"Good, good, good." Grandma Yao said three good words in a row. Although Zhoujiawu was remote, the incident involving Lin's parents was a big deal and had spread throughout the town long ago.
People from Zhoujiawu also came to the funeral of the two, so Grandma Yao and the others also knew about this matter, and there was a little more pity in their eyes when they looked at Lin Luo.
"It's good to come and relax. We don't have anything else here, but at least it's quiet and the air is good. At grandma's house..."
Grandma Yao warmly invited Lin Luo to her home to eat freshly steamed corn, but Lin Luo declined politely, saying that he hadn't been there for several months and had a lot of things to clean up.
Grandma Yao expressed her willingness to help her clean up, but Lin Luo refused again with a smile. She then added a little mental hint and asked the enthusiastic old lady to leave.
Grandpa Luo and Grandma Luo came to Zhoujiawu to escape famine, but because Grandpa Luo was literate and knew some Chinese medicine, he quickly took root in the village.
But everyone has ancestral land, and the only land given to the two of them is the area at the innermost part of the village closest to the mountain.
As soon as you open the door, you will see endless mountains, which were once harassed by many wild animals.
Lin Luo, however, likes this quiet environment very much.
The house was built thirty years ago by Grandpa Luo using his life savings. The two floors cover an area of about 80 square meters, and including the yard in front of the house, it is at most 120 square meters.
For a rural area, this area is actually very small. Moreover, after thirty years of erosion, this old house has already developed various problems.
Pushing open the old wooden door, the furniture full of age immediately comes into view.
The octagonal table, the long benches, and the half-faded but still-standing "star" posters on the blue wall.
Of course, the first thing Lin Luo looked at was the black and white portraits of Grandpa Luo and Grandma Luo hanging in the center of the main hall.
The two old men smiled kindly, and their youthful appearance could be vaguely seen under their aged faces.
"Grandpa, grandma." Lin Luo bowed slightly towards the portrait, "Lolo is back."
She couldn't help but recall her elementary school days when she would come here every summer and winter vacation. Her grandfather would teach her how to identify medicinal herbs and check her calligraphy homework. Her grandmother would cook all kinds of delicious food and keep her fair and tender.
"I brought my parents here too. From now on..." Lin Luo's long eyelashes flickered slightly, "our family will always be together."
The voice behind it became smaller and smaller, as if Lin Luo was only talking to himself.
Lin Luo set out at nine in the morning. After more than six hours of trekking, it was almost evening. Although it was summer, the sunlight here disappeared faster than in other places because it was close to the mountains.
Lin Luo no longer felt nostalgic. He quickly moved some of the things from the car, then went upstairs to clean his room.
The house has been unoccupied for several months and there's always a slight musty smell. It needs to be ventilated for a while.
Lin Luo has been through the most difficult environments, so naturally he doesn't care about these small problems.
By the time we finished cleaning up, it was already completely dark even though it was not yet six o'clock. Zhoujiawu Village is not big, and most of the people living there are left-behind elderly people, so naturally there is no nightlife.
As soon as it got dark, the old people returned to their houses, leaving only a few dim lights. The entire Zhoujiawu seemed to have been paused, and the whistling mountain breeze was particularly clear.
As for Lin Luo in the house, he was... counting money.
In the past two days, she focused most of her attention on channeling her mental energy to restore her body. Although she had a general idea in her mind, she had not thought about it in detail.
Lin Luo is a person who likes to plan ahead. Since he plans to live here permanently, he naturally wants to make himself comfortable.
Nine hundred and twenty thousand is all the savings of Lin's parents over the years. They are both high school teachers with many years of experience, and their salary naturally increases with the increase of their teaching years.
This money was also saved by Lin's parents so that they could rebuild their house here and live out their retirement here.
The 100,000 yuan was given to Lin Luo by Yucai High School and the Education Bureau to express regret for the loss of two excellent teachers and to thank them for their years of dedication.
In addition, there was money from various scholarships that Lin Luo had saved since she was a child, and her father and mother asked her to keep it herself.
All in all, there are nearly 40,000.
In fact, if Lin Luo was willing to give in, he should have received a huge amount of compensation. The drunk driver who hit and killed Lin's father and mother was a rich second-generation man. That guy's parents had already approached Lin Luo, hoping that Lin Luo could forgive their son who "was ignorant and made a mistake carelessly."
But, how is it possible? !
The case was heard in court half a month ago. Because of Lin Luo's unwillingness to forgive and the serious circumstances, the man was directly sentenced to five years. However, his parents are still trying to use their connections, and the court will be reopened soon.
This scum!
There was a sharp light in Lin Luo's eyes. Thinking of the unsatisfactory result in her previous life, she would not let them have it easy this time!
Lin Luo quickly calmed down and regained her focus, so the total amount of money she had in her hands was about 1.06 million.
It seems like a lot, but she estimates that half of it will be spent just on building the house, not to mention furnishing it.
In addition, Lin Luo also had to stock up on supplies in advance, so this money was not enough.
She didn't feel too much of a urgency and just wanted to finish the current tasks step by step.
In the howling evening breeze, Lin Luo ate a bucket of instant noodles, washed up quickly, and went to bed early.
She was a little tired, both physically and mentally.
The continuous crowing of roosters woke Lin Luo up before six o'clock. After waking up, she did not lie in bed because she still had a lot of things to do today.
But when she opened the door to the first floor, her brows couldn't help but frown.
Yesterday, Lin Luo washed a lot of things and put them under the eaves to dry. They were all worthless things and no one would take them. But unexpectedly...
Seeing the messy scene, Lin Luo couldn't help but suspect that some animal had run down from the mountain.
Her mental power could only cover a two-meter radius around her body, and the noisy mountain breeze at night temporarily obscured the movement.
