Surviving Endless Disasters

Chapter 44 The process of transporting the iron tree was really difficult. Wen Zheng struggled to pull the thick and heavy iron tree. The uneven ground caused great obstacles and sometimes rocks, so he carefully walked around it.

Wen Zheng pulled Tiemu and was once again blocked by bushes. There was no clear space around his sight, so he could only pick up the ax and cut off a bush.

While concentrating on cutting down shrubs, his ears heard several similar calls in the distance. Wen Zheng looked up and saw three flying birds.

They look very similar, one of them is the largest, has dazzling feathers, and even its chirping is particularly clear, while the other two are simply used as foils next to it.

Seeing the scene of the three birds talking, Wen Zheng became nervous, like a parent worried about his child being abducted. At the same time, he also felt proud. The child he raised was indeed the most beautiful.

The other two birds are obviously of the same species. They are one big and one small, one has bright feathers and the other has dull feathers. According to the rule of nature that male birds are more beautiful than female birds, it is obvious that these two should be a young couple.

I don’t know what the three birds were talking about. The chirping didn’t last long. Soon they spread their wings and flew back. The other two birds disappeared into the forest.

Tuantuan took the initiative to get into the bamboo basket to rest, and Wen Zheng began to chatter: "Tuantuan, you can't run away with the other birds, or I will be sad.

If you want to find a companion one day, you can abduct other birds back.

" Wen Zheng chattered all the way, and Tuantuan occasionally chirped, as if in response.

It took Wen Zheng nearly two hours to pull the piece of iron wood to the edge of the new bamboo forest.

The newly discovered bamboo forest was also quite large. Wen Zheng didn't want to waste time, so he took Tuantuan out of the bamboo basket and asked for his help: "Tuantuan, go see which area of ​​this bamboo forest is blooming.

"While climbing up a tree in the mountain forest, Wen Zheng saw the specialness of the newly discovered bamboo forest.

Most of the bamboos are lush and green, and the bamboo leaves are green and piled together one after another. Only one area is bare. The few bamboo leaves are a little withered and yellow, and the white bamboo leaves cannot cover up, which looks particularly obvious. .

The moment he saw that area, Wen Zheng thought of the stories he heard told by the old man when he was a child.

The old man always has various stories, and there will be children who love to listen to stories around him, imprinting these stories in their minds.

"In the past, people said that when bamboo blooms, we need to move immediately.

This bamboo does not bloom easily, and will die after blooming. Therefore, it is said that the day the bamboo blooms, it is a precursor to disaster, and you need to move quickly.

"The old man sat on a rocking chair under the shade of a tree, pointing in the direction of the bamboo forest, and said slowly in an old voice.

The children who listened to the story had never seen bamboo blossom, and many did not know what disaster meant.

They were sitting on small chairs chattering and discussing what color flowers the bamboo would bloom.

The old man looked at them with a smile, and when the children couldn't come up with an answer and asked him, he continued: "What I just said was wrong.

"Wrong?" "The children all opened their eyes wide and shouted in surprise.

“My grandfather told me that bamboo blossoms symbolize disaster, and I have believed it for most of my life.

Later, a teacher came to the village and told me that this statement was wrong, so you should listen to the teacher's lectures.

"The old man said cheerfully, "Just like the rice grown in the village, the bamboo will bear fruit after it blooms.

Although the old bamboo will die, new bamboo will grow when the fruit falls to the ground and sprouts.

The children nodded in understanding, and a little girl raised her head and asked, "Grandpa Third, what color flowers do bamboos bloom?" "The old man took out white toffee from his pocket and gave it to the children: "The flowers that just bloomed are white, just like this toffee.

" Wen Zheng came back from his memories and looked up at Tuantuan leading him to this area. There were dense white flowers among the withered yellow bamboo leaves.

The breeze blew, and many flowers fell from the branches, falling to the ground and mixing with the fallen bamboo leaves.

The bamboo is really blooming! What makes people excited is not the blooming, but the fruit produced after blooming, which is commonly known as bamboo rice.

