Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 123 Making a Snowman

A low-level mutant frog, maybe it's edible!
The lords glanced at each other quickly and saw excitement in each other's eyes.

No need to say anything, just do it.

So, when Zhao Xiaoxiu ran back home to find the gun and was ready to return to kill the mutant frog.

The mutant two-headed frog that chased after them with its two long, bloody tongues swinging angrily was killed by the lords' dense firepower.

The dead two-headed frog still had a layer of light brown mucus with a strange smell on its bright green skin. Its long tongue, which was bleeding profusely, hung limply from the frog's mouth. Corrosive liquid was flowing out, burning the snow on the ground and emitting a pungent white smoke.

Faced with such a frog body, the lords' eyes were filled with anticipation, desire, and the desire to eat!
Zhao Xiaoxiu, who arrived late, was deeply hurt by the reactions of the adults in front of him. He moved his short legs and stepped back five meters.

Jiang Ning and his wife, who rushed over after hearing the noise, were also shocked by the condition of the frog in front of them.

Liu Chuan's expression looked fine, but Jiang Ning took a big step back, frowned and turned his head to the side.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw his daughter, who had followed him out secretly, standing behind the pillar at the first-floor door. His little face, which had finally rosy over the past few days, turned pale. He quickly waved his hand and asked her to go in.

Liu Miaomiao shook her head and summoned up the courage to whisper, "Xiaoxiu!"

Zhao Xiaoxiu looked up in surprise and saw Sister Miaomiao. She decisively picked up the hoverboard and small shovel that she had just dropped and trotted to her side.

The two little girls held hands and stood behind the pillar, watching the adults deal with the two-headed frog.

The mutant frog was a bit disgusting, but when Zhang Lijun and his colleagues took out the detector and tested it, a faint green light came on, indicating that it was just a mutant with a very low degree of mutation.

"I feel it will taste good." Bai Cailing said a little excitedly.

Wen Fei, who was singing a different tune from her, rarely did not refute.

Hao Ran, who had just returned from going to the toilet on the hillside behind, squeezed into the crowd and said excitedly, "I'll go call Brother Zhao!"

Everyone had no objection. Although the frog was killed by everyone working together, everything in the territory was subject to the lord's decision.

However, if Zhao Gang wanted to keep the frog for himself, they would not agree.

Haoran quickly pulled Zhao Gang, who was planing wood, over and asked him to take charge of how to deal with the frog.

Compared to the excitement of the lords, Zhao Gang's reaction was very calm, even though his cub had just been chased all over the ground by the mutant frog.

Zhao Gang took a look at the frog and was secretly satisfied that it was edible for the cubs.

"You take half, and the remaining half is given to me," he said.

Everyone remembered the two shovels that Zhao Xiaoxiu had just used, and agreed to Zhao Gang's plan without any objection.

So those who had knives took them, and those who didn't have knives helped out, and they started to divide the meat.

Bai Cailing got a few narrow-mouthed glass bottles from somewhere and used a glass rod to collect the corrosive liquid left in the mutant frog's mouth.

Noticing her action, Wen Fei said with disdain: "You are too disgusting."

Bai Cailing disagreed and said cheerfully, "Such a strong corrosive liquid must be useful."

Even if she doesn't need it herself, she can take it to the supply station to ask if it is recyclable.

"Oh, by the way! Please keep all the frog skins you don't want for me. I'll make them into medicine later and everyone can have a share."

Bai Cailing quickly reminded them, fearing that everyone would dislike the mucus on the frog skin and throw the skin away directly.

Everyone looked at her speechlessly and were skeptical about using frog skin to make medicine.

But he still gave all the frog skins to Bai Cailing. Qiu Bai was the one who found the frog, so she was also involved, and the young couple shared a portion.

Jiang Ning and his wife came later, and everyone got a share. Zhao Gang gave them a small piece. The couple were surprised and delighted.

