Chapter 1139: Making Clothes

In June of this year, Yang Jin used Hui Six's poaching team that Xia Qing had captured, along with their transport—a military helicopter—to trade for a batch of supplies, which included seeds of green-light nectar plants and two boxes of green-light bees.

The nectar plants Xia Qing had planted in the greenhouse—honeysuckle, wild basil, Spanish needles, and others—were all growing well. The honeysuckle and Spanish needles in bloom were flourishing, their fragrance thick in the air; the four wild basil plants and several unnamed nectar species Xia Qing had selected and cultivated from the Evolution Forest were also growing lush.

The two boxes of bees, raised in Territory One for three months, had multiplied from the original 2,000 to over 2,600, and a new box had been split off. According to their original agreement, half of these bees belonged to Xia Qing and half to the Azure Dragon Squad.

But Xia Qing only brought back one box, because the extra bees had been bred and split under the care of Territory One's personnel. Over the past three months, Xia Qing had spent plenty of time at Territory One learning how to keep bees, and these bred bees counted as her "tuition."

Moreover, Xia Qing's purpose in keeping bees wasn't to earn points, but for her own consumption. So the flower shed she used for beekeeping was only one, and the nectar from the plants inside could only sustain one box of bees—she had no plans to expand.

Kuang Qingwei and Qi Fu, who had long planned to keep bees, were both planning to build beekeeping greenhouses, plant nectar plants, and then trade with Xia Qing and Territory One for green-light bees.

During this period, her allies not only frequently discussed this matter on the Lord Channel, but even when leaving the safe zone for missions, they would search for nectar plants in the Evolution Forest.

Tang Huai even got scolded by Zhang San for this. Because when he went out searching for the slayer snake, he was also looking for nectar plants.

If he had only spotted suspected plants, sampled them, and recorded landmarks, Zhang San definitely wouldn't have intervened—but this guy actually brought an instrument for measuring nectar content, testing as he walked. That attitude was bound to earn him a scolding.

Xia Qing placed the moved bee box into the flower shed, skillfully opened the hive entrance of the box to let the bees come and go freely, then immediately exited the greenhouse.

Evolved green-light bees were fierce too. Although the light conditions were already very poor now, as soon as the entrance opened, several strong bees immediately flew out, buzzing as they patrolled the new environment.

The bees' self-important buzzing, compared to the hornets in the chestnut grove, was far inferior. To Xia Qing's ears, though, it was beautiful music—representing that she was about to have green-light honey.

She and her two companions squatted outside the shed, watching through the insect-proof net. After the few little cuties finished patrolling the new territory and returned to the box, Xia Qing lowered her voice and gestured to her companions, "Getting stung by these bees really hurts—you'll get a bump this big. Boss, Wolf Lao Er, don't go into this shed anymore."

The door of the beekeeping greenhouse had been modified, so the bees definitely couldn't escape, but if Sheep Boss wanted to get in, it would only take one hoof.

The well-behaved Wolf Lao Er grinned broadly at Xia Qing, smiling happily.

Sheep Boss stared motionlessly at the bee box, lost in thought.

Xia Qing continued to up the stakes, pointing toward the forage shed and telling Sheep Boss, "If these bees escape this shed and build a nest inside your forage shed, Boss won't be able to eat grass anymore."

"Baa." Sheep Boss finally responded. Xia Qing had no idea what it actually understood, and was about to continue communicating with it when she heard a sound at the territory's north gate.

Soon, Xia Qing heard the second sound, then the third.

That familiar rhythm—it had to be Broken-Waist Wolf bringing the wolves that needed protective suits to be measured.

Last night, while soaking in her ninth medicinal bath, Xia Qing had told Broken-Waist Wolf about this matter. She hadn't expected it to come today. It seemed Broken-Waist Wolf took the protective suit matter very seriously.

"Whoosh—"

Seeing Handsome Giant Wolf run past the flower shed with Little Wolf Brother, acting as if no one else existed, Xia Qing found it perfectly normal. Both of these needed protective suits, so of course they'd come back.

