When they left Jiangcheng, the sun was already setting. By the time Zhao Xiaoxiu and her father reached the foot of the mountain, it was completely dark.
The valley is hidden, with no road leading to it; one must carefully climb over steep cliffs to reach it.
As night fell and the temperature plummeted, Zhao Gang, still carrying a full load of goods, decided to find a sheltered spot to rest for the night before continuing his journey across the mountains the next day.
Zhao Xiaoxiu didn't care. She had experienced climbing mountains at night before when she traveled alone, and she could endure the hardship.
But there's a saying: you don't have to suffer if you can't bear it.
This morning, when they came down from the mountain, Zhao Gang had already surveyed the surrounding terrain. He patted her on the shoulder, and Zhao Xiaoxiu easily jumped onto her father's back.
There was no one on the dark mountain road, only mutated animals with green eyes that dared not approach.
Zhao Gang transformed his hands into two thick, long, black and red tentacles, and the pairs of green eyes in the forest instantly disappeared.
Zhao Gang carried his daughter on his back, climbed to a cave in the middle of the cliff, threw out the large bird that originally lived there, and put his own cub inside.
The large bird circled aggrievedly near the cliff face, daring not to speak out against its anger.
The hoverboard was then lowered, and Zhao Gang took out the candles he had just bought and lit them. The father and daughter lay in the large bird's spacious nest, one eating candy and the other drinking nutrient solution, chatting about all sorts of random things, and gradually fell asleep.
"Xiaoxiu, do you remember the ancient poem Dad taught you last time? Recite it."
Zhao Xiaoxiu felt she was about to enter a deep sleep when suddenly she heard this sentence.
The child was stunned for a long time before struggling to open his eyelids and reciting the text with a numb expression.
"The bright moonlight shines before my bed, I wonder if it's frost on the ground. I raise my head to gaze at the bright moon, then lower my head and think of my hometown..."
Zhao Gang: "That's great, go to sleep."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard steady breathing from inside her arms.
Zhao Gang: "..." Looks like he's really sleepy.
Countless tentacles extended out, tightly enveloping the sleeping cub, so that the cold night wind could no longer disturb her.
Zhao Xiaoxiu had a very deep sleep and was a little hard to wake up. Zhao Gang shook her awake. When she opened her eyes, the sky outside was gloomy, and she didn't know what time it was.
"Dad, what time is it?" Zhao Xiaoxiu asked, rubbing her eyes as she sat up.
Seeing that she was awake, Zhao Gang handed her a warmed bottle of nutrient solution, saying as he tidied up, "Nine o'clock in the morning."
"Huh?" Zhao Xiaoxiu was startled. She had been asleep for so long!
Zhao Gang chuckled: "There's no farm work to do, so I can sleep as long as I want."
The old father had no other requirements for his young child, as long as he could eat and sleep well, that was enough.
Feeling embarrassed, Zhao Xiaoxiu quickly finished the tasteless nutrient solution and helped her father move all the supplies onto the suspension board and secure them.
Once ready, Zhao Xiaoxiu climbed onto her father's back, holding tightly to his neck to keep from falling.
Coming up at night and going down during the day are two completely different feelings.
Zhao Xiaoxiu felt like she was on a roller coaster, the machine slowly pushing her to the highest point, and then suddenly starting to drop rapidly.
The little girl's shoulder-length soft hair was instantly blown up by the wind, which made Zhao Xiaoxiu scream loudly.
However, the sound didn't seem like fear; it sounded more like excitement.
Joy turned to sorrow; the cargo on the hoverboard couldn't keep up with the speed and scattered in mid-air like a shower of petals.
Zhao Xiaoxiu thought to herself, "It's over."
The next second, countless tentacles appeared in mid-air, steadily catching the scattered supplies and neatly placing them back onto the hoverboard.
Zhao Xiaoxiu patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief; the items she had redeemed with tens of thousands of points were almost all gone.
Zhao Gang coughed awkwardly twice, and the father and daughter tacitly avoided mentioning the matter and set off for home.
The large bird, which had been circling above the cliff all night, watched the human father and daughter walk away until they were no longer visible, before returning to its nest.
Zhao Xiaoxiu followed her father over two mountain ridges, across a canyon connected by vines, and waded through a river, finally returning to the valley.
After this trip, Zhao Xiaoxiu regretted not bringing Peter Pan with her when she set off, otherwise the flight would have been much faster.
Zhao Gang intentionally trained the cubs' physical strength, so he didn't carry them on his back along the way. If Zhao Xiaoxiu walked slowly, he would slow down; if Zhao Xiaoxiu had the strength to run, he would keep up.
We departed in the morning and arrived smoothly at 2 PM.
The monkey sister screamed and rushed down from the tree. She hadn't seen him all day and missed...the delicious food terribly.
Monkey Sister lifted the instant noodles off the floating platform and was about to go into the kitchen when Zhao Xiaoxiu stopped her.
"Sister Monkey, put the instant noodles by the door, I'll clean them up in a bit. You and Dad can install the doors and windows together first, so there won't be any drafts tonight."
Monkey Sister slumped her shoulders, completely outmaneuvered by the cub.
"We'll have instant noodles for dinner," Zhao Xiaoxiu said with a smile.
Monkey Sister immediately cheered up. Without Zhao Gang's command, she moved the doors and windows down and placed them where they were to be installed. After that, she moved all the other supplies into the house.
Two doors and two windows. The windows were easy to install; Zhao Gang finished the whole thing in an hour.
The door needs to be filled in, which is a little troublesome, but Sister Monkey has been working hard to bring back two large baskets of sand and gravel from the lakeside for that instant noodles that night, so Zhao Gang can just fill it in.
Zhao Xiaoxiu placed the oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar she needed on the stone stove, then put her and her father's toiletries on the simple washbasin rack behind the door, and moved the rest to the storage room shelves and arranged them neatly.
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Zhao Xiaoxiu moved all the clothes and blankets she had bought to the bedroom on the second floor.
This bedroom is currently empty, with nothing inside; it can only be placed on the floor for now, and there's no way to tidy it up.
Having finished all that, Zhao Xiaoxiu clapped her hands in satisfaction, ran downstairs, and pondered where to decorate Monkey Sister's room.
This was something she had promised Monkey Sister. Now that the treehouse was finished, if she didn't make it Monkey Sister's room soon, it would get anxious.
The monkey sister has similar habits to ordinary mutated wild monkeys; her favorite thing to do is sleep in trees.
Zhao Xiaoxiu thought of the huge plants in the valley. Why not find one and put it on a tree for Sister Monkey to make a nest?
Without hesitation, Zhao Xiaoxiu ran to the lakeside, called out Little Flying Man, put on the shower device, and rode a fish through the valley to find suitable plants.
She remembered seeing a huge mutated lantern fruit tree on the other side of the canyon when she returned today.
The tree was covered with golden lantern fruits, the largest of which were about 1.5 meters in diameter. Wouldn't it be perfect to pick a couple, hollow out the pulp, and make a nest?
The vegetation in the mountains has turned golden, and the ground is covered with ripe, mutated fruits that have fallen from the trees. Flocks of birds come to forage on the high mountains on both sides of the canyon.
A fish suddenly appeared among the flock of birds, leaving the mutated birds stunned.
Before they could react, Zhao Xiaoxiu decisively swung out a rope and tied two lantern fruits to them, allowing Little Flying Man to activate his levitation magnetic field and fly back to the valley.
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