Chapter 1784: Going Home to Eat Hot Pot

Xia Qing handed the large backpack to Zou Lei, carrying only the sniper rifle and the bag herself, and asked, "Has Battalion Commander He returned?"

Abnormal situations occurred in the Hui-3 northeastern evolutionary forest, suspected to have intruders. He Min personally led a squad to check a few days ago. If she were at the old regiment headquarters, Base Commander Qi Qi Zhongye wouldn't have let Xia Qing go on this mission last night.

Because Xia Qing's primary duty is farming, not scouting for dangers and abnormalities in the evolutionary forest.

Zhang Zhang Guoshun replied, "The battalion commander brought the squad back two hours ago, the danger has been eliminated."

Xia Qing now already understood some of the conventional rules of military communication. Zhang Zhang Guoshun only said the danger was eliminated, not that everyone returned, which meant there were soldiers who sacrificed in this mission of He Min's.

Executing missions during the years of natural disasters, casualties are normal; everyone returning alive is the luck worth mentioning.

When the sun set, the four people covered in mud sent Xia Qing to the east gate of the Northern District 1 territory, looking just like they had executed a mission as a five-person squad and had just returned from the depths of the evolutionary forest.

Xia Qing took her backpack and instructed Zhang Zhang Guoshun, "When you go back, tell Battalion Commander He that the dragon fruit seedlings in the No. 7 territory can be transplanted. The Ninth Center will configure the soil for planting figs and sugarcane tomorrow, you can send two people over to learn the soil preparation and planting techniques."

Within the old regiment headquarters garrison, a standardized planting greenhouse and over twenty ordinary planting sheds have been built. At the beginning of the tenth year of natural disasters, the green-light sweet potato seedlings Xia Qing exchanged with Tan Tan Junjie were sweet potato seedlings bred in the old regiment headquarters' greenhouse.

Since the base commander let the old regiment headquarters and Xia Qing jointly guard the Hui-3 northern defense line, both sides strengthened their contact. After learning that the No. 7 territory had cultivated high-yield sugarcane and dragon fruit that could currently only be planted in standardized greenhouses, He Min proposed an exchange request to the No. 7 territory lord through Xia Qing, and Zhang San agreed.

Why didn't He Min directly propose an exchange request to the No. 7 territory? Because the Hui-3 base commander issued a strict order that, except for the Northern District 1 reconnaissance squad, all official departments of the Hui-3 base were not allowed to disturb the No. 7 territory lord for any reason.

"Alright, many thanks, Sister Qing."

The four soldiers handed the backpack to Xia Qing, greeted their comrades guarding Northern District 1, and left excitedly.

Food is scarce during the years of natural disasters. Although the military's meals are a bit better than other departments, they can only let the soldiers eat their fill, not eat well.

Dragon fruit and sugarcane, they haven't eaten them for more than ten years.

The Northern District 1 territory reconnaissance squad, in terms of establishment, also belongs to the old regiment headquarters, and their food is distributed by the old regiment headquarters. So, hearing that the regiment headquarters was going to plant sugarcane and dragon fruit, the reconnaissance squad members were also very happy.

Su Ming drove the patrol car to the gate, "Sister Qing, get in the car, I'm just about to patrol the northern isolation belt, I'll drop you off on the way."

When to patrol, whether it's on the way, of course, is up to the reconnaissance squad. Xia Qing didn't stand on ceremony with Su Ming and got in the car directly.

After Su Ming stopped the car at the north gate of the No. 3 territory, he looked at Xia Qing with eager eyes.

Su Ming drove her back alone, and Xia Qing knew what he wanted to do, so she asked with a smile, "Want to exchange for toon sprouts?"

After two years of exchanges, the vast majority of specialties in each territory have become everyone's common property. The only one unique to the No. 3 territory and not publicly announced is the green-light toon sprouts.

Su Ming revealed his big white teeth, "Sister Qing understands me, I've been craving this for a year, is it okay to exchange for one jin?"

"Okay, wait here for a moment, I'll go pick some." Xia Qing returned to the territory, first picked a bag of toon sprouts and handed them to Su Ming, before carrying her backpack and walking down.

She stood on the stone steps in the buffer forest, quickly checked her territory, finally fixed her gaze on the cooking smoke rising from the small kitchen by the farmland, and quickened her pace.

Seeing Xia Qing return safely, Yang Jin in the wheelchair inside the conference room door revealed a smile.

