The patrol battalion has already sent the bamboo pipes over, and even her head has been thinned so that she can put them on directly. If she stays up late at night, she feels that she will be able to use new water pipes tomorrow.

Because the farmland is fan-shaped, the area gets bigger as it goes to the back. The water pipes of eight lines alone are not enough, and several new side water pipes have to be pulled out from the main pipe to irrigate the farmland that cannot be covered inside. bought it for this reason.There are many sprinklers, and the wooden barrel used to store water in the center of the circle has also got a new big wooden barrel.

This time it was changed to five meters high and ten meters in diameter. This water capacity is enough for a swimming pool, and it is more than enough to irrigate the farmland. Just as the water pipe is being repaired, she pulls out a connection to the fruit forest in the north. Normal fruit trees do not need to be watered.But palm trees and the like planted on middle-level farmland need it.

It is too troublesome to dig a well every day, and it is much more convenient to directly pull the water pipe to spray.

Her side is working in full swing. When it is getting dark, the water pipes can be dug, but bamboo pipes need to be laid and buried.

But Li Xiaoxiao didn't want to delay, so she asked Wang Jiajia on the phone: "Are you interested in bringing your comrades over to earn extra money? You don't need too many people, just bring ten of them over."

Wang Jiajia agreed immediately, and then brought a large group of Sister Bing. Now is the time for them to rest, and it is just right to come here to earn some extra money.

"Sister Xiao Xiao, long time no see, you are beautiful again—"

"Hey, it's really juicy, come and rub it, sister."

Li Xiaoxiao retreated three steps in a row, she had nothing to do with the hot sister Bing, every time she saw someone, she would only be teased, just like Tang Seng met a spider spirit: "Cough."

She spoke seriously, hoping that everyone would be serious: "If the task is heavy, I will trouble everyone. I want to finish it early and rest early."

"What are you afraid of, I can't lend you a pillow for my sister's thigh."

"If you don't want to sleep on your lap, you can just lean on my abdomen. We have abdominal muscles."

Li Xiaoxiao paused, turned her head and left: "I'll go see what Uncle Li and the others have done."

As soon as she ran, there was laughter behind her, and her ears were hot from laughing, and she felt uncomfortable everywhere. When she returned to the wooden house, she took out the sweet potato noodles, thought for a while, and went into the kitchen. Seeing Wei Hong, she said: "I rememberAre the red dates in the fruit forest ripe?"

Wei Hong suddenly raised her head and blinked: "Well, it's just ripe, the tree is too young to grow."

Li Xiaoxiao stroked her chin: "Let's make some red dates and white fungus soup, I called ten Sister Bings to come over and help."

Wei Hong just nodded.

Li Xiaoxiao believed in Wei Hong's cooking skills, and it would be no problem to hand over this matter to the other party, so she continued to work on her own affairs. She wanted to tell everyone what she thought, and take a look at it by the way, so as not to dig the wrong water pipe route and have to start over again.Xiu, she hopes to do it all at once.

With the joining of Sister Bing, the speed increased a lot. Before eleven o'clock, they buried the bamboo pipes, and she took Master Li and they also dug the water pipe pits in the farmland and fruit forest, and buried the bamboo pipes., and finally connected to the water storage barrel, the new water pipe is laid.

She wiped off the sweat from her forehead, and asked Wei Hong to bring out the soup of red dates and white fungus that had been stewing.

It’s only ten degrees at night, and everyone doesn’t feel it when they are working, but after standing for a while and the wind blows, they start to feel cold. It’s just right to drink a bowl of steaming white fungus soup.

Li Xiaoxiao warmed her hands with cups first, it was just right to relieve fatigue after a tiring day, then took a sip of soup, Wei Hong should have added their own brown sugar, the taste was sweet, but not too greasy, with a strong flavorThe jujube flavor, paired with the taste of white fungus skating ice, tastes particularly fragrant.

She didn't care about the heat, and took another big sip.

Who said that girls like sweet things, and old men like to eat them too. Li Bo ate so much, and Master Li enjoyed it all over his face, while Sister Bing was very pleasantly surprised.

"Wow, this red date and white fungus soup is really delicious."

"Yes, yes, my stomach feels warm after drinking it."

"Hey Xiao Xiao, do you still have these red dates? I want to take some back and ask my old lady to taste it too."

