Disaster Apocalypse: Farming, Family, and My Hidden Secret Space-Chapter 186. Something is wrong

The paradise was so wonderful that Hua and the others lingered for quite a while. By the time they left the space, more than an hour had passed, the sun was setting in the west, and it was time for dinner.

Knowing that it was late, the excited mother and daughter didn’t even glance at Hua Chengtian, who had been sitting cautiously in the main room without daring to move. They directly went into the kitchen to prepare some delicious food to properly pamper the kids, with not a hint of displeasure left.

Hua Chengtian looked at his daughter admiringly, realizing that if he had waited for her to come back before taking action, he might have avoided the mixed double beating.

Misjudged, misjudged. Thinking of this, Hua Chengtian couldn’t help but touch his back and then winced with a "hiss."

The pain made him gasp again. His old father was really ruthless, hitting so hard; who knows how swollen it got. If it weren’t for his two filial sons stopping him, the wooden stick in his old man’s hand might have broken from the beating.

Old Hua did see his son but just gave a heavy humph, then happily with his hands behind his back, went out for a walk.

Came back just in time for dinner.

Upon hearing the commotion, Hua Yunao, his brother, and Xiao Si exchanged knowing looks as soon as they saw their grandmother and mother’s smiling faces.

They knew it was all thunder and no rain; they were used to it. Originally thinking that their Grandma and Mom seemed so angry and could hold out longer, they didn’t expect them to hurry into the kitchen to make something delicious for their sister in less than an afternoon.

Don’t ask them how they knew it was for their sister. If asked, it’s because their grandmother shouted it when she entered the kitchen, even saying she would make her favorite sweet and sour ribs.

Xiao Si already started swallowing hard, and the brothers couldn’t help but show expectant expressions.

Who doesn’t like sweet and sour ribs!

The atmosphere at lunchtime was too depressing; they didn’t dare to eat their fill, and their stomachs were already growling.

"Grandma, I’ll help you light the fire," Hua Yunxiang shouted happily as he rushed into the kitchen.

Hua Yunao took over the lively fish from his Grandma’s hands, scaled and gutted it, cleaning it all seamlessly.

Hua Jin beamed joyfully at her father’s admiring look, then went into the kitchen to sit at her usual spot, exhaling a heavy sigh of relief. Finally, it was resolved.

Seeing that he was the only idle one at home, Hua Chengtian rubbed his nose and went to the shed on the west side of the courtyard to avoid being disliked. He decided to hurry up and work on his wooden frame; there was also some tidying up to do in the space.

By dinnertime, the family’s atmosphere had returned to normal, and the three brothers, who didn’t even dare to breathe loudly, finally had a good meal.

After dinner, Hua Jin entered her mother’s room and coaxed Mrs. Qi to smile happily. As she was leaving, her mother called out, "Jin’er, if you have time tomorrow, I’ll help you weed." freёnovelkiss-com

With so much land in her daughter’s space lying idle, Mrs. Qi felt it was a waste just thinking about it. At this time, there wasn’t much work at home, and the fields were done, so it was a good time to help cultivate it.

Moreover, her daughter’s paradise wasn’t hot at all, so comfortable that it was hard to want to come out after lunch.

"Sure, Mom," Hua Jin would certainly not refuse and couldn’t refuse, so she quickly returned to her room, entered the space, hot.

Hua Chengtian was pulled away by his old father, and after a whispering session in the courtyard, the old man’s mood was mixed—happy, heartbroken, and all. When he heard that several thousand taels of silver had been exchanged for non-food, non-drinkable weapons, he almost couldn’t resist giving his son another slap.

For the next period, father and son were busy building wooden frames and ladders for the space.

According to his son, the height of the space should be more than three zhang; ladders were quite necessary.

The space was controlled by his son’s intentions, but only inanimate objects could be put inside—even his son couldn’t enter, luckily it had the same preservation function as his granddaughter’s.

In ten days, father and son, to the astonishment of the son and grandsons, built nearly a hundred wooden frames of various heights and sizes, and several dozen wooden ladders of various heights.

After tidying up the space for another day, Hua Chengtian finally made it less untidy and more orderly. Importantly, after the rearrangement, what was previously less than half the space left had plenty of room cleared out again.

Meanwhile, the children’s space wasn’t idle either. While father and son were busy with woodwork during the day, at night they, along with his old partner’s daughter-in-law, spent an hour in the children’s space, reclaiming more than ten mu of land around the courtyard.

Half a month later, they channeled a stream from the woods in the backyard to the fields, solving the problem of irrigation. Using hoses to water as the children did before was inconvenient due to hose length; they couldn’t possibly carry bucket after bucket from the courtyard. With several mu of land, just fetching water alone wasn’t an easy task. They simply decided to get it done in one go.

Seeing the enthusiasm among the family members, Hua Jin didn’t stop them, even though she could control the space with her mind. Having the water source closer would indeed save effort.

Then, in a few days, they planted all kinds of grains on more than ten mu of land. Although it was exhausting, seeing plot after plot of fields made everyone happy. The thought of never having to worry about running out of food was enough to bring them joy.

After just a few days, they dug a fish pond over ten meters wide beside the canal, ensuring future fish freedom, and this took a few days.

Hua Jin was extremely regretful, lamenting why she hadn’t thought of buying a small excavator to put in the yard, which would have saved so much effort.

Thinking about how space had so many grains and vegetables that would be wasted sitting in the storage, father and son couldn’t sit idle. They designated a spot near the fields, away from the courtyard walls, to breed livestock, achieving full self-sufficiency in eating vegetables and meat in the space.

Busy as bees, they fenced about an acre of vacant land with wooden fences, energetically building small wooden houses, and soon added ten chickens, ten ducks, ten geese, two sows, six boars, eight pigs, two male and two female large sheep, and four small sheep into the mix. They were lucky enough to buy a male and a female calf just past their first month without government registration from the livestock market and splurged to buy two mares and a stallion. Among them, one mare wasn’t fully grown, just right to pair with the big black horse outside. They even bought several donkeys and mules and put them in the space. Adding the wild rabbits they raised at home, then sprinkling some fish and seafood into the fish pond, no matter how hard life got in the future, their family wouldn’t be afraid.

Busy for over two months, even though seeing their parents and grandparents exhausted made them feel heartache, there was no denying that the space truly looked brand new.

However, there were advantages too—no more enduring external high temperatures, and water for bathing was conveniently at hand. If it weren’t for the three sons outside and work inside and outside the house, the old lady and Mrs. Qi wouldn’t even want to leave the space.

The three sons, forgotten by them, also noticed something unusual around the house over these days. Apart from early morning and working or meal times, their grandparents, parents, and sister always disappeared at odd times.

Xiao Si and the second son were carefree, though puzzled, they didn’t overthink it, after all, they could still see them.

But Hua Yunao felt something was off, not seeing his parents go out but still not finding them at home, almost like they disappeared into thin air.

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