Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 148 Tomato and Egg Soup

After Zhao Xiaoxiu pretended to search for twenty minutes and finally found her with the help of Sister Miaomiao, the lords at the door had all left.

As dusk approached, Liu Miaomiao, who had been playing hide-and-seek with Zhao Xiaoxiu for the entire afternoon, was already looking tired.

On the other hand, Zhao Xiaoxiu had a rosy complexion and bright eyes, and she seemed to have endless energy.

Liu Miaomiao looked at her enviously and said with a little regret: "Xiaoxiu, I want to go home."

"Let me take you home." said Zhao Xiaoxiu.

Liu Miaomiao nodded, and the two of them walked out of the yard hand in hand and went to the next door.

The snow on the ground had melted a little. Fortunately, both of them were wearing rain boots, otherwise their shoes would have been soaked by mud and water.

After sending Liu Miaomiao to the door of her home, Zhao Xiaoxiu walked back by herself. Just as she was about to go into the yard to find her father, she heard Sister Monkey's excited call from the pond.

Shouting at her to hurry over, it discovered something new.

Zhao Xiaoxiu, who had already stepped into the courtyard, turned around and ran towards the pond.

He ran madly all the way, with mud splashed all over his shoes, pants and clothes, which made Sister Monkey stunned.

At the same time, he was secretly thankful that Zhao Gang's tentacles were not here, otherwise he would be furious and would have caught this unclean cub and spanked him severely.

"Squeak!" Sister Monkey pointed to the edge of the pond and asked Zhao Xiaoxiu to look.

There was a small wooden boat on the snow beside the pond. It was two meters long and sixty centimeters wide, with pointed ends and a horizontal board in the middle. Written on the hull in black marker was the following: Kosode's Boat.

"My boat?" Zhao Xiaoxiu looked at Sister Monkey in surprise.

Sister Monkey pointed to the house in front. It was where the Meng brothers parked their boat.

This small boat must have been specially assembled using the leftover materials from building the bridge in the past few days.

Although Meng Da and Meng Er do not understand the feelings between Peter Pan and her, they respect her need to play with mutants.

As for what to do if a child accidentally falls into a pond while playing in the water on a boat, the two brothers never thought about it at all.

But they felt that such a small pond should, probably, perhaps, not be enough to drown her.

Zhao Xiaoxiu was stunned. After she came to her senses, she was left with only a deep feeling of being touched.

The child and the monkey couldn't wait to climb onto the boat. They looked here and touched there, and liked it so much that they wanted to get into the water right away.

It’s a pity that the ice in the pond hasn’t melted completely yet, so I can only paddle on the shore with an empty oar for now.

Zhao Gang shouted from the front of the room: "Xiaoxiu, come home for dinner!"

Zhao Xiaoxiu and Monkey Sister looked at each other reluctantly, got off the boat, and ran home for dinner.

Passing by the mutant pine and emerald flower at the door, Zhao Xiaoxiu patted them happily and immediately sensed their happy yet shy emotions.

Ever since she watered them with special water last time, she clearly felt that she had established a connection with the two mutant plants.

She can sense their attachment to her and can also have some simple communication with them.

Not only that, she also found that the circle of emerald flowers had become different from before.

The pollen it now produces has a mild hallucinogenic effect.

The mutant dwarf pine has not changed at all, and even communicating with it is not as smooth as with the green pearl flower.

Zhao Xiaoxiu guessed that it might be because the lower limit of the mutant plant was too low. After all, the mutation level of this mutant dwarf pine was originally very low.

The mutant Emerald Flower was slightly better than it, but not much. What if she got a B-level mutant plant next time? What would it look like after being watered with blood?
With a heart full of doubts and inquiries, Zhao Xiaoxiu was carried into the kitchen by Monkey Sister, who was eager to eat.

The Meng family's mother and son were also there. When they saw Zhao Xiaoxiu, Meng Er immediately winked at her and asked, "Did you see the boat?
Zhao Xiaoxiu smiled at the two brothers and nodded heavily, indicating that she liked the boat very much. "Thank you, Uncle Meng and Uncle Meng."

Meng Da waved his hand, "You're welcome."

"Xiaoxiu, guess what we are going to eat today." Grandma Meng brought the dinner that Zhao Gang had prepared to the table and deliberately covered it with a lid so that Zhao Xiaoxiu wouldn't be able to see it.

Zhao Xiaoxiu leaned closer and smelled it, she smelled the scent of tomato and egg soup!
But how is this possible? There is not a single egg in the house!

Granny Meng: "Speak boldly."

"Is it tomato and egg soup?" Zhao Xiaoxiu felt like a fool when she asked this question.

Unexpectedly, when Grandma Meng opened the lid, she saw golden egg flowers floating on the red tomato soup.

Zhao Xiaoxiu couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's a real egg!"

Meng laughed, "They are bird eggs. This morning, Meng Er found a few mutant bird nests in the poplar forest. After testing, he found that they were edible. So he secretly brought the eggs back when the big bird wasn't paying attention."

"A lot?" Zhao Xiaoxiu asked happily.

Zhao Gang pointed to the refrigerator and said, "More than twenty. I just made ten and saved the rest for tomorrow."

Zhao Xiaoxiu looked at Sister Monkey expectantly. Sister Monkey understood instantly and patted her chest: I’ll take you to get bird eggs tomorrow!

There was a large bowl full of evolved tomato and bird egg soup, and the two families, including Sister Monkey, each got a full bowl.

Zhao Gang took a sip and poured the rest into the big bowl that his cub had already licked clean.

"If you like to eat, eat more and grow strong." The old father touched his daughter's little face with heartache. The face had only a little flesh on it. She was too thin.

The monkey sister scratched her cheek suspiciously, and stretched out her palm to gesture in front of the cub's face. The flesh on its face is already more than its own. Is it thin?

Zhao Xiaoxiu opened the monkey sister's furry paw with a chopstick and looked at it with round eyes. She was so thin!
The monkey sister let out two low growls of compromise, "ho ho", and refused to argue with the quibbling cub.

After drinking one and a half bowls, Zhao Xiaoxiu felt a little full. She considerately gave the remaining half bowl to the monkey sister who was staring at her eagerly, so that the greedy monkey would not swallow her as food.

It was not enough for the adults to drink just one bowl of soup, they also drank half a tube of nutrient solution to feel a strong sense of fullness.

However, the delicious tomato and egg soup was very memorable. Meng Er asked carefully: "Brother Gangzi, will you make tomato and egg soup tomorrow?"

Zhao Gang instantly understood his other meaning: Can we still come for dinner tomorrow night?

Thinking that the bird eggs were taken back by Meng Er, Zhao Gang said fairly: "I'll make it again tomorrow night. You can come and eat together."

After all, before this, the two brothers had been helping with the work, and he had never given them any points or food.

After hearing Zhao Gang's accurate words, the mother and her two children immediately smiled happily.

The two families stayed in the house for a while to roast the charcoal burned by Grandma Meng, and talked with tears in their eyes about the topic that Wen Fei and others had talked about in the afternoon.

"Brother Gangzi, isn't Xiaoxiu familiar with the director's son? Is the news about building a research base true or false?" Meng Da asked.

Zhao Gang didn't answer and looked at Zhao Xiaoxiu.

Zhao Xiaoxiu tentatively asked, "How about I call Youyou now and ask him to ask his mother?"

Everyone nodded. That was a great feeling!

Zhao Xiaoxiu: “.”

(End of this chapter)