The sky is now gray and white, with a hint of blue in the brightest places. The air is cold but moist, and the water in the mountain stream that has been dry for several years at the foot of the mountain is rapid, and the sound of the rushing water is extremely sweet. Even though there was no true blue sky yet, the bright light and flowing water were exciting enough.
"Yue Dongting asked me to go back to District 1 for a meeting!" Zhang Tianzhao handed the sleeping Mian Ning to Bai Zhi, "He said that Yun Lai has found a crystal that can store energy, and there has been a major breakthrough in the research on defensive shields. We can start building a new type of The city.”
"What can I do?" Bai Zhi was as excited as Zhang Tianzhao.
"Select vegetables and fruit trees suitable for planting on small family balconies and courtyards, and prepare seeds and saplings. I plan to use peach trees, willows and pine trees for urban greening. What else do you prefer?" Zhang Tianzhao's eyes sparkled.
"Everything you said is what I want." Bai Zhi hugged the child tightly, "Go quickly."
"Okay, I'm leaving." Zhang Tianzhao smiled, lowered his head and kissed his son, then pecked Bai Zhi on the face with lightning speed, and started teleporting.
"Brother-in-law is so mean, why are you so sneaky?" Xiaoshan jumped to Bai Zhi and complained, "Mian Ning is asleep, I can pretend to be invisible."
No matter how mature and smart Xiaoshan looks, he is actually still a child, and he doesn’t understand what fun is at all!
Bai Zhi smiled and punched the naughty child and said, "Go home, while my brother is asleep, I will go in and collect the wood rice."
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The mutated Mu Dao is very helpful in regulating their bodies. Both Xiao Qi and Bai Zhi themselves are looking forward to cultivating similar mutated products. But mutant varieties like wood rice require a larger, undisturbed living space.
Bai Zhi has not done much to take care of the gang territory in the past year. Ripe fruits fell to the ground and seeds were everywhere. Once a piece of land is cleared of plants, the seeds will grow and germinate immediately. It would be impossible for her to completely clear a piece of land by herself.
When Minning gets older, he will be able to eat complementary foods. Even if he is only given porridge cooked with wood rice, one tree of wood rice will not be enough for him to eat every day. Historical records record that there are many magical plants that existed at the same time as Muhe. Whether it's for everyone or her son, Bai Zhi feels that it is necessary for her to take a risk to upgrade the gang's territory.
There were not many opportunities for Zhang Tianzhao to leave for a few hours like today. Based on her previous upgrade experience, even if there were some side effects, it would be enough for her to recover after leaving Xiaoshan Branch for a few hours. Bai Zhi decided to upgrade now.
The RV that has been parked by the square is covered with flower vines, and the NPC is pruning the flower branches next to the car door with a pair of scissors. Seeing Bai Zhi come in, it huddled up excitedly and rolled around Bai Zhi.
"Wait for me here, I'll be back in a while." Bai Zhi touched its head, and flew to the Mu Dao tree with great Qinggong. The Mu Dao tree growing by the pool is more than 20 meters high, with lush branches and leaves. There are hundreds of rice ears that are more than half a meter long, and each grain of rice is nearly an inch long.
Bai Zhi circled Mudao and carefully cut off the mature rice ears and put them into her backpack. After harvesting these ears of rice, she checked the three meteorites buried near the roots of the tree again. After finding nothing unusual, she returned to the square, found the NPC and sorted out the backpack and warehouse. She packed important items and a large amount of vegetables, fruits and grain into containers and moved them to the backpack. inside.
Then she stood at the portal teleporter and pulled out the cube and box. The box broke free as soon as it came out and her fingers crashed into the cube. The cube glows with white light, and the yin and yang fish and cloud and thunder patterns appear in turn, and the light is extremely beautiful.
The moment the ground began to tremble under her feet, she put the cube back into her backpack and quickly teleported out of the territory.
As soon as Bai Zhi came out of the territory, she felt pain in her forehead, as if it was about to burst. If you want to gain something, you must pay a price. It will only hurt for a while, but it will not kill anyone.
Bai Zhi found the tools made by Zhang Tianzhao to thresh and shell the wooden rice, and used the work to distract her attention. Her complexion seemed to be as usual and her movements were still nimble and agile. Neither Xiao Shan nor Mian Ning noticed that Bai Zhi was enduring pain.
