Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 153 Get some bricks
Granny Meng boiled a pot of hot water again and took it to the bathroom to help Zhao Xiaoxiu, who was covered in mud, take a bath.

The little guy felt shy now and pushed her out, insisting on washing himself. Granny Meng couldn't persuade him, so she had to stand guard at the door to avoid any accidents.

Most of the mud was on the clothes, so Zhao Xiaoxiu washed her face and hair, and then put on the clean thick clothes that Sister Monkey took from the clothesline. Although her short arms and legs made her movements a little slower, she was able to clean herself up thoroughly.

Grandma Meng came in to pour water, praising her while feeling distressed.

Children without mothers become sensible early. If their mother is around, a four-year-old child will not be able to learn to wash his face or brush his teeth by himself, but Xiaoxiu can take a bath and dress himself.

"Thank you for your hard work, grandma." Zhao Xiaoxiu said embarrassedly.

When Grandma Meng saw the little girl like this, she felt distressed again. She patted her little head pitifully, reminded her to put on her hat, and packed a bucket of dirty clothes and prepared to take them to wash.

Zhao Xiaoxiu quickly stopped her and said, "Grandma, don't move. Wait for dad to come back and let him wash it."

Granny Meng seemed to have heard something strange, and asked in a low voice in disbelief, "Can your dad take the initiative to wash your clothes now?"

Zhao Xiaoxiu nodded and praised her father nonstop, "Grandma, Dad can not only wash clothes now, but also cook delicious meals. He can also tell me bedtime stories, make new clothes and shoes for me, and he can do many cute hairstyles."

Then, he pointed to the dirty clothes in the bucket and said, "Look, these are made for me by my father himself."

Grandma Meng, who thought the clothes were all bought, was shocked and exclaimed, "He has really changed. No wonder they always say that a man should be able to stand on his own feet at the age of 30. Your dad has finally stood on his own feet now."

Since someone was washing clothes, Granny Meng readily put down the dirty clothes and told Zhao Xiaoxiu not to run outside again. Zhao Gang and the others would be back from work soon, so she should stay at home obediently. Then she turned around and went out to continue spreading coal slag on the muddy ground.

She collected sawdust and coal slag for a month, which was just enough to pave a dry path from the courtyard gate to the front doors of the two houses.

Anyway, it's just a temporary stepping stone, so you don't have to worry about getting it dirty. Once the snow melts and the sun shines for two days, the road will be easier to walk on.

However, Grandma Meng felt that this was not enough. It would be better to get some materials such as cement, stones, and bricks to officially pave the yards of the two families.

Otherwise, when the rainy season comes, it will still be muddy, and the house inside and outside will be dirty and wet, making it uncomfortable to live in.

But now it's just a thought. The young people are all busy and no one has time to go out and look for materials.

By the way, the patrol station started notifying the lords yesterday that once the snow melts, they will start constructing infrastructure in the planting areas.

The base stipulates that all lords must participate in compulsory labor, and those who do not participate will be directly expelled.

So even if he was just pretending to do it, Zhao Gang couldn't have any time to rest during this period of time.

I just don’t know whether the eldest and second oldest want to go together.

While Grandma Meng was thinking about these things, the sound of a truck beeped, and it was Zhao Gang and his men returning.

Zhao Gang was very conscious of being a contractor. He drove his own truck to pick up and drop off people every day, and won unanimous praise from the lords.

However, Zhao Xiaoxiu knew that her father did this not out of kindness; he simply would not allow any of his workers to be absent.

The big truck rolled over the muddy land and sped all the way to the gate of the yard before it suddenly braked to a stop.

Although Meng Da and Meng Er knew Zhao Gang's driving habits for a long time, every time Zhao Gang braked suddenly, they were caught off guard and felt dizzy.

"Dad!" Zhao Xiaoxiu stood at the door and waved happily, reminding her father to pay attention to her.

Zhao Gang stretched out his long legs and jumped out of the car easily. When he looked up, he saw his daughter's happy smiling face and her freshly washed hair draped over her shoulders.

"Haha!" Sister Monkey brought out a bucket of dirty clothes, reminded Zhao Gang to wash them, and then she turned around and ran away. Zhao Gang: "."

"Are you okay?" Zhao Gang came to the door, bent down and asked his daughter.

Zhao Xiaoxiu shook her head, indicating that she was fine, just that her clothes were dirty.

Zhao Gang smiled lightly. These were all minor problems. As long as the cub was fine, it was good.

Grandma Meng didn't know that Zhao Gang could see everything in the territory, so she hurried over to tell Zhao Xiaoxiu what had just happened in the mud.

Zhao Gang looked back at the muddy ground in front of his house, frowned, and suddenly felt displeased with the land.

"Brother Gangzi, let's go back first." Meng Er said.

"Wait a moment." Zhao Gang stopped the two of them.

Meng Er immediately became alert, "What's wrong?" Are they going to ask him to work?
I'm very tired after working on the construction site all day. Now I just want to go home and lie down.

But the more you fear something, the more likely it is to come. Zhao Gang waved his hand, motioning the two to follow him, and strode out of the yard and walked towards the abandoned house next to him.

"No way—" Meng Er shouted helplessly, "Brother Gangzi, it's almost dark, can we do it tomorrow?!"

Zhao Gang's answer was cold and ruthless: "No."

The two brothers followed him, not knowing what he was going to do, but they had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, Zhao Gang looked around the remaining empty buildings, and finally pointed at the building with a huge crack on the wall and said:
"Let's get some bricks and go back to pave the open space in front of the yard and the road leading from the yard to the main road."

The Meng brothers' eyes widened at the same time: "What? Now?"

Meng Er said nervously, "Brother Gangzi, stop joking. We don't have a wall pusher. It's impossible to knock down all the bricks on the house with a hammer, right?!!"

The tone of the last word, "吧", suddenly becomes high, like a cat whose tail is stepped on, which should trigger a terrified scream.

The Meng brothers watched helplessly as a blood-red flesh tentacles at least thirty meters long and as thick as a bowl appeared above the house. After two "snap" sounds, the seemingly sturdy three-story building collapsed instantly.

The loud "boom!" sound spread throughout the entire Territory No. 13, scaring everyone in the territory except Zhao Gang himself.

Mr. and Mrs. Qiu Bai and Jiang Ning's family of four, who had just returned home, thought that a major earthquake had occurred. They rushed out of the house in panic. When they turned around, they saw that the house next to them, which had been intact, had become a ruin in an instant.

Grandma Meng, Zhao Xiaoxiu and Monkey Sister all ran over at the first opportunity.

When I saw the small building turned into ruins, my jaw dropped in shock.

The Meng brothers raised their hands and stiffly fanned away the rolling dust in front of them. Their brains had stopped working and they didn't know how to react.

The others were better off, after all, they did not witness the shocking scene of Zhao Gang collapsing a building in two seconds.

Zhao Gang had no intention of explaining to everyone, so he smiled at his daughter and said, "Xiaoxiu, go home. Dad and the uncles are going to start moving bricks and paving the road."

Zhao Xiaoxiu, who was carried on Sister Monkey's shoulders, held her own and Sister Monkey's wide-open mouths with her two little hands, manually closed them, and nodded her little head expectantly: "Hmm!"

Meng Da and Meng Er suddenly realized that this was what Brother Gangzi meant by "getting some bricks".

No skills at all, just recklessness!
(End of this chapter)