Chapter 56 If you want to drink tea, you have to ask Brother Ying to come along Jin Ya didn't move, and even closed her eyes and yawned. The mother civet cat waited for a while, and seeing that Jin Ya didn't move, she quickly jumped out and grabbed the mountain mouse in her mouth. She wolfed it down while staring at Jin Ya vigilantly. Jin Ya did not intentionally scare the civet cat. She secretly opened a slit in her eyes to observe the mother civet cat. It has seen many mothers with cubs, but this is the first time it has encountered a mother who abandoned her children. If Chen Ying didn't look so sorry for the litter of raccoons, it wouldn't have bothered to care about them. Having eaten a mouse before, the mother civet cat ate more than half of this one. She was a little full, but couldn't bear to throw it away. She was so anxious that she kept pacing around the nest, trying to find a place to hide. Jin Ya then jumped down, and the mother civet cat was so frightened that it quickly ran into the hole. It picked up half of the mountain mouse in one bite and finished it in just a few moves. Then it left quickly, waving its claws, leaving behind the aftertaste of mountain rat. From that day on, Jinya came to feed the mother civet cat every few days, and even guarded the civet cubs for her when the mother civet cat went out hunting.
The mother civet cat went from being timid at first to becoming calm and composed later on. Anyway, you can’t beat him, and you can’t escape him either, so just do whatever you want. That morning, Jin Ya and Chen Ying got up at the same time. It was Chen Ying's turn to make breakfast. Master Yi and Xia Sen, who were on night shift, came to eat first. After eating, they went to catch up on their sleep while the others worked as planned. Chen Ying has nothing to do today, so she plans to go to the center to bring back the approval document for rebuilding the forest observatory, and also to urge for the project funds. Then stop by to see the civet cubs. The day before yesterday, I went to the town to meet with the designer during my break. He still had some work to do, so we made an appointment to go up the mountain to meet him next Monday and do the on-site measurement together. His initial report was about building a first aid station in the forest. After it was submitted, Director Bai made some modifications, taking into account the needs of the bird observation department and requesting that a bird observation station be built on the roof of the first aid station. In addition, the original rescue station will be changed and upgraded to a grassroots management station. In this way, this forest first aid station will have both observation and first aid functions, and will directly become a new monitoring and rescue station shared by wild animals and rare birds. With Director Bai's review and Professor Bai's help in smoothing out the relationship, the report was approved smoothly. However, it is impossible for all the approved construction funds to be given to him to build the cabin in the forest. According to market prices, the unit cost of a three-story light steel structure building is about 1800 yuan per square meter. Although they had no requirements for decoration and the other party gave them a substantial discount, the cost of transporting the materials and the labor cost of hiring people to deliver them into the forest meant that the cost of building a three-story building with a total construction area of about 180 square meters exceeded 400,000 yuan. The bureau allocated 200,000 yuan, the center allocated 100,000 yuan, and the research project funds added 100,000 yuan, which was basically enough to build the small building. But this is not the end. The equipment in the bird observatory on the top floor was added by their department themselves, and Chen Ying was also responsible for the equipment, tools and project materials he needed. That small project actually only received 200,000 yuan in research funding, but as we all know, a piece of surgical equipment may cost more than that. Professor Bai agreed to help him contact second-hand equipment, and with the existing equipment at the center, the first aid station was barely able to operate.
He probably didn't have to pay much out of his own pocket, but at least it was much better than he initially expected. Didn't you see that when he was determined to build it even if he was not approved to pay for it himself, Xia Sen, Duanmu and the others had already thought of an excuse to support him with some money. After breakfast, he went to see the golden cat who was able to stand steadily as usual. Before he sat down, Duanmu called him. "Brother Ying, come here quickly, the egg is about to hatch!" It has been almost a month since the egg was hatched. If it hadn't been hatched yet, he would have thought that Nezha was hiding inside. When the idle people in the station heard that the egg was about to hatch, they all ran to Duanmu's office to see what was going on. Chen Ying was extremely nervous. This is an egg given by the system. God knows what kind it is. What if it is one that is not available locally? How will he explain it? I have never been so nervous about the college entrance examination in my life. Under everyone's eager gaze, one of the eggs began to move a little louder. A crack appeared, and soon a small beak and claws took turns to move, and soon a baby bird covered in down and with flight feathers came out. Given the long incubation time, everyone had guessed that this nest of birds was precocial, but since none of them studied birds, no one knew what species these little guys were. Xia Sen acted quickly, took a photo and searched it online, but it was of no use. Chen Ying glanced at Xia Sen's phone and took a photo as well. However, she did not check it online. She sent it directly to Sister Dai and asked her to forward it to the bird expert. Professional problems should be solved by professionals. Three minutes later, the phone rang. Chen Ying saw that it was an unfamiliar number and didn't want to answer it, but when she thought of the photo, she hurried out to the yard to answer it. "Dr. Chen? I'm Song Hailu, and I do bird research. I'd like to ask where you took the photos you sent me?" "Uh, right here in the office. We found a nest of bird eggs a while ago, but we didn't recognize the species, so we brought them back and incubated them ourselves. Any questions?" He asked the other party cautiously. "This is a big problem!" Expert Song raised his voice several notches higher. "Please turn on the video. I need to take a closer look. You know, this is a big problem. Logically, this bird should not be in the range of your rescue station." There are weeds everywhere! Chen Ying hung up the phone in a hurry, made a video call back, placed the phone in the best observation position, and looked up at his colleagues who looked a little worried. "It's okay. Expert Song probably knows what kind of bird it is. He's just a little worried that we won't be able to raise it well..." "I'm not just a little worried, I'm very worried! Do you know what kind of bird this is? White-tailed rainbow pheasant, a national first-class, vulnerable bird species!" "Oh my god!" Duanmu's hands were shaking. This nest of eggs has been left with him for almost a month, and no one has paid much attention to it. Duanmu cast an accusing look at Chen Ying. If he was invited to have tea, he would have to bring Brother Ying along! Chen Ying also felt sweat on his back, who knew it would be this thing.
The most he guessed was that it might be a green-tailed pheasant. After all, there were records of green-tailed pheasants being observed on snowy mountains. However, the White-tailed Pheasant has only been recorded in Gaoligong Mountain in China. How was he going to explain finding a nest of eggs in a place where white-tailed pheasants had never been found before? Cold sweat slowly flowed down my back into my pants waist. Just when his mind was about to turn into a mess, the remaining three eggs began to hatch. Everyone felt differently when looking at this nest of eggs. Their eyes were bright, as if they wished they could use their eyes to help the little chicks break out of the shells. (I couldn't find a photo of the chicks, so I posted a photo of the adult bird. Looking at its feathers that look like oil paintings, it really deserves the name of rainbow pheasant) While choosing pictures, I watched a documentary about the White-tailed Pheasant. I almost forgot to update it regularly. (End of this chapter)