Chapter 5: The Industrious Lin Family
Everyone in the Lin Family, except Lin's Mother who was unconscious due to illness, suppressed their heartache and pity for Lin Xiaohe, and came out of their rooms to greet Xin Bao.
"Xin Bao, from now on you're my youngest grandchild! Uh, or granddaughter?" Grandpa Lin shot a pleading look at Grandma Lin.
Some plants have male and female plants.
Some plants are hermaphroditic.
Xin Bao's species is like stardust wheat, so is it a grandson or a granddaughter?
Grandma Lin rolled her eyes at Grandpa Lin, adjusted her reading glasses on her nose, and leaned in for a closer look.
With just two pitiful leaves, and no wheat ears grown yet, how could she tell its gender?
Grandma Lin casually withdrew her gaze and said calmly, "Too thin. Lin Xiaohe, go to my room later and get a bottle of purified water to properly nourish Xin Bao."
Xin Bao was overjoyed, its two small leaves trembling wildly.
The Lin Family completely ignored Xin Bao's unusual behavior; even if it was a mutated plant, so what?
Their daughter/granddaughter/little sister said it was Xin Bao, it was family, so it was family!
Lin Xiaohe hadn't expected the Lin Family's acceptance to be so high; they had simply accepted Xin Bao like that.
She was touched!
The next day, Lin Xiaohe was woken up by the warm sunlight.
Walking out of her room, Lin Xiaohe saw the whole family sitting neatly at the dining table, with one empty seat reserved for her.
Lin's Mother, who had been unconscious, was held by Lin Father, and they sat together in a wheelchair.
"Lin Xiaohe, you're awake, let's have breakfast together."
Although breakfast was the lowest-grade nutrient solution, the dining ritual must be observed!
As the mistress of the house, Grandma Lin took on the important task of distributing the nutrient solution with a strong sense of responsibility!
Unlike before, this time, besides the nutrient solution, Grandma Lin also prepared a bowl of purified water.
She pushed the purified water in front of Lin Xiaohe and smiled kindly, "Xin Bao, I don't know what you like to eat, and our family's conditions aren't good, so we can only use purified water to raise you. I hope you don't mind."
【I don't mind! I love it so much. Thank you, Grandma,】 Xin Bao was extremely touched.
Unfortunately, except for Lin Xiaohe, the other Lin Family members couldn't hear it speak.
Xin Bao used its actions to show everyone that it truly loved purified water.
Lin Xiaohe placed the flowerpot on the table, and Xin Bao's two leaves snapped into the bowl.
Gulp, gulp, in the blink of an eye, a bowl of purified water was drunk dry.
Grandpa Lin chuckled, "Oh, what a good baby with a good appetite."
Grandma Lin went to the kitchen and refilled a bowl of purified water: "Is Xin Bao not full? Children need to eat more to grow tall and strong."
Xin Bao knew the Lin Family was poor, so it shook its leaves, indicating it was full.
But Grandma Lin was so enthusiastic, and she had already brought out the purified water; if it didn't drink, wouldn't it hurt her feelings?
Xin Bao gulped, gulp, and once again drank the purified water completely.
"Have another bowl."
"The last bowl."
"It really is the last bowl."
"I promise, it's the last bowl."
There's a kind of hunger called 'Grandma thinks you're hungry'.
It wasn't until the family's water was cut off due to unpaid water bills that Grandma Lin stopped feeding it.
Grandpa Lin sighed, "The children in our family are always sickly because they don't eat enough. You should learn from Xin Bao."
Xin Bao burped, its stalk standing perfectly straight!
Lin Xiaohe's slightly open mouth never closed.
Xin Bao drank so much water, would its roots really not rot?!
Lin Xiaohe was worried and secretly checked Xin Bao's attributes.
How amazing! Its vitality had actually risen to 50!
What Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin said was all correct.
Lin Xiaohe reflected for a moment: in the interstellar era, human bodies had changed, let alone mutated plants. She couldn't look at problems with old perspectives anymore.
After breakfast, Lin Xiaohe announced that she was going out with Xin Bao to get rich.
"Have a good trip."
