"Well done, Zhou Pin. You quietly brought in the strongest outside help. And you're the one the public complained about, right?"

"We can't do anything illegal, we can only handle this officially. Shuke and Beta released the snake, right?"

"They couldn't possibly release that many snakes. I had them sprinkle some medicine powder, and then the snakes went over."

Two days later, Zhou Pin brought back the latest results: Section Chief Niu had been removed from his post and, because of accepting bribes, had been "assigned" to do hard labor at the base farm, and all his family property had been confiscated.

The house where Old Lady Niu lived was taken back. Her family was almost kicked out of the base for petty theft. Considering that they did not cause serious consequences, their property was confiscated and they were assigned to work in the planting area. They lived in the dormitory with Section Chief Niu's family.

"We've finally gotten rid of that weirdo, but I wonder what kind of person the next neighbor will be," Xu Lin said after listening.

Xu Lin soon met her new neighbors.

That morning, Xu Lin saw Zhou Pin off and took Shuke and Beta for a walk. New regulations had been implemented in the villa area: large dogs were no longer allowed and had to be leashed, or they would be arrested by the security team. Poor Shuke and Beta could only be taken out on leashes during the day.

Just as Xu Lin reached the front of the house of the strange old lady, a small truck drove by on the road. The post-apocalyptic truck was very practical, as it could carry both people and supplies.

Xu Lin stood by the roadside waiting for the truck to pass by, but the truck stopped right in front of her. Xu Lin understood; a new neighbor had arrived. Well, let's see what the new neighbor is like.

So Xu Lin pretended that she had no choice but to stand by the roadside and observe if Shuke didn't leave.

A man got off the bus first. Xu Lin looked up and exclaimed, "Oh, it's an old acquaintance!"

The other person saw her too.

"Xu Lin?"

"Sun Wei!"

At noon, Xu Lin called Zhou Pin to tell him that his new neighbor was Sun Wei and asked him to come home early in the evening so that Sun Wei and his family of three could come over for dinner.

Zhou Pin returned at four o'clock in the afternoon and prepared dinner with Xu Lin. Around five o'clock, Sun Wei came over with Li Jingjing and Aunt Wu, bringing two bottles of honey and two jars of royal jelly.

"Is it still possible to get honey now?"

Xu Lin accepted the honey and royal jelly that Li Jingjing handed over.

"Our own bees."

"That's amazing."

"My mom is really good at it; she learned how to raise bees when she went to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution."

Once everyone arrived, we started eating. The meal consisted of eight dishes and a soup: stir-fried shredded pork with bean sprouts, Mapo tofu, stir-fried eggs with garlic sprouts, stir-fried bok choy with mushrooms, stir-fried eggs with tomatoes, baked pumpkin with salted egg yolk, small salted fish, stir-fried sea cucumber with scallions, and seafood soup.

"You even have seafood!" Li Jingjing exclaimed.

"It's on the way to the base..."

Xu Lin recounted how she obtained the seafood.

"Little Xu, can I trade you some honey for some seafood?" Old Mrs. Wu asked Xu Lin, knowing her daughter-in-law loved seafood.

"Sure, but we're running low on stock," Xu Lin said.

“Okay, I’ll pack five jin for you when we get back,” said Grandma Wu.

"Mom, no need, we're saving the honey to exchange for points!" Li Jingjing quickly stopped Grandma Wu.

“We used to eat seafood every few days, but we haven’t had it for over a year. We’ve earned money to make our lives better, right? We don’t eat it every day.” Old Mrs. Wu is quite open-minded.

“Okay, Mom, if you want to change it, then change it. Next time we see something Mom likes to eat, we’ll change it too,” Sun Wei said.

Seeing this family, who had survived the apocalypse, living in harmony and considering each other's needs, made Xu Lin very happy. In her previous life, she had seen too many families killing each other and exchanging children for food.