Chapter 22: Mountain Top Exploration, Encounter with Giant Pandas?!
Chapter 22: Mountain Top Exploration, Encounter with Giant Pandas?!
This is more familiar to him.
The golden corn is delicate and soft, while the orange pumpkins and sweet potatoes rise and fall, making for a very beautiful sight.
To prevent sticking, Xu Ran stirred gently.
Before long, the pumpkin and sweet potato were fully cooked, and could be easily pierced with chopsticks.
The flavors have all melted into the porridge.
The ingredients were all hygienic, and the pot was thoroughly cleaned. This pot of corn and pumpkin porridge was sweet and delicious, and it was perfectly safe for people to drink.
Currently, Xu Ran only possesses the skills of a master pig farmer, and his greatest expertise lies in making porridge. Other culinary skills do not reach such a pinnacle level.
"The porridge is ready, everyone can come and get some!"
Xu Ran greeted him.
"They're here!"
The employees had been waiting for a long time, and the members of the inspection team also gathered around.
Female reporter Li Rou looked at the stove and the large iron pot with some curiosity, thinking that the farm's method of cooking porridge was quite old-fashioned, actually using an iron pot.
Soon, bowls of porridge were served, and everyone gathered around the table, eating steamed buns, scrambled eggs, and pickled vegetables, and drinking the delicious corn and pumpkin porridge. They felt instantly satisfied.
Having a hot breakfast at 7 a.m. feels really nice.
It's strange, but if I get up early in the morning, like at six or seven o'clock, I feel very hungry and want to eat. But if I get up at nine or ten o'clock in the morning, I don't feel hungry at all, and I don't even feel hungry at noon.
Breakfast should be eaten in the morning.
"It smells so good, and the porridge looks beautiful too."
"Manager, I didn't know you were such a good cook."
Li Rou, being a reporter, has high emotional intelligence; she started praising him even before they started drinking the porridge.
People love to hear nice things, and Xu Ran smiled as well.
Then, Li Rou took a sip from the rim of the bowl.
The porridge was slightly thick and had a very soft texture. The steaming hot porridge made me feel comfortable all over.
"It tastes so good!"
Li Rou praised her sincerely.
The other members of the expedition team also praised the corn and pumpkin porridge.
I never expected the breakfast at the farm to be so delicious.
"Ran-ge's porridge is really good."
Li Wu, standing to the side, also offered his compliments.
This kid has a bright future and knows how to get along with people; leaders usually like this kind of subordinate.
Of course, Xu Ran values ability and character more, while emotional intelligence is just icing on the cake.
The expedition team thoroughly enjoyed the porridge, even drinking two large bowls, until they were absolutely stuffed.
They were very grateful to Xu Ran; they had a good breakfast and would have the energy to go on the inspection trip.
Then, the group set off and headed into the mountains.
Because Xu Ran had walked this road a couple of days ago, everything seemed familiar.
At this very moment, Xu Ran has a newly released task in his system.
[Task Name: Feed the Mythical Beast.]
[Task Description: Some gentle beasts inhabit the mountains surrounding the farm. Please feed them.]
[Task Objective: 0/1]
[Task Reward: 1. Beast's Favorability: The host gains the favor of a mythical beast, which then displays friendliness towards the host.]
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This task is very easy; you could say it's something you can complete effortlessly.
There are no restrictions on the mission objective, which means he can feed him any kind of wild animal.
Thinking of this, Xu Ran couldn't help but feel excited.
If you feed a giant panda, wouldn't that win the panda's favor?
Who doesn't love national treasures?
These guys are just eating bamboo in the zoo, and there are huge crowds watching them.
It would be amazing to be able to keep one as a pet and get up close to it.
Therefore, Xu Ran's purpose in going on this trip was also to feed the giant pandas.
Soon, the group arrived at the bamboo forest.
Xu Ran led them down a secluded road.
