happy apocalypse

Chapter 185 Goodbye Red Ear

"The red ear doesn't come out by itself, how can we find it?" Looking at such a big red pine forest, I felt a little helpless.

"If you can't find it, just call it out. It is so human. If it hears someone calling it nearby, it will definitely come out." Jiang Zhi doesn't think this is a problem.

I looked at him dissatisfied and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier, it would be great if we started shouting when we entered the red pine forest yesterday, it would be a pity if we had already missed it."

Jiang Zhi looked at my upturned nose and said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law, don't worry, as long as the squirrels in this forest are not dead, it will be the same wherever you shout. There must be a little squirrel to report to you. "

Think about it, what Jiang Zhi said is right, the red ears have a lot of eyeliner, the last time we entered the red pine forest, a squirrel probably delivered a letter to it, and it came out to drive us away.

"Then I'll try shouting now?" I'm still a little unsure, am I stupid to just shout like this in this deserted place?

Jiang Zhi looked at me encouragingly and nodded at me.

I put my hands to my mouth in the shape of a trumpet, then took a deep breath and shouted: "Red Ear, where are you, your old friend is here to see you."

The only response to me was the snow on the canopy that was shaken by my voice, falling down in a rustling.I comforted myself and said, thanks to being in the woods, if it was on a snow mountain, my voice might cause an avalanche.

I saw no response, and no squirrel came out, so I shouted several times, but I still didn't see the small animal I wanted to see.Turning around, he complained to Jiang Zhi: "What a bad idea you have, it's not easy to use."

Jiang Zhi laughed and said to me: "You don't even think about it. When we came last time, the red ears appeared several hours later. This time it's so cold, there probably aren't any squirrels on guard. If you shout now, you can't give squirrels a chance Send the letter some time, and give Hong Er some time to come over."

In fact, I didn't believe it in my heart, and felt that Jiang Zhi was fooling me, but I had no other choice, so I could only say, "That's okay, then let's wait here."

I looked at the surrounding environment, and felt that it was a waste of time to wait. Although Red Ear is very possessive of things in the red pine forest, as long as it doesn't come, I will take it a little bit, and it shouldn't care too much. .

"It's a waste for us to wait, why don't we put away all the messy pine branches around here, so we can clear a place to rest." I found a reason for myself.

"Okay, listen to my wife." Jiang Zhi didn't care whether the reason I gave was true or not, whether it was far-fetched, as long as it was what my wife said, then I would do it that way.

Then we went to pull the pine branches from the snow. The pine branches that fell from the canopy were all broken at the root, very big and long, and I couldn't pull them up with strength.Looking at it again, Jiang Zhi’s collection speed is a bit slow alone. If the red ears come after a while, wouldn’t it be a waste of this opportunity, so I used the Zhang Juli Talisman for myself, turning myself into a female version of Popeye, and joined the collection again. Ragged ranks.

When I have something to do, I don't feel that time passes quickly.After we had picked up all the pine branches hundreds of meters around, I took a look and saw that more than an hour had passed, and there was still no movement around except for the noise we made.

It seems that we have to wait, so what should we do next?I'm thinking hard.

Do you want to go further to collect pine branches?still……

Just when I was struggling, Jiang Zhi reminded me, "It's already 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and it will be dark in a while, why don't we experience a picnic?"

It’s okay for me to think about it, but I have never experienced the joy of barbecue in a snow-covered mountain forest since I was a child.So you can try it.

So it was decided, and then I asked Jiang Zhi to clear an open space in the forest. Since the barbecue is going to be done, it must be close to the ground, and it is impossible to grill on the snow.

Jiang Zhi is a good comrade. He took out the shovel and started to clear the snow at the place I selected. He is strong and can work. After a while, he saw the land. (You must know the snow in the pine forest It’s nearly one meter thick, and our Jiang Zhi is usually suspended on the snow), as I thought, the jagged grass has turned yellow and withered under the white snow, and it is estimated that they will rot when the snow melts , as a fertilizer to nourish the roots to grow again.

Jiang Zhi dug a circle with a diameter of 2 meters there, and we planned to barbecue in this circle.When digging to the middle, Jiang Zhi also dug up the body of a squirrel, one of which was starved to death. The little squirrel was skinny and its fur was incomplete. It looked very miserable.

Jiang Zhi found a place with thick snow, dug a small hole and buried it.Such squirrels are really worthless, with no flesh on their bodies, and their fur can no longer be used, so they can only be buried.

I took out the outdoor barbecue tools from the ring and set up the rack. We are going to roast the leg of lamb. This is already processed in the ring, just take it out and put it on.

