Cats grow fields in the apocalyptic wasteland

Standing in front of Huajiao, Xia Lunong frowned.

Xia Huoqu asked him, "What?"

"Something always feels wrong."

Everyone's eyes fell on the pepper tree, and they didn't know what was wrong with this short and lonely pepper tree.

Yan Xi Nian said: "Stand back a bit, I'll take a look."

Xia Lunong hurriedly said: "Be careful that the prickly ash tree explodes!"

Yan Xiannian gave a "hmm", picked up a stone from the ground, and lightly threw it on the pepper tree.

The stone hit the bark, making a small gap, exposing the light green and white wood.

The prickly ash tree didn't respond at all, except for the punched hole.

Xia Huoqu asked: "Xiao Nong, do you feel wrong?"

"It should be right." Xia Lunong said, "I always feel that something is weird."

Yan Xi Nian said: "You'll know when you dig it out."

As Yan Xiannian said, he approached the pepper tree with a hoe.

The whole pepper tree shook, as if blown by the wind.

However, the surrounding area was quiet and there was no wind at all.

Yan Xiannian stopped them and took a step back.

Xia Lunong hadn't had time to react when she saw the whole pepper tree jumping up.

The root at the bottom is like a pen hanging down, thick and big, and it looks very elastic. When it hits the ground, it suddenly jumps up, like a kangaroo, and jumps two or three meters.

Yan Xiannian's eyes narrowed, and he reached out to grab the tree trunk.

Xia Lunong shouted from the side! "Be careful! The trunk has thorns!"

The pepper tree seemed to be reminded by Xia Lunong’s voice, it’s okay if Xia Lunong didn’t shout, but when she shouted, four to five centimeters of sharp thorns stood up on the branches of the peppercorns, the tips were dark red, straight Looking at them, it looks very difficult to mess with.

The Zanthoxylum bungeanum came straight towards Yan Xinian, looking like he wanted to hit Yan Xinian directly.

Yan Xiannian held a hatchet and slashed at the pepper tree.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum didn't evade, and ran towards him directly, looking as if they were going to die together.

Xia Huoqu pulled Yan Xiannian away and brought him gently.

The Zanthoxylum bungeanum is also unwilling to fight, its dense and thick root system hits the ground, and then counteracts the force, jumping a long way.

All this happened in two or three seconds.

Xia Lunong was stunned, he never thought that plants are more fierce than beasts!

The Zanthoxylum bungeanum ran away from the road, jumped out for about ten meters, and was about to run away.

Kong Zhi had already arranged the rope in his hand, ran a few steps quickly, and threw the rope diagonally forward.

A hoe was tied in front of the rope, and he threw it diagonally forward, just hitting the pepper tree that had nowhere to rely on it.

The prickly ash tree that bounced into the air was hit by Kong Zhi in such a way that it immediately lost its balance, fell heavily to the ground, and rolled a few times.

The Zanthoxylum bungeanum reacted very quickly, and the branches spread out immediately, forming a large font on the ground, blocking its rolling body.

At the same time, its large and thick root system penetrates directly into the ground like running water, pulling the whole tree to stand up.

Looking at the flexible operation of the pepper tree, Xia Lunong finally understood what was wrong.

The branches and leaves of this pepper tree grow too neatly, one left and one right, although they can still be spread out to form a canopy, but the branches and branches of trees in nature grow in all directions, how can it be neat from one left to one right?

The Zanthoxylum bungeanum moved very quickly, and Kong Zhi was faster than it. The moment it pulled itself up, Kong Zhi had already formed a noose from the rope, tightly binding the tree trunk.

Huajiaoshu wanted to run, but Kongzhi's hand holding the rope remained motionless.

The pepper tree jumped up once, then again, but was pulled by the rope and couldn't get up at all.

After jumping twice, the canopy of the prickly ash tree drooped down. Even without facial features, several people could feel its frustration.

Yan Xiannian walked over with the hatchet, his eyes narrowed.

The Zanthoxylum bungeanum trembled in a very human way, and the huge roots like the end of a pen underneath were tangled together.

A smile flashed across Yan Xiannian's eyes, but he didn't make any further movements.

Xia Lunong didn't dare to get too close to the pepper tree, fearing that it would explode and hurt people, so she dared to stand still two meters away, scratching her head, "We don't have any malicious intentions, we just want to invite you to live in another place."

The pepper tree continued to shake.

Xia Lunong waited for a while, the pepper tree stopped shaking, the canopy hung down, and seemed to glance at the rope tied to the trunk.

After a pause, the canopy of the tree lifted up again, slightly upwards at a strange angle, as if someone was lifting their chin.

This action is extremely humane.

Xia Lunong could almost imagine the pepper tree talking: You said you didn't mean anything, so let me go!

Xia Lunong took a deep breath, closed her eyes and used her abilities.

He felt something squeezed out of his body and sprayed it all on the pepper tree more than one meter away.

The trunk of the prickly ash tree trembled again, and the crown of the tree moved to the left and then to the right, as if in doubt.

After a while, the broken branches and leaves and the wounds of the pepper tree grew back. The crown of the tree grew a little bit bigger, and a few buds appeared on the branches.

The crown of the pepper tree shook, and all the spikes on the trunk suddenly retracted.

The trunk of the prickly ash tree, with its spikes taken away, is a little bald, and it looks much more docile.

Its canopy shook, but only slightly.

Xia Lunong strangely understood the meaning of the pepper tree, which seemed to be inviting him to touch... the trunk?

Xia Lunong stretched out his hand hesitantly, trying to touch the tree trunk.

The few people around didn't stop it.

Xia Lunong continued to stretch out her hand confidently and boldly.

