Big Islander 2

Chapter 317 The Return
"Tiantian, this is the penguin partner we know, isn't it beautiful?" Standing on the hillside, Tang Jide pointed to the penguin colony in the valley below, as if pointing the country.

It was already three months later. On the return journey, they walked around together, so the delay was a bit long.The main reasons for this are firstly that Tang Jide and He Tiantian are sticky, and secondly, Mr. Yeji is always thinking about the windfall, and he is looking around for meteorites, so it is a waste of time.

The return journey is getting warmer and warmer, and the long polar night has been replaced by the polar day. In addition, everyone is in a good mood, so this time is regarded as a real trip.Except for the pheasants, everyone else picked up their favorite meteorites as souvenirs.

When passing through McMurdo Station, there was another person in the team, the original owner of the husky princess, Old John, the old man who lost his hands, and I am afraid that he will never be separated from his partner again.

As for his priceless precious meteorite, of course it must be returned to its original owner.For this reason, the old man had a good meal with Tang Datou. In the end, He Tiantian came forward and decided to exhibit his diamond meteorite luminous pearl in the Ocean Treasure Museum, set up a small exhibition hall, and then gave Old John a commission for the entrance fee. The old man smiled.

Of course, there is another important task on the way home, which is to meet Doudou, the emperor penguin, so the group of them turned here.

Looking at those naive penguins below, He Tiantian also had a sweet smile on his face.That's right, anyone who sees these joyful animals will feel a kind of joy from the bottom of their hearts.

With the arrival of the Antarctic summer, most of the ice and snow here have melted, and the ground is no longer completely white, and the rocks and soil layers under the ice and snow have gradually begun to be exposed. One white, one blue, covering this ancient land. Caiyi.

In this environment, the most difficult days of the penguins are also over, because the sea is not far away, and there is no need to travel hundreds of miles to find food.And the little penguins are gradually growing up, no longer need to live on the soles of their parents, so this period is the most leisurely time of the year for penguins.

Although they were leisurely, they were always vigilant, so the penguins quickly discovered the intrusion of outsiders, so they all stretched their necks and let out bursts of chirping, calling for the little penguins to return to their parents quickly, and the whole penguin group was in a commotion.

However, among the penguins, there was a penguin that faced the enemy, flapped its two small wings vigorously, twisted its fat body, and ran towards Tang Jide and the others.

"Doudou—" Little Xiami recognized the penguin at a glance.

The pheasant took the lead and flew over. This guy had been nesting in Tang Jide's pitcher for several months, and now he could finally fly again.Flying all the way to the top of Doudou's head, he gently tapped the penguin's head twice with its hooked beak: "Every day, there is nothing to do except eating and sleeping. Now there is finally another entertainment——"

While talking, Tang Jide and the others also rushed over, Doudou didn't have time to talk to the pheasant, turned to Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami, kissed this and touched that with their mouths, just like old friends reunited.

"Let me introduce, this is my daughter-in-law." Tang Ji held He Tiantian's little hand and met with Doudou very formally.

It probably felt Tang Datou's strong breath from He Tiantian, so it also showed great intimacy with He Tiantian, without the slightest shyness of meeting for the first time.

Soon, He Tiantian discovered Doudou's prosthetic limb, and after asking about it, he put his arms around Doudou's neck and sighed for a while.As the saying goes, a friend in need sees the truth, no wonder this penguin is so close to them.

Seeing Doudou's freely moving prosthetic limbs, Barack was amazed for a while, and then suddenly rushed to Old John's side: "Actually, Uncle John can also receive such a slap!"

"Quack quack quack, that's a good idea. Connect a pair of duck paws to old man John, so he can swim." The pheasant began to play its strengths again.

Barack's fair face flushed a little: "I mean, make a pair of artificial hands for Uncle John—"

Of course, Tang Jide understood his intentions. In fact, he had already planned this, but the structure of the human hand is much more complicated than that of the animal's feet, so this is a very labor-intensive task. It will not be too late to carve it after boarding the boat.

Telling this plan to Old John, Old John's face that has experienced vicissitudes of life also showed surprise: He has carefully observed the penguin's prosthetic just now, and it is definitely not what it looks like; if he can also have such a pair of palms, then I can take care of myself completely, and I am no longer a waste person.

Under the guidance of Doudou, a group of people quickly entered the penguin colony.These penguins have a good memory, and after seeing that they were old acquaintances, they came up to say hello one after another.Especially the pheasant is the most popular, and the penguins all use their beaks to peck this annoying guy.

Seeing that these penguins have gained a lot of weight, Xiami is also very excited, especially those little gray penguins, which are even more lovable to her. It is such a wonderful feeling to put her face on their warm and soft fluff. It's intoxicating.

