Disaster Apocalypse: Farming, Family, and My Hidden Secret Space-Chapter 35. Should be... easy to raise, right?

It’s understandable. If it were me, having such an adorable and smart daughter, I’d probably find it really precious too.

Shopkeeper Wang smiled without saying anything. Instead, he took out Silver Coin from his pocket, counted one hundred sixty copper coins, and handed them over. "Brother Hua, if you ever catch any game again, feel free to bring it to our Tasty Delights. The price is absolutely fair."

"Thank you, Shopkeeper Wang." Seeing that the conversation wasn’t focused on his own child, Hua Chengtian relaxed, accepted the copper coins, and once again put on a smile, nodded, and left Tasty Delights with his two children.

"Dad, so much money, let’s catch more next time."

His daughter’s words made Hua Chengtian laugh out loud: "Daughter, this time is an exception. The rabbit was large enough and alive; otherwise, the price per pound would be two or three coins lower. Moreover, wild rabbits in the mountains are not easy to catch. Our family isn’t specialized hunters, and even those who are don’t necessarily have a good catch every day, especially when the mountain is snowbound in winter; they hardly get anything then. Most importantly, it’s dangerous up there, and money is exchanged for their lives, so just think about it and don’t take it too seriously, okay?"

While enjoying himself, Hua Chengtian also worried that his daughter might have similar thoughts, so he hurriedly explained to let her know she shouldn’t entertain such ideas.

"Dad, I know." His daughter Hua Jin returned a "your daughter is not dumb" look, "Dad, I didn’t say we should go to the mountains. Don’t we still have a few little wild rabbits at home? I’ve read in books that wild rabbits can have several litters a year. Dad, how about we raise wild rabbits? If it goes well, we won’t have to worry about making money." Her eyes sparkled as she looked at her father, her little face flushed with excitement.

These words from his daughter indeed stirred something in Hua Chengtian’s heart; raising rabbits as she suggested could actually work.

It’s just... does his son have books on this too?

But then he remembered his son often borrowed books from classmates to read at home, so bringing home some miscellaneous books wasn’t impossible.

Thinking about this, he immediately felt that his daughter was indeed wonderful—smart and eager to learn, otherwise she wouldn’t know these things. He then looked at his other son, who was slowly eating an oil cake, with an obvious disdainful expression on his face.

Hua Jin was still waiting for her father’s reply, completely unaware of his confusion and that he had already found a reason for her knowledge.

"My daughter is smart. It’s just... it’s just that we’ve never raised these things; can we really do it?" Hua Chengtian gave his daughter an early heads-up, in case the little rabbits couldn’t be raised and made her sad.

"They should be... easy to raise, right?" Hua Jin hesitated for a moment, having only thought about the potential earnings from raising rabbits but forgetting to consider how easy they were to care for.

If they can grow so well in the wild, it shouldn’t be too difficult to raise them, right?

Hua Jin thought uncertainly, as she had never raised rabbits before either.

She then searched her mind for knowledge on the subject; hmm... not much, just things she inadvertently saw online, but it’s better than nothing.

Why overthink? Experience is gradually accumulated. After all, it’s a zero-cost business. At worst, restart if it doesn’t work out.

Having figured it out, Hua Jin wasn’t worried anymore, "It’s fine, Dad. We’ll just give it a try."

"Right, right, my daughter is right," Hua Chengtian laughed, relaxing as he found his child’s mindset to be healthy.

"Then let’s give it a try."

Having this thought, he couldn’t let the two kids handle it on their own, so Hua Chengtian immediately decided to pay more attention to the little rabbits’ growth when he had free time after returning home.

"Hmm-hmm," at this moment, the father and daughter were on the same page, both thinking about focusing more on the little rabbits.

Hua Jin even considered going into the space at night.

She suddenly thought that since the house in the space could have electricity, maybe there was internet too?

She was even a bit eager to find out.