After shelling, the rice grains are nearly an inch long and half an inch in diameter. They are crystal clear and have a light green core in the middle, which is very beautiful. A small rice bucket can be used to steam a full bucket of rice if it holds a quarter of the rice. Xiaoshan took a bite, took the rice bucket away, and said, "Sister, this one is the most delicious."
Bai Zhi sorted out the plumpest rice from the remaining rice and said softly: "I will help deliver a lunch box to your brother-in-law later, and then help me deliver a pack of rice seeds and a bottle of culture solution to Xiao Qi. Let him help this time." I raise seedlings."
"Okay. This time, the wood rice contains a lot of energy and is super tonic." Xiaoshan agreed with the rice in his mouth, "I think that after eating this time, Haifengqiu and Linyunlai will be able to fully recover, and they will send meals to their brother-in-law in the future. Will you bring it to them again?"
"I won't bring it anymore." Bai Zhi felt that her tone was too stiff. She turned to look at Mian Ning in the cradle, "My brother will be able to eat complementary food after four months. He should like rice and porridge. When I breed new Variety, his recipes can be changed every day.”
Mentioning Haifeng Qiu Baizhi's face turned pale, Xiaoshan was so frightened that she immediately diverted her attention: "I like to eat porridge. I will eat Laba porridge tomorrow morning."
"Based on the time, it's almost the Dragon Boat Festival. You can eat porridge, but only the porridge cooked on Laba day is called Laba porridge." Bai Zhi corrected Xiaoshan's misunderstanding of the festival.
"Fifth sister, we have to make rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival. Do you know how to make this difficult kitchen art without a recipe? Cooking porridge is much easier." Xiaoshan said sincerely.
The occasional venomous tongue from a naughty child who has always been a bitch is unbearable. Bai Zhi glared at Xiaoshan, "No! After delivering the lunch box, you go and sit with your uncle and aunt for a few hours. You haven't seen them for several months."
He actually got really angry, so Xiaoshan packed his lunch box and ran away.
As soon as the hill was gone, Bai Zhi immediately slid down against the wall. She was in so much pain that she couldn't even lift her fingers. The pain now was similar to the last time she took the white upgrade medicine. From her forehead to her heels, every nerve was transmitting She was in pain, she was experiencing the torture of breaking her body to pieces every second, and she couldn't even breathe.
Thousands of kilometers away in Kunlun Ruins, a complete cube suddenly erupted with dazzling white light and disappeared at the same time as several beast claws stretched out. The next second, the cube appeared and disappeared above Bai Zhi's head.
Bai Zhi, who had been resisting the pain attack with all her strength, knew nothing about the changes on the top of her head.
After dozens of minutes, Bai Zhi regained her mobility. She moved for a while and found that although her whole body was still in pain, it did not hinder her movement. She could take advantage of the time when Mian Ning was sleeping soundly to visit the gang territory.
The upgraded territory has been expanded three times, and there are several more hills. The current teleportation point is halfway up the highest hill, two kilometers away from the square below the mountain. The NPC seemed to be blocked by a transparent wall. It shrank into a ball and jumped around at the foot of the mountain, but it couldn't jump up.
Bai Zhi went down the mountain and then up the mountain without encountering any obstacles, but the NPC behind her could not get past the invisible wall. The NPC who loves to scatter seeds into the ground cannot go up the mountain, which means that this large area on the mountain can be arranged according to her wishes. She can plant whatever she wants, and she can spend her whole life cultivating mutant products on the mountain.
The pain as a side effect is annoying, but the purpose of the upgrade is fully achieved. Bai Zhi moved her arms that were heavy due to soreness with satisfaction.
The fireball in the room was warm and bright. Mian Ning turned over in his sleep, and stretched out the quilt with his fisted hands. Bai Zhi bent down, placed a gentle kiss on the child's little fist, and sat down to eat dinner against the cradle with a satisfied smile.
Although the average daily temperature is still hovering around zero, the growth rate of mutated highland barley and potatoes in the Xijing area is still astonishing. Following the great harvest, there was a large-scale migration of survivors. Xijing established nearly a hundred settlements on the Guanzhong Plain and issued preferential conditions to attract survivors from across the country to immigrate.
