Xu Song stared at the eggs in the nest, which were much larger than his head. How were they supposed to eat these things?
Mother Xu, on the other hand, was overjoyed and happily carried them out – there were a total of three!!
“Mom, don’t we need to leave them to hatch baby ostriches?” Xu Song pointed to the two lonely and anxious ostriches. You’ve taken their children, you know?
Mother Xu glared at Xu Song, “Weren’t we raising them in the first place to get eggs? Do you think that eggs from two female ostriches can hatch baby ostriches?”
…Wait, how did I not know they were two female ostriches?
Mo Tianyou and Mother Xu, of course, knew that the idea of capturing ostriches was originally Mother Xu’s. The caravan often needed to travel and move around. Who would keep a group of ostriches for no reason? What if they got lost or ran away during the move?
Raising ostriches to provide an extra meal for the children made sense, as it added nutrition, and they could even serve as mounts. It was a win-win situation. So, with a wave of Mother Xu’s hand, Mo Tianyou brought back two female ostriches to lay eggs.
Yue Zheng parked the car, looked at his beloved once again being squeezed by his mother, shook his head, and went to the back of the car to unload the game.
As the New Year was approaching, Xu Song and his group decided to increase the variety of stored food in their vehicles. They were also lucky this time, as in addition to various birds, they found a large ice hole by the lake!
They made a fishing hook with a cable and pulled up three mutant fish in one go! Those large grass carp and white lotus were astonishingly big. That night, Mother Xu roasted one, and Abu, along with five others, enjoyed the meal. Even Xiao Shu proudly devoured a large fish head.
Afterward, they ventured further and captured two mutant pigs and a mutant cow. The cow was huge, and with the previous game, they almost didn’t know how to transport them back. They had to create a makeshift platform between the two cars and place some smaller game on top.
All the pigs and cows were power-type mutant beasts, and their sacs were larger. In addition to other game…
With one phone call from Mother Xu, the widow’s legion arrived to help with skinning, plucking, and dismembering the two pigs and one cow.
After two whole days of hard work, Xu Song and his group finally set off with their game.
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In the yard, Mother Xu directed Mo Tiancheng to plant the evolved evergreen ivy – yes, the evergreen ivy had finally evolved successfully. It was now entirely golden and extremely tough. When pulled, it could break a stone as tall as a person in one go.
The evolved evergreen ivy was renamed “Diamond Ivy” by the group, and its toughness, flexibility, and power had greatly improved.
Now, the Diamond Ivy held up the giant cowhide in the center of the yard, drying it. When Xu Song and Yue Zheng returned, Xu Song came down with a string of red lanterns, happily giving them to the two surprised children.
“Where did these come from?”
“It’s exchanged from the base.” Those points are really valuable…and the price of these lanterns is high, but it’s the New Year, so let the kids enjoy themselves.
“Exchanged? It must not be cheap,” Mother Xu blurted out, and with just one look, she could tell that this “useless item” must have a hefty value. Fortunately, she didn’t put any more pressure on her son, who was already feeling exposed and went to play with her two grandsons, carrying lanterns.
Seeing that his mother didn’t bring it up again, Xu Song breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to Yue Zheng’s side to help him fetch things from the large container at the back.
Although the New Year was less than ten days away, the base was already bustling with activity.
With people who were willing to go out and explore for food, the people inside the base were living much better than before. The price of privately sold meat had dropped significantly due to the increasing supply, and the people in the base were regaining their vitality as the weather improved.
More and more people were going outside. Similarly, those who welcomed new life by stepping out of their homes in the harsh winter realized that there seemed to be… a significant reduction in the number of people inside the base.
Some died from severe cold, and some died from hunger. These were the people who had succumbed to the forces of nature. However, the most tragic were those who died at the hands of their own kind, and there were also many people who had completely disappeared without a trace, their remains nowhere to be found.
Mother Xu and her group didn’t experience this dark side, and while Xu Song and Yue Zheng knew about it, they didn’t mention it at home. The few of them were busy preparing for the New Year, and at the same time, they took out the B City map they had picked up on the road and the maps with navigation downloaded from the base’s network. They marked them, planning to go to the city to find books for the children once spring arrived.
Inside the base, paper was in short supply, so Mother Xu found a lot of fabric that they had brought from the textile city. She picked out the brightly colored ones and made various decorations to adorn their home.
A small shed was added above the nest of the two ostriches, and a thick layer of fur was attached inside, making it warm and comfortable.
After Mother Xu pierced the ostrich eggs, only one was used to make a large dish!
There was no shortage of oilseeds at home, and Mother Xu was generous with the oil, making the scrambled eggs especially fragrant and delicious, causing mouths to water.
