The big cat was frightened by the sudden appearance of Sang Jiu and jumped several meters high. After jumping a little further, it bent its body and growled at Sang Jiu. The half-meter-long cat hair on its body stood up, like a frightened hedgehog.
"...👀" Sang Jiu raised his eyebrows: "You stole my meat and you yelled at me?"
The big cat, which was originally so majestic, suddenly took a few steps back guiltily, and squatted looking at Sang Jiu with grievance. It was hungry and wanted to eat, but it hadn't eaten yet, and it was you who suddenly appeared and scared me.
"But you can't steal . If you do that, I will have no choice but to chase you away." Sang Jiu pointed to the dark wasteland outside the protective shield. There was rustling sand and wind outside, and wild beasts were howling. It was creepy just to listen to it.
The mutant big cat was not afraid, but it didn't want to go out. It liked the water here and the temperature here. It rolled its light green cat eyes, then slowly moved in front of Sang Jiu and rubbed its head against her hand.
After rubbing against her, he meowed to please her, indicating that he couldn't be chased away .
"..." Sang Jiu regretted that she had touched the cat in the first place, which made the mutant Maine Coon think that he could achieve any goal as long as he was touched. "No, you are stealing food. I can't keep you here."
The big cat rubbed it again. If one touch didn't work, then he rubbed it twice.
"You are all greasy and dirty, don't rub against me." Sang Jiu withdrew her hand in disgust.
The big cat came a little closer and meowed pitifully, "Please touch me, please touch me~"
Ah Shu and Ah Hua on the side looked at the mutant star beast in astonishment. It was the first time they saw a mutant star beast trying to please a human. Their jaws dangled in shock. "Sang Jiu, how about forgiving it this time? It's quite capable at work."
The big cat took a quick glance and agreed.
Sang Jiu thought about it and nodded in agreement. This mutant Maine Coon cat is quite docile and friendly, and can work well. Other mutant animals may not be so docile. "Forget it this time, but you have to remember that in my territory, if you want to eat or do something, you need to inform me, and you can only do it after I agree. Do you understand? If you understand, meow twice."
The big cat meowed twice.
Sang Jiu raised an eyebrow: "Okay."
Quite smart.
Setting rules for the big cat will save a lot of trouble in the future. Sang Jiu patted the big cat on the head again, and then said to the brothers and sisters Ah Shu and Ah Hua: "You guys take a break, I'll make a simple potato stew with rabbit meat. Eating only dried rabbit meat is too irritating."
Ah Hua was curious: "What is a potato?"
"Potatoes are a vegetable and can also be used as a staple food." Sang Jiu received five sacks of potato seeds today. She picked out some unsprouted ones and wanted to keep them to eat slowly, but in order to reward Big Cat Ahua and the others for helping with the work, she generously took them out.
It was the first time for Ah Hua and Ah Shu to see this kind of thing. They both thought it was quite strange. "Is this a potato? It's quite big."
The system gave them potatoes that were as big as the palm of their hands. They were all good varieties. Sang Jiu introduced potatoes to the two of them, "As long as you cut a piece and plant it, after a while, you will be able to grow more than ten or twenty potatoes of this size underneath it."
Ah Hua and Ah Shu's eyes lit up, so good!
If they had this potato, they would never have to worry about going hungry again.
"This is really good stuff."
Sang Jiu hummed, feeling somewhat sympathetic towards the people on the abandoned planet. What kind of life did they live in the past? "Besides animal meat, what else do you usually eat?"
"Occasionally I eat sand mushrooms and a kind of sand grass that grows in places where there is no sunlight. Both its leaves and roots are edible, and they taste a bit sweet when chewed." But sand grass is relatively rare, and Ahua rarely eats it.
Sang Jiu was puzzled: "Have you ever thought about moving away from here and living on another planet?"
She learned from the system that there were other developed planets besides the waste planet.
Ah Hua and Ah Shu were not quite sure, they only knew that they would die once they left the Waste Planet, and the people on the outside planets regarded them as viruses and did not welcome them at all, so the Waste Planet became a lawless area, and those who survived had to endure hardship here for generation after generation.
So unfriendly?
Sang Jiu wanted to ask the system, but considering that everyone was still there, she kept silent for the time being. Seeing that the brother and sister were both in a low mood, she asked them to help wash potatoes to divert their attention.
They washed a dozen potatoes in total, cut them into pieces, weighing about 34 pounds, and stewed them together with 50 pounds of dried rabbit meat. During the stew, they also washed the sand mushrooms that Ah Hua and her sister brought, and put them in the stew.
The night is dark and the stars are sparse.
There was peace and tranquility in front of the wooden house. Everyone sat in front of the wooden house, gathered around a big iron pot, stewing meat over a fire. As the meat stewed, a rich aroma of meat wafted out of the pot, making Ah Hua and Ah Shu drool.
The big cat was drooling at the smell, and a large area of the ground in front of it was wet.
"Just cook for a few more minutes and it'll be ready to eat." Sang Jiu became greedy after smelling the aroma.
After the potatoes were stewed until soft, she went to get three sets of wooden bowls and chopsticks she had made, and also a small wooden basin for the big cat. She then used a wooden spoon to scoop a spoonful of soup into each bowl or basin, "Here, one spoonful per person, and add more after you finish eating."
Ah Hua hummed, blew on the bowl, and ate the potatoes carefully. They were soft and sticky, mixed with the delicious mushrooms and meat flavor. She ate them with relish, "So delicious!"
