What is the meaning of life? — continuation and anticipation

An Moxue dragged her heavy steps home and collapsed onto the sofa, too weak to even lift her hand.

There were no more whispers, no more loved ones; only a buzzing sound filled the silence. After what seemed like an eternity, only the even breathing of the room remained, a sound both peaceful and beautiful, yet tinged with loneliness…

The warm sunlight slanted into the room, bathing An Moxue in its cozy warmth, making her reluctant to open her eyes.

This was the best sleep she had had since her mother passed away. She dreamt of her mother, maternal grandmother, and maternal grandfather, who told her that they were reunited and doing well, and that she should not be sad, but live well and enjoy every day.

I got up, went back to my bedroom, drew the curtains, and sat on the edge of the bed. As I thought about going in, I entered a place that seemed like a paradise. It was a two-courtyard house with blue bricks and gray tiles, full of antique charm.

Outside the courtyard, there are about 20 acres of land divided into orchards, medicinal herb gardens, and vegetable gardens.

The orchard is about five acres in size and is planted with all kinds of fruits that An Moxue loves to eat: grapes, apples, oranges, pears, persimmons, cherries, plums, apricots... There are many varieties, with a maximum of three trees of each kind. The trees are laden with fruit and have a fragrant aroma.

Strawberries also grow under the tree, and upon closer inspection, you'll find more than ten varieties, including Vanilla Strawberry, Cream Strawberry, Red Beauty Strawberry, White Gem Strawberry, and Jade Strawberry...

The medicinal herb garden is about five acres in size, planted with various precious medicinal herbs, such as ginseng, lingzhi, cordyceps, he shou wu, snow lotus, saffron, etc.

Between the medicinal herb garden and the orchard is a two-acre seawater pond, which contains various kinds of sea fish, shrimp, and crabs.

There is also a freshwater pond of about 3 acres, which contains silver carp, common carp, grass carp and so on. The lotus flowers on the water are in full bloom, red, white and pink.

The freshwater pond is right next to the rice paddies, covering about three acres. The rice there is ripe and ready for harvest soon.

The remaining two acres were planted with wheat and some vegetables. Only about one-tenth of an acre was planted with green beans, eggplants, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, etc. There were many kinds, but only four or five plants of each kind.

Looking at the thriving world in the space, An Moxue couldn't help but sigh, "This is all the empire I conquered. It's a pity I dare not share it with anyone. I can only hide it and laugh secretly."

He turned around and went into the courtyard.

Upon entering the courtyard, there is a well with sweet water that is said to strengthen the body if drunk regularly.

There is a stone table and four stone benches, with a row of red roses on each side of the corridor, their flowers blooming in a bewitching red, almost like blood.

The main house has two rooms: a study and a living room.

The study has floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, row upon row, making it resemble a small library.

From ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, covering astronomy, geography, miscellaneous tales and strange stories, there is nothing that cannot be covered, and each bookshelf has a catalog of books.

By the window is a three-meter-long, semi-circular, off-white solid wood desk and a swivel beanbag chair. How pleasant and comfortable it would be to open the window, relax in the chair, and look at the roses in the yard when you get tired of reading.

The east wing is the kitchen and dining room, fully equipped with modern kitchen and bathroom facilities, full of technology and cutting-edge technology.

The west wing is a storage room.

The ground was littered with various cold weapons and some guns, including a laser gun. These were all purchased by An Moxue at great expense abroad, but could not be used domestically. Just looking at them made her happy.

Extend the basement; the basement has a perpetual preservation function, so items put in will remain exactly the same when taken out.

The entire basement is 10 meters high, 50 meters wide, and 100 meters long, with neatly arranged 2-meter-wide overhead shelves.

The shelves were filled with supplies: clothes, cotton, cloth, rice, flour, cooking oil, dried and fresh goods, seasonings, fruits, vegetables, and first-aid kits for common medicines. It was like a small warehouse, encompassing all aspects of life.

Back in the courtyard, follow the corridor to the second courtyard, where there are small bridges, flowing water, and swings.

In the past, the main house had a dressing room, bedroom, and bathroom, all fully equipped and managed by a butler robot.

The east wing is the studio, with an oval workbench three meters wide and five meters long, on which manuscripts and fabrics are casually placed.

Computers, printers, sewing machines, overlock machines, computerized embroidery machines, and cutting machines are arranged in a semi-circle around the worktable. On the other side are more than a dozen mannequins dressed as men and women.

Various fabrics were displayed on the walls on both sides: silk, cotton, linen, pure cotton, and synthetic fibers. The sheer variety was dazzling.

The west wing is a medicine-making room, which An Moxue uses in her spare time to study ancient medical prescriptions. It contains many strange and unusual items, such as farting powder and burping powder.

After surveying her space, An Moxue felt less lost and more at peace.

Living well and loving yourself is the best way to repay your deceased elders.

This space was passed down from An Moxue's maternal grandmother's family. There is a legend in the family: it is said that a long time ago, the family was a family of immortal cultivators and had immortal cultivation techniques. However, over time, the inheritance was gradually lost, leaving only a bracelet. Only those with compatible spiritual roots and bloodlines of the family can contract with this bracelet. For seven generations, no one in the family has been able to contract with it.

With the arrival of war, many family members died or were injured. By the time of Grandma An Moxue's generation, she was the only one left. The legend was considered just a legend and not true. However, when a child turned five years old, a blood test was still performed to verify it, just in case it was true!

Her maternal grandmother and mother were unable to form a contract. When she was five years old, they only followed the ancestral tradition and dripped a drop of blood. Unexpectedly, she formed a contract with the bracelet and it was a soul-binding. As long as her soul was immortal, this space would always follow her.

Only she can enter this space; once bound, she becomes invisible to others.

However, since the world no longer possesses spiritual energy for cultivation, this space can only be used for ordinary storage and planting. Many cultivation techniques inside are now useless. Also, there's some gold and silver collected by our ancestors inside.

The space wasn't like this at first. It was An Moxue and her family who filled it in little by little and transformed it into what it is now.

After leaving the space and sitting on the bed in the bedroom, An Moxue thought that she was now the only one left in the house, and it was necessary to sort out the items and assets in the house.

I went to my mother's bedroom and gathered her favorite clothes, shoes, bags, and blankets, preparing to burn them all for her on the seventh day after her death.

All of Mom's favorite jewelry was put into a jewelry box and placed in the storage room.

My maternal grandparents' room was cleaned after they passed away, so it doesn't need to be cleaned again.

Finally, we arrived at the study. Books that were already in the space remained there, while those that weren't were all sorted and organized into the study.

Finally, there's the safe. All the family's visible assets are here. 100,000 yuan in cash, 3 million yuan in a bank card, three property deeds (one residential, two storefronts), share certificates for the clothing studio and factory, twenty large yellow croakers, and some valuable jewelry that my maternal grandmother and mother liked. That's all. The yellow croakers and jewelry were stored in my spatial storage.