The apocalypse arrived, but there were no zombies. Only unpredictable extreme weather and daily squabbles forced humans to survive on instinct alone to avoid being eliminated.
Yun Qi struggle...
Seeing Si Cheng instantly switch into father-in-law mode when looking at his son-in-law, Yun Qi couldn't help but laugh. "You were the one who suggested coming to be my son-in-law and training him in the first place, so why are you so disgusted now?"
Si Cheng had also realized what was happening by then. "I can't bear to think about that scene. Just thinking about it makes me furious. If that day really comes, I think I won't be able to resist taking action."
Yun Qi hugged his arm. "Now you know how my dad felt back then, right? Looking back now, don't you think you weren't too badly treated?"
Si Cheng carefully recalled those scenes from back then, and then imagined his daughter about to be taken away by someone else. He felt that his father-in-law had really gone easy on him back then. If it were him, he wouldn't have let someone take away his precious daughter so easily.
Si Cheng nodded, "When we get back, I'll have a couple of drinks with Dad to thank him for his leniency back then."
Yunqi said, "Dad will definitely be very happy. He's been craving alcohol for a long time, but he just can't find anyone to drink with him openly and honestly."
Although Yun Zhiming often enjoys a drink by himself, he usually has no one to accompany him, and he finds it meaningless to drink too much.
"You haven't told us what to do with the two kids yet? It's not a good idea for them to keep living at our house, is it?" There are too many secrets in the family. We already have to be careful with our own two kids, let alone with two strangers joining us. Even if we're careful, we're afraid that we might slip up.
Si Cheng said, "We'll see if anyone will take them in. If no one does, we'll arrange for them to stay with Uncle Nan Yao and see if they'll learn skills from him or just live with him."
Yunqi had no objection to this arrangement, but she still mentioned, "It seems that Liping and Yuqing are considering taking the child back to raise as a younger brother, which would also add more life to the house. Do you think this is a good idea?"
Si Cheng immediately rejected the idea, saying, "No, although there's no conflict of interest now, the child is growing up, and there will be comparisons with their future children. Anything could happen then. In that case, it's better to just hand him over to Uncle Nan Yao, which will reduce future disputes."
"It can't possibly come to that, can it?" Yun Qi asked, frowning.
Si Cheng put his arm around her shoulder, and the two looked into the distance together. "To give you an example, if we let them stay in our house for a long time and treat them like our own children, and if we can treat them all equally, there won't be any problems. But people's hearts are naturally biased. Over time, comparisons are inevitable, and then it won't be about showing kindness, but about making enemies."
Yunqi shuddered at the thought of this possibility. "Then let's forget it. If it really doesn't work out, we can go to the trouble of building a house for them somewhere and helping them out for a few more years. That would be a way to settle this good deed."
Once the conversation reached this point, the two put aside these trivial matters and whispered to each other about things they hadn't been able to say in private for some time.
"Brother Wu, are you sure this is the place?" Yun Jianying looked around at the flat ground, with nothing but weeds. He didn't know how Brother Wu and the others had determined that this was the location.
Wu Tianxiang ignored him and kept pacing on the ground, as if he were measuring something.
Sure enough, after some fussing, the brothers finally pointed to one of the spots and said, "This should be it."
"Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Yun Heng also felt it was a bit unreliable. "Why don't we be more specific? We don't want to end up doing something for nothing."
Wu Tianxi said, "If it says it's here, then it must be here. Let's finish this quickly so we can get some rest sooner."
The Wu family members began digging at the ground with the machetes in their hands. The villagers watching them use the knives felt their hearts ache.
Yun Sanman was the first to speak up, "Why don't we find some pebbles to dig the ground? This is too damaging to your knives."
Wu Qingshui said, "It'll be faster with this knife. After all, we still need to organize things later, which will take too much time."
Si Cheng remained silent. He had some idea about the Wu family's collection, and seeing them messing around with the knives, he became even more silent.
"It really is here." Seeing the iron plate appear in front of them, they knew they had finally found the place.
Wu Qingshi took a key out of his bag and inserted it into a hidden hole in the stone slab. With a soft click, everyone knew that the key had been unlocked.
Without needing any help, the Wu family members lifted the edge with all their might, and the iron plate that was originally closed was suddenly pulled open, revealing a dark hole in front of them.
"This is like something out of a TV show, all so mysterious." Yun Heng couldn't help but gasp in amazement at the secretive operation.
While waiting for the cave to breathe, Wu Tianshou told his friends the story of the storage site.
“This was originally the ancestral home of our Wu family. We are standing in the old courtyard. This cellar is hundreds of years old and is usually only known to the Wu family.”
Yun Heng immediately took two steps back, looking at him warily, "But we've already seen it, won't you try to keep it a secret from us?"
Seeing his exaggerated performance, Wu Tianxi kicked him in the butt from behind, saying, "That's a must. Let's start with you now."
Yun Heng shouted excitedly, "Brother Cheng, they're trying to kill us to silence us! We need to wipe them all out so we can keep all the supplies for ourselves!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was surrounded by several brothers from the Wu family, who all used both hands to scratch him until he begged for mercy.
Yun Qi and Yun Liping stared curiously at the entrance to the cellar. "Is everything alright down there? Why does it look so dark? How deep is it?"
Yun Liping was also confused. "I only knew that such a cellar existed, but I didn't really ask how high or deep it was."
Looking at the two Wu family wives in front of him, Yun Qi jokingly said, "Your lives are getting better and better."
Yun Liping said, "We always have something to look forward to in our lives. If there's more, it's like adding icing on the cake; if there's less, we'll work even harder. Life will be just the same."
Looking at the dark, eerie cave entrance, Yunqi's curiosity surged. "Have you ever heard what's inside?"
Yun Liping recalled asking about it on the way, but the answer she received wasn't very certain. "They said they put in a lot of random things, and some of them they themselves have forgotten about."
Yunqi looked at the group of people still playing around not far away and couldn't help but think to himself, "This is the difference between a large family and an ordinary person. Some things, after being accumulated over time, will be forgotten even by the owners who stored them." He wondered what kind of surprises they would present to everyone.
I'd heard long ago that wealthy people not only like to buy real estate, but also like to collect things. Today, I've finally seen it all.