Li Xiaoxiao looked at Sister Bing, although the sky was dark, but their eyes were shining brightly: "It's gone, it's just grown like this, and it's all here."

"What, that's all, this jujube tree can't do it."

"Fart, this jujube is so delicious, so sweet and fragrant, it's because you can eat it too much, what does it have to do with other jujube trees."

Everyone dispersed after drinking the tremella soup. After all, it was very late. Sister Bing was leaving by car. Before leaving, she even blew a kiss to her, which made Li Xiaoxiao dumbfounded. She lay on the bed at night thinking about this and couldn't help but smile.

That's it, go to bed, and wait until tomorrow morning to see if the new water pipe works.

Hearing what he said, those soldiers who were ready to move around also turned off, and no one came to invite Chen Mo, so he bent one leg and leaned against Li Xiaoxiao, the lamp on the high place of the stadium, his raised eyebrows were in the sockets of his eyesLeave a shadow.

Li Xiaoxiao was suddenly very proud, very proud.

Such a powerful person is willing to stay by her side.

Chen Mo noticed her gaze: "What's the matter, do you want to sleep?"

Apart from the fact that this big camphor tree has grown bigger and the color of the leaves is a bit weird, she can't see other characteristics. It is estimated that it has some ability that is difficult to detect with the naked eye, so it is even more dangerous.

Wang Jiajia obviously thought so, and said cautiously: "Let's go, don't get close to the big camphor tree."

A group of people headed west, Chen Mo looked back at the big camphor tree.

To the west is the house in Li Zhai Village, and there are no resources to dig. They looked around very quickly and found no beehives at all, and even rarely saw bees. It really didn't look like there was a beehive.

Then they went to the north to look for it again, but they also didn't find the hive.

Li Xiaoxiao rubbed her head: "I think we're going in the wrong direction. Maybe bees prefer to build their nests in trees. Let's go into the mountains tomorrow to have a look."

"Okay," Wang Jiajia walked towards the pickup truck, "I'm here today, let's go to the farm and load the fruit trees into the car."

The national road can only be opened after it has been cleared, not to mention the small roads in the village. After moving the fruit trees to the car, Li Xiaoxiao is too tired to talk. She has to climb up and down all day and have to split the grass and vines, which is more difficult than moving the fruit trees all afternoon.The goods are still tired.

Wang Jiajia and Li Bo were also not at ease. Li Bo performed the worst, slumped on the seat and didn't want to move. Wang Jiajia is a soldier after all, and she is a supernatural person, her body has been strengthened. Of course, Chen Mo is in the best condition among the four.He could still sit upright, with only one collar button undone.

Back in the car, everyone relaxes, and no one wants to move for the time being. In the silence, Chen Mo suddenly said: "Jiajia, use your machine to test the big camphor tree."

Wang Jiajia turned her head: "It's a bit far away, let me try."

He got up from his seat and leaned out the car window to aim at the big camphor tree, but the distance was indeed too far for the machine to collect the radiant energy fluctuations of the big camphor tree, "No way."

Chen Mo was thoughtful.

Li Xiaoxiao looked at him like this and asked, "Brother Mo, what are you doubting?"

Chen Mo tapped his palms: "I suspect that the big camphor tree is not a mutant plant."

Wang Jiajia blinked: "Isn't it a mutant plant? Impossible, can a normal camphor tree grow so big in such a short period of time? And look at its dark color, it doesn't look like a mutant plant?"

He turned his coat inside out and prepared to lay it on the ground as a pillow for Xiao Xiao. Although Brother Bing had cleaned the place, he still felt it was dirty. His little girl loves to be clean, so she would definitely be unhappy if she put her head on the ground.

Li Xiaoxiao waited for him to make the bed before saying, "I won't sleep."

She felt that she was good or bad. She deliberately asked Brother Mo to do useless work. After finishing the work, she didn't even give him a reason. It was really too bad. She was definitely not like this at ordinary times. She didn't know why she wanted to be self-willed now.

Chen Mo was surprised, but since Xiao Xiao said she didn't want to sleep, he put the jacket back into the rattan basket, and cooperated with Xiao Xiao to continue to watch Brother Bing playing tricks. For some reason, Xiao Xiao seemed to be in a particularly good mood, and the corners of her pretty mouth curled up.

