The midday sun was just right; the weather at the end of February was neither too cold nor too hot, and the sun felt warm and comfortable on my skin.
The sweet potatoes have all sprouted, but Dad isn't home, so Zhao Xiaoxiu decides to call the Meng brothers to help plant all the sweet potato sprouts today.
Experts say that after the sweet potatoes sprout, they should be divided into small pieces and planted. First, cultivate the seedlings, and when they grow to a certain size, they need to be transplanted a second time.
Now the two sweet potatoes have sprouted a total of more than sixty sprouts. Zhao Xiaoxiu asked Meng Erquan to cut them into small pieces and take them to the previously cleared land outside to plant the sweet potato seedlings one by one.
It would take an adult less than an hour to plant these dozens of sweet potatoes.
Zhao Xiaoxiu and Sister Hou fetched well water and watered all the seedlings. All they had to do was wait patiently for about 45 days until the seedlings grew up before transplanting them.
Including the various mutated crops already planted in the vegetable jars in the yard, only the mutated peppers, mutated cucumbers, and mutated radishes from the seed gift packs distributed by the base remain unplanted.
Granny Meng, the mutated chili pepper, is leaving, confidently stating that she will take responsibility.
She had previously worried that being with the mutated plants would be dangerous, but now, after experiencing it firsthand and understanding the characteristics of these mutated crops, and knowing that they don't suddenly go berserk, Grandma Meng's mindset has changed a lot.
Yesterday, the mother and her two children went to the quarantine zone but didn't find anything. After all, there was a patrol team there, so it was basically impossible to find anything inside the quarantine zone.
If you really want to hunt, you have to go to the farthest and deepest mountains and forests.
The Meng brothers were well aware of their own capabilities; going too deep into the territory was still too dangerous for them.
So for the time being, the mother and her two children do not plan to go into the mountains again. At least until Zhao Gang finishes his work with the road construction team, they will stay at home to repair the house, or take care of the crops in front of their house and learn how to farm.
Now that everything that could be planted had been planted, Granny Meng looked at the large tracts of empty land remaining in her territory and discussed with Zhao Xiaoxiu:
"Since the three of us are just sitting around doing nothing, why don't we cultivate some land first, and then find some low-level mutated fruit trees or wildflowers and weeds near the isolation zone to bring back and plant?"
"I heard a news report on the official channel this morning saying that someone has evolved the ability to tame mutated animals. There are tamed mutated cows and sheep for sale in Jiangcheng. Let's set up our own livestock farm and try raising a couple of mutated dairy cows and a few mutated flying chickens?"
Ultimately, humans are omnivores; they need not only staple foods and vegetables, but also meat.
Relying solely on hunting and hoping to get meat is both unstable and dangerous.
We didn't have the means before, but now that such a large farm is in front of us, we must make full use of it.
Zhao Xiaoxiu hadn't thought of all that yet, but Granny Meng's idea of finding fruit trees, wildflowers, and weeds that could be planted outside coincided with her initial idea of creating a backyard garden.
However, finding edible and delicious fruit trees or useful flower and herb varieties is not an easy task.
"Grandma, what do you want to do?" Zhao Xiaoxiu asked curiously.
Grandma Meng shrugged and laughed, "A clumsy solution is to build a safety barrier between the planting area and the residential area. That way, we can respond in time if any emergencies occur."
As for the livestock farm, Granny Meng wasn't sure either. She decided to start with a small number of animals, build a protective fence, and ensure people's safety first.
Zhao Xiaoxiu also felt that this was a bit dangerous, but when she thought that her blood could inhibit the virus, she nodded excitedly and said, "Then let's give it a try."
Granny Meng: "First, buy two cows and five flying chickens!"
Zhao Xiaoxiu agreed, and added, "Then when Dad comes back, we'll go to the mountains together and transplant all the edible fruit trees here."
Upon hearing this, the Meng brothers exchanged a smile. With Brother Gangzi around, a few small mountains were nothing to them!
The mother and her two children were probably used to Zhao Xiaoxiu's uniqueness and didn't treat her like a clueless child. The three of them seriously took out a notebook and discussed with her the division of the vacant land in their territory.
They were chatting enthusiastically and agreed to meet at noon, but Youyou arrived two hours late.
Two guards rode a three-meter-long evolved centipede, carrying Youyou to the entrance of Territory No. 13.
Hearing the commotion, Zhao Xiaoxiu and the others went out of the courtyard and looked up. They saw a multi-legged centipede, about the size of a normal python, with a custom-made seat and a directional tether attached to its back, slithering along the road.
With all one hundred legs working at the same time, the speed can reach 60 miles per hour, running steadily on the bumpy dirt road.
Meng Er exclaimed in a low voice, "If you put a seat on the centipede's back and add a traction control rope, wouldn't that turn it into a motorcycle?"
Zhao Xiaoxiu's eyes lit up; the devices on the evolved centipede had given her inspiration.
She could also create a device for Peter Pan that can automatically water the plants, so that Peter Pan's hovering range would no longer be limited!
"Kosode!"
Youyou stood up from her seat, waved happily at Zhao Xiaoxiu, and shouted, "You have Sister Monkey, and I have Harry too!"
Harry is the evolved centipede beneath him, which was specially transported from Jiangcheng headquarters today using a combat transport plane.
This centipede was the first evolved creature that the Hope Base branch of the biotechnology company discovered and successfully domesticated.
It was reported in the news before, but back then this centipede was only the size of a chopstick.
Two years have passed in the blink of an eye, and it has grown so big that it can be used as a means of transportation, which is beyond people's expectations.
Zhao Xiaoxiu and the three members of the Meng family exchanged glances, wondering why this experimental creature, which was originally kept secret, was suddenly brought to the public eye.
"Mom's new research facility has been busy waiting for Harry and the others to arrive, otherwise I wouldn't be late," Youyou explained carefully.
She glanced at Zhao Xiaoxiu again, "You're not angry that I'm late, are you?"
The guards and centipedes stopped at the entrance, but only Youyou ran into the territory and came to Zhao Xiaoxiu's house.
Zhao Xiaoxiu had said before that she didn't want Youyou's guards to get close, and Youyou has always remembered that. When she goes to Zhao Xiaoxiu's house, she never lets the guards follow her in.
The evolved centipede was indeed eye-catching; passing patrol soldiers and road-building lords would all stop to take a look.
Everyone thought with envy, "If only all the survivors could tame and evolve plants and animals to help them, then they would never have to be afraid of the forest again."
But how can you just happen to encounter such amazing evolved plants and animals?
It's just something I'm fantasizing about in my mind.
With guests arriving at their home, Grandma Meng and her two children had to temporarily suspend their discussions about land planning.
The adults went about their own business, leaving Zhao Xiaoxiu and Youyou, who was marveling at the flower wall, alone in the yard.
He had brought Harry here specifically to show off to Zhao Xiaoxiu, but he never expected that the flower wall in front of him would instantly overshadow him.
The little guy sighed like an adult, having to admit that Uncle Zhao and Zhao Xiaoxiu seemed, perhaps, possibly much more capable than his mother.
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