Listening to the tea tree mention the matter of the golden tree, it made Qiu Baileng feel a little bit.

"That mother-in-law, what's wrong with the Golden Tree?"

"It's a bit tough." The tea tree said astringently: "Why don't you go over and take a look for yourself." ”

"Oh, okay, I'll go now."

"By the way, let Xiaobai follow." Tea tree instructed autumn white.

"Is it dangerous?"

"There is no danger, I'm afraid you'll be scared."

Saying this, Qiu Bai suddenly became a little worried, and said to Ning Ning and the others, and then called Xiao Bai up and walked outside.

Qiubai didn't go there for a long time, the grass grew tall, and as soon as people entered the grass, they were immediately submerged, and the grass was separated, and Qiubai moved forward with difficulty.

Fortunately, the golden tree was not far from the yard, and Qiubai soon arrived nearby, and when he saw that hillside, it was full of grass, and the golden tree couldn't see it at all, no wonder the tea tree would say that the golden tree was in a difficult situation.

The growth of the golden tree is very slow, it belongs to the kind of tree that can't grow a few centimeters for several years, it's slow to death, but the grass is fast, now these grasses have submerged the golden tree, and there are survival of the fittest between plants, and the tall and fast ones will plunder the living space of other plants, and the golden tree is now in this preded position.

"You slow down, Qiubai, it's time ahead." Tea tree reminded.

Qiubai nodded to indicate that he understood, walked closer, looked up, and was really startled, it was not the golden tree that scared him, but the little friend of the golden tree, that is, the octagonal tree.

As mentioned earlier, Qiubai is very disgusted with the octagonal tree, because there will be an octagonal insect on this tree, which stings people to death, and Qiubai is afraid of the octagonal tree.

Now the anise tree has also suffered, it barely grows, even the leaves are bare, and the grass grows too fast compared to the grass, and the tree can't do it.

On the octagonal tree and its branches and the few remaining leaves, there were four octagonal insects lying on their stomachs, and Qiubai was frightened when he saw these four octagonal insects, because they were too fat.

Each of these four octagonal insects is nearly a meter long, and it is quite fat, it has to be half a meter thick, the eight tentacles on the body are erected fiercely, and the top of the tentacles has a palm-sized sucker, the whole body is green, and it looks disgusting.

"Boom, boom." Four octagonal insects wriggled on the tree, chewing the leaves and bark of the octagonal tree in their mouthparts, it is estimated that the octagonal tree is not growing up is also related to these octagonal insects, the leaves are gnawed to only a few pieces, and the bark is also half gnawed, it is strange to grow up, it is good if you don't die.

"Qiubai, you're here." The thin voice of the golden tree sounded, a little timid.

"Well, hello."

"Hello."

"But your little friend doesn't seem to be doing well."

"Its mission has been accomplished, and it is dying." There was no sadness in the Golden Tree's words.

"The mission? It grew up just to raise these octagonal bugs? Qiubai asked strangely.

"Yes, the mission of the octagonal tree is to raise octagonal insects."

Qiu Bai shook his head, unable to understand, but he didn't want to understand either: "Then what do you need me to do for you?" ”

"Now my little friend is dying, it's useless for me to stay here, Qiubai, please move me to your yard, thank you."

"No thanks, but if I want to transplant you, I have to clean up these bugs first, I look scared, but your little friend sacrificed his life, is there no problem with killing these bugs now?"

The octagonal insects are too disgusting, Qiubai resolutely will not let them touch themselves, this insect is poisonous, it used to be red and swollen for a long time when it was stung, but now it grows so big, if it is stung again, I am afraid that the wound will rot, and Qiubai can't afford to hurt it.

The Golden Tree was silent for a moment: "Can you not kill them?" They're actually very well-behaved and won't bite you, and the anise tree is dying, and they won't live for a few days. ”

Qiu Bai smiled bitterly: "Then can you let them go away first?" If they're on my side, I've got a shadow. ”

"Oh, okay." The Golden Tree really agreed, and then fell silent.

After waiting for a while, I saw the four octagonal insects slowly squirming their green bodies, climbing down the octagonal tree, and then climbed to the side, about ten meters away from the octagonal tree.

Qiu Bai's eyes shrank slightly, he had known that the golden tree could control plants, and now he could actually control animals? Isn't that too rebellious?

Pretending to be nonchalant, he asked, "Can you still command them?" ”

"I can't." The Golden Tree said so, and then explained, "I told my little friend, and then it told the octagonal insects that they are companions. ”

Qiubai sighed and understood the meaning of the golden tree.

Companion, the word Qiubai is not unfamiliar, Qiubai used to be quite strange, that is why the octagonal tree must grow on the octagonal tree, but there will definitely be no octagonal insects on other plants, and then wait until winter, the octagonal leaves fall, and the octagonal insects also disappear without a trace, it turned out to be accompanied, no wonder the octagonal tree is so great, I would rather die than feed the octagonal insects, in fact, strictly speaking, the octagonal tree is not really dead.

Let's put it this way, the octagonal insect will eat the seeds of the anise tree, and when the star anise tree dies, the star anise insect will also run to other places to die, and then the seeds will take root and sprout, and so on, if the star tree does not die, the star will still die in winter, but will parasitize the eggs on the star anise tree, and then hatch again when the spring flowers bloom.

The octagonal tree itself has no strength to protect itself, but the associated octagonal insects are extremely vicious, the antennae are poisonous, as far as Qiubai knows, no birds will eat them, there are almost no natural enemies, one evil and one good, forming a peculiar relationship, relying on this relationship, they will live from generation to generation in the cruel nature, unless human beings deliberately destroy.

But now this kind of association may be broken, it is none other than Qiubai's indirect hand.

These four octagonal insects have obviously become huge, and their offspring will also inherit this gene, and when the time comes, they will be very large, and the food will definitely be quite large, and the new octagonal tree will be able to support them? I'm afraid it's impossible, if the anise tree dies early but there are no seeds, the star anise tree and the star anise insect will disappear at the same time, but fortunately, this is only in Nanchuan, not in the whole country.

Qiu Bai naturally didn't bother with the fate of the octagonal insects, seeing that they were leaving, Qiu Bai said to the golden tree and went home to get a hoe.

The root system of the golden tree is extremely developed, deeper than the roots of the old poplar tree, nearly 100 meters deep underground, it is impossible to dig it all, with the cooperation of the golden tree, Qiubai chiseled all the stone walls under its roots, dug a little taproot, as for other roots, Qiubai has no way, and the golden tree does not force it.

This is a heavy job, and when Qiubai dug up the golden tree, he was sweating profusely, and asked out of breath, "Okay?" Eldest sister. ”

"Well, okay, thank you."

"Oh, no, you don't have to be so polite, I'll have to ask you for help in the future."

"What do you need my help with? You say, I will help if I can, Grandpa Yang and Granny Tea Tree both say that you are a good person. ”

"Hehe, it's actually not a big deal, Lingteng you know, right?"

"Well, my mother-in-law told me." The golden tree does know, the golden tree, the tea tree, and the old poplar tree are now neighbors, and their relationship is more intimate than with Qiubai, so they almost talk about everything, and although the golden tree can't see the situation in the yard, it can still know.

"That spirit vine grows very slowly, isn't your special ability to control plants, can you make them grow faster."

"Well, I'll give it a try, you're a good person, I'll help you."

It seems that the Good Guy card is still quite useful.

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