After making a wish, financial freedom

Chapter 460 Dam Building
With a root of grass in his mouth, Li Zhuo sat listening to General Beaver's story.

The beaver took a look at his appearance, took the branch and put it to his mouth, gnawed and molared his teeth, and said:
"People always say that they are tired and that their life expectancy is not enough. It is said that they took 30 years of hard work and hard work from cattle, and 15 years of being useless and looking after homes from dogs..., If you want me to say you are hypocritical.

"Look at us beavers, we can't live more than 20 years in our whole life. From the third month of birth, we have to eat the branches and leaves that our parents picked up by ourselves. After living with our parents for two years, we leave My parents started to live independently, and in our life, from morning to night, except for eating and sleeping, the rest of the time was either building dams or collecting materials for dam construction..."

The beaver is a vegetarian animal and only eats branches, leaves and bark. It is out of nature to gnaw on trees. Generally speaking, branches are not only food, but also materials for building dams.

Li Zhuo asked curiously:
"So why are you building dams? Don't you get tired?"

After hearing this, the beaver explained:
"Tired, but compared to the need for safety, the fatigue of building a dam is nothing. We gnaw trees to build a dam. The branches, silt and weeds are piled up, which can stop the water flow and raise the local water level. In this way If we do this, we can hide our cave entrance underwater, and we usually go in and out of the water to avoid the attacks of lynxes, bears, wolves, golden eagles and other ferocious beasts."

Li Zhuo looked at the beaver's nest on the bank of the water. The top of the nest was piled up with many branches. As for the entrance to the nest, it was at the bottom of the river bank, but it was already out of the water.

No wonder it has this habit. Beavers are at the bottom of the food chain, and they basically don’t have much ability to protect themselves against predators, so they formed an instinct to build dams.

"So, you can think of us as architects," said the beaver, showing his claws. "See, our claws are relatively thick, suitable for digging soil. When building a dam, there is no soil. Look at my teeth, big die, right? We have iron in our teeth, so it’s easy to gnaw on trees.”

Li Zhuo looked at a poplar tree beside him, which was about as thick as the mouth of a bowl, and asked:
"In that case, how long will you eat such a tree?"

The beaver sized it up and replied:

"Such a thin tree, if I am in a normal state, I can chew it off in three to four minutes."

This efficiency is quite high, which is estimated to be the efficiency of human beings with a hammer. Its big teeth are obviously more practical. It is no wonder that beavers can become infrastructure madmen.

The beaver bared his big teeth again, and said:
"And our teeth, if we don't gnaw on the tree, they will grow longer and longer. Like my pair of big dies, they can grow 120cm a year. Only by gnawing on the tree can we ensure that they will always be usable."

This is similar to a mouse. If the mouse does not chew on things, it will die in pain, because its teeth are constantly growing. Of course, the growth speed is definitely not as fast as that of a beaver. Beavers are not generally big, and can grow to 10-20 The largest individual can reach 30 kg.

Beaver went on:

"Therefore, our family is used to gnawing trees, building dams, repairing our nests, and working non-stop. Occasionally, when I am tired from work, I will stop and think about why I have been keep doing this?"

Li Zhuo smiled and asked:

"Then you have brains, so you want to understand why?"

Beaver shook his head and said:
"I don't want to understand. I don't understand why we are so tired. Looking at other animals, eating and sleeping after eating, and eating after waking up, it seems to be more comfortable than ours."

Li Zhuo laughed and said:

"That's right, doing civil engineering is really tiring."

Beaver went on:

"Yes, we have been very busy, working every day, and we can't be free, not at all."

Li Zhuo spat out the grass from his mouth and said:
"If it were me, I would probably be psychologically unbalanced and complain. Why should I be so tired?"

The beaver also spit out the branch, scratched his head and said:
"Yeah, when I'm in a daze, I'll think of this. I'm busy with my life all the time, but I don't have a moment of leisure. Is this the life I want to live?"

This is a thinking beaver.

Li Zhuo said:

"In human society, it's called being busy pulling the cart with your head down, but never looking up at the sky. Ao Dajin said that life is not only about the present, but also poetry and the distance."

Beaver also seemed to have a melancholy look in his eyes, and said:

"That's right, I actually want to go out for a walk occasionally, and I also want to stand on a high hill to see the world around me, and I also want to go down the river to see what it looks like in the distance, but it seems difficult .”

He glanced back at his lair and continued:
"Because I still have a home to take care of and repair, as well as my wife and children to take care of, I can't just live for myself, not to mention that going out is dangerous, and it's over if I'm stared at by lynxes and bears."

Li Zhuo said:

"Ari, how about I take you out for a walk? How about seeing the world around your habitat?"

The beaver seemed a little moved, then shook his head and said:
"It's autumn now, and winter here comes very early. I have to find a way to build the embankment to ensure the safety of my home. I also need to store enough food, so I can't take long trips."

Li Zhuo nodded and said:

"Very good, very responsible."

Beaver said again:
"However, I was a bit unlucky. When I gnawed on a tree the day before yesterday, a fallen tree hit the back leg. Fortunately, the tree was relatively small, otherwise the back leg would have been useless. The leg has been very painful for the past two days, and I can't use it. , I don’t know when it will be better.”

Beavers gnaw down 100 trees every year, and when they gnaw trees, they like to gnaw them in circles. Then when the trees fall and in which direction, it all depends on guessing. The result is that beavers fall every year The tree was crushed to death.

The probability of a vicious accident on the construction site is still high.

Li Zhuo quickly lowered his head to look at the position of its hind legs, and felt that it was not broken, but swollen.

Li Zhuo reached out and touched the bones of its hind legs carefully. Fortunately, the bones were not deformed, and most of the swollen places were fractured.

Li Zhuo said:

"Then you have to rest more, you can't do physical work anymore, and take care of your legs, otherwise you will easily lose your legs and feet in the future."

Beaver said:

"I think it's just that autumn is so fleeting, it's too short, and I don't have time to build the dam."

Li Zhuo said:

"It's easy to handle. I'll fix it for you. By the way, is this your wish?"

Beaver nodded and said:
"Yes, I have this idea. Find someone to help me repair the river dam, so that I can raise my legs with peace of mind."

Li Zhuo said:

"That's easy to say. I'll come over tomorrow to help you fix it. Also, if you want to see the surrounding scenery and learn more, Ahri, I can also take you to see it."

The beaver looked very happy:
"That's great, that's exactly what I mean, thank you for helping me."

Li Zhuo saw that Beaver's overall condition was fine. Although he hurt his hind leg, it wasn't too serious.

Li Zhuo emphasized to it again:

"I'll come over tomorrow, and I'll definitely help you finish these two days, don't worry."

After chatting with the beaver, he returned to the village just in time for the whole roasted lamb to be ready.

After eating and remitting money, Liang Wei drove him to continue traveling. He went to Burgen Beaver Reserve and Ulungu River National Wetland Park. take a look.

Then they returned to the county seat of QH County.

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(End of this chapter)