Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 417: The Death of the Jumping Elf
The green forest snake had been entangled with Xiao Hai for a long time. It's not that no one tried to take it away, but the snake was very stubborn and almost killed itself several times. In the end, Xiao Hai couldn't bear it and took it back.

Because the protection level of the green forest snake is not very high, and the snakes themselves have strong needs, the Snake Research Institute, after assessment, agreed to let Xiao Hai take the green forest snake to Jiamugou as a volunteer.

Being a volunteer is a punishment given by the higher authorities to these young people who trespassed into the protected area. They must pay a fine, but administrative punishment is not enough, so volunteering is just right.

The volunteer action lasts for one year, and the rest days during the period are the same as national regulations, but after being entered into the volunteer system, they must work for a full year before leaving the registration point.

If you leave early without reason, your dishonesty will be recorded in the system file.

Everyone else chose to be a volunteer in the city, but Xiao Hai had to volunteer in the wild because there were snakes around him.

In the end, it was his father who made the final decision and allowed him to apply to come to Jiamugou.

"Okay, no problem on my end. I'm going to be away for a while and I'm worried about what to do with Xiaobai. He should be able to raise snakes, right?"

"That's for sure. Although he is studying art now, his family has a long history of studying art. Raising a snake is not something that can be done easily."

Before Chen Ying left, Xiao Hai brought Lao Qing over.

After molting, the color of the old green becomes brighter and looks more juicy.

After seeing Chen Ying, it finally left Xiao Hai, ran over and lingered around Chen Ying for a while, then began to sway from side to side, as if looking for something.

"Xiaobai has gone to the mountains. Do you want to go find him?"

During this period, Xiaobai, the little white hedgehog, and the little flying squirrel formed a trio of exotic pets, running around in the mountains every day.

Maybe it's because they are both white, Little White's attitude towards the Little White Hedgehog is much gentler, and he mostly intimidates the Little Flying Squirrel, so the Little White Hedgehog has to be busy mediating conflicts between the two little friends every day, and his originally chubby body has become a lot thinner.

Last night, Xiaobai tried to threaten the little flying squirrel again and almost swallowed it. The little hedgehog was so angry that he rolled into a ball and hit Xiaobai hard several times. Then he bit the little flying squirrel's paw aggrievedly and dragged it to his nest to comfort it.

Xiaobai knew that he had gone too far, so he stayed outside the little hedgehog's pet box all night and picked the little flying squirrel's favorite fruits and buds. Although he asked Xia Sen for help and simply rolled up a small branch and put it back, Xiaobai felt that he had been very sincere.

But the little hedgehog still refused to forgive it today. When it came out to eat in the morning, it was unwilling to pay attention to Xiaobai.

After being stunned for a while, Xiaobai swam away and has not returned yet.

Chen Ying was not afraid that anything would happen to it.

It is a cobra with a highly venomous body, and only other animals are afraid of it.

Besides, this is a protected area, and humans will not easily harm animals, not to mention that Xiaobai's photos have been entered into the supervision list of the management station. Every ranger knows that there is a white cobra on the mountain that is very human-like. It was brought back by Doctor Chen. Don't provoke it unless necessary, and it will not actively harm humans.

Lao Qing is not as smart as Xiao Bai, but it can understand what Chen Ying says.

To sum up, the white hedgehog bullied its friend, right? It’s easy to solve. Just eliminate the source of the problem.

Lao Qing walked into the warehouse with great vigor and confidence. He could smell the scent of the hedgehog, and the ugly thing was still sleeping.

Chen Ying didn't have time to react until his master's wife grabbed him and motioned for him to look into the warehouse.

"Why do I feel like that wood snake wants to swallow the hedgehog?"

Chen Ying was stunned for a moment, then ran towards the warehouse.

Xiao Hai was filling out a form, so he quickly put down his tablet and ran after him.

As soon as I reached the door, I heard Chen Ying's exasperated voice, "Lao Qing, let go. You can't swallow it, or you'll get hurt. That won't work either. Shut up."

