Disaster Apocalypse: Farming, Family, and My Hidden Secret Space-Chapter 115. The human heart is the most unpredictable.

Having raised her own children, Hua Chengtian understood her daughter well and was naturally at ease, but now that her daughter was married and part of a large family, the human heart is the most unpredictable; when there are no conflicts of interest, everything is fine. However, should there ever be a life-and-death situation involving individual benefits, people are inherently selfish, and who knows what one might do. Hua Chengtian couldn’t help but remind her daughter in advance, fearing that these days they’ve been living too comfortably and might have lost their true nature.

"It’s good that you really understand," Hua Chengtian said playfully, looking at her two daughters.

"Mother..."

Even though they were already grandmothers themselves, being lectured by their own mother like this made them stamp their feet in exasperation. They then clung to their mother affectionately, only to be shooed away by Hua Chengtian and promptly returned to their chores.

They were used to working in the kitchen, moving swiftly, and they quickly prepared a meal for the whole family. The meals were divided into two large tables in the main hall, with twenty or thirty people crowding in, enjoying a lively and joyous New Year’s feast.

After the meal, the important part came: the red envelopes.

Not lacking in Silver Coin, they also wanted to support their daughters a bit more, so the red envelopes the old couple had prepared were quite generous.

Besides their daughters and sons-in-law, every junior who came, regardless of age or marital status, received a red envelope, each containing a Silver Coin.

Hua Chengtian and his wife had prepared a bit less, but each envelope still contained fifty coins.

When Hua Fen’s two sisters realized how much money the children’s red envelopes contained, they couldn’t help but get teary-eyed, understanding that this was their parents, brother, and sister-in-law subtly supporting them.

The two sisters both started gently advising the children from their respective families, reminding them to remember the kindness of their grandparents and uncles, and to be filial in the future, etc.

Lest they take others’ kindness for granted and later turn into ungrateful people.

The children from both families were good and knew how well their maternal family had treated them over the years. Even without their parents saying so, they planned to be filial to their maternal family, and they all nodded in agreement.

Cousins and cousin sister got red envelopes, and naturally, Jin’er and her brothers didn’t miss out either.

They also received red envelopes from their aunt and uncle, each child getting ten coins, which was no small expense for the aunt and uncle.

It wasn’t easy for the two daughters to visit, as they could only make it once a year during the holiday seasons. When they came, the elderly couple wouldn’t let them leave easily.

The two sons-in-law were thinking about their own families and returned home the next day with their sons and daughters-in-law, taking back the few rabbits gifted to them by their brother-in-law, but the children stayed behind.

After spending a few days with their parents, Hua Fen and her sister left. When they came, they carried large bags, and when they left, it was with large bags and tearful eyes as Hua Chengtian sent them back home.

After the Lantern Festival, life returned to normal for everyone. After a heavy snowfall, Jin’er noticed that the temperature began to slowly rise, and the snow on the ground got thinner day by day.

...Spring was coming!

People who had been staying indoors started venturing outside again, and Hua Yunao and his younger brother began school, marking the start of their days of leaving early and returning late.

Now that the Hua family had achieved financial independence, the matter of the youngest child’s education was also brought to the agenda. Despite not wanting to go, he was also sent to his brothers’ academy on the third day after their school started, beginning a life without freedom.

Once all the snow on the ground melted, busy figures started to appear in the fields.

The sweet potatoes and potatoes planted by Jin’er were also ready, with a bountiful harvest.

Looking at the heaps of sweet potatoes and potatoes, Hua Jin and Hua Laohan, who were aware of the situation, all felt thrilled and their faces flushed with excitement.

...The yield was really impressive.

The two not-too-big and not-too-small boxes of sweet potatoes and potatoes each yielded no less than fifty pounds. What does this mean? If they were planted in the fields, wouldn’t the yield be even more? Just thinking about this made Hua Laohan and the others eager, desperately wanting to plant them in their own fields. freewebnøvel.coɱ

Unfortunately, the crops in the fields were not yet ready to be harvested, so they could only wait, albeit impatiently, until the crops matured. However, their backyard vegetable garden indeed had some plots available.

Thinking of this, Wang Laohan couldn’t hold back any longer and pulled his son to the backyard without a moment’s delay, and Jin’er couldn’t hold them back.

Looking at the energetic father and grandfather, Jin’er followed suit, knowing they had plenty of sweet potatoes in storage to plant.

Fresh sweet potatoes and potatoes could be planted, but it was best to dry them for a week or two, and they still needed to be of good quality.

Once the father and son had tilled the soil, seeing the sweet potatoes and potatoes Jin’er brought out from her storage, and realizing that freshly harvested ones needed time, they noticed they might have been a bit hasty. After being teased by Hua Chengtian, the family proceeded to plant those plots.

By planting a crop now, and when the crops in the field matured, Hua Laohan planned to allocate more land to plant another batch.

For this decision, Jin’er of course gave her entire support, as anything they couldn’t eat could be stored away, with no worry about sprouting making them inedible.

Speaking of storage, the grains in Jin’er’s special space had also reached maturity. She harvested them all with a thought, piling the grains in an empty room, while the sweet potatoes and potatoes piled in another, and the straw was stacked in the yard. Jin’er, for some reason, felt these things might come in handy someday.

After harvesting the grains, she spent over ten days planting another batch. After this harvest, Jin’er wasn’t planning to plant anymore, as the matured grains were more than enough to feed her family for a very long time.

This was because she inherently lacked a sense of security, liking to see the house filled with things, and while satisfying that need, she also felt at peace. Otherwise, there was no need to work so hard, since even sitting idly wouldn’t deplete the grains in her storage.

Having bountiful harvests of sweet potatoes and potatoes, she naturally didn’t forget her two aunts’ families, and Jin’er accompanied her father to deliver over ten pounds each of fresh and stored ones to her aunts.

When they left, Hua Chengtian made sure to mention the sweet potato and potato yields to his brothers-in-law and also talked about the plots of land he planted in his vegetable garden, making the implication clear.

Even though the uncle and aunt three-times insisted they stay, Jin’er and her father didn’t stay for a meal at either aunt’s house, as they planned to visit the town.

During boring winter days, Jin’er would draw and had accumulated quite a collection. Since they were out, how could they not take the opportunity to profit once more?

Upon reaching the town, the father and daughter headed straight to Xiang Zou’s Embroidery Room, where they were warmly welcomed by Shopkeeper Zou.

With so many women in the shop, Hua Chengtian, wanting to avoid any awkwardness, as usual, waited outside the shop.

Shopkeeper Zou was very fond of Jin’er.

"Oh Jin’er, Aunt Zou has been longing for your visit," she said, taking Jin’er inside, not forgetting to instruct someone to serve tea and pastries and to treat her warmly.

The way she looked at Jin’er was as if she were looking at the God of Wealth, making Jin’er shiver with goosebumps.

"Aunt Zou, could you please tone it down a bit?" Jin’er pointed to Shopkeeper Zou’s eyes.

Being too enthusiastic could be quite scary.

"Tone it down?" Shopkeeper Zou was momentarily caught off guard by Jin’er’s words but quickly smiled in understanding.

She affectionately poked Jin’er’s forehead and said playfully, "You little rascal, always so witty."