Chapter Forty-Eight Plans

  Lin Bei didn't have any 'magical powers' to produce milk, so in the end, he still used the same method as before to care for Duo Duo and Qi Qi, preparing to feed the little fox with a mixture of shrimp and crab meat from the river.

  But Lin Bei was a bit embarrassed when he went to the river to catch fish, because he found that except for a few turtles in the cave from Longtan to the lower section of the river, there were no lobsters and crabs at all, and Lin Bei had caught them all.

  "I was unknowingly a destroyer of the ecosystem."

  Those large lobsters and crabs need several years to grow up, but Lin Bei caught them all in less than a month. This is the case with construction being difficult to break but easy to destroy. Originally, it was already very difficult for them to grow so big in the forest, and if Lin Bei catches a few more times, the shrimp and crabs in this river may become extinct.

  "Let's feed it this time, and next time we'll get some other animal meat to replace it." Lin Bei thought, and then he did it with a clear conscience.

  This time, Lin Bei caught three of them, two lobsters and one crab. After removing the shells and crushing them, he added some water and put it in a ceramic bowl. He handed it to the six small jackals in front of him. The jackals had been calling for half a day and were already very hungry. As soon as they smelled the food, they went straight to the side of the bowl to eat.

  The jackal is a close relative of the dog and is a similar breed, with similar habits. When they are young, it's almost impossible to tell them apart. At this time, five little jackals were chirping and eating there, Lin Bei looked at them and felt very happy, he told himself that he had raised a few dogs, but wait, why are there five? Where is the sixth one?

  There was also a small jackal with a birthmark on its face, possibly because the little jackal was ugly or had a bad personality, so it was isolated by the other five little jackals. A clay bowl could actually hold the heads of six little jackals, but every time the birthmarked jackal wanted to poke its head out to eat something, the other little jackals would squeeze it out. Its strength seemed very small, and it couldn't squeeze in at all, so it could only whimper weakly because it had been crying for too long, its cry was already very faint.

  "Rub, just born will squeeze out brothers? Too not loving each other." Lin Bei cried and laughed, then forcibly used a small branch to push away one of the little raccoons, the birthmark raccoon only then licked a few times, before being squeezed out again by that little raccoon.

  "Faint, you'd better make some effort, or else how can we have something to eat?" Lin Bei hated that he was useless.

  In fact, many animals are like these little jackals when they're young. They have to compete with their siblings from the moment they're born. If they're isolated, their parents may abandon them and they'll die prematurely. The phrase "treat everyone equally" doesn't apply to animal parents. Without Lin Bei, this little jackal's fate would be sealed - it would disappear in a few days and end up in some other animal's stomach. Now, Lin Bei can at least guarantee that it has food to eat. As for whether it will survive or not, that depends on its luck. After all, sometimes just being full isn't enough. The forest is full of dangers, and even a hungry mouse could kill them in their current state.

  Lin North fed the little foxes with great effort, until all five little foxes were full, but Lin North did not integrate the birthmark fox into the group of foxes, so the birthmark fox was the last one still eating food. The meat in the ceramic bowl had almost been finished, and when Lin North saw that it was not yet full, he had to get another lobster for it again.

  The little raccoon under Lin Bei's special care finally ate well, and now their main task is to eat and sleep. However, what makes Lin Bei very annoyed is that this little guy will even get squeezed out while sleeping, and it still insists on going to the middle of the raccoons to sleep, getting kicked several times but not giving up, continuing to struggle forward with its small body.

  "Big brother, just go find a place to sleep by yourself, what's the point of being so arrogant. Lin Bei was really helpless, but unfortunately, Lin Bei's strength was too great, he didn't dare move his hand even if he wanted to hit him. In the end, Lin Bei finally gave up, do whatever you want, if you have a lot of energy then go ahead, Lin Bei has other things to attend to."

  Lin Bei had to find a new place to bury the turtle eggs, and they needed to be buried in a spot with direct sunlight, so that it would be convenient for the turtles to hatch later. In the end, Lin Bei buried the turtle eggs at the edge of the taro field and made a mark.

  Bury the turtle eggs well, Lin Bei also drove away a bold toad that had run into the taro field, this guy didn't put Lin Bei in his eyes at all, didn't know Lin Bei was a snake body? Reacted too slowly.

  Just as he finished, the birds chirped again, and Duo Duo and Qi Qi woke up. Lin Bei had to get food for these two guys again. Although Lin Bei was full of energy, this small thing also made Lin Bei a bit exhausted. He secretly vowed that in the future, he would never raise small animals again. These were enough, if there were more, his future life would be completely consumed by such things.

  Diu Diu and Qi Qi are two completely different species of birds, Diu Diu is a cuckoo, while Qi Qi still can't be identified by Lin Bei now, but its body size has become larger than Diu Diu's and stronger. Moreover, the two little ones can fly up to half a meter high now.

  "Go, catch insects go." Lin Bei first pointed to the two little rascals, then pointed to the grape rack on Longtan, hoping they could understand his meaning.

  Doudou and Qiqi's eyes are very agile, but that doesn't mean they can understand Lin Bei's profound gestures. However, it seems to have formed a conditioned reflex, starting to walk in tandem.

  "Ah... even if they think of themselves as 'mothers', unfortunately, there's no way to communicate with them, I don't understand bird language." Lin Bei was so frustrated that he wanted to scratch his head.

  The grapevine, planted by the river, has sufficient water and space, so it starts to grow new tender leaves. Although it's only been ten or so days, the tender leaves have already grown to the size of a thumb. Following closely behind are the insects that grow on the grape leaves, called piglet bugs.

  This is a kind of caterpillar, fleshy and disgusting, which lays eggs on the grapevine tendrils. Unless pesticides are used, it's hard to get rid of them completely. As soon as new leaves grow on the grapevine, the eggs will hatch and wreak havoc on the vine. Lin Bei has no way to deal with these pests at present, so he hopes that Didi and Qiqi can make an effort to eat all these caterpillars away, which would not only save food but also allow the grapes to grow well. Unfortunately, the two little guys don't understand Lin Bei's thoughts at all.

  But looking at their chubby bodies, Lin Bei steeled himself and decided that he wouldn't prepare food for them next time. He also moved the bird's nest to the big pagoda tree. Finally, he shouted at the two little guys: "From now on, you're on your own! When you catch all the insects, that's when you'll be considered graduated. Don't call me mom, I'm not your mom!"

  Then Lin Bei went back to the rooftop, and unexpectedly, two more small snakes came out. They were just like the previous four, eating the egg liquid and then curling up into a small ball to sleep. Lin Bei suddenly felt that the little snakes were a bit more lovable, not requiring him to worry at all. The earliest snake had already been sleeping for almost a day, and looking at it now, it seemed like it would continue sleeping.

  "But once they wake up, food will definitely need to be prepared. Now that it's dry outside, there should be locusts and the like. If not, let those people bring some locusts for exchange. After all, the forest has almost everything, nothing else is lacking."

  Lin Bei thought about these things slowly, then yawned and prepared to take a nap.

  PS: Thanks to Xuan Yan, Qi Qing Liu Yu, CS and 1409131 for their rewards. Also, I'll continue to ask for collection and recommendation, don't mind the trouble, new book can't be helped.