Chapter 934: Sorting Changes

After Zhang San finished eating the figs and put on his gloves, he praised Xia Qing, "Nicely done. Bring the soil and branch samples and come in with me."

Huh... ha? She's qualified to enter Third Brother's inner lab now?

"Okay!" Xia Qing immediately picked up the samples and followed him in.

By the time she left Territory Seven carrying a large bundle, the fiery red sunset on the horizon had already turned a dark cyan.

Xia Qing hurried back to the territory, only to find that the Little Flat-Top had vanished without a trace, and Lao Da and Wolf Lao Er had also taken her bundle home. Down by the reservoir at the foot of the slope, only three round, rolly foxes were playing.

Xia Qing carried a large bucket of freshly collected pollution-free spring water down the slope, gave the foxes a quick pet, then went home and poured the spring water into a big wooden tub. After mixing in the medicinal solution she had prepared with her idol, this tub of pollution-free spring water became a specialized insecticide, bactericide, and rooting water for the fig branches.

Under the watchful eyes of her companions, Xia Qing took out branches over a meter long, selected the pest- and disease-free ones, and cut them into cuttings about 20 centimeters long.

Leave 1-3 healthy leaves at the top of each cutting, snip off the lower leaves, cut the bottom end at an angle to increase the water-absorbing surface area, then soak them in the rooting water.

The snipped-off leaves, of course, went to Sheep Lao Da, who had worked hard guarding the territory all day and had also taught the Little Flat-Top a lesson.

After Xia Qing had turned all the branches into cuttings and soaked them in the rooting water, she changed out of her protective suit, took a shower, and began humming a little tune as she started making dinner for herself and Wolf Lao Er.

The result was that dinner had just been finished when the wolf pack arrived.

"This giant eagle—I shot it down. I'm now the acknowledged best sniper here!"

Xia Qing turned her phone screen toward the two wolves, took a happy big bite of her green-light scallion egg pancake. After harvesting spring wheat and overwintering wheat, Xia Qing had finally achieved freedom with green-light white flour.

Scallion egg pancakes are simple to make and rich in nutrition. Xia Qing, who hadn't eaten green-light wheat flour in eleven years, never got tired of them.

The two wolves sat solemnly by the dinner table, watching the video on the phone several times—the giant eagle being shot down and falling to the ground, then being picked up and carried off by the human who ran over—before finally looking up at Xia Qing.

"Yes, I did it!" Xia Qing took a sip of green-light chicken soup and swiped her phone screen to show them the bounty mission video from Gui Wu.

Hearing the sharp screech of the eagle, Wolf Lao Er and Does Daigua, who were eating, both froze. Only Sheep Lao Da, lying in the hanging chair, kept squinting its eyes and chewing its cud as calm as ever.

Seeing the giant eagle in the video grab a screeching monkey and swiftly take flight, a low growl rose in the lead wolf's throat, and its rich-gold eyes were filled with killing intent.

Xia Qing spoke in a solemn tone, gesturing as she told the two wolves, "Two of these giant eagles came over in total. I shot one down, and there's still one this big somewhere out there. my lord, Broken-Waist, we absolutely must protect the wolf pack's cubs."

After watching the video twice, Broken-Waist ran upstairs, fetched the basket containing the notebook in its mouth, opened the accessory box inside, and put on its stylus.

Broken-Waist's big wolf paws aren't convenient for operating a computer, so Xia Qing modified the stylus into a style that could be slipped onto a wolf's paw and sold it to Broken-Waist.

After Xia Qing's demonstrations and its own stumbling practice, Broken-Waist, with the stylus slipped onto its big paw, could already use the notebook skillfully.

Of course, this "skillfully" was limited to turning it on and off, opening and closing folders, and selecting and playing video files.

Recognizing characters and typing—that's not something a wolf should be doing.

Having already learned to tap-tap-tap on its own pink notebook computer, and then seeing how Xia Qing played videos on her pink phone, Broken-Waist had learned.

