Disaster Apocalypse: Farming, Family, and My Hidden Secret Space-Chapter 135. One must not be ungrateful.

The commotion between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn’t affect the men and children in the backyard at all.

Hua Chengtian quickly adjusted the second crossbow and experimented on the other straw target in the yard.

The results were quite satisfying after just one adjustment, and then he handed it to his second son, who was eagerly watching by his side. Meanwhile, the one in the hands of his eldest son and father was already in good use, and they were happily shooting.

He even thought about how there were still many ready-made parts in his father’s wooden box, and he planned to assemble one himself later.

Even if he couldn’t take it out, just having it in the house to look at would make him happy. Moreover, with this, Grandpa and Dad probably wouldn’t stop him from going up the mountain during break time.

Hua Cheng’s mood was pleasant. He pulled out the crossbow arrows from the straw target and was about to shoot again when he heard his mother’s call. He then realized the sky had brightened without him noticing, no wonder the visibility was better.

"Eldest, second, and fourth, the meal is ready, hurry up, it’s getting late," Mrs. Qi shouted from the backyard door.

"Dear, stop playing with that thing and come quickly," worried that her husband wouldn’t want to put down what he was doing because he was still engrossed, Mrs. Qi added another call.

"Yes," the two brothers responded quickly. However, Hua’s second brother still didn’t forget to empty the other two arrows from the quiver, which carelessly ended up being shot at the haystacks behind the target.

The little fourth one, hearing the word ’meal,’ had already bolted out of the backyard, as there was nothing more important than eating at this moment.

Hua Chengtian, who was called by his wife, touched his nose.

Was he such an unreliable person?

Even if his wife hadn’t called him, he realized it was about time and was about to call the children to go back and eat before setting off.

When Hua Jin got up, her brothers had already gone to the academy, and her father, grandfather, and grandmother had gone to the fields, leaving only her mother at home to watch over her. After she woke up, her mother told her there was food in the pot and then grabbed the tools and went down to the fields.

Having eaten a quick meal, Hua Jin was also very concerned about how her father’s crossbow turned out. After wiping her mouth, she washed the bowl she ate from, turned around, and went to the main house.

Hua Jin knew exactly where her father’s treasures were placed. As soon as she entered her parents’ room, she headed straight for the window, immediately spotting the crossbow, which was a size larger than a crossbow but otherwise identical, placed on the box cabinet.

Hua Jin couldn’t help but feel a little excited. With her father’s research skills, it should be successful, right?

Unfortunately, it was placed too high, requiring some effort to get if she wanted it. Hua Jin looked at her small frame and drooped her shoulders.

Actually, compared to the ten-year-old girls in the village, her height was okay; she wasn’t the tallest, nor the shortest.

Mainly, having once been an adult suddenly becoming a child, she had to look up to others everywhere, and this sense of disparity was somewhat large indeed!

So, Hua Jin constantly wished to grow taller quickly. However, it had been almost a year since she came here. She ate well and occasionally treated herself to extras in her space, with dairy products every day, yet her height seemed to have stagnated.

But the flesh on her body grew visibly slowly, and now she had turned into a fair, plump little girl again.

Reluctantly taking one last look at the crossbow on the box cabinet, Hua Jin left her parents’ room, played for a while with the barking puppies at her feet, fed them some homemade jerky from her space, and then returned to her room and space.

Her parents wouldn’t let her help with the fields at home, but in her space, there was no one to help her.

Upon entering the space, she saw the crops in the front and back yards maturing soon, and the small weeds that had re-sprouted after being unattended for a short while. With a thought, the newly sprouted weeds were uprooted, gathering a portion in one corner of the yard, and placing another in the house.

Unintentionally, Hua Jin discovered that the grass in her space seemed to be especially loved by the family’s big yellow dog, so she instinctively reserved most of it for him after discovering it.

After all, the space in the room was vast. The over 200-square-meter house had five bedrooms, two living rooms, three bathrooms, one kitchen, and a small storage room.

Now, aside from her bedroom, one room was specifically used for storing space-harvested food, another previously converted into a storage room, one housed gym equipment and various vehicles, inflatable boats, and motorboats, and the other two bedrooms, two living rooms, two kitchens, three bathrooms, and the small storage room had plenty of space, so she wasn’t concerned about running out of space for the time being.

These were all impulsive purchases, regardless of their practicality. She just felt that whether or not the apocalypse would come, she wanted to be prepared and comforted by knowing they were under her watch.

So much space used just for storing some grass didn’t feel wasteful to Hua Jin at all.

Doing these tasks didn’t take much effort. She was becoming more proficient in controlling her thoughts, and although restrictions applied outside, inside the space, she could reach a level of satisfaction at will.

It would be even better if she could penetrate the thin mist outside the courtyard.

Her beloved car, which had accompanied her for years, was parked outside the courtyard. For some reason, she had a feeling her car was still parked outside.

Thinking about the travel speed here, Hua Jin was really hoping to unlock her car, even if they seldom went out, as it might save lives one day. The car windows were all privacy glass, and even if discovered by others, they wouldn’t find out who was inside. It was much safer than the bicycle, electric vehicle, and motorcycle in the space.

However... Hua Jin sighed in her heart as she looked at the slowly drifting white mist outside the courtyard wall.

Unwilling to give up, she extended her hand toward the white mist once more. Although the dynamic mist showed the fog strands moving clearly, whenever she touched it, a layer of elastic, membrane-like barrier stopped her.

It looked like a very thin layer, but no matter how hard Hua Jin tried, even testing with mental penetration and overexertion, it still didn’t work.

...It seems it was indeed her fancy.

Also, one shouldn’t be unsatisfied as a person.

Being granted a space to store things in a house and a courtyard to plant crops was already a great favor from heaven, so she shouldn’t be thinking about unnecessary things.

Smiling as she pondered that there was some time before her grandparents and parents returned, Hua Jin went to the gym to work out for a while, practiced some boxing until she was sweaty, took a shower, and read some books before exiting the space.

Then, she played with a few mischievous little guys for a while, looked at the blaring sun overhead, and realized it wouldn’t be long before it reached its zenith. Hua Jin hurried to the backyard to pick some vegetables, thinking it would save her grandmother and mother some effort when they returned.

After picking, sorting, and washing them, she placed them directly in the kitchen. However, when leaving, she hesitated for a moment before lifting the pot lid on the stove.

Ever since arriving, her family had been taking care of her. Except for lighting the fire, she hadn’t even washed a pair of her own socks. Even lighting the fire was usually in cold weather or winters, and even then, she sometimes felt that her family was pampering her too much.

Fortunately, she was mature enough in mind not to take her family’s love for granted, knowing that love required mutual giving, otherwise, it would definitely spoil her to no end.

Thinking about her family working hard in the fields under the scorching sun, Hua Jin suddenly decided to make the first meal for her family since arriving. This way, when her parents and grandparents returned from working themselves to exhaustion, there would be a meal ready to express the love their child had for them.