Xiao Hai rushed over without having time to see clearly, and grabbed Lao Qing's tail and dragged him backwards.

Chen Ying grabbed its head and tried to pull it away from the box, but the green forest snake was very strong and Chen Ying almost lost control. In the end, Xiao Hai had a way and directly wrapped it around himself.

Lao Qing might be too familiar with this posture, and subconsciously he pressed close to him.

Without saying a word, Chen Ying picked up the hedgehog pet box and ran out.

"Master's wife, why don't you put this box in the small utility room outside your room?"

The master's wife liked the two little guys very much. She took the box and planned to move them directly into the house.

After walking a few steps, I saw Xiaobai coming back, parading onto the platform, and opening his snake mouth.

"Oh my god, Xiaobai, what did you eat?"

There is a nest full of aphids, and I don’t know where it collected them from.

Chen Ying's heart moved, and he quickly took the box, put it down, and took out the little hedgehog.

The little hedgehog was still in shock, but suddenly he smelled his favorite food and subconsciously opened his mouth to eat it.

After eating a few bites, he came to his senses, looked up and saw Xiaobai with traces of dirt on its mouth, so he went over and rubbed its snake body.

At this time, Lao Qing was carried out by Xiao Hai. Seeing Xiao Bai, he quickly slid down to the ground and wanted to go over to say hello to his friend. But then he saw the little hedgehog trotted two steps, stood in front of Xiao Bai, and opened the thorns on its back towards it.

Xiaobai tilted his head, not understanding what was going on. Why would the little hedgehog be at odds with Laoqing?

Chen Ying didn't dare to continue watching the fun, fearing that the fire would start and could not be put out.

He picked up the little hedgehog in one hand and Xiaobai in the other, and motioned Xiao Hai to pick up Lao Qing as well.

"I've built an eco-box for you guys on the mezzanine floor below. It has two floors. Have fun and don't fight. Otherwise, you'll be kicked out and not allowed to stay here."

The place under the mezzanine where the children's toys were previously placed was cleaned up and an ecological box two meters high and covering an area of ​​nearly five square meters was placed there.

The lower level has stones, dead wood, humus, and common small flowers and grass. Then there is a snake climbing frame built with old tree stumps and dry wood, and two large hammocks for snakes to play.

In addition to the open door on the ground floor, there is a small hole in the top of the tree stump on the upper floor, with a window next to it, which is left for the flying squirrel.

In fact, the little flying squirrel is good at gliding. If it jumps out from here, it can glide to the root of the big tree in the middle of the woods, and then climb up to play in the woods.

The big tree and the artificial nest behind the warehouse came in handy again. After some decoration, the little hedgehog could also play there overnight.

The little ones each have their own separate residence, as well as a place to play together.

Chen Ying has taken into account everything he can. If all else fails, they can still go into the mountains to play.

Before, Chen Ying’s biggest worry was that no one understood what Xiaobai needed. Now that Xiao Hai is here, at least he will have no problem feeding the baby. If he really can’t hold the baby, he can always ask his father for help.

I stayed at home for another week and took Xiao Hai for a tour around the area, especially showing him some very beautiful scenic spots on the mountain.

His father said that he was an excellent student in the sculpture department, so he might also be interested in murals, stone carvings, wood carvings and bamboo carvings of ethnic minorities. Chen Ying gave him the phone numbers and social media accounts of several village cadres stationed in Xiaozhai Village and asked them, the young man, to contact them more often.

I also told the village cadres privately that if there are any activities in the village, they can invite him to join in, and if they need any artistic references, they can use them.

Xiao Hai was not really afraid that Chen Ying would cause him trouble. He was just afraid that Chen Ying would be nice to him for the sake of his father's face, but actually not let him do anything.

Fortunately, the day before Chen Ying passed away, Dongdong gave birth to a baby, making her a twin.

The panda man was indeed experienced. He found an opportunity to see the two cubs of Shanshan that day. From what we can see, the bigger one is the sister and the smaller one is the brother.

