The youngest in this group of mergansers should not know how many generations of this guy in Zhang Tao's arms, mergansers have a litter a year, but its juniors can also lay eggs and hatch their own offspring after a year.

That's why a big family came out so quickly, and these guys are close relatives. Those juniors didn't understand the guy who was playing in Zhang Tao's arms, why did the old ancestor dare to run to play with a human?

Zhang Tao: The relationship between birds and people in their town is good, but it is also limited to not flying away because someone is approaching. But it's still rare to play with people like this, and you might get caught and eaten.

It seems that the ancestor is the ancestor, and it really has its unique way of getting along with people. Although the remaining mergansers were envious, no one dared to fly into Zhang Tao's arms.

The merganser duck frolicked with Zhang Tao and then flew back into the reservoir, looking very proud, and probably boasting to his juniors, "Look at how good your ancestors are, I can still play with humans, I want to ..... back then."

It's just that its cry was soon interrupted by the impatient cry of the female merganser, which made its plan to brag about its scenery back then frustrated, so that the merganser duck could only play in the water with his family depressedly.

It is not in a good mood, so naturally it will not be so peaceful, and it will flutter in the reservoir. After passing by Zhang Tao's grandfather's fishing place, he was immediately scolded by the two old men.

For them, it didn't mean anything at all, and they directly ignored the scolding of the two old men. They swam over there with a triumphant scream, but the people on the shore couldn't catch them anyway.

Zhang Tao smiled when he saw this scene, and did not pay attention to the group of guys anymore, but continued to walk towards the orchard and the house. On the embankment that was originally separated by the reservoir, there are many loofahs, winter melons and pumpkins, and there are also cocoons in some places near the water's edge.

At this time, it is the time when melons and fruits bloom and bear fruit, and the green melon vines climb all over the shelves specially built for them. Long loofahs and round pumpkins can be seen everywhere, and winter melons are long and round, much larger than loofahs.

The pumpkin is not fully old at this time, and it will not turn golden until it is almost autumn.

After walking over the embankment of the reservoir is the orchard, and at the entrance of the orchard is a long grape trellis that is already covered with green grape vine leaves.

At this time, the grapes also bear fruit, but they are still green, bunches and shelves, like emeralds.

Peppers and eggplants are planted on both sides of the grape trellis, and this is the time to bear fruit, and for the Shonan side, summer is the time when various vegetables and fruits are abundant.

Red and green peppers hang all over the pepper trees, and purple eggplants poke their heads out from time to time, making people want to pick them and stir-fry them.

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

Zhang Tao's grandfather and grandmother don't want to do anything now, and they have invited workers to help, so they don't need to do it at all. It's just that they are used to living in the reservoir, except for the New Year's holiday, they usually live here and quietly.

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

"Well, I'll come over to the orchard and have a casual look, and I'll go back after picking some vegetables." Zhang Tao said to his grandmother with a smile, and then looked towards the orchard, which was the animal kingdom where Zhang Yan once was.

There seemed to be several squirrels playing on the fruit tree, and from time to time they would make chirping sounds. There are also a few hares foraging under the tree. However, the number of squirrel hares seems to be less than before, and I don't know where the others have gone.

The squirrels probably ran to play in the woods next to them at this time, and those hares should not run far, and the surrounding area is still more dangerous for them.

"Grandma, this hare seems to be a little less, why doesn't it look like there are as many as before?" Zhang Tao was a little curious about this change after looking at it, and turned his head to ask his grandmother, who estimated that she knew the situation best.

"Well, it's a lot less, some time ago, your sister-in-law brought someone over and grabbed some and went back to eat. If he doesn't catch some and go back, our orchard will be ruined. There are too many hares, and they like to dig holes everywhere. ”

Zhang Tao's grandmother didn't raise her head after hearing this, and replied, it is also a troublesome thing that there are too many hares, so even if Zhang Yan protests, it is useless. Now that most of them have been arrested by Zhang Tao's sister-in-law, this orchard has become much better.

Relatively speaking, the squirrels were much better, and people jumped around on the fruit trees, and their nests were built on the trees. At least they won't dig holes in the ground, and at most they will eat some fruit.

