Chapter 1483: Zhang Shiyi and Her Daughter Meet

Using the excuse of helping pick vegetables, Little Eleven followed Xia Qing out of the wasteland village and headed toward the farmland of Territory Three. When she felt her mother's familiar magnetic field, the little girl's tears fell in big drops, one after another. Though she desperately wanted to run over and see her mother right away, Little Eleven still kept her mother's instructions in mind and walked forward step by step beside Xia Qing.

Zhang Shiyi, who was inside the beekeeping greenhouse, sensed her daughter's intense magnetic field fluctuations and could not hold back her own excitement. From the moment her daughter was born until now, they had only been separated once, but this separation had lasted four months, a stretch of time that felt especially long to Zhang Shiyi.

She opened the door between the beekeeping greenhouse and the breeding greenhouse. Just seconds after she entered the breeding greenhouse, Little Eleven came in as well, rushing over without even bothering to take off her protective mask.

After four months apart, her daughter had grown taller and stronger. Zhang Shiyi picked up her daughter, tears streaming down her face, and nodded gratefully at Xia Qing.

The reunion time for the mother and daughter was limited. Xia Qing did not disturb them. She passed through the door between the two greenhouses into the beekeeping greenhouse to check the activity level of the bees, aphids, and flies, and to collect honey.

Employee No. 002 and temporary apprentice No. 003 on her territory were leaving today, and they asked Xia Qing to settle their wages with them.

Does Daigua earned 25 points per day, Ergua earned 5 points per day. The two gua had stayed on her territory this time for 41 days. Does Daigua's wages came to 1,025 points. Ergua only started working after her condition improved, so her wages came to 115 points.

Both gua were foodies. They didn't want points or fancy stuff, only food. Besides the food exchanged with points, Does Daigua also reminded Xia Qing not to forget the big jar of honey it earned from a mission the night she soaked in the medicinal bath.

The honey in Xia Qing's fridge wasn't nearly enough to split between the two of them!

If it weren't for waiting for the honey, the two of them would have wanted to leave her territory immediately, so that when Tan Qi and Little Eleven arrived, all they'd see would be monkey hair.

Ergua's medical fees? Does Daigua promised that next time it came to work, it would bring Xia Qing a bag of pretty stones to offset the medical fees.

"Mama, mama, mama…"

"Mama's here, always here."

Little Eleven hugged her own mother, calling out to her softly again and again. Zhang Shiyi, her eyes red, answered her with each call, wiping the tears and snot from her daughter in her arms. "Eleven, don't cry. If your eyes get all swollen, Sister Tan Qi will notice."

"Mama, I learned how to make leavened flatbread from Grandpa Zhou."

Sitting on her mother's lap, Little Eleven pulled a small package from her pocket, took out a palm-sized piece of flatbread, and held it up to her mother's mouth. "Mama, eat this. It's flatbread made from flour ground from yellow-grade wheat. It's soft."

After Cook Soldier Old Zhou retired from the army, he worked as a cook at a restaurant in the inner city of the Safe Zone. Because his cooking was good, his wages and benefits were quite decent. When he learned that Yue Hai Camp had entered Territory Fifteen with a bunch of wounded soldiers after retiring, Old Zhou resolutely quit his job, packed up his cleaver, left the Safe Zone, and joined Territory Fifteen, where he was in charge of cooking for his former comrades.

Because Ye Yang had limited mobility, he and Little Eleven mostly ate at the cafeteria. Little Eleven loved the dishes Old Zhou cooked. Every night when she secretly called her mother, she would report what Grandpa Zhou had made that day and how delicious it was.

In Little Eleven's eyes, the ever-cheerful Grandpa Zhou was the fourth nicest person in Territory Fifteen.

Although her daughter was a magnetoceptive evolver who could discern the good and evil of those around her through their magnetic fields, Zhang Shiyi still asked Ye Yang and Xia Qing about Old Zhou's situation. Only after confirming he was a trustworthy person did she feel a little more at ease.

