In the early morning, emerging from the nest made of withered yellow pine needles and fine soft grass wool, Lu Feng used his front paws to block the big black eyes, blocking the still slightly dazzling sunlight. [80 eBook]

It is already the season of autumn breeze, and the forest is full of golden or red fallen leaves, full of black and red soil, rustling with the wind.

Not far away there is a persimmon tree, which has taken off its clothes and is full of orange lanterns. From time to time, birds land on the branches, stretch their necks and peck at the soft peel with their sharp beaks, greedily sucking the delicious juice in it.

"Tuk, tuk, tuk, tuk... ”

There was the sound of blunt nails hitting the wood overhead, and the rhythm was quite fast, and after a few knocks, it stopped for a while, and then started again.

Meticulously combing the beard hair on his face and ears with his front paws, Lu Feng looked up at the upper part of the pine tree, and sure enough, the pair of spotted woodpeckers that flew in a few days ago were pecking vigorously at a large branch above their heads, and from time to time a trace of sawdust fell, and under their beaks, a concave tree hole was slowly forming.

What a clever bird!

The pine tree where Lu Feng's nest is located is a big guy, with a diameter of more than two meters at breast height, and it is the king of trees in this mountain forest.

Moreover, the branch that the woodpecker is pecking at has been decayed from the inside by silverfish, longhorn larvae and other insects, but the trunk of the large pine tree is too large, and the decayed part does not have much effect for the time being.

A few days ago, the pair of spotted woodpeckers had pecked and beaten the whole large pine tree when they first arrived, and most of the silverfish and longhorn larvae on the tree had lost their lives. Choosing to locate your new home in the decayed part of the big pine tree not only greatly shortens the nesting time, but also greatly reduces the workload!

"Knock knock ... ”

After combing his beard and hair, Lu Feng leaned over slightly, burrowed half of his body into the nest, and when he retracted, his two front paws were already holding a huge hazelnut. The sharp front teeth squirmed rapidly, and Lu Feng bit open the hard shell of the hazelnut, peeled it off with the forelimbs that were as flexible as human hands, and nibbled on the sweet kernels inside.

This is his breakfast, as a squirrel, Lu Feng can eat food for three days at a time, and no longer need to eat for the next three days. But once being a human being, Lu Feng firmly retained the eating habit of three meals a day.

"Knock knock ... ”

Soon, a whole hazelnut kernel filled Lu Feng's stomach, and he rubbed the fine red fluff on his stomach with his front paws with satisfaction, and burped, Lu Feng turned over lightly, and the sharp claws on his limbs popped out of the small ball of flesh between his fingers, and forcefully grabbed the folded bark of the big pine tree, and in a few jumps, he had jumped to another branch about a meter below the nest.

Early in the morning is not the best time to go out and forage for food.

Although it is still autumn, the temperature in the mountains at night has dropped very low, and the morning dew also appears early in this forest at a high altitude, and after a night of condensation, whether it is the pine cones hanging on the branches, hazelnuts, chestnuts, and the outer skin are covered with dewdrops, and it is full of dampness.

Even if such a fruit is picked, it will not be stored for too long, so it is better to wait for the sun to rise a little higher, dry the moisture of the fruit, and then pick it back, which is more convenient to preserve.

However, the plan of the day lies in the morning, and it is equally applicable to Lu Feng, whether it is a person or a squirrel. [ Lots of good]

A gust of wind whistled through the mountains, and the branches and pine needles of the trees were shaking slightly.

Steadily stopping on the branches, Lu Feng shifted his center of gravity, supported his body weight with his hind legs, kept his tail balanced, and stood up. After this period of adaptation, these movements that belong to the unique squirrels are finally integrated into Lu Feng's instincts, and he no longer needs to pay attention to them at all times.

Turning his head towards the trunk of the big pine tree, at the place where the branches and the trunk meet, there is a palm-sized trunk that has been stripped of its bark by Lu Feng, revealing a smooth white and shiny xylem full of wood texture, like a [tabula rasa]. And the second thing Lu Feng has to do every morning is on this [whiteboard].

Standing upright and moving a few steps slightly closer to the [tabula rasa], Lu Feng stretched out his front paws, and the flexible little fleshy palm was slightly pinched, leaving only the paw at the index finger position stretched out, and with a slight stroke on the [tabula rasa], he carved a shallow horizontal and made up a [positive] character.

This is Lu Feng's way of recording the days, every day to draw a stroke, there will be a [positive] on the fifth day, as of today, on this [whiteboard], there are already twelve [positive], pinching the fingers and counting, plus Lu Feng's confused days as a squirrel at the beginning, it has been more than two months.

