Chapter 46: Natural Freshwater and Sea Turtles
With the lesson of taking bananas for the first time, Ye Chen learned wisely this time, and no longer took off all the bananas, but used a dagger to cut off the bananas one by one.
It took a little time to sit on the flying motorcycle, and Ye Chen completely harvested this banana, no way, the number of this small banana is too much, just hanging there is one or two meters long.
After returning to the ground, Ye Chen got four small bananas and divided one by one, ready to taste the taste of this little banana, anyway, this little banana is not big, and it will not support his stomach if he eats it.
After eating the banana, the texture is a little smoother and softer than the big banana I ate before, and the taste is almost the same, plus the size is not big, so it can be used as a small snack at that time.
After eating the banana, Ye Chen cut down the banana tree as usual, leaving another unripe banana standing there alone.
Continuing to walk north, Ye Chen saw a lot of novel flowers and trees on the road, some of which he had never seen in Lanxing, if there was no systematic display, Ye Chen would not know what these things were at all.
After walking for more than ten minutes, Ye Chen and the others had already walked to the edge of the woods, and further on, there was a large area of sand.
It was an area that was only expanded last night, and because of the relatively short evolution time, there were not a few trees in sight in the whole sandy area, and there were few places to evolve into soil.
After walking about twenty meters east along the edge of the woods, a few people turned and walked south.
Unexpectedly, not long after leaving, several people found a pond.
That's right, it's the pond.
It's not a puddle left by waves crashing onto land, it's a real freshwater pond.
The whole pond is oval, about two meters long and half a meter wide, and the two ends of the pond are facing the north and south directions, and on the south side of the pond, you can also see a trickling stream.
The pond is not deep, not even half a meter by sight, and the bottom of the pond can be clearly seen through the water surface, and on the edge of the pond, there are some aquatic plants growing.
Looking at the pond in front of them, Ye Chen and the others were stunned for a moment, this was the first time they had seen naturally formed fresh water in this world, and they thought that they could only rely on the water purification system to obtain fresh water in this world.
Walking to the edge of the pond, Ye Chen took out a small bowl and scooped up a little water, and put it in the system space to prepare to see the attributes.
"Stream water (first order): fresh water flowing out after the infiltration and accumulation of groundwater, pure natural and pollution-free, with natural minerals, sweet and delicious taste."
"It's really natural fresh water." Ye Chen was surprised, and then took out the stream water and tasted it, as the system said, it was sweet and delicious, much better than mineral water.
Turning his head and telling Li Yuxin that they could drink this water directly, several people couldn't wait to scoop a small half bowl of stream water with a small bowl and taste it carefully.
Compared to the seventh-order drinking water they usually drink, this water is really not very good, after all, the level is there; If you compare the mineral water in the supply box, then the taste of this stream water is much better, even if it is of the same level, the difference between this water is not small.
Looking at the pond in front of them, and then at the stream by the pond, Ye Chen and the others decided to follow the stream to see the source.
The pond itself is not big, and the creek is even smaller and pitiful, and after walking along the crooked stream for a while, Ye Chen found that the widest part of the creek is only about 20 centimeters, and the water depth is only one or two centimeters.
Such a small creek is not enough to raise fish.
The further he went, the smaller the creek became, and when it reached the back, it was only about 5 centimeters wide, and it was hard for Ye Chen to imagine how long it would take for such a small creek to converge into the pond just now.
In the end, several people found that the stream actually flowed down from a mountain, and after looking at the map, the mountain in front of them was the mountain not far behind the villa.
When I observed the island yesterday, this hill was already about 30 meters high, and now the hill is almost 50 meters high, and it has grown about 20 meters tall overnight, which is simply a monster.
In addition to the change in height, another change is the environment.
In today's hills, not only the rocky soil has evolved completely, but the original trees on the mountain have also grown taller, and the newly grown trees in the forest have turned the originally sparse forests into dense forests.
Looking at the hill in front of him, and then looking back at the stream behind him, Ye Chen asked Li Jianhai: "Dad, those rivers on the Blue Star, if I remember correctly, it seems that they also flow down from these mountains, right?" ”
"It seems to be true." Li Jianhai nodded and replied: "The big rivers I know, including those small streams and rivers in my hometown, seem to flow down from the mountains, and in the end, these small rivers converge together, become big rivers, and finally flow to the sea. ”
Looking at the stream, Ye Chen muttered, "I don't know how long it will take for this creek to become a river." ”
At this time, Li Yuxin on the side also joined the topic: "Can this creek still become a river?" ”
"Or else?" Ye Chen glanced at the other party and replied: "When the water flow gets bigger and bigger in the future, it won't be able to become a river." ”
"Is it like this?" Li Yuxin was puzzled: "But isn't this creek turned into a pond, how long will it take to become a river, otherwise, let's help it dig a channel for the pond and let the water flow directly into the sea." ”
Listening to Li Yuxin's words, Ye Chen's eyes lit up: "This idea seems to be good." ”
"Don't worry about that." Li Jianhai on the side retorted: "When the pond can't hold the stream water, it will overflow by itself, and the overflowing water will also find the most suitable flow by itself. ”
After listening to Li Jianhai's explanation, Ye Chen and Li Yuxin nodded: "So that's the case." ”
Seeing that the matter was settled, Xie Moying, who was not interested in this stream, said: "Let's go, there are still many places to see." ”
After saying that, he walked south along the foot of the mountain.
