Chapter 22, Section 22: "Uncle, we've become so rich!"...
After returning home, Wei Ming, a senior high school student, took two fever-reducing pills and went to bed to rest for a while.
When he opened his eyes again, it was pitch black outside. Wei Ming groggily got up, put on his glasses, and glanced at the time.
It was just five minutes past six.
With his high fever subsiding and his body no longer burning with discomfort, Wei Ming hurriedly dressed and got out of bed, pouring himself a large glass of warm water to quench his thirst.
He raised the back of his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth, and a strong feeling of hunger struck him at that moment.
Wei Ming clutched his stomach, his gaze fixed on the memory bread he had casually placed on the dining table.
The memory bread had completely cooled down, and he was too lazy to put it in the microwave to heat it up, so he picked it up and was about to eat it.
Big brother, eat the memory bread before you use your brain, that way you'll remember a lot of knowledge!
The words suddenly popped into his mind, and Wei Ming hesitated before stopping.
He scratched his head and thought, "Oh well, I might as well give it a shot."
Wei Ming held the cold memory bread and ate it in two or three bites. The red bean paste filling was sweet but not greasy, and the texture was as soft and delicate as ice cream.
Wei Ming thought the red bean buns were tastier than those at the breakfast shop downstairs.
He should have bought two more. Senior year of high school is already tough enough; he shouldn't have deprived himself of food.
After sitting and daydreaming for a while, Wei Ming, looking as if he had lost his parents, pulled out his vocabulary book and began his study for the day.
I don't know if it's just my imagination.
Today's words were exceptionally easy to remember; I memorized them after just one spelling, whereas normally it would take at least four or five.
He then pulled out his math test paper, and his problem-solving approach became clearer than ever before. He could tell which formulas to use just by glancing at the questions.
It went too smoothly, to the point of being abnormal.
Wei Ming was puzzled. He slowly touched his stomach with both hands. Could it really be because of the memory bread?
*
The grandmother and grandson, having worked hard all day to accumulate enough points, happily set off to see the concert the next day. The venue was not far from their home, and they could just walk there.
Yu Yu wore a small yellow hat like a foreman's hat and a light green skirt suit, looking like a fresh little scallion in the crowd.
The main road was too crowded, so Yan Xingli took the child and took a shortcut as soon as they left the house. The two of them walked through the winding alleys.
"Uncle, what is that big brother doing?"
Yan Xingli's gaze shifted slightly, his composure as detached as a ruthless commentator: "He's climbing over the wall."
The person hanging on the wall froze.
Yu Yu: "Uncle, why is he not moving again?"
Yan Xingli: "He probably heard us talking about him and got shy."
The kid who climbed over the wall: "..." Cold sweat poured down his face. No way, it can't be that coincidental. Could it be that he's seen a celebrity he's never seen before in his life in this situation?
Qi Youyu: "Then let's close our eyes quickly."
"good."
The boy who had climbed over the wall secretly breathed a sigh of relief. What a close call! He almost ran into the wall. He quickly climbed down the wall, pulled up his pants, and prepared to run away.
"That big brother came down really fast. He must be really good at climbing trees."
As soon as Yu Yu's clear and loud voice rang out, the boy who was skipping class by climbing over the wall tensed up. Hadn't he closed his eyes?
He turned around in disbelief, just as the camera captured him.
This is terrible!
The kid who climbed over the wall yelled and ran off in a panic, disappearing without a trace.
"Look how scared you've made him," Yan Xingli said, glancing sideways at the child.
Yu Yu bumped his head against him: "I clearly praised him for being good at climbing trees."
Yan Xingli explained in a serious tone: "Because we humans evolved from apes, we are very good at climbing trees."
Yu Yu's eyes darted around: "Uncle, which zoo did you go to before?"
Yan Xingli: "...I'm not telling you, guess for yourself."
snort.
Upon arriving at the venue entrance, fans dressed in green, the official support color, were already lining up and waiting. Qi Youyu was dumbfounded and exclaimed "Wow!"
"Uncle, there are so many people!"
"This is nothing. This venue can hold 50,000 people, and not everyone has arrived yet."
Yan Xingli smiled and said, "But you don't need to worry. We're sitting in the VIP seats, very close to the stage. We're guaranteed to see everything that's happening on stage."
Upon hearing the number 50,000, Qi Youyu's eyes lit up.
"so much."
Are they all alive?
Yan Xingli: "...What, have you ever seen a guy come to a concert?"
Qi Youyu stroked her chin: "Not yet."
