Mountain God’s Forest Farm – CH98

Chapter 98: Changing Places

After Ying Kongtu planted the sick red toon tree, every time he patrolled the mountain, he would pull Wen Zhongshan along to make a detour and check on it.

“It’s growing tender shoots.” Wen Zhongshan had sharp eyes and spotted the new shoots growing on the red toon tree.

Ying Kongtu also saw them. “Looks like it’s slowly recovering its vitality.”

Ying Kongtu took a photo and sent it to the people from the Forestry Bureau, telling them the good news.

After taking the photo, Ying Kongtu put his phone back into his pocket and looked at the red toon tree. “Once it recovers a little more, and the weather gets colder, we’ll move it to the side and let it grow here. It’ll also be convenient for pollination later.”

“I remember it’s monoecious, with separate male and female flowers?”

“Yes. In theory, it can complete mating and seed production using its own flowers, but it will prioritize reproducing with pollen from other trees.” Ying Kongtu raised his head and said, “The books say they prefer using flowers from other trees so that genetic diversity will be richer.”

“Then planting them together really is a good choice. When will you transplant it out?”

“Still early. Let it recuperate for a while longer. We’ll move it in autumn.” Ying Kongtu pulled Wen Zhongshan’s hand. “Come on, let’s go check on the Ba-snake pigs.”

The Ba-snake pigs were on Qingfang Mountain.

As soon as Ying Kongtu and Wen Zhongshan arrived, the group of Ba-snake pigs saw them from afar and ran out of the forest.

“Heng heng—”

The pig herd stood on the hillside, staring at them from a distance.

They seemed both curious and as if they wanted to drive them away.

Their territorial awareness was extremely strong, and they could not tolerate other creatures approaching.

After this group of Ba-snake pigs had stayed here for a long time, they had directly become overlords of the mountain.

They were fierce by nature and large in number. Even the fierce beasts in the mountains had to avoid their sharp edge.

After enough time passed, they even wanted to challenge Ying Kongtu and Wen Zhongshan.

Ying Kongtu looked at the group of Ba-snake pigs running over.

They had grown a little bigger again. Each one was round and plump, and even their spirit looked different from before.

As the owner of this group of pigs, Ying Kongtu was very satisfied with their condition.

Wen Zhongshan said, “They’ve gotten much fatter.”

“Yes. Fierce and able to eat. How could they not get fat?”

Ying Kongtu looked toward the mountain from afar. “Recently, acorns have been ripening in batches. They probably haven’t eaten few of them, so they’re growing quickly.”

Qingfang Mountain had been placed under Ying Kongtu’s name last spring.

After more than a year of nurturing, all kinds of oak trees on the mountain had grown extremely well.

Now, on the mountain, whether they were oaks that matured once every two years or once every year, the trees were covered in dense clusters of acorns.

The Ba-snake pigs ate buffet-style in the forest every day. It would be hard for them not to gain weight.

Ying Kongtu scanned the trees on the mountain with his gaze. “There aren’t many acorns left. We need to move them somewhere else.”

“To the other side of the slope?”

“Yes, the other side will do. There are also many acorns there.” Ying Kongtu looked toward the distant forest. “After they finish eating the acorns on the other side, we’ll drive them to other mountains to graze.”

Recently, there were many acorns. When they patrolled the mountain, they had also begun selecting and collecting the best batch of acorns, bringing them back to store in sand, preparing to plant them next year.

The seven mountains under Ying Kongtu’s name needed an enormous number of saplings.

Even if they collected another large batch of acorns this year, they had no need to worry about not having enough places to plant them.

Even if all seven mountains were planted full, he still had so many mountains he had not taken back yet.

When they harvested good-quality seeds, they could first raise seedlings. When the time came, they could uniformly dig up the saplings and plant them on other mountains.

That way, the saplings would grow much faster than if they simply sowed seeds, and the mountain forest’s recovery speed would also be faster.

To drive the Ba-snake pigs to the other side of the slope, Ying Kongtu cleaned up the mountain forest in advance.

He used divine power to enclose an entire slope of Qingfang Mountain, leaving the Ba-snake pigs several hundred mu of activity space.

They had grown larger, so their range of activity also had to be larger. Only then would it be beneficial for their growth.

With everything ready, Ying Kongtu and Wen Zhongshan led the little fellows at home together, preparing to drive the Ba-snake pigs over.

Their family had a total of eighty-three Ba-snake pigs. So far, not a single one had been lost.

Among these eighty-three Ba-snake pigs, there were three breeding boars and eleven breeding sows.

Ba-snake pigs were already fierce to begin with, and these uncastrated breeding pigs were even fiercer.

Even when facing Ying Kongtu and Wen Zhongshan, they dared to charge straight over.

Whether they would be beaten to death was another matter. Their main feature was recklessness.

Even the fiercest wild beasts in the mountain had to flee at the sight of them.

