Pastoral Daily Life

The field workstation of Kunnan Botanical Garden is located on the edge of the virgin rainforest. Although it is said to be the edge, there are towering ancient trees, covering the sky and blocking out the sun. There are entwined vines and lush flowers and plants everywhere.The ground was slippery and soft with mud and rotten wood, Wang Chaoliang's car couldn't get in at all, they had to park in a nearby village, and they walked in by themselves.

Lu Lingxi fell asleep all the way and was fully awake at this time. He jumped out of the car with his bag on his back, and looked curiously at the primeval tropical rainforest, which is the largest, best-preserved, and highest-biological diversity in Huaguo.

Wang Chaoliang stood beside him, and said with a little emotion: "Xiaoxi, do you know that more than half of the plants and animals on the earth live in the tropical rainforest. It can be said that the rainforest is the base camp of most creatures on the earth. Unfortunately, there are It is deforestation, the area of ​​the rainforest on the earth is getting smaller and smaller, and if things go on like this, it will be really..."

At the end Wang Chaoliang sighed, not to mention other places, the area of ​​the rainforest in front of him is getting smaller and smaller. Although Huaguo has been calling for environmental protection, compared with economic benefits, the so-called protection is just a sentence. It's just empty talk.

"Let's go." Without further words, he greeted Yan Yue and Lu Lingxi to follow him into the rainforest.

Because the plants are too luxuriant, sunlight is rarely seen in the rainforest. At first, Lu Lingxi was not used to the past, but soon got used to the environment inside.As far as the eye can see, in addition to towering trees and intertwined vines, there are more epiphytic algae, mosses and various ferns.These usually inconspicuous plants climbed all over the surrounding tree trunks and branches, as if covered with a thick green carpet.In addition to that, there are colorful flowers, and occasionally unknown animals crawl past, and the whole rainforest presents a mysterious and unpredictable beauty.

Yan Yue didn't have much interest in these things, he just looked around as a tourist.Wang Chaoliang and Lu Lingxi were different. They walked and watched with great interest, stopping to take photos and chatting with each other from time to time.Wang Chaoliang is a senior plant researcher. Lu Lingxi has a mysterious white panel on her body. No matter what plants they meet, the two can chat together.

Finally, when the two separated, Lu Lingxi went to take pictures of the two giant trees growing together, while Wang Chaoliang squatted on the ground carefully observing a white fungus strain, and Yan Yue handed a bottle of water to Lu Lingxi, "Tired?"

Lu Lingxi took the water and shook her head subconsciously.

The corners of Yan Yue's lips curled up, and he looked at Lu Lingxi with a smile in his eyes, and he asked in a low voice, "Do you feel uncomfortable?"

Lu Lingxi was a little dazed when he heard the words, and the tips of his ears turned red immediately after he realized it.But speaking of it, apart from being a little sleepy in the morning, Lu Lingxi's body didn't have any abnormality.Even though Yan Yue didn't sleep much all night, he is still in high spirits.Both of them knew that this was the effect of evolution. Evolution not only brought about communication with animals, but also improved physical fitness.

Seeing what the two of them seemed to be talking about, Wang Chaoliang simply proposed to rest here for a while.

Yan Yue glanced at the time and asked, "Is it still far from the workstation?"

"It's not far, just ahead."

There are too many dangers in the rainforest. There are countless poisonous snakes, poisonous frogs, and poisonous spiders. There are also many other dangerous animals lurking.Although the staff built the workstation in the rainforest for convenience, they did not dare to go too deep.

Wang Chaoliang reminded Wan Wan that Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue must pay attention to all kinds of poisons and never be bitten.Although this is the edge, there are no too poisonous animals, and there are medicines in the general workstations, but we should try our best to avoid suffering if we can avoid suffering. "Besides that, you must be careful not to walk alone and be careful not to get lost." He warned as a person who has been there: "This is a huge maze, and the surrounding trees are all about the same size. If you get lost, it will be troublesome. "

The three of them rested for a few minutes, and Wang Chaoliang led them to continue walking.After walking two steps, Xiao Hei, who had been obediently wrapped around Yan Yue's wrist, suddenly got out of his sleeve, raised his upper body and hissed at the bushes on the left.The next moment, Xiao Hei shot out like lightning, and plunged into the bushes.I just heard the rustling inside, as if something was struggling.

"What's wrong?" Wang Chaoliang hurriedly turned around when he heard the movement.

Yan Yue pulled out a dagger from his body, blocked it in front of Lu Lingxi, looked vigilantly at the direction where Xiao Hei disappeared, and said with a frown, "It may be a poisonous snake."

"Poisonous snake?" Wang Chaoliang immediately stopped in his tracks and said in a low voice, "Don't move yet. As long as we don't provoke us, most snakes won't mainly provoke us." But even though he said this, he still found out the prepared material from his bag. snake medicine.It is best not to be bitten by a poisonous snake, and if you are bitten, you can be prepared.

