Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 51 Big changes

Zhao Xiaoxiu took out her satellite phone and checked the time. It was already ten o'clock in the evening.

It took a full four hours just to clean the living room, kitchen, dining room, and staircase bathroom on the first floor of the house.

At this rate, it would be great if we could clean up the room by tomorrow.

But now Zhao Xiaoxiu just wants to take a comfortable bath and then go to bed.

It was too easy for Zhao Gang to understand the cub's thoughts.

He picked up the water tank, which was still half full, and walked towards the back door of the kitchen.

The plastic water tank has a capacity of 300 liters and was originally installed on the wall outside the kitchen. One end was connected to the tap water pipe and the other end led directly to the kitchen sink.

It was specially prepared by the original owner of the house in case of water outage.

Zhao Gang had previously checked the water pipes inside and outside the house and found that the water pipes originally buried throughout the house had broken and could not be restored to use.

But for the section that leads directly to the kitchen sink, because the distance is short and there is a height difference between the inside and outside of the wall, the water tank is placed on it, and relying on the height difference, when the faucet in the sink is turned on, water can flow out smoothly.

This discovery surprised Zhao Xiaoxiu very much.

She was covered in sweat and dust, feeling sticky and uncomfortable, and immediately crawled into the sink to take a shower.

Unfortunately, before he could climb up, he was picked up by Zhao Gang.

"Cold." Zhao Gang frowned and said unhappily.

Zhao Xiaoxiu shook her head, "It's not cold!"

He quickly wiped the inconspicuous sweat from his forehead, indicating that he was very hot and his heart was burning!
Zhao Gang ignored her, put her on the dining chair, and used two tentacles to watch her and prevent her from crawling into the sink.

Then he brought in old furniture that had been chopped into pieces of wood, made a fire and set up a pot, took a bucket to collect water, boiled a pot of hot water and poured it into the basin.

Only then did the two tentacles strip Zhao Xiaoxiu naked and put her into the basin, using the tentacles' fleshy buds to absorb water and spray it to give her a bath.

Dozens of thin streams of water poured down from above my head, warmly dripping onto my skin and washing away the dust and sweat.

Zhao Xiaoxiu closed her eyes comfortably, sat in the basin, humming a tuneless song and shaking her head.

The cub finished his bath contentedly, but before his hair was dry, he couldn't stop feeling sleepy.

His eyelids drooped, his little head tilted, and he fell asleep hanging on his father's shoulder.

Several blood tentacles blew on her hair, blowing her fine brown hair into a fluffy chestnut. Then he carefully lifted her up and laid her on the soft bed in the corner of the living room.

He pulled a corner of the thin blanket over his bulging belly.

Zhao Gang cleaned up the kitchen and went to the living room to stare at the cub's adorable sleeping face for half an hour. He couldn't help but give it a couple of kisses before he turned off the lights contentedly.

Without the only source of light, the entire Territory No. 13 fell into complete darkness, with no sight at all.

Zhao Gang released all his tentacles and began to clean the house overtime, just to prevent his cubs from being tired again tomorrow.

Countless tentacles instantly filled the entire house, leaving no gaps.

The blood-touchers threw out everything that could be thrown out of the house, and flattened all the rotten walls and wooden floors that could be scraped.

All the attic bricks and tiles that had collapsed on the roof were moved to the open space on the first floor, and all the tentacles were put into action to clean out the usable bricks and stack them neatly.

Don’t worry about the unusable debris, garbage and furniture piled up in the backyard. Just drag the usable ones to the river, wash them clean, and place them in the suite on the left side of the second floor.

There is a double bed, a wardrobe, a bedside table and a desk lamp in the master bedroom.

The blocked toilet in the ensuite bathroom has been unblocked, the clean bathtub is filled with river water, and daily washing can be done directly in the bathroom.

The living room of the suite was furnished with incomplete mahogany sofas, tables and chairs, and a clean sheet was spread on top so the cub could roll around freely. The stains on the balcony glass were cleaned, and a chair and a high stool were placed on top. A half-cracked pottery jar was placed on the stool so that the cub could put the freshest flowers in it and enjoy them.

Only a few of the floor tiles in the suite on the left were lifted up, and they were all pried open by the tentacles. The rest of the floor tiles had cracks but were still firmly attached to the ground.

The right suite opposite the house has been renovated to its original state, with the door closed and temporarily vacant, waiting for the cub to arrange it himself in the future.

The two bedrooms downstairs were also restored to their original appearance, with cement walls and terrazzo floors.

Several farm tools were cleared out, including rakes, triangular hoes, grain storage barrels and the like.

There is also a thresher that requires electricity to operate.

No one grows rice now and it is inconvenient to transport it, so it was missed by the cleaning team.

Of these two rooms, the one on the left is used as a tool room.

The tentacles neatly stacked the tools brought by the father and daughter and the farm implements they found in this room.

The other room still has the window glass, so it would be more suitable to be used as a storage room.

Some of the furniture still needed to be repaired, so Zhao Gang put them in the tool room first and would do them when he had time.

The busyness continued until the early morning when the dawn appeared in the sky.

At this moment, under the hazy morning light, the whole house has changed dramatically.

The main building is neat and tidy, the windows are clean and there is no smell of decay and dampness in any room.

Although the furnishings in the house are simple, every room can get sunlight and appears bright.

A ray of sunlight shone into the living room through the window on the door, falling right on Zhao Xiaoxiu's sleeping face, so clearly that you could see every tiny hair on her face.

The pink face illuminated by the sunlight looks like jade, like a crystal clear bun.

Two clusters of eyelashes like butterfly wings trembled slightly, and the little man slowly opened his eyes.

She sat up dazedly, rubbed her eyes, and gradually saw the living room in front of her clearly.

At this time, the cub had not yet realized that there were any big changes in the house, but just felt that the smell of the air was much better than when he first came yesterday.

I turned my head to look at the sofa next to me and subconsciously called out, "Dad."

Only then did I realize that my dad was not there.

Zhao Xiaoxiu unconsciously uttered a strange "Hmm?". This was the first time she woke up and she did not see Zhao Gang immediately.

So he turned around and shouted to the half-open door: "Dad!"

Two seconds later, Zhao Gang's response came from outside the house.

"I'm in another house. Xiaoxiu, go to the kitchen and wash your face and brush your teeth." Zhao Gang shouted down from the rooftop of the house next door which had a big crack in the wall.

Zhao Xiaoxiu said "oh", but couldn't help her curiosity. She put on her shoes and ran out to find her father.

But I didn't expect that as soon as I pushed open the door, I was shocked by the neatly stacked bricks and tiles at the entrance.

She quickly ran out more than ten meters, turned around and looked up. The glass windows of the second-floor balcony, which had been scrubbed clean, were sparkling in the golden morning light.

Zhao Xiaoxiu opened her eyes wide in disbelief and looked carefully at every corner of the house in front of her. The facade was swept neatly and was very clean.

She rushed back into the house in disbelief and looked at the two bedrooms downstairs first, her mouth opened into an O shape.

(End of this chapter)