Soon, He Tiantian discovered an interesting thing. Dozens of those baby penguins gathered together and were looked after by a few adult penguins, which was almost like a human kindergarten.This frees up the chick's parents to forage for food.It seems that each population can survive in nature and has its own way of survival.

After a few days of being here at ease, Xiao Xiami finally received a call from the captain. Their salvage ship has entered the Antarctic waters, and there are still hundreds of miles away from here.But because there are still active icebergs on the sea surface, the terrain is more complicated, so I hope Xiao Xiami and the others can rush to meet up.

Thus, the unforgettable trip to Antarctica came to an end. Surrounded by penguins, the group finally left this beautiful and mysterious continent.

Looking back at the ice peaks under the blue sky, Xiao Xiami clenched his fist and waved it.The pheasant howled beside him: "We will come back—"

That's right, for them, this continent still has too many concerns.The pheasant is concerned about the meteorites, and the little shrimp is concerned about the underground world in the ice crevice, where her little friend Julia is looking forward to——

Because there is no boat, everyone sits on a big ice row with a radius of three feet. It feels good to sit on it, dangling around.Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami will have to work harder, taking turns to go into the water and act as the driving force for the big ice platoon.Of course, they also have a dozen or so little penguin assistants.

When parting from this group of emperor penguins, the dozen or so penguins headed by Doudou refused to leave without saying anything, so they had no choice but to take them with them.It's just that in this way, the Peach Blossom Island is located in the tropics, I'm afraid it's really necessary to build an air-conditioned igloo for them.

There are more penguins and more strength, plus Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami are the main force, so the speed of the ice row is not slow at all.The most important thing is that as they walked, the volume of the ice row continued to shrink. After two days, the ice row with a radius of three feet was only three meters square, which was a bit too crowded.And as the volume of the ice row gets smaller and smaller, the draft gets deeper and deeper.In the end, only old John was left sitting on it with a few little penguins in his arms, and everyone else went into the sea.

Those huskies were really loyal, swimming and pushing the ice row with their paws, because old John was sitting on it.

Although Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami are taking care of them, everyone will not be in any danger, but it is not enough to always soak in the cold sea water.Just when Tang Jide was about to look for another ice sheet of suitable size, several jets of water suddenly erupted from the sea not far away, and he suddenly turned his worries into joy: free big labor appeared!

Called by Xiao Xiami, several fin whales appeared in people's sight. Pheasant suspected that they were the ones they had rescued on the way here, saying that they were waiting here to repay their favor.The result was denied by the little girl, the Antarctic sea is so vast, how can there be such a coincidence.

In any case, these fin whales were quickly caught.However, the huskies were not interested in riding this kind of natural submarine, and even Barack was trembling. After all, he had never seen such a huge monster in the underground world.

So Tang Jide found a small iceberg, and everyone sat on it, while a few fin whales arched the iceberg underneath and marched north.Probably only this kind of giant in the sea can have such power to move mountains.

This also made Mr. Pheasant full of emotion: "If we were all on the Titanic, such a tragedy would not have happened—"

After marching for two days, I finally saw the salvage ship in front of me from a distance, and the pheasant couldn't help shouting excitedly: "Kill it, the iceberg collided with the ship—"

Needless to say, the salvage ship moored there quickly started to dodge to the side, looking at that posture, I was really afraid of colliding with the iceberg.Mr. Captain on the boat was also very puzzled: he didn't provoke anyone, why did that iceberg always follow behind?

It wasn't until the iceberg was getting closer and closer that the figure on it was finally found, the captain breathed a sigh of relief and ordered his men to stop the ship.It is said that Tang Jide and the others disappeared for nearly half a year, and the people in Peach Blossom Island were going crazy, so after hearing the call from Xiao Xiami at the research station, Mr. Captain immediately set off and traveled thousands of miles to meet him.

Seeing Tang Datou and Xiao Xiami waving to him on the iceberg, and He Tiantian beside Datou, Mr. Captain couldn't help but wipe the corners of his eyes, and muttered: "Just come back, just come back—"

The pheasant was the first to fly onto the ship, and landed skillfully on the captain's shoulder: "Old man, nuts, I want nuts!" The journey was too long, and its food had long since run out.

"Bring the money—" Mr. Captain couldn't help bickering with it.

"I'll hit you with meteorites in a while." Pheasant yelled proudly, "I've made a fortune this time, and I got a lot of meteorites back, not bad for money!"

Of course, Mr. Captain also knows the value of Antarctic meteorites, so his eyes light up: "You are not looking for treasure, are you? How many meteorites are there?"

The pheasant grumbled while eating melon seeds: "The ones I picked up were all ordinary ones, and the best one was taken away by Datou." It was of course referring to the meteorite diamond night pearl.

At this time, Tang Jide also pulled He Tiantian onto the deck, raised He Tiantian's arm with a smile, and waved it a few times: "That's right, I picked up one of the most precious treasures, and it's also priceless!"

(End of this chapter)