Apocalyptic Calamity: My Proficiency Panel

Chapter 101: Chapter 90: Zhou Cheng’s Loneliness (Updated with 12,000 words, Subscription Needed!)_1

Chapter 101: Chapter 90: Zhou Cheng’s Loneliness (Updated with 12,000 words, Subscription Needed!)_1

An acre of land is actually quite large, and if an ordinary person were to dig with a shovel, it would take at least two or three days to finish digging this acre.

But it’s different with eight ordinary people together. Zhao Wen, Liu Li’s husband, two men brought by Li Ming, and four women, with eight shovels collectively, managed to turn over the soil of almost an acre by late morning, most of the soil becoming soft and pliable.

By the time Li Ming arrived, the land had almost been fully dug. He smiled slightly, thinking it was nearly lunchtime, and drove back to his “Left Six” villa to fetch food for them.

For the sake of convenience and control, he supplied the workers with food for each meal, never leaving any extra food here. Although it was a bit troublesome, this small measure saved a lot of hassle.

Everything is still unstable, and Li Ming didn’t want to cause trouble for himself by trying to be lazy.

“Brother Ming, you’re back.”

Upon returning to the villa, Xu Xiu, who heard the commotion, was the first to run over and open the villa door for Li Ming. She stood at the doorstep, hands folded in front of her, vividly standing there, her eyes seemingly filled with rivers as she looked at him.

Zhang Yuan and Chen Li were still on their period, Liu Fang needed to care for the children, so she was the most energetic in the villa. After having a thorough experience of the new world last night, her body had quietly come alive.

Seeing Li Ming come back, she couldn’t help but get closer to him. However, due to their initial encounter, she was still a bit awkward and didn’t have the audacity to throw herself into his arms like Zhang Yuan would.

“Come on, help me fetch the seeds. We’re going to plant vegetables later.”

Li Ming saw the small woman’s appearance and smiled, holding her by the buttocks, kissing her deeply for a moment before letting go, then licked her lips and said with a smile.

“Hmm, listen to Brother Ming.”

Xu Xiu murmured softly, her face flushed and didn’t dare to look at Li Ming. As Li Ming led her into the villa, Xu Xiu obediently followed step by step. Her face was red as if she could wring water out of it but she didn’t want to escape from his hands, she instead walked closer to Li Ming.

Seeds and fertilisers are too heavy, so Li Ming didn’t move them to the second floor, he just left them on the first floor. It’s easier to fetch them this way. Once inside the villa, Li Ming let go of Xu Xiu’s buttocks, and she blushed as she adjusted her hair.

“Li Ming, are we going to plant vegetables?”

Liu Fang peeked from the second floor with Yinyin in her arms, asking Li Ming downstairs.

“Yes, Auntie, if you have time, please come and help. We’ve dug an acre of land, let’s get these vegetables planted first, so we’ll have some food soon.”

Li Ming smiled and nodded at Liu Fang. Upon hearing this, Liu Fang quickly went back upstairs to hand Yinyin over to her daughter before coming downstairs to help look for seeds.

They had studied the process of growing vegetables during their free time before. But since Chen Li and Zhang Yuan were on their period, they couldn’t participate, so Liu Fang was the only one to follow.

Fortunately, an acre of land is not too large. After fetching the vegetable seeds, Xu Xiu also rode with him to the “Right Three” villa.

When Li Ming arrived, there was only a small patch left in the villa. Armed with seeds, he got out of the car with Xu Xiu and Liu Fang. The people who were digging the ground all worked harder and by the time the seeds were brought, the final small plot had also been dug up.

Then they distributed the seeds. Liu Fang taught them how to sow one by one. A group of people once again took the seeds to plant, and after planting, they watered them.

Ten people sowed an acre of land quite quickly. By lunchtime, the entire field was sown with seeds and water was poured over each seed.

At lunchtime, Li Ming fetched some food that the people at home didn’t want to eat, as well as some rice, and asked them to cook enough for twenty people.

As for the side dishes, they had to use one yuan per pack of pickles~

Seeing the time come for cooking, Li Ming didn’t delay. He went to the tree-cutting area to call back Sun San and his team. Sun San and his team were tired and they just dropped their saws and gathered back to wash up and prepare for the meal.

Zhou Cheng walked among the crowd, a morning’s worth of work had left him dirty. As he arrived at the “Right Three” villa, he suddenly noticed the figure of Xu Xiu. He looked at her radiant figure and then at his own grimy self, feeling complex emotions.

Suddenly, Xu Xiu noticed the influx of people. She lifted her head and swept her gaze over them. Her heart tightened as she was about to shyly escape, only to see Xu Xiu running towards the man leading the team, her face full of smiles. The robust and clean man reached out and grabbed her buttocks.

Zhou Cheng paused, watching as Xu Xiu clung to the man and entered the house. With a sigh, he followed the man next to him into the bathroom to wash off the dust.

After the wash, the others left, but Zhou Cheng stayed quietly in the bathroom. Only when he heard a round of farewell voices outside, did he let out a sigh of relief and walked out of the bathroom to sit in the living room.

Just then, a scent of rice wafted over. Zhou Cheng looked at the pots of thick rice porridge being served, swallowed his saliva, and began eating in large bites.

