Chapter 137 Cocoon
Xiaozhen knocked on Cui Mingzhi's door.
"I've been to your house, but no one was there." Cui Mingzhi had two dark circles under his eyes.
Xiaozhen told him that his family was doing pest control these two days, so no one was in the house. Cui Mingzhi trembled when he heard the word pest control.
"I'm temporarily staying in another place now." Xiao Zhen slipped off her shoes and walked into the door. "Canbaobao...how is your father?"
Cui Mingzhi sighed deeply with a bitter face.
The silkworm box was placed on a large square table. Inside the box were a few tree branches with a white cocoon already hanging on it. Another silkworm was lying on the branch, shaking its head and spinning silk to make a cocoon. Another silkworm was lying on the leaves without moving.
"In order to raise these three ancestors, I am very careful. I found cockroaches and moths at home earlier, but I didn't dare to spray radar to kill insects, for fear of any bad effects on them."
“It’s really calloused.”
"Yes! My dad is going to turn into a moth." Cui Mingzhi said sadly.
"It sounds like a miracle of life in every sense of the word."
"Yes, my dad has always been a big eater. He eats the most mulberry leaves among the three of us, so he is also the first to make cocoons."
"Your dad is awesome!"
"You don't need to be this powerful! You'll die if you form a cocoon!"
"Well, after it comes out, it will wait for your stepmother to perform a life-mating inheritance ceremony before it dies."
"People are about to die, so there's no need for this kind of ceremony!"
"But this is the meaning of moths." Xiao Zhen put her hand on Cui Mingzhi's shoulder, "After that, your stepmother will leave you a bunch of eggs, and you will have many more brothers and sisters!"
"Is it my imagination? Why do you sound so cheerful?"
"Illusion, illusion." Xiao Zhen pointed at the only silkworm that didn't make a cocoon and said, "What's wrong with this silkworm?"
"It's Yi Yang. I don't know what happened to him. He doesn't eat leaves and doesn't make cocoons."
"Maybe he foresaw a future where even if he turned into a moth he wouldn't be able to carry out the ritual of life inheritance, so he lost the motivation to make a cocoon." Xiao Zhen clapped his hands.
"He's still a child!" Cui Mingzhi shouted, "But I searched online and found that if the cocoon fails, the silkworm will die. Is my brother Zhang Yiyang going to die?"
"If it doesn't make a cocoon, it will die."
"What should we do then?" Cui Mingzhi scratched his hair in annoyance. "Yan Zhen, I've told you before that my brother is a bit of a bastard and thinks too much . Even so, he shouldn't have died so inexplicably!"
Xiao Zhen reached out and picked up the listless silkworm. It looked like it was in poor spirits and its life breath was very weak.
"Yan Zhen, I've been thinking these days if it was just a dream, if all this was just a joke my dad and the others were playing on me. I think about this every day. Before I go to bed every day I pray that this is a dream, and when I wake up everything will be back to normal. But they never came back." Cui Mingzhi stared at the silkworms in Xiao Zhen's hands, "Reality tells me every day that my family has become like this, and I have to accept reality. Now, Zhang Yiyang is going to die..." He slammed his fist on the table, "This bastard shouldn't die like this!! He should have endured the torture of the high school entrance exam like me!"
Hmm. Although your grief is not in the right direction, I still understand your feelings of not wanting your cheap brother to die like this. Xiaozhen held the silkworm that was identified as "Zhang Yiyang" and threw a few instructions to it, such as "make a cocoon", "make a cocoon no matter what", and "die after making a cocoon", and put the silkworm in the box.
He calculated the progress of the solution recovery and restoration of Pu Pu and Cui Mingzhi's family. Perhaps after Cui Mingzhi adjusted his mindset to accept hundreds of fertilized eggs and brothers and sisters, he would be able to welcome his family back with surprise.
Life is really full of ups and downs.
Cui Mingzhi has been acting weird these days, Liu Xingquan thought to himself.
Cui Mingzhi is also a boy who grew up with . In elementary school, Yan Zhen, Cui Mingzhi and Liu Xingquan were assigned to the same class, and they have always had a good relationship. After entering junior high school, Cui Mingzhi entered Class 1, and he and Yan Zhen were assigned to Class 2. Liu Xingquan admitted that a secret corner of his heart was actually secretly happy. From childhood to adulthood, Cui Mingzhi has been as popular as Yan Zhen. He is cheerful, humorous, and has good grades. Faced with such a Cui Mingzhi, he is always a little worried that Cui Mingzhi will replace himself as the first friend in Yan Zhen's heart. This is a dark mentality, and Liu Xingquan himself knows it well. Fortunately, even if they were divided into classes, Yan Zhen and Cui Mingzhi did not become estranged.
Liu Xingquan has keenly felt the changes in Cui Mingzhi these days. He has become silent, introverted and thin. The day before yesterday, he met Cui Mingzhi on the road. Cui Mingzhi, who used to walk happily, now seemed like a deflated balloon, floating sadly on the road.
After school today, he saw Yan Zhen and Cui Mingzhi talking together. Cui Mingzhi had dark circles under his eyes and his round face was now angular. Yan Zhen stood beside him and said something, patting his shoulder as if to encourage and comfort him. Cui Mingzhi nodded, still looking very sad, and forced a smile.
I hope he can recover soon, Liu Xingquan thought. If he saw Yan Zhen abandoning him and being so close to Cui Mingzhi in the past, he would definitely be very upset, but now seeing Cui Mingzhi like this, his little thoughts have long been thrown away, and he just hopes that his friend can cheer up soon.
