rebirth squirrel battle

Chapter 76 Bamboo Forest Adventure
Like pine trees, bamboo is also an evergreen plant, and was listed as one of the four gentlemen by ancient Chinese literati.

But unlike pine trees, bamboo belongs to the Gramineae Bamboo genus, which means that once bamboo appears, it will not be one or two, but the whole piece.

In winter, such a whole piece of greenery is particularly eye-catching in the white world.

"squeak!"

It's a little cold!
After crossing the creek, Lu Feng climbed up the big tree next to him.

Unlike the grass sea on the other side of the creek, most of the trees that grow across the stream are tall trees. Although the density of plants has decreased due to the slightly poor soil, the trees grow taller and more prosperous because of the abundant sunlight. .

Climbing high and looking far away is a summary of the experience of the ancients.

The dead leaves on the unknown tree had long since fallen. Stepping on the thick snow on the branches, Lu Feng climbed to the highest branch, shaking with the mountain wind, while looking into the distance.

To the east of the big tree is the direction Lu Feng came from, the rushing stream and the sea of ​​grass, and to the north is to follow the stream all the way to the source, which is the direction of Scarface's territory and the hot spring.

There is no need to pay too much attention to the east and north, Lu Feng cast his eyes on the west and south.With this glance, Lu Feng immediately saw a large expanse of greenery amidst the white snow.

"squeak!"

I didn't expect there to be a bamboo forest!
To the southwest of the big tree, a large piece of towering bamboo with sword-shaped leaves swayed in the mountain wind, making a rustling whistling. Although there was still some snow on the top, due to the shape of the bamboo, the number was not much, and at the same time it was constantly It was still slowly sliding while shaking, and then fell to the ground.

GO!

Recording the location of the bamboo forest in his mind, Lu Feng climbed down from the big tree, and then walked towards the entire lush bamboo forest!
…………

Looking at the mountain and running a dead horse, this sentence is also applicable to Lu Feng now. It took Lu Feng about half an hour to go from the big pine tree to the grass sea and cross the stream, but it took Lu Feng about half an hour to get down from the big tree to the bamboo forest. From the big pine tree to the bamboo forest, there are many times more big trees.

However, the effort pays off.

When Lu Feng stepped into this vast bamboo forest, he immediately encountered a surprise!
"squeak!"

Dense bamboo forests often block a lot of sunlight, making it difficult for other types of plants to grow except for a single type of bamboo. Therefore, not only can you see no trees at the bottom of the bamboo forest, but even shrubs are very rare.

Without a variety of plants, there is naturally no abundance of food, and lack of habitat and food makes it difficult for natural birds and other small animals to survive.

However, bamboo forests have a completely different but equally complete ecosystem from forests.

"squeak!"

This is not Lu Feng's call, but the call of native rodents in the bamboo forest.

On the steep soil slope of nearly 45 degrees, countless bamboos as thick as the mouth of a bowl rise into the sky. The dense bamboo leaves block the sun. When the mountain wind blows, the bamboo leaves rustle and shake off the snow from time to time. On the soil, dry bamboo leaves mixed with snow cover the ground firmly.

"squeak!"

There was another cry, the snow and bamboo leaves rustled, and then a big cylindrical guy with a head of [-] to [-] centimeters long and short limbs came out from under the snow, raised its nose and sniffed in the direction of Lu Feng, While squirming limbs impatiently.

This is a bamboo rat, the only rodent that relies entirely on bamboo for survival. It has a blunt head, small eyes, large incisors, and ears hidden in the hair. It lives underground in bamboo forests and uses bamboo underground stems, roots, twigs, and bamboo shoots. for food.

"squeak!"

The sniffing nose stopped suddenly, and the bamboo rat turned its head slowly, its small eyes stared blankly at Lu Feng not far away, then frantically flicked its short limbs, this head opened its front teeth, and turned towards Lu Feng go!

"squeak!"

Slightly squinting his eyes, Lu Feng pulled out the small dagger from the scabbard on his back, lowered his body slightly, and waited for the moment when the bamboo rat's impact arrived, then he slammed it hard!
"Squeak~!"

Immediately, a fat bamboo rat, six or seven times the size of Lu Feng, flew into the air and landed heavily on the dead leaves below the steep slope. Only then did he stand up wobbly and circle in place, apparently because of a fall.

"Squeak!"

Hey!

You know how powerful this mouse is!
Lu Feng didn't use the edge of the dagger when he swung the bamboo rat away, but just slapped it hard with the side spine of the dagger. Although it hurt, there was no danger of life.

Inserting the clean dagger back into the scabbard, Lu Feng no longer paid attention to the bamboo rat, but carefully walked through the bamboo forest to explore.

…………

"squeak!"

This mouse still takes it for granted!
After finding a satisfactory bamboo and trying to pierce the thick bamboo body a few times with a small dagger, Lu Feng completely gave up the idea of ​​using bamboo as a container.

Although the natural link state of bamboo can be used as a container conveniently, and humans can also use it in this way, but for Lu Feng, one is the lack of tools, and a small dagger can't cut down thick bamboo at all, even with a strong body.The second is that the bamboo joints are very thick. Even if Lu Feng cut them down, it would be a huge project to transport them back to the vicinity of the big pine tree, requiring a lot of time and energy.

Be careful next time you eat it, and it’s really good to leave a chestnut shell as a container!
Thinking of this, Lu Feng changed his thinking, and no longer focused on finding suitable bamboo as a container this time, but began to explore the products in the bamboo forest that could be useful to him.

"squeak!"

Looking up at the sky above the bamboo forest, Lu Feng observed the color of the bamboo leaves and the state of the first pair of branches growing.

This is a kung fu that I developed when I was a teenager and often went to the bamboo forest contracted by my uncle to dig bamboo shoots.Generally, bamboo with dark green and yellow spots on the bamboo leaves is pregnant bamboo, and you only need to look around it. If there are slightly raised and cracked plots, there are basically bamboo shoots below.

At the same time, the branches growing next to the first node of mature moso bamboo are also very important. If the branches grow in pairs and grow symmetrically, it is a mother bamboo. With the color of the leaves and the trend of the bamboo whip, it is possible to hoe it six times out of ten.And if the first section is a single branch, it is a male bamboo, and there are absolutely no bamboo shoots around.

There are bamboo shoots here!

Relying on experience, Lu Feng just scanned a few moso bamboos, and found a pregnant bamboo shoot that was giving birth to bamboo shoots. Following the direction of the bamboo whip, he soon found a slightly cracked ground.

"squeak!"

hey-hey!This mouse is lucky!
Bamboo shoots in winter are called winter bamboo shoots. Winter bamboo shoots can be fried raw or stewed in soup. They are generally boiled in water before eating, then sliced ​​or shredded and mixed with various ingredients. The taste is extremely delicious and crisp.

And Lu Feng's favorite bowl of winter bamboo shoots before his rebirth was winter bamboo shoots and pickled vegetables soup. No other condiments are needed, just boil raw winter bamboo shoots and pickles together, boil with a little salt, refreshing and appetizing, crisp in the mouth, and aftertaste endless.

(End of this chapter)