After a couple of bites, he picked up the sausages, marinated eggs, bread and ate with pickles. After finishing his meal, when the long-lost feeling of fullness came from his belly, he let out a deep sigh of relief.

It was then that he noticed another table next to them. On top of it were just simple porridge and pickles along with a dry piece of bread. He understood then that the extra food on his side was a reward for hard work.

And there was food to collect after going back.

Zhou Cheng quietly glanced at Zhao Wen. Although the food on his table was simpler by comparison, it was vastly different from the gathering place.

It’s a pity that Zhao Wen can feed himself, but he can’t feed Sister Lin.

Thinking of the woman waiting for him in the bed, Zhou Cheng felt a sense of comfort and gained more motivation.

“Brother Ming said we haven’t had a decent meal in a while. We can’t overwork ourselves; everyone gets to rest for three hours. We’ll have a good sleep, and then each of us gets to enjoy two braised eggs and a packet of pure milk, and then we’ll get back to work!”

Seeing it was already twelve o’clock, Sun San immediately announced, “Everyone has to wake up at three!”

The surrounding people responded with surprise and delight. Zhou Cheng also felt happy. He was already exhausted and had planned to force himself to work, and he hadn’t expected this kind of treatment.

This made him feel a sudden fondness for the man who had taken his wife away. Zhou Cheng, like everyone else, fell fast asleep for three hours. After waking up, he felt hungry again and only felt better after eating the braised eggs and drinking the milk, replenishing a good amount of his energy!

Looking at the people around him, those who were doing light work had already left. He immediately brightened up and joined the others to go back outside. Once outside, he noticed that those who were doing light work had already begun clearing the grass around another villa.

He gathered his energy and started working at the giant tree, feeling a lot more relieved about the ever-looming threat of death.

…….

At noon, after assigning tasks to different regions, Li Ming returned to his own villa with Xu Xiu and Liu Fang.

“Husband, have all the crops been planted?”

When he arrived home, Zhang Yuan and Chen Li had already prepared the food on the second floor. Seeing them return, Zhang Yuan immediately asked with a smile.

As time passed, she had accustomed herself to this cohabiting environment, and she now dared to call Li Ming ‘husband’ even with Liu Fang around.

“Yes, everything is planted. The next plan is to expand our area, set up a shed, and strive to have food for all four seasons.”

Li Ming nodded with a smile. On hearing this, the expressions of the women around him lit up and they gathered around him.

Liu Fang, meanwhile, went to the kitchen to cook lunch. Li Ming took this opportunity to show the “Secret Teachings” to Xu Xiu. The content made Xu Xiu blush, but hearing Li Ming say it was useful, she shyly made a note of it.

By the time she started eating lunch, Xu Xiu had already memorized all the contents. After she finished eating, Li Ming whispered in her ear to wait for him in the room, and Xu Xiu blushed as she hurried off.

“By the way, husband, don’t just think about helping Xu Xiu recharge. She’s able to generate power with light energy. I heard there’s a prestigious villa area in the city that has a batch of solar power equipment. Don’t you want to ask her when we can bring those over here? We could use more electricity.”

Seeing Li Ming’s smug expression, Zhang Yuan rolled her eyes and leaned against him. Then she reminded him, “She also has a younger sister who just turned eighteen in there. I wonder how she’s doing.”

By this time, everyone had finished eating. Liu Fang took the child and went back to her room to rest. Xu Xiu had gone back to her room waiting for Li Ming, and only Zhang Yuan and Chen Li were left dining with him.

“That’s news. I’ll go ask her after I finish eating.”

Li Ming is a big eater and was only half full at that point. Hearing this, he was surprised and couldn’t help but speed up his eating.

Zhang Yuan handed Li Ming a napkin and gently wiped his mouth once he finished eating. Seeing her tender look, he reached out, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her deeply. He then pulled Chen Li into his embrace, kissing them both fervently before settling back down.

“Naughty husband, my period is almost over, just two more days. Chen Li and I will be waiting for you in bed.”

Zhang Yuan, feeling the wetness on her face and neck and seeing the same on Chen Li, coyly said to Li Ming.

“Just two more days?”

Li Ming’s eyes sparkled. He held Zhang Yuan and Chen Li closer, whispering in their ears.

“Husband, we can’t here~”

Zhang Yuan looked at Li Ming pleadingly.

“The internet says it’s okay, so it must be okay. Let’s just try it once?”

Li Ming repeatedly tried to persuade Zhang Yuan. She was blushing and took a while before reluctantly nodding.

Li Ming was ecstatic. Zhang Yuan quickly asked him to go find Xu Xiu and then nervously consulted Chen Li about the feasibility of the arrangement.

“Sister Li, you and your husband have been married for a while now. Have you ever done this?”

Zhang Yuan, with her legs tightly closed and quite embarrassed, asked the person next to her.

“No, but I’ve heard it’s possible.”

Chen Li, with a cheerful smile, calmly offered advice to Zhang Yuan. Li Ming hadn’t asked Chen Li to do it, considering she needed to look after the child, she seemed very composed. “You don’t know how much your husband loves you. You’d better get used to it in advance, otherwise you won’t be able to handle it after a night.”

Hearing Chen Li’s words, Zhang Yuan instantly thought of how much Li Ming loved her and blushed. She nodded, keeping her legs tightly together.