Chapter 14: Together in the same boat

"It seems that the mushroom is afraid of loneliness......" said the old cow to himself.

The animals listened quietly, and felt that the words of the mushroom rabbit were very novel, and they could not interject, because everyone had never carefully observed and studied the situation of mushrooms, and they did not expect that the small mushrooms contained a lot of knowledge, and they only knew that mushrooms could be eaten.

Enough trouble, enough laughter, the forest is calm again, as if there is no zĆ i in this world.

The dream monkey stood on a high place, facing everyone with a stern expression, it looked around, and then looked at the typhoon dog, the mushroom rabbit, and the bear bachelor, and said very emotionally:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am very excited to be here today, which shows that the citizens of our Forest Kingdom can work together in the face of difficulties, which is the most basic condition and driving force for us to overcome a difficulty, and I think we will definitely be able to overcome the current difficulties. ā€

The words of the dream monkey won bursts of applause.

"But," said the Dream Monkey after a pause, "there is little food in the forest, and we are in danger of starvation and even extinction......

There was some commotion below, and they listened to the words of the dream monkey, and their hearts became a little uneasy.

"Wangwang ......" typhoon dogs came out to maintain law and order.

No one dared to speak anymore, and the forest was calm again.

"Don't be nervous," the dream monkey continued, "I have already told you that as long as we work together, we can overcome the current difficulties. ā€

The animals didn't understand the meaning of the dream monkey for a while, so they all looked at each other, and some simply asked,

"My lord, if there is anything, please speak as plain as possible, we would like to hear it in detail. ā€

The dream monkey smiled and said:

"Do you know why a plant grows into a new plant?"

"Because there is a seed, when the seed sprouts, it becomes a new plant. Said the clever squirrel.

"That's right," said the Dream Monkey, "but did you know that mushrooms have seeds?"

"No," said the chicken, after a moment's thought, "I have picked many mushrooms, and I have never seen a single mushroom with seeds." ā€

"I haven't seen it either," Lao Niu said thoughtfully, "probably no one has seen it, but since the king asked this question, it naturally has its reasons, and we should still think about it more and not blindly draw conclusions." ā€

The animals also thought that the old cow was right, and that mushrooms have no seeds, which should be a fact and should not be doubted, but how can mushrooms reproduce without seeds? Everyone fell into deep thought.

Seeing that the time was ripe, the dream monkey said to everyone:

"It's up to the mushroom rabbit to explain this to everyone, maybe it has the most right to speak. ā€

The mushroom rabbit listened to the king and let it explain, so he stood up and said:

"The chicken and the cow are right, mushrooms are indeed seedless......"

There was a sigh below.

"And how do mushrooms grow?" someone asked.

The crowd also quarreled.

"Wangwang......" dog came out to maintain law and order.

It was quiet again.

The rabbit cleared his throat and said:

"I've also pondered for a long time the question raised by everyone, why before the king learned to climb trees, there were fewer and fewer mushrooms in the forest, so that the mushroom-picking animals were in a situation of waiting for mushrooms?"

"But at that time, there were very few mushrooms, and I couldn't study them deeply, and since the king learned to climb trees, the animals had fruit to eat, and they stopped paying attention to mushrooms, and the mushrooms became more and more numerous, and I had the opportunity to study mushrooms in depth. ā€

"After many observations, I found that the mushroom always grows in patches, why, I thought, it must have something like a seed, I observed carefully, I found ......"

"What did you find?" asked someone coldly.

The other animals stared at the mushroom rabbit curiously, not knowing what it wanted to say, but the mushroom rabbit was about to speak, when they heard someone in the group shout:

"Oh no, someone fainted......"

The animals rushed to the place where they shouted, and the dream monkey, typhoon dog, and bear also passed, but the mushroom rabbit was gone, and the dream monkey looked away from the crowd, only to see the broad-backed tiger paralyzed on the ground, having fainted.

"It's hungry," said the dream monkey, "it must be hungry, mushroom rabbit, what about mushroom rabbit?"

After a while, the mushroom rabbit came back, it held two big mushrooms in its hands, squeezed in from the crowd, and went straight to the broad-backed tiger, it stuffed the mushrooms into the mouth of the broad-backed tiger, and then beckoned to the typhoon dog, the typhoon dog understood, it came over, and the ears of the wide-backed tiger were all of a sudden, and the wide-backed tiger jumped up all of a sudden.

This time, everyone didn't laugh, because everyone's physical condition is not much better than that of the broad-backed tiger, and maybe someone will faint like the broad-backed tiger soon.

The dream monkey also felt that the situation was a bit strict, so he urged the mushroom rabbit to say: "Speak quickly, be concise and to the point......"

The mushroom rabbit also stopped selling guanzi, and said: "I found that the mushrooms are always one by one or one in a clump, and if you pick them clean, you will not see the mushrooms come out after a few days, and if you leave some, the situation will be very different, and many mushrooms will grow......"

"It seems that the mushroom is afraid of loneliness......" said the old cow to himself.