Jiang Zhi lit a fire with the dry wood in the ring under the shelf, and then I took out a small pot to cook haggis soup.

The fire was relatively high, and within half an hour, the mutton soup was cooked, and the surface of the leg of lamb was cooked. Jiang Zhi flattened the golden and crispy layer on the surface with a knife, and took out a few freshly baked lamb shanks. The steamed buns were the staple food, and we ate them in the snow.

This meal has a different taste.

After eating and drinking enough, there was finally movement on the trees outside. After a burst of rustling noises, Red Ear appeared in our field of vision again. This time it came alone without any subordinates.

I looked at the red ear, which was fuller than in summer, and greeted with a smile, "Hi, red ear, long time no see, you are a bit late, we have finished our meal, do you want to make do with it?" .” I was polite, after all, he came just in time for our meal.

Red Er stood on the tree trunk. After listening to my words, he really thought about it, then got down from the tree trunk, and squatted down by the fire. It seemed that he agreed to my proposal and was waiting for dinner. .

I am a little embarrassed, looking at the leg of lamb on the shelf, the lamb soup in the pot, and the steamed buns in my hand, which one can this squirrel eat?

I know that squirrels eat nuts, but when there is a shortage of food, they will also eat some omnivores such as bugs and mushrooms.Is this roasted lamb the same as worms?

I carefully took out a small plate and handed it to Jiang Zhi, Jiang Zhi flattened a piece of mutton knowingly and put it in, I put the small plate in front of Hong Er again, indicating that this is for him to eat.

Hong Er walked around the plate, sniffed and sniffed the meat with his nose, and finally bared his teeth and gestured at me.

"Oh, the freshly roasted meat is hot, that's enough, that's enough, let me show you." I understood its dissatisfaction, and I was very wronged. It took so much effort to invite the squirrel to eat. If it gets hot, I, the master, have to cool it down.

"Okay, it's not hot anymore, try it." I put the cold meat in front of it again, and then said: "Actually, in this weather, it will cool down by itself after a while. Your mouth is still cold." It's in a hurry."

Hong Er's answer to me was to grit his teeth, "Okay, okay, okay, you can eat, I won't bother you anymore."

Afterwards, I served some mutton soup for Hong Er, broke off a small piece of steamed bun and put it on a plate.

Seeing Red Ear gnawing and refilling the food on the plate with relish, I knew it wasn't doing well this winter.

After it has finished eating and added its little paws, it will have time to communicate with us.

It probably didn't expect us to come to see it now, and its hostility towards us has decreased a lot.It also used its unique way to explain to us why it is so down and out.

Originally, because of the weather last winter, they stored a lot of food in autumn. (No wonder, in summer, I picked some mushrooms and refused to let them in. It turned out to be used for winter.) But due to the habit of squirrels, They are used to burying things in the ground, and when there is no food in winter, they dig them out to eat.Who knew that this year's snow was bigger than last year, and the snow was even thicker than last year. After eating all the food stored in their nests, many squirrels wanted to dig some food reserves, but they couldn't dig the ground with their small bodies, so Many squirrels were starved to death.Some frail squirrels were frozen to death by the cold weather.

Red Ear is the leader of this pine forest, but no matter how powerful it is, it can't clear all the snow in the pine forest, so it can only watch its companions die in such a large number.

Jiang Zhi and I glanced at each other, and we both knew what to do with all the pine nuts we harvested in autumn, it was just for these little guys.

The red ear is the first spirit beast in the cultivation world that we discovered in this world. Jiang Zhi and I attach great importance to it, and we don't want it to disappear just like this.

"That red ear, we have some pine nuts here, do you want it?" I said, took out a bag of pine nuts from the ring, and opened the bag to show red ear.

After the red-eared guy was full, he regained his haughty character, and his big eyes looked at the pine nuts, but he didn't express anything specifically.

"Red Ear, you must always remember your identity. You are the leader of these little squirrels. You have the responsibility to take care of them. Now there are friendly and kind humans like us two to help you through the cold and hungry winter. How can you be so indifferent, even if you don't care about it yourself, you should also think about it for your subordinates, and your daughter-in-law and children, too..."

Hong Er listened and suddenly shook his head and called out to Jiang Zhi a few times.

Jiang Zhi said helplessly: "Although she is my daughter-in-law, I can't help it. I think you should agree, or she can ink you all night. You must know that the teacher is a natural political worker. As long as she thinks it is That's right, she will ink with you over and over again until you agree with her point of view, I remind you as someone who has experienced it, you should surrender as soon as possible, and don't make unnecessary struggles."

(End of this chapter)