If you start with the first line drawn by Lu Feng, today should be called the sixtieth day of the [Squirrel Calendar].

So much time has passed?

After counting a few strokes, Lu Feng sighed a little, perhaps it was God's favor, the previous owner of Lu Feng's body was a hard-working squirrel, and a lot of hazelnuts and pine cones were stored in the nest, which allowed Lu Feng to survive the initial confusion and unfamiliar with the hard days of the body, and also avoided an extra squirrel in the mountains and forests that was starved to death in autumn.

After making a mark, Lu Feng bent down and drilled into the side of the [tabula rasa], which was also located in a tree hole above the branches, the hole was slightly larger than Lu Feng's current body, irregular and round, and the hole was still exposed with white and tender wooden stubble.

The woodpeckers are building a new home for their future baby, and Lu Feng is also building a new home for himself.

Although the previous owner of the squirrel's body left Lu Feng a comfortable nest made of withered yellow pine needles and fine soft grass wool, and now Lu Feng can rest peacefully in the swaying mountain wind, Lu Feng still hopes to have a safer and more stable residence.

"Rustle, rustle... ”

There was the sound of teeth gnawing at wood from the depths of the tree hole, and a moment later, Lu Feng's head emerged from the tree hole, and his front paws stretched forward alternately, pushing out a pile of fine wood chips.

Letting the sawdust spill from the air and drift away with the wind, Lu Feng retracted his head, and the rustling sound of his front teeth and wood sounded again in the tree hole.

In this way, time passed bit by bit, the depth of the tree hole was slowly extending, and when Lu Feng pushed the sawdust out of the tree hole for the twenty-third time, the sun finally rose overhead.

Lu Feng got out of the hole in the tree, shook his body, shook off the sawdust all over his body, cleaned his beard and fur again, climbed and jumped back to the nest on the previous floor several times, took out a big hazelnut and nibbled it.

Autumn is crisp, the moisture in the morning has dissipated, and the nuts on the trees have been dried, so it's time to go out and find something to eat.

hazelnut

The large pine trees grew at the highest point of the whole forest, and a short distance to the east was a cliff with large bare rocks, only sparse moss and weeds grew between the crevices, and in the other three directions there were a variety of luxuriant trees and all kinds of small creatures that depended on them, and even a clear stream flowed through the forest.

To paraphrase a modern written language, this is a natural oxygen bar full of biodiversity.

Like a gray-red lightning, Lu Feng jumped among the lush trees, heading towards the south of the big pine trees, the destination of this trip.

"Chirp, chirp... ”

Violently pressed down the pine branches under him, and with the help of the rebound force of the branches, Lu Feng's limbs exerted force, and crossed a graceful curve and landed on the branches of the persimmon tree opposite, startling a group of sparrows that were chattering and pecking persimmons. These birds, which were classified as one of the four pests in the middle of the last century, have now been rehabilitated and have been included in the national second-class protected animal catalog.

A sweet smell of persimmons wafted out of the peel that had been pecked by the sparrows, lingering around Lu Feng's nose, causing Lu Feng to pause his progress, but soon began to move again, quickly climbing towards the branch that connected to the other trees at the other end of the persimmon tree.

Lu Feng is very planned, and at the same time he hates to make temporary changes.

Although it is the best time for persimmons to eat, and Lu Feng has not eaten persimmons for a long time, in Lu Feng's plan, his goal today is hazelnuts.

It's autumn now, and winter is just around the corner.

Lu Feng didn't know when winter would come, but he had to stock up on enough food to survive the winter before it came. The adaptation period to the squirrel's body some time ago made Lu Feng's already small amount of food consumption more than half, which further increased Lu Feng's labor.

And hazelnuts, which are big nuts for squirrels, are one of the top choices for Lufeng's winter grain storage.

With the help of the elastic force of the branches, Lu Feng took off again and landed on the trees in front of him, and behind him, the chirping sparrows gathered and landed on the persimmon tree, continuing to enjoy their delicious feast.

I don't know how many big trees I jumped, Lu Feng's front suddenly opened up, and a hundreds of meters of slender blue-gray shale appeared in front of him, dividing the forest into two sections.

On the other side of the limestone shale is a grove of groves and large open grassy pastures, which have turned yellow due to the seasons and are swept in the autumn wind.

This is the edge of Lu Feng's territory, and in Lu Feng's original memory, the grove opposite is a small hazelnut forest, where the hazelnuts he has eaten in the past few days are produced.

Climbing on the trunk of the tree, Lu Feng raised his head slightly, staring at the slender blue-gray shale belt with a solemn expression.

