Chapter 58 - White Hedgehog & Owl
Hedgehogs are animals that lie down during the day and at night, but she is not like this.
First of all, when I am still a human, my work and rest time is very regular, I go to bed early and get up early, and I don’t stay up late or all night.
After being a rabbit, I used all the habits of being a human being. With Jun Qi protecting me, it was naturally very smooth, except when I started to be chased, I was forced to stay overnight.
It was such an unforgettable time!
Xu Qiaoqiao sighed, after watching everyone's busy scenes, she became a porter again.
These little fruits look small, but for the little hedgehogs today, it is still very difficult.
After Xu Qiaoqiao transported all the fruits back to his small home, he started to enjoy delicious food.
It started to drizzle outside again, and the rain covered the view, and it felt like the weather was much colder.
Xu Qiaoqiao unconsciously shrank her body. The thorns on her back were not sharp enough, there was nothing in the hole, and she felt like she was going to be frozen again.
In just a few days, the withered leaves have almost fallen.
The weather is getting dryer and colder.
Xu Qiaoqiao has begun to look for various nesting things, hoping to build his own nest before winter.
The materials are limited, and the only materials Xu Qiaoqiao can find are small branches and weeds, all of which are picked from the ground and are very crispy.
Xu Qiaoqiao currently has no references to what the hedgehog’s nest looks like, so everything is built according to his own ideas.
The cave where she lives is not big, and it is a bit big to accommodate her, but it is just right to accommodate an adult hedgehog, except that the path to enter the house is a bit long.
Xu Qiaoqiao was carrying some firewood on her back and crawled forward step by step. The entrance of the hole was a little small. She could actually get in when she stood normally, but there were a lot of goods on her back. In order to suffer less, Xu Qiaoqiao chose to crawl slowly.
As mentioned earlier, hedgehogs are animals that move at night, and in theory, they are also animals that can see night vision.
But the result is just the opposite. Its eyes are bad, very bad, and even a little amblyopia. Its eyes are based on smell and the same is true for its activities.
Even hunting (of course, it refers to ordinary hedgehogs, people like Xu Qiaoqiao are not considered) rely on smell and hearing.
Xu Qiaoqiao couldn't see the road ahead clearly, but her nose was extremely sensitive. She had become a hedgehog in the past few days. As her body grew up, she had almost touched some of her physical conditions.
After entering the hole, Xu Qiaoqiao found a small open space based on his feelings, which had a shallow pit on it. He dug it before he left, but it had not been dug yet.
In the cave, right in the corner, there are a lot of food piled up, including fresh grass and small fruits, which are full of them, making it look very comfortable.
Huh~
Xu Qiaoqiao let out a long breath, piled up all the fruits on her back there, and spread them on the ground and breathed in big mouthfuls.
She is really exhausted. She is like a porter, carrying things back and forth for the upcoming winter.
In winter, hedgehogs need to hibernate.
After all, hedgehogs are heterothermal animals and cannot regulate their own temperature stably. Therefore, in cold winters, hedgehogs will hibernate because they need to maintain their body temperature.
Xu Qiaoqiao also knew these knowledge points even if she had never raised a hedgehog. She looked at the recent weather and found that the cold waves were invading here since yesterday.
Before, Xu Qiaoqiao had been sleeping in that pit, curled up in a small ball, but recently, sometimes she would be awakened by the cold in the middle of the night.
This is when she misses Jun Qi the most, missing the other person's warm embrace, intimate movements, and everything.
But there is no way, you still have to live what you should live. What if... I really meet Junjun again here, so I have to miss you.
Xu Qiaoqiao recalled that in his little head, some memories of the hedgehog, whether it is real or not, can come in handy.
Hedgehogs like to hibernate among dead branches and piles of leaves. In late autumn, small branches and weeds will create hibernation nests to maintain good temperatures in the nest.
Then this hedgehog mother is quite different. Unlike other hedgehogs, she sleeps in a pile of dead leaves, but she digs a small cave as a nest by herself.
When the hedgehog enters hibernation, the body temperature will drop to about 9 degrees, breathing about 1-10 times per minute, and the hedgehog in hibernation will occasionally wake up.
So this is why Xu Qiaoqiao has to store so much food. After waking up, he will definitely feel a little hungry, so the food will come in handy.
I don’t know what it would be like to wake up when other hedgehogs hibernate, but I must have something to eat, Xu Qiaoqiao thought to himself.
After almost resting, Xu Qiaoqiao stumbled from the ground and first ate a few small fruits. If these small fruits were not eaten, they would rot.
After eating, I started building my own nest.
Because the hedgehog's eyes are not good, Xu Qiaoqiao does things in the dark. At this time, her sense of smell and hearing are not helpful.
She first used relatively firm branches as a bracket, and then there were several leaves on it. The leaves were all very large, and soon, she covered the bracket.
"Jiji~"
Xu Qiaoqiao shouted with satisfaction. The bracket was a semi-arc, and was planned to be placed on the earthen kang where he was sleeping.
At that time, she dug the earthen kang deeper and spread it with dry and warm leaves, and the hibernation process will go straight into a large part.
It is also good to drill holes for hedgehogs. At least in Xu Qiaoqiao's opinion, although they are not as good as rabbits, they may also be related to being a minor now.
When I get older, I probably won’t be so cute anymore.
Xu Qiaoqiao unconsciously touched his white thorns. The white hedgehog and ordinary hedgehog looked different from each other. When they grew up, they would become white all over, which is very similar to Bai Ze.
Xu Qiaoqiao still remembers the first time she saw Bai Ze. Although it was just a phantom, her whole body was white, leaving her a great shock.
There is also that little bird, and the little bird beside Bai Ze, it is the same, all white.
Oh, it's awful, I remembered the past again.
The sky outside was completely dark, the stars shining, and the breeze was accompanied by the coolness.
Xu Qiaoqiao slowly crawled into the pit, with several layers of leaves covering it, which felt very warm. She pulled out the rest of the dead leaves from the side and covered herself.
Then, he patted his little hands, hummed a few times, and then started to sleep.
Before going to bed, Xu Qiaoqiao thought of another problem, which was the fruits that had already begun to rot.
Why don’t you try to make the fruit tomorrow? Otherwise, if you hibernate yourself, you will definitely have bugs on your body after waking up.
Chapter completed!