Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 208 The happiest day

"Uncle Liu Chuan, don't worry, we will send Sister Miaomiao back in a while." Zhao Xiaoxiu assured Liu Chuan seriously.

Liu Chuan nodded. He was relieved that the child was in Territory No. 13. He waved his hand, signaling them not to worry about him. "Go quickly. Happy birthday, Xiaoxiu."

"Thank you, uncle." said Zhao Xiaoxiu.

The three children gathered together at a window and waved at him.

"Xiaoxiu, happy birthday to you. These fruits are for you." Miaomiao held a box of low-level mutated wild fruits freshly picked from the mountains and handed it to Zhao Xiaoxiu, her eyes sparkling, looking forward to her reaction.

Zhao Xiaoxiu didn't expect that she would receive a gift. She took the box of wild fruits with surprise and said hurriedly, "Thank you, Sister Miaomiao!"

Miaomiao smiled gently and said, "I went to the isolation zone with my grandfather today. I picked these myself. You can mix them with powdered sugar. They are sour and sweet and delicious."

"Oh, if you have chili powder at home, you can also mix some. That's how my grandpa eats fruit in his hometown. It tastes very special."

Youyou was horrified: "What is that strange smell?"

"I don't know, I haven't eaten it either." Miaomiao said good-temperedly.

Due to her congenital physical condition, she always spoke softly and calmly. Youyou thought of his loud voice just now and inexplicably felt guilty.

He said "Oh" and didn't dare to ask what kind of dark dish this fruit with sugar and chili was.

"What's yours?" Zhao Xiaoxiu nudged Youyou, who was looking at the night sky in a gloomy manner, with her elbow.

"What?" Youyou played dumb.

Zhao Xiaoxiu asked directly: "Where is my birthday present?"

The little boy was visibly stunned. "I, I didn't have time to prepare, and you didn't tell me earlier."

"Can't I go back and give it to you?" Youyou asked weakly.

Miaomiao laughed out loud and reminded him: "Xiaoxiu is teasing you on purpose, Youyou brother. Even if you forget to prepare a gift, Xiaoxiu won't mind."

"My name is Youyou, not my brother!" the boy reminded a little annoyed, very seriously.

Miaomiao smiled awkwardly, "Okay, I see you are shorter than me."

The developmental processes of boys and girls at this age are not aligned. Miaomiao, who is half a year older than Youyou, is half a head taller than him when she sits down.

Zhao Xiaoxiu looks to be almost the same height as Youyou, even though they are two years apart in age.

"You should eat more." Zhao Xiaoxiu patted Youyou's shoulder pitifully and said maturely.

Youyou snorted and turned to look out the window. He didn't want to pay any attention to these two girls!
However, children’s temper only lasts for five minutes at most. When the sweet and beautiful fruit birthday cake, yogurt, French fries, spicy grilled fish, and stir-fried sweet potato leaves are placed in front of them, all the unhappiness is forgotten and only a "Wow!" remains.

Zhao Xiaoxiu was particularly curious about what the recipe Miaomiao mentioned tasted like, so she asked her father to help her mix the wild fruits according to the recipe.

Unexpectedly, this strange recipe tastes quite good, sour, sweet and a little spicy, as if eating a cold dish. It also neutralizes the sour taste of the wild fruits and stimulates the appetite.

"It's delicious!" Youyou's face was full of surprise, and his liking for birthday cake decreased.

He wants to declare that sweet and spicy fruit is the most delicious in the world!

Whenever the child found something delicious, he would bring some for his mother. He asked Zhao Gang for a plastic box, put five sweet and spicy wild fruits in it, packed them up, and would take them home later.

The stir-fried sweet potato leaves were also very popular. Zhao Xiaoxiu, who hadn't eaten fresh vegetables for a long time, wanted to swallow her tongue.

French fries and barbecue were put aside, and a plate of stir-fried sweet potato leaves was snatched away by everyone in just a few chopsticks.

Zhao Xiaoxiu personally held a knife and distributed the ten-inch birthday cake to everyone, so that everyone could get a large piece. The remaining half was eaten up by the three children and Sister Monkey.

The fluffy and sweet cake base is sandwiched with creamy fruits, with a rich taste, soft and fragrant.

The tray containing the cake was licked by Sister Monkey until it was shiny and greasy, and she squeaked and asked Zhao Xiaoxiu to celebrate her fourth and first birthday tomorrow so that she could have another birthday cake.

Zhao Xiaoxiu punched its swung tail and said unhappily, "No one celebrates their birthday once a day!"

Sister Monkey still didn't give up, and asked her with innocent monkey eyes: Is that monkey okay?
Zhao Xiaoxiu: “.”

Sister Monkey was overjoyed: Is it really possible?

"No, stop dreaming." Zhao Xiaoxiu said coldly and ruthlessly.

Seeing that the boy and the monkey were about to continue arguing, Zhao Gang stood up and interrupted the unanimous debate.

Miaomiao was full and sat in the chair with dazed eyes and yawning.

Youyou also lost his spirits and started paying attention to the time. He wanted to go home because he wanted to let his mother taste how delicious the fruit mixed with chili powder was.

"Send them back." Zhao Gang said to Xiwa.

Xiwa immediately stood up and waved his hand in front of the two children, "Hey, hey, hey! Let's go. I'll take you back."

Zhao Xiaoxiu pulled Monkey Sister into the car and personally sent Youyou and Miaomiao to their doorsteps. She watched the adults come to pick them up before returning home.

It was already 11:30 in the evening when they got home. Zhao Xiaoxiu was very sleepy, so everyone went back to their homes, washed up and went to bed.

Lying on the springy new mattress with eyes closed, Zhao Xiaoxiu tucked in the quilt and thought contentedly: Today is the happiest day~
It was daybreak and the fog had not yet dispersed. The lords of Area B, who had wanted to take a nap, were all awakened by the patrol station's notification loudspeaker.

It turned out that the expert assessment team was coming today and would arrive on time at 10 a.m. No matter what plans the lords had for today, they had to pause and stay in the territory waiting for the arrival of the expert assessment team.

This is a decisive moment that determines whether the lords can continue to be lords this year. After the notice was released, the atmosphere in Area B instantly became tense.

Zhao Gang was not in a hurry. All the evolved potatoes were harvested successfully and the evolved sweet potato seedlings were also successfully transplanted.

The mutant rapeseed field surrounded by mutant bees and evolved sunflowers looks pretty good too.

After waiting until noon, the expert assessment team finally arrived at Territory No. 13.

Before entering, the experts were startled by the green wall.

When I walked into the green wall and saw the neatly arranged planting areas in the territory, I was surprised again.

Because there are other crops in the field that don't belong in the seed bag.

The fields we visited in the morning also planted some low-level mutant crops that the lords brought back from the mountains, but they were just planted randomly on any piece of land.

But the other crops on the land in front of him were different. They were well taken care of and each had its own 'territory', which was marked with signs.

"Evolved Pumpkin, Evolved Cabbage." An expert read out the name on the sign and was secretly surprised.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "This is the evolved sunflower!"

"Oh my God, the sunflowers can sing to calm these mutated rapeseeds. The combination of these two crops has an amazing effect!" someone else shouted.

Aji, who was in charge of leading the way, looked at the calm Zhao Gang and his daughter in confusion, and spread his hands and said, "Is this worth being surprised?" He passed by Site 13 every day and was tired of seeing it.

The father and daughter shrugged at the same time, maybe.