I Have a Safari Park

After drinking honey tea, I came to the small farm.

When passing the farmland, I saw a field of green and yellow rice surrounded by wooden fences.

In the stone canal outside, there is clear water flowing silently, which looks like a beautiful rural pastoral scene.

Yan Ganghui was curious: "Hey, is there still rice growing in the zoo?"

Rice is planted in spring and takes four months to mature.

Now more than two months have passed, the growth is very lush, and it has reached the heading stage.

A large piece of rice was blown by the wind and swayed slightly, and between the green leaves, a slightly greenish pale yellow ear can be seen hanging down.

The grains are full and look full of vitality, and it makes people feel happy when they look at them.

Wait until July when the ears of rice turn a beautiful golden color and are ready to be harvested.

From time to time, tourists stopped by the roadside, and the parents with their children pointed at the ears of rice and the children and said with a smile: "The rice we usually eat is how it grows!"

Yan Ganghui looked at the sign on the side that talked about organic agriculture and rice, and thought it was very interesting!

He grew up in the city. Apart from taking the train when he went to school, sometimes he could see a large farmland scenery along the way. It was the first time that he was so close and observed the farmland carefully.

Now, on the rice paddy field side, some facilities have been added.

Several large compost bins are placed side by side under the trees next to the ridge.

The sign on the side of the box talks about the raw materials used for composting and how it is fermented. By the way, it introduces the huge manure fermentation tank behind the elephant exhibition area. If tourists are interested, they can open the lid of the box to take a look inside and smell it.

There is a beautiful small pond on the edge. The edge of the pond is made of large and small round stones. Through the clear water, you can see the pebbles at the bottom of the pond, and pieces of green lotus leaves floating on it.

Next to it are clumps of green grass, shrubs, pale blue and pink wildflowers with white butterflies fluttering in between.

Under the warm sun, the water is shining, the green is full, and it looks full of natural atmosphere.

Half in the sun, half hidden in the trees.

After the usual observation, there are often black thrushes and white-headed bulbs here, so I chose the mulberry, black tallow, and paper mulberry they like. The leaves are wide and suitable for nesting and attract them to settle down. There are also some fragrant flowers. Plants, as insects Food source, the plant community is rich and dense.

Su Hui pulled Yan Ganghui a little in surprise, pointed to a tree and said, "Look, squirrel!"

Yan Ganghui looked over and saw a small fluffy squirrel standing on a tree trunk, with its small black eyes looking around, and its big fluffy tail swaying gently behind him.

It nimbly climbed down from the tree, burrowed into the grass below, and disappeared in one fell swoop.

The small pond attracts a lot of animals, and it is very peaceful and comfortable to walk here.

Usually, rainwater can be stored in the pond. When the rice fields need to be replenished, the rainwater accumulated here can be used to irrigate the farmland. The nearby wild animals can also use the pond. The dense bushes are a good shelter.

There is a keel waterwheel in the pond, which is shaped like the crawler of a tank. You can step on it with your feet to make the axle rotate, and drive the blades in the trough to scrape water upward and irrigate the fields.

The ancient waterwheel contains the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients, and it also waters the thousand-year-old farming civilization of China.

This was made by Fang Ye, who asked an old carpenter in the countryside to do it.

When tourists come, if they want to experience the feeling of irrigating farmland, they can lift water by themselves through the waterwheel.

Nowadays, diesel engines or hydroelectric pumps are used to pump water. There are not many people who can make such waterwheels, and young people have never seen them. However, for some older people, it is indeed a childhood memory.

An old man in a shirt and his grandson stood up on the wooden shaft with great interest, hugged the pole above, and stepped on the pedal.

The waterwheel suddenly made a rhythmically pleasing sound of "clack, clack", and the wheel spun slowly. Accompanied by the sound of rushing water, a clear stream of water rolled out from the leaves and flowed into the field.

The old man stepped on it a few times, and the addiction was over, and the child had a good time.

The old man wiped his eyes with his hand and seemed to want to cry, but then he laughed.

With a look of nostalgia, he sighed: "Hey, you know that when I was young, I spent the summer with a waterwheel, but we used hand-cranked ones. With my parents or brothers, one person holds the waterwheel. One of the handle-rocking waterwheels, which carts water from the pond to the high terraces.

One day is a day. In the early morning, before dawn, the car will drive until the sun rises, sweating profusely against the scorching sun, and the car will continue until the sun goes down. So when it comes to rare food, food is really hard to come by. "

The child got off the waterwheel and nodded his head if he understood.

Yan Ganghui couldn't help but said: "This kind of natural education is really good! It broadens our horizons, and is close to nature. We can learn a lot of things. It can be said that it is really entertaining. Come and walk around."

Su Hui smiled and said, "Okay!"

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Feed the alpaca, play with the alpaca for a while, and come to the elephant exhibition area!

I saw a few gray elephants walking towards the edge of the activity field. Tourists also watched from the ditch. It was very lively. I didn't know what was going on, so they hurried over.

When I came over, I found that Fang Ye, who was wearing the principal's uniform, was in the activity field, no wonder they were all around here.

Now that it's almost June, there are already some early-ripening watermelons on the market!

This will gradually increase the number of tourists, Fang Ye intends to show the tourists the interesting behavior of the elephant eating watermelon, and plans to fix the elephant's feet later.

Now the elephant has been here for a few months. Under the training of the breeder, he has understood the meaning of the goal.

The elephants came over and looked at Fang Ye, as if to say, what's the matter with us?

Pingping stretched out his nose and shook Fang Ye's hand, looking very happy.

At first wagging his nose was because he wanted to eat, but now he considers him a friend.

Meiling seemed to have smelled something good, and impatiently put her nose into the bag and pulled it up.

Fang Ye also touched Pingping's nose and said with a smile, "Come on, I'll give you watermelons to eat!"

He patted Meiling on the nose: "Hey, don't be in such a hurry."

Meiling looked indifferent, anyway, having fruit to eat is the most important thing for her.

Fang Ye took out a big watermelon from the bag and handed it to Bobo!

Tourists are very curious, how will this elephant eat watermelon and swallow it in one bite?

More than ten pounds of watermelon, Bobo rolled it up easily with his nose.

Put the watermelon on the ground, roll half of the nose, lift the foot and step on the other half, with a muffled "click", the watermelon cracked on the spot.