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

"Just because of this?"

Looking at the children nodding together, Hua Jin's smile deepened.

"Uh-huh, isn't it?" Gouzi also chimed in.

"Of course not, I'm just a bit faster, not the fairy you mentioned," Hua Jin said solemnly, holding back a laugh.

"But how could a normal person move so fast, disappearing just like that?" Gouzi insisted that the big brother was indeed a fairy, because who else would have such a kind heart to help them, a group of despised little beggars.

Hua Jin: "..."

She never thought these kids could be so stubborn.

"Do you know kungfu?"

"We know," Gouzi and a few older kids exchanged glances.

"What I have is a type of kungfu, so I'm much faster than ordinary people."

"Just like the heroes in those storytelling books?"

"Yes," Hua Jin nodded.

Learning that the big brother wasn't a fairy, Gouzi and the others felt a bit down for a moment.

In their hearts, they knew that fairies couldn't possibly let them run into one. If there were really fairies, how could they watch this catastrophe unfold without doing anything?

It was just a way to give themselves hope, telling themselves that the fairy's medicine would surely heal them.

"What's this, a bit disappointed that big brother isn't a fairy?"

"No, no, big brother is a good person who saved us." The kids shook their heads together again, fearing that the benefactor big brother would be upset and quickly spoke up.

"I am not some good person," Hua Jin raised an eyebrow.

She didn't want to give these kids any wrong impression because of her momentary kindness, making them mistakenly believe that there are ample good people in the world. Nowadays, living well like they did before was already good enough.

"Big brother is a good person," Gouzi and the others insisted firmly on this point.

Who else, but a good person, would give such precious food and medicine to beggars who are on the brink of death?

"Are you all feeling better now?" Hua Jin looked at the line-up of one, two, three… a total of nine children, big and small.

A few days ago, except for a few like Gouzi, the others all looked like they were on the verge of death. Now, they were different; they had enough strength in their hands and feet to stand up, even capable of resisting bad people, clearly showing they were much better.

It seemed her water and medicine indeed had a positive effect.

"Much better, thank you, big brother. Without your medicine, we might have all been… big brother is our savior, and Gouzi will always remember this and repay you one day," Gouzi said excitedly.

"That's not necessary. It was just your fate, so you should live well." Saving people was just a moment of compassion, with no expectations of being repaid.

Saying that, she took down the big backpack from her back, taking out another ten sets of medicine. After thinking about it, she didn't bring out other medicines. Along with the water from her space, finishing these ten sets should be enough for the greatly improved children to recover.

For the time being, except for a few children occasionally coughing, the others seemed fine.

Even though the common medicines in the toolbox had been replenished many times, enough for many people to use for years, they still needed to be used sparingly.

This side of the benefactor big brother took out so much medication again, Gouzi, Da Liu, and Hua'er instinctively knelt down and kowtowed, expressing their gratitude.

"Thank you, big brother, thank you, big brother."

Hua Jin: "..."

She paused her hand while taking things, looking at the children already kowtowing, and shook her head helplessly.

Oh well, they're already kneeling; it's too late to stop them now.

"Don't kneel, quickly get up!" She still said.

Then she pointed to the most familiar face, Gouzi, "Gouzi, you come over here."

The benefactor big brother called him; Gouzi hurriedly stood up, rushing close to the big brother.

"Bring your water containers here."

"And all of you, stop kneeling and quickly get up. I'm thirsty; can you help me boil some water?"

She could understand their feelings, but constantly kneeling made Hua Jin a bit uncomfortable, so she just gave them something to do.

"We can, we can," Da Liu hurriedly nodded, gathering his younger brothers and sisters to tidy up the messy tents after the fight, finding the clay pot for boiling water and cooking.

Seeing the relatively intact broken clay pot, Da Liu sighed in relief. Thank goodness, otherwise, forget about drinking water; even eating would have been a problem in the future.

There, Gouzi had already brought over a water bucket and a water tank from the far corner, though unfortunately, all the water inside had spilled out.

"Big brother," Gouzi approached with the water bucket and saw the big brother taking out two large water pouches from his bag. He immediately understood what was happening before, and quickly helped to pour out the water.

This time, he didn't refuse. Even though they had only met twice, his early understanding of human relationships vaguely revealed big brother's character—that once he had made up his mind, he wouldn't change it.

After this, Hua Jin took out some coarse grains from the backpack, not much, about ten pounds, plus three pounds of millet, twenty red sweet potatoes, and most importantly, half a pound of coarse salt, which was even more precious than food. Last time, she hadn't thought of it, but without salt, where would the strength come from?

"Big brother…" These items made Gouzi a bit at a loss again. They still had a lot left from the food big brother gave them last time, which they hadn't dared to eat. Now, more was being brought.

Gouzi instinctively wanted to kneel down again, but Hua Jin quickly grabbed him, "Don't kneel, I don't like it."

Hearing the benefactor big brother say he didn't like it, Gouzi quickly stood up, looking uneasily at the big brother.

"It's alright, take these and hide them well, do you recognize this?" Hua Jin said, taking out a sweet potato.

Considering that it was better to teach a man to fish than to simply give him the fish, sweet potatoes were drought-resistant grains. Even though it was a bit late, they should still yield a good harvest even under high temperatures, so Hua Jin took out so much at once.

Gouzi took it, examined it carefully, even sniffed it under his nose, smelling a faint fragrance, which was pleasant, though he really didn't recognize it.

"This is… a sweet potato," Da Liu, who was making a fire on the side, recognized it and got a bit excited.

"Yes, it's a sweet potato. Do you recognize it?"

Da Liu nodded eagerly. How could he not recognize this thing?

"A couple of years ago, this food suddenly appeared. My dad also bought some seeds; everyone in the village planted them, and the yield was good."

It was also thanks to them that his family and many families in the village survived through that catastrophe.

Unfortunately, although those bitter days were survived, when they finally reached the day they could go down the mountain, they did not escape the plague. Many in the village were infected with the plague.

Afterward, those of them infected with the plague were chased out by other villagers, and then the government gathered them and placed them here. Every few days, there would be a government official coming to drag the dead away for burning.

His family was reduced to just him; his parents and siblings were all burned, their bones picked up by him and secretly buried.

It's just… it seemed there hasn't been a government official visiting for a few days.

"Do you know how to plant them?" Hua Jin's eyes lit up. It's good they recognized it, saving her from explaining much.

Recalling the scene from that year when he and his dad went to plant them together, Da Liu nodded firmly, "I know."

"Good, since you know, I won't say much. These sweet potatoes can be eaten, but more importantly, they can be planted. Once you recover, if you can find a remote place to plant them, sweet potatoes are drought-resistant. As long as there's a little water, they can grow, and the harvest should solve your food problem."