Meng Da and Meng Er were embarrassed by the praise from the father and daughter, a stark contrast to their demeanor when facing the lords.
Zhao Gang remembered a proverb: "If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it grass."
So he generously divided half of the 'good stuff' sent by the lords in front of him into two portions for the two brothers.
The two exchanged surprised glances, quite satisfied with the distribution ratio.
Actually, it wasn't anything very valuable; it was just some nutrient solution, half a sausage, a bar of soap, a roll of toilet paper, and a few gasoline lighters.
This is nothing compared to Yang Mei having a whole set of power tools delivered to her.
But Zhao Xiaoxiu and her father, along with the two Meng brothers, were quite satisfied. After all, no one would complain about having too many of these daily necessities; they would only feel that they didn't have enough.
Just as the lords were anxiously awaiting the results, Representative Zhao Gang announced, "Brother Gang said that we are all neighbors and we are all having a hard time, so he negotiated with the biotechnology company and now each lord in the territory can send one person to go to the construction site with us."
The lords were both surprised and delighted, feeling that their gifts had not been in vain.
In early February, on the day construction began, Yang Mei learned the whole story from her assistant, and her feelings were extremely complicated.
This Zhao Gang really doesn't hold back at all!
But then I thought, this is Xiaoxiu's biological father. If it's considered a necessary cost for a research project, it's just a tiny, insignificant amount. I felt instantly relieved.
After several days of clear skies, the snow on the ground is melting rapidly.
The base announcer excitedly declared that winter was over and spring had arrived.
Zhao Gang became a contractor, leaving early and returning late every day, leaving him no time to even take care of his child.
Monkey Sister then treated Zhao Xiaoxiu as her personal accessory, taking her everywhere she went. Wherever Zhao Xiaoxiu went, it would also carry the baby on its shoulder to accompany her.
The melting snow dripped incessantly from the eaves, making a constant pattering sound. The large snowman and slide we built earlier melted away within days, becoming soft and limp.
While her father was away, Zhao Xiaoxiu was busy. She directed Sister Hou to clear away all the melting snow at the door, and she also took a small shovel to shovel the snow onto the floating platform and transport it out in trips.
Even so, it couldn't keep up with the rising temperature. Apart from the areas with residual cement, the rest of the area near the entrance became muddy and slippery.
It's not so bad if someone manages the area around your house, but the area outside your yard is really terrible.
Zhao Xiaoxiu would walk outside in her rain boots for two minutes and then come back covered in mud, so heavy that she could barely move her legs.
The only thing that made Zhao Xiaoxiu happy was that a section of green mutated rapeseed seedling and the thick roots and leaves of the evolved potato were exposed on the two pieces of land after they melted.
The tomatoes in the greenhouse are fully ripe. Zhao Xiaoxiu can pick a small bowlful every day. In total, there are already more than half a basket of tomatoes stored in the refrigerator.
Zhao Gang washed half of the tomatoes and froze them for longer preservation. Whenever he wanted to eat them, he would take out a few, put them in boiling water, and a sweet and sour tomato soup would be ready in no time.
After Zhao Xiaoxiu and Sister Monkey finished shoveling the snowman and slide they had built, they picked up a small hoe and prepared to go to the back mountain to check on the two mutated jujube trees they had planted.
The plants throughout the territory have been quite restless lately. Zhao Xiaoxiu doesn't know if others can sense it, but every night before she falls asleep, she can hear the rustling sound of mutated plants growing wildly underground.
Zhao Xiaoxiu is now very worried that the jujube seedlings she planted will be eaten by mutated animals. She wants to add some special fertilizer to them to prevent them from being bullied by other mutated species and dying young.
Throughout the entire territory, besides her living father, Sister Monkey was the monkey Zhao Xiaoxiu trusted the most.
So when Zhao Xiaoxiu watered each of the two jujube seedlings with a drop of blood, she didn't avoid it at all.
Practice makes perfect, and Zhao Xiaoxiu is now very skilled at biting her fingers to break the skin.
Sometimes, because the wound heals so quickly, you even have to take an extra bite.
It still hurts a little, but she's not afraid of that kind of pain anymore.
Two drops of bright red blood dripped from the child's delicate fingertips. As soon as they touched the soil, the thin tree roots immediately sprouted and "whoosh" absorbed the two drops of blood, leaving no trace.
The monkey sister witnessed the whole thing, tilting her head in surprise to look at the cub squatting beside her, then at the two bright green jujube seedlings that seemed to have eaten something exciting and were shaking. Her big monkey eyes were full of doubt.
What are the cubs doing?
Zhao Xiaoxiu held up her still-healing wound, her big eyes blinking, "Sister Monkey, do you want some?"
The monkey's face immediately showed a look of horror and disgust, and it jumped back two meters, shaking its head frantically.
The cub's blood looked terrifying, just like Zhao Gang's, and it terrified it.
This reaction was completely unexpected by Zhao Xiaoxiu. The mutants all showed a look of craving and desire when they saw her blood, so why did Sister Monkey look like she had seen a ghost?
"Don't you want it?" Zhao Xiaoxiu asked, puzzled.
Sister Monkey frantically swung her monkey arm, shouting, "Back off, back off!"
Zhao Xiaoxiu was very disappointed. She put her completely healed hand into her pocket and said, "Fine."
The baby monkey begged its sister to help clear away the weeds growing next to the jujube seedlings, and then happily went home.
Joy turned to sorrow. Running too fast, his rain boots got stuck in the heavy mud and he couldn't pull them out. His body lurched forward, face down, and he plunged headfirst into the mud.
Perhaps because the accident happened so unexpectedly, Sister Monkey was stunned for a moment before she reacted. She calmly stretched out her monkey paws, grabbed the two little feet that were pointing upwards, and pulled her out.
The cub was still a little confused, staring blankly at it for a while with its muddy face. Suddenly, its little face fell, its mouth drooped, and it howled, "Woo-woo!"
Startled, Sister Monkey covered her mouth, fearing Zhao Gang would find out, and scooped up Zhao Xiaoxiu, who was covered in mud, and ran home.
"Kosode! What's wrong with you!"
Granny Meng was scattering coal cinders mixed with sawdust in the open space in front of the two houses, thinking it would make it easier for everyone to walk. Unexpectedly, when she looked up, she saw Sister Monkey carrying a small clay figure back, and her heart tightened.
Monkey Sister bared her teeth at Granny Meng, telling her not to block her way, and then grabbed Zhao Xiaoxiu and rushed into the kitchen.
Can Granny Meng trust these two unreliable people?
He quickly put down the winnowing basket full of coal ash and jogged after them.
Monkey Sister filled the large iron pot on the stove with water, stripped Zhao Xiaoxiu naked, and prepared to throw her naked into the pot for a bath.
"My God!"
Granny Meng was so frightened she almost had a heart attack. She quickly stopped the reckless Monkey Sister, took Zhao Xiaoxiu from Monkey Sister's arms, and wrapped her in her own arms.
Unexpectedly, the little one in her arms seemed to have had his funny bone tickled, laughing and saying to her, "Hahaha, Grandma, Sister Monkey is cooking me in an iron pot!"
If she could, Granny Meng would love to slap that smooth, bare bottom hard.
Give that ignorant, fierce monkey another kick.
"That's cold water. How can a child stand it? He'll definitely catch a cold," Granny Meng said irritably.
The monkey, who had initially looked displeased and fierce, nervously scratched her cheek upon hearing Granny Meng's words. So, human babies can't be bathed in cold water after all.
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