Under Granny Gu's resentful gaze, Song Liyun blatantly looked through all the rooms in the Song family's house before entering the small side room where the two brothers lived and closing the door to rest.
From morning till now, there's been fighting and commotion; an ordinary person would have been exhausted long ago.
She didn't feel tired at all; she was just eager to rest because the chicken and chicken soup she had just brought into her space needed to be cleaned up.
Song Liyun closed her eyes and lay on the kang (a heated brick bed). Her consciousness entered the space, where a patch of open ground was revealed in the hazy universe, with several earthen bowls haphazardly placed in the middle.
Song Liyun found her old suitcases, backpacks, tents, and other items from the pile of post-apocalyptic supplies in the corner of the space and quickly tidied up a living area.
The chicken and chicken soup were taken out of the earthenware bowl and put back into a specially made food storage container.
In the post-apocalyptic world, energy and resources are scarce, and various technologies for improving the quality of human life advance by leaps and bounds.
Food stored in airtight containers can remain fresh for up to half a month even when left out in the open.
If stored in a space, it can last for up to a year.
Besides the post-apocalyptic waste, there are several earthen bowls in the space, filled with some salt and oil.
These were all things that Song Liyun managed to collect during the chaos when Granny Gu was smashing up the kitchen.
The items from the apocalypse are too outrageous to be displayed casually; she needs to prepare tools that are appropriate for this era.
In addition, she also found a triangular military dagger and placed it in the open space. It was also a weapon she had prepared in the apocalypse to deal with any mutated beasts that might appear at any time.
His original weapon was an electric spiked spear, but it was lost among the rats.
This is Song Lao Er's house. The way Granny Gu and Little Gu look at me is like it's been poisoned. Even though the door is closed, there's no guarantee they won't use some tricks. I can't linger in this space for too long.
Having sorted things out, and just as her consciousness left the space, Song Liyun noticed footsteps approaching outside.
She lay quietly on the kang (a heated brick bed), only paying attention to the movements outside.
With the rustling of clothes, someone peeked through the crack in the door and saw her lying down asleep. After a moment, they turned and left.
Song Liyun quietly got up and leaned against the door. Through the crack in the door, she saw Song Defu's back. He had already returned and was instructing Xiao Gu to keep a close eye on her.
As I reached out to open the door, I discovered it had been locked from the outside and was secured with a padlock…
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The afternoon passed in the blink of an eye. The sun was setting in the west, and the wind was howling, swirling withered grass and yellow leaves everywhere.
The small village of Xiaoshi, nestled in the middle of a barren plain, fell silent as every household finished work and returned home to prepare dinner.
Wearing a felt hat and a long robe, Song Li, who was in his fifties, hurriedly walked along the village road.
Upon reaching the outside of the Song family compound, Song Li was raising his fist and pounding hard on the gate.
The banging sounds carried far, attracting the attention of the neighbors who peeked out. When they saw it was the village head, Song Lizheng, they quickly retreated and only peered out through the crack in the door.
Aunt Zhang, who had been keeping a close eye on Song Lao Er's family, hurriedly climbed up the courtyard wall in order to get the latest first-hand information.
Today, Song's second daughter jumped into the water, Granny Gu and the village head's wife had a fight and were arguing at home for so long. As the village head, Song Laohei will definitely come to intervene.
Song Lizheng, his face dark, pounded on the courtyard gate for a long time before it finally opened. Little Gu Shi came out with a beaming smile: "Fifth Uncle!"
She felt a little guilty. She had argued with the village head's wife this morning because of that little slut jumping into the water. Now that the village head had come to her door, he was definitely going to ask about this.
The village head ignored her and walked straight past her, shouting as he went: "Song Defu, what's your family's plan for this year's corvée labor? Will you contribute manpower or money? There are dozens of households in the village, and your family is the only one that hasn't made a decision yet. Are you trying to deliberately go against me?"
As the village head, he couldn't easily intervene in the women's quarrels, and although he was furious, he could only bring up official business.
As for the incident of falling into the water, Song Lao Er's wife said in front of everyone that it was an accident, so he couldn't say much more.
Song, the village head, left in such a hurry that Xiao Gu didn't even have time to close the door; she just jogged after him.
When she heard that the village head had come for corvée labor, she immediately felt relieved and explained with a smile, "Fifth Uncle, it's not that my family is making things difficult for you. It's just that my second son caught a cold a few days ago and couldn't get up, so he missed his chance to report to Fifth Uncle."
Song Lizheng stopped and glared at her with disgust: "Song Lao Er's illness came at just the right time. Why now? Just when the court was conscripting laborers, he fell ill. Who would believe what you're saying now?"
"Who would believe that? My family member is sick, who else would believe that?"
As a hoarse female voice rang out from inside the house, the straw curtain hanging in the main room was lifted, and Granny Gu came out and brazenly blocked the doorway.
She was already so angry she could barely breathe, and now the village head had come to her, practically to let her vent her frustrations.
“Sister-in-law Gu, you can’t be so unreasonable. It’s an imperial order for each family to send one laborer to repair the border wall. You can’t just argue with me like this.” As soon as he saw this old woman, Song Lizheng’s eyes twitched.
He went to town for meetings all day today, and when he got home in the afternoon, he saw his wife with tears in her eyes and injuries on her face. She didn't give him a friendly look.
I asked my daughter-in-law and found out that Gu Chunhua was causing trouble again.
well!
He gets a headache whenever he sees this shrew, and even when he gets home, he can only swallow his anger and endure it all.
If I hadn't been forced to come by official business, I would never have wanted to come to Song Defu's house.
As early as the beginning of the Xia Dynasty, the imperial court issued a conscription notice, requesting the transfer of tens of thousands of laborers to repair the border fortifications.
Each county and town is required to send people to perform corvée labor for one month, and now it is the turn of Qingping Town, where Xiaoshi Village is located.
As the village head, he was in charge of the lists for Gujia Village and Xiaoshi Village. He had been running around for several days and had almost finished arranging manpower in the villages. With the departure time approaching, only Song Lao Er's family was still hesitant to agree.
Song Lao Er was a muddle-headed man, and this Gu Shi, as Song Lao Er's biological mother, was an even more unreasonable shrew.
The fact that one family didn't leave caused the rest of the village to gossip, saying that if Song Lao Er didn't leave, they wouldn't leave either.
Today, he was determined to enter Song Lao Er's courtyard, wanting this stubborn old man to give him a straight answer.
"Whoever is being unreasonable, you can call them unreasonable."
Madam Gu slapped her hips and shouted, "So many people in my family depend on my second son for their livelihood, and you still want him to go and die? You black-hearted ingrate, even in death you'll be buried in sand and water without a complete corpse!"
She cursed the village head's wife by the river today, and now she's cursing the village head again.
Song Lizheng was so angry that his face turned black. He said in a trembling voice, "Fine, fine, Granny Gu, you're right to scold me. I won't bother with a woman like you today. I'll only go after Song Lao Er."
As he spoke, he stepped forward, shoved Granny Gu aside, lifted the straw curtain, and went into the house.
He knew that arguing with this old woman all day wouldn't clear things up; he needed to find the real person in charge.
Although Granny Gu stood with her arms outstretched and her hips spread wide to block the doorway, she was no match for a man's strength. Besides, she had been tormented by Song Liyun today and was already exhausted. She was only holding on with a sliver of resentment.
The village head grabbed his arm and pulled him down, and he fell to the ground like a thin stick, landing on his back.
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