Han Qi entered the sheep shed, put on sterile clothes, and followed the farmer in.
From the outside, this place looks like a farm that has been there for decades. The big wooden house looks like a factory building in a factory. It has two entrances and two exits, one for cars and one for people.
But when you walk in, what you see is a very modern decoration.
Especially the place where the lambs are kept is comparable to a hospital nursery.
The farmer said: "Normally, sheep will not be sent here, but there are occasional exceptions. Some sheep are born with more brothers and sisters, and there are always one or two who cannot get milk and have no nutrition."
Han Qi nodded, "This phenomenon does occur."
If in the wild, this kind of cub has no core competitiveness. Although it will not be actively abandoned by its parents, it will inevitably be eliminated by nature over time.
But here, there is artificial help.
The farmer will take care of these little guys with poor physical fitness so that they can grow up and become outstanding adult sheep.
Wearing sterile clothes, the farmer couldn't see Han Qi's expression. He led the way and said, "You may not be used to the smell here."
Han Qi shook his head and said: "No, I think it's okay. This is the natural taste."
The farmer walked into the nursery, picked up a lamb, and handed it to Han Qi: "Come here!"
Han Qi held it carefully.
Han Qi had hugged a child a long time ago and knew how to hold such a small and fragile little guy, but his body was inevitably a little stiff.
Warm body, ugly appearance.
Han Qi hugged it close to his face, and he could feel the lamb's heart beating.
So fragrant, so soft...
The farmer said that the sheep was born four days ago, and Han Qi could hold it for a while longer, and then he would have to deal with the sheep's feed. After a while, Han Qi was satisfied and returned the lamb to him. When he was holding it,
There was one sheep in the sheepfold that was very anxious and was about to step out of the sheepfold to find Han Qi. It must be the mother of the lamb.
Satisfied, Han Qi returned to the hall.
Kevin drank coffee and chatted with the hostess of the farm.
They knew each other before. Before his wife passed away, the two families met at the airport to go hiking in the nearby mountains. After all, they had been friends for decades.
After Han Qi came back, Kevin said hello: "Han, how is life on the farm? I didn't disappoint you."
“It’s really nice to be away from the city and not have so much noise pollution.”
The hostess didn't speak English, so she just smiled and watched the two chatting, taking a sip of coffee from time to time.
Han Qi was very envious of their life. When he was traveling in northern Norway, he stayed for two days in a village far away from the city. What impressed him deeply was that there was a child, about ten years old, who asked
Han Qi.
"How can you sleep in the city? There are so many cars and so many people."
Han Qi didn't reply to this question at the time, so how could he sleep? He must be used to it, right? Habits can allow a person to adapt to the thunderous snoring of his roommate, and it can also allow a person to ignore the car horn that suddenly comes to mind in the middle of the night and sleep peacefully.
.
"Kevin." Han Qi shouted, "I have something I want to talk to you about."
"I guessed that you didn't come to Iceland specifically for this tree house." Kevin calmly took a sip of coffee and said, "What do you want to say?"
"King Harald of Norway gave me an island. He said that here I could fully display my talent as an architect. But when I went there, I realized that the people there were too serious about protecting the environment on the island, and I couldn't be on it.
There are too many modern constructions, so I want to create an elf-themed garden, and I would like to ask you to help me."
"Elf...themed garden?"
When Kevin heard this word for the first time, he was a little confused. He didn't know why these things were related to gardens. Could it be an elf-themed park?
He knows that elves are a legend shared by several Nordic countries, so why Nordic people are so keen on protecting the ecological environment has a lot to do with the legends and stories they have been exposed to since birth. Many people believe in the existence of elves.
"This is my new idea, but I don't have any research on forest architecture. That's when I thought of you, Kevin."
Kevin was a little silent. He didn't ask Han Qi why he knew he knew how to build a tree house. He had told Han Qi before that the current White Oak Tree House was built by him and his father. Of course he understood.
How to build a treehouse.
