Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 269 The First Night in the Valley

The temperature dropped sharply at night. Zhao Xiaoxiu was standing on the platform. A gust of cold wind blew and she sneezed immediately.

"Xiaoxiu, put on your protective suit." Zhao Gang reminded worriedly from below.

Zhao Xiaoxiu responded with an "hmm", quickly went into the tent, took out the newly bought children's protective clothing, and changed his clothes.

Two tentacles came in at some point, but found themselves useless, with the tips drooping, looking like a depressed child who has grown up and no longer needs his father.

Zhao Xiaoxiu gently patted the two listless tentacles, opened her arms, and let them take her down to the ground. Only then did they become happy again and feel that they were still very useful.

Sister Monkey added more firewood to the firewood pile, and the fire burned brightly, driving away the cold.

Seeing Zhao Xiaoxiu coming down, Sister Monkey immediately patted the big wooden stake beside her, asked her to sit with her, and handed her a straight little stick. She looked at her expectantly, waiting for the cub to respond.

A stick as thick as a thumb, about one and a half meters long, very straight, the surface of which has been rubbed by Sister Monkey so that there is not a single thorn on it and it is extremely smooth.

Zhao Xiaoxiu took it in her hand and danced with it for a few times, unable to let it go. She asked in surprise, "Sister Monkey, can you give it to me?"

Sister Monkey nodded. Look how generous it is.
This is the most beautiful stick I found while logging today!
"Thank you, Sister Monkey!" Zhao Xiaoxiu held the stick in her arms, touched it again and again, muttered a few times, and decided to worship this perfect stick.

Seeing how much she liked it, Sister Monkey became even more cocky, and accidentally added too much firewood, which caused her to be whipped on the butt by the tentacles. She jumped up in pain.

Zhao Xiaoxiu laughed out loud, feeling that this kind of life was particularly happy and free.

"No one will disturb us anymore." said the little girl seriously.

The jumping monkey sister rarely calmed down. She looked up at the stars in the sky, then looked at the prototype of the new home built today. She pointed to the other half of the charred wood branch and asked Zhao Xiaoxiu to build a wooden house for it as a nest in the future.

"Don't worry, no matter who's missing, yours will be the least," Zhao Xiaoxiu promised, patting his chest.

Sister Monkey was satisfied. She sat side by side with Zhao Xiaoxiu and looked at the fragrant pot in front of Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang cleaned the mutated mushrooms that the Green Fairy secretly hid in her messenger bag and put them all in the pot, stewing them with the leftover rabbit meat from the previous two days.

The rabbit meat is fat and full of oil. A layer of golden oil floats on the water surface. Combined with the unique freshness of the mushrooms, just a little bit of salt will make it so fragrant that it will make you drool.

Drinking the broth alone would not fill him up. Zhao Gang took out two tubes of nutrient solution, heated them in hot water, and gave them to his own cub to fill his stomach.

"The soup needs to be simmered on low heat for twenty minutes before you can drink it. Take some nutrient solution first, and then drink the soup to warm your stomach after eating." Zhao Gang reminded.

Zhao Xiaoxiu obediently took the heated nutrient solution, one for herself and one for Sister Monkey, and they sipped the solution while waiting for the soup in the pot to come out.

Twenty minutes seemed to pass in a blink of an eye. Zhao Gang opened the lid of the pot, and the rabbit meat and mushroom soup that had been fully blended together immediately exuded a sweet aroma.

The kid and the monkey, who had already prepared the dishes and chopsticks, immediately handed over their own bowls: "I'm hungry, food."

Zhao Gang laughed helplessly, picked up the spoon, filled the two bowls, and reminded worriedly: "It's hot, blow it."

Unfortunately, she was still a step too late. The little girl couldn't wait to put her mouth to the edge of the bowl and took a big sip. It was so hot, but she didn't want to spit it out, so she jumped and drank the hot soup.