Shanshan is a cat that has been spoiled after all. Although he has been living in the wild breeding center for many years and has rich experience in finding food and water sources on his own, he is still willing to eat "beggar's food" if someone feeds him.

A bundle of tender bamboo, a back of bamboo shoots and a sweet old pumpkin can make it ignore the two-legged beasts in the cave.

However, after finishing this meal, Shanshan would not allow anyone to approach him easily, as if he knew that the cubs he gave birth to needed bipeds to judge whether they were healthy.

Unlike other panda mothers, Shanshan was very maternal when she became a mother for the first time. After raising two cubs, she still went out to find food with ease and never let her cubs go hungry.

After making sure that both Shanshan and the cub were fine, the pandas also evacuated, leaving only an infrared camera hard at work.

However, in the spacious stone cave a little lower down, people would occasionally take turns to stay there in order to protect the two hard-working mothers and their cute cubs.

"Have you noticed that the fertility rate of animal mothers in Jiamugou seems to be much higher, and there are fewer cases of difficult births and abandonment of cubs."

"That's right. I've compared the data for the past three years. This year, the births are basically at their maximum. Our group discussed it and it's probably related to the ecology of Jiamugou. The food chain here is very complete, and the animals reproduce quickly and in large numbers, but they haven't exceeded the warning value."

"That's right. Look at this picture, LBT.jpg. This is a comparison of the data of National One and National Two last year and this year. The number of each species is at the peak carrying capacity. After we reported it, the Forestry and Grassland Bureau even arranged a special plant resource survey, fearing that too many animals would harm plant growth. Guess what the result was."

Without saying a word, the man threw out more than a dozen comparison pictures in one breath.

"Look, look, some people still think that Jiamugou is falsifying information. This survey was conducted by people specially sent by the ministry. Jiamugou doesn't have the face to let those experts falsify information for them. They just maintain themselves well. You can envy them, but don't be jealous. Instead of wasting time, you might as well ask them how they achieved this result."

The group was silent for a long time before one or two people made "I'm in admiration" expressions.

What can I say? Just learn!

It’s just that some things really cannot be learned, but even if they can learn half of them, it will help their year-end KPI.

If it really doesn't work, ask someone to use their connections and ask if it is possible to get some of the animals in Jiamugou to migrate to their side.

Those animals should listen to the words of the Archdruid.

Although everyone knows that the Archdruid is a joke, it is undeniable that in the minds of some people, they have already determined that Chen Ying has this talent, which is given by God and cannot be envied.

Chen Ying didn't know what they were thinking, nor did she want to know.

The next day, he packed up his things, took Xiao Jin, and drove the car left by Dao Meihua on the road.

Xiaobai wanted to chase it, but after hearing Xiaojin describe the place they were going, it calmed down. Jiamugou is pretty good. You can scare the small animals in the back mountain when you have nothing to do, and you can also bully the old two-legged beast. The warm nest made by the female old two-legged beast at home is also very comfortable. She also specially sewed a small quilt for it, and it loves it!

It wagged its tail at Chen Ying and perfunctorily spit out its tongue twice, asking him to come back early. Then it ran off to chase the flying squirrel, showing no sign of reluctance at all.

This White Snake is so happy in her life that she doesn't want to leave her homeland, right?
He nodded at Xiaobai's back and asked Xiao Hai to look after it. Then he said goodbye to everyone and embarked on his journey to the Northwest.

He would drive the car to Ningxi, and someone would pick him up there. The car would be returned to Dao Meihua's aunt, and the person who picked him up would be responsible for sending him to Heyuan.

Xiao Jin's special documents had been in his bag. This time he was the only one driving, and once the car door was closed, he didn't even close the cage, letting Xiao Jin move freely.

Xiao Jin is very smart. He will not destroy the environment in the car. He also knows to go to the toilet in the specially prepared cat litter box. He likes to curl up on the floor of the passenger seat when sleeping.

Chen Ying put a small blanket there, which was just right for it to sleep on.

