Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 155 Little Green Date Grows Up Quickly
The new research base that Yang Mei requested has been completed.

After the acceptance was successful, the first call came and asked Zhao Gang, the contractor, to go and collect his wages.

However, what the three brought back were not points, but two boxes of fungi in medical tablets.

Some are used to stop bleeding from wounds, some are used to promote wound healing, and a small number of them are more precious and are specifically used to treat toothaches.

Prices range from 30 points to 50 points and 200 points per piece.

The two mixed boxes contain a total of 400 tablets. According to the price listed by Hope Base Biological Company, it is worth at least points.

Excluding Zhao Gang and the three Meng brothers, there were a total of 19 lords who went to the construction site this time. Zhao Gang offered each person a salary of 45 points a day. The project had been completed for half a month, so each person should be paid 675 points.

The total wages of all workers added up to 12825 points.

By this calculation, half of the two boxes of medical fungi will be left.

There are only 9000 points left in Zhao Gang's points card, which is not enough to pay the salaries of all the lords.

"Keep all the fungi that treat toothaches and one-third of the fungi that stop bleeding and heal. Sell the rest in exchange for points," Zhao Gang arranged.

The two Meng brothers had no objection. Seeing that it was still early, they immediately wanted to go into the city to exchange the batch of medical fungi.

Meng Er had previously joined a hunting team and got to know some hunting groups. These medicinal fungi were the most popular supplies among hunters, besides cigarettes and alcohol.

He had already thought it through. After entering the city, he would go directly to the deputy head of the group whom he knew before to deal with the goods in bulk. The price would be slightly lower than the official one.

Zhao Gang expressed his concern about the fighting ability of the two brothers and ordered: "Meng Xia, you stay. Meng Qiu and I will go."

Meng Da nodded: "Okay, then I'll stay at home."

"Second brother, fill the magazine with bullets." Grandma Meng reminded.

Meng Er nodded and went home to pack up immediately.

Zhao Gang found a cloth bag and put all the medical fungi he wanted to sell into the bag, and there was just enough left to fill a whole box.

"Xiaoxiu." Zhao Gang handed the remaining fungi and the box to his daughter, asking her to take it to the bedroom and put it away.

These fungi are all active, and a special solution is injected into the sealed package. The shelf life is up to one and a half years, so there is no need to worry about them expiration.

Zhao Xiaoxiu quickly picked up the box of medical fungi, ran upstairs, opened the bedroom closet, and hid the box inside.

These things were of little use to her and her father, but were indispensable to other injured people.

Especially for treating toothache, it must be kept at home.

Zhao Xiaoxiu felt that as long as she spread the news, these more than 100 bags of fungi would be sold out quickly.

There is no biological company's pharmacy in the planting area, and they can sell it at a higher price!

But it cannot be sold now. We have to wait until Dad settles the wages of other lords.

"Huh?" Zhao Xiaoxiu tilted her head, as if she had discovered something special.

Dad takes the medical fungi to the city and exchanges them for points to distribute to other lords, and then lets the lords spend the points to buy the remaining medical fungi from him at a marked-up price. Isn't this making money on both ends?

Taking into account the daily consumables that the lords had bribed Uncle Meng with, it seems that he could probably earn nearly 10,000 points as a contractor in the past half month.

This result surprised Zhao Xiaoxiu herself. She was not sure, so she squatted there and counted again with her fingers.

It seems like it’s not less than ten thousand, but more than ten thousand!

The smile on Zhao Xiaoxiu's face became brighter. She ran downstairs "dong dong dong" and circled around the adults who were getting ready to go out. She looked even more excited than Zhao Gang and the other two.

It was more convenient to drive when going out. Meng Er hung the cloth bag full of fungi around his neck, put the whole bag in his arms, zipped up his clothes, sat in the passenger seat, covered his chest and did not move. With his serious look, those who didn't know him would think he was escorting a bag of evolutionary potions.

Zhao Gang bent down and grabbed Zhao Xiaoxiu who was circling around him, and told her gently:

"Dad and Uncle Meng are going to the city to sell things. We will be back after the sales. It may be the middle of the night when we get home. Dad can't sleep with you tonight. Are you afraid?"

Zhao Xiaoxiu shook her head: "Dad, don't worry. I'll ask Sister Monkey to sleep with me. I'm not afraid."

When Sister Monkey heard the cub mention her, she immediately roared excitedly and pounded her chest to emphasize that she was also very strong!

Zhao Gang glanced at Sister Monkey indifferently, feeling sad about its wrong perception.

But when I looked up at Meng Da and Meng A Po next to them, I realized that there is no harm without comparison, so this evolved macaque is not bad.

"Now that dad is gone, ask grandma to cook you tomato soup and two bottles of nutrient solution tonight. Don't starve yourself. Wait for dad to come back and bring you something delicious." Zhao Gang reminded him, his eyes full of reluctance.

Meng Er couldn't bear it any longer, and urged in a sarcastic tone: "Brother Gangzi, why don't you bring Xiaoxiu with you and go into the city together?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Gang's eyes lit up. Why didn't he think of it?

He was about to say: Okay.

Zhao Xiaoxiu quickly pushed her father away, retreated to the door of the house, and raised her little hand: "Goodbye, Dad! Go early and come back early, and have a safe journey!"

With a "pop", Zhao Gang seemed to hear the sound of his own heart breaking.

"Okay, bye." The old father drove away with a sad face.

He tilted his head, his eyes watching the cub whose rear end was getting smaller and smaller. He steered the wheel with his hands and stepped on the accelerator, and the junked truck moved forward.

Meng Er always felt something was wrong, so he turned his head and saw that the driver was not looking at the road, but the truck was driving straight onto the main road and accelerating at full speed.

Because the scene was too absurd, my brain stopped thinking for a moment, and after a second, I suddenly woke up.

"Brother Gangzi, you..." He was just about to remind a driver to look at the road, but the driver looked straight ahead with a serious expression, as if the strange scene he had just seen had never happened.

"Could it be that I've been working like a slave for so long that I'm exhausted?" Meng Er shook his head, holding his forehead and fell into deep thought.

After watching the truck leave, Meng Da and Grandma Meng picked up hammers and continued to lay bricks on the unpaved space at the door.

The weather was clear, with blue sky and white clouds. Zhao Xiaoxiu was in a sunny mood and did not feel anxious at all about being separated from her father.

In the afternoon, Sister Monkey and I went to the back mountain to plant persimmons. We built a small fence with poplar branches to protect it.

The mutated green jujube next to it seemed to have grown a lot taller all of a sudden, and now it was as high as Zhao Xiaoxiu's chest.

A few tender green buds grew on the slender trunk. They swayed in the wind, looking very cute.

As long as Zhao Xiaoxiu approached, she could feel a sense of joy.

When she steps back and leaves, she can feel the reluctance and desire of the jujube sapling.

These emotions were like a two or three-year-old child, who laughs when happy and cries when sad, and were fully displayed in front of Zhao Xiaoxiu.

"Little jujube, grow up quickly and bear more fruits." Zhao Xiaoxiu stood in front of the jujube sapling and reminded herself several times.

Then he picked up the small hoe and shouted, "Monkey Sister!"

Call away the naughty macaques that were digging holes everywhere on the hillside, and go home together.

(End of this chapter)