If you want to collect hazelnuts, you need to cross this **** shale belt covered with lichens. Although the shale belt is only a little more than a dozen meters wide, it is an adventure for a squirrel to run off the cover of trees and run on the open, flat rocks as far as the eye can see.

"Whoa!"

Sure enough, [Gray Feather] appeared!

Lu Feng looked up at the sky, although the sunlight was dazzling, but when he narrowed his eyes, he could see that in the sunlight, a small gray and black dot was constantly hovering over the mountains and forests.

It was a goshawk with gray-black speckled feathers and a sharp clawed beak, the only air overlord in this mountain forest!

For the small animals in this mountain forest, [Gray Feather] is an absolute natural enemy, and Lu Feng has seen it fall rapidly from the sky more than once, hunting hares and pheasants. The rapid speed and hook-like sharp claws had made Lu Feng have nightmares of being chased and killed for several days.

It seems that hazelnuts will not be harvested today.

"Squeak~~~!"

Scratching the short hair on his forehead vigorously with his front paws, Lu Feng let out a long sigh, he really wanted to do things according to the plan, and getting out of the plan made him a little irritable, but compared to Xiao Life, all plans were scum.

"Whoa!"

However, plans can never catch up with change.

When Lu Feng was doing a good job of psychological construction and was about to go home and taste the sweet persimmons on the way, [Gray Feather] suddenly let out a sharp and loud eagle roar again, shooting down like an arrow from mid-air, and in a few seconds, it fell into the long grass hidden in the distance.

Centered on the place where [Gray Feather] fell, the thick grass stalks immediately vibrated messy ripples, scattering the grass waves brought by the autumn wind, and a few minutes later, the sound of violent wings flapping, [Gray Feather] struggled to fly out of the grass waves, and under its claws, a fat hare hung limply, falling drips of thick blood.

Opportunity!

Shooting down from the tree, Lu Feng's limbs fluttered rapidly, like a gray-red lightning bolt through the blue-gray sky, and in a few breaths, he had already rushed into the hazelnut forest opposite, hidden under the protection of the branches and leaves.

At the same time, there were several gray-red lightning bolts shot out of the woods with Lu Feng, although they were not as fast as Lu Feng, they also rushed safely into the hazelnut forest on the opposite side.

Beasts that hunt their prey will not hunt again until they feel hungry.

The same is true of lions, and the same is true of goshawks.

The hare, with its own life and flesh, creates a small period of peace for other small animals, and also creates an opportunity for squirrels to taste delicious hazelnuts.

"Rustle... ”

"Knock knock ... ”

The hazelnut tree is a small deciduous tree belonging to the birch family, and at this moment, although half of the yellow leaves still grow on the branches, the tree is already full of jagged fan-like dead leaves, and stepping on it makes a rustling sound.

Along with the dead leaves, hazelnuts fall, some of which fall out of the painter's hat, some of which fall with the fruit.

The hungry squirrels who rushed into the hazelnut forest with Lu Feng kept turning over the dead leaves on the ground, looking for delicious fruits, and the squirrels who found the hazelnuts immediately gnawed fiercely, and the sound of squirrels eating echoed in the entire hazelnut forest.

What a group of two goods!

Lu Feng rolled his eyes while also turning over the dead leaves around him, looking for hazelnuts. Compared to the hazelnuts that still remain on the branches, Lu Feng prefers the hazelnuts that fall off to the ground naturally, these hazelnuts are larger, more ripe, and the kernels inside are fuller.

One, two, three, four!

Lu Feng's cheek pouch gradually bulged, and it was full of hazelnuts.

In the wonderful biological evolution, rodent squirrels, hamsters and other animals have evolved a special sac-like structure called the buccal pouch on both sides of the inside of the mouth.

When these creatures find delicious food, they store it for a while and when they reach a safe place, they take it out of their cheek pouch and eat it carefully.

Five, six, seven, eight, nine!

At this moment, Lu Feng used the cheek pouch as a transportation pocket, and the skin membrane of the buccal pouch stretched to the limit and bulged into two round balls.

Stuffing the ninth hazelnut into the cheek pouch with difficulty, and estimating that he could stuff another one, Lu Feng shrugged the tip of his nose slightly and probed, a sweet smell of nuts came, and there seemed to be a hazelnut hidden under the dead leaves in front of him.

After walking a few quick steps, Lu Feng raised his front paws and brushed away the dead leaves, and sure enough, a fat fruit that was larger than the hazelnuts that Lu Feng stuffed into his cheek pouch before was lying quietly on the ground. (To be continued.) )