Jiang Zhi chuckled.

"Don't worry, you'll definitely have plenty to eat if you stay with me." Jiang Zhi rubbed the thin cat's head, thinking about what name to give the little thing.

Choosing a name is a difficult task, and Jiang Zhi didn't want to give this guy a simple, vulgar name.

It's a cat that can withstand both extreme cold and scorching heat.

"After a hundred years, return to your dwelling; after a hundred years, return to your room. If I am lucky enough to live to a hundred, I do not wish for you to be buried with me. Why don't you be named Wanfu (meaning 'ten thousand blessings')? After all, evil deeds last a thousand years. If you are named Wanfu, you will surely have boundless good fortune."

"Meow~" Wanfu seemed quite satisfied with the name.

Having never owned a cat before, Jiang Zhi didn't realize how troublesome it would be to have another one, but now she does.

She never liked any living creatures jumping around on her bed, so she made a warm and comfortable bed for the cat next to the bed. Who knew that the cat would completely ignore the luxurious cat bed she made and instead preferred to stay by the stove, even burning its fur.

Well, cats are easy to raise.

The cat's bed remains, and everything else is unchanged.

Jiang Zhi didn't leave the house for a whole week; she was trying to figure out how to help her cat gain some weight.

After three days of giving her milk, Jiang Zhi started feeding her solid food.

She cooks porridge for herself, adding minced pork and chopped vegetables.

The greens she planted in her field had grown too old, so she picked most of them to feed the chickens and ducks, and cooked the remaining tender ones into porridge.

Jiang Zhi discovered that Wan Fu was better at eating porridge than drinking milk.

Well, it really is a good cat.

"Meow~" Didn't we agree that I would eat whatever you eat?

I've never seen you drink milk.

Jiang Zhi does not drink milk; she is lactose intolerant and prone to diarrhea and acne.

From then on, whatever Jiang Zhi showed off, the cat showed off too. The two of them lay on the sofa, watching TV on a tablet while eating snacks.

This guy has a special fondness for carrots; he feels uncomfortable if he doesn't nibble on a small piece every day.

Jiang Zhi scattered some carrot seeds in the small vegetable garden, otherwise the stockpiled goods wouldn't be enough for one cat to enjoy.

Besides carrots, it loves fish. Jiang Zhi would occasionally scoop one or two small fish from the pond and feed them to it, and it would eat them with great gusto.

It snowed again outside. After the snow, Jiang Zhi locked Wanfu in the house and carried a shovel downstairs herself.

Her car was buried in snow.

"Hi, sis, need snow shoveling service? All I need is a bag of biscuits, and I'll do it for you without damaging your car."

A boy of about six years old rushed up to Jiang Zhi and stopped, his face showing a slightly ingratiating smile.

"No need, I can do it myself."

"Really, you don't have to give me cookies if I don't do a good job. You're beautiful and kind-hearted, sister. I promise I'll clear your car out of the snow within half an hour. Look at that car, that's the one I just cleared out," the boy said, pointing to the car across the street.

Seeing how hard he was trying to promote himself, Jiang Zhi finally nodded.

"Alright, if you don't do it well, I really won't give it to you. What's your name?"

"Yes, my name is Chen Xiaoxu, which is based on my parents' surnames. Don't worry, sister, I promise to complete the mission." Chen Xiaoxu saluted Jiang Zhi.

Chen Xiaoxu had his own tools. Jiang Zhi went upstairs to put away the shovel and then put a compressed biscuit in her pocket.

Wanfu immediately clung to Jiang Zhi upon seeing her, displaying extreme intimacy.

"Alright, go warm yourself by the fire."

Jiang Zhi ruffled Wanfu's fur, and Wanfu tactfully stepped back.

Jiang Zhi was extremely satisfied with Wanfu's behavior. A cat should have its own ideals and goals in life, instead of constantly bothering its owner.

After going downstairs, Jiang Zhi saw that Chen Xiaoxu had already exposed the rear of the car.

The snow was thick, and Jiang Zhi used the tools Chen Xiaoxu brought to build a snowman on the spot. Jiangcheng is located in the south, where it rarely snows, and even when it does, it's impossible to build a snowman.

This was Jiang Zhi's first time building a snowman.

She violently shoveled snow and built the lower half of a snowman. When Chen Xiaoxu saw this, he shoveled the snow off the car and gave it to Jiang Zhi so that it would be easier for her to pile it into a small ball.

"How old are you?" Jiang Zhi asked while building a snowman.

"I am 15 years old this year."

"At such a young age, what are your parents doing?" Jiang Zhi asked again.

"Oh, we are original residents of Shuofang District. We were able to join the base construction project. My parents were helping out at the base. Later, we couldn't continue our studies, so we came out to work to supplement the family income."

“The base will probably reopen schools in the future. You’re at a good age, not too old or too young, so you can still go to school,” Jiang Zhi said.

There will indeed be schools, and even training centers for people with superpowers.

Children are the hope and future of a nation.

Soon, the Shuofang base will issue new regulations that allow children under the age of sixteen to attend temporary schools established by the base. In addition to learning knowledge, they will also learn martial arts to strengthen their bodies.

The extreme alternation of hot and cold weather made running a school extremely difficult. Coupled with various natural and man-made disasters, the temporary school persevered under pressure until the polar night, and the school continued to exist.

This shows how much Chinese people value the next generation.

A nation's resilience will not be easily broken in the face of natural disasters.

Jiang Zhi thought that the reason she died in her previous life was because a pot of soup that had been simmering for too long had gone bad due to the presence of rotten stuff, and she just happened to encounter that rotten stuff.

"No, I don't want to go to school. I'm an adult now. Let the children have school," Chen Xiaoxu insisted.

Jiang Zhi didn't say anything more. The two of them focused on clearing the snow off the car and building a snowman.

The snowman was finished, and Jiang Zhi picked up some dry branches to make its face and hands.

"You cleaned it very well." Jiang Zhi smiled gently, took out a bag of compressed biscuits from her pocket, and said, "This is for you."

"Compressed biscuits!" Chen Xiaoxu's eyes lit up instantly.

"Is this for me?"

“You deserve it,” Jiang Zhi said.

"Thank you, sister. If you need anything in the future, just come find me in the North District. I can do a lot of jobs." Chen Xiaoxu happily carried her tools and ran off.

Jiang Zhi looked back at her car; all the snow on the car cover had been cleared off, and the snow under the chassis had also been scraped away.

She could drive the car out with ease.

After checking the car's chassis and tires, Jiang Zhi checked the fuel level and confirmed that it had indeed been stolen.

There's nothing we can do about it; she drove in. If she put the car into her spatial storage, that would be truly suspicious.

She deliberately didn't drain the gas when she parked because people are unpredictable; if someone sees there's no gas in the car, they might puncture the tires.

Jiang Zhi was well aware of the inherent weaknesses of the Chinese people.

"See that? It's this glamorous young woman. She just gave away compressed biscuits like that. She's obviously not good at managing money. She must have more stockpiled in her house. Let's make our move tonight."