With Ba-snake pigs like these, relying only on Ying Kongtu and Wen Zhongshan really would not be enough to drive them into the range he had enclosed.

At a time like this, Tiaozhu and the others needed to act together.

Ying Kongtu made a simple pig-driving plan and led the furry ones up the mountain.

“Today, we need to drive the pig herd to the other side of the slope.”

“Tiaozhu, Xian Niao, Shuangzhong, go to the back of the pig herd and flank them.”

“Jingwei, follow Shuangzhong and act as Shuangzhong’s assistant.”

“Dart, you follow me.” Ying Kongtu looked at each furry one and asked seriously, “Do you understand?”

“Meow-ao!”

“Awoo!”

“Kiki!”

The little fellows sitting majestically on the ground expressed that they understood.

Ying Kongtu nodded. “Move out.”

The little fellows immediately ran toward the mountain.

Ying Kongtu patted Wen Zhongshan’s lower back and said softly, “We’ll split up. Keep an eye on Tiaozhu and the others.”

Wen Zhongshan gripped Ying Kongtu’s arm once. “Mm.”

Moving the Ba-snake pigs was not easy, especially as they grew bigger and their temperaments grew fiercer.

Ying Kongtu’s attitude was very serious.

The little fellows also became serious.

Everyone reached their planned positions and began preparing to drive the pigs.

“Awoo—” A wolf howl echoed through the mountain forest, like a horn being sounded.

The other little fellows who received the signal all started running in unison, charging wildly toward the middle.

The Ba-snake pigs became restless. Under the little fellows’ left-and-right chasing and driving, they gradually gathered toward the center.

There were also some especially defiant Ba-snake pigs that tried to break through.

Several of them happened to crash right into Tiaozhu’s direction.

Tiaozhu looked at the Ba-snake pig leading the charge toward it, leapt straight up from the ground more than two meters high, and, borrowing gravity and momentum, slapped the Ba-snake pig across the face with one paw.

“Ao—”

The Ba-snake pig was slapped sideways. It had completely failed to expect that this golden cat’s paw would actually be so powerful. It stood there on the ground, stunned.

Tiaozhu landed lightly on the ground. Using the instant it touched down, it pushed off the ground with one paw and leapt again, giving the Ba-snake pig another paw.

“Ao ao!”

After being struck twice in a row, the Ba-snake pig no longer dared to flee in Tiaozhu’s direction. It quickly turned and fled another way, just in time to merge into the pig herd.

Tiaozhu watched the wildly fleeing Ba-snake pigs, calmly moving its paws and slowly driving them from behind.

Tiaozhu and the others gathered inward.

The Ba-snake pigs also gradually ran toward the center, squeezing into a mass, then ran toward the gap Ying Kongtu had left open and directly rushed to the other side of Qingfang Mountain.

Ying Kongtu stood beside the gap, watching one Ba-snake pig after another run into the range he had enclosed, while also observing the state of the pig herd.

The Ba-snake pigs had smooth skin, bright eyes, and agile movements. They looked to have no problems at all.

Last year, when they raised pigs near the small vegetable garden and the pig herd was still young, all kinds of problems had occurred.

They had caught colds, developed skin diseases, and had even been injured from falls.

Ying Kongtu had given them medicinal baths and used medicines, spending quite a lot of effort.

This group of Ba-snake pigs was in much better condition than ordinary pigs. Ying Kongtu looked them over and felt there was no need for any human intervention at all.

They were far too worry-free.

The only thing that required their effort was moving them once a month.

Moving them once a month was also because they wanted the Ba-snake pigs to grow better and plumper.

Strictly speaking, even if they did not move them at all, that would also be fine.

Looking at the Ba-snake pig herd before him, Ying Kongtu felt that taking over the Ba-snake clan’s Ba-snake pigs was truly one of the most correct decisions they had made in the past two years.

After all the Ba-snake pigs ran onto the slope Ying Kongtu had left open, he sealed the gap.

The Ba-snake pigs tried to break through. When they discovered they could not get out, they had no choice but to walk into the forest and soon disappeared into the dense woods, no longer visible.

For the next month, this group of Ba-snake pigs would eat acorns, mushrooms, downy rose myrtle fruits, and all kinds of mountain fruits and wild vegetables here, growing another size larger.

Then, they would drive the Ba-snake pigs to other mountains to graze, cycling like this.

“Perfect.” After Ying Kongtu sealed the gap, he said to the furry ones who had rushed over, “You all worked hard today.”

Jingwei had run until it was panting a little, but its eyes were extremely bright. Its big wolf head rubbed against Ying Kongtu’s leg. “Awoo.”

Ying Kongtu bent slightly sideways and stroked its head. “It was fun, wasn’t it? Next month, we’ll play again.”

Jingwei said, “Awoo.”

Having successfully driven all the Ba-snake pigs to the other side of the slope, all the little fellows were very proud.

