Chapter 427: Harvesting a Thousand Grains of Gold
As the days passed, as the thousands of grains of gold on the mountain matured, there were often some abnormal movements in the forests near the tribe under the mountain, which frightened the ducks and began to migrate to the interior of the tribe to seek refuge.
The number of people patrolling the tribe now increases every day, and most of them are in the forests outside the tribe, because there are many wild mice during this time, and there are many wild mice of various species, large and small, and those who are good at jumping in burrows.
Not only all kinds of wild mice, but also birds flying in the sky. There are often flocks of birds wandering around, and now, around Shao Xuan's house, Zhengluo has also sent additional personnel, and the bows and arrows are fully prepared, come and shoot one by one, and come to kill a group of people.
In addition to ordinary beasts, there are also fierce beasts, but they are not large beasts, after all, large beasts are far away from the tribe.
Some people even joked that they didn't have to go out hunting, just wait for the birds and beasts to come to the door in the tribe.
Quan Bai and others from the Taihe tribe said that if there were not enough people on the Yanjiao side, they could send people over for reinforcements, but Zhengluo refused. The people of their tribe can solve this matter by themselves, and they don't need the help of the Taihe people, and the people of the Taihe River will definitely not come to help in vain, and they will definitely ask Shao Xuan for payment when the time comes, and the reward they are interested in is naturally a mature thousand grains of gold.
Zhengluo is reluctant to give away so many good things, Quanbai and a few of them are because they have contributed to the cultivation of thousands of grains of gold, so they share a little as a reward, no one will say anything, no matter more, they will be reluctant.
When the patrol team rotated, the people who came to exchange looked at the various wild mice piled up on the ground and asked the people who had just finished their work.
"How much did you hunt today?"
"The others don't know, anyway, I've hunted about thirty of them myself, nearly forty!" said the warrior who spoke, carrying a wild mouse nearly half an arm's length, with a little worry on his face. But there is also joy. These wild mice can also be used as food, and the leader said that half of the prey can be kept for himself. They don't have to go out hunting, they can already harvest twenty such big mice, and if they don't eat them themselves, they can give them to their families.
It's only been half a day. That's it.
"More than yesterday. The man who had just come moved his hands and feet, and took out an arrow and shot it with a bow.
Whoosh -
A field mouse trying to sneak through the grass was crucified to the ground.
The warrior did not immediately go over to pick it up, but three arrows in succession, two of which pinned the long-tailed wild mice with thick fluff that were jumping on the tree, and the other shot towards the tree not far away, and the gray short-haired wild mouse, which had just exposed half of its body, was killed by one arrow.
"Okay, leave it to me here, you're tired for most of the day, go back and rest. The warrior retrieved the three wild mice he had shot. Said to another person.
The soldiers, who had been guarding for most of the day, had time to tie up the morning's achievements with straw ropes, and then carry them back, leaving with reluctance.
The fighters who took turns to rest were in groups of three or five, chatting about their gains, but there were also concerns to be had.
"The wild rats that have come over these days are getting bigger and bigger, and they are moving more and more quickly. We have to continue to send more people, and it was easy to guard the other day. It's a little too busy now, and I almost missed one. ”
"I'm on my side too, I'll have to be careful next time. ”
"Fortunately, there is a river in front of our tribe, and some wild mice can't swim and can't get across. ”
"There are a lot of wild mice that can swim, so don't take it lightly. ”
As they spoke, several people looked up in the direction of the top of the mountain. There were a few birds hovering above in the sky over there, and every now and then a bird swooped down and then fell with an arrow.
After another two days, the wild rats who came became even more frantic and continued to send more men. The warriors of the tribe all went into action, and some of them stood on the mountain.
Shao Xuan didn't expect that this thousand grains of gold would attract so many birds and mice, although the few he saw at the beginning also attracted a flock of rats, but there were not so many birds in the past.
In the backyard of Shao Xuan's house, the entire courtyard was covered with a large net to prevent birds from swooping down and destroying thousands of grains of gold if they were not shot in time.
"It should be soon. Qi Qi looked at the ears of grain that had turned golden, and her face was full of smiles. According to their ideas, the greater the mutation, the more it means that the planted thing is extraordinary, which is a happy event.
"Look, keep your eyes bright, don't miss one!!" said Dokang to the fighters outside.
The arrows in the hands of the warriors are engraved with their own logos, and when they are shot, they will know whose prey it is. For the warriors, the prey is small, and the credit is great, if they make a great contribution in this incident, they may be able to get some benefits from Elder Shao Xuan.
After Shao Xuan discussed with Zhengluo, he publicly said in the tribe that the remaining nine weapons left by Gongjiaheng would be given to the outstanding warriors in the tribe who had made meritorious contributions. The number of places is limited, so you have to work hard if you want it. It's no wonder that the people of the tribe are so excited now, whether they are young or old, one by one, as if they have been beaten with chicken blood, sometimes they come to exchange in shifts, and they are still reluctant to leave.
