After Zhao Xiaoxiu and the others finished their barbecue, Zhao Gang, Granny Meng, and Meng Dacai, who had been out, returned home.
The stars twinkled in the night sky, and the moon hid behind the clouds, disappearing from sight. The three of them groped their way back in the dark and stepped into the brightly lit courtyard. They immediately saw the food that had been specially grilled and placed on the charcoal grill to keep it warm, and their fatigue instantly disappeared.
"Why are you so late? How was the harvest today?" Meng Er hurriedly stepped forward to greet his mother and elder brother.
Meng Da put down the burlap sack he had been carrying all the way and said with a smile, "It's alright."
Zhao Xiaoxiu and Sister Hou, who were sitting in the lobby playing on their phones, immediately ran out to greet Zhao Gang.
"dad!"
Zhao Gang caught his daughter as she jumped up with one hand and kissed the top of her head.
The father and daughter rubbed against each other, and Zhao Xiaoxiu slid down from her father's arms and followed behind him, saying that she had earned a lot of points and mutated animal meat today, and had also sold a third of the tomato sauce.
"Brother Gangzi, come wash your hands and have something to eat. The meat Xiaoxiu picked out today is especially tender," Meng Er called from outside.
Zhao Gang changed into clean clothes and came downstairs, replying, "You guys eat, I'm not hungry right now."
Zhao Xiaoxiu took the last half of a chocolate from the refrigerator and handed it to her father. Zhao Gang's eyes lit up immediately. He picked it up, unwrapped it, and popped it into his mouth. This was the food he liked.
The father and daughter arrived outside, where the Meng family mother and her two sons were sitting in the pavilion. Meng Er was eating meat, while Meng Da and Grandma Meng were enjoying their meal and didn't want to stop.
Sister Monkey was hopping around outside the pavilion, joining in the fun.
The sound of cutting came from the parking lot outside the courtyard. Xiwa had gone to repair those modified cars again, since she had arranged for someone to come and see them the next morning.
Once this batch of cars is sold, he is certain that Zhao Xiaoxiu will give him a good share of the profits.
The recyclables were taken away at a low price by the passing patrol soldiers, who used them to buy him a month's worth of nutrient solution.
Xiwa now feels that as long as she makes good use of her value, there will be no problem for her to survive here.
In short, he would never leave this place, not even if you killed him.
If Evan, the leader of the Green Field Alliance, knew he was still alive, he would definitely try every means to kill him to avenge Steven.
Upon seeing Zhao Gang approach, Meng Er immediately stood up and offered him his seat.
Zhao Gang sat down with Zhao Xiaoxiu in his arms and asked the others, "How is that little girl?"
Meng Da buried himself in his food, only managing to utter two words when he had a spare moment: "Not bad."
Granny Meng swallowed the fragrant roasted meat in her mouth, picked up her water glass, drank it all in one gulp, put down her chopsticks, and said:
"They're quite proactive and efficient, but I've heard that the people from the Green Field Alliance aren't very good people."
According to Granny Meng's previous thinking, such uncertainties could not possibly remain by her side.
Even if you can't get rid of her, she'll stay away on her own.
However, the situation is different now than before. With increased strength, her perspective on things has changed. She feels she can observe the situation further.
Meng Er and his mother agreed and whispered, "He doesn't dare to leave Area B now, Evan will kill him. If he wants to stay, he'll have to beg us. For now, he won't be a threat to us."
Zhao Xiaoxiu said, "He can fix a lot of things. I want him to make a portable automatic shower device for Peter Pan. If he can make it, how about we let him stay?"
Zhao Gang had no problem with it; in his eyes, Xiwa was no different from an ant.
Zhao Xiaoxiu then looked at the other adults, who all doted on her and indicated that she should make the decision.
The voices of the group discussing the matter were neither too loud nor too soft, and the little boy could hear them clearly, his heart filled with joy.
But recalling the mutated level of Little Flying Man by the river that afternoon, he couldn't help but secretly swallow.
God help me, I hope that fish doesn't eat him.
In two more days, the road to Jiangcheng will be completed.
The evolved potatoes in the field are almost ready for harvest. Zhao Gang said that experts from the base will come to evaluate them. If the evaluation is satisfactory, the evolved potatoes in the field will be collected by officials after the harvest.
"Can't we keep it for ourselves to eat?" Granny Meng asked with concern.
Zhao Gang nodded: "You can keep it. All the output in the first year will belong to the lord. But if you want to sell it, you can only sell it to the government this year."
Granny Meng breathed a sigh of relief; it would be best if she could keep the food for herself.
"I wonder how much it can produce?" The Meng brothers were very curious about how much a planting area that looked to be only a little over 100 square meters could produce, and that was just for individual plants.
Seeing that Granny Meng and Meng Da had finished eating, Zhao Gang gestured for everyone to return to the main hall, including Sister Monkey who had come to join in the fun.
He wanted to communicate with everyone about the work to be done on the territory over the next two months.
It's already April, the road repair work is nearing completion, and the busy farming season is about to begin.
Before the rainy season arrives in June, we need to harvest the evolved potatoes, transplant the sweet potato seedlings into the ground, prepare for the second season of evolved potato sprouts, and sow the mutated radishes and cucumbers.
Evolved pumpkins and evolved cabbages are also planted during this season, making April and May two busy months.
After completing the above farm work, it's rapeseed harvest season again.
So the first thing everyone needs to do is collect the evolved potatoes to complete the first round of expert evaluation.
Next, they cleared the wasteland, prepared the vegetable garden, and then planted the seeds.
Zhao Xiaoxiu and Granny Meng had previously discussed building a ranch and needed to make time to visit Jiangcheng.
One option is to purchase domesticated mutant cow calves, and the other is to take the surplus supplies from home to the city to sell and exchange them for other goods.
"These next two days, you should prepare the planting area at home. After the road construction team finishes their work, we'll harvest the potatoes and plant the sweet potato seedlings together before going to town. You can think about what items you need and write down a purchase order so we can make a unified purchase when we go to town."
After giving instructions to the Meng family mother and son and Sister Monkey, Zhao Gang looked towards the courtyard gate and said, "Prepare two fuel-efficient medium-sized pickup trucks these next few days. We'll need them when we go into the city."
Thinking no one was watching, the little boy who was squatting outside the door eavesdropping was startled by the sudden sound.
After a moment's pause, she realized she was being spoken to, responded with an "oh," and quickly made her escape, pretending to be very busy.
Having said everything he needed to say, Zhao Gang stood up and said, "Go to sleep."
The three members of the Meng family nodded and went home.
Sister Monkey called out to Zhao Xiaoxiu, and the two of them picked all the ripe Evolution tomatoes in the greenhouse that day, filling another half basket.
Fortunately, we sold a lot of tomato sauce today, which freed up some space in the refrigerator; otherwise, we wouldn't have had anywhere to store these ripe, freshly picked tomatoes.
After closing the refrigerator door, Zhao Xiaoxiu immediately took out her calligraphy practice notebook and wrote down the shopping list on a blank sheet of paper with a pencil: Buy a large-capacity freezer.
After thinking for a moment, I added: two comfortable mattresses.
One picture of Sister Monkey, and one picture of her and her dad—perfect!
Now there's no need to worry about running out of points. Zhao Gang has over 100,000 points in his points card, and Zhao Xiaoxiu doesn't even know how she'll spend them all.
Let's add snacks to the list then. I should be able to buy one of those cream cakes that I saw in the store in the core area of Hope Base last year.
Oh, and remember to buy candy and chocolate for Dad.
However, you might not be able to buy the chocolate; it depends on luck...
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