Chapter 4 of 10
Chapter 4
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Wang Haiming fixed his gaze and saw, damn, a brown bear, though it was just a small one. Only then did Wang Haiming get a chance to observe that the small truck opposite contained three brown bears. Besides this small one, there were two adults, but they were already dead.
It must have been involved in the smuggling of wild animals. As the ambulance took the injured away, Wang Haiming also went to the city police station, of course, as a witness to give a statement. However, the most troublesome thing was the little brown bear, which followed Wang Haiming slowly and steadily. Even when the relevant personnel from the city zoo arrived, it was of no use. Once, a keeper tried to forcibly take it away, but ended up being fiercely attacked by the little brown bear, scaring him into retreating and not daring to act heroically again.
"Hey, I say, experts, please take the brown bear away quickly, I need to go home urgently." What made Wang Haiming tragic was that everyone finally agreed that the little brown bear should be given to Wang Haiming, as long as he didn't kill or sell it, he could do anything with it.
"How do we calculate the food expenses?" Wang Haiming roared, but found that everyone had already left, making him stomp his feet in anger.
"Come on, you poor thing." Wang Haiming guessed that it might have been the scent of the morning dew that attracted the little brown bear when he was saving people. Truly, he had brought this upon himself. Wang Haiming bought ten boiled corns at the street corner, but they were gone in ten minutes, leaving him almost in tears. You big eater, you're going to eat me poor.
He hitched a ride and headed for Shanduo Town, of course, the little brown bear was put in the truck. When he got home, Wang Haiming found it was already eleven o'clock.
"Mom, I'm back. There was an accident on the way, so I'm late." When his mother, Liu Mei, saw the little brown bear, she was startled. After understanding the situation, she praised him for saving people but also warned him not to let the little brown bear cause trouble. Thinking of the cartoon his sister liked, "Boonie Bears," which featured two bears, Big Bear and Little Bear, fighting against the logger Baldy Qiang to protect the forest, he decided to call the bear Big Bear. "This is Big Yellow, you two, the dog and the bear, must get along well."
After saying that, Wang Haiming couldn't help but laugh. Dog and bear, dog-bear, ha ha.
Lying in bed, Wang Haiming focused his mind and entered the space. The chili peppers, eggplants, and cabbages he had planted yesterday had already started to flower, making him both delighted and surprised. Considering the time difference and the dense spiritual energy in the space, he felt relieved. For the sticky corn, watermelon, tomatoes, and rape, Wang Haiming still used the method of scattering, which was simple and quick.
It was still dim when his mother got up. "Mom, why are you up so early?"
"There are so many trees behind the house. If we don't hurry, when will we finish moving them?"
"I plan to ask Uncle Wang Gui to find some people to help, and I also selected a batch of fruit seedlings in the city yesterday, which will arrive in the morning."
"Doesn't that require a lot of money?" Mother muttered while cooking, and Wang Haiming pretended not to hear.
"Mom, don't forget to drink the nanometer water." "I know, hurry back, it's almost time to eat." Seeing his mother's improving health and the signs of her gray hair turning black, Wang Haiming was genuinely happy. The nanometer water was just an excuse; it was actually water mixed with morning dew. Since it was hard to explain, he lied, saying it was high-tech nanometer water that was beneficial to health. This was a kind and necessary lie, he consoled himself.
"Is Uncle Wang Gui at home?" "Ha ha, it's Haiming, what's up? Have you eaten?"
"Thanks, Uncle Wang Gui. My mom has already cooked, and she's waiting for me to come home and eat. I'm going to plant fruit trees, but I don't have enough people. Can you see how many idle people there are in the village and ask them to help me for forty yuan a day?"
"Sure, I'll take care of it. Those guys are either playing mahjong or cards, they're all idle. If they hear you have work and pay, they'll probably skip their meals." Wang Haiming hadn't left yet, but Wang Gui hurried out, definitely to contact the people. He even said he wouldn't eat, but Wang Haiming could only mutter quietly, after all, the other was an elder.