While the two were talking, the movement in the bush became quieter. After a while, Xiao Hei poked his head out and excitedly uttered a message to Yan Yue, and a small red snake a few centimeters thick came out of the bush with its tail curled up.The little red snake's body hangs down limply, apparently dead.Wang Chaoliang was taken aback, and stared at Xiao Hei dumbfounded for a while, speechless.He had met Xiao Hei at Wei Gardening before, so of course he knew that Xiao Hei was Yan Yue's pet.But this...he couldn't find words to describe the scene in front of him.

Xiao Hei swam up to Yan Yue in a showy manner, tilting his head up and shaking his head from side to side.

Yan Yue frowned, put away the dagger, picked up Xiao Hei, and rushed at it for a long time with a bottle of mineral water.Xiao Hei dissatisfied opened his mouth and bit Yan Yue's finger, but Yan Yue didn't respond, Xiao Hei let go of his mouth wronged, wagging his tail and struggling to get into Lu Lingxi's arms.

Wang Chaoliang's expression became weird, he always felt that the little black snake seemed to be acting like a baby, as if he had been wronged by Yan Yue and wanted to complain to Lu Lingxi.The thought flashed through him and he shook his head, feeling really confused.

After Yan Yue finished flushing, he poked Xiao Hei's head. He didn't think there was anything wrong with Xiao Hei's strangulation of the poisonous snake, but simply thought that Xiao Hei was dirty and needed to be washed.After all, Xiao Hei's favorite place to stay is either his wrist or Xiao Xi's arms, rolling around outside is a bit dirty.

"Hiss." Xiao Hei raised his head and protested.

In front of Wang Chaoliang, Yan Yue couldn't say anything, so he could only follow Xiao Hei's wishes and throw him to Lu Lingxi.Xiao Hei entangled Lu Lingxi's wrist flatteringly, and flicked his tail at Yan Yue bravado.

Lu Lingxi couldn't help laughing.

Ten minutes later, they arrived at the field workstation of the botanical garden.It is said that the workstation is actually three simple houses built in the middle of the open space in the jungle. Around the room, there are some instruments that Lu Lingxi does not know are placed on the ground. The workstations are stationed by two staff members who are about the same age as Wang Chaoliang.

They had known in advance that Wang Chaoliang would bring people over, and they were very enthusiastic about Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue, especially Lu Lingxi.These two staff members have read several reports published by Wang Chaoliang before, and know that Lu Lingxi is also their colleague to some extent, and he is very good at developing new varieties of plants.

"Old Wang, take Xiaoxi around, you found a rare Rafflesia flower over there a few days ago." One of the staff members pointed out.

"Rafflesia?" Wang Chaoliang wondered why there was Rafflesia here, but soon became excited, and said to Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue, "Let's go and have a look."

Rafflesia, also known as carrion flower, is a succulent parasitic herb and the largest flower in the world.The largest Rafflesia corolla discovered so far has a diameter of 1.4 meters and a weight of 10 kilograms. It has the reputation of the world's king of flowers.However, Rafflesia is mostly produced in the tropical rain forests of Southeast Asia, and it is relatively rare in Kunnan.

Following the guidance of the staff, Wang Chaoliang led Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue all the way to the depths of the rainforest. "It's okay, this is a place where the workstations often come to, and there are no dangerous animals." Wang Chaoliang said while walking, "Besides..." He took a playful look at Xiao Hei who was wrapped around Lu Lingxi's wrist, "There is Xiao Hei Bodyguard, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Xiao Hei seemed to understand what Wang Chaoliang was talking about, he kept flicking his tail and hissing excitedly.Yan Yue understood what Xiao Hei was calling, and slightly raised the corners of his mouth.

They walked for about half an hour, Wang Chaoliang said: "Don't look at it as if we have traveled far, in fact, this place is still at the edge of the rainforest, and there is no end to walking like this."

Lu Lingxi looked in the direction Wang Chaoliang pointed, and asked curiously, "Has anyone been to the middle of the rainforest?"

This time it was Yan Yue who answered, and he said in a deep voice: "This rainforest borders other countries, there should be people who stowaways venture through here."

"That's right." Chao Liangliang nodded, "In addition to smuggling, there are also drug dealers. Anyway, the border is not very safe. But we don't have to worry. The workstation has been built for more than ten years, and we haven't encountered smuggling and drug trafficking...here we are. "

Before Wang Chaoliang could finish his sentence, he was already excitedly walking forward.Yan Yue glanced around, stretched out his hand to hold Lu Lingxi, and led him to follow.The Rafflesia flower that the staff said soon appeared in front of the two of them.

It is said that Rafflesia is actually just a giant black bud in front of it, with a mark left by the staff next to it.Wang Chaoliang walked around the buds, feeling a little regretful, "It's not yet the time for flowering, so we probably won't be able to see the flowering."

