Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 158 Voluntary Labor
Jiang Ning invited, "Xiaoxiu, if you get bored in the future, come to Auntie's house to play with Sister Miaomiao. Territory No. 16 is at the entrance of the planting area, and it's very close to us. It only takes half an hour to walk there."

Zhao Xiaoxiu nodded heavily, tightly grasped Sister Miaomiao's hand and said, "Okay, I will definitely go!"

"When dad is free, I will ask him to bring me over to play with you." Liu Miaomiao leaned into Zhao Xiaoxiu's ear and whispered.

She envied Zhao Xiaoxiu, who had Sister Monkey as her bodyguard and could run around the planting area freely.

But she can't, because the world outside is very dangerous. If she goes out alone, her parents and grandpa will be worried.

So she could only stay at home obediently to avoid worrying the adults.

"Sister Xiaoxiu, please come to see me often." Liu Miaomiao reminded her again and again before leaving.

Zhao Xiaoxiu generously shook hands with her and agreed immediately: "Okay!"

Liu Miaomiao giggled and finally felt relieved. She left the territory where she had lived for a winter with her family.

The No. 2 plot owned by Mr. and Mrs. Qiu is at the northernmost end, but they have already established a good relationship with Zhao Gang's family and Sheng Qingyang, the neighbor of No. 3 plot.

With a familiar neighbor around, the couple were full of expectations for life in the new territory. They smiled and waved goodbye to Zhao Xiaoxiu, asking her to follow Sheng Qingyang to visit often in the future.

Zhao Xiaoxiu held her father's big hand, and the father and daughter stood in front of the courtyard gate and watched the tenants leave. They did not turn around and go home until they left Territory No. 13 and entered the main road.

Suddenly, half of the people in the territory were gone, and the voices in their ears became much less. The father and daughter looked at each other, both feeling a little uncomfortable.

However, I was not used to it for only two minutes before I was interrupted by Meng Er's excited and loud voice.

"The sunflowers are planted, and the sweet potato fields are cultivated. Brother Gangzi, is there anything else you want us to do?"

Meng and the other two arrived before anyone else did, strode in from the door and asked Zhao Gang for work, as they were afraid that he would be idle.

He said excitedly: "We have finished all the work we can do at home, Brother Gangzi, how about we go into the mountains?"

"I see that other lords have left the planting area and are heading into the isolation zone. There are many good things in the mountains at this time. If we go too late, we won't get anything good."

Zhao Gang raised his eyes and looked at him: "Are you short of food and drink?"

Meng Er was stuck: "That's not the case, I just want to earn more points."

He thought Zhao Gang had other arrangements and didn't want him to go into the mountains.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Gang said the next second: "Oh, then you go ahead. Mo Shigui informed me this morning that we should gather at the patrol station gate early tomorrow morning to participate in voluntary labor."

"So fast!" Meng Er was a little surprised. Doesn't that mean there are no adults in the family?
"Where is Xiaoxiu?" Meng Er asked worriedly.

His mother is a strong-willed person and plans to go to the quarantine zone with the two brothers to try their luck and see if they can get anything.

So there is no one to look after the children!

Zhao Gang lowered his head, "Where do you want to go, Xiaoxiu?"

Mo Shigui knew that his family had hired farmhands, so he specifically instructed them not to bring their children to work.

Although Zhao Gang did not intend to obey, he still had to ask for the cub's opinion.

Zhao Xiaoxiu thought for a moment and said, "Dad, I'm at home, taking care of the crops."

"Okay, Sister Monkey will go with you." Zhao Gang didn't think there were any mutants nearby that could threaten his cubs, so he felt relieved.

Zhao Xiaoxiu was delighted and hurriedly asked, "Can I go find Master?"

The weather has warmed up, and the master had promised to take her into the mountains.

In front of the Meng brothers, Zhao Xiaoxiu didn't dare to reveal too much, but the master knew her ability, so there was no need to worry. Zhao Gang nodded: "Okay, but let Monkey accompany you."

"Okay!" Zhao Xiaoxiu was very happy and wanted to go find her master right away.

Unfortunately, my master has gone into the mountains today, so we can only wait until tomorrow.

The two families went their separate ways, and the next morning, when Zhao Xiaoxiu turned off the alarm clock and got up, the yard was already deserted.

Only the excited roar of Sister Monkey in the back mountain could be heard.

The mother and son of the Meng family went out at dawn and headed towards the nearest isolation zone. The three of them were very aware of their own strength and had no intention of going deep. They would just try their luck within a safe range. If they encountered someone they couldn't beat, they would run away immediately.

Zhao Gang went to the patrol station to gather, and all the lords were summoned.

Large trucks transported people and sent them to the pile of rocks in the east to break them into pieces. The pieces were then transported to the road in Area B and spread on it. Finally, specially prepared cement was used to harden the road surface.

A group of people who can operate large machinery were sent out of the planting area to build roads in the dense forest.

This is a road leading to Jiangcheng. Construction is started on both sides at the same time. Once the road is completed, it will only take two hours to drive from the planting area to Jiangcheng.

Zhao Gang possesses the memory of multiple people, has mastered a variety of skills, and can operate large machinery with ease.

However, the position assigned to him by the patrol station was not a machine driver, but a team leader of the security team, who was mainly responsible for the safety of the road construction team members.

The mutants that the mother and her two sons of the Meng family wanted to encounter in the quarantine zone were already found in large quantities by Zhao Gang.

In addition to the ones handed over to the base, Zhao Gang would keep any that tasted good and take them home as snacks for his own cubs.

Only Mo Shigui and his teammates know that Zhao Xiaoxiu has the skill to distinguish delicious food.

The soldiers from Area B, without telling anyone, secretly brought the mutated animals and plants below Level B back to the planting area, asking Zhao Xiaoxiu to help deal with them.

Zhao Xiaoxiu originally wanted to find his master and ask him to take him into the mountains.

I never expected that all lords had to do compulsory labor. Only later did I realize that my master and father were both busy and had no time.

Fortunately, I can also help the soldiers deal with mutants, so it’s not too boring.

Zhao Xiaoxiu didn't ask for any points from them. She just processed the parts that the soldiers couldn't eat or didn't want, chopped them up and fed them to the fish.

For Mo Shigui and others, this was a huge bargain, and they quickly agreed.

Ah Ji said contemptuously: "A bunch of adults bullying other children, how shameless!"

Then he took out a candy from his trouser pocket and stuffed it into the little girl's pocket, "Good girl, I'll treat you to candy. Help me pick out the best part."

Other soldiers: Shameless!
Zhao Xiaoxiu ignored them. She clenched her sharp hands around the two knives and used the pile of mutant animal corpses in front of her as practice objects. While practicing her knife skills, she picked out the delicious mutant animal meat.

As for the mutated plants, she would cut off any edible leaves or rhizomes.

Most of the mutated plants had not yet borne fruit this season, but they were growing rapidly. While the soldiers were protecting the road construction team, they also harvested the mutated plants in the nearby isolation zone.

Now they were all brought to Zhao Xiaoxiu's place without having too high expectations. As long as they could make something delicious, they would think it was worth it.

The roots of these mutated plants were charred by flames or cut off by sharp weapons, leaving them with almost no chance of survival.

But there was one root that didn't seem to be completely dead. When it touched the soil, the rhizome immediately drilled in and tried to sneak away.

Unexpectedly, a small foot stepped down with a "bang", pressing it firmly to the ground and making it unable to move.

(End of this chapter)