An immigrant town was established more than ten kilometers away from Zhang Tianzhao's home. The search team found several gangs living in the mines in this area and persuaded them to move to the nearby town. The immigrants were busy opening up wasteland and farming, and the town was quite lively. The valley outside Bai Zhi's house is getting quieter and quieter.
That day, Zhang Tianzhao came home with a set of defensive shields. He installed the defensive shield at the entrance of the cave and opened it. He asked Bai Zhi: "Can you see that the defensive shield is open?"
Bai Zhi nodded. She could clearly see a spherical defensive cover covering the entire stone chamber.
"Xiaoshan, where are you?" Zhang Tianzhao asked his brother-in-law.
Xiaoshan shook his head, "I can't see it, but I can sense the location of the defensive shield."
His wife and brother-in-law are both mutated varieties of mutated varieties. It is abnormal to be invisible. Zhang Tianzhao smiled and said, "I can't see. No one in the Dragon Palace can see. All experiments are done by touch. They really should We will recruit you two into the research team."
"It's already very difficult for me to farm. Their research must be difficult." Bai Zhi put her finger on the inner circle of the defensive shield. As she expected, her finger didn't encounter any obstacles. out.
"Did they get a bad one for my brother-in-law?" Xiaoshan stretched out his hand, but his finger was stuck at the door of the courtyard and he couldn't get out. "Fifth sister, what's the matter with you?"
"Similar defensive shields shouldn't be able to stop me." Bai Zhi thought of the defensive shield against NPCs in the territory. She could come in and out freely, and Zhang Tianzhao must be able to, too. She smiled and asked him: "What about you?"
"You can't stop me." Zhang Tianzhao smiled proudly, "If you could stop me, I wouldn't wear home clothes. I finally learned how to teleport. You can't let me go home without knocking on the door."
"I think you can sell a few sets of this defensive cover to Xijing and Xinjiang City." Bai Zhi smiled thiefly, "We can come and go freely and have our own space. It will be very convenient to get them some good things."
"This is a really good idea. However, our defensive shield will never be used by a second party." Zhang Tianzhao held his wife and children in his arms, "Our family is not short of everything, and you are not allowed to take away other people's things."
"Okay, let's not forget about them. I checked the territory recently and found more than a dozen new varieties with secondary mutations, which should all produce good things." Bai Zhi turned around in Zhang Tianzhao's arms, and the child's father His arms are wide and warm, making him feel very safe. She pressed her forehead against his chest and asked softly: "You won't work overtime today?"
"No overtime, I will have a day off tomorrow." Zhang Tianzhao responded to her in a low voice. It felt good to be completely trusted by her.
"I have prepared the seeds and saplings for Donghai City. When will they be sent to Yue Dongting?" Bai Zhi raised her head and looked up. The darkened sky was slightly blue, and the moon with a blurry outline hung in the sky. In a few months, they will be able to see the real blue sky and bright moon.
"Wait a little longer. Donghai City is an open city. There have been a lot of outsiders in the past few months. It's very chaotic now. Let's wait until the spies come out on their own. The one in Yue Dongting who has no good intentions insists on waiting for the various forces to come from Xijing. While getting high-priced seeds, we started agricultural production on the ground, and the pace of life in Dragon Palace suddenly slowed down." Zhang Tianzhao followed Bai Zhi's gaze and looked back at the moon, "Life is about to return to normal, it's great."
Xiaoshan, who was squatting on the wall and looking at the moon, felt that he was much brighter than the moon. He smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, open the door quickly. There are some mutant beasts outside. I'm going to pick up the meat."
Zhang Tianzhao let go of his wife, returned to the entrance of the cave, turned off the defensive shield, and asked him, "When will you come back?"
"I'll go back to Tanggu to play after hunting. Come back tomorrow evening." Xiaoshan ran very fast.
Zhang Tianzhao reopened the defensive shield, took the child, winked at Bai Zhi and said, "You will work overtime with me tonight."
A few hours later, the two people who had worked overtime took a shower together, Bai Zhi went to the kitchen to cook a midnight snack, and Zhang Tianzhao returned to the fireplace in the living room, staying by the crib and listening to Mian Ning's sleeping breathing.