His smile didn't have the deliberate feeling of covering up sadness, even the scars on his face looked warm, appearing as if he had adjusted his emotions and walked out of the deep sorrow of his teammates' deaths.

Xia Qing was about to take out the gift she brought back from her pocket when Yang Jin spoke, "We're eating hot pot today, I've already boiled the bone broth. Does Sister Qing want a sour-spicy soup base or a spicy soup base?"

Yang Jin had a fractured thigh bone, and the twenty-plus wounds on his body had been ripped open and cleaned again, so he couldn't stand to stir-fry, and eating hot pot was more convenient.

Xia Qing, who likes sour-spicy flavors, spoke, "Let's eat the bone broth clear pot. Later, the head wolf and the waist-broken wolf will come over to watch the video of today's mission. Does Brother Jin want to watch it together? Shall we eat at home?"

Hot pot, of course, is only satisfying when eaten slowly.

The clear soup pot was because Yang Jin was injured, and eating other flavors might cause his wounds to become inflamed.

Yang Jin's smile became brighter, "Alright. Sister Qing, you carry the soup pot, I'll take the vegetables and meat."

Xia Qing didn't take out the gift, turned around and put the backpack on the off-road vehicle outside the door, washed her hands outside the door, took off the protective suit covered in mud, and was about to go in to carry the soup pot when she found Yang Jin by the door, looking up at her with eager eyes.

Xia Qing knew what he wanted to do, stopped and explained, "I just got back, I'm covered in sweat."

Yang Jin pushed the wheelchair forward and opened his arms.

Xia Qing bent down and raised her hands, gently hugging this guy who was full of the smell of rice.

Yang Jin wrapped his arms around her waist, his voice uncontrollably hoarse, "Welcome home safely, Sister Qing."

Xia Qing responded, and after getting up, she found that this guy's face was actually redder than the sunset glow.

The brain-domain evolver's brain turned fast. Xia Qing didn't ask why this guy's face could turn this red just from a hug, let him get in the car first, and then carried the soup pot, vegetables, and the meat slices and chicken chunks from the refrigerator, and drove home.

Hearing the sound of the off-road vehicle, the blue-faced little monkey on the house ruins, the two melons in the house, and the hair-plucking yellow weasel in the sheep shed all poked their heads out to look.

Sheep Boss ran out of the sheep shed directly and blocked in front of the car, flashing its spiral horns and pawing the ground, letting the little brother who hadn't been home for a day and a night know how angry it was.

"Brother Jin, don't get out of the car yet, try to restrain your aura." Xia Qing exhorted Yang Jin, before carrying a bag of leaves and jumping down.

Sheep Boss rushed up and directly sent Xia Qing flying.

Xia Qing flexibly adjusted her center of gravity in the air and landed steadily on the ground, her movements nimble and handsome, which made Yang Jin's heartbeat accelerate again.

After Xia Qing landed steadily, she nimbly handed a bag of leaves to Sheep Boss's mouth, enthusiastically greeting her companions to eat, "Boss, look! This is the leaf that even the Bear King likes to eat, I got it from a very far place, hurry up and try it!"

Between sending the little brother and the food flying again, the hungry Sheep Boss chose the latter and buried its head to gnaw on the leaves.

"Is it delicious?" Xia Qing touched the small curls on Sheep Boss's head, poured the leaves into a basket, grabbed a handful for the three monkeys and one cow, and gave the rest to Sheep Boss to eat.

Then, Xia Qing took out a green-light vegetable snake, alive and over a meter long, from her bag and handed it to the straw pile, "Hair-plucking one, Little White Hair, I brought you back a green-light snake."

There was a strange aura outside, Little White Hair didn't show its head, and the hair-plucking yellow weasel bit the snake and dragged it into the straw.

After distributing the food to her companions, Xia Qing helped Yang Jin out of the car and pushed him into the insect-proof net door under the eaves.

After scanning Xia Qing's face, the operating room-style entrance door slid open silently, spilling a patch of light.

The two melons eating leaves inside saw Yang Jin, immediately grabbed the food, and hid in the tree nest.

Yang Jin looked at the spotless floor inside the house and discussed with Xia Qing, "Sister Qing, which rag can be used? I'll wipe the mud on the wheelchair wheels before going in."

Xia Qing casually took a clean-washed rag from the clothes rack under the eaves, squatted down, and very nimbly wiped the wheels of the two wheelchairs. When she raised her head, she met Yang Jin's deep, beautiful eyes. ===== CHAPTER 1785 =====