Chapter 18

After a busy day, we finally collected all the materials to make 10 pieces of farmland.

Mingzhu is built in a concentrated area near the primary fish pond.

When the Maomao Engineering Team carried various tools and started to build 10 plots of farmland, Mingzhu chose to go back to eat.

Sanshui and Liu Yong had already left, and Qin Mingyue and Yu Xiaowan had become much calmer. Even Yu Xiaowan stopped chatting and instead, she was very protective of Qin Mingyue while chatting with Jin Suanpan.

I slept very well last night, which caused Mingzhu to miss the 3-minute midnight flash sale at 12 o'clock.

Mingzhu decided to go to bed after dinner tonight, and set the alarm clock for 11 o'clock. He would wake up and wait as soon as 11 o'clock came.

"Host, 184 will call you." 184 said proudly.

Mingzhu: “…”

"Stop it." Mingzhu said with a frown, "Did you call me last night? If you didn't call me yesterday, how can you be sure that you can call me on time tonight?"

184: "...can't be sure."

"That's noisy!" Mingzhu sighed, then said, "Be good, remember to wake me up at 11 o'clock."

"Okay."

184 agreed, but when it was 11 o'clock in the evening, 184 was sleeping soundly, lying on his back, with no sign of waking up.

Mingzhu was completely speechless now. Having been woken up by the alarm clock, he had no chance of continuing to sleep, so he began to study the system panel.

He waited like this until 12 o'clock, when the limited three-minute flash sale began. Ji Cheng spent 200 Starlight Coins to buy seeds and loach seedlings.

Since the crucian carp and grass carp fry did not appear, Mingzhu did not buy any.

"The harvest will be tomorrow."

Mingzhu said good night and fell into a deep sleep, not caring whether 184 heard him or not.

Around 3 a.m., a sudden strong wind blew up. Two giant pandas, one large and one small, appeared outside the Taoyuan base, which was not protected by a protective barrier. They poked their heads around, looking adorable and seemingly unmutated.

They probably smelled the normal scent of ripening crops, so they ran directly to the outside of the "Taoyuan Inn" and scratched the door vigorously with their claws.

Since the danger is negligible and the cuteness is off the charts, the constant reminders directly woke 184 up.

After waking up, 184 was stunned for three seconds. When he realized what was happening, he started yelling at the top of his lungs.

"Host, there's a panda."

Mingzhu was immediately woken up by the roar.

"What's going on?" Mingzhu suspected there was something wrong with his ears. "Panda? A normal panda?"

"Yes, the system message is playing. The sweet aroma of ripe crops has attracted the hungry panda mother and cub."

"Special reminder, this is a normal panda mother and child. The host should hurry and pick up the panda. It's pitiful that they can remain normal in such a harsh environment. They must have suffered a lot."

It looks so anxious that if you don’t know, you might think that the mother and baby pandas are raised by it!

Mingzhu didn't argue, quickly getting dressed and rushing to the front door. The moment he opened the door, the mother and cub rushed in, whimpering, and headed straight for the backyard.

Mingzhu: “…”

Mingzhu quickly followed, and when they arrived at the backyard, the giant panda mother and cub were already squatting in the farmland where cabbage was planted, starting to eat the cabbage.

They didn't just eat a few bites and throw it away, eating only the heart. Instead, they ate the whole cabbage, including the leaves covered in mud.

After eating about ten pieces, the larger panda gradually slowed down, while the smaller one had already stopped eating.

"If I had known the giant pandas were coming, I would have bought bamboo roots that can grow bamboo."

"Host can buy the forest garden blueprints."

"Do you have any forest garden blueprints for sale?" Mingzhu asked doubtfully.

Suddenly 184's voice became unclear.

"I think so," 184 stammered, then straightened up again. "Even if not, in order to raise giant pandas, 184 can also draw the forest park blueprints."

Mingzhu: “…”

"Thank you for your hard work."

"Scientific Parenting" says it's important to always encourage children's interests and hobbies. Seeing 184 so motivated, Mingzhu felt he couldn't discourage her, so he prioritized encouragement. He even gave her a "come on" gesture.

184 was greatly encouraged and prepared to work hard. However, if 184 had created this function independently, there would not be a clear reminder every time it performed self-checks and repairs.

184 was greatly encouraged, but the result of his efforts was that he didn't draw anything.

