Apocalyptic Disasters: Carrying a bun and hoarding supplies - Chapter 157

Chapter 157: She could never be bullied

“I don’t think that can be done, brother.” Bai Meiyue shook her head and refused. It wasn’t that Bai Meiyue was stingy, and its not that she was inhuman enough to not see the sufferings these people were going through.

She had enough stock of meat, vegetables, and grains. Even if she didn’t go out and hunt for months and days, her family could eat and drink without worrying about anything. It was perfectly alright for Bai Meiyue to take out little supplies and hand them over to these survivors as she did with Meng Suisui and the others.

However, these people were different from Meng Suisui and the little group of people who came to ask for work. They were yet to break free from the hours of glory that they had before the world fell into chaos; what was more, Bai Meiyue knew some of these people.

They were like hidden snakes who could swallow a human whole and wouldn’t even spit a single bone. If she gave them supplies once, they would ask for a second time and then a third time. If Bai Meiyue refused, she would be dragged down by these people.

And if they couldn’t get the supplies by begging, they would try snatching.

Bai Meiyue felt that these survivors were not only selfish but also problematic. They were quick to hide when zombies attacked their group and left the matter to be dealt with by others. But once the zombies were killed and the environment was safe, they would come out and start begging for supplies.

Survivors like them would cite how pitiful they were but Bai Meiyue had seen pitiful survivors like these beating and killing the weak and the young to snatch supplies. For such people, Bai Meiyue would always be stingy. Even if she had a lot of supplies, she would be a miser in the face of these people.

She respected people who would be willing to kill zombies to grab supplies but those who only knew how to depend on others while begging for mercy—sorry, she didn’t have such a big heart.

When Bai Zhan heard Bai Meiyue’s refusal, he didn’t say anything. Now, Bai Meiyue was the one who was leading the entire family. She had the aura of a leader and their family was willing to follow her. It didn’t matter that Bai Meiyue was the youngest and was ordering them around. As long as they could survive this chaos, they were willing to listen to Bai Meiyue. Nothing was more important than staying together.

Seeing that her brothers were not saying anything, Bai Meiyue nodded and went to her room. But before going to sleep, she headed to Tong Huan’s room and used the medicinal powder that she had exchanged earlier. According to Mystic Medic, this powder was sure to work on Tong Huan’s wounds.

But—

She looked down and saw the seeds that the man had given her and sighed. That man had also given her quite a lot of trouble.

The next morning Bai Zhan and Bai Jixuan started to work hard on the solar panels and greenhouse once again. Meng Suisui and the rest had woken up early to help them. Even though it was hard work to create such a large greenhouse from scratch, no one said a word.

Even Meng Qibao, who had relied on women in the post-apocalyptic world after he awakened the seductive charm skill, was willing to work hard.

He grunted and panted but pulled and tugged the heavy sacks of black soil.

Fortunately, his hard work was rewarded when Yan Wanning arrived with piping hot noodles that had generous meat and vegetables.

Meng Qibao’s eyes lit up but he didn’t rush to snatch the bowl from Yan Wanning; instead, he turned to look at Bai Jixuan, who was leading them.

“Go ahead, you have worked hard.” Bai Jixuan dusted the dirt off his forearm and nodded at Meng Qibao, who blushed at the praise. Because he was a good-looking man with a slender body, he had always thought of relying on his parents and sister.

For the future, he planned to settle down with a rich woman. After all, he had the good looks to seduce one.

He didn’t like to work hard and because he looked sickly and frail, his family was willing to dote on him. Thus, this was the first time someone had praised him for working hard.

“That’s right, you all need to eat up before you continue working,” remarked Yan Wanning with a smile. “You too, Little Huan, you just woke up. There is no need to work so hard.”

Tong Huan blushed slightly. She took the large bowl and said to Yan Wanning, “This is what I should do, auntie. Sister Bai saved my life and even treated me. I should at least work hard and repay the life-saving grace.”

She paused and asked, “Aunt Yan, where is Sister Bai?” when she woke up earlier, she didn’t feel any pain, only a comforting chill in her wound. Tong Huan didn’t know what kind of medicine Bai Meiyue had used but it must be really good medicine.

Tong Huan knew the severity of her injuries really well; if Bai Meiyue hadn’t helped her, then she knew that she would have died because of excessive bleeding. For this, she was really grateful to Bai Meiyue and wanted to thank her but ever since she woke up, she hadn’t seen Bai Meiyue.

“Yueyue, she…” Yan Wanning hesitated before sighing. “She likes to sleep; I don’t know why but she would rather spend her time in her room than with others. She should wake up soon.”

Bai Meiyue stayed in her room every day, quibbling with the system for being too much of a capitalist as it didn’t let her level up no matter how many crystal nuclei she fed it. Because of this, Yan Wannig started to suspect that Bai Meiyue was still bothered by that incident and was pulling away from others. It was because of this reason that Yan Wanning was still protective of her daughter.

If only she knew that her ‘poor’ and ‘bullied’ daughter was actually fiercely quarrelling with the system, she would never dare to think that Bai Meiyue could be bullied!