Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 242 You Can Believe
Zhao Xiaoxiu stood on the side of the road, waving, and watched Youyou and the other two leave.

He turned around, put all the processed animal meat into the freezer, tidied up the goods in the store, checked the water and electricity, locked the doors and windows of the store, and walked home in big strides.

"Dad, Youyou's dad is coming to Area B. Do you know Youyou's dad?" Zhao Xiaoxiu turned around and told her father this "secret that cannot be told."

Because her intuition told her that Youyou's father, a researcher at the headquarters of a biological company, might pose a huge threat to her father.

The little girl acted fine just now, but now when she was in front of her father, her eyes were full of nervousness. She raised her two little fists to her chest, and her palms were full of sweat.

Zhao Gang could see that his daughter was nervous, although he didn't know what the child was nervous about.

But that didn't stop him from immediately stopping what he was doing, taking her to the bathroom on the second floor, and wiping her face and hands with cool water.

The hot, sticky sweat on my hands was taken away by the cool handkerchief, and the inexplicable anxiety also dissipated.

"Dad doesn't know Youyou's dad." said Zhao Gang.

Zhao Xiaoxiu exhaled a breath of hot air, leaned her head on her father's thigh, and muttered, "But he came from the headquarters of the biological company."

Ever since realizing that his blood is the antidote to the virus, and that the source of all this comes from his father's tentacles, Zhao Xiaoxiu pays special attention to any news related to the biological company.

Zhao Gang unfolded the wrung-out handkerchief and hung it neatly on the rope, making sure the four corners were level, as if he had obsessive-compulsive disorder.

He raised his big hand to rub the little head leaning against his leg, and asked gently, "What will happen if someone comes from the biological company headquarters?"

"Daddy, isn't he afraid of being caught by them? Do you want to be separated from Xiaoxiu?" The little guy suddenly looked up and asked excitedly.

The pair of big round eyes looked even rounder because they were wide open, like a cat whose fur stood on end due to stress.

Zhao Xiaoxiu hugged her father's thighs and said, "I don't want to be separated from Dad."

Zhao Gang was obviously stunned for a moment, then he smiled with the corners of his mouth curved. He stretched out his hand to pull the little girl away from his thighs and picked her up. With the father and daughter looking at each other at eye level, he said seriously:

"No, we will never be apart."

"Really?" Zhao Xiaoxiu couldn't believe it. Her little hands unconsciously grabbed the collar of her father's T-shirt, making it wrinkled and messy.

Zhao Gang looked good-tempered and let her grab him. Even when his collar was pinching his neck, he didn't react. He just nodded seriously and gave an affirmative answer.

"real."

Zhao Xiaoxiu took a deep breath, "Can I believe it?"

"can believe."

Zhao Gang added seriously, "Dad won't lie to Xiaoxiu. Lying is not good for children."

The latter sentence was said to Zhao Xiaoxiu. The old father never forgot to educate his child and instill in her the correct human values.

"What do you want to eat tonight?" Seeing that the cub in his arms had finally calmed down, Zhao Gang carried her downstairs to the kitchen. "Today we have evolved pumpkin and mutant cucumber."

Zhao Xiaoxiu never made choices when it came to food, and shouted, "I want all!"

Zhao Gang nodded, "Okay, I want both."

She put the cub in her arms down, picked up the vegetable basin and went to the storage room, where she took a portion of the freshly harvested pumpkin and cucumber placed in the corner.

Zhao Xiaoxiu followed behind her father like a clingy person. Wherever Zhao Gang went, she followed him closely. The last time the cub was so clingy was when it first arrived at the territory last year. It felt insecure in the unfamiliar environment, so the little guy followed behind his father closely.

Later, as the territory developed better and better, the little guy felt safe enough and no longer followed his father so much.

Experiencing the feeling of being stuck to the cub again, Zhao Gang was busy with his hands. He turned his head to the back to look at the cub following behind him, his face full of enjoyment.

Sister Monkey came here because of the smell.

When Zhao Xiaoxiu and Youyou were playing in the afternoon, Sister Monkey ran away very quickly. Now no one knew where she came from, and her body was covered with mutant little thorn balls.

These thorn balls are not very lethal, the only annoying thing is that once they get stuck on your body they can't be torn off, making them very difficult to deal with.

Sister Monkey was tortured by these thorns and became very angry. She put the bunch of wild fruits in her arms on the table with a grimace, and immediately rolled to Zhao Xiaoxiu's feet, pointing and gesturing for Zhao Xiaoxiu to help her get rid of the thorns on her body.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" Little cub, save me!

The monkey sister's shout amused Zhao Xiaoxiu. Seeing that she was actually laughing, the monkey sister became even angrier. She lay on the ground and spun like a top. After a while, the dusty floor was swept clean and shiny.

"Roar, roar!" Sister Monkey accused Zhao Xiaoxiu, but after a while her voice became aggrieved and her eyes turned red.

Zhao Xiaoxiu shook his head and said, "You deserve it. I told you to run around everywhere."

Although the words she said were unpleasant, the little girl immediately picked up the scissors, helped cut off the thorn balls one by one, and threw them into the stove to burn as firewood.

This thorn ball was extremely flammable. With a "boom", flames burst out and almost burned Zhao Gang's clothes.

Seeing Zhao Gang turning his head, the kid and the monkey immediately let out fake smiles of “Hehe~”

Zhao Gang shook his head helplessly, thinking to himself as long as you guys are happy.

After all the thorns were cut off, Sister Monkey's appearance became wretched. Her originally golden brown monkey hair was now covered with scars and rashes.

Sister Monkey doesn’t care, there are plenty of male monkeys out there who like her.

"Shuala" he put all the wild fruits he brought back into the sink, stirred them with his two paws, took out two red wild fruits and handed them to Zhao Xiaoxiu's mouth, "Eat!"
"What is it?" Zhao Xiaoxiu took it hesitantly, put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, smelling a light fruity fragrance.

Sister Monkey gestured and said: These low-level mutated wild fruits picked from the mountains are delicious, sweet and soft.

Zhao Xiaoxiu was half-believing and half-doubting. She took a light bite of the peel. The peel was red, and inside was white flesh. It was plump and tasted slightly sweet, like an apple.

Sister Monkey stared at her with twinkling eyes: Is it delicious?
Zhao Xiaoxiu nodded: "It's delicious, but it doesn't have much water."

Sister Monkey only chose to listen to the first three words she wanted to hear. She screamed with joy and quickly washed all the wild fruits in the pond, put them in the fruit plate, and sat at the dining table with Zhao Xiaoxiu, eating the fruits while waiting for Zhao Gang to serve the dishes.

This level of self-awareness is really unparalleled.

Zhao Gang knew that his young cub doted on the monkey, so in order to prevent his young cub from secretly giving half of his food to the monkey and leaving her hungry, he specially served two portions of food.

He placed one portion in front of Sister Monkey with a bang, and one portion gently in front of Zhao Xiaoxiu, and said with a smile, "Xiaoxiu, eat your fill. If you don't have enough, Daddy will make more for you."

"Thank you, Dad!" Zhao Xiaoxiu said in surprise.

Sister Monkey also wanted to squeak a few times, but was glared at by the tentacles behind Zhao Gang. She shrugged her shoulders and hugged the bowl of food to eat.

With delicious food and Monkey Sister to play with, Zhao Xiaoxiu quickly forgot about Youyou’s father coming and became a happy child again.