184 Autistic, the cat curled up into a ball, huddled in the corner and drew mushrooms.

"A good system won't shut down because of this little setback," Mingzhu reassured 184. "Even if it doesn't, I'm still here, the host."

184 raised her head with sobs, and looked at Mingzhu with eyes full of expectation.

"Host, keep your word! You must build a bamboo garden for the poor mother and cub."

Mingzhu: "...Okay."

After comforting the dejected 184, Mingzhu began to accommodate the panda mother and baby.

Mingzhu has always been more loving towards animals than humans.

Moreover, in this doomsday world full of dangers, it is not easy to encounter a normal giant panda mother and child.

Because of this, normal giant panda mothers and cubs deserve to be treated with caution.

"Where should we live?" Mingzhu thought for a moment and decided to let the giant panda mother and cub live on the first floor of his residence. Anyway, his main activity area is on the second floor, and the space on the first floor is large enough for the giant panda mother and cub.

"Tomorrow, in addition to planting vegetables and crops, we also need to find bamboo to plant. How can giant pandas not eat bamboo? We must arrange for a bamboo forest."

“Bing!”

The full panda cub ran over and hugged Mingzhu's thighs, crying softly.

The way they hugged the pandas' thighs was very skillful and they looked very affectionate. This made Mingzhu wonder if these two giant pandas had escaped from the zoo.

It’s just that almost all the other animals have mutated, but the mother and son have not, so they look miserable. Even the big panda has an injured paw.

"Wait, go take a shower first, and then I'll help you treat the wound." Mingzhu made sure that the giant panda mother and baby could understand human language, the People's Education Edition version of Xiong Xiong, so he said to them seriously.

The big panda meowed once, and the small panda meowed twice, and then they both looked at Mingzhu intently, appearing particularly obedient.

Mingzhu smiled knowingly and then took the panda mother and baby to take a bath.

The medicine was brought by Mingzhu from the interstellar space and stored in the space button. The effect is very good.

Soon, Mingzhu finished bathing the mother and cub pandas, and after drying their fur with a hair dryer, Mingzhu began to apply medicine to the wound on the older panda's paw.

In order to prevent the medicine from being rubbed off, Mingzhu also found a piece of wood, cut it into the right size, and fixed the wound.

"Be careful these days and don't get involved."

Mingzhu gave a few instructions and started to shave the smaller panda.

While bathing, Mingzhu discovered that the smaller panda was covered in lice and wounds, so he had to shave it and apply medicine all over its body.

The little panda was very skinny. After removing its fur, only bones were left.

Very ugly.

To ensure the appearance, Mingzhu wrapped the little panda's body with gauze, found a piece of clothing, and cut it a few times to make clothes that the panda could wear.

Not to mention, she's quite pretty.

"Okay, get some rest. See you tomorrow."

Mingzhu smiled and went back to the second floor to rest. The two pandas were also sleeping on the first floor.

It was almost 5 a.m. when Mingzhu went back to bed. He slept until about 9 a.m.

When they woke up, everyone had already eaten breakfast and was discussing the two pandas, one big and one small.

"I never thought that after the apocalypse, I could still see normal pandas." Yu Xiaowan said exaggeratedly: "I'm so happy!"

Qin Mingyue: "...Don't speak in that tone."

Yu Xiaowan giggled twice and turned to ask Mingzhu why Shanshan got up late.

"Boss, did these two giant pandas come here last night?"

Mingzhu nodded and added, "I came here around 3 o'clock in the evening. They were injured, so I cleaned and bandaged their wounds."

"The little one has no hair at all and looks so skinny," Qin Mingyue sighed. "I thought pandas were all solid."

"Before the apocalypse, not only pandas, but all animals will be solid."

The zoos in City X and City Z where they work employ elderly grandparents as keepers. There is a kind of hunger when the grandparents think you are hungry.

If the ticket price is 10 yuan, 7 yuan of it can be used to feed and drink the animals.

Therefore, all the animals in the zoos of City X and City Z, regardless of their species, are plump and well-proportioned.

However, after the apocalypse breaks out, human survival is still a problem, let alone animals.

How can one not be happy and joyful to meet two normal pandas at this time?

Anyway, even the two NPCs, Jin Suanpan and Jin Dashao, were fascinated by the mother and baby panda, even though the little panda had its fur coat "stripped" off and looked very ugly.