There was no rush during the drive. I started at 9 o'clock every day, rested at 9 o'clock in the evening, and took a one-hour break at the service area at noon.

He walked slowly to Ningxi, and the person who came to pick him up was Miss Dao Meihua.

"How did you come?"

"I'm here to send those two guys to join the army."

Although the conscription time has not yet arrived, those with connections will send their children to certain places for training in advance so that they can adapt to military life better and faster.

It is very easy for the children of the Dao family to join the army, and they can even stay in the local area to serve.

But Dao Meihua insisted on letting them serve in the army in a different place this time, just to thoroughly temper their tempers. If they continue to indulge themselves, it will be the end sooner or later.

It's not easy to be a soldier in the Northwest.

Chen Ying couldn't hide the smile on her face. Those two brats deserved it!

They were college students who joined the army, so they were given some preferential treatment. Dao Meihua said it harshly, but in fact, she personally sent them here in order to find some connections to take care of them.

"I have nothing to do for the next two months. I wanted to go see Erniu as I told you before. Would you welcome me?"

"Of course you are welcome." After a pause, he added, "A lot of the equipment over there was sponsored by you. I guess you haven't been to see how it's being used. If you don't go and take a look, you won't be able to see it until it's scrapped."

Dao Meihua glanced at him sideways, with a hint of smile on her lips, "Oh, there's something else going on. Okay, I'll go over and take a look. I'll buy them some if I can."

"No, no, no, I just said that. Don't do this. I'm scared."

Dao Meihua made a soft "tsk" sound and turned her head to look out the window.

It is not too far to go from here by national highway. The grassland scenery in summer is very beautiful, which is different from the scenery in the southwest region.

The road passes by a sea of ​​grass, with a blue lake in the distance, cattle and sheep dotted on the grassland, and snow-capped mountains reflected in the water. The scenery can only be described with the word "refreshing".

"Come on, I'll take you to eat."

Passing by a ranch, Chen Ying thought for a moment, then turned the car and drove onto the dirt road of the ranch.

After driving for more than ten minutes, we stopped in front of a large yurt.

Chen Ying honked the horn, jumped out of the car, and shouted Suonan's name.

Two shepherd children nearby took one look at him, recognized who he was, and immediately ran to the pasture to call for help, shouting loudly.

Suonan's wife came out of the tent and was stunned when she saw Chen Ying, then she came over with a smile.

"My friend and I were passing by here and brought some food that kids like. I told your kids last time that I would come to visit them, and as an uncle I can't break my promise."

As they were talking, Suonan and his companions came back on horseback, looking unhappy.

After seeing Chen Ying, Suonan ran over and hugged him. "Doctor Chen, my brother and I went to patrol the grassland and happened to see a trapped gazelle. We were busy for a while and just released it."

He explained, then turned to look at Dao Meihua, "Is this your wife? Hello, welcome."

Chen Ying punched him awkwardly, "Don't talk nonsense, this is my friend, I'm still single."

Suonan looked at him with contempt, revealing a piece of his little finger. Chen Ying was so angry that his face turned red, and the men around him burst into laughter.

Dao Meihua pursed her lips to hold back her laughter and was pulled into the tent by Suonan's wife.

"Don't make trouble with their men. Let's go over there. My sister-in-law has made milk tea. It smells delicious."

Dao Meihua followed and sat down to drink tea and eat snacks, while Suonan pulled Chen Ying towards the pasture fence behind.

"Today, I found another Przewalski's gazelle that was hanged to death."

Suonan took out his cell phone and showed the photo to Chen Ying.

"Last time I came here, didn't you say you were replacing the wire fences? Why are there still these iron spikes on the fences?"

"Basically, galvanized iron fences are now used, but some herders still privately build simple fences for personal gain. We plan to work with the management bureau to conduct a thorough investigation and remove all these illegal fences."

In addition, they plan to raise funds again to build more life passages for Przewalski's gazelles, as well as facilities such as feeding and drinking points.

"do you need my help?"

"No, we can do it ourselves. There is also a special protection organization in the country to help us. I believe we will succeed."