"Mom, what happened?" Seeing the broken bowls on the ground, Wang Haiming was a bit puzzled. His younger brother and sister had already returned to school, and his mother wouldn't break bowls while eating, so it must have been the new bear.
"Big Bear, did you break the bowls?" Wang Haiming pointed to the ground, and the little brown bear instantly understood it had done wrong, lowering its head like a student who had made a mistake.
"For not listening," Wang Haiming symbolically hit the little brown bear a few times, but this provoked Big Yellow. Seeing Big Yellow's pleading look, Wang Haiming couldn't help but laugh. This was pleading for the little brown bear.
"Considering Big Yellow, I'll let you off this time." Wang Haiming didn't care if they understood, but after scolding them, he went back to eat. In the end, his mother found a small plastic bowl that wouldn't break. One bowl for each, and the rest of the large pot went into Big Bear's stomach.
After Wang Haiming finished eating, Wang Gui had already brought a group of people to start work in the backyard. Just then, Li Quan's truck arrived, and Wang Haiming hurried to help the villagers unload the seedlings.
"Hey, Haiming, the road to your village is really hard to drive on. Luckily it's a truck, otherwise it would have stalled halfway." Ignoring Li Quan's complaints, Wang Haiming led the way to carry the seedlings up the mountain.
It seems the morning dew really works, improving physical strength. After several trips, Wang Haiming was not red-faced or out of breath, making the villagers roll their eyes. A young man who hadn't done farm work for years was actually more capable than they were. Even his mother, Liu Mei, was only slightly sweating. It seems that in the future, he could add a drop to the water they drank every day.
With many hands, the work was done. Over seventy people, in one day, finally finished the job before sunset. The villagers, holding their wages, were delighted. Wang Haiming, seeing the once barren hills now turned into four fruit mountains, was also delighted.
That night, Wang Haiming quietly got up and ran to the back mountain. It had snowed a few days ago, so watering wasn't necessary, but what Wang Haiming was going to water wasn't ordinary water, but the lake water from the space.
One by one, thinking of the more than eight thousand trees, Wang Haiming felt a bit discouraged. If the water droplets could move on their own, it would be great. Suddenly, Wang Haiming found that the water droplets in his hand really flew forward to the target, but he had to concentrate. Wang Haiming discovered that he had actually learned the legendary Finger Flicking Skill. One after another, he played with it happily. If he could sprinkle a large area at once, it would be even better. "Watch me scatter the water like a heavenly maiden," Wang Haiming included the entire mountain, and with a wave of his hand, the lake water rained down on each tree. Wang Haiming, however, fainted heroically.
"Hey, it's itchy." Wang Haiming felt an itch on his face, opened his eyes, and saw it was Big Yellow. Looking at the sky, it was almost dawn, but his head was still dizzy. It seems his mental strength wasn't enough to perform the "heavenly maiden scattering." He might as well lie down in the space for a while; it should help him recover faster. Lying under the World Tree, he drank some morning dew and fell asleep again.
"Hey, I'm all better." Wang Haiming found himself back to his energetic state. Looking around the space, the chili peppers, eggplants, and cabbages had matured, bright and green, looking very good and even emitting a pleasant aroma. The sticky corn he planted later was already as tall as a person, the tomatoes had started to flower, the rape was growing vigorously, and the watermelons had started to bear fruit, about the size of eggs. The space was a scene of prosperity.
He picked some chili peppers, tomatoes, and eggplants and quietly placed them in the kitchen. Since the first time his mother asked where the delicious vegetables came from, he had used a kind and necessary lie, and she hadn't asked again.
"Hey, Big Bear, what are you doing, eating without permission? It's not mealtime yet." Seeing the little brown bear gnawing on a large tomato, Wang Haiming pushed and dragged it, finally managing to get this glutton out. Otherwise, the vegetables he had just picked wouldn't have been enough for it. Indeed, the space not only had the effect of ripening but also made the taste very good. Seeing the withered flowers start to form buds, Wang Haiming felt even more confident about his farm plan.