"You look silly when you smile." Bai Zhi rubbed his curly hair, "Why are you so happy?"
Zhang Tianzhao pulled Bai Zhi into his arms and sat down, "I can't tell you. Anyway, I am very happy to see you."
"Me too. Don't move and let me hold you for a little while longer."
"You want to hold her for a lifetime, how can you only hold her for a short time." Zhang Tianzhao hugged her hard, "The third brother talked to me yesterday and said that the medical level of Dragon Palace is very good now, and he persuaded us to have a child."
"Then what?" Bai Zhi felt her heart beating too fast.
"I'll tell you the truth, Mian Ning is over a year old. The third brother asked me to take you back to your parents' home tomorrow." Zhang Tianzhao didn't mention the various crazy behaviors of his uncle after he told the truth and the appointment the day after tomorrow. He gently hit Bai Zhi's head. He took it out from his arms and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. My father-in-law and your relatives won't do anything to you. Your son is a coward and can act cute. Throw him out and we won't be scolded."
"I won't get scolded... I said I will never give birth to a child. If I take the child back now, my eldest aunt and second aunt will definitely laugh at me." Bai Zhi's voice became softer and softer, and her head retracted.
Zhang Tianzhao pulled out Bai Zhi again, "Don't be afraid, no matter it's the household registration book in Donghai or the household registration book in Xijing, we are both legal couples. As a married couple, take your children back to your parents' home, and your relatives will not laugh at you. Don't be nervous, get home. You throw Mian Ning out, and I will take you to Donghai City to play, okay?"
"It sounds like a date. I haven't dated you yet." Bai Zhi bit her lips and glanced at Mian Ning. The child's mother and the girl were really shy. After a while, she asked expectantly: "Donghai City anything fun?"
"I did the city planning, I drew the architectural drawings, and I supervised the construction of the house. Do you think it's fun? I also hid your name in a place. You can try to find it." Zhang Tianzhao asked. The hand on Bai Zhi's waist was gentle but dishonest, "It's a little early for supper now, why don't you go to work overtime with me?"
When the five elders of the Gu family saw the cute little dumpling Mian Ning, they ignored the shy daughter and the son-in-law who were sweating profusely. They laughed, screamed and clapped around the little grandson. The game attracted Mian Ning's attention to look at his grandparents, and they laughed happily. Almost blew the roof off. Xiaoqi, who has never seen her parents so innocent and lively, pushed the young couple out of the living room and said, "I have long suspected that you two secretly raised the child. Every time I asked Xiaoshan, he refused to admit it. Why are you hiding it so closely? ?”
"At first, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to keep him, so I didn't dare to say anything. Later, when she got older, she started to think wildly and couldn't sleep well. I wasn't in the mood to mention it to you." Zhang Tianzhao smiled and took out his son's food, "Two or three hours before and after lunch. Meat porridge once each, and noodles for dinner. Be careful when feeding the red bottle of water, that bottle is the original solution."
Before Zhang Tianzhao finished speaking, Xiao Qi had already unscrewed the bottle of water and smelled it. He was shocked and said, "Drink the original solution as water? You are not afraid of bursting him!"
"I needed six bottles a day when I was born, but now I only need one bottle a day." Zhang Tianzhao exhaled, "Fortunately, the demand is decreasing, otherwise I really can't afford it."
Xiaoqi thought for a while and said: "This is the case because the fetus' nutrition during pregnancy has not kept up. When you are expecting the second child, I will go over and take care of the fifth sister's food." He put away all the snacks for his nephew's dinner, "Are you sure you want to bring some? My sister is going to the East China Sea to play?"
Bai Zhi nodded, "I would like to see what the underwater city will look like after the sea level rises."
"When you are walking around in the city, Fifth Sister, you must cover your face." Xiao Qi smiled at Zhang Tianzhao maliciously, "You will definitely have a surprise on your date today."
"Huh? Zhang Tianzhao has a suitor in Donghai?" Bai Zhi turned to look at the child's father, "Why didn't you mention it?"
