Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 274: Fruit Shell House

"Dong dong!"

With two dull thuds, two heavy golden lantern fruits smashed into the ground, leaving two holes.

Zhao Xiaoxiu jumped off Peter Pan's back and waved his hands, indicating that he was free and could do whatever he wanted.

Zhao Xiaoxiu ran into the house, found the tools she had used to chisel a door in the tree, and came to the two lantern fruits and chiseled two small holes.

The inside is full of white flocculent flesh, which feels a little moist, like touching a ball of wet cotton, but it has no elasticity at all, making it feel very uncomfortable.

Zhao Xiaoxiu thought it would be a good idea to take it out and use it as a firewood. If you spread out the wet white fluff to let the moisture dry, it would be just like dry cotton wool and would catch fire at any time.

Zhao Xiaoxiu spent the entire afternoon fighting with these two lantern fruits.

A hole was chiseled in the hard shell on the surface, revealing wet white fluff inside. Zhao Xiaoxiu had strong hands and could pull out a handful of it with one pull.

In no time, he had cleaned out the white fluff from the fruit shells and piled the wet white fluff on the ground at the gate.

Finally, two empty shells with openings were found standing on the ground, which happened to be two round huts.

"Sister Monkey!" Zhao Xiaoxiu shouted outside the green wall.

Monkey Sister, who was arranged by Zhao Gang to carry wood, responded with a "roar", and quickly crawled out from the charred wood pile, jumped into the green wall, and came in front of Zhao Xiaoxiu.

As soon as it arrived, it saw the two hollowed-out lantern fruit shells. The monkey's eyes rolled around and it looked at Zhao Xiaoxiu with surprise.

Zhao Xiaoxiu smiled and pointed at the charred wood above her head, "Where do you want to put these two rooms, Sister Monkey?"

Sister Monkey showed two paws. Are both hers?
Zhao Xiaoxiu nodded: "Yes, they are all yours. You can decide whether to put them together and make a hole in the middle to connect them, or to separate them one on each side. It's all fine."

Sister Monkey was happy. She wanted to separate them, one on the treetop above the tree roof, and the other in the branch at the top of the charred wood.

Two nests! Sister Monkey stretched out her paw and made a "yeah" gesture.

Zhao Xiaoxiu exclaimed in surprise: "Monkey Sister, have you become a spirit?!"

What is a spirit? Sister Monkey tilted her head and looked at the cub in front of her in confusion.

Zhao Xiaoxiu waved her hand, "Nothing, let's install one room first."

Zhao Xiaoxiu is not good at this job, so he has to call him dad.

Zhao Gang saw the two large fruit shells that the cub brought back, thought for a moment, picked up the rope that Zhao Xiaoxiu had just thrown aside, transformed it into a tentacle, and knocked a hole in the top of the fruit shell.

The size of the hole is just right for the rope to pass through. Then find two charred wood sticks that are as thick as arms and more than half a meter long, tie them into a cross with ropes, and when the top rope is lifted, the entire fruit shell will be hung up.

Zhao Gang pointed at the branch above his head, indicating to Sister Monkey where to hang it.

Sister Monkey's eyes flickered and she looked extremely excited. She quickly climbed to the top of the tree just above the tree house and slapped the thick branches under her feet. "Bang, bang!" She was hanging here!
Zhao Gang nodded and threw the rope up first. Monkey Sister quickly grabbed it and hoisted the fruit shell house up. He wrapped the rope around the tree trunk four or five times and only had trouble tying a knot.

"Squeak!" Come quickly, little one! Sister Monkey was very anxious.

Zhao Xiaoxiu climbed up the tree with a smile and taught it how to tie a knot. After a few tries, Sister Monkey tied it tightly.

Zhao Xiaoxiu rubbed its furry tail. This monkey is so smart.

After the fruit shell house was hung up, Sister Monkey used a golden hook to hang herself upside down and quickly slipped in.

The fruit shell house hanging on the tree swayed gently. Sister Monkey seemed to have discovered a new world. She shook vigorously in the house and cried "Ahhh" with joy.