As for Xiaosi, he paid no attention to the conversation between his sister and father. He was caught up in the internal debate about whether to take another bite of the oil cake he was holding.

The fragrant aroma of the oil cake was teasing his senses, making him salivate uncontrollably as he constantly battled the urge to take a bite, while also wanting to save some for his grandpa, grandma, and mom to try. Torn by this internal conflict, he returned to their stall.

Seeing the empty bamboo basket, he knew the two rabbits were sold.

"Sold them." Old Man Hua said.

Hua Chengtian nodded, "Sold them, sold to Tasty Delights. The shopkeeper is quite honest."

Hearing his son say this, Old Man Hua understood that they sold well, and his face grew even more wrinkled with a smile, while Ji Xiang and the old woman of the Hua family also smiled.

Today’s business was good, and they sold quite a lot, including some utensils. The old woman felt it was all thanks to their granddaughter bringing good fortune. Before bringing her, business wasn’t this good or this quick to finish; sometimes, they even had leftovers until late afternoon.

With a wide grin, she then turned to her son, "Now that you’re back, you and your dad keep an eye on the stall, while your wife and I head to the embroidery shop."

"Okay, Mom, you two go ahead," Hua Chengtian nodded.

Seeing his grandma and mom about to leave, Xiaosi, who had been struggling with the decision of what to do with the oil cake, snapped out of it. He quickly ran over to them, offering them the leftover cake proudly: "Grandma, Mom, Xiaosi specially saved this cake for you; it’s really delicious. Try some."

"My grandson is so thoughtful." The old woman of the Hua family eyed the oil cake with a bite taken out of it, her eyes twitching slightly, but she still praised him.

"But Grandma’s not hungry; you go ahead and eat."

"Mom..." Xiaosi turned to his mom.

"Mom’s not hungry either, Xiaosi can eat it himself." Ji Xiang hurriedly declined, finding the thought of eating something the child had already nibbled on too unappealing.

Xiaosi then ran over to his grandpa, who also told him to eat it himself. As for his dad, Xiaosi had long since subconsciously forgotten him. Happily holding the remaining bits of oil cake, he continued eating, so absorbed that he didn’t even notice when his grandma and mom left with his sister.

Hua Jin nervously smoothed her floral-patterned clothes as she followed her grandma and mom down the inner street, realizing only when they stopped in front of a shop that Zou’s Embroidery wasn’t far from Tasty Delights at all.

The storefront was quite ordinary and seemed quite normal. The difference was in the brighter paint on the facade, in a vibrant red, with four neat characters spelling out "Zou’s Embroidery" on the sign above.

Inside the shop, big girls and young wives came and went, indicating good business. Hua Jin followed her grandma and mom into the embroidery shop.

Once inside, she discovered that the embroidery shop had more to it than its entrance suggested. The space was spacious, with several female staff members attending to customers.

The shop was filled with all sorts of items, mostly necessities for women: embroidered pouches, handkerchiefs, needles and threads, various lucky knots, fabrics, and ready-made garments in different styles and colors. For a small town, it was quite large in scale, and seeing this gave Hua Jin some confidence.

With female customers ahead, they had to wait a bit for their turn.

Regulars here, Ji Xiang and the old woman of the Hua family were well known. Recognizing her task, one shop assistant didn’t spend extra effort entertaining them.

"Good day, Shopkeeper Zou," Ji Xiang greeted with a smile when it was finally their turn, courteously addressing the woman behind the counter.

"Mrs. Ji, you’re here! It’s been a while this time." Shopkeeper Zou replied with a beaming smile, accepting the package Ji Xiang handed over and began inspecting it.

Indeed, it had been a day past the delivery date, making Ji Xiang feel a bit embarrassed. "Yes, yes, we’ve had a lot going on at home with the busy farming season. I hope it didn’t delay your sales, Shopkeeper."

"No, no, don’t worry, Mrs. Ji. I was just asking casually." Sensing Ji Xiang’s tension, Shopkeeper Zou quickly reassured her with a smile.