Xia Huoqu stood aside, silently watching his brother's movements.

Yan Xiannian was also paying attention to Xia Lunong's situation, but from the corner of his eyes, he saw Xia Huoqu's back muscles contracted suddenly, and his clothes collapsed slightly.

This is a posture ready to attack. If the pepper tree attacks Xia Lunong, it will be opened before it touches Xia Lunong.

The pepper tree didn't intend to attack. Xia Lunong touched it and touched the rough bark.

"Huh!" The small and thin canopy of the pepper tree shook, as if laughing.

Xia Lunong turned her head and smiled at his brother, "It's all right."

Xia Huoqu nodded lightly, "Yes."

Only Yan Xiannian could see that his back muscles were not relaxed at all.

Xia Lunong touched the pepper tree with his hand, and clearly felt the joy that the pepper tree conveyed to him.

Xia Lunong tentatively asked: "Then will you go back with us? Our land is much more fertile than here, and we can also water you whenever you need it."

Xia Lunong was worried that the pepper tree didn't understand, so she thought about this sentence in her heart, trying her best to convey her meaning.

The pepper tree did not respond.

Xia Lunong hesitated for a moment, and insisted to Kong: "Let it go?"

Kong Zhi untied the rope.

The Zanthoxylum bungeanum shook its canopy again, as if it breathed a sigh of relief, then its long branches stretched out, resting in Xia Lunong's hands, then jumped up suddenly, jumped back a few meters, paused, and then jumped up again. Jumped a few meters.

Xia Lunong subconsciously took a step forward, but quickly stopped, with no intention of chasing forward.

Yan Xi asked in a youthful voice, "Don't you take it back?"

Xia Lunong: "It already has a very clear consciousness..."

Speaking of this, Xia Lunong paused, looked at the pepper tree and whispered: "It's not consciousness, it has a relatively obvious emotional tendency, it feels a bit like an intelligent creature, and taking it away by force may be counterproductive."

Yan Xiannian: "Then just give up?"

Xia Lunong shook her head, "Let's look for other pepper trees first, and we'll see when we get back."

For intelligent creatures, I am afraid that wherever there is oppression, there will be resistance. They cannot be captured by force, but must be tamed.

Xia Huoqu also said: "This Zanthoxylum bungeanum plant is very big, I can't hide it, let's go, at worst I will come back later."

Kong Zhi pointed in the direction, "The next Zanthoxylum bungeanum is here."

Kong Zhi's memory is very powerful. He can remember exactly where there are pepper trees nearby and how big the pepper trees are.

With his guidance, Xia Lunong and the others rushed directly to each destination, digging out the pepper tree with ease.

What they dug were some pepper trees that were more than one meter high and not very old.

Xia Lunong originally planned to cut off the crown of the tree directly when digging the peppercorns, so as to facilitate transportation and transplantation.

Because there was a sneaky little figure behind, Xia Lunong gave up this idea. When he dug, he dug out each plant honestly, and used supernatural powers to enhance its vitality, and tried his best to avoid damaging the prickly ash tree. every part.

Yan Xinian smiled slightly, "The pepper tree behind is getting closer and closer."

Xia Lunong whispered: "It doesn't fully trust us yet."

"We have time, so we can spend it slowly with it." Yan Xi Nian said, "The trunk should be wrapped tightly, this time we have to trouble Kong Zhi to transport the peppercorns."

Kong Zhi nodded.

Xia Lunong and the others wrapped the trunk of the prickly ash tree with weeds, and wrapped a rope around the top of the tree, and then handed it over to Kong Zhi.

Kong Zhi turned into a giant golden eagle. After taking a few steps to fly, he swooped down, grabbed the pepper tree with his claws, and flew down the mountain with his wings spread.

Kong Zhi's speed is very fast, going up and down the mountain is much faster than Yan Xinian's animal form.

After more than 20 minutes, he transported the pepper tree to the truck and put it away, then flew back, hovered over them, and led them to the next place.

Xia Huoqu and the others could change back to their animal form, but they didn't change. They even slowed down when walking in human form, so that the short and sneaky figure behind them could follow.

They wandered around the mountain for a day and dug a total of eleven prickly ash trees over one meter high.

Most of these pepper trees bear green peppercorns that look like they will ripen quickly.

Xia Lunong smelled the prickly ash all over her body, and her mood became extremely good.

When they were digging the peppercorns, they also picked a lot of wild fruits - twigs, fried in August, wild chestnuts, and wild kiwi, all of which taste very good.

The accumulation of these wild fruits became more and more, and they were also filled with half a sack.

When going down the mountain, they walked slowly, carrying the sunset on their backs.

The sneaky figure behind him is still there.

Yan Xi Nian said: "I didn't expect this little pepper tree to have perseverance."

"After such a day, I don't know how many branches and roots have been broken." Xia Lunong felt a little distressed, "Water and fertilize it more when I go back."

Yan Xiannian turned his head and glanced, "Are you sure it will really go back with us?"

"Sure." Xia Lunong lowered her voice, "If it wasn't interested in us, and ran away early, how could it stay with us for a day? As long as it is interested in us, it will follow us sooner or later."

Yan Xiannian said: "Then it's up to you."

Xia Lunong said, "Let's go back to the truck first, rest for a night, and communicate with the pepper tree tomorrow."

Xia Huoqu looked at him and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to change back into the animal form? We'll take you down."

"No need." Xia Lunong smiled, and then looked behind her again, "I'm afraid that I will become a beast, and the little pepper tree doesn't understand, so it scares it away instead."

Xia Lunong said and turned back.

He didn't expect to have such unexpected joy when he went out this time, he was really happy, and hummed the song he heard on the way when they came.