Chapter 120 Why is he so wasteful?

I stocked up on so many cotton-padded coats during the extreme cold and apocalypse; one person couldn't possibly wear them all.

I found three clean, thick cotton-padded coats and carried them to the car.

"What are you carrying, girl?"

Brother Liu watched me rummage through the truck, his expression turning blank.

"Never mind what I'm carrying. Why don't you guys go back first? We still need to slaughter the pig. I'll get ready and go myself."

They hadn't even fed their own pigs and chickens, afraid of delaying Brother Liu's time to slaughter the pig.

"It's alright, it's alright. We got up early to come here, we're in a hurry. Don't worry, it'll be safe if we go together."

Since Brother Liu insisted on coming together, I felt bad refusing, fearing that it would take too long. These days, I have to run around to do everything.

They didn't even bother to boil water for cooking; they just picked up the half-warm water from the stove and started cooking.

I won't be back at noon, so I need to feed them more in the morning so they don't go hungry.

The water temperature wasn't high enough, and the cornmeal didn't dissolve easily. I shook the stick I used to stir the pig feed so hard it flew around.

"Die! Stir it up!"

I finally finished mixing the pig feed and carried it to the pigpen.

"Sister, let me help you!"

Taozi could tell I was in a hurry, so he stepped forward, grabbed the food bucket, and walked ahead.

"Hey! Do you know where the pigsty is? It's over here!"

Seeing that Taozi was about to leave the yard with the food bucket, I quickly called him back.

Taozi scratched his head sheepishly and finally entered the pigsty correctly.

I took another bucket of feed, poured it into the chicken coop, and added some hay for the rabbits. Finally, I finished the work.

You can rush when you're working, but you can't rush the pre-departure checks.

Even though no fire was lit in the morning, I still checked the stove and fire to make sure there was no fire. Then I carefully locked the front and back doors and got ready to get in the car and leave.

Seeing the four dogs staring at me longingly, I didn't know what to do.

"Take it with you, take it with you and let's go have fun together."

Brother Liu noticed my hesitation and immediately told me to bring all the dogs along.

Then I won't stand on ceremony and invited all four dogs into the car.

After driving the car out of the yard and carefully locking the gate, we set off with Brother Liu's car.

Little Di and Little Gua are worldly-wise; they've ridden in cars with me a few times.

The mistresses had never ridden in a car or left this mountain valley.

First, they looked around the car with curiosity, then they looked at the scenery flashing by outside the window with surprise.

When they arrived in town, they saw dilapidated houses everywhere. Not only Xiao San and Xiao Si, but also Xiao Di and Xiao Gua looked at them carefully. Perhaps because the scenery was so different from their home, the dogs were very interested in looking at them.

It took a little over half an hour to reach the Baizhen base.

Similar to the previous process, Brother Liu went down first to communicate with the gatekeeper, and then another person on duty came over to check the truck bed and the inside of the truck.

They didn't find any illegal items and let us in.

Before the car had even come to a complete stop in front of Brother Liu's house, Sister-in-law Liu came out to greet them.

"Hey girl, you're here! I've been waiting for you for days, afraid you wouldn't come today."

Aunt Liu was still wearing arm sleeves, and seeing that my clothes were clean, she didn't dare to touch them, but just greeted me warmly.

"How could I not come? Aunt Liu invited me to eat pork, how could I not come?"

I chatted and laughed with Aunt Liu, took out soap, face cream, and four bottles of wine from the car, and handed them to her naturally.

"I brought you pork, what else did you bring? Don't bring anything next time!"

Aunt Liu pretended to be angry as she took the things.

"Okay, okay, I won't bring it next time."

I chuckled and unloaded another box of eggs from the car, when Aunt Liu saw it and screamed.

"You child! I can't control you anymore. How can you be so wasteful? Why did you bring eggs?"

The way Aunt Liu looked at me, if she weren't holding something in her hand, she would have loved to slap my butt a couple of times.

He kept saying he was wrong, then nudged Aunt Liu with his shoulder and walked into the house.

Once inside, I put the eggs on the cabinet behind the kitchen.

"What are you carrying, girl?"

Aunt Liu fiddled with the things in her hands, not knowing what they were.

"These two are soaps, and this is lard face cream. I made them myself and use them often. I save the soaps to wash my face and hair, and when our hands and faces get chapped from working, we just apply some face cream."

I held a bar of soap in one hand and a face cream in the other, explaining to Aunt Liu.

"Wow, girl, you're so clever! You can even make this. Ever since we ran out of soap and laundry detergent, my face and hair haven't been clean. They always feel oily. This stuff is great."

Aunt Liu took the soap, her eyes sparkling as she praised it.

That wasn't enough; she then picked up the lard face cream and continued to praise it.

"Look at this cut on my hand. It's cracked from working every day. It hurts when I do any work. Applying your face cream will definitely help it heal."

Aunt Liu first showed me the cuts on my hand, then rubbed the face cream on my hand as if it were a precious treasure.

"I'm glad you like it, Aunt Liu. I'll give you more when I make the next batch."

When Aunt Liu praised me like that, I was overjoyed. If the recipient of a gift provides enough emotional value, the giver will be even happier.

"Oh my gosh! What's this?"

Aunt Liu then picked up the bright red and purplish-red wines with newfound curiosity and examined them closely.

"This is mulberry wine and grape wine, which I made myself. You can have some with everyone during dinner tonight, and you and your brother can keep the rest for yourselves."

"You little rascal, you're so clever! You even know how to brew wine! This is a real treasure; it would be a waste if we just drank it."

"What nonsense! This was given to me by a girl. If you won't drink it, I will!"

Brother Liu suddenly entered the house and picked up where Sister Liu left off.

Without saying a word, Aunt Liu rolled her eyes and put the wine in the kitchen cabinet.

Brother Liu wasn't angry. He continued, "The pig butchers are here. We're getting ready to slaughter the pig. You and Old Wang's wife can start preparing the dishes later."

Aunt Liu waved her hand and replied to Brother Liu, "Go on, take the girl out to see the excitement."

Slaughtering pigs is a major event in rural areas, and it's a rare occasion to join in the fun during the winter.

In this post-apocalyptic world, it's even more important, so it's normal for Aunt Liu to ask me to go out and see what's going on.

"Want to go, sis?"

Brother Liu is unusually thoughtful; fearing I might be timid, he asked for my opinion.

"Let's go, I'll go take a look with you."

Then I'll go and broaden my horizons. It'll be a good opportunity to learn from him. If it's inconvenient to ask Brother Liu for help with slaughtering pigs in the future, I can do it myself.

Several robust middle-aged men were catching pigs in the pigpen, and the sounds of the fat pigs squealing and squealing could be heard.

Four dogs were jumping around in surprise, looking into the pigpen.

I slapped my forehead. I'd been here for a while and had completely forgotten about these four dogs!

I don't even know when I got off the bus.

These heartless dogs, arriving in an unfamiliar place, showed no fear whatsoever, and even abandoned their owner.

"Little melon!"

Seeing the little melon's smug, amused look, I got angry and shouted at it.