The path is quite steep, and you need to hold onto the bamboo on both sides to climb up.
Fortunately, there were enough bamboo trees, otherwise it would have been easy to fall.
At this moment, Wu Fei, a member of the expedition team, exclaimed, "It's fortunate that we invited Director Xu; otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to find our way around here at all."
What Wu Fei said makes sense.
Looking around, they were surrounded by bamboo, so dense that they couldn't see anything else.
There is no signal in the mountains.
Therefore, it's easy to get lost in it.
Getting lost in the mountains is not uncommon; many tourists do this and are eventually found by search teams.
The others all nodded.
There's nothing wrong with hiring this expert.
"Wait."
At this moment, Xu Ran suddenly stopped.
Upon hearing his words, the group immediately perked up and remained on alert.
The mountains are dangerous; there are poisonous snakes and insects, so you have to be careful in everything you do.
"Director Xu, what's wrong?" Captain Sun Wei asked immediately.
"It's nothing serious, I'm just digging up some bamboo shoots, it'll only take two minutes."
"If we encounter a wild giant panda, we can throw bamboo shoots to it and it won't attack us."
"It can save your life."
Xu Ran explained with a smile.
Hearing him say that, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
It turns out they were digging for bamboo shoots.
"Are there bamboo shoots here? Where?"
Wu Fei leaned closer, looked at the ground, and asked curiously.
"Right here, right here."
Xu Ran took a shovel out of the bamboo basket, pointed to a slightly raised patch of land, and said.
He didn't say anything more, but just dug through the soil with a few shovelfuls.
Sure enough, there was a thick bamboo shoot lying inside.
"There really is one! That's amazing!"
Wu Fei clicked his tongue in amazement.
"It's all based on my experience living in the mountains."
Xu Ran explained it casually.
Of course, the real reason is that he has a map showing the distribution of rare plants, and he has all the good things in the mountains at his fingertips.
He could live in the mountains for a while now without any problem.
If I participated in a popular online survival show, I might even win a championship.
"sharp!"
The expedition team couldn't help but sigh.
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They can run farms and run mountain trails.
I never expected that Xu Ran, who looks so young, would be so capable.
Everyone couldn't help but feel more admiration for Xu Ran.
Soon, Xu Ran dug out the bamboo shoots, and the group continued on their way.
After passing through the bamboo forest, the path ahead was still difficult, with cliffs and streams. Xu Ran was very familiar with the place and led everyone uphill.
Xu Ran wants to find the giant pandas and complete the feeding task.
However, the mountains and forests are so vast, and giant pandas are a rare sight; there's no way you'd be lucky enough to encounter one again.
Everything depends on fate.
"Look here, these should be traces of giant panda activity."
At this moment, Sun Wei pointed to a patch of tall grass that had been flattened not far away and said excitedly.
Judging from the marks left by the trampled grass, it must have been a very fat animal lying there resting.
What kind of animal could it be? It's so hard to guess.
It must be a giant panda.
"Let's look for tree hollows and mountain crevices where we can set up infrared cameras."
"Everyone, please write down these coordinates."
"This place can serve as an observation point to record the activities of giant pandas."
Sun Wei arranged for everyone to take photos and record the event.
With Xu Ran free, he was responsible for leading the way and ensuring everyone's safety; he didn't need to get involved in the investigation.
However, Xu Ran felt that something was not quite right.
It felt like something was watching me.
His senses are now very sharp, especially after acquiring the skills of a mountain expert.
Xu Ran began to look around.
The area is surrounded by trees, tall grass, and bamboo groves, with exceptionally lush vegetation and a verdant atmosphere.
Then, he realized something and slowly looked up.
This glance upwards has a significant impact.
He saw a giant panda sitting on a tree branch, leaning against the trunk, leisurely eating wild fruit.
Giant pandas are actually in trees!
Xu Ran immediately raised an eyebrow.
"So that's where it was." He couldn't help but laugh. "There really was."
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