A few people originally wanted to go to the mountain to see, but the mountain is now a lot higher, and the mountain wall is steep, and it is not convenient to climb, so they gave up the idea of going up the mountain.
After walking along the foot of the mountain for a while, Ye Chen saw the villa not far away, and thought of going out for a long time, sparing a circle and coming back, he also thought it was quite funny.
The area around the villa is where they usually live, and there is no need to look carefully, so they walked straight past the villa, and a few people continued to explore the south.
On the way, a few people didn't find anything new, and after walking all the way south, they reached the edge of the woods, and through the gaps in the woods, they could directly see the sea not far away.
After walking out of the forest, Ye Chen took Li Yuxin's hand and walked quickly to the beach, and before he got out of the woods, he saw something different on the beach.
On the beach by the sea, there was a dark shadow at this time, and when I walked in, I found that it was a big turtle.
Strictly speaking, it should be a sea turtle.
"Sea turtle (second order): amphibian and terrestrial oviparous animals, living in the sea all year round, feeding on fish and shrimp and other organisms, edible and farmed, and the turtle eggs produced are rich in nutritional value."
The turtle is not big, it looks about thirty or forty centimeters long and wide, its body is flat, and it is twisting and twisting on the beach, and the beach below it has been dug out of a small hole.
Li Yuxin squatted next to the turtle, looked carefully for a while and didn't see what the turtle was going to do, turned his head and asked Ye Chen: "Ye Chen, what is it doing." ”
"Hmm......" Ye Chen was silent for a while before replying: "It looks like he's digging a pit, it should be preparing to lay eggs, I've seen it on TV before." ”
"Laying eggs?" Li Yuxin was puzzled, and turned her head to look at the turtle that was digging the pit, and saw that the other party was still digging the soil little by little, and Li Yuxin, who was anxious, wanted to go up and help.
At this time, my parents also came over, and when they saw the two squatting on the beach and didn't make any moves, they guessed that the two should have found something.
After walking to Ye Chen's side, his parents also saw the turtle that was digging the soil, and they also felt a little novel, they hadn't seen a turtle in reality.
On top of that, this is a turtle that is always ready to lay eggs.
Because the turtle moved slowly, several people squatted for a while and felt that they couldn't stand it, so they took out a stool and sat down to watch the turtle laying eggs.
If the turtle can speak human language, it is estimated that it is already cursing at this time, how can anyone watch people lay eggs, God does not tolerate it.
In this way, several people sat on the side and chatted while watching the turtle dig the pit, and waited for about half an hour before the turtle dug the hole.
After digging the pit, the turtle lay directly in the pit, motionless and did not know what it was doing.
After waiting for a while, several people saw a round white turtle egg, rolling out from behind the turtle's buttocks, and then rolling into the big pit that had just been dug, which was particularly conspicuous compared to the surrounding earthy yellow sand.
Not long after the first egg was laid, a second egg appeared behind the turtle's butt, then a third, then a fourth......
It wasn't until about five o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was about to set, that the turtles that were laying eggs stopped and filled the big pit full of turtle eggs little by little.
When laying eggs just now, Ye Chen had been counting the number of eggs laid by turtles, and by the time the turtles no longer laid eggs, there were already 128 turtle eggs.
What kind of fairy-like egg laying is this, there are more than 100 eggs in a nest, if chickens and ducks can lay eggs like this, wouldn't they be able to harvest a bunch of eggs a day.
Quietly watched the turtle fill the egg pit, and quietly watched it slowly crawl to the sea, and finally crawled into the water and sank into the deep sea, during which several people have been silent without speaking.
After the turtles left, they withdrew their gaze and looked collectively at the location of the egg pit filled with sand as if they had said yes.
Touching his chin, Ye Chen showed a profiteer-like smile and said with a smile: "There are so many eggs, if you eat or raise them, the harvest seems to be good." ”
"Uh-huh." Li Yuxin agreed: "I've only eaten soft-shelled turtle eggs before, and I don't seem to have eaten turtle eggs yet, so I don't know how they taste." ”
Li Jianhai also agreed: "This turtle is still second-order, second-order turtle eggs, the taste must be very good, it seems that you can eat turtle soup at night." ”
And Xie Moying said a little unbearably: "This is not good, the eggs that people just laid." ”
"Don't eat the turtle eggs that night."
"That's it, I'll help you eat your share."
"You dare!"
"Hahaha."