Lin Luo exhaled, and resigned himself to his fate as he picked up and arranged the things one by one. However...
One piece of clothing is missing.
An ordinary loose coat, a "family heirloom" for work. Lin Luo washed it and planned to wear it when the time came, but it was gone now.
The way it was fixed, it was impossible for it to be blown away by the wind, so was it stolen by some unknown animal to make a nest?
It was impossible for Lin Luo to go to the mountains to catch animals, so he could only learn from his lesson and not leave things outside in the future.
After a simple packing, Lin Luo drove to town. She wanted to rebuild the house and would definitely need help.
And such people can only be found in town.
Compared to the deserted Zhoujiawu, the town is the busiest at around seven in the morning.
On both sides of the spacious main road are vegetable farmers selling fresh vegetables that they have just dug out of the ground.
There are also stalls selling breakfast, with soy milk, fried dough sticks, buns, fried noodles... everything you can think of, and the prices are affordable and the quantities are large.
It just so happened that Lin Luo hadn't had breakfast, so he sat down and bought two meat-filled buns and a cup of salty soy milk.
The buns have thin skin and rich fillings. The addition of chopped green onions neutralizes the fishy smell of the meat very well. You can absorb the meat juice with just a small bite. This can be said to be the most delicious bun Lin Luo has eaten in the past few days, no, it should be said that it is the most delicious bun he has eaten since the apocalypse!
Two palm-sized meat buns paired with fresh soy milk made Lin Luo burp with satisfaction.
"You are...Mr. Luo's...daughter, right?"
The old man at the next table recognized Lin Luo and slapped his thigh with joy, "Oh, the little girl is getting prettier and prettier!"
Lin Luo smiled and nodded, "Hello."
She needed a local person, and this old man happened to look familiar. Thinking carefully, it seemed that he had come to see Grandpa Luo for medical treatment in the past.
Speaking of which, Grandpa Luo and Mother Lin are actually quite famous in this area. When Lin Luo came here with his parents, he would always meet people who would say hello to him along the way.
This is also a major feature of small places.
"Oh, it's true. I wouldn't have recognized you if you hadn't told me."
"This girl is so pretty, she looks like Teacher Luo!"
…
It wasn't a holiday, but new faces suddenly appeared and the small breakfast stall became lively. Everyone surrounded Lin Luo and greeted him warmly.
Moreover, these people consciously avoided the matter of Lin's father and mother. Whether they didn't know or they consciously avoided it, Lin Luo understood it.
Especially after knowing that Lin Luo was going to build a house, some enthusiastic old people immediately called their acquaintances and told Lin Luo a lot of things to pay attention to when building a house, as if they were afraid that the little girl would be bullied.
Of course, this is also inseparable from Lin Luo’s spiritual suggestion.
The third level of mental power is enough for her to guide some things through words, so that the person being guided will unconsciously do what Lin Luo says without feeling anything strange.
As if it was meant to be this way.
"A two-and-a-half-story house, yeah, that's definitely no problem."
"And an underground storage room?"
In recent years, more and more people have returned to the countryside to build houses, and naturally corresponding construction teams have emerged, which can take care of all kinds of house-building matters without having to look for carpenters, electricians and others separately.
Lin Luo’s request was actually not difficult. It was a two-and-a-half-story house. The first floor was the living room, kitchen and a toilet, the second floor was the living room, and the other half floor was made into a sunroom with a glass roof, which was beautiful and ventilated.
Besides... you need high walls and a basement. Who builds a basement these days when we have refrigerators?
But under Lin Luo's mental suggestion, the few people didn't find it particularly strange. They just did whatever the boss said. After all, they all wanted to make money. The more they did, the more they would earn.
"The fastest? Cement and other things dry faster in the summer, but we also have to ensure quality, so two and a half months is probably the best."
This speed is in the middle, neither fast nor slow. After all, they have more than just Lin Luo's order.
But Lin Luo wanted to move in as soon as possible, so he added some money and mobilized some manpower to ask the construction team to guarantee that it would be completed within one and a half months.
Of course, quality cannot be neglected, but Lin Luo has a cheat, so he doesn't have to worry about the workers cheating.
After signing the contract readily and agreeing to come and see the place the next day, Lin Luo bought some things and went back to the village.
But this time when I got off the bus, a few more people greeted me.
Most of the people staying in Zhoujiawu are elderly people. However, despite their age, they are physically stronger than many young people and can easily go to the fields to farm on weekdays.
After a few greetings, Lin Luo returned to the house, changed his clothes, put on rubber shoes, picked up the hoe, and put on a straw hat, looking like a standard farmer.
She left through the back door and walked about twenty meters to a deserted field.
There is about half an acre of land, which was specially opened up by Grandpa Luo to grow medicinal herbs. The two old men do not have ancestral land, so if they want to grow something, they can only open up the wasteland themselves.
But neither Grandpa Luo nor Grandma Luo had any talent in growing vegetables, and Grandma Luo was not in good health, so it was impossible to let her work too hard.
According to Lin's mother's recollection, when she was a child, the vegetables she ate were given by neighbors, and Grandpa Luo was responsible for treating their minor illnesses. They lived in harmony.
Now it's Lin Luo's turn. She has to be self-reliant in order to prepare for the apocalypse a year later. Fortunately, her physical condition has changed while her mental strength has been strengthened. Otherwise, it would be a problem whether she could even swing the hoe, let alone this half acre.
That night, Lin Luo lay on the bed and seemed to be sleeping soundly.
However, just when everyone should have been sleeping soundly, Lin Luo suddenly opened his eyes.
His eyes were clear, and there was no sign of being woken up from his sleep.
Above her head, on the roof of the house, something was moving.
Or it cannot be said to be a thing. In Lin Luo’s mental perception, it should be... a person?
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