Its left paw, fitted with the stylus, lifted up, and the pen tip fumbled around on Xia Qing's phone screen for a while before tapping open the next video. The lead wolf focused intently on the video, while Broken-Waist looked up at Xia Qing and showed its cute, snow-white little fang tips.

"Broken-Waist, you're getting more and more impressive—very good." Xia Qing, gnawing on a chicken leg, praised Broken-Waist, then introduced to the lead wolf, "my lord, this golden eagle is the one I ran into when I was hunting the giant eagle today. It's quite beautiful, isn't it?"

The lead wolf continued studying the video; Broken-Waist closed its mouth and stared at Xia Qing.

Xia Qing...

"This giant eagle isn't as pretty as Broken-Waist, and nowhere near as majestic as my lord."

After dinner and washing the dishes, Wolf Lao Er took Does Daigua on a patrol of the territory. Xia Qing and Sheep Lao Da began carrying pollution-free spring water for the evening bath from the buffer forest back home. Broken-Waist followed Xia Qing for one round and then lost interest, staying inside the house to study with the lead wolf.

Handsome Giant Wolf and Black Wolf lay down—one under the eaves, one at the sheep pen door—striking poses that refused to communicate with any human or wolf. This time the lead wolf had only brought these three, not even the little wolves.

An hour after dinner, Xia Qing took one Evolution Eight-Treasure Pill, and the moment she sank into the medicinal liquid, she felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

She had spent several hours lying in the bird's nest today, roared at the hyena pack, and sprinted sixty li through the Evolution Forest carrying several hundred jin of green-light fig branches and fruit. Her shoulders were red and swollen, her legs had multiple bruises, and her arms and legs ached.

But things were different now. In the past, when she got hurt, she could only tough it out. Now she had Blue Star's strongest team medic—Big Shot Zhang San. These little aches and pains would be cured with just a medicinal bath!

Once she had soaked in medicinal baths 18 times in a row and completed the repair of her bone and skin damage, Xia Qing didn't dare imagine how strong she would be by then.

When she finished her medicinal bath, changed clothes, and came downstairs, she found that not only the lead wolf and Sheep Lao Da had gotten into the medicinal bath, but Does Daigua had also been pressed into a small wooden tub in the bathroom by Broken-Waist's big paw.

Although there was no medicinal juice in the small tub, Does Daigua sat there obediently, not daring to move at all.

"Broken-Waist, thanks for the help." Xia Qing scooped a small tub of medicinal juice from the big bath, soaked Does Daigua in it, then took Little Feimao out of her pocket and pressed it into the medicinal juice, enduring the pain as she supervised her two employees' bath.

Broken-Waist? Was in the living room studying Xia Qing's phone.

What Xia Qing hadn't expected was that after the lead wolf and Sheep Lao Da finished their baths, the second round of bathing wasn't Broken-Waist, but Handsome Giant Wolf.

Xia Qing, enduring the pain and drowsiness, sat leaning against the wall in the bathroom, trembling as she wiped Sheep Lao Da's fur, and asked, "Big Brother Giant Wolf, why has your bath order moved up?"

Handsome Giant Wolf lay in the tub, hearing nothing, seeing nothing.

After having Wolf Lao Er drag Sheep Lao Da out, Xia Qing stood up and moved to the tub. Under Handsome Giant Wolf's resistant gaze, she used her snake-skin-gloved hand to gently press its big head down, while softly coaxing, "Big Brother Giant Wolf, soak your head in too. Don't be afraid of the pain—this medicine will make your teeth stronger and sharper, and make you more powerful."

Teeth and claws are the main attack weapons of Evolution Wolves. The lead wolf can hold its breath in the water like Xia Qing, and Broken-Waist also tries hard to soak more of its body in the medicinal liquid. Handsome Giant Wolf doesn't know this yet, so its entire big head stays above the water.

Now that it had already recognized the benefits of the medicinal bath, it should also be able to understand Xia Qing's meaning. Xia Qing slowly increased the pressure of her hand, but she was still prepared to pull her hand back immediately if this wolf made any move of resistance.

Even though both sides knew the other meant no harm, what Xia Qing faced wasn't a member of her own kind, but an absolutely fierce forest predator.