In each of the ten activated incubators, there lay an ugly child with red skin and wrinkled skin, crying there with his eyes closed. Ten robot "aunties" controlled by Xiao Xi, whose appearance was almost indistinguishable from humans, leaned over and coaxed them softly.
Their appearance and sound have been carefully selected. Back on Earth, child psychologists and maternal and infant experts did not know how much work it took to determine these things, striving to give babies the greatest sense of security so that they can grow up healthily, both physically and mentally.
Of course, these robot aunties only have upper body, and the lower body is a pillar, fixed directly on the floor.
There is also a mobile "aunt" in the nursery. It is responsible for carrying supplies for the other aunts, providing disposable degradable diapers, milk powder and other things. Sometimes it will also pick up items from the aunt fixed on the floor. They took the babies in their hands and took them around the nursery, trying to put them to sleep as much as possible.
In the past three days, Zhao Changxing stayed here as long as he was awake. Because the "aunties" controlled by Xiao Xi are only capable of daily and routine work, and cannot handle emergencies. Besides, he was also worried about whether there would be bugs in Xiao Xi's baby-raising program since it hadn't been used for decades.
After discovering that everything was normal, he felt relieved a little.
At this moment, almost half a month had passed since the first baby, the baby boy he named Zhao Ye, was born. In the past half month, he has been staying in the Spark spacecraft and has never gone down once.
But there is still work to be done, whether it is for your own future or the future of your children. The time is almost up, no matter how reluctant you are to let go, no matter how worried you are, you still have to go.
On this day, Zhao Changxing fried an egg - yes, he had eggs now. He ate a bowl of rice with half of the braised fish left yesterday and stir-fried spinach, and packed up the things he needed today. , decided to leave the Spark spacecraft and head to Sedna.
Before leaving, he subconsciously walked around the nursery again.
After carefully looking at the children's physical indicators and confirming that everything was normal, he still did not want to leave. Instead, he walked slowly in the nursery, his eyes sweeping over each baby.
Chen Feng is a boy with a relatively calm and quiet personality. Although he is the youngest, he is the most sensible. Basically, he never cries except when he has diarrhea, is hungry, or feels uncomfortable. He just lay quietly in the incubator, looking at the ceiling or the smile of the robot aunt. Sometimes there would be a smile of unknown meaning at the corner of his mouth, and some unknown sounds would come out of his mouth.
You know, he is just a pre-month-old baby, and his eyesight may not be able to see clearly even 20 centimeters away. God knows what's going on in his little head.
Compared to Chen Feng, the youngest brother, Zhao Ye, as the eldest brother, is more boisterous and full of energy. Sometimes he would dance around in the incubator, as if fighting an invisible enemy. Sometimes I burst into tears while slapping, as if I was defeated by some invisible monster.
The little girl named Sun Caiyun by Zhao Changxing never seemed to get enough sleep. Although babies do sleep more, she sleeps especially much when she is basically not active. Zhao Changxing once worried that she was sick, but after the examination, everything was normal. He could only think that she was born to love sleeping.
There is also a little baby girl who is named Zheng Yan by Zhao Changxing. She cries particularly loudly, has a particularly high voice, and loves to cry. Especially when the "Crying Symphony" was performed in the nursery, as soon as she opened her mouth, she immediately suppressed the cries of the other babies, quite like a soprano.
Listening to the cries coming one after another, Zhao Changxing turned around with a smile and left the nursery. When he walked to the door, he looked at the ten babies and said softly: "Dad will see you again in the evening. Now, Daddy has to go to work."
What responded to him was a louder cry.
After taking the Falcon 1 spacecraft and landing on Sedna, which had been away for more than ten days, Zhao Changxing first checked the growth of crops and the growth of animals. After confirming that everything was normal, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He first harvested the beans in the No. 2 soilless cultivation workshop. He harvested dozens of kilograms of beans, planted new beans, added some raw materials to the automated nutrient solution preparation workshop, caught a few fish, and threw them to the automated slaughtering equipment. Once they are slaughtered and frozen, they will have time to busy themselves with the affairs of Humanity Base No. 1.
At this moment, the foundation of Humanity Base No. 1 with a total area of more than 10,000 square meters has been laid, and it is time to lay the insulation layer.