Zhang Shiyi took a bite of her daughter's flatbread and sincerely praised her. "This is the most delicious flatbread Mama has eaten in eleven years. My baby is amazing! Is the seasoning in the flatbread the packet of five-spice powder you got from working on the territory?"

Zhang Shiyi was now learning from Xia Qing: no matter what animal or situation she faced, she should first find the good, praiseworthy side, and then sincerely and enthusiastically praise the other.

She found that doing this not only made the person being praised happy, but her own mindset had also changed, becoming more positive and sunny.

"Mm! Once I graduate, I'll make it for Mama every day!" Once she learned her knowledge and skills and graduated, she could stay with her mother every day.

While the mother and daughter chatted affectionately and ate flatbread, Xia Qing in the next greenhouse unhurriedly finished spinning out two honey frames. After the honey in the bucket flowed through the filter into the jar, she packed the extractor in a bag and set it aside, then returned to the breeding greenhouse.

Little Eleven, who had been squatting beside her mother by the vegetable rows picking vegetables, immediately stood up and obediently greeted her. "Auntie Qing."

There were no other people here, so Little Eleven's address for Xia Qing had also changed from the go-with-the-flow "Sister Qing" to the respectful and affectionate "Auntie Qing."

In her eyes, Auntie Qing was the number-one most impressive person in the Northern Region One territories, and Grandpa Zhang San was the second most impressive. Both were her role models.

Xia Qing gave a gentle response. "Eleven, we should head back now."

Five-year-old Little Eleven didn't cry. She obediently nodded. "Okay."

Being able to reunite with her daughter for a dozen or so minutes under safe conditions was already more than enough for Zhang Shiyi. She put the vegetables into a basket, covered them with a warming pad, and placed the basket in her daughter's small hands. She watched her daughter leave the greenhouse with Xia Qing, looking back every few steps.

"Sister Qing, Eleven, you're back!"

When Xia Qing brought Little Eleven home, Tan Qi, who was wearing an apron in the kitchen, let out a huge sigh of relief. Although she knew the evolved wolf and evolved wolf sunbathing in the yard wouldn't attack her, Tan Qi was still a little nervous.

Because they were two very powerful evolved animals. If a conflict broke out, Tan Qi wasn't necessarily a match for them.

Little Eleven went inside to change her shoes and showed Tan Qi the vegetables she had picked. "Sister Qi, look! The cucumbers in Sister Qing's greenhouse have grown this big!"

Tan Qi, the little lord of Territory Fifteen, was also very surprised to see such big cucumbers. "They grew really well! What kind of fertilizer did Sister Qing use?"

"Chicken manure and cow manure." Xia Qing told the two little ones to go to the living room and look at the monkeys, while she efficiently washed the vegetables. Today at noon she was treating the two little ones to hotpot.

The vegetables were homegrown, the green-grade beef was compensation Red Eleven Base had paid her, the sausage was brought over by Tan Qi and Little Eleven, and the egg dumplings were made by Zhang Shiyi.

Listening to the "gurgle gurgle" of the boiling pot and smelling the aroma of the food, Does Daigua in the tree nest in the corner of the living room couldn't hold back anymore. It poked out half its little head and stared at Xia Qing.

When Tan Qi saw this, she excitedly patted Little Eleven beside her, signaling her to quickly look at the little monkey.

When Little Eleven, who was holding a piece of sweet potato slice, looked over, Does Daigua had already ducked back into the tree nest. The magnetic field fluctuations of the two little animals inside the nest weren't frequent, and their emotions were in a stable state. Little Eleven felt very reassured.

Still, just like Tan Qi, she showed a regretful expression. This little girl really was just as Xin Yu had said: when she didn't know how to respond, she would imitate Tan Qi.

Xia Qing picked up a radish slice, walked over to the tree nest, and said, "Does Daigua, Ergua, eat radish."

Two furry little arms, one black and one brown, immediately reached out from the tree nest, grabbed the radish slice, and quickly retreated back inside.

Tan Qi exclaimed, "Sister Qing, they're so cute—"

"Mm, so cute." Little Eleven echoed, then buried her head and continued eating the egg dumplings her mother had wrapped for her. Xia Qing felt this little one might be about to cry.