Chapter 1236: Temporary Worker Leaves the Territory

Although she really wanted to keep this employee around to test soil samples for her, it wanted to go home, and Xia Qing couldn't stop it. She glanced at the time and called Beard Shanfeng. "Captain Hu, what time are you heading out to patrol the northern Evolution Forest? Good, I'll go with you."

The helicopter patrol of the Evolution Forest in Northern Zone One was a base mission, with a monthly fuel subsidy of 30,000 points. Besides the regular mission, Territory Seven had also been renting a helicopter these past few days to collect samples in the Evolution Forest, paying points for it, so today they needed to head out early to patrol the northern Evolution Forest.

After confirming the time, Xia Qing asked the slightly nervous little monkey in front of her, "What food does Daigua want to bring back to the Evolution Forest this time?"

This little monkey owed Xia Qing over 87,000 points in medical fees, which it had already paid off with a backpack full of red-veined stone. After that, Xia Qing signed an employment agreement with it: Daigua would work in Territory Three, earning 25 points a day with room and board included, and when it returned to the Evolution Forest, those points would be converted into food, medicine, and other supplies for it to take back.

A daily wage of 25 points was the highest among laborers in Northern Zone One.

Ordinary people working in the territory earned 3-5 points a day with room and board included; Beard Shanfeng's squad, who helped Xia Qing guard the territory, earned 25 points per person per day, with double pay during heavy rain, heavy snow, or other natural disasters. So Daigua, as a brain-domain evolved being, earned the same wage at Xia Qing's place as Beard Shanfeng's squad.

Daigua returned to Territory Three on September 4 and had been here 54 days, earning 1,350 points. Back in the day, Xia Qing had worked on a construction crew in the Safe Zone for 54 days and only earned 270 points, and room and board weren't even included.

Daigua immediately looked toward the stairs when it heard Xia Qing's question.

Xia Qing understood. "Daigua wants honey?"

The little monkey's eyes lit up, and it bared its teeth in a grin.

"Alright." Xia Qing took two small bags of honey from the fridge upstairs and handed them to Daigua, taking the chance to quiz it. "This is Green Lantern honey. The current market price is 1 point per gram, and this bag contains 30 grams. Daigua, how many points is this bag of honey in total?"

Daigua, who was usually spaced out in class and never raised its little paw to answer questions, immediately scratched on the ground twice with its paw:

30.

"Daigua truly deserves its place at the top of the Blue Star evolved monkey pyramid—a brain-domain evolved being who got it right in one go." Xia Qing handed over another bag. "How much for both bags together?"

60!

"Good, Daigua got it right again. These two bags of honey are yours." The bags were made of biodegradable material, so Daigua would have no trouble bringing them back to the Evolution Forest. Xia Qing watched it carefully tuck the honey into a small pouch of its backpack, then continued, "What else does Daigua want?"

Daigua immediately pulled out a sweet potato leaf from its little backpack and held it up to Xia Qing with its small black paw.

"Daigua wants sweet potatoes? Alright." Xia Qing went down to the underground food storage room and brought up a small bag of Green Lantern sweet potatoes weighing ten jin, placing them in front of Daigua. "Sweet potatoes have come down in price now. Green Lantern ones are 80 points per jin, and this is 10 jin."

Daigua immediately scratched on the ground: 50.

Xia Qing...

"That's 800 points. When Daigua comes back and learns multiplication, you'll be able to solve math problems like this. Your backpack is too small, so carry this bag of sweet potatoes yourself."

This little monkey was quite strong and could carry the bag of sweet potatoes.

Xia Qing asked again, "What else does Daigua want?"

Daigua immediately took the honey bag out of its small pouch and held it up to Xia Qing. "Eh?"

"You want the rest of your points all in honey? Alright."

Xia Qing went upstairs again and brought down a bottle of Green Lantern honey weighing one jin. "Daigua has worked very seriously during this time. This bottle of honey is worth 500 points, and the extra 10 grams is your reward."

