Chapter 54: Leisurely Life with a Baby

Although it was a bright and sunny day, and Xue Xiaoqi was surrounded by a crowd and Song Zhenping kept calling him "adult", he still felt a chill down his spine and felt as if a cold gaze was casting over him.

Looking up, I saw only twisted and tangled trees all around, and no suspicious people in sight.

Xue Xiaoqi swallowed his saliva. He didn't believe in ghosts and gods, and now he was a little panicked.

"Okay, you guys leave it at that! Since everything is alright, let's get back to work."

Xue Xiaoqi said without hesitation, he turned around and left as soon as he finished speaking, and everyone also left the forest in a flash.

Seeing the person coming and leaving so suddenly, Song Zhenping murmured, "Just leaving now? You're already at the doorstep and you don't even come in to sit down. There's nothing much inside!"

Seeing that everyone had run away, Song Liyun brought Xiao An over and said with a smile, "Brother, I'm afraid everyone is scared by our clothes!"

Song Zhenping looked down at his waist, which had grown twice as thick, and then at Xiao An's clothes, which he had altered into a mess, and couldn't help scratching his head. "What should we do? We don't know how to do it!"

Last night he wanted to alter the size of his clothes, only to find out that altering clothes and mending clothes are two different things. He made one of Xiao An's sleeves too long and the other too short, and he couldn't sew the lapel shut.

Not to mention Song Liyun. The original owner wore coarse cloth staff uniforms in the restaurant, had to work non-stop every day, and no one taught her needlework.

The real person in the end times wears protective clothing made of special materials. If it breaks, he can just buy a new one without having to repair it.

So the three of them had to make do with clothes that didn't fit them.

As for the colorful clothes on Song Liyun, they are also Song Shuirong's favorite.

This misunderstanding also reminded Song Liyun that one cannot create things out of thin air, but must have a suitable source.

And you can't stay in the yard all the time. You need to communicate with others appropriately to avoid someone coming to collect your body.

There is also a grocery store in Suijin Town. In addition to salt, oil, rice and flour purchased from Qili County, most of the goods are miscellaneous items collected from abandoned houses everywhere.

Song Liyun planned to go there to buy some old items.

Since he couldn't show off the money he had on him, Song Zhenping went to the military camp to settle his five-day wages.

When Captain Luo and his men robbed people, they said they would get fifty coins a day, so Song Zhenping got two hundred and fifty coins.

If you have money, you can buy things without any worries.

When Song Liyun and her two siblings appeared in Suijin Town, it suddenly became a big event.

In fact, only three days had passed since they chose the house, but he was the only person in Suijin Town who had stayed in a haunted house for two nights and was still alive.

Everyone was afraid at first, but when they saw that the three brothers and sisters were not haunted by evil spirits, the aborigines were relieved and gathered around to ask them questions.

"Brother Song, you stayed in that yard for two nights, and you really didn't see anything?" Old man Zhang, who had a broken hand, asked in surprise.

He used to be an accountant and one of the few literate people in the town.

I used to go to Ji's house often and was very familiar with the situation there.

He even went there once after it was burned to the ground. It was also during that time that he was frightened by the sudden attack of a monster and fell off the wall, breaking one of his hands.

Song Zhenping scratched his head and said sincerely, "Uncle Zhang, there really aren't any ghosts!"

He didn't dare to say that his family had been blessed by the Bodhisattva and there were no more ghosts in the house.

Old man Zhang asked several times, and Song Zhenping said the same thing. No matter how confused he was, he could only give up.

Song Liyun spent all her money lavishly in the town's grocery store.

I bought grains, oil, rice, flour, pots and bowls, and selected a few sets of bedding and clothes. These were old things collected by the survivors from every house, and they actually didn't cost much.

If you don't mind, you can take it apart and make new clothes.

Song Liyun knew that she could not complete this task, so with the introduction of Mr. Zhang, she found a daughter-in-law who was good at needlework to alter clothes and make shoes.

After agreeing on a time to pick up the goods, Song Liyun brought her two brothers back to the house, carrying a large basket of things.

Now, I have bought the food and supplies I need, and I am ready to show my face. I no longer have to worry about what others say. The next thing is to close the door and take good care of my home.

Back at Baolin Residence, the brother and sister worked together to repair the courtyard wall before dark. Once the door was closed, no one could peek inside.

At the grain store in town, Song Liyun bought ten kilograms of miscellaneous grains and ten kilograms of brown rice. If they only drank porridge, it would be enough for the three of them to eat for half a month.

Of course, this is just a cover-up. The food in Song Liyun's space is enough for the brothers and sisters to eat for a year.

It took another three days. Except for a corner in the side yard that was full of rubbish and the backyard that was burned to the ground, all the rooms in Baolin Residence were cleaned by the Song brothers and sisters, even the kang holes and chimneys were cleaned.

Now is not the time to do farm work in the fields, and there is no work to do at home. We can't just sit there waiting for food every day.

Song Zhenping couldn't stay there, so he went to work at the construction site, where he could earn at least fifty cents a day.

Moreover, he used the money he earned to buy food and oil, so he could eat comfortably and feel at ease.

Song Zhenping went out to earn money and Xiao An stayed at home.

When his brother is not around, he sticks to Song Liyun like a little tail.

The two of them were either in the kitchen thinking about food, or wandering around the house basking in the sun.

Apart from cooking, Song Liyun's only job was to go to the grove outside the courtyard wall and symbolically pick up some dry firewood and branches, but in fact she was taking the baby out for a walk.

Xiao An sat there idly looking at the sky. He felt very uncomfortable.

My dream since childhood was to eat big white steamed buns fresh from the pot after working.

He had eaten it once.

One time, Song Xiaobao stole a steamed bun, but he thought it was too hot and threw it on the ground, where it rolled in the mud. He was afraid of being scolded, so he gave it to himself and his brother to share.

Although the two of them were beaten by their hind milk for this, it was also a rare delicacy in his memory.

But now I can eat whatever I want without having to work.

Xiao An touched his stomach. Through the thin layer of skin, he could almost feel the steamed dumplings he had just eaten.

Next to her, Song Liyun was leaning against the porch pillar with her face covered with a handkerchief. She was drowsy from the sun.

The nerves that had been tense since the end of the world finally relaxed completely.

But after only three days of such happiness, she felt something was wrong with her body and felt inexplicably depressed.

Song Liyun lifted the handkerchief and saw Xiao An standing beside her in a daze. They looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

It’s too idle and not fun. I still have to find something to do.

The fact that Hei Jin found the secret compartment that day gave Song Liyun an inspiration. Even if a wealthy family's house didn't have a vault, it definitely had a cellar.

The backyard had been dug deep by the bandits and burned into ruins. Even if there was a secret room, it would have been exposed long ago.

Song Liyun took Xiao An and began to search more carefully, including the rooms and the open space filled with junk and waste.

Hard work pays off. Although the vault was still not found, a large cellar was found in a corner of the front yard.

The entrance was covered by a few broken wooden boards and covered with dirt, which prevented it from being discovered at first.

(End of this chapter)