Reborn Country Overlord

Chapter 443 Hope Has Sprouted
The youngest of this group of mergansers probably belonged to the guy in Zhang Tao’s arms for many generations. The merganser has a nest every year, but its juniors can lay eggs and hatch their offspring by themselves after a year.

That's why a big family emerged so quickly. These guys are all close relatives.Those juniors didn't understand the guy who was only playing in Zhang Tao's arms. Why did the ancestors dare to run to play with a human being?
The relationship between birds and people in Zhang Tao's town is good, but it is limited to not flying away just because someone approaches.But it is still rare to play with people like this, and they might be caught and eaten.

It seems that the ancestors are the ancestors, and they really have their unique way of getting along with people.Although the remaining mergansers were envious, none of them dared to fly towards Zhang Tao's arms.

The merganser romped with Zhang Tao and then flew back into the reservoir. It barked proudly, bragging to its younger generation, "Look at how powerful your ancestors are, I can still play with humans. in those days….."

It's just that its cry was quickly interrupted by the impatient call of the female merganser, which made it fail to plan to brag about its glory in the past, so that merganser could only bring his family with him depressed. Play in the water.

It is not in a good mood, so naturally it will not be so peaceful, and it starts to flop around in the reservoir.After passing by the place where Zhang Tao's grandfather and the others were fishing, they were immediately yelled at by two old people.

For them, this was meaningless, and they ignored the scolding voices of the two old men.They yelled triumphantly and swam over there, but the people on the shore couldn't catch them anyway.

Zhang Tao smiled after seeing this scene, and stopped paying attention to those guys, but continued to walk towards the orchard and the house.A lot of loofahs, wax gourds and pumpkins were planted on the originally separated embankment beside the reservoir, and wild rice stems were planted in some places near the water.

This is the time when melons and fruits bloom and bear fruit, and the green melon vines are covered with shelves specially built for them.Long loofahs and round pumpkins can be seen everywhere. As for winter melons, they are long and round, much bigger than loofahs.

The green is really beautiful, the pumpkin is not completely old at this time, it will not turn old and golden yellow until the autumn is approaching.

After walking through the embankment of the reservoir, there is an orchard. At the entrance of the orchard is a long grape trellis, covered with green vine leaves.

At this time, the grapes are also fruiting, but they are still green, hanging on the shelves in bunches, like emeralds.

Peppers and eggplants are planted on both sides of the grape trellis corridor, and this is also the time for fruiting. For the southern part of Shonan, summer is a time when all kinds of vegetables and fruits are abundant.

Red and green peppers are hung all over the pepper trees, and purple eggplants poke their heads out from time to time, making people want to pick them up and eat them.

"Xiao Tao is here?" Zhang Tao's grandmother was lying on the couch under the grape arbor, listening to the flower drum show leisurely. When she heard footsteps, she turned her head and saw Zhang Tao coming with two dogs. She got up and said hello to Zhang Tao.

Zhang Tao's grandfather and grandmother don't want to do anything right now. They have hired workers to help here, so they don't need to do anything at all.It's just that they are used to living on this side of the reservoir. Except for the New Year holidays, they usually live here, and it is quiet here.

Living in the village is a little unaccustomed, and people from Zhang Tao's house come to sit and chat every day from time to time.People in the village would go over to sit and sit from time to time, it was a bit too noisy, and they would chat until late.The two of them are used to going to bed early and getting up early, and they are not used to being disturbed.

"Well, I'm here to take a look around the orchard, and I'll go back after picking and ordering food." Zhang Tao said to his grandmother with a smile, and then looked over to the orchard, which was Zhang Yan's former animal kingdom.

There seem to be several squirrels playing on the fruit tree, and chirping from time to time.There are still a few hares looking for food under the tree.However, the number of squirrels and hares seems to be less than before, and I don't know where the others have gone.

The squirrels probably went to play in the nearby woods at this time, and the hares probably wouldn't run very far, as the surrounding area was still relatively dangerous for them.

"Grandma, it seems that there are fewer hares. Why don't they seem to be as many as before?" Zhang Tao looked at it and was a little curious about this change. He turned to ask his grandmother, who probably knew the situation best.

"Well, it's a lot less. Some time ago, your little uncle brought people over to catch some and eat them. If he doesn't catch some, our orchard will suffer. There are too many wild rabbits, and they like to dig everywhere. Potholes."

Grandma Zhang Tao replied without raising her head after hearing this. It would be troublesome if there were too many hares, so it was useless even if Zhang Yan protested.Now that Uncle Zhang Tao has captured most of them, the orchard has improved a lot.

Relatively speaking, those squirrels are much better. They just jump around on the fruit trees and build their nests on the trees.At least it won't dig the ground full of holes, at most it's just eating some fruit.