Seeing that it was so satisfied, Zhao Xiaoxiu felt relieved.

"Sister Monkey, I want to come too."

Two furry monkey paws immediately stretched out from the doorway of the fruit shell house. Relying on her trust in the monkey sister's reaction speed, Zhao Xiaoxiu bent her knees and jumped directly in. The monkey paws accurately grabbed her two little feet and lifted her into the fruit shell house.

There wasn't much space inside, and with a baby and a monkey lying inside, there was just enough space for them to turn over.

But Sister Monkey was very satisfied, and gestured to Zhao Xiaoxiu to make a small window for it with glass, so that it could stay inside and observe the situation outside at any time.

Moreover, it has a good view and can be used as a sentry post.

Zhao Gang stood under the tree and used the same method to hang the rope on the second fruit shell house. He felt magical as he listened to the excited conversation coming from above.

The monkeys speak monkey language, and the cubs speak human language. The baby and the monkey can have a lively chat.

The second fruit shell house was sent to the top of the tree by Zhao Gang and hung on the thickest branch at the top. It had an excellent view and could see the entire valley.

Sister Monkey had just said that she wanted to install a window in the first fruit shell house, but now she immediately got tired of it and hid in the fruit shell house on the top of the tree. Zhao Xiaoxiu couldn't pull her down.

It was Zhao Gang who shouted, "Dinner is ready!"

Only after smelling the tempting aroma of instant noodle soup did Sister Monkey bear to leave the tree top.

The doors and windows of the house were installed, and Zhao Gang cut two small tree roots to make candlesticks.

On the simple wooden table consisting of four legs and a board, three candles were lit at the same time in the candlestick made of tree roots, illuminating the dim room.

Zhao Xiaoxiu and Sister Hou each held a wooden stool and sat obediently at the table, holding a bowl of fragrant instant noodles in their hands, eating so much that they were reluctant to raise their heads.

In the quiet house, the only sounds were the crackling of firewood burning in the stove and the slurping sound of slurping noodles.

Zhao Gang didn't eat. He stood in front of the stove with his arms folded, watching. Seeing his daughter's satisfied expression, a faint smile always hung on his face.

By the time the little guy was full, the water on the stove had boiled.

Pouring hot water into a stainless steel basin, Zhao Xiaoxiu rolled up his sleeves to wash his cat-like face and dirty hands first, then caught the monkey sister who wanted to run away after eating, held it down, rubbed its two greasy paws with soap, and rubbed them clean.

As soon as she finished washing, Sister Monkey turned her butt and left impatiently.

"Sister Monkey!" Zhao Xiaoxiu shouted angrily.

The monkey ignored me and climbed to the top of the tree in a few steps. It also brought a sleeping bag. It wrapped itself in a monkey bag and snuggled in its own little nest. It looked so beautiful.

"Oh~" Zhao Xiaoxiu sighed.

Standing up and looking at the room with only a table and a washbasin rack, the father and daughter put making furniture on the agenda.

Also, as the weather gets cold, food and firewood for the winter must be prepared.

There is no need to worry about firewood as there is a large pile of charred wood. As for food, Zhao Xiaoxiu has also stockpiled more than a hundred bottles of nutrient solution.

As for the rest, it depends on what's in the mountains, such as mutant animal meat and mutant fruits. Take time to look for them while working, and try to make the food variety as rich as possible.

If you drink nutrient solution all the time, you will feel depressed.

The father and daughter had made plans. They closed the doors and windows and kept the fire in the stove. The smoke would float out through the installed chimney, and the residual heat from the firewood would continue to radiate, making the house warmer.

Without a bed, Zhao Xiaoxiu and her father will still sleep in the tent tonight. They wrap themselves in sleeping bags and lie on the ground, which feels fine.

Heat was constantly rising from under the floor. When Zhao Xiaoxiu woke up in the morning, he found that he was sweating all over.

I got out of the sleeping bag, opened the door, and took a breath. A puff of white smoke rose up and dissipated in two seconds.

Zhao Xiaoxiu went back to the bedroom, changed into thick socks, and went downstairs to find her father.