Compared to kerosene lighters, the stove is much simpler, only need to plane the soil and remove the moss from the tiles.

After seeing a group of ants busy under the tiles, the four brothers of the Shi family took the initiative to ask if they needed help.

"I've never seen the four brothers of the Shi family so enthusiastic!" Hua Jiao said.

"Hey...... Hey...... Is it!" Staro scratched his head.

"No...... Isn't it. Pepper retorted.

"Uh...... That's it...... Our father, Shi Dazhu, wanted to taste your popcorn after hearing about it, but this popcorn can only be done by the Demon Terminator and the first ant of popcorn creation, so why don't we come over and help? Hey...... Hehe......" Staro said.

I see, Xiao Ran said to himself. But when he looked at him, the four brothers of the Shi family, with the identity of the Red Shovel family, dug up the soil and cleaned up the moss, which was many times faster than that of ants, so he was relieved that a few grains of popcorn were simply exploiting cheap labor compared to this labor force!

It took three afternoons and dusk for the stove to finally be cleaned up. Chimneys, windbreakers have it all. The first pilot fire did not go well, with the power of ants, it was not possible to turn on the lighter at all, and it was not realistic to ignite it with a lighter.

Xiao Ran came up with another idea, using a magnifying glass to light the small dead branches, and then using the dead branches to light the lighter. On the third attempt, this method finally succeeded, and the kerosene lighter burst into flames. But this method is really laborious, the magnifying glass is too far from the kerosene stove, and the ants are not very willing to do this tiring work. Especially the rattan pepper, he has no strength, but he always just carries the wooden branch, and he shouts tired after walking three steps.

But there is no better alternative at present, and Xiao Ran decided not to think about this problem for now.

The more important question is how to play the role of kerosene stove and increase everyone's enthusiasm.

That's right, then launch an expedition!

The goal of the expedition was the bamboo forest behind the house. This time, Xiao Ran did not use the trick of the grass seed lottery, but distributed the remaining 100 grass seeds from the last grass seed lottery to this expedition and ants as wages.

With the reward of grass seeds, thirty ants were mobilized in no time.

Xiao Ran assigned his task, and Jiulixiang took eight ants to pick pepper on the pepper tree, and the remaining ants went on the first expedition.

"I'm most familiar with the pepper tree, why don't you let me go?"

"The expedition may start a battle, and it will require you and Pepper more. Xiao Ran knew that the brothers of the ant clan were the most difficult to separate.

The time of departure of the expedition was still set at noon, and although he had not seen the leg spirit in these days, Xiao Ran was still careful to take precautions. He calculated the time, and if it went well, he would be able to return to the anti-sperm cave at dusk.

The bamboo forest behind the house was a place he used to visit when he was a child, and this bamboo forest gave him too many memories of his childhood. He and his friends made their own bamboo arrows when they made bamboo baskets from bamboo, and he and his friends made bamboo bamboo rice with bamboo poles when they made fences from bamboo......

Xiao Ran recalled the past while leading the ants to the bamboo forest. In less than an hour, a strong smell of bamboo came to his nose, and Xiao Ran took a deep breath, he hadn't smelled this kind of nature for many years.

"Xiao Ran, what are we going to do in the bamboo forest? I once heard the old ants of the empire say that the bamboo forest is barren and dry, with no grass growing and fallen leaves and debris everywhere. "Pepper Road.

"Of course, it's about making something tastier than popcorn. Xiao Ran said.

The smell of bamboo became clearer, and the dried bamboo leaves were already sparsely scattered under the feet. Xiao Ran raised his head and looked up at this very familiar bamboo forest, the emerald green bamboo leaves swaying in the breeze, he closed his eyes and enjoyed the sound of the bamboo leaves squirming in the wind......

He couldn't help but sigh, it's so beautiful......

Behind him, more than twenty ants, neatly lined up, waited for his orders. Only then did he remember that the purpose of this expedition to the bamboo forest was bamboo shoots.

The kind of bamboo shoots with shells was a snack for him and his friends when he was a child. The bamboo shoots are skewered with bamboo skewers, slowly roasted over a charcoal fire, and sprinkled with salt and cumin.

Xiao Ran suddenly thought that if an ant found food and then passed the message back and forth, it would be really time-consuming. If you run back and forth in this way and tell the other ants, and when you get back to the place where the bamboo shoots are insected, maybe the bamboo shoots will have already escaped.

That's right!

Front, back, left, right, right......

He remembered that when he played an arcade machine, he always had to shake left and right to play various moves. Although ants can't speak, their vision is not good, and if you use this way instead of running back and forth, it will be much faster!

"Listen, everyone!" shouted Xiao Ran. No, although this is a shout, it still needs to be passed by ant by ant.

He added: "In order to prevent everyone from running back and forth, we use the swing of the tentacles instead of the news of finding food, two tentacles, left front and right back, then left back and right front, then left front right, left back and right front, which means that food has been found, and when everyone sees other companions sending this signal, they will move closer to him." ”

The ants in the same company quickly understood Xiao Ran's way and thought it was a very good idea.

Then, the twenty or so ants were divided into five teams and explored in different directions.

Xiaoran, Xiaoshan, Sichuan pepper, rattan pepper in a group. used to be Xiao Ran, but he was an expert at catching bamboo shoots, so this time, he was still very confident.

This time he was lucky, when he explored the third bamboo shoot, he found a bamboo shoot worm, a reddish-brown shelled body, a long nose like an elephant trunk, this kind of high-protein, nutritious bamboo shoot worm, grab a few and fry it, the taste is crispy, just thinking about it, it makes Xiao Ran's saliva flow.

Xiao Ran uses his tentacles to activate the signal, causing the other companions to rush to him.

After the twenty ants saw the tentacle language, they quietly came to the bamboo shoots where the bamboo shoots were located. Xiao Ran began his arrangement.

Target: Bamboo Shoot Worm No. 1.

Mission Codename: Bamboo Shoot Worm No. 1 Capture Operation.

The first team of the Marine War, led by Hua Jiao, attacked the Bamboo Shoot Worm No. 1 from behind, striving to cut off the wings of the Bamboo Shoot Worm No. 1 in one fell swoop to prevent it from flying and escaping.

The second team of the land war, led by rattan pepper, cut off the front paws of the bamboo shoot insect No. 1, the bamboo shoot insect has a very sharp front claw, so this task is the most arduous, Xiao Ran selected the six ants in the team who are all larger.

The 3rd Marine Team went around to the front of the bamboo shoots, and when the bamboo shoots were attacked, their first reaction was to run forward, and the 3rd Marine Team fought to expel them from the bamboo shoots.

The remaining ants are stationed under the bamboo shoots, and if the insects fall to the ground, they will be surrounded as soon as possible.

The task assignment is completed and all the ants are on schedule.