Suonan and his brothers have been protecting these cute elves for many years. When he thought of the scene he saw today, he felt so uncomfortable that he wanted to vent.

Chen Ying patted his shoulder and said, "Come on, take me to see the antelope cub."

Suonan shook his head, suppressed his annoyance, and took him to the other side of the fence to see the rescued antelope cub.

Chen Ying turned around and called Dao Meihua, asking her if she wanted to go. Dao Meihua quickly stood up and answered that she did.

After saying sorry to her sisters-in-law, Dao Meihua caught up with Chen Ying and the others.

"Well, in addition to the one you sent, we later rescued two more. One of them lost its balance when jumping and fell down, breaking its leg. We've kept it for half a month, and the veterinarian said there's no major problem. We'll observe it for a while, and if it has no problem running and jumping, we can put it back."

"What about the one before? Has it left?"

"He left. He came back twice, and then never came back again."

The separation made people feel a little sad, but Suonan was also happy for the Przewalski's gazelle. After all, living with the tribe is the guarantee for their survival.

Dao Meihua passed by this place several times, but never stopped to take a serious look.

After discovering that the pasture here was divided into small pieces by fences, she was a little confused.

Although this can clearly define the scope of each grassland, it is also a disguised form of confinement for wild animals.

Chen Ying glanced at her, then pulled Suonan and whispered a few words.

Suonan looked at him, then at Dao Meihua, waved to a half-grown child and said a few words in the local dialect. The child nodded and ran away. After a while, he came over with two horses.

"You can ride a horse, right?" Chen Ying read novels that said rich kids learned riding horses, playing ball and other talents since elementary school. He felt that Dao Meihua must be no exception.

But in fact, Dao Meihua has very little experience in horse riding. She usually goes out by car or plane. There are not many places in the southwest that are suitable for horse riding.

She has ridden an elephant before, but unfortunately there are none here. ┓(`)┏

The horse the boy brought had a gentle personality. With the help of Suonan and the others, Dao Meihua successfully mounted the horse. Then she trotted a few steps and felt it was okay. She made an OK gesture to Chen Ying.

In order to take care of her, the group of people did not run too fast. When they arrived at the gazelle protection area, they stopped and pointed to the broken fence in front of them and explained that that was the passage built for Przewalski's gazelles.

Ordinary livestock cannot jump over this channel, but Przewalski's gazelle can. It can effectively prevent livestock from running around without restricting communication between gazelle populations.

Walking along the passage, you can see some man-made facilities that are specially used to provide food and water for gazelles.

"Although we have tried our best to help them, animals are not humans after all. For various reasons, they will not look for safe passages but will jump over fences. If it is a net fence, it is fine. They will not get hung up on it if they cannot jump over it. In the past, there were no net fences here, only fences with iron spikes. At that time, we could often see gazelles hanging on them."

(Przewalski's gazelle running)
(Various hanging postures)

It was because the scene was so shocking that the Sonam brothers decided to help save the gazelles on their own initiative.

Dao Meihua listened carefully to the conversation between Chen Ying and Suonan, picked up her phone and took dozens of photos.

Across from them, at a distance, a group of people gathered together, seemingly arguing about something.

Chen Ying looked towards Suonan, who was looking over there with a gloomy expression.

"That's where they secretly set up a simple barbed wire fence, and that's where we found the dead gazelle and its calf today."

Dao Meihua looked at him in surprise, then at Chen Ying, and finally frowned and narrowed her eyes, looking at the burial place of the Przewalski's gazelle where more and more people were gathering.

"They are now demanding that the fence be removed immediately, and if that is not possible, the iron spikes should be removed, but the owner of that house disagrees, saying that they paid for the iron spikes and they should pay compensation if they are removed."

“Isn’t there a protected area here?”

“Yes, but they built the fence on their own pasture. They said that several of their sheep had escaped and they suspected that wolves were stealing the sheep, so they had to install the fence.” Suonan was so angry but helpless when he said this.

(End of this chapter)