Grandpa Zhou was stubborn, Wu Qingyuan didn’t have any speaking power, and Grandpa Wu couldn’t persuade him to listen. Finally, it was decided that Wu Qingyuan would be the only one to leave.

In fact, what Grandpa Zhou said was not unreasonable. The two of them were already very old and had lived a good life in the past few years. Instead of tossing around somewhere else, it was better to stay quietly in this yard to spend their remaining lives.

However, Wu Qingyuan was still worried. The apocalypse was coming in a few months, so it was too dangerous for the two old people to live alone. It was just that the two of them did not want to leave, and he had no choice but to leave them here. The only thing he could do was to find a way to make the two old people spend their last few years of life safely.

Therefore, as soon as the matter was decided, taking advantage of the fact that he still had plenty of time before the solar eclipse that Grandpa Zhou mentioned arrived, he did not immediately leave for Province Y but continued to live with the two elderly people in their home.

The 800,000 yuan extorted from Wu Sufen and the more than 1 million mortgaged from his house, taken from the hands of loan sharks, were not yet to be useless. Although the money was not too much, it was enough to renovate the house of the two old people and stock some living supplies.

The two’s home was made of big rocks. The appearance was not as popular as modern small buildings, but the degree of solidity and stability was high; therefore, it did not need much change. The only thing that needed to be done was to make some protective measures; not just zombies, people from the apocalyptic days were also very dangerous.

After thinking about it, Wu Qingyuan immediately went and hired someone to make another wall outside the fence of the outer yards. The walls of the inside and outside were made of anti-theft serrated nails, and he also bought a lot of supplies.

In addition to the most basic grain, oil, rice, noodles, clothes, etc., there were also some solar-powered generators, air conditioners, water purifiers, and other useful gadgets. When the time came, the two elders would be able to plant some things in the yard, and they would be able to support themselves within a few years without having to leave the safety of the yard. They would be able to become self-sufficient.

After finishing these, Wu Qingyuan was still not at ease, and after thinking about it, he deliberately contacted his old friends to help find two specially trained Tibetan mastiffs from the army and used his spiritual power to set spiritual commands to protect the two old people. He felt a bit more relieved.

As the temperature continued to rise at severe rates and various prices rose alongside it, the villagers in the mountain village couldn’t help but secretly smack their foreheads when they saw Wu Qingyuan buying things for the old house every day.

Most of the rural people were not very rich, and although they were not poor now, few would be like Wu Qingyuan, who was casually throwing hundreds of thousands.

Especially now that, because of the weather, prices were soaring. A catty of vegetables and an ice cream were sold at a high price of several tens of yuan. Everyone was even more reluctant to spend money. They were just waiting for the price to come down after this period, but not everyone knew that the situation was completely different this time.

The two elders have lived in the village for more than 20 years, and they have a lot of affection for the village. Wu Qingyuan was also worried that when the apocalypse breaks out, the whole village would try to ransack or harm the two’s home. This situation was unfavorable, so they invited the village head to their house to have a meal and gave the village head some news while they ate.

Of course, since the village chief was an outsider, Wu Qingyuan dared not speak too clearly; he only said that after hearing the news in the city, the weather may continue for a while, and prices would rise even more. He wanted to let the village chief inform the villagers to save more food.

“Well, I would hold a meeting for everyone when I go back. If the prices of goods go up even more, our village would starve to death…”

The two elders were very famous in the village. The village chief did not doubt their words. He was also a man who had lived for several decades, and he was very worried when he looked at the weather.

“You try your best to persuade everyone in the village; don’t be reluctant to take out money; try to save more food at home, and the doors and windows of the house should also be reinforced, lest thieves come. I have some money here to donate to the village– if you see some villagers having difficulties in the village, use this to help them, but please pay attention to this matter when you are implementing it. If it gets out, the police would have to find me and claim that I am spreading rumors and lock me up.”

To prove the authenticity of his words, Wu Qingyuan took out the last two hundred thousand yuan left in his wallet and donated it to the village. Now the village chief has to believe in him even more. After all, who was brave enough to spend so much money just to prove a lie?

“You could rest assured, young man, I know the importance of this matter.”

After earnestly guaranteeing that he would not disclose his identity, the village head hurriedly left and quickly notified the village of a meeting.

This village was small, with a total of a few dozen households. Those who stayed in the village at the moment were the elderly people who were more stubborn in their thinking. They had experienced a period of starvation and had a unique obsession with food. Once the village chief explained the situation, they all agreed and went home to take out the money and prepare quickly, knowing that the feeling that there was food in the family kept them at ease.

Some people were reluctant to bring out their savings. In addition, the prices in the county and city were rising every day, and they panicked when they saw such high prices. In the end, they couldn’t resist the mentality of the majority and followed the others in stocking food.

Seeing the people in the village getting busy, Wu Qingyuan was very satisfied; this was so that after the apocalypse broke out, the food stored in his elders’ homes would not be conspicuous.