Liu Xingquan knew that Cui Mingzhi's worries must be related to his parents. Cui Mingzhi's family went out for a trip, but Cui Mingzhi was the only one not brought along. Just thinking about it made him angry for Cui Mingzhi. But can being angry alone solve the problem?
Even a person like Yan Zhen couldn't make Mr. Cui face up to the unfair treatment he gave to Cui Mingzhi. Thinking of this, Liu Xingquan felt sad. Reality is always so depressing.
He returned home with a sad heart. He opened his schoolbag, took out the bottle and poured out the letter.
This is the only thing that makes Liu Xingquan happy today.
His pen pal wrote to him.
Dear Xingquan:
【My colleagues and I successfully arrived at the planet Yasa.】
[When the spacecraft landed, I saw the magnificent mountain that could not be described in words. The height of this mountain range surpassed any tower building in my hometown. It was extremely magnificent and elegant. Whether it was the power of nature or the power of technology, it was unimaginable that such a magnificent mountain could be forged.]
[The crew said this was a legacy left by the ancient Yasa people.]
[Yasa is an ancient planet, rich in minerals. We will be engaged in mining work on this planet as official employees of the company.]
[As soon as we got off the spaceship, Tita, the lizardman Xiong Shi, and I felt the warmth of the company. A group of old employees lined up to welcome us with smiles on their faces.]
【“Welcome to join us!!” “Welcome to pursue the path to happiness!” They shouted enthusiastically. This is a rare scene. You know, many of our new employees are of different races, and some of them are discriminated against as “inferior” races, but the old employees who came to greet us treated us equally. In my life experience, old employees who have worked for many years often have some fatigue on their faces, but these old employees all look energetic and happy. 】
[This is the mental state that only occurs when one is content and everything goes well. ]
【“Struggle is the foundation of happiness!!” the old employees shouted. 】
[“Laziness is the root of destruction!!” We shouted the company slogan and smiled at each other.]
【After the simple welcome ceremony, a company executive came out to receive us. 】
[His name is Wan Hao, a burly and strong male Homo sapiens, who would unconsciously squint his eyes when he spoke. When we saw him for the first time, we couldn't help but respect him.]
[He first showed us around the staff dormitory. We were the lowest-level 13th-level employees who had just joined the company. We lived in a four-person dormitory. The room was not big, but it had beds and bathroom facilities. He told us that as long as we accumulated points working in the company and continuously improved our level, we could live in a better room. Now we were only seeing the dormitory for the lowest-level employees.]
【Then the Marriott manager took us to the elevator to visit the dormitory for level 10 employees. The company stipulates that when you are promoted to level 10 employees, you can have your own single dormitory and have the right to use the gym and game room. As soon as we opened the door of the dormitory for level 10 employees, we couldn't help but marvel. 】
[This single room is comparable to a hotel room. In addition to some necessary facilities, the room for level 10 employees has a fully automatic massage bed, which can set the best sleep mode to eliminate fatigue according to the employee's physical condition. In addition, starting from level 10 employees, they can have the right to customize their own breakfast, which can be set according to the menu the night before and automatically delivered to their door in the morning.]
[Take the elevator up again. With each level you go up, the dormitory rooms will become more luxurious and comfortable. At the eighth level, employees can have their own pets and unlock more first-class living facilities. TV, virtual games, real-life medical care, everything is available.]
[“Struggle is the foundation of happiness, and our employees are the best example of this.” Marriott’s supervisor said, “I am only a level 5 employee of the company now, but the treatment the company gives me is comparable to that of a planetary governor. This is the company’s reward for my hard work. Be self-disciplined, strive, and work hard for the company. One day, you will stand here like me.”]
[Hearing these words, our blood boils. In fact, let alone the single dormitory for level 10 employees, even the lowest level 13 dormitory has a better environment than my previous home in the bottom cave.]
【We followed Marriott's supervisor to the staff cafeteria. The moment the supervisor stepped into the cafeteria, all the employees stood up and shouted the company slogan to him. "Struggle!" "Happiness!" It was not until Marriott's supervisor waved his hand that they sat down respectfully. Only then deeply understand what Marriott's supervisor meant when he said "the treatment is comparable to that of a planetary governor."】
【Today's dinner is a kind of grilled fish from the local region of Yasa, served with sweet fruits, very delicious. In comparison, the Akama moss and blessing roots I ate before were simply tasteless hay. I don't know what the legendary tass balls taste like, but the delicious food served in the staff cafeteria is enough to make me cry. I secretly glanced at my good friend Tita, who was also wiping tears. I know he felt the same way as I did.】
[The Marriott manager said: "When your level rises, the level of ingredients you can order will become higher and higher. Then you will find that this grilled fish is just the most common meal."]
[As soon as he finished speaking, we newcomers burst into applause. The lizardman Xiong Shi's tail almost broke the floor. At that moment, in the clear prospect described by the Marriott manager, a magnificent, beautiful and shining avenue appeared before our eyes like a dream.]
[At this moment, I have a sense of security and urgency for the future that I have never had before. Why did we meet the company now? It is our salvation and the beacon that puts us on the right path. The Marriott manager is using his own words to tell us about our extremely bright future.]
【Tita kept laughing, his palms were red from clapping, he stared at the Marriott manager with shining eyes, he was his goal, he was the idol we wanted to be. We all wanted to start working right now and improve our employee level.】
【At this time, someone suddenly asked a question. Her name was Lianna, and she was a newcomer to this planet just like us.】
[Lianna asked: "Excuse me, does struggle mean working overtime?"]