The animals listened quietly, and felt that the words of the mushroom rabbit were very novel, and they could not interject, because everyone had never carefully observed and studied the situation of mushrooms, and they did not expect that the small mushrooms contained a lot of knowledge, and they only knew that mushrooms could be eaten.

"It's not that I'm afraid of loneliness," the mushroom rabbit continued, "and there's a lot of folds in the mushroom's big canopy......"

The animals all nodded, as anyone who has ever eaten a mushroom knows.

"In the folds, there is a powder-like thing that is difficult to see with the eye, but it does exist zĆ i......"

The moonlight bat felt a little incredible, so he asked curiously, "Since it is difficult to see with your eyes, how do you know that it really exists?"

"That's a good question," said the mushroom rabbit, "I picked a ripe mushroom, and shook it in a place where it had never grown a mushroom, a dark and damp place, of course, and the mushroom likes to grow in such an environment, and in a few days it will grow a mushroom, and this powder is what the mushroom uses to reproduce its offspring, and it does exactly the same thing as a seed, and its name is spores." Remember, only mature mushrooms can produce spores. ā€

"How do you know that mushrooms don't produce spores without ripeness?" asked Moonshine Bat.

"The conclusion drawn from the real yĆ n," said the mushroom rabbit, "is the only criterion for testing the truth." ā€

"Oh, I finally understood," Moonlight Bat suddenly realized, "that the mushrooms were getting fewer and fewer because the mushrooms had not yet produced spores and we were eating them......"

"Smart," said the mushroom rabbit, "there are still many mushrooms in the forest, and as long as we collect them properly, the mushrooms will not decrease, but will increase, and we will definitely get through it." ā€

"What should we do?" said.

"Don't pick all the mushrooms when you ......"

"Leave ripe mushrooms ......"

"Leave the mushroom to ripen ......"

"We can grow mushrooms ourselves......"

"Everyone said very well," the mushroom rabbit said, "cultivating mushrooms requires technology, we still have to explore slowly, now the main problem is about picking mushrooms, everyone must be prepared to starve, in order to ensure that mushrooms can reproduce well, I recommend that everyone only pick mushrooms once a day, each time picking mushrooms except for two as their own rations, the rest will be handed over to the public, and each time you pick mushrooms, you can only collect half, leave half for it to continue to grow and complete reproduction, mature mushrooms will be collected after the spores have fallen, do you agree?" ā€

"Agreed...... "Agreed" at first sparse voices, but after a while, the animals all nodded in agreement.

"Wang Wang......" Typhoon Dog said, "In order to ensure that the mushroom picking work can be carried out in an orderly manner and to prevent people from eating more and occupying more, a forest picket team will be set up from today, with me as the captain, to supervise the behavior of each animal. ā€

"Sneeze......" Mushroom Rabbit sneezed in fright.

The Broad-backed Tiger almost fainted again.

The dream monkey originally wanted to say a few more words, what "exhaust and fish", what "cautious independence", what "share weal and beg", although these are all words for the future creation of zĆ o, but it feels that it should still be used to educate its people. However, the words of the typhoon dog have been like a typhoon, and the animals, like those trees that have just received the baptism of the typhoon, have become stump and broken one by one, and they are vulnerable.

"Let's disperse......," the dream monkey waved his hand to everyone, and then said to Typhoon Dog, "You are solely responsible for the pickets, and you will organize them as much as possible to protect the order of the forest." ā€

The animals all dragged back with heavy steps, and everyone was very excited when they came, and the atmosphere of the whole venue was also very good, but a passage from the typhoon dog swept everyone's interest.

"What a piece of stinky meat that has ruined the pot full of fragrant soup...... "Some of the animals muttered quietly as they walked.

Talking about the future again, was there such a curse at that time?

But the unhappiness quickly dissipated, because everyone understood that in fact, Typhoon Dog did not do anything wrong, so many animals, who can guarantee that all animals can be free of selfishness? One has selfishness, if it is left alone, it will immediately be transmitted to the other, and selfishness will spread quickly in the forest like a plague, and then it will be too late to clean it up.

However, although the pickets of the typhoon dogs were set up and patrolled in turns, none of the violators were caught, not that they were not dedicated, but that none of the animals were willing to eat more and occupy more.

During this time, although the forest was spent in hunger, it was the most peaceful and united period, although the dream monkey was the king of the forest, he also collected mushrooms every day, and only ate two, although the animals repeatedly asked to raise the standard for it, to eat a few more mushrooms a day, but it refused.

The dream monkey gets up early every morning, inspects the forest, counts the number of fruits in the forest, counts the area where the mushrooms grow, grows, and observes the health of the animals.

This situation lasted for several months, none of the animals starved to death, due to the abundant rainfall, humid air, coupled with the consciousness of the animals, there were more and more mushrooms in the forest, the ration increased from two to three, five, and then the ration was canceled, the animals could eat as much as they wanted, the mushroom rabbit planting mushroom technology became more and more mature, and the forest began to grow mushrooms in a large area, and the disaster was passed with the concerted efforts of everyone.

The forest gradually recovered, some of the trees damaged by the rainstorm became leafy, and when spring came, the trees were full of flowers, swarms of bees flew around, and the whole forest was filled with aroma and laughter.