Even Dart, who had stayed by Ying Kongtu’s side the whole time, lifted its head and chest, its tail raised high.

Ying Kongtu and Wen Zhongshan looked at each other, both feeling that their little fellows were adorable.

Ying Kongtu said, “We’re tired today. Shall we go up the mountain, catch an Ai fish, and have fish soup hotpot as a treat?”

This suggestion received unanimous support from the little fellows. All the little fellows made one sound at the same time:

“Ao!”

Ying Kongtu waved his hand. “Let’s go. Up the mountain.”

The little fellows immediately turned around, chasing one another as they ran up the mountain.

To go to Ai Mountain, they had to traverse to Wuchuan Mountain first, then climb upward from the summit of Wuchuan Mountain.

If they started climbing now, it would take them at least two hours to reach the summit.

However, once they reached the mountain, they could catch some fish and shrimp, gather some wild vegetables, and simply picnic there. That would be no problem.

Ying Kongtu specially took the little fellows through the Ba-snake pigs’ former territory.

The Ba-snake pigs had just left, but the smell within their territory had not completely dissipated.

Tiaozhu walked there, smelled the strong odor, and somewhat unhappily flicked its tail.

Ying Kongtu soothed Tiaozhu. “You all go out first. Wen Zhongshan and I will take a look and come out soon.”

Tiaozhu looked up, completely uninterested in this forest, and sped up as it ran out of the woods.

As soon as it ran, Shuangzhong quickly followed. It ran a few steps in place, then flapped its wings and flew up.

Xian Niao and the others still wanted to stay in place and keep them company.

Ying Kongtu stroked the wolf head and said, “You all go too. Just wait for us by Ai Lake.”

The smell here was too strong. For wolves with sharp senses of smell, it was very unfriendly.

Xian Niao tilted its head and thought, then took Jingwei and Dart along, speeding up and leaving.

Ying Kongtu and Wen Zhongshan walked slowly through the forest.

Ba-snake pigs ate a wide range of foods, but they still chose high-energy nuts and tender wild vegetables. Their destructive impact on the forest was not large.

At most, they had left behind a lot of pig manure here.

Ying Kongtu and the others usually found time to come shovel the pig manure, but there was new pig manure every day, so there was still a lot in the forest now.

The smell was especially strong as a result.

“Looks like we need to find time to shovel pig manure again.” Ying Kongtu said, “There’s too much.”

“There isn’t much going on these two days. We can come shovel some.” Wen Zhongshan looked around. “The Ba-snake pig manure from before has fermented properly now. It can be taken to fertilize the kiwifruit, and the emptied space can be used to ferment new pig manure.”

“Okay. This time, let’s hire people to come.” Ying Kongtu looked around. “Relying only on the two of us, shoveling is too slow. Let’s shovel a concentrated batch and try to finish within three days.”

Wen Zhongshan said, “I’ll also ask if there are any suitable machines. We can have people bring machines up to shovel too.”

As the two spoke, they walked beneath a sawtooth oak tree.

This sawtooth oak tree was also covered in dense acorns.

Perhaps because it had received nourishment from Ba-snake pig fertilizer this year, the acorns on this sawtooth oak tree were full and large, growing even better than last year.

Ying Kongtu stared at the acorns and could not move his eyes away. “Wait a moment. Let me go pick some acorns first.”

Wen Zhongshan said, “I’ll go with you.”

They climbed up the sawtooth oak tree and picked the full acorns growing on the branches.

Those slightly inferior acorns had all fallen to the ground under the impact of the Ba-snake pigs. The ones left on the branches were all full, solid, good acorns. After bringing them back and storing them in a cellar to mature, they would definitely grow into very good sawtooth oak trees next year.

Ying Kongtu reached out and picked a large handful in just a few movements. “The Ba-snake pigs have also helped us select the best of the best.”

“They also helped fertilize and cultivate them.”

“Yes.” Ying Kongtu said happily, “I told you that grazing a certain number of Ba-snake pigs in the mountain forest for a short period has a positive effect on the ecosystem.”

The Ba-snake pigs cleared weeds and ate fruits, making the forest tidier.

At the same time, the manure they left behind was also good fertilizer, making the mountain forest more fertile.

Although the Ba-snake pig manure left in the forest was not centrally fermented, and would take a long time to transform into fertile soil, the benefit was that it was natural.

If they looked again in a few years, the mountain forest would have changed greatly.

As for the smell—

The forest was so vast. After the Ba-snake pigs left, once the wind blew for a couple of days, all the smell would dissipate.

This kind of thing was completely not worth minding.

Author’s Note:

Jingwei brought back a pet translator and chewed it in the courtyard to vent its anger.

Dart curiously reached out a paw and pulled the translator out of Jingwei’s mouth, then pattered away with it to find Ying Kongtu.

Ying Kongtu helped it switch to cat-language translation mode.

It meowed twice, and when the translator was pressed, it was all:

“I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry…”

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