Youyou politely asked Zhao Xiaoxiu, "May I pick one of your flowers to give to my mother?"
"Sure!"
Zhao Xiaoxiu readily agreed and asked him which flower he wanted. Youyou chose a pink lily. Zhao Xiaoxiu ran into the house, got some scissors, cut off a branch, and handed it to him.
Youyou exclaimed with delight, "Thank you, Zhao Xiaoxiu!"
But as soon as he held the lily in his hand, he was pricked by sharp thorns that suddenly sprouted from its stem. He cried out in pain, and the flower fell to the ground. It quickly grew new roots that burrowed into the cracks in the red bricks and into the soil.
The branch grew rapidly, and soon a pink lily, a meter tall, swayed in the wind, stood in front of the two of them.
This was unexpected by Zhao Xiaoxiu. Fearing that Baihe would release poison into Youyou, she quickly picked up his hand to check it.
Fortunately, there were only a few small red spots with beads of blood on my fingertips, and no toxins.
"How could this happen?" Youyou was so upset he was about to cry. Zhao Xiaoxiu guessed he was in pain, and she also felt a little guilty for completely forgetting that Youyou was just a normal human child, completely different from her thick-skinned self.
"It's okay, I'll just put a fungal patch on it for you." Zhao Xiaoxiu calmly ran back to the bedroom, retrieved a medical healing fungus, tore open the packaging, took out the mycelium inside, and applied it to his hand.
The wound healed in no time, and the pain lessened to the point of being negligible.
Looking at the pink lily on the ground, Youyou was both angry and helpless, muttering, "I want to give it to Mommy..."
Zhao Xiaoxiu paced around the yard, looking troubled. Meng Da, who was standing on the roof adding a canopy, suggested, "Why don't you try putting it in a vase?"
Zhao Xiaoxiu smiled with delight, "That's right, we can just use something to separate the thorns."
He immediately ran to the storeroom, found a long-stemmed ceramic vase, and cut the lilies back into it.
This time, the thorns could no longer hurt anyone through the bottle.
Youyou eagerly carried the whole bottle of lilies to the entrance of the territory and handed it to two guards, asking them to take it back to their mother and then come back to pick him up in the evening so he could help Zhao Xiaoxiu with the farming.
"Farming?" The female guard frowned in confusion. "Farming what?"
“Planting flowers,” Youyou said, pointing to the flower wall behind her. “Zhao Xiaoxiu wants to plant the Green Fairy’s branches on the border of her territory. This flower is her reward. I can only leave after I’ve helped her.”
The two guards exchanged a glance, wondering if the director's child had been fooled.
But with both of them gone, it was impossible for him to be left alone in unfamiliar territory. The female guard handed Lily to the male guard; she wanted to stay.
The male guards looked at the lily in their hands, which was flamboyant yet undeniably beautiful. They all knew that the director had a ulterior motive in arranging for them to bring Youyou to see Zhao Xiaoxiu. They nodded, left the female guard behind, and used their walkie-talkies to call a patrol car. They then took the car back to the research base for the time being.
Keep the evolved centipede; it might be of help in case of any unforeseen circumstances.
After giving away the lilies, Youyou happily ran back to the yard and said to Zhao Xiaoxiu, "Let's go plant some crops!"
Zhao Xiaoxiu nodded, called Monkey Sister over to help, cut a full basket of green fairy branches, secretly prepared water mixed with her own blood, and placed it on the floating board.
She carried a small hoe herself and found a water ladle for Youyou. She led Sister Monkey to the boundary of the territory at the entrance, intending to start from there.
The entire territory covers 300 acres, and planting branches of Green Fairy along the border is a huge undertaking for Zhao Xiaoxiu.
Given the growth rate of the Green Fairy, Zhao Xiaoxiu plans to plant a branch every two meters, allowing them to grow and intertwine on their own, and a thorny boundary wall will soon take shape.
Zhao Xiaoxiu was in charge of digging the hole, while Sister Monkey was in charge of using clips to hand her the note so she wouldn't prick her hand.
All Youyou needs to do is water each of the planted branches with two scoops of water.
The two children treated the activity like a game of house, working hard without feeling tired at all, only finding it fun.
The female guards stood outside the border, watching closely, and found the scene before them both absurd and harmonious.
Although the branches of an A-grade mutated plant are not as strong as the plant itself, they are still not toys for a little girl under four years old to grab with her bare hands.
Even the evolved centipede beneath her was wary of getting too close to the human girl with her hands full of branches, fearing that the branches would attack and hurt it.
The female guard remained vigilant the entire way, keeping a close eye on Youyou and not daring to relax for even a second, for fear that if she wasn't careful, the branches would attack him and she wouldn't be able to explain it to the director when she got back.
Zhao Xiaoxiu didn't quite understand the female guards and the evolved centipede Harry's wariness and caution.
She looked at the quiet green branches on the floating board, and then at the branch she was holding in her hand, which was affectionately tickling the back of her hand with its leaf tips. It was so cute!
After an afternoon, Zhao Xiaoxiu and Youyou successfully planted the branches of the Green Fairy all over the northern border of their territory.
As the sun set in the west, the sky was filled with a purplish-pink glow, which made people's faces look pink as well.
The male guard returned and reminded Youyou that he had to go back.
Zhao Gang and others also returned from get off work, their pickup truck bed piled high with the carcasses of mutated animals.
With Zhao Gang's permission, soldier Aji drove the car directly into the territory and parked it in front of Zhao Xiaoxiu's house.
They used to wander around the yard freely, but now, seeing the walls covered with flowers, they hesitate and dare not approach.
The romantic flower wall, bathed in the sunset, resembles a beautiful trap, waiting for its prey to take the bait and devour it.
Youyou was about to leave, but as soon as she saw Zhao Gang return, her legs froze, and she stared at Zhao Gang longingly.
Zhao Gang didn't even need to guess from the expression; he could tell at a glance that this little guy wanted to stay at his house and freeload.
There were too many people at home, and they were going to have to deal with the mutated animal carcasses. Zhao Xiaoxiu didn't want Youyou to see so much, so she grabbed his hand, led him to the two guards, waved, and said, "Bye-bye!"
Youyou looked at Zhao Xiaoxiu in disbelief. "Aren't we good friends? He even brought her snacks, but she won't even let her eat a single bite of her dad's food!"
Zhao Xiaoxiu walked home without looking back, and casually asked Green Fairy to close the door.
Looking at the fence gate covered with green fairy petals, Youyou cried and went back with the two guards.
The little guy clenched his fists and secretly thought to himself, "I'll never talk to Zhao Xiaoxiu again!"
As a result, after only one night, they came running over with a basket of groceries early the next morning.
Zhao Xiaoxiu glanced at him speechlessly. She was still too kind. She gestured for him to put the ingredients down, waved her hand, and said:
"Today, Dad will continue to help me with the farming, and tonight I'll have him cook for us."
“Okay!” Youyou agreed eagerly, afraid that Zhao Xiaoxiu would change her mind. She took the initiative to pull up the hovercar, brought over the basket for the branches, handed the scissors to Zhao Xiaoxiu, and smiled innocently.
The two guards witnessed everything, exchanged a glance, and were furious at their lack of courage. How utterly cowardly!
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