"Woof woof woof woof!"
What an ungrateful bastard!
Jinzi angrily tried to chase after it, but Banxia quickly called out to it, "Jinzi, come back!"
"Woof!" Jinzi looked at Banxia excitedly, "Woof woof woof!"
The bad cow ran away!
Banxia squinted at the back of the big black ox, then gently patted Jinzi's head: "Don't worry, I have a way to make it come back obediently. Come on, let me put some medicine on your ears!"
She had long suspected that the big black bull wasn't truly submitting, so when she used vines to crush the nasal cartilage, she injected a few vines into its body. At the latest, within five hours, the big black bull would be in excruciating pain and would come back to her on its own.
If she doesn't make Big Black Bull suffer a severe beating, she'll write her name backwards!
"Well," Jiang Chao and the other two said, seeing that there was nothing more for them to do, "we'll be going now."
"Wait!" the Devouring Tree called out to them, "I told you I would pay you, take it before you go!"
Jiang Chao, Li Lin, and Huang Peng quickly waved their hands, saying, "It was nothing, no need to be so polite!"
The Devouring Tree used its branches to pull the group toward the RV, muttering under its breath, "It's been months since the apocalypse, how come there are still such good-natured people helping without expecting anything in return?"
Jiang Chao, Li Lin, and Huang Peng did not hold back at all when they helped. They were covered in dust and dirt, and their hands were covered with tiny cuts from the steel bars and cement bricks.
"Banxia, Nanxing," the Devouring Tree forcefully dragged the three of them to the side of the RV and shouted into the vehicle, "I promised to give them supplies as payment for their help."
Banxia was carefully picking the glass shards out of Jinzi's ear with tweezers when she heard this and exchanged a glance with Nanxing: "Go and entertain them."
Nanxing put the tweezers in her hand aside, got up and invited Jiang Chao and the other two into the car.
Jiang Chao and the other two followed him nervously, unsure of where to look.
No wonder they're a wealthy family who can afford to keep three furry animals; the interior of their RV is almost the same size as their room!
"Please sit down," Nanxing said, glancing at the three men's wounded hands. She then turned and brought out a basin of water from the kitchen. "Please wash your hands so we can apply the medicine."
Jiang Chao and the other two widened their eyes involuntarily and frantically waved their hands in refusal: "No, no, no, that's too wasteful!"
For more than two months, the extreme heat has caused countless people to lose their lives in the struggle for water. They dare not even dream of using water to wash their hands.
Upon hearing this, Nanxing had an even better impression of the group and explained with a smile, "This is water used to wash vegetables, so it's not a waste."
Huang Peng licked the dead skin off his lips, hesitated for a while, and then forced himself to speak: "Didn't you say you would give us payment? Can we pay with this basin of water?"
When Jiang Chao and Li Lin heard him mention the word "reward," they hurriedly grabbed his hands to signal him not to take advantage of their kindness, but when they heard "water," their grip tightened unconsciously.
Nanxing refused decisively: "No."
The three boys immediately looked dejected, their faces filled with disappointment.
Nanxing continued, "There's a lot of dirt and bacteria in the wounds on your hands. If you don't wash them clean, they're very likely to get infected. You should know what the consequences of infection will be. If you want water as payment, I'll get you some clean bottled water later."
"What?!"
Jiang Chao and the other two looked at Nan Xing in disbelief, wondering if they had misheard.
Mineral water as precious as gold before the apocalypse?
“You heard me right.” Nanxing pushed the three of them in front of the basin of water and repeated, “Wash your hands and apply the medicine.”
Jiang Chao and the other two stood there dumbfounded, putting their hands into the water until they felt the unusual temperature and texture, at which point they snapped out of their daze.
The clear water quickly turned black. Nanxing poured the water from the basin into the wastewater treatment plant and then changed the water in the basin: "Wash it again."
Jiang Chao couldn't help but shout, "We've washed ourselves clean, don't waste any more water!"
Nanxing sighed in exasperation. The wounds on Jiang Chao and the others' hands still contained sand and dirt, which would need to be rinsed with hydrogen peroxide if not washed with clean water.
For him and Banxia, renewable water was not as precious as hydrogen peroxide, which could not be produced again in a short time.
But seeing the three of them looking so nervous, he didn't press them any further. He took the water back to the kitchen and pulled out a bottle of hydrogen peroxide from the cabinet: "Then use the hydrogen peroxide to clean the wounds."
Seeing that Jiang Chao and the other two were about to refuse again, he quickly interrupted and explained, "We just helped the official base find a batch of medicines, so we don't need any medicines for the time being."
Jiang Chao and the other two exchanged glances and accepted the offer.
Jiang Chao finished rinsing first, and Nan Xing handed him erythromycin ointment and gauze: "Where do you live? If it's on your way, I can give you a ride."
A few teenagers were walking carelessly down the road with water bottles in their hands; they knew they'd be robbed before they even reached their homes.
“Bauhinia Kindergarten,” Jiang Chao said while applying medicine, “I want to ask about something. Do you know what the requirements are for the official base to accept students?”
Nanxing was taken aback; he genuinely didn't know about this. "Sorry, I haven't been to the official base before, so I'm not familiar with their recruitment standards. Are the three of you planning to defect to the official base?"
Jiang Chao's mouth moved several times, but he finally lowered his eyelids weakly and said, "We're not going."
Although the RV's windows and windshield were damaged, almost everything else was in good condition and it could be driven normally.
About fifteen minutes later, the RV arrived at the Bauhinia Kindergarten.
Nanxing saw the three boys off the car and said gently, "Goodbye."
Jiang Chao and the other two hugged the water and instant noodles tightly, their faces flushed as they thanked him, "Thank you! Thank you!"
While the two were exchanging pleasantries, Banxia keenly sensed that someone was spying on her inside the kindergarten. Following her intuition, she looked in the direction of the spy and saw only a half-open window.
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