We have to admit, with Polly the monkey, even an old-fashioned vacation becomes a lot more interesting.
Jian Jing had a very bumpy lunch. The whole time she had to be on guard against sneak attacks from this monkey. She also had to be careful not to let it steal her hat and mobile phone, otherwise she would have to die in this vast jungle to teach it a lesson.
The knight lived up to his name, he was loyal, brave, and very alert. When the monkey approached him, he barked wildly and would not let the guy get even a step closer.
"Finally someone can teach it a lesson." The one who applauded was another guest in the hotel, wearing a T-shirt and shorts, holding a telephoto camera in his hand. "Hello, my name is Li Min."
The pronunciation sounded like Li Xiao. Jian Jing turned her head and found that the upper half of his face was indeed star-like, but the lower half was rather mediocre. Together, he was just an ordinary handsome guy.
"Hello, Jane."
Handsome Li is very familiar with the place and introduces his experience.
He is a magazine reporter. Because of a special issue on the theme of wildlife protection, he went to interview Professor Lao. As a result, he unexpectedly learned that they also owned a hotel.
After finishing the report, he couldn't forget the environment here and decided to make another trip to write a special article about the wild luxury hotel to promote the couple.
"I'm doing them a favor, but it still hits my window with acorns every morning."
Jian Jing couldn't help laughing.
Handsome Li sighed and sat next to her naturally, "You have a really good dog."
The knight knew how to praise it, so he raised his head and twitched his ears.
Jian Jing patted its back and said proudly, "Of course."
"So, you are not President Kang's daughter?" He looked like a local, but his English was very fluent, almost like his native language.
"no."
"Not her daughter-in-law either?"
Jian Jing almost died of laughter: "No. Do I look anything like the president?"
"They are all beautiful." He praised.
Jian Jing couldn't help but sigh. She was in her prime, and President Kang was more than two years older than her, but there were just as many opposite sex who praised President Kang as her, which showed that a woman's charm was not directly related to her age.
President Kang has been a stepfather for so many years. President Kang really has a kind motherly heart. [doge]
"Uh, Fina." A tall, thin young man came in and asked Fina stiffly, "Do you want to go with me to get the infrared camera?"
"Okay." Fina agreed readily and asked Jian Jing, "Do you want to go for a walk in the forest with us?"
Jian Jing asked, "Can I bring the dog?"
"Of course, I welcome this little guy." She rubbed the knight's head affectionately and suggested, "You should change into a pair of trousers."
"Problem."
Jian Jing said something to Kang Mucheng, changed into long-sleeved shirts and long pants, put on hats and water bottles, and set off with the dog.
Fina introduced the man traveling with her. He was a forest ranger stationed here. His surname was Chen, so everyone called him Chen. In addition to cooperating with Professor Lao in his work, he also undertook patrol work.
Jian Jing asked curiously: "Patrol? Does that mean... there are poachers here?"
"There are relatively few in this area. We have installed a lot of monitoring equipment, but it's hard to say what's going on in deeper places." Fina flicked a thin, sharp branch and said, "You'd better be careful and don't stray too far from our camp."
"What do they all poach? Rhinos?"
"Yes, but at most they are pangolins." Fina asked back, "I heard that people in your country like to make medicine out of it and sell it?"
Jian Jing: “…” My face hurts.
She changed the subject: "Do you usually do your work well?"
"To observe the animals in the sample plot, we set up infrared cameras to observe the number of animals. This mainly depends on mammals. For fish, we take samples to estimate the population size in this area. For example, crocodiles need to be captured, and we put GPS on them..."
Fina talked endlessly about her job, knowing everything about it like the back of her hand, and it seemed that she loved it very much.
Jian Jing listened attentively, with great admiration in her heart.
"Woof." Compared to his master's patience, the knight seemed overly excited. He couldn't help but run to sniff the small animals, scaring away some poor natives, or staring at the mushrooms as if he wanted to take a bite.
The ranger couldn't bear to watch it and patted its head gently: "It's poisonous."
"Ouch." It shrank.
After more than an hour of walking through the jungle, we finally arrived at the sampling site. The forest ranger skillfully untied the infrared camera tied to the tree trunk, replaced the battery and memory card, and loaded it into his own equipment for inspection.
After a moment, he excitedly spoke a long string of words, probably in his native language, which Jian Jing could not understand.
Fina translated: "Oh, a civet appeared a few days ago. Do you know this animal?"
Jian Jing: "How many cups of coffee?"
"Yes, look." She handed over the camera.
Jian Jing saw a strange civet, all black in color. It didn't look like a cat, but rather a mink. It had round eyes that flashed green under night vision.
"This is an endangered animal. I'm so happy to see it here." Fina was very excited and walked around looking for animal footprints and feces.
She taught Jian Jing: "Sometimes, we also use feces to infer the movement trajectory and number of animals. Look at this footprint. I think this is a short-tailed mongoose."
Jian Jing couldn't see anything, but she thought it was amazing.
Fina became more and more excited as she talked, leading her deeper into the forest, and she learned some plant knowledge: "This is yellow cattle wood. The bark can be used as medicine. Local people occasionally use it to treat gastrointestinal diseases in animals. The leaves can also be eaten and can replace tea..."
Jian Jing looked around and followed the principle of "what can I do?" and asked, "Is there anything that is edible, delicious, and can be eaten directly?"
Fina blinked and looked at her puzzledly: "Are you hungry?"
Jian Jing: "Just curious."