Daigua's face lit up at the sight of the bottle of honey. It happily stuffed it into its little backpack, then climbed onto Xia Qing, pulled her phone out of her left coat pocket, and looked up at her with shining eyes.

Xia Qing's right coat pocket belonged to Little Feimao, and besides the red squirrel and the red squirrel's fur, there was nothing in it.

Xia Qing...

"Daigua, what do you want a phone for?"

"Ah-ah-oh-oh-eh-ah-ah."

Daigua opened its mouth and said something Xia Qing didn't understand, but combined with its gestures, she figured out what it meant. "You want to video call me with the phone?"

Daigua grinned, happily baring its teeth.

Well... fine. She was going to get scolded anyway, so there was no difference between asking for one secret phone and asking for two...

Xia Qing straightened Daigua's little hat and named her price. "Daigua, the points you've earned from working during this time are already used up. Phones are very expensive, and you also need a charger to use one. As you saw, the phone the Waist-Snapping Wolf traded with Yishi last night—do you have any Yishi?"

Why give Daigua a solar power bank? Because such a small monkey couldn't pedal a power-generating bicycle, and it only wanted a phone, not a laptop. A small solar power bank was more than enough for it.

Why not a laptop? Because this little monkey had no interest in studying. Xia Qing guessed it only wanted the phone so that whenever it felt like coming back, it could give Xia Qing a call, and then it wouldn't have to travel alone, scared and anxious, into the wolf-occupied Shanfeng to wait for the helicopter.

Daigua closed its mouth and went blank. It didn't have any Yishi.

Xia Qing took color-printed pictures of high-value minerals and pictures of the herbs her idol had asked her to find out of a drawer and handed them to Daigua. "It's fine if you don't have Yishi. When Daigua comes next time, bring me a backpack of minerals from here or herbs like these, and I'll trade you the phone."

Daigua immediately grinned, baring its teeth.

This guy was clearly a monkey, so why did it smile like a wolf? Xia Qing laughed and asked, "Does Daigua know how to use a phone?"

Daigua held Xia Qing's phone properly and poked at the lit screen with its little black fingers.

"Daigua is so smart—you've already figured out how to use the phone. But you have to poke the right spot to use it. Daigua, poke this green ball and you can find whoever you're looking for..."

After teaching Daigua how to use the phone, Xia Qing also gave it a solar power bank, of course with a data cable. This little monkey's front paws had the same structure as a human's, just much smaller—its longest front claw was only four centimeters—so plugging and unplugging a data cable was no problem.

After the supplies were exchanged, Xia Qing tucked a few staple medicines into its pack and, walking it outside, gave instructions. "The microbes in the soil of the Evolution Forest have evolved too. If Daigua gets diarrhea after eating back there, take one of these little pills..."

Beard Shanfeng, Dajiang, and Xiaojiang, who were in charge of piloting the helicopter to patrol the Evolution Forest today, saw Xia Qing walk into the cabin with a big backpack and pull out a flashily dressed little monkey from inside. They weren't surprised at all.

Beard Shanfeng asked with a smile, "Sister Qing, is Daigua heading back to the Evolution Forest?"

Xia Qing gave an acknowledging sound.

Xiaojiang asked curiously, "When is Daigua coming back this time?"

Dajiang also said, "Daigua's been here almost two months this time. It'll probably stay a few extra days when it goes back."

Xia Qing stroked Daigua, who was clinging tightly to her arm, and understood why it had stayed so long this time—it was waiting for the sweet potatoes to ripen.

Yesterday, after Chen Zheng and Chen Cheng from Beard Shanfeng's squad helped Xia Qing dig up the sweet potatoes in the cultivation greenhouse, when Xia Qing was cleaning the house in the evening, she saw this little monkey organizing its backpack.

Maybe at that moment, it had already made up its mind to leave.