Disaster Apocalypse: Farming, Family, and My Hidden Secret Space

"Father, these..." Hua Chengtian stopped his old dad who was about to leave with the kids.

Although he had to accompany the task assignment as soon as he returned, who else but his own dad would make him endure the exhaustion?

But something needed clarification, Hua Chengtian pointed at the neatly arranged numerous tightly covered bamboo baskets inside the valley gate, helplessly looking at his dad.

He did not believe these things were bought by everyone themselves; forming a group like this definitely had something to do with his dad.

"Oh, look at this, getting old and forgetting things. This is the grain, salt, vinegar and stuff I managed to get through connections. First take it to our house, we'll deal with the rest once everyone's rested tomorrow."

The old man Hua patted his forehead and laughed, quickly arranging everything before hurrying to get home.

Hua Chengtian understood, having no strength left to retort.

Just as the old man Hua dragged the kids along with several others and left shortly afterward, seven or eight carts led by Hua Yunxiang came from inside the valley.

"Father..." The excited Second Brother Hua raised his horse whip toward his father.

Finally came back, on the way he saw grandpa, his little sister, his younger brother, cousins, which made him very delighted.

Their absence these days made the house too quiet, especially Xiaoxiao, usually noisy, was also gone. This departure made Second Brother Hua feel something was missing.

"Father, missed you so much," the bold and carefree Hua Yunxiang rushed toward his dad for a bear hug, only to be pulled away by Hua Chengtian in distaste.

"How old are you? Hugging like this, behaving improperly. Quickly, load the stuff onto the carts."

If it was his soft-spoken daughter, Hua Chengtian would naturally be happy, but seeing the large stature of his son and such affection made Hua Chengtian silently move farther away.

"Alright, father." Though disliked by his father, Second Brother Hua still promised cheerfully.

Luo Song, following behind, also shouted "Uncle Hua" and received entirely different treatment, Hua Chengtian responding warmly, while Second Brother Hua, used to this, shook his head and hurried to help the village men lift the baskets onto the carts, assisted by several people brought along by Luo Song.

With the addition of several carts, all the baskets were loaded up, saving much manpower, allowing men who had been burdened for several nights a sigh of relief.

The road from the village entrance to the inner valley was not close, who would willingly tire themselves if they could relax a bit?

Initially, thinking Hua Village's single mule cart was impressive, people of Li Village were stunned seeing the rows of carts, some with oxen and horses.

Apart from the quick-reacting Li Laosan and several men from Li Village who stepped forward to help, the others only snapped back to reality once the carts were loaded, like waking from a dream.

Then collectively, they immediately looked toward their village chief, again admiring the chief's foresight.

Indeed, Hua Village was recognized as the largest village for miles around.

Hua Chengtian noticed this and was quite pleased with the reactions of Li Laosan and others.

Being observant and quick to act, doing work neatly, people like that are definitely welcomed by Hua Village.

Once everything was loaded onto the carts, three remained empty; finally, Hua Chengtian decided to let the elderly, women, and children who had traveled together ride on them, fearing it was their limit after trekking and mountain climbing for so many days.

With cart assistance, everyone quickly returned to the valley.

Having his son take the things home, Hua Chengtian remained outside the inner valley to arrange matters with Li Village's Liu Kai and his master.

After understanding, Hua Chengtian had an idea in his mind. Including Liu Kai's master's two families, his father brought a total of thirty-nine households this time. Except for the master's family, there were still idle caves in nearby mountains that could barely accommodate everyone.

Temporarily arranged like this, he then needed to find some land for them to build houses on.

Father's idea was to let them live inside the valley.

Next, Hua Chengtian began to arrange matters, focusing of course on Hua Village's rules, conditions for entering the inner valley, and the seed issue.

Mentioning seeds made Li Village people very happy, if anything was worrying them, it was definitely seeds; unexpectedly, Hua Village had them, though they weren't free, it was still enough to make Li Village people grateful.

Besides, even officials didn't give them freely, how entitled would they be to demand that?

Also, they hadn't thought about houses, unexpectedly discovering they could get land to build them was a pleasant surprise, and hearing the conditions for entering the inner valley excited them even more.

Coming to a new place naturally means wanting to integrate quickly.

Getting into the inner valley was the fastest way, although the house needs to be bought, it was ready, wasn't it?

Building it themselves would take time, and right now they wished to quickly buy seeds or loan seeds to cultivate land; this was the guarantee for their future lives, the most important focus.

Thus, without needing to think, Li Village people eagerly indicated they needed either to buy seeds or loan them.

Li Laosan, Zhao Ji and several families all went directly to Hua Chengtian to sign up for entering the inner valley, even Liu Kai, unable to walk easily, slowly moved to Hua Chengtian with the help of his daughter and son.

The most surprising to Hua Chengtian was Liu Kai; Li Laosan being capable was expected by Hua Chengtian. Not only could he hunt and fish, his farming skills were top-notch, and having a good hand for work made staying in the inner valley no problem.

Master Zhao needed no mention; his skills were taught by the master himself, conditions naturally met.

Liu Kai's both legs being injured caused Hua Chengtian a flash of sympathy, this was real talent!

Hua Chengtian's eyes shined as he looked at Liu Kai, currently all children in the valley learned to write using sandboards; though practicing well on sandboards is one thing, writing on paper is entirely different. If they could make paper themselves, then children's use of paper wouldn't be an issue.

Hua Chengtian was certainly welcoming, immediately deciding they could enter the inner valley, though formal steps were needed.