"So I'm going to work hard to invent a soul catcher so that all the uncles and aunts who have died can start a new life."
What is a soul catcher? What sci-fi movie did Yu Yu Bao watch this time?
[Forget about the Soul Capturer for now, Fishy, do you still have any Memory Bread? I desperately need some!!!]
[Is the memory bread from the previous post any good? I'd like to see a review video!]
Whether it tastes good or not is its least noteworthy advantage...
The average lifespan on Planet Cang'ai is 150 years, and with technological advancements, this lifespan may continue to increase.
People's lives are stress-free, and in theory, they should be more motivated to reproduce. However, as times change, not only have the inhabitants of Cang'ai Planet evolved in their thinking, but the new government has also realized from the lessons of the past that eugenics is the most important prerequisite for human development.
After weighing the pros and cons, they introduced a series of policies that were conducive to eugenics and good birth. Although the birth rate was low, the crime rate was almost zero, and the population was full of high-quality people.
Rather than betting on the unknown new life, it's better to retain the old. Therefore, the government of Cang'ai Planet launched a research program for soul capture devices.
If the research and development is successful, those deceased national academicians and key personnel will be able to continue to uphold their posts in another form.
Yu Yu didn't know the details; she had only heard her mother frowning and muttering about the soul catcher in her dreams.
Mom has so many things to invent, she needs to grow up quickly to become Mom's little helper.
An hour before the concert started, Yan Xingli led Yu Yu backstage.
Singer Liu Qin was the first senior he became close to in the industry. She was one of the mentors on that boy group talent show back then, so he naturally had to greet her when he came to the scene.
"Dad, I, I'm scared."
Zheng Xiaofeng and Liu Qin have been friends for many years. Taking advantage of his daughter's birthday today, he specially brought his wife and daughter to celebrate.
"Don't be afraid, Yueyue, your dad and mom are here. Don't you love listening to Aunt Xiaoliu's songs? Today, Dad will bring you to meet her."
Zheng Yue kept her head down, her face showing little joy.
Walking behind, Shen Lan frowned, her gaze filled with worry as she watched her daughter's retreating figure.
She hasn't been very enthusiastic about celebrating Yueyue's birthday for the past two years, and even asked not to celebrate it at all. What's wrong with this child?
Ahead, Zheng Xiaofeng bent down with a smile: "Yueyue, look who's that?"
Zheng Yue paused, looked up curiously, and a hint of surprise appeared on her face: "Yu Yu."
The two little girls met backstage.
Yan Xingli immediately tensed up when he saw director Zheng Xiaofeng, revealing a questioning look in his eyes, wary that the production team might be up to some tricks again, trying to cause trouble before the concert started.
Zheng Xiaofeng patted him on the shoulder: "Relax, I'm just bringing my daughter out to play."
Yan Xingli smiled, his face saying: You'll see if I believe you or not.
Both of them were acquainted with Liu Qin, so they simply went to Liu Qin's dressing room together to say hello.
The children couldn't join in the adults' conversation. With her friends, Yu Yu stopped bothering her uncle. She wanted to play games with Zheng Yue, but she noticed something was off about her.
"You're unhappy, aren't you?"
In a small corner, Yu Yu's chubby face scurried closer, nose to nose with Zheng Yue's, "Who bullied you?"
Zheng Yue blushed and shook her head as she backed away, saying, "No, no."
“You do,” Yu Yu said, pinching her chubby little face. “You have a lot of unhappiness. You’re turning into a little old lady.”
Zheng Yue looked around and, seeing that her parents' attention wasn't on her, she tugged at her clothes and mumbled, "Today is my birthday."
Yu Yu opened her mouth wide in surprise: "It's your birthday."
The next moment, the child covered his head with his hands: "Oh no, this is terrible, I didn't prepare a present."
Zheng Yue immediately whispered a reply, indicating that it was okay.
Fish was devastated. The little girl was pounding her chest in frustration. It was her second best friend on Earth's birthday, and she was left empty-handed. It was just too much.
Qi Youyu was so anxious that she spun around in place like a top. Zheng Yue was both touched and anxious, and blurted out, "Then, you hug me."
Yu Yu, who was clutching her hair, stopped and stared at Zheng Yue with her big eyes.
Zheng Yue's ears were so red they were almost bleeding. She stammered, "A hug... consider it a birthday present."
When she said this, she didn't dare to look at Yu Yu at all, for fear of being rejected.
But as soon as she finished speaking, she was hugged by a soft, warm little body. This time, it wasn't the milky strawberry flavor, but the bursting peach flavor.