In fact, not only Zhang Tao's orchard, but also the surrounding Camellia oleifera Mountain, and the hares in the dry land have increased a lot, and there has been a tendency to overflow in the past two years.Because it is close to the human living area, there are fewer beasts.

For these wild rabbits, without the threat of natural enemies, coupled with the abundance of food, this place has become their active paradise.You can see these guys everywhere, and some people in the town have nothing to do but go to the mountains to catch hares.

By the way, some people who came to work here also joined in. There are not many restrictions on catching hares here, except that prohibited weapons are not allowed.

If the skills are good and the work is hard, you can catch five or six hares in one afternoon, and you can sell them for hundreds of dollars.The restaurants in the town are waiting for these hares every day. You must know that the hares in dry pot are now a special dish here. They are not only expensive but also very popular.

The other kinds of characteristic game are muntjac, deer, wild boar, and pheasant.These are all artificially farmed things, but the living environment is not much different from the wild environment. These wild animals must be protected, while the farmed ones are not.

In fact, in Zhang Tao's town, it is considered that the things they have bred are all natural, pollution-free, top-grade good things without any impurities, such as the loach, rice field eel, stone frog, and rice flower fish here. Very popular stuff.

People from nearby cities or places, many people often come here to buy some to eat back. Unfortunately, the production of these things is not very high, and they have not been sold nationwide.

"Xiaotao, when you go back, take back those shrimps in the bucket. Those shrimps are not small. Yanzi and Lin'er like to eat them the most. What kind of boiled shrimps are you talking about? It's best to use this kind of big shrimps .”

Seeing that Zhang Tao seemed to be leaving, Zhang Tao's grandmother spoke again and asked Zhang Tao to take the shrimp away.Zhang Tao's grandfather had already said this once before, and Zhang Tao already knew about it.

"Well, okay. I'll go to Camellia Camellia Mountain to have a look first, and I'll bring it back when I get back. I'll pick some fresh vegetables back then."

Zhang Tao nodded in response after hearing this. He hasn't checked how big the shrimps are. It seems that the river shrimps in his memory are still a little smaller than the sea shrimps. It is estimated that they will not be bigger than the sea shrimps. The prawns are big.

"Why are you going to the tea mountain? At this time, the tea seeds have just grown, and there is no tea brew. Except for those golden needles and honeysuckle, there is nothing to see on the mountain."

Grandma Zhang Tao asked as if she didn't quite understand her grandson. In her imagination, when young people go up the mountain, they either pick tea or drink sugar water.

The other Zhang Tao's grandma didn't think of it for a while, but at this time there is really nothing to see in Camellia Camellia Mountain, and there is nothing to see.It's just that she forgot that Zhang Tao was too old to go to the mountains to pick tea, make tea and honey to drink.

"I just walked around and didn't do anything." Zhang Tao replied with a smile after hearing this, and then took the father and son Hei Bao and Xiao Hei to the Camellia Camellia Mountain.

Compared with a few years ago, the Camellia oleifera trees here have grown taller.Camellia oleifera is an evergreen tree, which is green all year round, decorating all the surrounding hillsides with greenery.

There are a lot of golden needles interplanted in the middle of the Camellia oleifera forest, as well as that kind of vine honeysuckle.Lily lily is a dish and a traditional Chinese medicine.And honeysuckle is a pure traditional Chinese medicine, but it can also be used to make tea, honeysuckle tea.

At this time, both plants are in bloom.But the daylilies are just in full bloom, and the flowering period of honeysuckle has passed, and now it is only the last splendor.

In addition to these two plants, there are other traditional Chinese medicines planted in the tea forest, and these things are taken care of by special personnel.Many of them are elderly people who come to work here from other places, and they are willing to do this.

This is much easier than working on the construction site, but the salary is not bad, and the salary is stable. The important thing is that these things are still a promising career.

Most of the first group of people who came to the town to grow the land and medicinal materials have gone back to their hometowns to develop. After working here for a few years, they learned the farming techniques, and then submitted a report.

The company on this side of town will do a review to determine the feasibility of doing these things in these people's hometowns.Then it will provide capital, technology and seeds to cooperate with the applicant in planting and breeding, and the two parties will share the income.

However, the earliest people who came here to grow and raise were basically people from nearby cities or villages. In addition to the original expansion plans of the two companies in the town, it is easier for these people to get support after they go back, and they can make profits the fastest.

The later ones are some migrant workers from afar. These people have to be a little slower to apply for these, and the inspection takes a long time.So far, the pace of expansion outside the province is not too fast.

Zhang Tao climbed up a slightly higher hillside, and then looked around.There is such a green sea all around, and occasionally there are several concrete roads that separate these green seas, or you can see beautiful houses.

(End of this chapter)