About five minutes later, Yu Nong came out, still wearing a sterile suit.
"What's wrong?" Yu Nong asked.
"Daddy, Mommy wants to see the ancient Earth plant cultivation base," Xiao Yu Shu's crisp voice said.
Lu Wan Qing was also surprised. When Xiao Yu Shu chatted with her at home, it was a question-and-answer session. Most of the time, she would ask a question, and Xiao Yu Shu would answer it meticulously.
But in front of Yu Nong, the child was much more proactive and lively.
Lu Wan Qing lowered her eyes to look at Xiao Yu Shu. She noticed that Shu Shu's eyes were different from when she first met Lan Lan and Xiao Yi. When she first met Lan Lan, her gaze was calm, and she looked at everyone the same. She wasn't dull, but she lacked the vitality of a child.
Xiao Zhong Li Yi's situation was worse. The first time she met Xiao Yi, he was like a rigid robot, completely upright and subdued, with no trace of emotion in his eyes. He was very dull.
But Shu Shu was different. When facing Grandma, Xiao Yu Shu's eyes showed fear and caution. However, away from Madam Yu, one could clearly feel the child's happiness, especially now. Facing her father, Lu Wan Qing saw the light in Shu Shu's eyes, very bright. Shu Shu must really like her father!
Yu Nong looked down at the child, then slowly looked up, his eyes, devoid of emotion, meeting Lu Wan Qing's gaze.
Lu Wan Qing: "..."
Lu Wan Qing was silent for a second, then unconsciously straightened up, her hands by her sides feeling a little nervous.
"You need a pass," Yu Nong said in a muffled voice.
Lu Wan Qing was dumbfounded. She looked at Yu Nong, "A pass?"
Yu Nong nodded. He thought for a moment in a muffled voice, then said, "I'll apply for one for you. It will take a few days."
The words were a bit vague, but Lu Wan Qing felt as if she understood. Yu Nong meant that if she wanted to visit the ancient Earth plant cultivation base, she needed a pass. Since she didn't have one, he would apply for it, and it would take a few days.
"Okay," Lu Wan Qing thought, and smilingly agreed. She said, "Thank you."
"Actually... I've seen honeysuckle before," Lu Wan Qing said hesitantly. After a pause, she continued, "When I was a child, I went to my grandmother's house to play, and there was a lot of honeysuckle by the river. It was very beautiful."
Yu Nong's eyes lit up, and he looked at Lu Wan Qing expectantly.
Lu Wan Qing felt a little awkward, then said, "But honeysuckle is extinct in your era, so I can't do anything."
She had woken up after sleeping for over three thousand years, not traveled back from three thousand years ago, so she didn't have any honeysuckle from that time.
The light in Yu Nong's eyes dimmed.
Lu Wan Qing hesitated for a second, then said, "But if you don't mind, I can take a look. Maybe I can discover something."
After all, she grew up in a place where honeysuckle grew. What if she could remember something that would be helpful for their research?
Yu Nong's eyes lit up again with expectation.
Lu Wan Qing inexplicably found Xiao Shu Shu to be very much like Yu Nong. The father and son's shining eyes were like they were carved from the same mold, very cute.
"Besides the ancient Earth plant cultivation base, I also want to buy some more pineapples. Aunt Zhang said that the vegetables you eat every day are picked from the greenhouses, and asked me to pick them." Lu Wan Qing added.
"Pineapples?" Yu Nong was surprised.
Lu Wan Qing nodded. "Yes."
"Do you have any?" she couldn't help but ask.
"Yes," Yu Nong nodded slightly. He said in a muffled voice, "Wait for me, I'll take you."
Yu Nong was still wearing his sterile suit!
Yu Nong quickly returned to the building, while Lu Wan Qing waited outside with Xiao Yu Shu. A few minutes later, Yu Nong came back.
Yu Nong led her away and arrived at a parking lot? No, it was a parking… she didn't recognize it, but they were all round objects.
They approached a black, round object. A door opened in the metal shell, revealing the space inside.
"Is this a flying machine?" Lu Wan Qing blurted out instinctively.
"Yes!" Xiao Yu Shu replied happily.
Xiao Yu Shu took her mother's hand and happily boarded the flying machine. Lu Wan Qing dazedly followed.
Lu Wan Qing sat down with Xiao Yu Shu inside the flying machine, fastened her seatbelt, and then the flying machine started. It slid out of the parking area and began to ascend into the sky.
Lu Wan Qing couldn't help but lean against the window to look outside. It felt a bit like riding a helicopter?
"We're just going to buy some groceries," Lu Wan Qing said after watching for a while. Realizing she had misspoke, she quickly corrected herself, "Just picking some vegetables."
When Aunt Zhang said she could pick vegetables from the greenhouse, Lu Wan Qing thought the greenhouse would be nearby, perhaps a few minutes' walk away, or at most a few minutes by hovercar. But now they were riding a flying machine?
"Yes, to pick pineapples," Yu Nong nodded.
Lu Wan Qing: "..."
The flying machine flew for half an hour and finally reached its destination. As they landed, Lu Wan Qing saw a vast expanse of pineapples on the ground. It smelled so good!
At this moment, Lu Wan Qing suddenly understood why they needed to take a flying machine. Such a large area of plants must require a vast space for cultivation. How could the small area of the Imperial City accommodate so many pineapples?
And it seemed like they weren't just growing pineapples; the Academy of Sciences was cultivating many other plants as well.
"How many plants do you grow?" Lu Wan Qing thought, and couldn't help but ask, "Various kinds of plants, many, many types, like… are all the foods we eat daily grown here?"
When she came out earlier, she got the impression from Aunt Zhang that the Academy of Sciences could supply whatever they wanted to eat. So, did they grow many, many things?
"Yes," Yu Nong nodded.
Lu Wan Qing: "..."
Lu Wan Qing was very shocked, but soon she wasn't anymore, because she saw robots.
The interstellar era was different from the ancient Earth era. Many activities in ancient Earth relied on human labor, which was very tiring. But in this era, technology was highly developed, and various robots could help humans with most of the manual labor. For example, cultivation had been completely mechanized.
Yes, completely mechanized! Robots were everywhere, and apart from a few of them, no other living people were visible!
"Which kind do you want?" Yu Nong's voice asked from beside her as Lu Wan Qing was contemplating.
Lu Wan Qing looked at the vast field of pineapples in front of her, took a deep breath, and then began to select them from the field. There were so many. This was truly… overwhelming!
As Lu Wan Qing picked, she couldn't help but feel a bit of drool. These pineapples all looked delicious. Could she pick a few more? One for cooking, and the rest to eat as fruit?
It felt like she hadn't eaten pineapple in a long time and had almost forgotten its taste!