There was less than a month before the apocalypse broke out. The increasingly severe weather had caused many strong laborers who were working outside to return to the village. In addition to escaping the heat, it was also because of the rising prices in the city that people who went out to work could not bear it and returned to their homes.

The time for the tiangou to eat the sun was approaching. It would be the day when it would start snowing, and the virus would break out. There was still a little time left. While Wu Qingyuan used his abilities to help his second grandfather regulate his body, he ran out every night and gathered some plants around the village, and used his abilities to hasten their growth.

Once the apocalypse comes, these plants that have matured in advance would be transformed by the virus, which would speed up the time of mutation. They were aggressive, but they were only aimed at foreign invasions; they would protect the territory within their scope, and they would become a part of the village in the future. With such natural barriers, many bases in the late apocalypse would use these plants to guard against zombies.

Wu Qingyuan was not aware of the fact that his actions would turn this village into a paradise in the future. All he wanted to do was to do his best to build a fortress for the two elders to spend their old age in comfort, so the plants around the two elders’ yards ripened and forcefully matured.

After all the necessary preparations were made and after spending a few days quietly with the two elders, Wu Qingyuan finally left the village and headed to Province Y, which was where Grandpa Zhou told him to go.

In any case, since he has been reborn, he has to live well.

Now, not only has the weather gone wrong, but the magnetic field has also been affected. The planes did not dare to fly in the sky anymore. And for fear of losing the chance, Wu Qingyuan could not take the plane and could only drive again.

Driving all day and night, he finally rushed to the place mentioned by Grandpa Zhou the day before the heavy snowfall. It was just a very ordinary mountain, nothing special about it, but according to Grandpa Zhou, he accidentally crossed here from ancient times on the day of the solar eclipse.

Later, based on some legends and information about the village where the mountain was located, he estimated that every time the eclipse arrived, something like a wormhole magnetic field connecting other worlds might appear here; in other words, this was where he would traverse.

Therefore, it was precisely because there was no guarantee that he would return to his hometown, coupled with the poor health of his partner, and the fact that the two were already old and only had a few years left, that Grandpa Zhou was reluctant to leave.

Staying overnight in the cold and tense atmosphere of the mountainous area, Wu Qingyuan finally let go of his worries when the solar eclipse appeared at noon the next day.

He was really afraid that Grandpa Zhou’s guess would not be true. If the magnetic field did not appear, he would have to stay here until the end of the apocalypse. After experiencing the apocalypse, he yearned for a peaceful world and life more than anyone else.

Finally, he glanced at the earth that was already snowing, and Wu Qingyuan resolutely entered the magnetic field in front of him.

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Jiangyi County was a very ordinary county in the territory of the Xia Kingdom. It was not too prosperous, but it was also very lively.

This was because there was a Shiqiao Town within Jiangyi County; this town was next to two huge docks of the canal. It was a resting place for traders from the north to the south who had to buy food and supplies for the boat, thus driving the flow and development of the surrounding people forward.

Every month or two, when the traders settled down, in addition to those long-term workers who made a living by moving goods at the wharf in the town, some vigorous men in the surrounding villages would also go to the wharf to do temporary work for a few days to earn some extra money. Lin Laogen was one of these men.

Lin Laogen was simply named Lin Shugen. He was a country guy who could work and had great strength, but he was lame, so the merchants who called for work on the ship did not like to look for him to move goods. He, on the other hand, did not think that he was a waste of money, and he only asked for half the usual salary.

So Lin Laogen’s daily business was not very good, and he did not earn much, but he still ran to the dock every day during this period. Anyway, he was not busy in the fields during this period, and it was always good to earn extra money. The money of the country folk was accumulated in this way.

“Lin Laogen, have you come to earn for the dowry and tuition for your ger and son again? It’s not that we look down on you, but it is best to put your money on your son; you already know the looks of your ger. He doesn’t need to count on you for money, and he could already work; you don’t have to work so hard for his dowry.”

A familiar guy greeted him, laughing and teasing.

“Bah! My child Lin Amo is good at everything except that he doesn’t look good. No one in the village can match him, and the Luhua from the village next door is even uglier than my child. I heard that he got married a few days ago, and the man still loves his wife very much. My child will be able to marry a good person in the future!”

As soon as he heard someone belittle his own baby, Lin Laogen was ready to put up his fists; his eyes widened, and he defended against the man’s words.

Everyone laughed and agreed with him. Anyone who knows Lin Laogen knows that this old man was honest and easy to talk to, but if he talked about his two children, he would change his temper, and he would fight just to defend them. Even his old mother wasn’t given face when she spoke words of ridicule.

“Hey, a boat is coming!”

As they were talking and laughing, someone yelled this. Everyone turned around and saw a wooden boat slowly approaching the pier. It was small and didn’t look like a large caravan, but it was packed full of goods. Those who knew how to make a lot of money immediately stopped chatting and hurried over.

Lin Shugen’s eyes lit up, and he limped towards them while holding his sweat towel.