Seeing Wolf Lao Er run past and interact affectionately with Little Wolf Sister by the reservoir, Xia Qing also found it perfectly normal—this one needed a protective suit too.

But when she climbed up the slope and saw the gray-brown giant wolf standing nearby watching Broken-Waist Wolf play with the door, Xia Qing's nose nearly twisted with anger. "Broken-Waist, is this the fourth wolf you said needed a protective suit?!"

What the hell kind of ordinary wolf is this? This is a giant wolf! The snake skin needed to make it one protective suit is enough to make two for ordinary evolved wolves!

Broken-Waist Wolf, which had just swiped the door open and walked in, showed Xia Qing its adorable, snow-white little fang tips.

Xia Qing laughed out of anger. "Great, wonderful! You're not Yang Jin's blood brother, you're Yang Jin's teacher!"

Broken-Waist Wolf closed its mouth, not understanding what Xia Qing meant.

After locking eyes with this shrewd wolf for a few seconds, Xia Qing conceded defeat. "Fine, let's go home and take measurements."

The first to be measured was, of course, Handsome Giant Wolf, then Big Guy, and finally the two half-grown wolves.

Although the two little ones were quite familiar with Xia Qing, they still held some wariness toward her. When Xia Qing walked over to Little Wolf Brother with the soft tape measure, the little fellow immediately backed away, bared its fully grown snow-white fangs, and let out what it thought was a fearsome growl at Xia Qing. Little Wolf Sister immediately joined in growling too.

Without Xia Qing needing to say anything, Broken-Waist Wolf and Wolf Lao Er each soothed one, calming the two little ones down.

Handsome Giant Wolf and Big Guy? These two giant wolves didn't like cramped rooms and went outside once their measurements were done.

Xia Qing hadn't expected that the first time she touched the Queen Lady's cubs would be to make clothes for them.

These thin half-grown wolves felt nothing like the strong-bodied, thick-furred Handsome Giant Wolf. Added to that, the two little ones were stiff with nervousness and fear, and weren't as soft to the touch as the fox cubs, so Xia Qing didn't pet them extra—quickly finished the measurements and stepped aside.

Broken-Waist Wolf didn't lead the two nervous little ones out of the room, but turned on the TV and picked a video introducing the Evolution Forest for them to watch.

The two little ones had seen plenty of laptop screens in the wolf den, but a screen this big was their first time seeing. So much so that both little ones forgot to be nervous, squeezing together in the hanging chair that smelled of Wolf Lao Er, completely focused on watching TV.

Xia Qing finished noting down the measurements, looked up and saw this scene, and her heart instantly melted. She immediately pulled out her phone and took several photos of them.

Broken-Waist Wolf was no stranger to having photos taken, but it wasn't interested in the matter, and only watched the video with the two cubs. So Xia Qing took a photo of them together, then switched to the front camera and held up her phone to take a big group photo.

She, Boss, Wolf Lao Er, and Broken-Waist Wolf's family of three, as well as the photo of Xia Qing with her mom and dad hanging on the wall, were all in this picture.

Xia Qing, sitting beside Boss, smiled just as brightly as the little Xia Qing in the photo. Bathed in the warm lamplight, this big group photo looked especially heartwarming.

Satisfied, she put away her phone and gestured to Broken-Waist Wolf, discussing, "Broken-Waist, Little Wolf Brother and Little Wolf Sister are still growing. Should we make their protective suits according to your and the Queen Lady's measurements? That way they can keep wearing them as they grow up."

Broken-Waist Wolf kept its mouth shut, expression solemn.

Xia Qing continued to explain, "If we make the protective suits to their current measurements, they can only wear them for a month or two, and then we'll have to make new ones. That's too wasteful of the hardness-evolved python skin."

Broken-Waist Wolf still wore a solemn expression, firmly indicating no.

Whether python skin was wasted or not wasn't within its consideration at all.

Xia Qing gave in. "Fine, you're the big shot, you call the shots!"