In fact, not only Zhang Tao's orchard, but also the surrounding Camellia Mountain and the dry land have a lot of hares, and there has been a bit of a flood trend in the past two years. Because of its proximity to human settlements, there are a lot fewer beasts.

For these hares, without the threat of predators, and with the abundance of food, this is a paradise for them to live. These guys were seen everywhere, and some of the townspeople had nothing to do, so they went to the mountains to catch hares.

By the way, there are also some people who work outside this area, and there are not many restrictions on catching hares here, except that they are not allowed to use prohibited weapons.

If the technique is good and the life is excellent, you can catch five or six hares in an 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 dry pot hare is now also a special dish here, not only expensive but also very popular.

Other specialties of game are muntjac, roe deer and wild boar, as well as pheasants. These are all artificially bred things, but the living environment is not much different from the wild environment, and these wild animals must be protected, and the cultivated ones are not needed.

In fact, in Zhang Tao's town, it is considered to be a cultivated thing, and it is also a real natural pollution-free and high-grade good thing without any impurities, such as loaches, yellow eels, stone frogs, and rice fish here, which are all very popular things.

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

"Xiao Tao, you bring back those shrimp in the bucket when you go back next time. Those shrimp are not small, Yanzi and Lin'er like to eat them the most, what kind of boiled shrimp are there, and it is best to use this kind of big shrimp. ”

Seeing that Zhang Tao seemed to be leaving, Zhang Tao's grandmother spoke again and asked Zhang Tao to take the shrimp away. This Zhang Tao's grandfather has already said it once before, and Zhang Tao has known it for a long time.

"yes, that's good. I'll go to Camellia Mountain first, and I'll bring it back when I come back, and I'll pick some fresh vegetables when I get there. ”

Zhang Tao nodded after hearing this, he hadn't seen how big those shrimps were, it seemed that the river shrimp in his memory were still slightly smaller than the sea shrimp, and it was estimated that no matter how big they were, they would not be bigger than the sea shrimp.

"What are you doing over there in the tea mountain? At this time, the tea has just grown, and the tea has not been brewed. Except for those needles and honeysuckle, there is nothing to see on the mountain. ”

Zhang Tao's grandmother didn't seem to understand her grandson and asked, in her imagination, when young people go up the mountain, they either go to pick tea or draw sugar water to drink.

The other grandmothers of Zhang Tao didn't expect it for a while, but there was really nothing to go to Camellia Mountain at this time, and there was nothing to see. It's just that she forgot that Zhang Tao's age was already past the age of going to the mountains to pick tea and make tea and honey to drink.

"I'll just walk away and do nothing." Zhang Tao replied with a smile after hearing this, and then took the black panther and Xiao Hei, the father and son, to the side of Camellia Mountain.

Compared with a few years ago, the Camellia oleifera trees here are growing taller and taller. The Camellia oleifera tree is an evergreen tree that is green all year round, decorating all the surrounding hillsides with a piece of green.

In the middle of the Camellia oleifera forest, there are a lot of golden needles, as well as the kind of vine honeysuckle. Golden needle flower is still a traditional Chinese medicine. And honeysuckle is pure Chinese medicine, but it can also be used to make tea, honeysuckle tea.

At this time, both plants are in bloom. However, the needle flower is 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 people. Many of them are elderly people who come from other places to work here, and they are willing to do this.

It's a lot easier than working on a construction site, but the pay is not bad, and the salary is stable, and the important thing is that these things are still a promising career.

Most of the first people who came to the town to farm and grow medicinal herbs have gone back to their hometowns to develop, and they have learned the planting and breeding techniques after working here for a few years, and then submitted a report.

The company here in town will review it to determine if it is feasible for these people to do these things back home. Then we will provide funds, technology and seeds to cooperate with the applicant to plant and breed, and the income will be shared between the two parties.

However, the first people who came here to farm were basically people from nearby cities or villages, and the original expansion plans of the two companies in the town made it easier for these people to get support and the fastest profits after they returned.

Later, there were some migrant workers who came from afar, and these people had to apply for these things a little slower, and the inspection took a long time. So far, the pace of expansion outside the province has not been too fast.

Zhang Tao climbed a slightly higher hill and looked around. There is such a sea of green all around, and occasionally a few concrete roads will separate these green seas, or you can see beautiful houses.