Zheng Yue was hugged by a child two years younger than her, who even stood on tiptoe and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Happy birthday, Yueyue! May you be happy every day!
Zheng Yue stared blankly, as if she had seen an angel.
She was surrounded by pure kindness, smelling the wonderful scent of peaches, and her head was spinning with sweetness.
Zheng Yue: "Yu Yu, you are an angel."
Qi Youyu, who especially loves cats and dogs, shook her head and puffed out her little chest: "No, I'm a cat servant, and sometimes a dog servant too~"
Zheng Yue: oo
Getting back to the point, Yu Yu grasped Zheng Yue's fingers and asked with concern, "Then why are you unhappy?"
The topic jumped abruptly, and Zheng Yue forgot to pause before speaking: "Because my mother had a hard time giving birth to me."
"My birthday is, my mother's...day of suffering."
Although Zheng Yue was young, she was not ignorant. She had heard a classmate's mother lament that a child's birthday was a day of suffering for the mother.
She silently remembered what she heard, which is why she didn't want to celebrate her birthday, feeling guilty that her birth had caused her mother suffering.
Qi Youyu's head was full of question marks. What is all this?
“Yueyue, you’re wrong.” The child held up a finger and explained earnestly, “We children hatched from eggs, and each child has their own egg.”
"Huh? Is...is that so?"
"Yes, we grow inside the egg. Our parents water our eggs and let us bask in the sun. When we grow big enough, we come out of the egg."
Zheng Yue's mind was in complete turmoil; this was entirely different from what the dean had said.
A chubby child suddenly appeared among the adults chatting together.
A serious, childlike voice interrupted: "Uncle, didn't you and Auntie have a baby together?"
Yu Yu stared intently at Zheng Xiaofeng, who was somewhat bewildered by the question.
"We had Yueyue."
Yu Yu: "Yueyue said that only Mommy gave birth to her, didn't you give birth?"
"Me? I can't have children."
“But you’re the dad.” The little guy, tilting his head back, wrinkled his little nose and scolded without any politeness, “Every baby egg should be taken care of by both mom and dad. Uncle, how can you be lazy?”
Yu Yu said sincerely, "I think you should apologize to your aunt."
Zheng Xiaofeng was both amused and exasperated. He decided to bend down and talk to this precocious child.
"When Yueyue's mother was pregnant with her, her uncle was by her side, but he really couldn't help with the childbirth."
He explained slowly and deliberately: "Yuyu, your uncle didn't tell you, did he? Babies come out of their mother's belly, not from an egg."
Qi Youyu was confused for a moment, then shook her head: "No, babies all come out of eggs, my parents told me that."
The child said with unwavering certainty, "They even made me a big helmet out of eggshells."
[Luckily, Yu Yu's parents didn't tell her that the baby popped out of a crack in the rock, otherwise they would have already picked up stones to hatch the baby as proof, haha]
What kind of egg is it? An ostrich egg?
The difficulty of obtaining a parent's certificate on Planet Cang'ai each year is equivalent to taking the civil service exam on Earth—a hellish experience where thousands of people compete for a single-plank bridge.
The parent certificate process includes parenting knowledge assessment, parental education assessment, background check, physical examination, and verification of funds. Only couples who obtain the parent certificate can go to the hospital to receive the artificial womb baby egg.
The egg that the fish is talking about is an artificial womb, which is similar to a hibernation chamber where the embryo formed from the fertilized egg is nurtured.
The environment inside the egg completely mimics the human uterus, and a full-term baby will hatch like a chick.
As soon as the concert started, Yu Yu was so shocked by the sheer number of people all around her, a dark mass that seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see, that her nostrils flared wide.
We're rich! We're rich! We're rich!
O(∩_∩)O
"Today at my concert, we also have two special guests. Let's welcome Yan Xingli and the lovely Yuyu!"
The image of the grandfather and granddaughter instantly appeared on the big screen. Yu Yu was clinging to Yan Xingli, her eyes wide open.
"Uncle, we've grown so tall!"
With a calm smile, Yan Xingli waved to the audience while holding her child.
The grandmother and granddaughter were overwhelmed by the enthusiastic cheers, but Yu Yu was oblivious to them, her round eyes reflecting the rising emotional energy.
The child was beaming with joy, looking like she'd fallen head over heels for money. She hugged Yan Xingli's neck tightly and shook him vigorously.
"Uncle, we've become so rich."
"Uncle, come home with me!"
I'll take care of you!
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