After a while, Kevin said, "But I've never done anything like this."
He has only one occupation in his life, that of hotel owner. This occupation only officially ended a year ago, allowing Kevin to enter retirement life.
Seeing the opportunity, Han Qi struck while the iron was hot and said: "It's very simple. You just need to instruct the people in the construction company how to build the tree house. I will do the overall planning, and I will also find someone to assist you."
Kevin thought carefully.
He feels that he is still very young and not old enough to go out to work. Going out for a walk can be considered as broadening his horizons. Living in his daughter's house is certainly a good life, but sometimes he also thinks about whether he has disturbed his daughter.
The life of a family.
I had been thinking about traveling abroad before, so Han Qi's invitation could be considered an opportunity.
So Kevin thought for a moment and agreed with some trepidation.
It's normal to feel uneasy when trying an unfamiliar career for the first time.
The goal was achieved, and Han Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
During the day, the construction company that I met yesterday came to renovate the tree house. This time it was a major renovation. This is why Han Qi told Kevin that he would not be able to see what the tree house looks like now in the future. After the renovation, there are many places
It will all be different from before.
Of course, Kevin himself knew that, with a sense of nostalgia, he asked the construction team to change the tree house from 80 rooms on the tenth floor to a five-story structure. The area of the individual rooms was increased, and the wiring was paved. In the future, it would also
Pull the wires and network cables over.
Han Qi's belief is to either do nothing or do the best.
Han Qi was responsible for the decoration of the room, and everything was in accordance with the international hotel standards he had stayed in before, while Kevin was still responsible for the main structure of the tree house.
By the time they had a busy day, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon when they returned to the farm.
Construction in Iceland has strict time control. Unless there is a special emergency, workers are generally not allowed to work overtime. They go home to rest at a fixed time every day, and they also have rest on weekends.
Fortunately, Han Qi was used to the laziness of foreigners and let them do whatever they wanted.
When they returned to the farm, the two foreigners had already left, taking away the memories of the aurora. Han Qi went into the house and took his SLR, wanting to borrow a car from Kevin to go to Reykjavik and look for it.
Is there anywhere I can fix this lens?
When they entered the house, Kevin and the farmer were watching TV.
If the news in Norway broadcasts some national events, the news in Iceland is really short-lived.
When Han Qi was a guest at Kevin's house two days ago, a strange thing about Icelandic horses was broadcast on the news.
Gutai
It sounds weird, but it's actually a very intelligent horse.
This Icelandic horse grew up with its owner, and even when he retired, he continued to train and occasionally participated in Icelandic horse racing. But the strange thing is that from the first day when he met the owner's boyfriend, this horse started to
I have long disliked him.
Whenever this man appears, the horse will turn its head and face him with its butt.
At the end of the news, the reporter first took a picture of the hostess riding a horse. The next scene showed her boyfriend. In an instant, the horse turned around and faced her boyfriend with its butt. Occasionally, she looked back, her eyes full of
Disdainful.
Well, it’s just such a short-lived parent.
Today is also the case. Recently, Iceland is enjoying peace and prosperity, and there is really not much news to broadcast. The reporter is interviewing residents of a small town who moved due to a volcanic eruption some time ago.
Han Qi saw the interview as soon as he came in, and he actually recognized the person being interviewed on the screen.
There was still a relationship at the beginning.
At this time, the news suddenly broadcast a temporary message, making everyone in the room look serious.
"Now broadcasting news, two stranded whales were found on the beach southwest of Reykjavik. The discoverers claimed that they found them at three o'clock in the afternoon. It has only been half an hour..."
"It's near the old dock." Kevin said.
He recently lived in Reykjavik. Since he couldn't sit still at home, he often went out for walks, and he quickly recognized the pictures on the TV.
"We have to do something," the farmer said.
Han Qi had just started to learn Icelandic and could only hear a few words, but the farmer's words, "We need to do something," were clearly heard. This sentence was too simple.
Han Qi said: "What should we do?"