The mutant frog needed to be cleaned. Jiang Ning and Qiu Bai lived close to each other, so they took the initiative to provide basins and buckets for cleaning tools. They also asked their husband to fetch water, and they filtered two buckets of water for everyone to use with great reluctance.

Zhang Lijun and others, who had been enjoying watching the newcomers having fun before, suddenly became much more friendly towards the two new families.

The adults were busy separating the mutant frogs. Zhao Xiaoxiu saw that there was nothing for a child like her to do, so she took Liu Miaomiao to shovel snow at the door to make a big snowman.

Of course, it was mainly Zhao Xiaoxiu who did the hard work.

Because Liu Miaomiao shivered from the cold before she had shoveled twice, Zhao Xiaoxiu was afraid that she would catch a cold again, so she asked her to stand under the eaves to cheer her up and keep her company.

Zhao Xiaoxiu shoveled all the snow onto the floating board. When it was full, she dragged it to the door and piled it there. Then she turned around and repeated the action to collect enough snowflakes.

Halfway through shoveling, I felt tired and wanted to call Sister Monkey to do free labor.

But no matter how hard I tried calling “Monkey Sister, Monkey Sister!”, no one came.

They were busy using the newly saved fertilizer to fertilize the jujube seedlings and crops in the greenhouse, and had no interest in activities like making snowmen.

Zhao Xiaoxiu snorted, went back to the eaves to rest for a while before continuing.

Liu Miaomiao immediately ran back to the house, brought out a long low stool, and the two of them sat side by side. She sang a song for Zhao Xiaoxiu, and after listening to her, she no longer felt tired.

The tune Liu Miaomiao sang was one Zhao Xiaoxiu had never heard of before. It was a nursery rhyme from her hometown in Jiangning. The melody was high-pitched, like a slogan, which formed a huge contrast with Liu Miaomiao's thin appearance. It was funny but also full of energy. Zhao Xiaoxiu clenched his fists and felt energetic again.

"Come on, Xiaoxiu, you're the best!" After finishing the song, Liu Miaomiao continued to cheer for Zhao Xiaoxiu.

Zhao Xiaoxiu listened to the young lady's encouragement, shouted "Haha", and shoveled the snow so hard that it flew up. Soon all the needed snow was transported under the eaves.

It’s not cold to make a snowman. Zhao Xiaoxiu and Liu Miaomiao each took a shovel and piled up the snow.

Because she was not tall enough, Zhao Xiaoxiu stepped directly onto a high stool and continued the operation. Liu Miaomiao helped from below, and she was terrified watching.

But it was still too short, and the snowman’s head was added with the help of Grandpa Jiang.

The two-meter-tall snowman is white, fat and round, with a hat made of a bucket on his head. His eyes are embedded with stones, his nose is made of a sharpened wooden stick, and his mouth is made of a strip of wet mud to make a smiling face.

After finishing the one for Liu Miaomiao’s house, the two girls went to the doorstep of Zhao Xiaoxiu’s house and made a three-meter enlarged version.

This time we have to give some credit to Sister Monkey, as she was very strong and rolled two snowballs from the size of a fist to the height of a person. All the snow in front of and behind the house fell on this one snowball, and it also cleared a path.

Two huge snowballs stacked together can be reached directly from the second-floor balcony to the top of the snowman's head.

Zhao Xiaoxiu and Liu Miaomiao were simply stunned. They got together and had a sudden idea. They begged Sister Monkey to build another slide that could allow people to slide directly from the balcony to the first floor.

Sister Monkey patted her chest and roared twice. No problem, leave it to her!
Night falls along with the aroma of food rising from the territory.

After Zhang Lijun and others got the frog meat, they couldn't wait to go back home.

Zhao Gang, Jiang Ning and others who stayed behind stewed a pot of delicious frog meat in the backyard of Zhao Gang's house.

The meat was cooked, and Zhao Gang and Liu Chuan were about to call the children over to eat when they were surprised to find that the large area of ​​snow in front of the house had been cleared.

And on the wall to the left of the gate, there was a hill made of snow.

(End of this chapter)