Rafflesia blooms only once in its life, and the flowering period is only four days.The flower buds are fragrant in the early stage of blooming, and then emit a pungent rancid smell.On the fourth day of flowering, the petals of Rafflesia will gradually turn black and wither, and then turn into a sticky black mass within a few weeks.Although Wang Chaoliang couldn't judge the exact flowering time of Rafflesia, he and Lu Lingxi couldn't stay here every day, and it was definitely hopeless to see the flowering.

He felt regretful, so he just squatted on the ground and looked at the flower buds.Although Lu Lingxi was interested in Rafflesia flowers, he really didn't know what the buds were so good, so he pulled Yan Yue to look around, and took a few photos from time to time.

"Bang." Something slammed from a distance and landed at Lu Lingxi's feet.

Before Lu Lingxi could react, Yan Yue had already pulled him back a step.When the two looked up, they saw a little yellow monkey squatting on a tree not far away, holding a fruit of an unknown flower in its hand, eager to try in the direction of Lu Lingxi.

"Squeak." The little monkey called loudly.

Unfortunately, neither Lu Lingxi nor Yan Yue could understand what it was saying.On the contrary, Xiao Hei was angry that the little monkey bullied Lu Lingxi, crawled out from Lu Lingxi's wrist and hissed angrily at the little monkey.The little monkey stared at Xiao Hei curiously, then seemed to remember something and squeaked anxiously, pointing forward and jumping non-stop while yelling.

"What is it talking about?" Lu Lingxi asked Yan Yue curiously.

Yan Yue stared at the little monkey's movements thoughtfully, "It seems to be reminding me of something."

"Remind me?" Lu Lingxi took out the binoculars from his bag and looked in the direction the little monkey was pointing at. Except for the tall trees covering the sky and the sun, he saw nothing.He handed the binoculars to Yan Yue, and Yan Yue looked around, but still found nothing.

"Let's go back first." Yan Yue said suddenly, frowning slightly.

"Ah?" Lu Lingxi looked puzzled.

Yan Yue pulled Lu Lingxi and explained: "This little monkey is not malicious, Xiaoxi, you should be able to feel it. Since it reminds you of what is ahead, we should leave here for safety reasons."

After he finished speaking, Lu Lingxi nodded obediently, and followed Yan Yue to find Wang Chaoliang along the original road.After walking a few steps, Lu Lingxi looked back at the little monkey on the tree. The little monkey was hanging from the tree trunk with one arm, and waved towards them like a human with the other arm.

Lu Lingxi rolled her eyes and smiled, and waved at the little monkey.

They were not far away from Wang Chaoliang, and they soon joined together.Yan Yue told Wang Chaoliang that he suspected that there was danger ahead, so it was better for them to leave here first.Although Wang Chaoliang found it strange, Yan Yue's tone did not sound like a joke. He cautiously glanced in the direction Yan Yue was coming from, and simply led the two of them back to the workstation.The figures of the three quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

Not long after they left, several sturdy men wearing local ethnic minority costumes turned out from behind a tall tree several people thick, and stared viciously at the direction in which the three disappeared.

The leading man looked to be in his 40s, with a thumb-length scar at the corner of his eye.With a sullen expression on his face, he asked in a cold voice, "Can you see what they look like?"

A tall and strong man in his 30s beside him said quickly: "The little one finally looked back and saw clearly, but the other two didn't see clearly."

The leading man lowered his eyes, made a beheading gesture, and said coldly: "Follow them, see where they are, and find a chance to kill them."

The one on the right looked at some young men and hesitated: "Brother, they don't understand anything about tourism at first glance, and they probably didn't see us either, or we should not get out of the way..."

Before he finished speaking, the leading man snorted and interrupted: "Didn't see anything? Didn't see why they were in a hurry to leave. Don't forget, Xiao Liu, Lao Wu has already fallen, and it is estimated that to save his life he should I have said everything that shouldn’t be said. How many years have we worked hard here to have this foundation, and now other lines are not safe, only this line for drug transportation is left... Just in case, even if It's their bad luck that the kid didn't see anything."

The leading man has the highest prestige among several people, and when he said this, the others had no objection.Among them, the tall and strong man followed in Yan Yue's direction, and the rest of them turned back to the depths of the rainforest.Before leaving, the leading man raised his head and gave the little monkey on the tree a hard look. The little monkey screamed and grabbed the fruit in his hand and threw it at the man's head.

The man's face was full of anger, and his hand immediately touched the gun at his waist, but he had to hold back because the shooting sound was too loud.

Seeing that he didn't move, the little monkey became even more proud. He kept finding shriveled fruits and threw them at them, and made faces like people.

"Little bastard." The man was so angry that he died.

The young man beside him hurriedly stopped him, "Brother, why bother with a beast."

The little monkey seemed to understand that they were scolding it, and smashed the fruit more vigorously.

Young man: "..."