Chapter 989: Zhang Shiyi's Return Trip

"Fourth, don't kill Little Flathead, it's our companion, it can wipe out the venomous snakes on this mountain." Xia Qing stopped the old wolf that was about to bite Little Flathead to death. After half a month of taking medicine and two medicinal baths, the old wolf's physical condition had clearly improved, and its teeth were much more stable. It now had the strength to kill Little Flathead.

The old wolf had long known that the honey badgers and foxes in Zone 3 of Mountain 49 couldn't be killed, but it absolutely would not allow this tiny honey badger to challenge its authority. After intimidating the honey badger, it picked up the rabbit again, held its head high, walked to the automatic door, and entered the territory.

After the old wolf left, the huffing Little Flathead fought with the boss again.

Xia Qing happily took the rabbit the old wolf had brought back. "Fourth is really capable, caught two fat rabbits in just a short while out! Does Fourth want boiled rabbit?"

"Not boiled, how about freeze-dried rabbit meat?"

"Not freeze-dried rabbit meat, how about roasted rabbit?" After the old wolf finally gave some indication, Xia Qing understood. "Alright! Tonight Fourth eats roasted rabbit!"

How did the old wolf indicate it?

It was of the same sort as the head wolf of the northern wolf pack; its way of expressing agreement was to give a look. Xia Qing was overjoyed, cheering on Ram Boss while spreading out a medium-sized packaging bag on Gao Po, inspecting the rabbit's quality, skinning it, and cleaning out the innards.

Stimulated by the smell of blood and flesh, Little Flathead fought with increasing bravery and actually tackled Ram Boss down twice, but ultimately lost under Ram Boss's hooves due to insufficient stamina and endurance.

After Ram Boss returned to the territory in high spirits, it squinted at the old wolf, found that the old wolf ignored it, and only then turned to Xia Qing.

"Boss, you were really majestic today, you're truly worthy of being the lead ram of our territory, worthy of being the evolved ram standing at the top of Jin Zita..."

The boss was pleased, signaled Xia Qing to follow it home; it was getting dark.

Xia Qing walked while discussing with the old wolf, "Fourth, shall we feed the offal of this red-light rabbit to the fish? These offal have too high a content of harmful elements, eating them would be bad for your health."

The old wolf had lived in Territory 3 for a while and knew offal could be eaten boiled. When Xia Qing reached the fish pond and opened the bag, it took out the rabbit liver meant for the fish and placed it with the offal to be brought home.

Xia Qing didn't put it back, but still gestured to explain to this Gao Zhishang old wolf, "Okay, the rabbit liver will be brought home and boiled for Fourth to eat. But rabbit liver has very high cholesterol content, your cholesterol is a bit high, eating too much will cause pain here... here... and also here, and will also make your eyes see unclearly."

Xia Qing touched the old wolf's head, heart, and abdomen, finally resting her hand on its eyes, letting it understand the dangers of high cholesterol, then said, "So Fourth can only eat a little rabbit liver per meal, the rest I'll freeze for you to eat next meal."

Xia Qing threw the red-light rabbit's offal and the yellow-light rabbit's offal—except for the rabbit liver, heart, kidneys, and spleen which she kept—into the fish pond to feed the fish, then brought the boss and Fourth home, put one red and one yellow rabbit into the oven, and put the rabbit offal in a pot to boil.

She cut a little of the cooked offal and mixed it with high-yi-element spinach, brought it to the old wolf, "Fourth, eat, it's fresh."

Then, Xia Qing first took out the yellow-light roasted rabbit and held it in front of the old wolf, "This rabbit's meat is fragrant, Fourth, eat."

After finishing the offal, the old wolf only ate one fragrant roasted rabbit, then carried the second one in its mouth back to its territory—Gao Po, the ruins of the house.

Xia Qing didn't stop it; prey caught by Fourth naturally belonged to it. Fourth helped her catch bugs to feed the chickens and fish, so she didn't need to provide it food. Xia Qing was more than happy, besides, she had gotten two nice rabbit pelts.

