Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 243 People Can’t Be Too Idle

July was coming to an end when the adults in the family had finished reclaiming dozens of acres of land.

The potatoes in the greenhouse have sprouted, and the germination rate is very high.

Zhao Gang took the Meng family mother and son to cut off all the potato sprouts and successfully planted all the potatoes before August arrived.

Xiwa’s rapeseed planter has been built, but the potato planter is still not ready.

So this time, Zhao Xiaoxiu's family and Grandma Meng's family had a total of more than three acres of land to plant potatoes, and everything was done manually.

Fortunately, there are many people in the family, and except for the little one, all of them are evolved people, so the workload is acceptable.

The only thing that made everyone complain was the scorching sun.

The backs of Meng Da and Meng Er's necks were sunburned, and Grandma Meng became at least two shades darker.

What’s strange is that Zhao Xiaoxiu and Zhao Gang, father and daughter, also sunbathe and don’t do enough sun protection, but their skin doesn’t get tanned at all.

Not only did she not get tanned, there wasn't even a trace of sunburn.

Facing everyone's curious gazes, Zhao Gang simply said indifferently: "I have good genes."

Everyone: "."

In fact, what Zhao Gang said is not wrong, it's just that he has good genes.

Because both father and daughter have super strong self-healing abilities, a piece of skin healed itself before it was burned by the sun, and of course no trace was left.

After planting potatoes, before they had even had two days to rest, Mo Shigui was sitting in a patrol car, holding up a loud speaker, urging the lords that it was time to harvest the sweet potatoes!
"No way?" Meng Er complained: "You've only rested for two days and you have to go to work again?"

Meng Da had a good attitude and shrugged calmly, "Three acres of land have been planted, and one acre of sweet potato land is only one acre. It can be finished in less than a day."

Granny Meng looked in the mirror and tore off the skin on her shoulders. "Although the hottest time has passed, the sun is still very strong. Remember to wear sunscreen. It's better to be a little hot than to cover your skin."

The two brothers responded in unison: "Yes."

He looked with envy at the fair and tender Zhao Xiaoxiu, and at Zhao Gang, whose skin was not white but not tanned at all.

On that midsummer night, the wind was warm and the ground was dry. Zhao Xiaoxiu and Sister Hou each held a watering can and sprinkled water on the floor tiles to cool down the ground.

At first, when the cold water came into contact with the scalding ground, hot steam immediately rose up, but soon, the temperature seemed to drop significantly.

While the adults were discussing tomorrow's farm work, Zhao Xiaoxiu and Monkey Sister came to the pond, sat on a small boat on the shore, and lay in it to look at the stars in the sky.

Peter Pan jumped out of the water and flew around above the sparkling water, occasionally spraying a thin mist of water towards the boat, causing Sister Monkey to jump up and beat her chest in a threat.

A fish and a monkey, neither of them was afraid of the other, and neither of them would give in to the other.

Until Zhao Xiaoxiu, who was lying on the bow, laughed and shouted: "Stop making trouble, let's look at the stars together. There are so many beautiful stars today~"

Since the official adoption of the new catastrophe calendar, no one remembers the previous lunar and solar calendars.

Zhao Xiaoxiu looked at the Milky Way in the sky that was drawn by countless stars, and counted on her fingers, but she still couldn't figure out an exact date.

But she said to Peter Pan and Monkey Sister who finally stopped, "Today is the Chinese Valentine's Day, the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet."

Sister Monkey and Peter Pan looked at each other and shook their heads, not understanding.

Zhao Xiaoxiu: “.” Forget it, let her enjoy it herself.

As she looked, the stars in the sky seemed to be winking at her. The sky and the earth merged together, and countless stars surrounded her, both on her body and beneath her.

Suddenly, he came back to his senses and saw that it was the boat that was controlled by Peter Pan and was floating in the air, hovering on the surface of the pond reflecting the starry sky. "It's so beautiful!" Zhao Xiaoxiu spread her arms, hugged the monkey sister sitting in front of her, and leaned on her and said happily.