Shao Xuan also took advantage of the fact that the thousand grains of gold were not ripe, and discussed with others what to do when the time came, according to the current situation, the thousand grains of gold were not yet ripe, and these birds and beasts behaved like this, if they were mature, what would happen?
Thinking of the crazy wild mice in the flock of rats on the mountain at the beginning, and then looking at the flock of birds in the sky now, and the strings of wild mice of different sizes and shapes proposed by the warriors in the forest, Shao Xuan felt a chill.
Even if these are just beasts, if there are too many of them, they can still cause a lot of trouble, especially if they lose their minds.
Because of the continuous interference of birds and rats, the ducks hid, and the funny thing is that the fat duck also opened the door of the duck shed, and released many ducks into the duck shed to avoid the disaster. After seeing this, Shao Xuan asked the tribesmen who did not participate in the defense to separate the captive ducks from the others, and then opened the door of the duck shed so that the fat ducks could take the ducks in and take refuge.
In the sky, conflicts broke out between the birds because of the competition, fighting all day long, bird feathers were like snow, bird feces were splashing everywhere, and a layer of bird feces-bird feather mixture had fallen on Shao Xuan's roof, and the smell was really ......
However, for the sake of a thousand grains of gold, Shao Xuan endured it.
On this day, Shao Xuan was guarding next to a thousand grains of gold.
"It's just these two days, right?" Qi Qi looked at the bird feathers floating down like snowflakes in the sky and asked Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan stared at the heavy ears of grain of a thousand grains of gold, and said for a while: "I think it's today." ”
When Qi Qi and Zheng Luo next to him heard this, their hearts sank, Qi Qi took a few steps back and stood in the room. No way, she doesn't have much combat power, and at this time, she has to give up the place so that the soldiers can act.
And Zhengluo's side has already begun to greet people and get ready.
A whistle sounded into the woods below.
Hearing the whistle, the people defending in the woods also knew that it was time for the matter.
The wild mice, which were still hiding in the grass and probing, suddenly paused, and then, as if stimulated, they did not hide anymore, and rushed forward without fear of death.
The birds in the sky no longer fought with each other, as if they had agreed, and rushed straight to Shao Xuan's backyard.
"It's ripe, harvest!" Shao Xuan shouted, and before his words fell, the people had already rushed out, cutting off all the ears of grain and putting them into the bags that had been prepared.
Not only Shao Xuan, but also Zhengluo and Duokang, who had already been guarding on the side, also shot at the same time.
But in the blink of an eye, the original golden heavy ears of grain were swept away, and even the grains that fell on the ground were picked up by later people, and when the birds in the air rushed down, there were only a thousand golden green plants left in the yard, but the ears of grain were gone. They were greeted by round after round of arrows.
The chirping of birds was incessant, and after the thousand grains of gold were gone, the birds flew high again, avoiding the range of the tribesmen, but did not leave, but reluctantly cried upwards, as if they wanted to wait for another opportunity to see if there would be any more grains there.
A thousand grains of gold are harvested near noon, and the birds leave completely when it is close to night.
The herd of wild mice below the mountain had dispersed, and some of the warriors were fishing for drowned wild mice on the surface of the river, which were not good swimmers, but rushed into the river with other wild mice that could swim, broke through the soldiers' defensive circles, and finally drowned in the area, as if they had no brains. There were not just one or two such crazy ones, but there were at least thirty of them that were picked up from the river. Now the people of the tribe are cleaning up the wild mice that have slipped into the tribe.
Shao Xuan looked at the twenty-three animal skin bags in the room, including him, twenty-three people, one animal skin bag per person, each responsible for one plant, and filled twenty-three bags. Although he didn't count, Shao Xuan could also know that there were definitely more than a thousand grains in each bag, and there must be thousands to tens of thousands of grains!
Ignoring the stench of bird feces around him, there were Qiqi, Wu, the leader and others waiting next to him, Shao Xuan carefully opened the animal skin bag. Before, it was harvested with the ears of grain, Shao Xuan plucked a grain of grain from the ears of grain, and carefully opened the husk.
The dark golden chaff was peeled away, revealing the purple-gold grains inside.
"Why is this color?!" Shao Xuan exclaimed.
The grains he brought back from the top of the mountain were all golden inside, but why did they end up purple-golden? This is too different from the previous grains!
Shao Xuan opened the other twenty-two bags, and each of them randomly picked five grains of grain, and they were on different ears of grain, and finally after opening the chaff, he found that they were all purple and golden!
"This ...... How could this have changed?" Qi Qi also wondered.
Shao Xuan said that these thousand grains of gold grow better than what he found before, but good growth does not mean that they look different!
Is the color difference so great an accident or an inevitability? normal growth or variation?
Shao Xuan thought about it again and again, and felt that the reason for such a change was probably the method of planting, after all, he had fed so much flesh and blood of fierce beasts. (To be continued......)