“Try this.” The ranger handed over a piece of white grass and explained in a not very fluent way, “When I was a child, my family was poor, so I often dug this, uh, as…” He couldn’t remember the word for snack, so he had to say “food”.
Jian Jing took it and took a tentative bite.
Sweet.
"Woo woo." The knight also leaned over.
She generously gave half to the dog, who chewed it with a "crunch, crunch" expression and seemed to like it very much.
So Fina also took a cigarette in her mouth and waved for her to follow.
The three men and the dog continued to shuttle through the woods.
Jian Jing was just watching the fun, taking out her phone to take photos. Suddenly, a long winding shadow flashed in the camera lens. She looked closely and said in astonishment: "Is it a snake? It's flying!"
"Golden flower snake, also known as flying snake, has a weak venom. If you like, ask Chen to catch one and show you. He is good at catching snakes... Chen?" Fina turned her head and saw the forest ranger Chen not far away, staring at a pile of shit with a serious face, thinking.
Chen heard her cry, turned around and asked what she meant, then translated it into English and explained to Jian Jing: "It's the footprints and feces of an indochinese leopard."
Jian Jing: “…” Keywords exceed the scope of primary cards.
Fina translated: "Indian leopard. No, Chen, are you sure?"
"look."
The two of them discussed the matter intensely around a pile of poop, then reached a consensus and told Jian Jing: "We have to go back."
Jian Jing: "What happened?"
"We mainly study birds and amphibians because there are frequent human activities here and large mammals don't come close," said Fina. "Indian leopards, in particular, have a fixed range of activities and it is impossible for them to invade this unfamiliar area without special reasons."
"What's the reason?"
"It's unclear, maybe a more powerful animal has occupied its territory, or maybe it's frightened. In any case, we need to keep a close eye on it."
Jian Jing nodded and stopped asking questions, but she was thinking secretly in her heart, if they lost a fight with the animals and were driven out of their territory, they might not be so serious, and the key point seemed to be that they were frightened.
Could it be... there are poachers
They walked slowly for nearly an hour and a half, and hurried back in a few minutes. Fina and ranger Chen started working immediately, and Jian Jing went back to her room to rest without disturbing them.
"Knight, do you want to take a nap?" she called to the dog.
The knight dawdled, scratching his fur with his hind legs.
Jane stared at it quietly.
Knight: “Oh.”
Help! I just got into trouble with bugs
"Luckily I brought some insect repellent powder." She didn't even bother taking a nap, but grabbed the German Shepherd's ears and dragged him outside to deworm and comb his fur.
Kang Mucheng poked his head out from the next tent: "Come back home?"
"Well," she asked, "what do you do?"
Kang Mucheng seemed to want to say something but stopped himself. After a while, he waved to her.
Jian Jing went to the next room and saw President Kang lying on a rocking chair. A tall doctor was treating her swollen ankle.
"Ma'am, your injury is not serious, just a sprain. It will be fine after two days of cold compress." The doctor was about five years old, with slightly gray temples, but his facial features were well-defined and he looked gentle and elegant.
President Kang couldn't help but sigh.
"Boss, what's wrong with you?" Jian Jing asked curiously.
"Oh, I saw you were having so much fun in the water, I couldn't help but want to go down and take a picture." Kang Lei smiled bitterly, "Who knew I would step on a crab, which scared me and made me twist my body."
Jian Jing: “…”
Kang Mucheng had no expression on his face: "I got stung by insects when I went to the tropics, I sprained my ankle when I was climbing a mountain, I couldn't adapt to the climate when I went abroad, and I also had gastrointestinal disorders, heat stroke, and altitude sickness..."
Kang Lei laughed dryly.
Jian Jing: =口=
What a pitiful president! His physique is also extremely poor.
"Lei." A mature woman with tan skin came in with a tray, carrying the aroma of beef rice noodles. "I made this especially for you, but it's sad."
President Kang couldn't help but hold her hand: "Vanilla, you understand my heart too well."
She is Professor Lao’s current wife, her name is Vanilla, and she is as fragrant and simple as her name suggests.
"Mucheng, long time no see. I wonder if you still remember me." Mrs. Lao speaks excellent Chinese and is very enthusiastic. "This must be the leading actress of your Jinwu Group, Miss Jian Jing. I have seen your movies Rose Gold and Hide and Seek, both of which are excellent works."
She was very considerate and said to the doctor, "Charlie, your room is ready. As always, we have a coffee pot and the best coffee beans ready for you."
"That couldn't be better." The doctor nodded, accepting her kindness.
Mrs. Lao couldn't help but introduce each other: there was usually no doctor at the observatory, and if they were sick they would go to the city hospital, but considering that the guests in the hotel were usually not adapted to the outdoor environment, as long as there were guests, they would invite Dr. Charlie to stay in the hotel for a few days, just in case.
President Kang said this was necessary.
"Woo." The knight kept nudging Jian Jing's hand with his nose.
She held it down.
Dog: “Bing.”
Mrs. Lao noticed: "What's wrong with this dog?"
"It's okay, I'm hungry." Jian Jing grabbed its big ears, feeling very disappointed, "I'll prepare lunch for it right away."
"It just so happens that there are some leftover beef bones in the kitchen." Who can resist the innocent eyes of a dog? Mrs. Lao couldn't.
To make rice noodles, you need to use beef bones and spices to make soup. The raw beef is boiled in boiling soup and then the bones are scooped out to find that they are soft and crispy, with a fresh and fragrant taste. It is really delicious.
The knight buried his head in his food.
Jian Jing held the rice noodles.
Kang Mucheng: "Alas."