"There are too many immigrants in Donghai City. This kind of thing happens every day. There is nothing to mention." Zhang Tianzhao helped the child's mother to take care of Liu Hai, who was blown by the wind. "Don't cover your face later. Let's compare whose pursuit." Whoever is less wins. The loser owes the winner something to do. How about we do it today?"
"There are more men than women these days, and I won't compete with you." Bai Zhi threw his hand away, "I'm going to change clothes."
Xiao Qi smiled proudly at her brother-in-law who fell into the pit, and Zhang Tianzhao could only smile helplessly in return. Xiao Qi still refused to let him go and whispered: "See you at the underground farm on the 17th after lunch tomorrow."
"Third brother made an appointment to beat me tomorrow. Can we make an appointment the day after tomorrow?" Zhang Tianzhao's attitude was very honest. He abducted the Gu family's daughter and sent her home after giving birth. She should have been beaten. He deserved a few beatings.
"Then the day after tomorrow!" Xiao Qi raised her fist at him and walked into the living room with a smile on her face, "You guys, get out of the way, my uncle wants a hug!"
A few minutes later, Bai Zhi changed into a dress and came out. Her long hair was slightly curled, and her eyes looking at Zhang Tianzhao were lively and charming. She was not even so motivated in bed. Zhang Tianzhao was frightened and hugged his mother's waist and took her to Donghai City.
"The upper floors are the offices of the municipal government, and the bottom floor is the city hall." Zhang Tianzhao opened the door and let Bai Zhi look outside, "The inside of this room is my lounge, and the outside is my office. The outermost big office They are a few of my assistants and a vase secretary. They should still be working today."
Bai Zhi knew very well what the vase secretary meant. It meant that 10% of the people who had connections were still girls. She tilted her head and looked at him, "They know you are married, right?"
"They might have pretended not to know clearly before, but after today they will definitely be clearer than ever." Zhang Tianzhao opened the door leading to the outermost room and said loudly: "Colleagues, I am going shopping with my wife today. Do you have any official business tomorrow?" Let’s talk.” Zhang Tianzhao pulled the child’s mother out and said, “This is my wife Gu Baizhi.”
The men behind the desk looked up and saw Mrs. Zhang, feeling the sun was shining brightly. Bai Zhi smiled and nodded to everyone in the office.
When the vase secretary girl met Mrs. Zhang's kind eyes, she was so sad that she almost cried. Bai Zhi took Zhang Tianzhao on her arm and passed by the city hall where most of the staff were young girls. She also heard the sound of shining glass hearts falling to the ground and breaking one after another.
Walking to the street, she stood on tiptoes and whispered in the handsome boy's ear: "Someone is really welcome. I can't even count how many sad girls there are today."
"I don't think you will win." Zhang Tianzhao pointed his gaze at a group of geese looking at beauties across the street, "Someone will come to chat with you later."
Bai Zhi looked at the other side and smiled openly. Half of the group of stupid geese were stunned, and the remaining half was not much better. No one came to strike up a conversation.
"You are being mean." Zhang Tianzhao whispered, "If you bow your head shyly, at least a dozen people who want to talk to you will start fighting on the spot."
"I won't let you win." Bai Zhi glared at him, "Take me to find my name, now!"
Zhang Tianzhao's smile was extremely gentle, "Look for it yourself."
From the city walls made of huge stones to the streets paved with bluestones, from the tallest city hall to the small pavilions selling water on the roadside, they are all equally simple, thick and concise. Even the lampposts on the roadside are simple hexagonal bluestone pillars. Each side of the stone pillars has several incised flowing cloud patterns, which are full of ancient charm.
Bai Zhi looked for her name wherever she went. She noticed that there were no light bulbs on all the lamp posts and asked, "I remember there are lights in the Dragon Palace, why not install them?"
"It's cheaper to throw fireballs at night." Zhang Tianzhao smiled, "Donghai City has a water supply system and sewers, but does not supply energy. Although we have prepared a life-support system and several sets of defense covers, the sea level will not rise in the next few years. These two It will not be exposed."
There were still spies in the city. Bai Zhi nodded in understanding and turned her attention elsewhere.
