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Chapter 11 The Duck Herder

The orchard is so large that Josh has been busy pruning the trees and burning dead branches these days, doing repetitive work every day.

To be honest, it would be a lie to say that he wasn't tired. After cleaning up the two orchards of Bitter Candy and Giant Lemon, Qiao Xi planned to give himself a half-day break to have a good rest.

Now the road leading to the orchard has been trampled extremely smooth by the iron hooves of the big-tailed yaks. The dead branches and fallen trees in the orchard have been burned into ashes and fed to the orchard. Most of the poorly growing fruit trees in the sweet persimmon and Xiangyang orange orchards have also been cut down by Qiao Xi.

Josh cut down all the other wild plants that grew randomly, creating a vacuum zone.

As for the greedy longicorn beetle, Qiao Xi didn't know whether it had come out or not, but he had not seen it during his observations over the past few days.

I can only find time to go to the free market to look for insect-eating birds, and then hire a few to clear the orchard.

Basking in the warm sun, Josh lazily lay in a chair and thought about things.

The quacking sound of ducks came from a distance.

The Glimmer Lake has been very lively these days, with many different birds and monsters flying here to breed.

Judging from the sound, there are a few more ducks, so there should be quite a few of them. The sound has even reached her.

The noise kept her awake, so she dug out the scraps of gluttonous longhorn beetle larvae she had left behind and planned to use them as bait.

Although she had asked Big Tail Yak to add freezer to the bucket of minced meat these days.

But after such a long time, the meat has become a little spoiled and emits a strong fishy smell.

I have seen some videos of anglers on my phone before, saying that the principles of bait preparation are: fishy in spring, light in summer, fragrant in autumn, and strong in winter.

Qiao Xi didn't know whether it was true or not, but he followed the instructions and added some cooked potatoes and a few spoonfuls of wheat flour, mixed them together, and pinched his nose to shape it into a ball.

A thick, straight branch, a strong rope, and a curved bone needle.

Okay, everything is ready. Josh carried the bucket and the fishing rod he had just made and walked towards the Shimmering Lake.

They found a steep slope and had the big-tailed yaks turn over the soil to create a small platform that could accommodate Qiao Xi.

After placing the small chairs, Qiao Xi also imitated the fishermen, started to make a nest, and then cast the rod.

Just after sitting down for a while, I felt the fishing rod start to shake. I lifted it up and saw that it was indeed a small fish.

Although it was smaller than the size of a palm, Josh won the first battle and accepted it with a smile.

Then I cast the rod again, and soon another fish came up!
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One, two, three... When Qiao Xi found that the bucket could no longer hold the fish she had caught, there was still one fish on the fishing rod in her hand.

How did he catch so many? Josh was shocked by himself. This novice aura was too strong.

But what to do with so much? I definitely can't eat it all, so what if I pour it out? Qiao Xi was a little reluctant to throw it away. After all, he worked so hard to catch it.

Do big-tailed yaks eat fish? Do cows eat fish?
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As Josh was thinking about all sorts of things, he suddenly heard a rattling sound in his ears.

The sound was very close, right next to Josh's ear. He turned around and saw a beautiful big bird flying over at some point.

It looks like, it looks like a harlequin duck?
Josh was not familiar with ducks and could barely recognize them, but he was not sure if he recognized them correctly.

"Quack!" Human, can you give me a small fish? Just one, thank you, quack.

Seeing that Qiao Xi didn't say anything, the Mandarin Duck quacked twice and urged, "Give me one to eat, please. There are too many bad birds outside and I can't get any small fish to eat. Please." Qiao Xi looked at its short and flat duckbill and was a little convinced that it could not get any small fish to eat, but when he saw its round and plump body, which even looked a bit like an old hen, he hesitated.

If the duck keeps eating this, it will get fatty liver, right?

But in the end, Josh still gave it a small fish. After all, it had been begging for a long time. If he didn't give it one, Josh couldn't imagine how sad the little duck would be.

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"Ga ga" It's so delicious, give me another one.

The harlequin duck flapped its wings, patted its round body, and staggered two steps.

Most of the fish in the bucket were gone. I couldn't believe it would have eaten all of them if Josh hadn't stopped it.

"That's enough, Duck. You've already eaten a lot, haven't you?" Qiao Xi lifted the bucket behind him, blocking the Duck's sight.

"Ga ga" not enough, not enough, I can still eat more.

Seeing Qiao Xi taking the bucket away, the Mandarin Duck became a little anxious and flapped its wings to fly over, but unfortunately... it fell headfirst and couldn't fly anymore.

"Hahahahahahaha" Josh couldn't help but burst out laughing. It was the first time he saw a duck that couldn't fly. It was so stupid.

After falling, the Mandarin duck immediately covered its head with its wings and quacked to defend itself.

Something about standing for too long and having sore legs that it can't fly, or something about it being out of shape and needing a run-up...

Finally, seeing Josh holding his stomach and laughing, and not believing what it said at all, it gave up its nonsense.

"Haha" Okay, I did eat a little too much, human, please stop laughing!

You've made ducks lose all their dignity, you know that, humans!
"Okay, okay, sorry, Duckling. I'm really, haha, really sorry, haha." Qiao Xi couldn't hold back his laughter and tears came out.

At this time, a whistle sounded inexplicably, very quickly. After hearing it, the Mandarin Duck hurriedly flew there.

But unfortunately, Josh could see that it tried very hard to fly, but still couldn't fly.

Seeing this, Qiao Xi chuckled again, and when he had laughed enough, he said to it, "Forget it, little duck, I'll take you there."

Josh couldn't just sit there and watch the little duck struggling. After all, it brought him a lot of fun.

Carefully climbing up the hillside, he placed the bucket and fishing rod where the big-tailed yak could see them and called out, "Big-tailed yak, I'm going to take care of this little duck."

"Moo~" The big-tailed yak agreed good-temperedly. It was full and was catching up on its sleep.

Seeing Josh walking away, it stood up and followed behind him from a distance to ensure Josh's safety.

Hey, Qiao Xi discovered that there was a bamboo hut where the whistle sound came from, and there was a person lying inside. It was the person who blew the whistle.

There are ducks everywhere, but of different kinds, big and small, all foraging here.

Seeing Josh coming, the man in the shack hurried out.

Wen En was a little nervous. He knew that the lake was on a remote farm, but he had never met the owner in the past few years and no one was managing it, so he had never visited the farmer here.

Unexpectedly, there was a farmer this year who was grazing cattle on other people's farms without permission. This was illegal. Wen En was very nervous, fearing that this lady would report him to the federal government.

"Duck herder?" Is there such a strange profession? Josh's eyes widened.

Regarding the naming issue: Warcraft and elves are both called by people, so you will see Warcraft sometimes and elves sometimes in the article, but the animals are made up by me. Thank you for watching. Also, the principle of bait opening in four seasons is something I searched on the Internet, not original.
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