Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 221 Harvesting Rapeseed
With a few "whoosh" sounds, a brown shadow came rushing over. It did not take the stairs or the front door, but climbed directly onto the balcony and flipped over. It picked up the broom that the tentacle had dropped on the ground and quickly cleaned its messy room.

After finishing the job, he stood in front of Zhao Xiaoxiu, scratching his head embarrassedly, grinning at her, blinking his two big monkey eyes, acting coquettishly and cutely.

Zhao Xiaoxiu let it go, but the two tentacles were gone.

The tentacles swung up and quickly wrapped around Sister Monkey tightly. The tentacles stretched straight and threatened Sister Monkey's hairy head before retreating.

Zhao Xiaoxiu watched the two tentacles disappear around the corner of the stairs, and immediately ran back, pointing at the still unconvinced Monkey Sister and said:

"Do you dare next time? Be careful or they'll pierce your heart like they did to those bounty hunters!"

The bloody holes on the bounty hunter's forehead and chest appeared in front of Sister Monkey's eyes. Her hair stood on end. She waved her hands and squeaked: No more! No more!
It doesn't want to die.

Zhao Xiaoxiu saw that she had frightened Sister Monkey enough, so she gently warned her not to sneak melon seeds into the room again.

Sister Monkey: Then take it to the cave?
Zhao Xiaoxiu rolled her eyes at the sky and said, holding back her temper, "Can't you wait a few more days until all the melon seeds are dried?"

Sister Monkey hung her head in grievance. This was too difficult for her. The tender melon seeds were sweet and delicious, but what should she do?

"Sweet?" Zhao Xiaoxiu asked in surprise.

Sister Monkey didn’t know how a human baby could change its expression so quickly, but seeing that Zhao Xiaoxiu was also interested, she immediately carried her downstairs to the open space in front of the door.

With the "Imperial Sword" in hand, Sister Monkey was not afraid of the little boy who was in charge of drying the melon seeds. She picked the largest flower disk from the ground, broke off the tenderest part of the core, and handed it to Zhao Xiaoxiu: Eat!
Zhao Xiaoxiu slid down from Sister Monkey's furry arms. The fur was warm in winter, but now it made her sweat all over her back after just a short while.

Holding the flower plate, the boy and the monkey sat down on the steps under the eaves. Under the furtive watchful eyes of the caretaker, Xiwa, they peeled off the tender shells, picked out the melon seeds inside, and ate them.

The melon seeds that are not completely dry are very tender, and a sweet taste comes out immediately when you bite them.

Zhao Xiaoxiu's eyes lit up, this was really sweet.

"Dad will definitely like it." Zhao Xiaoxiu said, and stuffed all the melon seeds in his hand to Sister Monkey. He raised the flower plate that could be used as an umbrella and ran towards the entrance of the territory.

"Dad! Daddy!"

The voice came before the cubs arrived.

Zhao Gang, the mother and son of the Meng family, who were building a small shop with leftover materials, turned their heads to look at the source of the voice.

Then I saw a long-legged sunflower running towards me.

When the flower disk was removed, a cute pink face with sweat on the tip of the nose was revealed.

Zhao Xiaoxiu said expectantly: "Dad, the young melon seeds are sweet. I'll peel them for you to eat."

Zhao Gang nodded: "Okay."

Meng Er immediately parroted and said, "Okay~"

Who envies him?

Granny Meng and Meng Da couldn't help laughing, the atmosphere became relaxed, and the scorching sun above their heads didn't seem so hot anymore.

"Grandma Meng, Uncle Meng, you two should eat too." Zhao Xiaoxiu broke off a piece, blew away the excess residue, and carefully peeled them one by one, then tiptoed to pass them to Grandma Meng and Uncle Meng.

Meng Da was flattered. He glanced at Zhao Gang and saw that he didn't say anything. Then he happily put the peeled melon seed into his mouth.

"Sweet!" Meng Da gave a thumbs up.

