Chapter 3: Dividing the House

Su Qian followed the crowd and soon arrived behind the rock.

The scenery behind the rocks is completely different from that on the beach!

Behind the rocks are still large rocks, each of which is about ten feet high.

These rocks stand here in a disorderly manner, like a natural barrier to block the invasion of sea breeze.

In the spaces between rocks, people built houses with stones or trees, and also used caves under rocks as living places.

The square-faced man led them past the area with smoke from cooking, walked some distance forward, and then stopped.

He pointed at the dilapidated houses under the rocks and said, "Everyone, these houses are ownerless, so you can live here on your own! If you need any help, you can also come to me. My last name is Du. By the way, the stone house with a fence on the west side is a forbidden area on this island. You must not go there!"

Du Changgen glanced in that direction and whispered to everyone, "There seem to be a lot of traps set up there, and that person's personality is also very strange. You'd better not provoke him!"

He lowered his voice, as if afraid of being heard by the other party. Then he bowed to the Su family and said, "I'm going to go back first. You guys should pack up first! If you need anything, come to me!"

After saying that, he couldn't help but look towards the west again, as if he was afraid that some ferocious beast would appear, and then he walked quickly towards his own residence in the east.

Su Qian followed his gaze and looked in that direction, but didn't care.

It’s dangerous, just go ahead!

Having been in the apocalypse for too long and being in crisis all the time, she has had enough of this kind of life!

Now that she has come to this world by chance, she doesn't want to encounter unknown dangers while she is weak.

Speaking of weakness, she looked at her thin arms and couldn't help but sigh at how picky her original body had been in the past fifteen years. There was not even a bit of meat on her arms.

Fortunately, her space jade pendant came with her. There were a lot of supplies stored in it, which she had stored at the risk of her life when the apocalypse just began.

Now that I'm on this isolated island, I have these supplies, so I don't have to worry anymore!

However, now is not the time to check the supplies, let's wait until the houses are allocated!

Perhaps frightened by Du Changgen's words, the tribesmen rushed to choose the house farthest to the west.

The old patriarch ignored their loud shouting, but slowly checked the ownerless houses with his cane, then returned to the crowd and looked at them indifferently.

The voices of the Su clan gradually faded until there was complete silence. Without the old clan leader's order, no one dared to make a decision and could only stand there and wait for him to speak.

The old clansman looked at the Su family standing in a group and said, "I just counted them and there are twelve houses in total. We have exactly twelve households here. So I plan to write numbers on these houses. Then carve numbers on the stones, and then you can draw the houses."

No one dared to contradict the old patriarch's words, and everyone waited obediently for his arrangements.

Soon, the houses were numbered from one to twelve from east to west, with number twelve being the closest to the west.

The old patriarch put twelve stones with numbers engraved on them into an empty sack and asked each family to send one person to draw a house number.

Gu Luyun said softly to Su Qian, "Qian, go and smoke later!"

Su Qian shook her head lightly. From childhood to adulthood, whether she bought lottery tickets or opened the lids of bottles of drinks to win prizes, she had never won a prize.

She looked at the dragon-phoenix fetus that was timidly holding onto Gu Luyun, and said softly to them, "Sister, I heard that children have the best luck in drawing lots. Who of you two is going to draw?"

The twins looked at each other and shook their heads timidly, "Sister, we are scared!"

Su Qian was helpless.

In the original body's memory, this pair of dragon and phoenix twins were originally innocent and lively, and their innocent laughter could often be heard in the general's mansion.

However, their family experienced a great change, and the smiles on their faces disappeared, and even their personalities became timid and introverted.

Forget it, take your time!

One day, they will smile again.

Su Qian sighed silently and watched the Su clan members take the first draw.

After all, Gu Luyun was once the wife of a great general, so she would definitely not squeeze with them.

And with my luck, it's useless even if I squeeze in...

At this time, Su He, the young man of the Su family who was standing next to Su's second uncle, squeezed in by relying on his small stature and agility.

After a while, he came out happily holding a small stone, with a bright smile on his face, "Dad, Mom, Sister, I drew house number three."

He proudly displayed the stone in his hand in front of everyone, as if to say, "Come and praise me."

"Not bad, little brat!"

Su's second uncle touched his head with a smile on his face and praised him as he wished.

Soon, only Su Qian's family had not yet drawn anything. Su Qian took a step forward and took out the last stone from the sack.

There were two digits written on it: Twelve!

Su Qian: “…”

Sure enough, this unlucky force has not changed even if the time and space have changed.

Maybe her good luck ran out after she got the space jade pendant?

Seeing the stone with the number twelve engraved on it in Su Qian's hand, the smile on Su He's face gradually disappeared.

He looked at his parents, hesitated for a moment, and then handed the stone in his hand to Su Qian, "Sister Qian, let me switch with you!"

Su Qian couldn't help but laugh, "Why does Ah He want to switch with his sister?"

"Mom said that my sister is in poor health and my brothers and sisters are still young. Ah He has grown up and needs to protect his sister and brothers and sisters. Someone like my sister doesn't need protection, but you, Ah Qian, are the one Ah He needs to protect."

Su He replied seriously, with a determined look in his eyes as he planned to exchange glances with Su Qian.

Su Qian looked at the wheat-skinned boy in front of him, who was about twelve or thirteen years old. He was as honest as Su's second uncle.

She shook her head gently. "No thanks. Number 12 is fine."

There was no one living next to No. 12, which was actually a good thing for Su Qian.

This way she has more privacy.

After all, these rooms are rather simple, each with only one room where the whole family lives together.

Su's second aunt thought Su Qian was embarrassed to refuse, so she quickly said, "Qian, switch with He! It's really not safe for you to live in room 12!"

However, Su Qian still shook his head and insisted, "Thank you, uncle, aunt, and brother He for your kindness. This house number 12 is very nice."

The reason why I say No. 12 is pretty good is because Su Qian just observed it from a distance.

Perhaps because of the danger, the house at number 12 was built entirely with stone walls, and it was tall, large and spacious.

Seeing Su Qian's insistence, the second aunt of the Su family glanced at her man and said no more.

After the houses were divided, Su Qian took Gu Luyun and the twin siblings to House No. 12.