Brother Bing stopped playing after making a fuss for a while. After all, he didn’t sleep all night. The gymnasium quickly quieted down. Brother Bing, who was on guard at night, dimmed the lights. She yawned and lay her pillow on Brother Mo’s coat.

The sleeping bag is a thin layer, which is better than sleeping directly on the ground. She is used to sleeping on a hard bed, and there is no discomfort at all. She closed her eyes and fell asleep. When she opened her eyes again, she found that it was after four o'clock in the morning, and the sky outside was still dark.very dark.

There were already people doing activities in the gymnasium. She thought she had woken up early, but found that Li Bo and Wang Jiajia were already up, and the latter was still gesturing to her, telling her to wash up quickly, and then set off.

Li Xiaoxiao took the towel to rub her face. When she rubbed it, she felt that the towel was fluffy, but it turned out that the towel was still fading, and it dyed her face black. She was speechless.

Wang Jiajia looked at it with the binoculars on the side, and stopped talking after watching it, and quietly handed the binoculars to Chen Mo.

Li Xiaoxiao felt that he was abnormal, but she couldn't figure it out, so she could only observe the big camphor tree vigorously.

The trunk of the camphor tree is straight, there are no branches in the lower part, and the arc of the upper branch is not too big, so the crown is semi-elliptical, and the shape looks very clean, not like a tattered mutant plant.

Ok?Unlike mutant plants?

She went to look at the trunk of the camphor tree. To be honest, she couldn’t see any other problems except that it was the trunk, but this is the biggest problem. Shouldn’t the trunk of the mutated plant be dark and twisted, have strange tumors growing, or ooze pus??

What is so normal...

She seemed to understand why Wang Jiajia was silent, because she was silent just like Li Bo.

I was most afraid of the sudden quietness of the air. At this moment, only Chen Mo stood up bravely: "There should be no mutation."

Li Xiaoxiao: "..."

Wang Jiajia: "..."

Li Bo: "..."

So yesterday they climbed over the wall, split the vines to open the way, and proudly avoided the attack of mutant plants. They were cautious and resourceful, but you told me that they were all fighting the air?

What is the purpose of this meaningless toil, obviously they can just dig out the honeycomb and leave...

Li Xiaoxiao put on a pain mask.

After a long time, she choked out a sentence: "No one is allowed to tell about this matter!"

Wang Jiajia's loud voice sounded together.

Li Bo looked at this, then at that, touched his nose and said, "I definitely won't talk about it."

She nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, then let's forget this memory and go have a look under the camphor tree."

Even though it was very possible to confirm that the big camphor tree had not mutated, they still proceeded cautiously. With Chen Mo and Wang Jiajia leading the charge, Li Xiaoxiao and Li Bo followed behind, and the four of them moved forward little by little.

What the hell, this happened because of the new towel she took out on purpose.

She secretly washed her face with water from the system backpack, and rubbed it for a long time before she could get rid of the black stain on her face. When she went back, she saw Wang Jiajia laughing, and she crouched down laughingly, so angry that she kicked her when she passed by..

Chen Mo was returning with a plate of steamed buns, lowered his voice and asked, "What happened?"

Li Xiaoxiao was depressed enough, she didn't want to tell Brother Mo about her embarrassment, so she vaguely said, "I'm hungry."

Sure enough, Chen Mo didn't ask again, but gave the steamed buns.

Although it is a steamed bun, but pumpkin is added to the flour, it tastes full of the fragrance of pumpkin, sweet and delicious, she can't get enough of it, it should be said that she likes all the delicacies in the world.

"Brother Mo, shall we make some pumpkin steamed buns when we go back?"

Chen Mo nodded. Their pumpkins should be ripe when they go back. Not only can they be used to make steamed buns, but they can also be used to make pumpkin pancakes. Once they are fried, they are delicious.

Satisfied, Li Xiaoxiao ignored Wang Jiajia's eyes signaling her to go out, and came out only after eating. It turned out that she was right. Once she left the gymnasium, she didn't have to worry about disturbing other people.The red mark on her face started to smile again.

Annoyed.

"Stop laughing."

But Wang Jiajia didn't listen.

