Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 137 Hotel
After dinner, it was already dark.

It was too late to leave the city and return to the planting area, so Zhao Xiaoxiu planned to go to a nearby hotel with her father to sleep for the night and go back tomorrow.

Now that she saw that the Meng family, mother and son, were all fine, she felt relieved.

As for what happens next, let’s talk about it after this winter.

The house was so small, and Grandma Meng felt embarrassed to let Zhao Gang and his daughter squeeze into her house, so she asked Meng Er to take the father and daughter to a nearby hotel and help her get a room.

Before leaving, Granny Meng twisted her son's ear and reminded him again and again: "Get a better room and remember to pay the rent. Did you hear me?!"

Meng Er answered quickly with a hoarse voice, "I know." He saved his ear from his mother and quickly slipped out the door.

"Brother Gangzi, let's go."

The backpack that Zhao had packed full when he first arrived was now empty, leaving only Zhao Xiaoxiu's spare clothes and the shoes she had just dried.

It’s good to have a pair of waterproof rain boots on snowy days, Zhao Gang thought about it and planned to go to the supply station at Hope Base to buy rain boots for the cubs before going home tomorrow.

There are many small hotels nearby. The management is not strict now, and the people there are very open-minded and quite colorful.

Meng Er specially chose a quiet one to avoid any adverse effects on the children.

He walked in front all the way, and the father and daughter followed behind. The room was booked by Meng Er. He specially asked for a large room with a heater, which cost him 120 points, but he didn't feel sorry at all.

After sending the father and daughter to the door of the room, Meng Er scratched his head and said, "Brother Gangzi, please see if there is anything missing. I will ask the boss to bring it up."

The door opened and Zhao Xiaoxiu rushed in first. She had high expectations for the hotel environment, but was greatly disappointed.

A small room of about twelve square meters, with a rough base, floral fabrics hanging on the walls to cover the cold grey cement walls, and a carpet on the floor that was so dirty that its original colour could not be seen.

There was a wobbly light bulb hanging from the ceiling. A 1.5-meter-tall bed was placed against the wall, with a small bedside table next to it. There was a socket and a kettle on the table.

There were two plastic chairs at the head of the bed, and on the chairs was a white plastic basin with a red logo of a hospital campus before the disaster printed on it. Inside the basin were two gray-pink dry towels.

The golden velvet curtains were hung on the glass windows which were nailed with iron wire security nets. At a glance, one could see several black marks caused by cigarette ashes or lighters, and the whole curtain cloth was scarred.

A small heater placed under the curtains is all that is in the room.

The only thing that made Zhao Xiaoxiu feel comforted was that the bedding looked relatively clean, the quilt was thick, and there was a Simmons mattress.

I quietly leaned over and smelled it, and there was no strange smell.

There is no bathroom in the house, and you have to go to the public area at the end of the corridor to get water and use the toilet. You need to pay extra points to get water.

Using the toilet is free, but you can't take a shower.

Zhao Gang looked at his cub and asked if she needed anything so that Meng Er could get it.

"I want a urinal." Zhao Xiaoxiu said to her father in a low voice, a little embarrassed. This way, she wouldn't have to go to the public toilet when she got up in the middle of the night, which would be more convenient.

Zhao Gang nodded, walked out and shouted to Meng Er who was standing outside the door: "Xiao Xiu said she needs a urinal!"

Zhao Xiaoxiu's breath was choked.

Doesn't she have any dignity? Why are you speaking so loudly?
He waved his hands wildly to try to stop it, but it was too late.

Meng Er turned around and rushed to the front desk on the first floor and said, "Boss, do you have a urinal? It's inconvenient for the child to get up at night!"

Zhao Xiaoxiu took a long breath, opened her hands and spread them wide, then fell face down on the bed helplessly. Damn these two loud-voiced men!
Meng Er brought up the urinal that the hotel owner had lent him for free and went back.

Zhao Gang spent ten points to get a pot of water, heated it up, and poured it into a basin of cold water, letting Zhao Xiaoxiu wipe her face and hands, and soak her little feet before going to bed.

The heater was turned on to maximum power, and because the room was not big, the temperature rose quickly.

Zhao Xiaoxiu tidied herself up, took out her cell phone to charge it, and played the Tetris game on her phone for a while. Her eyelids wanted to close uncontrollably.

Unconsciously, his head tilted, the strength in his hands gradually loosened, and the phone slipped down. If his tentacles had not been quick, it would have almost hit the little red face.

The tentacle gently took the phone away and placed it on the bedside table, then helped her adjust her sleeping position and turned off the lights, and the room suddenly fell into darkness.

After a moment's silence, the light in the room grew a little brighter, coming from the neon lights of the distant skyscrapers in the inner city.

Zhao Gang took off his coat and lay outside, shielding the cold wind coming in through the window gap for the cub in his arms. Tentacles brought a chair and placed it next to the bed, and put the heater on the chair facing the bed. The little corner where the father and daughter stayed soon became warm enough to make them sweat.

Zhao Xiaoxiu was so hot that she stretched her hand out from under the quilt, opened her eyes drowsily, and was caught off guard by Zhao Gang's two vertical pupils in front of her, which woke her half awake.

"Dad, why aren't you sleeping?" Zhao Xiaoxiu asked lazily with her eyes half open.

Zhao Gang thought for a while and said, "I don't want to sleep."

Zhao Xiaoxiu: “Okay.” Then she continued to sleep.

The little guy squeezed into his father's arms and sighed, "The bed in the hotel is so comfortable~" He closed his eyes and soon started snoring.

It was late at night, the neon signs on the distant buildings had gone out, and the noise from upstairs and downstairs gradually faded away.

At two o'clock in the morning, only the restoration workers and pouring machines outside the high wall were still working.

Suddenly, the defense alarm on the high wall watchtower sounded, waking up the people who were still sleeping.

There were panicked noises coming from the guests in the hotel, and violent knocks on the door were heard outside.

The hotel attendant shouted, "Everyone wake up! The giant mutant python is coming again!"

"Emergency notice from the defense station, all residents near the high wall area quickly evacuate to a safe area three kilometers outside the high wall!"

"Boss, who should pay for the room? Can you at least refund half of it?"

The innkeeper angrily cursed: "Do you want points or your life? It's already this late and you're still talking like this. Leave now, quickly."

Zhao Xiaoxiu opened her eyes instantly and sat up from the bed. There was a dark mass in front of her eyes. "Dad?"

Zhao Gang nodded, and quickly and slowly put Zhao Xiaoxiu's clothes, shoes and socks on her.

There was no light in the room to facilitate the activities of other tentacles. In less than half a minute, Zhao Gang put the packed backpack on his shoulders. He picked up Zhao Xiaoxiu with one hand, and the father and daughter opened the door and walked out.

The hotel is doing very good business and there are almost no empty rooms. The corridors are full of people at this moment. Most of them are members of hunting groups who come here to seek excitement or to gather and relax. When it gets late, they rest in the hotel.

After the alarm sounded, I was still arguing with the hotel owner about the check-out fee.

Zhao Gang carried his daughter through and quickly walked downstairs to the street.

(End of this chapter)