The few of them who hadn’t eaten scrambled eggs in a long time shared a plate and then set their sights on the other two eggs. Mother Xu got up and quickly made another one, and the last one was prepared to be boiled in water the next morning, using the largest pot available.
After washing and drying the two eggshells, they planned to paint them as colorful eggs to decorate the RV.
The ostrich eggshells had become tougher due to the mutation, and they were perfect for the children to play with.
“With two ostriches, we’ll be able to have eggs every day in the future!” Mo Tiancheng was very excited, holding the brushes and paints that Xu Song had exchanged for, and he started to paint on the ostrich eggs.
Mo Tianyou’s little face had patches of red and black, and with oily hands, he brushed aside the hair covering his forehead, creating a streak of mixed green and blue paint on his forehead. “Yeah! We’re going to make a lot of colorful eggs and turn them into lampshades!”
The idea of lampshades was just proposed by Xu Song, but these things were so big, had good light transmission, and even if they broke, it wouldn’t be a big loss—ostriches could lay more eggs. Therefore, they let the children’s imaginations run wild.
Xiao Shu was rubbing and sneaking around, making his way to the coffee table. He quietly extended the thinnest and smallest root from his roots, dipped it into the paint box, and with a quick “pop,” he put a tiny spot on the back of Mo Tiancheng’s shell, and then with a “whoosh,” he pulled the root back.
After waiting for a while and seeing that the two children hadn’t noticed, he sneakily extended another root and continued to dip it into the paint, dotting the eggshells secretly.
“Xiao Shu!” Mother Xu returned to the RV and noticed that the floor was covered with red and green spots, thinking that the kids had knocked over the paint box. However, when she took a closer look, she saw that Xiao Shu’s roots were all covered with red and green paint. What was most annoying was that after smearing the roots with paint, it was prancing around inside the RV, making the entire room, as far as it could reach, a mess!
Unable to bear it any longer, Xiao Shu got out of the car, prepared its own water, and washed its roots. The twins, who had turned into little kittens, were scolded by Mother Xu and had to take a bath.
Xu Song and Yue Zheng, two unlucky boys, were in the yard studying the extent of their abilities when they were suddenly yelled at by their mother and had to go inside to clean the floor.
After washing its roots, Xiao Shu hesitated to get back in the car – it knew very well that the real boss in the RV was Mother Xu, and no one dared to provoke her.
Cough, cough, Xiao Shu first scampered to Abu and the ostrich’s nest, giving them water very ingratiatingly. However, Abu didn’t even spare it a glance, just yawning and continuing to sleep with a sulky expression. The two ostriches turned their heads in opposite directions, meaning he had to deal with the trouble he caused on his own – what use were we to them? We can’t even get inside the RV!
With no other choice, Xiao Shu had to rub and sneak around until it reached the side of the RV, opened the water inlet, and poured water until it overflowed. Still, no one came to attend to it?
After shrinking itself as small as possible, Xiao Shu hesitantly climbed into the car and then…
“Oh, what’s on the ground?” Xu Song lifted his foot and found that Xiao Shu was twisting and turning all over the place, its branches and roots entangled. He was even stepping on its trunk.
Watching Xiao Shu, which looked like a bizarre insect, Xu Song couldn’t help but be speechless. He picked it up and said, “You know you made a mess, right?”
Xiao Shu shyly squirmed in mid-air.
“Will you dare to do it again in the future? If you spill paint all over the place, you’ll be responsible for cleaning it up yourself, got it?”
The twisting tree in mid-air nodded vigorously. After Xu Song put it back on the ground, it grew a bit larger and ran to Mother Xu, rubbing her shoulders and giving her a massage, trying to make amends.
The two ostriches in the house were quite productive, laying an egg every one or two days, and that was one egg each. So, the ostrich eggs in the Xu family’s RV were almost continuous.
The children needed nutrition, and so did the adults, even though their meat and fruit supply was sufficient.
The extra eggshells were given to the two children and Xiao Shu, so they could paint and decorate them. That day marked the beginning of Xiao Shu’s successful scheme, making the Xu family acknowledge it as one of the children, and understanding that it needed various forms of entertainment and activities. Since then, its tree roots were often adorned with strange colors.
Of course, for the sake of cleanliness in the RV, Mother Xu intentionally laid out a large towel for it to step on.
Because of this, on New Year’s Eve, the eggshells in the house were all beautifully decorated by the three “children,” and of course, Mother Xu had added various fabric crafts to complete the festive decorations.
Little tree is welcomed as the third child…lmao! Naughty child! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🌳🦮🦔🦗🐝
🌲-> 🎄 Thank you.
xiao shu finally got recognised as a child too 🥹🥹