Just when Li Xiaoxiao was about to kill, Chen Mo asked, "Have you brought the binoculars?"

When it was said that it was Wang Jiajia, she got serious and patted the backpack: "I have it."

Chen Mo nodded: "Go."

His words set the tone, and everyone got into the car one after another. After Li Xiaoxiao waited for the car to move, she thought of something. It seemed that when Brother Mo asked, everyone would subconsciously obey, and no one refuted?

In any case, Wang Jiajia won't laugh at her anymore.

After they arrived at Lizhai Village, it started to rain sparingly again. Everyone put on coir raincoats and bamboo hats. First, they found the tallest six-story house. When they climbed to the top floor, they could see the big camphor tree clearly, becauseMost of the other houses have three or four floors, and the view is not obstructed.

Wang Jiajia carried his detection machine and kept aiming at the big camphor tree. After finally being able to receive the fluctuations of the camphor tree, he reported a number dumbfoundingly, "49..."

When Li Xiaoxiao heard this, her shoulders loosened, and she ran over quickly: "If there are so few 49s, the big camphor tree is actually a functional mutant plant?"

She couldn't help complaining loudly: "If this is the case, why is it so dark, isn't it misleading people!"

Wang Jiajia: "That's it!"

Two people: Damn ah ah ah ah.

Everyone came under the big camphor tree with a harmonious atmosphere. Standing here and looking up, you can’t see the sky at all.Some shade-loving grasses.

Li Bo: "It smells so good. This tree never smelled so fragrant before."

Li Xiaoxiao had noticed this a long time ago. When they came just now, they could vaguely smell the fragrance, and the closer they got to the camphor tree, the stronger the fragrance.

She asked: "Does the camphor tree have the effect of repelling insects?"

Li Bo thought: "It seems to be, how do you know, little boss?"

She raised her hand: "Not bitten."

The mint leaves she brought yesterday have expired, and she was still thinking about whether to use the ones in the system backpack, but when she came to Li Zhai Village, she found that there were not many bugs, so it was useless.

This time she firmly remembered that she was looking for bees, and she didn't care about this big camphor tree, and she wouldn't run away here anyway, "Where is your Uncle Jianye's house?"

Li Bo pointed to the wooden house not far away: "That."

A group of them went there and found that there were many broken beehives, but there were no bees in them.

Li Bo couldn't believe it: "How could this be? There are so many bees outside."

Not only outside, there are also many bees flying here. There are a lot of bees. It is obvious that there are beehives nearby. Everyone checked the front and back of the house.

Li Xiaoxiao followed the flight direction of the bees outside, all the way up to see the top of the camphor tree: "Jiajia, use a telescope to see if there are beehives in the canopy."

Wang Jiajia obviously noticed it too, picked up the binoculars and looked: "Yes, there are many more, and the hives are also black, and those bees are all built on the trees."

Is it really related to the functionality of the big camphor tree? No wonder there are so many bees, but there is no beehive nearby.

Now that the hive has been found, all that remains is how to bring the bees back with the hive.

Chapter 55

Li Xiaoxiao stared at the bees flying around the hive, feeling distressed.

She is not looking for honey to get honey, so it is okay if the hive is damaged. If possible, she wants to keep the integrity of the hive as much as possible, because the more bees that can be taken away, the better for her.

But to be honest, no one here really knows how to deal with bees. Wang Jiajia is also quite clawed. After the wasp incident, he has a shadow of this bee-shaped creature. If possible, he would not touch it, but who is called a patrolThe team also wants to keep bees.

And Li Bo also doesn't understand bees, so naturally he has no good way.

Only Chen Mo gave a slightly feasible solution: "The bees come out of the nest during the day."

Li Xiaoxiao looked at the bees crawling in and out and nodded repeatedly. Many of them were lying on the surface of the hive shaking their buttocks and shaking their wings. The rest of the bees would follow it and fly out after a few laps. don’t know what they were doing..

Chen Mo: "If you touch the hive rashly, you will be vulnerable to attack."

She paused for a moment, then came to think about it: "It's better to pick it at night!"

Li Xiaoxiao suddenly realized: "Yes, we can pick them at night. Since the bees are not around during the day, they always have to go back to the nest to rest at night."

When the others heard what she said, they all realized that, that's right, they knew before that it was hot during the day and hot at night.