With Han Qi's participation, they changed the language of conversation to English, which excluded the farmer's wife. She smiled at Han Qi and went to the room to take out a few buckets.
The farmer took the bucket and said: "This is not the first time we have encountered a beached whale. These creatures in the water cannot survive without water. We have to scoop water from the sea and pour it on them with a bucket."
Kevin held several buckets and said, "Then let's go there now? Han, are you going?"
"go."
Han Qi felt that this matter was more interesting than repairing the lens herself, so she nodded and agreed to Kevin without hesitation.
The farmer was driving his car, and Han Qi, Kevin, and the farmer's grandson were also following him. Everyone quickly drove in the direction of the old dock. It takes more than an hour from them to Reykjavik.
Spring is here, and the time after the ice and snow on the road melts, if it had been two months earlier, would have taken two or three hours.
When we arrived at the old pier, Kevin pointed in the direction, and everyone soon saw the two stranded whales.
This was Han Qi's first time to see a living whale, the first time to see a whale on the shore, anyway, many firsts, but he didn't think about it at all now, he just felt shocked.
The whale is too big.
There is a very famous museum in Reykjavik called the Tintin Museum, which contains many animal Tintins. Han Qi took a sneak peek when he passed by and was too embarrassed to tell the audience.
The most shocking thing here is the two-meter-long whale penis at the door.
Now seeing the full size of a whale, Han Qi instantly felt that two meters was too normal.
There are already a lot of people on the beach now. In the dim darkness of dusk, dozens of people run back and forth between the whales and the ocean, pouring buckets of scooped seawater onto the two whales.
The whale also makes a sound, low and desperate.
I heard that whales, like humans, are a social group, with their own social rules and their own language.
Han Qi had no way of knowing what they were saying at this moment, but it did not prevent people from feeling the sadness in their voices and the despair in their eyes.
The farmer said: "Work!"
Several people got out of the car, and Kevin shared a bucket with himself, and everyone ran towards the two whales.
Han Qi also followed.
Next, everyone here just repeatedly ran between two points, the ocean, and the two whales on the beach. During this time, some people came and some left. They left because they really had their own things to do.
Many people have just gotten off work.
Doing repetitive things all the time can easily make people feel boring, but when you think about what you are doing now is related to two lives, it instantly makes people feel meaningful.
Han Qi poured water on one of the whales countless times.
It was completely dark now. Kevin and the farmer were all exhausted and stood on the shore to rest. The people on the shore set up a huge light on the beach below to illuminate the volunteers below.
Behind the whale, there are also professionals digging gullies with machines, hoping to return the whale to the sea as soon as possible when the tide comes tomorrow.
Yes, at least today, more than 300 people on site are helpless.
The whale is too big, and on the shore, gravity will compress the whale's internal organs, and no one dares to move their bodies.
Han Qi put on gloves, touched the whale's not-smooth skin, and sighed.
It is now May, and three hundred of them are running back and forth here just to rescue two stranded whales. Thousands of kilometers away, a country is still using high-tech sonar to attract whales and hunt the increasingly rare whales.
They are also island countries, so why is the gap so big?
Kevin came over at this time and said: "You have been busy for so long, please take a rest."
Han Qi was the one who ran back and forth the most among the people at the scene. From 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm, he never took a break, while the people nearby had already done two or three rounds.
"Get out of the way!!" "Get out of the way!"
Han Qi heard someone shouting, and when he looked over, he saw two water spray trucks coming.
Is there such a car in Reykjavik?
This water spray truck was connected to the sea with a water pipe, and another nozzle sprayed sea water at a whale. The large amount of sea water made the whale scream in comfort, and its body moved, but it soon stopped.
Han Qi felt relieved and followed Kevin to the shore.
Everyone is worried.
It was too late today, and it was too late for Kevin to trouble women, so Han Qi booked a few rooms in the hotel. When he went to bed, he hoped to see the whales returning to the sea the next day.
But after waking up, Han Qi heard the news that one of the whales had died.