"Boss worked hard today too, this is your dinner." Ram Boss's dinner was a basin of pure green-light grass mixed with rations. Xia Qing stir-fried a plate of green-light celery with meat, eating while listening to the news broadcast.

"With the strong support from all over the country, the military and civilians of Lan Wu worked together with one heart, fighting day and night. The content of Harmful Element 48 in the safe zone's atmosphere has dropped to a safe level. At 6:30 this afternoon, the disaster elimination procedure was officially lifted, the safe zone has returned to normal, and residents may freely go outdoors..."

While the lords of Northern Zone 1 were chatting on the lord channel about how many people had starved to death during Lan Wu's nineteen-day disaster elimination, Xia Qing received a message from Zhang Shiyi, asking which day the school entrance physical examination for Little Shiyi was scheduled.

Xia Qing replied: August 14.

The children participating in this school entrance physical examination, including Little Shiyi, numbered eight in total. The names of the children who passed would be reported to the Education Department. Once the Education Department sent down the education funds and textbooks, it would be the end of August, and the children should start school.

After a short while, Zhang Shiyi asked again: Please trouble Sister Qing to ask the Qinglong Squad's helicopter whether there is a trip to Lan Wu to transport supplies the day after tomorrow.

Zhang Shiyi is coming back.

Xia Qing immediately contacted Yang Jin, then sent a message to Zhang Shiyi: August 13, 12:00 noon, the Qinglong Squad's helicopter arrives at Lan Wu Oilfield. After the helicopter returns, it will first unload a batch of cargo at Mountain 49. I will wait for you at the helipad.

Two days later at dusk, Xia Qing took the large case from Zhang Shiyi's hands at the helipad on top of Mountain 49, brought her back to Zone 3 of Mountain 49, and asked in a low voice, "Is Sister Shi returning now?"

Zhang Shiyi asked in a low voice, "May I stay overnight in your territory tonight? I'll return to the valley tomorrow."

"Of course." Xia Qing led her through Zone 3 of Mountain 49, confirmed the inspection team wasn't nearby, quickly passed through two doors into her own territory, and arrived at the meeting room beside the farmland.

Xia Qing drew the curtains before turning on the light, and explained to Zhang Shiyi, "There's an evolved ram with a bad temper and an evolved wolf convalescing at my home. Sister Shi can rest here, there's a bedroom over there, this side is the bathroom and kitchen. You wash up first, I'll prepare food for you."

The stationed team members of the Hu Zifeng Squad would stay overnight here, so the room on the left side of the meeting room had a bed. The two newly built small rooms on the right were one kitchen and one washroom, fully equipped.

Zhang Shiyi didn't stand on ceremony with Xia Qing, "Can you make something easy to digest? I brought a child back."

A child?!!!

Xia Qing watched in surprise as Zhang Shiyi opened the box lid, revealing a tiny girl curled up inside. She didn't ask the child's identity, and quickly made arrangements, "I'll go home to get white flour and eggs, we'll have tomato egg spinach noodles tonight. Sister Shi, put her on the bed in the inner room, let her lie flat and sleep."

When Xia Qing brought ingredients from home, and plucked some spinach leaves from the hillside back to the meeting room, Zhang Shiyi, who had simply tidied up and changed into indoor clothes, had already wiped the sweat off the child and settled her on the bed in the inner room, "She took a sleeping pill, she'll need at least an hour before she wakes up."

Xia Qing nodded, "Sister Shi rest a while, I'll roll out the noodles first."

While Xia Qing was kneading the dough, Zhang Shiyi took the vegetables out of the basket and put them in the washing basin, "This is X-2?"

"Yes." Xia Qing explained, "To boost resistance, everyone now eats some X-2 every day."

The promotion of X-2 for improving the physical fitness of the entire population shows from this decision that the base commander of Hui-3 is stronger than the Hui City main base commander and the Hui-1 base commander by quite a bit. No wonder the Qinglong Squad and Professor Fu Tianfeng successively moved to Hui-3.

Zhang Shiyi washed the tomatoes and spinach while telling Xia Qing why she had brought back a little girl.