"That's a total of 190 points. I'll pay you another 10 points." Zhao Xiaoxiu took out her father's points card and skillfully swiped the points over.
She raised her little hand and waved, "Take care, goodbye."
Monkey Sister also grinned and showed what she thought was a gentle smile, just like everyone else.
Little did it know that the two hunters opposite it were so frightened by its smile that they grabbed their things and ran away.
The first order of the day was successfully completed, and Zhao Xiaoxiu and Sister Hou couldn't help but give each other a high five in happiness.
Two low-level mutated owls were moved to the open space in front of the shop. Sister Monkey ran home to fetch water, while Zhao Xiaoxiu drew her twin swords and began to tidy up, busying herself while waiting for the other hunters to enter the shop.
However, once the sun came out, all the hunting groups returned to the city with the army, and Zhao Xiaoxiu's shop was only open for this one day.
No one came in the afternoon, but Zhao Xiaoxiu wasn't disappointed. She closed the shop, locked the doors and windows, and had Sister Monkey carry her to Territory 16 at the entrance to play with Sister Miaomiao.
Unfortunately, they came up empty-handed; Jiang Ning and his entire family had gone into the city, and there wasn't a single person left in their territory.
So Zhao Xiaoxiu and Sister Monkey could only stand at the entrance to their territory and watch the wanderers from the opposite camp move.
The rainy season is over, and the authorities are no longer allowing wanderers to stay near the planting area. This morning, Mo Shigui brought people over to issue the notice.
The wanderers spent the whole morning packing up before they started moving.
"No wonder no one comes to the convenience store to buy anything," Zhao Xiaoxiu sighed helplessly, hands on her hips. "It turns out the wanderers are all busy moving."
The monkey squeaked twice to indicate that it was listening to her.
In reality, with his back to Zhao Xiaoxiu, he squatted on a large rock, bent over, holding a snack bag that Zhao Xiaoxiu had asked Zhao Gang to make for him, and was peeling sunflower seeds with a "crunch, crunch" sound.
Of course, it didn't forget its cub beside it. After peeling four or five melon seeds, it fed them to Zhao Xiaoxiu in one go.
Zhao Xiaoxiu was watching others move so intently that she unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of monkey hair, only to realize she had eaten a mouthful of monkey hair. She quickly spat it out.
Another monkey paw stretched out in front of her, and in the pink palm were four or five pitiful sunflower seeds mixed with a few monkey hairs. Zhao Xiaoxiu pushed it back and politely declined, "Sister Monkey, you can eat them yourself. Don't give them to me. I don't like sunflower seeds today."
Monkey Sister tilted her head and glanced at her in confusion, then squeaked in response, stuffed a handful into her mouth, and ate it with great relish.
A breeze blew by, and Zhao Xiaoxiu lay back on the rock, her little hands under her head, watching a few pink clouds drift across the pale blue sky. She thought they looked like sheep, rabbits, and also a lot of strange pieces of furniture.
A scent of evaporating moisture wafted into my nose, mixed with the faint fragrance of green leaves—the smell of nature.
The wanderers left one after another, gazing longingly at the plantation. They saw the little girl lying on her back on the stone, looking so carefree and enviable.
"I really want to stay," someone said regretfully.
Some people say, "This is not our land; it cannot accommodate wanderers like us."
If they could, they would like to return to their original land, like the lords here, to cultivate wasteland, grow crops, and have a stable home.
But their land had long since become a paradise for mutants, and they could never go back.
Zhao Xiaoxiu sat up and leaned against Monkey Sister's steaming body, watching the group of wanderers walk away unwillingly until they disappeared from sight.
"Sister Monkey, we're so lucky." Zhao Xiaoxiu hugged Sister Monkey tightly, unsurprisingly, she was covered in sweat from the heat.
Why is it so hot? How can Sister Monkey sweat so much?
Zhao Xiaoxiu tugged at Monkey Sister's arm, "Let's go, let's go home and take a shower."
Monkey Sister nodded, first putting away the snack bag and hanging it around her neck, then picking up Zhao Xiaoxiu with one hand and shouting "Oh oh oh" as she ran home.
The setting sun cast the shadows of the child and the monkey together, making them appear very long.
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The three children, including Xiwa, who went out to look for the machinery factory, did not return until late the next night.
So as not to disturb the sleeping people, the three of them quietly drove into the territory, and without getting out of the car, they slept in the car all night.
When Zhao Xiaoxiu woke up, the adults were already in the parking lot in front of the courtyard gate, having a heated discussion around a bunch of big steel machines.
Xiwa stood alone in the center, holding up a hastily drawn drawing, explaining her design to Zhao Gang and the others.
He plans to modify a tractor and a rapeseed planter himself.
The patrol station also prepared tillage machines for the lords, but there were only three.
A single tractor can till ten acres of land a day, and the lords take turns renting them, which is just barely enough.
However, this is under the premise of excluding driver skill and machine malfunction.
In fact, there are only two lords in Zone B who can use the tiller. One of them is Zhao Gang, and the other is the lord of Zone 5.
Mo Shigui had just come over to inform Zhao Gang that he and the lord of Land No. 5 should go to the patrol station tomorrow to train the other lords and teach them how to drive the tiller.
In the long run, it's still more convenient to have your own tiller.
After listening to the little boy's long, rambling explanation, Zhao Gang patted him heavily on the shoulder:
"Then I'll leave this to you. How long will it take before the first tiller can be put into use?"
Xiwa was flattered and quickly calculated in his mind, excitedly saying, "Three days! I guarantee I can make a tiller in three days."
Zhao Gang was quite satisfied with this moment, and patted Xiwa's shoulder again, this time with more force to show his concern. However, he didn't expect that the pat would make Xiwa stumble and almost fall to the ground.
Meng Er helped him up speechlessly, and the little boy said awkwardly, "Thank you, thank you...wait a minute!"
Xiwa suddenly looked at Meng Er with enthusiasm and said to Zhao Gang, "Boss, if Brother Meng Er is my helper, I think we can get this tractor working the day after tomorrow!"
Meng Er was stunned. Mechanical engineering is a highly technical field. What could a novice like him possibly do to help?
Little Brother: "Second Brother, you can screw in screws!"
It would be a shame not to use hands with such abnormally high hardness to tighten screws.
Meng Er gritted his teeth in anger, "Little one, thank you so much!"
"You're welcome." Xiwa smiled humbly, making Meng Er feel too embarrassed to punch her.
Zhao Gang patted Meng Er's shoulder with one hand and Xiwa's shoulder with the other, saying, "Then you two will take responsibility together."
After giving the instructions, he called over Granny Meng and Meng Da to mark out the land to be reclaimed and set a location.
"Dad!" Zhao Xiaoxiu stood at the gate of the courtyard and opened her arms to her father, indicating that she wanted to go with him too.
As soon as Zhao Gang saw his daughter, his eyes softened instantly. He stepped forward, picked up the little girl, lifted her high above his head, and let her ride on his shoulders.
The three adults and one child together marked out the wasteland to be reclaimed.
Zhao Xiaoxiu rode on her father's shoulders the whole time, her feet never touching the ground.
There are hills to the south and low-lying land to the east, so newly reclaimed wasteland is allocated to the flattest and most fertile areas to the west and north.
When the time comes, driving a tiller will only require drawing the outline according to the markings and prompts already made, and you will be able to create neat, square plots of land.
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