"Actually, there's another way to exercise that you can do while lying in bed," Zhou Pin said.

"Such a good thing?"

"Want to give it a try?"

"Sure."

So Xu Lin was lured to Zhou Pin's bed.

The next day, before Zhou Pin could wake Xu Lin up, there was another knock at the door. This time, the old lady brought outside help.

Xu Lin wasn't going to be outdone, so she took Shuke and Beta to open the door while Zhou Pin cooked in the kitchen.

"What, here to beg for alms again today? This is the first time I've ever seen a beggar begging so early in the morning," Xu Lin said preemptively.

"Stop with the nonsense, hand over the leeks!"

The old lady was quite imposing this time, but unfortunately, Xu Lin was no pushover either.

"Shuke and Beta, go!" Xu Lin sent the dogs onto the field.

Shuke charged forward with his mouth wide open, startling the other person so much that they ran back, while Xu Lin laughed heartily behind him.

Good neighbors are no longer possible; people will do anything for a bite to eat.

"Well done, my little darlings. Next time they come, you two are responsible for chasing them away." Xu Lin took out some dog food from her pocket and handed it to Shuke and Beta.

Shuke wasn't going anywhere today; he was just waiting at the door to bite the old lady. Unfortunately, the old lady didn't come over, and Shuke was incredibly disappointed.

After changing her clothes, Xu Lin sparred with Zhou Pin in the living room. Zhou Pin didn't hold back at all and completely overwhelmed Xu Lin. Finally, Xu Lin watched Zhou Pin leave for work while she stayed home to recover from her injuries.

After lying in bed all morning, Xu Lin decided not to waste any time and turned over the soil in the yard to plant some new things. She also decided that the mushrooms in the storage room needed watering, and she placed a piece of wood next to them to grow wood ear fungus.

Instead of planting anything too conspicuous in the yard, we took out soybean, red bean, and mung bean seeds and started planting. Planting beans is great! Before they mature, they are edamame, and when they mature, they are soybeans. Soybeans can be sprouted and roasted, making them an essential food in the apocalypse.

The day passed just like that. In the evening, Xu Lin insisted on exercising for another half hour before falling into a deep sleep in bed.

Xu Lin woke up naturally at seven o'clock the next morning. Zhou Pin shared the information he had gathered with him.

"The base is currently setting up a meteorological bureau to monitor future weather changes and respond promptly."

"Anyone applying?" Xu Lin asked curiously.

"Many fortune tellers went there."

"Haha, observing the celestial phenomena at night?"

"We don't have any instruments right now, so we might really have to rely on some kind of divination."

"The old lady who came to ask for chives that day had a family of seven. Her husband died on the way to the base. The old lady also had two sons, two daughters-in-law, and two grandsons."

"I saw about ten people yesterday!"

"Perhaps a relative has gone there."

"What you're saying makes sense. What's his family's background?"

"They said they have a relative who works in the water supply department, which is a very lucrative job these days."

No wonder they're so arrogant; water is the source of life.

"So what do they do? They can't just stay home all day doing nothing."

"That's certainly the case right now. The old lady's two grandsons use binoculars to look into other people's homes every day, and if they're lucky, they can even capture some explicit footage, which they then use to blackmail people."

Xu Lin was speechless; it's true what they say, like father, like son.

Okay, let's eat. Now that you're exercising more, you can't skimp on your food intake; you need a balanced diet.

In the following days, Zhou Pin went to work every day, while Xu Lin stayed at home planting flowers, grass, and vegetables, watering the mushrooms, and taking care of the poultry and livestock in the space. Zhou Pin helped out whenever he had free time.