Zhao Gang's two tentacles hurriedly handed over the kettle. Zhao Xiaoxiu waved his hands and smiled at his father. He learned his lesson this time and drank slowly while blowing on the water.

The mushroom soup was sweet and delicious, and the rabbit meat was stewed till it melted in the mouth. Zhao Xiaoxiu ordered two bowls in a row. Then she rubbed her bulging belly and leaned lazily on Sister Monkey, admiring the beautiful starry sky tonight.

There was still half of the soup left in the pot, so Zhao Gang covered the pot and placed it next to the fire, so that he could have breakfast the next day. The water by the lake was very cold, so he reached out to get a pot of water, heated it up, and washed his face and feet together, then filled the fire with firewood, climbed onto the platform, and went to sleep in the tent.

Sister Monkey was excited when she saw the tree. She wrapped herself in the oversized sleeping bag that Zhao Xiaoxiu helped buy and slept against the tree trunk next to the tent.

The green fairy likes this soil, which is fertile and spacious.

After obtaining Zhao Xiaoxiu's tacit consent, he climbed out of the flowerpot, jumped off the platform, and surrounded the charred wood with four two-meter-high green walls, enclosing a 500-square-meter territory.

Nestled beside her father, Zhao Xiaoxiu slept soundly until the second half of the night, when silver lightning streaked across the sky and thunder roared in the sky, startling her awake.

The monkey sister outside the tent squeaked anxiously twice. Zhao Xiaoxiu pricked up her ears and listened. She heard the sound of large, crackling raindrops hitting the ground and whispered, "It's raining!"

"It's okay." Zhao Gang said calmly, "Everything is in the tent."

Zhao Xiaoxiu pulled open the curtain of the tent, "Sister Monkey, come in quickly!"

Sister Monkey didn't run over. Instead, she stood on the platform and spun around excitedly.

Because it found that the huge lotus leaf above its head was like a huge umbrella, blocking all the rain outside, and only a little rain was blown onto the platform by the wind.

Zhao Xiaoxiu looked up and saw a huge lotus leaf just covering the platform. The veins on the leaves emitted a faint green light in the dark night, enjoying the nourishment of the heavy rain.

"So beautiful~" Zhao Xiaoxiu exclaimed.

Every autumn rain brings a chill. After the rain stopped in the early morning, the temperature in the valley dropped significantly.

Even the mutant plants in the valley that loved rain the most were made depressed by the cold air, with their leaves drooping like eggplants hit by frost.

Only Peter Pan was the happiest. The humid air allowed it to fly freely in the valley, and he traveled around the entire valley like a fish.

When he came back, he brought Zhao Xiaoxiu a nest of colorful mutated poisonous snails, saying that their shells were very beautiful and asked Zhao Xiaoxiu to put them next to the tent as decoration.

Zhao Xiaoxiu: “Thank you.” But I really don’t love you.

Peter Pan: [Okay! ]

Then he moved these poisonous snails to the lakeside with a feeling of grievance, and arranged them in a row around the lakeshore for himself to admire.

I had planned to go out to look for materials today, but because of the bad weather, I had to stay and continue cutting wood.

Building a tree house requires a lot of wood. Zhao Gang worked with Monkey Sister for a whole day, and two more wooden walls were added to the platform.

Thanks to the huge lotus leaf next to the charred wood, there is no need to rush to top off the tree house for the time being and we can take our time.

Zhao Xiaoxiu had nothing to do, so she took the beautiful wooden stick that Monkey Sister gave her yesterday and explored around the charred wood. She unexpectedly found a hole under the roots of the tree.

The entrance to the cave was very small, but she was also small, so she could just fit in.

Zhao Xiaoxiu cautiously put the stick in and knocked a few times to test it, but only echoes came out.

After making sure it was safe inside, Zhao Xiaoxiu was a little excited. No child could resist the temptation of exploring the mysterious tree hole!
He looked up and said something to his father who was busy under the tree, then he grasped the small wooden stick tightly and crawled in through the narrow hole.