eurekapd Chapter 413 Visitors to the Vegetable Garden
Chapter 413 Visitors to the Vegetable Garden
The hour of Xu.
Everyone in the village fell asleep. There was a bright moon hanging in the sky, and its silvery-white light covered the road.
Sensing some movement in the vegetable garden, Xu Yuan jumped onto the roof and looked in the direction of the vegetable garden. He saw a chubby figure sneaking around in the vegetable garden, but it was also very particular and did not step on the vegetable garden with its claws, as if it knew that the crops were planted there. It stepped quietly on the soil ridge, which was full of rainwater after the rain, and did not reveal its claw marks.
Xu Yuan curled the corners of his lips. Since it was a sensible guy, what was wrong with letting it pick some vegetables to take back? The thing that was most in abundance in the vegetable garden was vegetables.
Without disturbing it, Xuyuan quietly jumped off the roof and entered the kitchen.
He put a jar of pickled sweet potato stalks and some dried fish, along with a piece of paper with the general information about the white powder, in it and sent it to Gu Qinghan. Then he went back to the room to change into night clothes, took the necessary items for going into the mountains, and headed in the direction of the tracking talisman. That place was no longer within the scope of the protective shield, so he had to be extra careful about everything, whether it was good or bad.
The forest was deep and dark. Apart from the sounds of insects and frogs, the sound of leaves swaying and rustling, and the faint light of torches moving slowly.
"Wait, stop for a moment." Deng Yan was walking behind and suddenly found obvious beast claw marks on the ground covered by rotten leaves, and shouted hurriedly.
He was able to see it thanks to Wu Kai, who was walking in front of him and was so bored that he used a stick to clear away the fallen leaves on the ground while walking.
"What's wrong? What's on the ground?" Wu Kai retracted his stick, turned around and asked.
"It looks like the paw prints of a blind bear." Jabang came closer and held the torch closer to the ground so that he could see the marks clearly.
Because it had been drizzling since morning and only stopped in the afternoon, the ground was still a little wet.
"This..." When Wu Kai heard this, his face became a little flustered and he looked around.
"It seems we have to be careful and not collide head-on with it."
Deng Yan squatted down and used a stick to dig in the direction of the claw mark. Sure enough, he saw another claw mark.
I was relieved that I was going in a different direction than they were.
"However, I wonder if that kid Lang Ming knew to stop and gather with us. We should keep an eye out for the marks he left behind as we walk." Guo Jin walked ahead and tied a small knot on the red rope hanging on the tree branch, indicating that it had been discovered.
"That's right, there are no rules at all." Wu Kai couldn't help but complain.
"If he finds what we are looking for before us, wouldn't it save us some trouble?" Jia Bang changed his direction of thinking.
Guo Jinxian and Wu Kai, who were still complaining, suddenly became enlightened after hearing this.
Not far away, Xu Yuan, who was following them and hiding behind a tree, heard their conversation. He raised his eyebrows and kicked away the toad jumping around his feet. The forest after the rain was troublesome, with many of these creatures running out.
"Well, since we've discovered something unusual, let's go quickly."
Deng Yan found that the danger had been alleviated a little, so he urged without wasting any more time.
Then the torch light began to move slowly again.
Cheng Langming, who was walking in the front to lead the way, was sitting on a few bamboos tied together, staring at the movements below.
He had already put out the torch. With the help of moonlight, an animal he had never seen before appeared before his eyes. It had black and white fur, and looked very much like a blind bear. It was also very fat. However, in his impression, blind bears did not eat bamboo.
At this moment, the animal with black and white hair was happily chewing a tender-looking bamboo. The sound of the bamboo making the chewing was very crisp, which made Cheng Langming, who had only eaten a cake and some wild fruits in the afternoon, feel hungry.
He couldn't help but wonder, is this bamboo really so brittle and tender?
In order not to disturb it, Cheng Langming dared not move. Then he saw the animal took out a cucumber from somewhere.
He was not mistaken, it was a cucumber, long and straight, and he also crushed it one by one, which made Cheng Langming very envious.
No wonder he's so fat, the food he eats is so fresh.
I wish I could get in front of it and snatch its food.
But how come these cucumbers can grow in this mountain and grow so well?
However, considering the rich resources in the mountains, it is not surprising that there are such places, so Cheng Langming did not think too much about it.
A gust of night wind blew by, causing the bamboo where Cheng Langming was sitting to sway gently and make a squeaking sound, as if it would break in two in the next second.
The animals below that were enjoying the delicious food finally finished eating, stood up and slowly crawled in another direction, leaving behind a pile of residue and a piece of cucumber head.
It's quite kind.
Cheng Langming didn't know whether this animal had the ability to attack humans, but because he had important things to do, he gave up the idea of following it. He also had no intention of coming down and planned to wait here for them to come.
Xu Yuan followed them in twists and turns, still in a hurry. It seemed that they were still in the process of searching for something, and they didn't have a clear destination. So he gave up the idea of following them any further, and could only throw the "tracking talisman" at those people again, extending its validity, recording the place where they stayed the longest, and then disappeared into the forest.
I was just busying myself for most of the day, thinking that I would immediately know what they were going to do.
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The next morning, the sun finally came back after a day of rest.
The four siblings who made a wish spread the wet rice and peanuts out in the dry yard to dry again. After finishing all this, many Japanese confectioneries were carried in cloth bags to the village school.
"Sister, the cucumbers in the vegetable garden have been stolen. A few days ago, I saw two or three big ones, but now they are gone." Xu Zhi entered the vegetable garden to pick some leaves to feed the chickens, but found that something was missing from the cucumber field on one side. She looked carefully several times without being sure, but still couldn't find it. She checked it every day, and now it was gone. She hurried out of the vegetable garden and said anxiously.
Part of his trouser legs were rolled up, and some mud and water were splashed on them, which were still flowing down. His shoes were covered with yellow mud, making them muddy.
"Don't you see any footprints?"
Xu Yuan poured all the oil residue he brought back into a large vat, added water and stirred it, then asked Xu Zhi.
"No, the ridges of the vegetable fields were all filled with water, and there were no footprints at all."
As for many Japanese confectionery, it is impossible for them to be them at all. After all, they are also looking forward to them growing up quickly.
"Woof!" Lai Fu walked out of the doghouse, stretched his body, and barked at Xu Zhi, wagging his tail.
"Okay, I get it, it's not you." After all, I saw it yesterday morning, and Lai Fu had been tied up all night, so it couldn't be it.
"Besides cucumbers, are there any other vegetables that were affected?"
"It's strange, there are only a few cucumbers missing, but the other vegetables are still fine." Xu Zhi replied.
Xuyuan chuckled and said, "Perhaps the animals in the mountains are more particular and prefer a good cucumber."
Xu Yuan certainly knew who was behind it, but he just turned a blind eye.