Legend has it that the phoenix will not live unless it is a parasol tree, it will not eat if it is not a bamboo tree, and it will not drink if it is not a sweet spring.

This bamboo refers to bamboo rice. Just think about it and you will know that the taste is not bad.

Wen Zheng had missed the taste of rice for a long time. He thought he would wait patiently until the sown rice matured, but he unexpectedly discovered the surprise of bamboo rice in advance.

Looking up and walking around in these flowering bamboo forests, the sunlight was so bright that we could see spots. Wen Zheng had to admit with regret that these bamboos may have just bloomed and have not yet set fruit, so they need to wait patiently for a while.

"Tuan Tuan has gone home! These bamboos haven't formed bamboo rice yet. Let's come back after a while.

"Wen Zheng was about to go back, but found that Tuantuan had no idea where he was flying, so he could only shout loudly to the children running around.

Tuantuan quickly flew back through the gaps in the bamboo forest, but was unwilling to enter the bamboo basket. Instead, it pecked at the corner of Wen Zheng's clothes and flew in one direction.

"Did you find anything over there?" Wen Zheng walked towards the direction pointed by Tuan Tuan.

Some birds are very smart, and Tuan Tuan has shown a very high IQ these days. Wen Zheng was surprised at first, but later he attributed it to the species and how well he raised them.

Following Tuantuan, away from the flowering area and approaching another area with dense bamboo leaves, Wen Zheng couldn't believe his eyes.

The surprise was so sudden. I never expected that after discovering bamboo rice soon, I could find another delicious ingredient.

On the ground in the bamboo forest, a special kind of mushroom is quietly growing. This kind of mushroom can be said to be the most beautiful mushroom.

Just think about it, in the green bamboo forest, the fairies wearing black hats, red boots and white mesh skirts gather together, which makes people reluctant to pick them.

This kind of mushroom is bamboo fungus, an edible fungus growing in the bamboo forest. It was listed as one of the eight treasures of grass in ancient times.

Wen Zheng is so happy that he wants to hug Tuan Tuan and kiss him fiercely. If Tuan Tuan hadn't discovered it, he probably wouldn't have come here.

However, if you want to eat bamboo fungus, you still need to wait. Now the bamboo fungus in the bamboo forest cannot be picked.

The growth time of bamboo fungus is not short. It takes several hours for the mushroom buds to emerge from the ground and the skirt to open.

Usually in the early morning every day, the bamboo fungus that has been exposed to the ground for a few days begins to open its skirt.

After noon, the mushroom skirt and stem began to shrink, and at dusk they fell to the ground and began to rot.

Wen Zheng came too late, and several bamboo fungi had already fallen to the ground, and the rest had not yet opened their skirts.

However, there are still many immature bamboo shoots in this area, and they are also a kind of mushroom eggs that look like eggs.

The maturity time of the same batch of bamboo fungi is not too different, and I think the rest should mature in the next few days.

Pulling the iron wood and leaving marks while walking, Wen Zheng plans to come here to pick bamboo fungi in the early morning these days, and he must not miss this delicacy.

After coming out of the bamboo forest, the plants on the ground became scarcer and it became much easier to transport the iron wood.

After pulling this section of iron wood back home, Wen Zheng untied the leaves that had been worn out and wrapped around his hands, and found that the calluses on his hands were all worn red.

At this time, he just wanted to have a good sleep, and he didn't have the mind to make any delicious food. He just cooked some smoked meat soup and lay down on the bed to rest.

From this day on, Wen Zheng started farming.

The plan was perfect, but it was not that easy to do, especially with two hands and two arms, which were sore and painful when extended to the shoulders and neck.

Wen Zheng marked out a square area near the cave according to his childhood impression of farming. All the stones on the ground needed to be moved away, and the weeds growing on them also needed to be cleaned up.

The stones were easy, but the weeds were a bit difficult.

The axe was too heavy to use, so Wen Zheng used the bamboo knife he made to cut the grass, and then used the axe when he couldn't cut it anymore.