It is extremely cold on Sedna. If a building does not leave the ground and directly touches the surface, heat will easily escape, so the insulation layer is very important. In particular, the surface of Sedna has long adapted to the extremely cold environment, and many of the easily volatile gases have been integrated with them, making it impossible to completely clean them up. A sudden increase in temperature may even cause the foundation to collapse, endangering the safety of the entire Humanity Base No. 1.
The insulation layer laid this time is different from the luxurious flooring in the first phase of the project. The plan developed by experts on Earth is to use a spray gel that is sprayed directly onto the surface. Afterwards, it will solidify quickly in extremely cold environments, which not only plays a role in heat insulation, but also provides support for subsequent construction.
After all the hundreds of kilograms of gel brought down from the Falcon 1 spacecraft were sprayed, only a fraction of the entire site was sprayed, but it was already getting late.
Zhao Changxing dragged his tired body and returned to the Fire spaceship again.
It continued like this for the next few days. Among the twenty-four hours a day, at least ten hours were spent working and seven hours sleeping. The rest of the time was devoted to solving physiological needs, such as eating, excreting, etc. During a tour of the nursery.
Even when he was working, when the Spark spacecraft passed by his planet, he would raise his head and look at it for a while, and he couldn't help but smile.
While on Earth he was not married, let alone had children. But at this moment, he really felt what it was like to be a father, and he also understood why some people he had seen before were usually idle, but as soon as they had children, they immediately became more able to endure hardships than anyone else.
Because I already have responsibilities and obligations to raise another little life to grow up safely and happily.
Time passed day by day, and after the laying of the insulation layer was completed, it was time to lay the first floor. After that, there is the second floor.
The second floor is particularly important. It is in direct contact with the internal life-support environment. It must be tough enough, tight enough, and have a series of indicators such as cold resistance and radiation resistance. If something goes wrong with it, it could really kill people, or even affect the entire base.
This job extremely tests patience and concentration, and is not very physically demanding. But Zhao Changxing felt even more tired than the previous physical work. But even so, every time he dragged his extremely tired body back to the Spark spacecraft, he never forgot to spend some time with the children.
During this period, the children showed obvious changes. Their skin is no longer that red and wrinkled, but has gradually become smoother and fairer. Their activities have also increased significantly, and their sleeping time has gradually decreased. Even his strength increased a little.
Including the youngest Chen Feng, they are all out of confinement, and their food has been changed from milk powder to other things. Zhao Changxing followed the baby's diet and provided them with the best food possible under existing conditions, but it was obvious that they did not like to eat these things.
Listening to the cries of the children, Zhao Changxing felt distressed, but there was nothing he could do.
During this time, his expression became much gloomier. It was not until the children gradually adapted and the physical examination showed that there were no unacceptable consequences that his mood gradually improved.
Thankfully, none of the children got sick during this time. But this good fortune was soon broken.
On this day, Zhao Changxing was laying the floor on the Sedna planet, and suddenly Xiaoxi's voice reached his ears.
"Captain, I have detected that Qian Yue's body temperature is rising rapidly and abnormally. It may rise to 40 degrees Celsius in half an hour. I need you to come back and deal with it."
Zhao Changxing felt his heart skip a beat, and thousands of images flashed through his head in an instant. Like every new parent, he felt at a loss.
"Okay, why are you sick?"
He anxiously put down his work, not even caring about the peppers that were ready to be harvested, and flew back directly on the Falcon spacecraft.
After taking off his spacesuit, he immediately rushed into the nursery and saw Qian Yue's face flushed, her calves kicking wildly, and she was crying there.
This made Zhao Changxing very distressed. He quickly picked up Qian Yue and rushed into the infirmary.
Xiao Xi can formulate a medical plan, but he has to do the specific examination and judgment. After some examination, it was confirmed that Qian Yue only had mild gastroenteritis and was in a completely controllable state, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Captain, this is a treatment plan for mild gastroenteritis in infants."
Xiaoxi immediately presented the medical plan to Zhao Changxing.
There are many medicines stored in the Spark spacecraft, both for adults and children. Fortunately, these medicines were not lost, otherwise Zhao Changxing would really have no choice.
After giving the medicine and watching Qian Yue fall asleep again, he thought about it and decided to temporarily replace Qian Yue's food with milk powder. After all, sick people always have privileges.
"Little guys, you must grow up healthy..."