Ashu also thought it tasted very good. It was the most delicious food he had ever eaten.
The big cat, which had never eaten hot food before, couldn't wait to open its mouth to eat, but ended up being scalded and letting out a shrill scream.
"You got burned? Don't you know how to blow on it?" Sang Jiu stood up and used well water to rinse its mouth. "You seem to be quite smart, but I didn't expect you to be a stupid cat."
The big cat looked at her pitifully, and then continued to lick the water with its tongue. After the pain in its tongue eased, it carefully ate the rabbit meat stewed with potatoes that was no longer so hot.
After tasting it, its huge cat face showed the same satisfied expression as Ahua and Ashu. It was so delicious!
Sang Jiu also thought the dish was very good. She had eaten this dish before and had never been impressed. But today she found it more delicious than ever before.
Ah Hua: "Sang Jiu, you cooked it so deliciously."
"Add more after you finish eating." Sang Jiu's cooking skills were average, she could just cook the food. The fact that it was delicious might have nothing to do with her cooking skills. A big reason was that they were hungry, because they hadn't had a decent meal for a long time, and it might also be because the potato seeds were a variety provided by the system.
Ahua and A Shu couldn't help but add another spoonful, and the cat also pushed his wooden basin to Sang Jiu, indicating that he wanted more.
Sang Jiu licked a few spoonfull of soup from the bowl, and the cat started eating again, licking the soup clean as well.
"This soup tastes best with rice." Sang Jiu really hoped there would be rice here.
Ah Hua asked curiously: "What is rice?"
Sang Jiu did not hide it: "It is a staple food that goes perfectly with these dishes. If you have seeds, you can try them when you grow them."
Ah Hua nodded happily, afraid that if she ordered too late, she wouldn't be able to eat. "Then we'll help you with the work."
"Okay." Sang Jiu didn't bother to be polite with Ahua. If she relied on herself to manage the five acres of land, she would really die.
Ahua and A Shu hurriedly buried their heads in eating, and when they were full they stood up to dig holes to plant wheat. The remaining potatoes and stewed meat were eaten by the big cat. After it finished eating, it was still not satisfied and kept scratching the iron pot, saying that it wanted to eat more.
Sang Jiu refused to do it again: "Still eating? You ate the most tonight. There is no meat left. You can't eat even if you want to."
The big cat glanced at the dried rabbit meat hanging in the kitchen.
"That's not delicious. It tastes better when stewed with fresh rabbit meat." Sang Jiu said casually and took the iron pot to clean it.
Even more delicious? After hearing this, the big cat's eyes turned quickly, then it meowed and ran out of the protective shield.
Ah Hua looked at the big cat's disappearing back in confusion: "Why did it run away?"
"Maybe he went home." Sang Jiu believed that these mutant animals had their own ways of survival, so dhe did not called back the cat. After washing the kitchen utensils, Ashu continued to dig the third acre of pit. As for Ah Hua, she directly put the wheat seeds into the pit, and she buried the soil at the back with a hoe.
Maybe Ah Hua had trained herself to be fast in grabbing sand mushrooms, so she was able to plant the wheat very quickly. Sang Jiu had some kung fu skills, so he was also able to bury the soil very quickly.
By the time the morning light got light, they had planted two acres of wheat, two acres of potatoes sparsely, and left the other acre for growing vegetables.
In fact, lettuce, water spinach and chayote can be planted directly by sowing seeds, but according to the requirements of the system, if you want the vegetables to grow better, it is best to raise seedlings and transplant them. So a small piece of land is specially fenced off to sow the seeds, cover them with a thin layer of soil and water them a little, and wait for a few days for them to sprout before transplanting them.
"Sang Jiu, is this okay?" Ah Hua squatted beside him and asked while looking at the wet ground.
Sang Jiu nodded: "The temperature here is suitable, and it will sprout in a few days. You can come back and see it then."
"Okay, then we'll come back in a few days to help you." Ah Hua likes this place very much and would be happy to come again.
The quiet Ashu also said simply that he was willing to help, "It's almost dawn, we'll go back first."
"Wait a moment." After being busy all night, the two were exhausted. Sang Jiu asked them to pack a few bottles of water to take away, and also took some dried rabbit meat. He also took out five water spinach seeds and a bag of fertile black soil and handed them to Ah Hua, "This is for you."
Ah Hua took the seeds as if they were treasures and asked tremblingly, "Are you really giving them to me?"
"Yes, I'll give it to you." Sang Jiu saw that she was always curious about what the vegetables would look like, and thought that what he grew would surprise her even more: "Take it home and try to grow it. If it sprouts, you can pinch the seedlings and eat them. They will continue to grow below."
"Then take it back and try it." Ah Hua thanked him very sincerely, "Sang Jiu, you are so kind."
Sang Jiu smiled gently and turned his head to look at the dim sky. "It's almost dawn. Go back early and be careful on the road."
"Then let's go." After saying this, Ah Hua and her brother hurried out. As soon as they walked out of the protective shield, a heat wave swept over them.
Ah Hua pursed her lips, it was so hot.
"Hurry up, it will be hotter if we go any later." Ashu pulled his sister and walked quickly towards the safe area. After walking for a distance, they looked back and looked at the fertile black soil, the wooden house and the well next to the land, the air there, and the temperature there. Everything made them feel very comfortable.
Ashu was very excited, it was really magical.
He felt that this place would become a miracle, and Sang Jiu was the one who would bring the miracle.