storage box, and he was a little worried and put them on the ground.The two tortoises, who had just been transported by express, did not seem to be frightened. They stretched out their small paws and scratched on the ground as soon as they touched the stable ground.

One of the smaller ones moved even faster. It moved the four little Jios almost instinctively and pulled towards the pool, but before taking two steps, he felt his turtle shell being crushed Hold it down, that familiar feeling...

It turned back slowly, and sure enough, it saw a dog's face on top of its head, which was rice.

Rice barked lightly, but the force of his claws on the tortoise was very light, "Wow."

The host hasn't arranged where you will live, so you can't move yet!

Ah Er who was trampled: "..."

Although its back was lightly pressed by a paw, it still moved its four feet stubbornly.

The two tortoises had just woken up from Dongmian, and before they could eat a few mouthfuls of fresh meat stuffed by the hostess, they were taken out by the hostess to fast and clean their intestines and send them to express delivery. Although they also ate a few mouthfuls of moss on the way , but now they are still very hungry and a little thirsty.

After moving a few times, he found that the shackles hadn't been loosened. Ah Er was a little upset. He stretched out his long neck and wanted to turn around and bite this little bitch. Just when a turtle and a dog were about to start a war, Xia Dongli came over with a basin in his hand, and he easily picked up two turtles and put them in the basin.

The water in the small pool was filled in the basin, which had just submerged the turtle's feet, and then he placed the basin by the side of the small pool.

Although turtles are not as sensitive to water quality as fish, they also need an adaptation period.And these two Dongmian just woke up, Xia Dongli still wanted to try not to add more burden to them, he planned to wait for the two tortoises to adapt to the environment here before putting them in the small pond.

In addition to the two turtles themselves, the courier box also stuffed their turtle food, frozen red worms, and brine shrimp. The latter two are small snacks for the turtles, and they have melted a little now.

Xia Dongli quickly trotted all the way to stuff things into the refrigerator. When he came back, he saw two people and a dog huddled together. The most striking thing was that he was squatting by the small pond in a strange Zamabu posture to observe Pegasus.Xun Yao next to him bent slightly, and Da Mi sat obediently.

Although the postures are different, they have to stare at the two tortoises with their tiny legs in the washbasin. Their expressions are curious... Wait, maybe Xun Yao has never seen it before, Paga Soth, what's the matter with your [Ah, the turtle looks like this] expression?Greece also has sea turtles!

And... the young man involuntarily glanced at Pegasus's lower three lanes, uh, it turns out that it is true that the literature on the street stall said that it is difficult for Europeans to complete Asian squats!

Xia Dongli thought a little gossip.

He didn't show his face, but still smiled and said: "If Mr. Pegasus doesn't mind, I want to release all the animals in the yard. How about we have afternoon tea in the yard?"

"Of course I don't mind my friend." Pegasus stood up on his legs and said with a smile: "I'm very happy to meet the cute little animals..."

Then he saw a pig in a royal blue Tang suit that Xia Dongli released first.

A pig with pink skin, big round eyes, and a small flesh-colored nose... pig!

Pegasus had a look of disbelief, and murmured: "Before I came, my colleague told me that you Hua people have the habit of turning animals into humans and keeping them as pets. Is this the one? It's really rude. "

"Well, uh..., I want to ask, my friend, are there any pandaren here?"

"If possible, can you introduce me? I heard that everyone in Sichuan has pandas in their homes, so there should be a lot of panda people, right?"

Xia Dongli: "????"