Granny Meng held the sweet drink in her mouth, feeling sweet in her heart, and looked at Zhao Xiaoxiu with extremely loving eyes.

"What about me? Xiaoxiu, don't forget your uncle!" Seeing that everyone had one, Meng Er reminded him urgently. Zhao Xiaoxiu made a face at him: "Lululu~, no!"

It’s his own fault for imitating his dad and saying weird things. If you want to eat it, go get it yourself.

Meng Er complained helplessly: "You little guy, you really hold a grudge."

Zhao Xiaoxiu ignored him and squatted on the grass, directing the mutated plants on the green wall to build an arch to provide shade for the adults, while peeling melon seeds for her father and Grandma Meng and Uncle Meng.

I peeled a small handful and gave it to my father first, then fed it to Grandma Meng.

Meng Da was embarrassed to be fed by a child, so he waved his hand and climbed to the top of the shelf, concentrating on building the high wall.

The Meng family, mother and two of them, had previously added a roof to the bungalow, and had accumulated experience there, so they were now very skilled at building walls.

With the help of three young men and a hardworking grandma Meng, it only took three days to build the main structure and roof of the store.

It took another day to cover the tiles, nail the doors and windows, and a 30-square-meter, two-room convenience store took shape.

Just as we were preparing to continue painting the walls, laying cement and doing the ground decoration, it was time to harvest rapeseed.

Everyone had to put aside the decoration work of the convenience store temporarily, and each of them took a sickle and walked into the one acre of rapeseed field to start harvesting rapeseed.

While the adults were harvesting, Zhao Xiaoxiu and Sister Hou pulled the hoverboards to bring the crops home one by one.

Freshly cut rapeseed needs to be air-dried in the sun to dry out all excess moisture before it can be threshed.

Fortunately, the sunflowers have been dried and the space at the door is vacant, which is perfect for rapeseed.

During the hottest days in May, the front and back yards of Zhao Xiaoxiu's house were covered with rapeseed. When people walked by and stepped on the branches, a rustling sound was made.

The rapeseed field of Zhao Xiaoxiu's family was not infested by insects and was not eaten by other mutant animals. It grew very well, and the seeds in the sieves were packed full.

There are many people in the family, and one acre of land can be harvested in one day.

After finishing his own business, Zhao Xiaoxiu immediately took Meng Er and Xiwa to site No. 3 to help his master.

When he arrived at Territory No. 3, Zhao Xiaoxiu discovered that the seed setting rate of his own rapeseed was particularly high.

The rapeseed in my master's house not only grew in different heights, but the husks that looked bulgy actually flattened immediately when touched, and it seemed that there were not many seeds inside.

Sheng Qingyang didn't know the situation of the rapeseed in Territory No. 13 yet. When he saw his apprentice bringing people to help, he was surprised and pointed to Territory No. next door and said:

"The rapeseed field of Lord No. 4 was not properly pacified during the mutation period, and the little bees that were attracted were all eaten by the flowers. The last time an expert came to check, he said that the pollination was not good, and the seed setting rate is probably not very high."

Turning around, he looked at the rapeseed hanging on the branches in front of him, and said with a slight smile, "The yield here should be pretty good."

Xiwa and Meng Er, who were harvesting hard, looked at each other and seemed to want to say something but stopped themselves because Zhao Xiaoxiu glared at them.

The two shrugged and continued to work.

Meng Er worked very hard. He didn't even need a sickle. His hands were hardened and he could grab a handful of fruits with just his five fingers. His speed was faster than Xiwa's cutting with a knife.

Zhao Xiaoxiu was very clear about her role, which was to accompany the harvest. She stood on the empty field where the harvest had already been completed, chatting with her master while helping to check if there was anything left behind, picking it up and throwing it into the basket.

Not everyone's territory can be guarded by the Green Fairy. There are always various mutated animals in Sheng Qingyang's territory.

They are not a big threat to humans, but they are a big threat to crops.