Carrying a Jurassic on me

Chapter 624 - 285: Searching for the Tree_1

Chapter 624: Chapter 285:

Yan Fei casually threw a piece of dried meat at it and felt a sense of satisfaction over his trained creatures.

Although these creatures were all wild by nature, both those that flew in the sky and those ran on the ground had been tamed by his might and were generally obedient. They knew that disobedience would lead to punishment and being good would reward them, even these wild fellows knew the difference between right and wrong.

With these companions around and observing the surroundings once again, Yan Fei felt there wasn’t much to do for the time being. He hopped on his motorcycle and went to the cattle farm to arrange for some farmhands to keep an eye on the greenhouse before riding away.

Not long after, a little black bird named Yan Fei appeared in the sky. When the two golden eagles saw it from afar, they tried to catch up and join in on the fun, but they were soon left far behind.

First, he circled around the hills near Wancheng City. Whether it was the minor stream or the peak of a valley, he flew non-stop, not missing any spot, as if checking for weed outgrowth in the farmland—in other words, having a fun ride."

Whenever he saw any special-looking trees, he would stop to take a look and then estimate it in his mind.

Several days had passed, and it was time to find a few trees to plant on the plot of land in the provincial city, so that Boss Wang could start building the house. In the past few days, every night when Xu Xiaoyan returned to school after dinner, she would send a message to his pager.

It was not until last night that the young lady hesitantly asked: when will the construction on that plot of land begin?

Thinking of her expectations, Yan Fei felt that he could not delay any longer. Initially, he thought that if he found a good plot of land and planted trees immediately, it would be too hasty. But after these few days, it should be about time, right?

He had already decided that what he needed to look for were trees that looked beautiful, were older in age, but not too large or tall.

The reason was simple, that two-acre plot, if a house was to be built on it, it would definitely be large. A typical residential land in rural areas, with a building and a yard, would take up about two hundred square meters. However, that two-acre plot had over a thousand square meters and could accommodate several such farmhouses.

But when it came to planting trees, it was quite a dilemma.

For instance, the thousand-year-old gingko tree in Sancha River township, which didn’t seem large from underneath, but in fact, its canopy occupied more than three acres of land. If he were to plant such a tree, his small plot of land would not be enough, not to mention he also needed to build a house.

However, if he planted a few small saplings or just some flowers and grass, he would not be satisfied.

So over the past few days, while others were working, he was inwardly conflicted for a long time. The dinosaur world did have all kinds of trees, but the problem was that he did not have much understanding of plants. It was not a big deal if he treated some lumber casually for a small construction, but if he inadvertently cultivated some extinct plants, there would certainly not be a lack of botanists in the provincial city. His yard was by the roadside, and if someone accidentally saw it, it would cause trouble.

Hence, after pondering for several days, he finally decided to prioritize safety and look for a plant from the existing ones!

Originally, he thought he would be able to find trees in the mountains, but when he really began to search, he found that finding a few suitable trees was not so easy!

As he shuttled between the mountains, Yan Fei couldn’t help but mumble in his heart that trees in the nearby mountains were too sparse, and he didn’t find any particularly satisfactory ones.

He didn’t even realize that his requirements were just too stringent - desired beauty and age. Since it needed to be old, the tree would definitely be large. Yet he further demanded a smaller canopy and not too tall, so that he could plant several trees on his two-acre plot. Such trees were definitely not easy to find.

In fact, he was influenced by his childhood experiences playing around the ancient buildings, which made him subconsciously believe that such imitation ancient structures must be surrounded by some old trees. For instance, near the ancient buildings, there were several large trees that needed at least two or three people to encircle, which looked particularly pleasing paired with the ancient buildings.

Fortunately, he lacked exposure, otherwise if he had seen the Imperial Palace or some other historical gardens, finding matching trees would have been even harder. Now, he only had these minimal requirements, which were already low.

He wandered about until dark, covering the vicinity of mountains and rivers, and finally found a few satisfactory trees. He didn’t know their names, but they met his requirements, appeared old enough, and were not very big but full of vicissitudes. Besides, this tree was in the deep mountain, the nearest village was also quite far away, so he considered them ownerless. He directly dug them out and flew away.

However, he was still not quite satisfied. There was still room for several more trees on his plot, it was still not enough. He was not discouraged. It was already dark, so he transformed into a cinerous vulture and slowly flew over the forest. As long as he relied on the body of the cinerous vulture, in the mountain forest with no dinosaurs, he was not afraid of any sudden attacks.

After circling around a mountainous area, he would fly higher when there were no more mountains and look for the next mountain range to continue searching. As long as he remembered his way home, it didn’t matter how far he went.

From evening till the moon and stars were bright, he searched until dawn and finally found a few trees on a slope. They looked a bit strange, with trunks that appeared to be hundreds of years old, but had very few leaves and branches, looking like sick trees.

But in this expanse of forest, there were quite a few trees like this. They all looked like this, so it was unlikely they were all diseased. If so, it must be the natural appearance of these trees.

At the beginning, he planned to dig them directly by himself, but when he flew high and saw that not far away, separated by a small hill, there were a few log cabins, and not much further away, a few small villages.

This made it impossible to dig directly. After wandering around for so long, he understood that those few log cabins were probably inhabited by forest rangers. So the trees were actually owned. After thinking about it, he simply moved to another area further deeper in the forest to see if there were any such trees there.