Most of the shops on both sides of the wide stone road are open for business. Although it is morning, there are many people entering and leaving the restaurant. These people were dressed in various styles, and each one had a vigilant expression and a fierce temperament. In comparison, other pedestrians who were neatly dressed had calm expressions, and they could be recognized as residents of District 1 at a glance.
"There is a large hunting ground dozens of kilometers outside Donghai City. Hunters from two or three nearby provinces gather in this hunting ground to make a living. When these hunters rest in settlements outside the city, they all like to go into the city to eat. I know a good one restaurant, we’ll go there for lunch later.”
"Do we have currency?" Bai Zhi asked.
"Yeah. Metal currency. When it comes to this, it seems that I haven't received my salary for the past few months." Zhang Tianzhao said happily, "After shopping, I went back to collect my salary and hand it over to you. Hey, you are smiling so proudly, what do you mean? "
"I'm happy. Hand it all over, and don't keep a penny for yourself." Bai Zhi gave him a proud look, "Also, in the future, you are not allowed to hang up your account when you go out, otherwise it will be meaningless for you to pay your salary."
"I know." The two of them looked more and more like a normal young couple, and Zhang Tianzhao smiled even more proudly than she did.
Suddenly, Zhang Tianzhao stopped smiling. Bai Zhi turned her head and looked to the opposite side. On the opposite street corner, there was a very good-looking girl looking at Zhang Tianzhao. Her big and bright eyes were like two sides of a pool of water. The reflection of the pool was Zhang Tianzhao.
Bai Zhi maintained her demeanor and waited calmly for Zhang Tianzhao to deal with it on his own. Zhang Tianzhao completely ignored the girl's affectionate gaze, took Bai Zhi's hand and continued walking forward.
"People are staring at you." Bai Zhi reminded him thoughtfully.
"Ignore it." Zhang Tianzhao squeezed his wife's hand, "I'm annoyed about another thing. There's a funny guy walking across the street from us. If fights weren't allowed in Donghai City, I would have gone over and beat him up."
"What about your demeanor?" Bai Zhi teased him with a smile.
"I'm very graceful now." Zhang Tianzhao was so excited by Bai Zhi that he took her directly into an inconspicuous tavern.
Zhang Tianzhao opened the door and rang the bell hanging on the door twice. The sound was clear and sweet.
The tavern that was not in the middle of the meal was actually very lively. Several large tables were pushed together, and more than ten or twenty people were sitting around, chatting and laughing. A fellow in the crowd holding a wine bottle saw him and laughed loudly: "Zhang Tianzhao, didn't you say you wanted to go home to be with your wife? Didn't you get kicked out of the house by your wife?"
Zhang Tianzhao replied calmly, "I'm taking my wife shopping, and I'll stop by and sit down." As he spoke, he opened the door wider.
Bai Zhi walked in and smiled at the room full of similar people. Hai Fengqiu and Lin Yunlai were both conspicuous in the crowd, but she didn't notice their presence when she entered the door just now. It's great that she's out of touch with them.
"Bai Zhi?" Lin Yunlai stood up, "You are finally willing to come back!"
Bai Zhi smiled and nodded without saying anything. Each of these people was powerful, but she was just as powerful as them, if not more powerful than most of them. Her work in the past two years has been very meaningful, but it is not well known. She doesn't like being always treated as a flower vase.
"She has been bored at home for almost two years. It's time to come out and get some air." Zhang Tianzhao went to the bar and took two bottles of wine, opened the bottle cap and gave a bottle to Bai Zhi, "Let's say hello to our new companion."
The new companions all looked at Zhang Tianzhao quietly. His female companion was indeed beautiful, but a female companion was still a female companion. Doting on a female companion to such an extent was simply obsessive.
Bai Zhi held the wine bottle and released her power fluctuations. The lightning power surges like the vast ocean. There was a rumble of thunder in the sky, and the originally bright sky quickly darkened, followed by lightning on the horizon.
Bai Zhi herself was also surprised by this huge change. She quickly restrained her powers and said calmly amidst the increasingly weak thunder: "I am Gu Bai Zhi, Zhang Tianzhao's wife, of the same kind."
The wine bottle opposite was shattered on the floor. Hai Fengqiu and Lin Yunlai, the only two calm men, laughed softly and raised their wine bottles to greet Bai Zhi who calmly revealed her identity.