Sister Monkey didn’t care about beauty or not. She told Zhao Xiaoxiu that the mutant jujube trees and evolved persimmons planted at the foot of Nanshan Mountain had begun to bear fruit.

Zhao Xiaoxiu is now devoted to running the store and has not been to the back mountain to see the fruit trees for a long time. She was a little surprised to hear what Sister Monkey said.

She didn't know whether it was in season or not, but she would definitely be able to eat the fruit this autumn.

Thinking this in her heart, Zhao Xiaoxiu lay in the boat with a deep sense of satisfaction and slowly fell asleep.

The evolved sweet potatoes have a bumper harvest.

One acre of land produced more than 6,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes. Excluding the part kept for seeds and for their own consumption, the remaining 3,000 kilograms were sold to the official recycling station.

The purchase price per kilogram is 4 points, and a total of 12000 Hope Base points are credited.

After finishing all this, the lords can finally stop and rest for a while.

There was no planting to be done in late August and all of September.

Of course, this does not apply to lords who have not yet cultivated their rapeseed fields.

During the slack season, more people go into the mountains, and Zhao Xiaoxiu's shop business becomes much better. She buys and sells, making a profit from the difference, and her revenue becomes more and more stable.

With nothing to do at home, Granny Meng took over from Zhao Xiaoxiu and helped her run the store. After all, she had worked in a recycling station before and was very familiar with the process, so she got the hang of it in half a day.

Zhao Xiaoxiu had some free time and was looking through the calendar on her phone. She suddenly remembered that Youyou’s birthday seemed to be approaching.

Wait, Youyou’s birthday is coming soon, does that mean his father is coming soon too?
Zhao Xiaoxiu had been feeling calm for a month, but now she was feeling uneasy again.

She couldn't explain why, but she felt scared when she thought of the biological company's headquarters.

The strange thing is, this doesn’t happen when I think of Aunt Yang Mei.

Zhao Xiaoxiu held her cell phone in her hand and sat at the doorstep, looking at the gorgeous flowers blooming on the wall, thinking to herself, people really can't be too idle.

If you have too much free time, you will easily think about all sorts of things and affect your mood!

Just then, Zhao Xiaoxiu saw Zhao Gang carrying a roll of rainproof cloth and walking towards the backyard. He stood up quickly and jogged after him.

"Daddy, daddy!"

Zhao Gang turned around, naturally stretched out his empty left hand, took the hand of the little girl who followed him, and asked in a gentle voice: "Are you hungry?"

The old father was very satisfied with the appetite of his cubs.

The more you eat, the more you absorb. The more you absorb, the stronger your physical fitness will become. Strong cubs are the cutest.

Faced with her father's expectant expression, Zhao Xiaoxiu felt a little depressed. She had just eaten a whole grilled fish as a snack half an hour ago and hadn't digested it yet!
But he still shook his father's hand and said, "Dad, let's go into the mountains and hunt, pick wild fruits, and find something delicious, okay?"

"It's so boring staying at home." The little girl had droopy eyelids, wrinkled nose, and looked listless.

The father and daughter came to the greenhouse, and Zhao Gang put down the rainproof cloth he had just bought from the supply station.

There were a lot of wood piled on the ground. The two brothers of the Meng family were sawing wood. They planned to build two more greenhouses during the slack season so that they could eat fresh vegetables when winter came.

"What's wrong with Xiaoxiu?" Meng Da looked at Zhao Xiaoxiu's wrinkled face and asked with a smile, "Did you have a fight with Sister Monkey?"

Zhao Xiaoxiu shook her head, and Zhao Gang said, "Tomorrow I will take Xiaoxiu into the mountains to practice, and you two can build the greenhouse yourselves."

Zhao Xiaoxiu immediately raised her drooping head and exclaimed, "Yeah!" She was full of energy and no longer looked listless.