Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 35 Youyou
On their way to Taoyuan Base, Zhao Gang and Zhao Xiaoxiu met Yang Mei, who was in charge of the final self-destruction mission of Hope Base.

They were the last team to evacuate, picking up people along the way.

Zhao Gang and Zhao Xiaoxiu were also picked up and put into the car.

He also took special care of the child Zhao Xiaoxiu and let her live in the RV.

But Zhao Gang did not receive such treatment. He was assigned to the armored vehicle in the front, squeezed with a bunch of rough men.

When the father and daughter were separated, Zhao Gang was very resistant.

But when he turned around and saw that it was full of armored vehicles filled with smelly men, he loosened his straps and carried his daughter to the RV himself.

Zhao Xiaoxiu patted her chest and assured him that she would take good care of herself. Only then did Zhao Gang look back every few steps as he got on the armored vehicle in front.

As for the bicycle, Yang Mei, who looked meticulous, ordered the soldiers to help them put it on the roof.

The evacuation convoy stayed in place for half an hour to repair the damaged road, and then set off immediately.

When a bridge collapsed, they used a floating board to build a bridge. When the road was damaged, they lowered the excavator to explore the pit directly.

When encountering mountains, we dig them; when encountering water, we build bridges; we walk in a straight line.

When you are thirsty, drink the clean filtered water in the water box that seeps out from the leaves of the mutant weeping angel.

When you are hungry, eat the fruits picked in the constant temperature room and the specially prepared nutrient solution, which tastes like chicken!
Zhao Xiaoxiu inhaled so hard and fiercely that the little boy lying in front of the dining table was stunned.

But after a while, he carefully pushed the half apple in front of him towards her.

Zhao Xiaoxiu glanced at him and asked, "Is it for me?"

The little boy, who looked two years older than her, seemed a little scared of her. He forced a smile and nodded, "Yeah."

"Thank you!" Zhao Xiaoxiu gave him a grateful smile, picked up the apple, opened his mouth wide, and took a big bite.

The crunchy apple flesh was fragrant and sweet, and Zhao Xiaoxiu's eyes lit up with surprise.

He opened his mouth and took two more bites, finishing half of the apple. He leaned back on the soft sofa in satisfaction and savored the taste.

The little boy sitting opposite her looked at her with admiration and thought to himself: She can eat so much.

I mustered up the courage to ask curiously, "What's your name?"

Without waiting for her to answer, he said, "My name is Yang Hengjie, my nickname is Youyou, I'm five and a half years old this year, how about you?"

Zhao Xiaoxiu supported herself on the cushion with her hands and sat up in the booth. The dining table was a bit high and blocked her way.

So he knelt on the booth, propped up the dining table, and said to Youyou who was full of curiosity:

"My name is Zhao Xiaoxiu. I am three years and five months old. I don't have a nickname. My father calls me Xiaoxiu."

Youyou laughed happily, and was no longer afraid. He said with a bit of pride:
"I'm your brother. I'm older than you. You have to listen to me."

Zhao Xiaoxiu was not happy, "Why?"

Youyou immediately pointed to the control room at the back of the restaurant and said, "Because this is my mother's car! So you have to listen to me."

Yang Mei saw two children chatting animatedly in the restaurant through the glass window between the restaurant and the control room, and smiled at Zhao Xiaoxiu.

He also told his son: "Yang Hengjie, don't bully the new kids."

He lowered his head and continued to turn on the light screen, directing the movement of the entire convoy. He arranged for assistants to monitor the status of research materials in each carriage in real time and report at any time.

In the restaurant, Youyou noticed that his mother was looking at him, and he immediately straightened his chest and raised his chin proudly towards Zhao Xiaoxiu.

But the next second he heard his mother's warning, and his shoulders suddenly slumped and he became listless.

I looked up at Zhao Xiaoxiu, thinking that she would take the opportunity to laugh back at me, but I was surprised to find that she didn't.

His enthusiasm rose again, and he regarded himself as a little host, imitating the adults' hospitality and asking with concern: "Would you like some water?" Zhao Xiaoxiu nodded. He immediately jumped down from the booth, ran to the bar with a disposable paper cup, filled a glass of water from the dispenser, brought it back carefully, and placed it on the dining table on tiptoe.

Seeing Zhao Xiaoxiu kneeling at the booth far away from the dining table, she ran over to get a long straw and inserted it into the water cup.

"You know how to use a straw, right?" he asked seriously, blinking his big eyes with long eyelashes.

Zhao Xiaoxiu nodded, pulled the straw closer to herself, and took a sip of water.

"How sweet." She was a little surprised.

The taste is completely different from the filtered water released from unfinished buildings.

Youyou waved at her, motioning her to follow him.

The large RV is fully equipped, just like a luxurious presidential suite.

From the children's perspective, the aisle is very long, enough for them to run wild.

Zhao Xiaoxiu followed Youyou and jogged all the way through the dining room and bedroom until they came to a transparent wall.

Inside the wall is a small square space with green long-leaf plants hanging on the walls.

Small drops of water are constantly emerging from the leaves of the plants, dripping down from the tips of the leaves and gathering in the pool below.

A small water pump is operating, transporting water from the pool to places in the RV where drinking water is needed.

"What is this?" Zhao Xiaoxiu asked curiously.

Youyou explained: "These are special mutant dripping Guanyin, which can filter out clean water for us humans to drink directly."

“They were all discovered and cultivated by my mother!”

He was very proud, "My mother is a very good doctor of biology, what about your mother?"

Zhao Xiaoxiu said calmly: "My mother has passed away. She used to be an excellent hunter in the hunting team."

“That, that’s pretty impressive.” Feeling a little embarrassed that he had asked the wrong question, Youyou leaned close to Zhao Xiaoxiu’s ear and whispered:

"I'll tell you a secret. I actually have eleven toes. Don't tell anyone."

Zhao Xiaoxiu looked down at his feet. He was wearing sneakers. If Youyou hadn't self-destructed, it wouldn't have been noticeable.

"My mother said that when we get to the hospital at Taoyuan Base, she will perform surgery to cut off my extra toes, and I will be like a healthy child in the future."

"What about you?" Youyou stepped back and looked at Zhao Xiaoxiu. "What's your secret?"

Zhao Xiaoxiu smiled wickedly, "I have no secrets. I am very healthy."

Youyou was visibly stunned, and then he said in disbelief: "You are lying, it's impossible, the children in the base all have secrets."

"Believe it or not."

Zhao Xiaoxiu walked into the restaurant, took off her shoes, climbed onto the sofa in the booth and lay down.

She wants to sleep and rest.

It is very likely that this is the first and last time in her life that she can sleep on such a comfortable and clean sofa.

Youyou followed over angrily, first staring at Zhao Xiaoxiu's feet, then staring at her fingers, trying to spot a toe or a finger.

After finding that her hands and feet were normal, he suspected that her illness might be in her brain, so he deliberately took out his tablet, opened the children's educational games on it, and sat next to Zhao Xiaoxiu to play.

Zhao Xiaoxiu was originally sleepy, but seeing how persistent he was, she sat up again, snatched the tablet, and continued playing the "Jigsaw Puzzle" he was playing. She finished all the levels and easily surpassed the current highest record.

I took the time to look at the little boy next to me who was about to cry, and I couldn't bear to stop.

She didn't want to play with the tablet at all, really!
(End of this chapter)