"Be careful."
After Lin Xiaohe's figure disappeared at the end of the village, her second sister Lin Jingqiu also went out; she was going to apply for a job at the garbage station.
Her eldest brother, Lin Chiyang, was about to stop her when his gaze suddenly changed, becoming exceptionally sharp. He pulled out his boxing gloves, waved to his family, and left the house without looking back.
Grandma Lin and Grandpa Lin, with their hands behind their backs, walked one after another towards the Lin Family's wheat field.
Lin Father carefully placed his wife on the bed, then silently picked up the welding torch from the workbench.
Lin Xiaohe, on the bus, had no idea that neither her older brother nor her second sister had listened to her; they had all gone out to work and earn money!
Fúqì lái Internet Cafe was located in the prosperous area of Xiangjiang District, Northern Hemisphere, on Wasteland Star No. 7.
Lin Xiaohe took three bus transfers to get there.
The prosperous district truly lived up to its name; there were more pedestrians on the streets than all the villagers in Hengshan Village combined.
Various skyscrapers reached into the clouds; looking up, she couldn't see their tops.
On the aerial tracks, various shaped flying cars flew by like meteors.
Looking around, Lin Xiaohe truly felt for the first time that she had transmigrated to the interstellar era.
The rent in the prosperous district was too expensive, so Fúqì lái Internet Cafe could only open on the twelfth underground floor.
Lin Xiaohe found the underground entrance, paid a painful twenty star coins for the elevator fee, and only then could she descend to the twelfth floor.
As soon as she exited the elevator, Lin Xiaohe was almost knocked over by a burly man.
The burly man was bruised and swollen, with a bandage wrapped around his arm: "Little girl, this isn't the place for you."
"I'm going online."
"Pfft." The burly man didn't believe that nonsense. This little girl in front of him had the words 【poor and shabby】 written all over her; could she afford to go online?!
The burly man didn't bother to say more and turned to leave.
Today, he was unlucky; he encountered that lunatic again at the underground fighting club and was thoroughly beaten, with every joint in his body aching.
Lin Xiaohe had no time for the strange burly man; her goal was Fúqì lái Internet Cafe!
Cheng Ge had invested heavily, actually opening the internet cafe near the elevator exit.
As soon as you exited the elevator, you could see the internet cafe's dazzling signboard!
"Oh, isn't this our university student, Lin Xiaohe?" Cheng Ge came to inspect his business and happened to meet Lin Xiaohe standing foolishly at the entrance.
Immediately, someone played the role of a hype man: "University student from where?"
"Hehe, Federal Central Military Academy. Awesome, right? This year, she's the only one from the entire Wasteland Star who applied."
A minion exaggeratedly exclaimed, "Wow! Lin Xiaohe must have excellent grades, right?"
"Haha, bottom of the class. Ambitious but ill-fated."
Lin Xiaohe turned around and looked at Cheng Ge expressionlessly, but in reality, she was communicating with Xin Bao in her mind.
"Xin Bao, do I really have to say that line?"
Xin Bao said guiltily, "To activate the skill for the first time, you have to do it that way."
Sensing Lin Xiaohe's resistance, Xin Bao repeatedly promised, "Once you reach Level 2, you won't have to do this anymore."
Alright then.
For the sake of star coins, Lin Xiaohe went all out.
Cheng Ge happily enjoyed Lin Xiaohe's discomfort and deliberately asked, "Lin Xiaohe, are you here to go online? Do you have money? No credit, alright!"
Lin Xiaohe was so embarrassed she could have dug out a hundred-story building with her toes.
She bit her cheek, forced a stiff smile, and spoke with difficulty, "I'll just rub, I won't go in."
The scene suddenly fell silent.
Cheng Ge's minions looked at Lin Xiaohe, then at Cheng Ge.
Ah, something felt not quite right.
Were they too dirty-minded?!
But Lin Xiaohe's embarrassment, mixed with a hint of shyness, couldn't help but make people think dirty thoughts!
After a long while, Lin Xiaohe had already disappeared from sight, and only then did everyone realize.
My goodness, Cheng Ge was publicly teased by a little girl!