Four-year-old Juanjuan was unloved by her father, ignored by her mother, and bullied by her older brothers. Left to shoulder the burden of a broken family all on her own.
Then one day, her pa...
Just when the atmosphere was getting a bit tense.
"Hey! Sanbao! What's that you're holding in your hand?!"
A clear, excited voice came from the inner room, accompanied by somewhat hurried footsteps.
Jiang Dai walked quickly to her third son, looking at the rabbit in his hand with admiration in her eyes.
The little rabbit is white and still alive. It is being held by the ears by the child and is looking around without moving.
"Sanbao, how are you so amazing! Where did you get this rabbit? Why are you up so early?"
Jiang Dai's series of questions immediately suppressed the atmosphere that was about to escalate into conflict.
Especially Bai Yun'an.
He looked at his mother, who was praising him loudly, with a somewhat bewildered expression.
No, as someone who is revered as a supreme powerhouse in the apocalypse and whom no one dares to provoke, when has anyone ever praised me in such a high-pitched voice?
"Wow! My Sanbao is amazing!"
Jiang Dai ruffled her son's hair, then grabbed the still-alive rabbit and started calling for her little girl.
"Juanjuan, look, it's a little bunny, so fluffy!"
Juanjuan: "So cute..."
Jiang Dai: "Right, right! Spicy rabbit heads are delicious too!"
[Slurp! Although the bunny is cute, the spicy rabbit head is really delicious!!!]
Juanjuan: ? ? ?
He instinctively withdrew his hand that had reached out to touch the rabbit, and looked at his mother in disbelief.
Jiang Dai looked at her young daughter and silently shut her mouth, then added, "Um... bunnies are so cute, how can you eat bunnies! Right!"
Bai Tian, who had just walked over: ...
【Seriously, how could this cheesy joke even appear again?!】
Meanwhile, Bai Yun'an, who was already a bit upset and whose hair had been ruffled by her mother, thought: ...
No, he really wants to kill someone right now!
The person in front of me is now a red bean paste!
"Where did this rabbit come from?" Bai Tian asked his third son.
Bai Yun'an appeared sincere, but in reality, he said falsely, "When I was digging sweet potatoes, I ran over and bumped into a tree stump, knocking myself unconscious, so I quickly brought it back."
Juanjuan looked at her third brother with admiration.
Bai Yunqi clicked his tongue in disapproval: "That's some luck."
Bai Yunxing thought it was all just a strange thing, and maybe the third brother was really just lucky.
I couldn't help but reflect on myself: why were my older brother and younger brother so lucky to find useful things, but I couldn't find anything at all?
Only Bai Tian and Jiang Dai looked at their third son with strange expressions.
Jiang Dai: "This is the legendary..."
Bai Tian: "Waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump?"
"Waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump?" Bai Yunxing murmured, then looked at his parents in confusion.
Bai Tian kindly explained to the children, "The story of 'waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump' tells of a person who, long ago, encountered a rabbit that had run into a tree stump and died. So, he stopped farming and went to wait by the tree stump for the second rabbit to run into it and die."
"This metaphor describes someone who rigidly adheres to experience and is inflexible. It is also used to satirize the wishful thinking of getting something for nothing."
Juanjuan indicated that she understood.
Bai Yunqi looked his father up and down and asked a thought-provoking question.
"Dad, weren't you illiterate and a good-for-nothing? How come you suddenly know so much?"
Bai Yunxing also looked at Bai Tian with a strange expression.
Bai Yun'an sneered inwardly; his clever mind had already roughly guessed what was going on.
Bai Tian suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "It was your mother, your mother taught me."
“When you were sleeping at night, your mother would tell me stories to teach me things.”
Jiang Dai's lips twitched, but she quickly covered up, "Yes! Mother seems to have learned these things before."
"Let's go, let's go, let's eat first. I'll go and put the rabbit upside down in the basket."
Jiang Dai quickly led the children to eat.
Bai Yun'an raised an eyebrow slightly: [Wait, waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump? I want to see how many words my parents can still understand.]
He was now certain that his parents were not from this era.
But it's also certain that he wasn't someone from the late apocalypse at that time, because people like his parents would never have lived to that point.
The family finished breakfast with varying moods.
Bai Yun'an adjusted his mood and went to dig sweet potatoes again with a basket on his back.
Actually, I went to be lazy and sleep, and also to check what new things had been randomly unlocked in my social media profile today.
Since his favorability rating was no longer negative, he could randomly draw one item with a favorability rating between 0 and 10 from the space every day.
Most of the items in this price range are very common, basic ingredients.
And today.
Bai Yun'an looked at the bitter melon in front of him.
He laughed.
He casually put the bitter melon into his storage space. Before the apocalypse, most young people didn't eat this stuff.
Let's put it in the space first.
It's almost time to go back for lunch.
Bai Yun'an then quickly got up and, keeping time, slowly strolled home.
As Bai Yun'an approached his own front door, he narrowed his eyes slightly.
Tsk...
Why is it suddenly so lively in front of my house again?
"Hey! Who's this guy who came to my house today?"
Big Hammer was watching the commotion when someone suddenly patted his shoulder and heard the voice of the third brother from the Bai family next door.
The focused hammer was startled.
The chubby little boy patted his chest, trying to calm his frightened heart.
"That looks like your second aunt. I guess she's here to cause trouble for your family."
"Didn't your family have two carriages yesterday? Everyone in the village is saying your family is going to get rich, and you've even met some important people in town."
"Although some people say they came to cause trouble for your family, and others say they came to the wrong person, but..."
"Nobody knows what it is, so we'll definitely come and ask them for clarification."
Da Chui, being straightforward, spoke directly to Bai Yun'an.
He and Bai Yun'an used to dislike each other, but now Bai's third brother has become much better, and they even have a close relationship after fighting together.
That's just how relationships are sometimes among kids.
Looking at the people blocking the doorway, Bai Yun'an suddenly felt that he was quite lucky.
Hey! Don't you think it's just a coincidence?
I just happened to draw a bitter melon today!