The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 130 Doubt

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"In reply to your question, sir, generally speaking, there are two types of disasters: natural disasters and man-made disasters. Earth, for example, is still a primitive civilization that has just entered space. It cannot even conduct short- to medium-distance space travel. Although humanity has nuclear weapons, it is absolutely impossible to destroy the Earth. Therefore, only natural disasters can cause the destruction of the Earth. Given the current cosmic environment, the possibility of this is almost zero." The destruction of Earth that Ya Ya mentioned refers to the Earth being damaged and shattered into cosmic dust, rather than the destruction of the human living environment due to nuclear war.

"Before Ya Ya met her master, she was dormant on Earth due to insufficient energy. During this time, she accumulated energy and even tried to contact extraterrestrial civilizations. Ya Ya has already detected that there are no advanced extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way, so the possibility of Earth being destroyed by extraterrestrial civilizations is ruled out... As for the doomsday prophecy... In fact, these kinds of predictions that foreshadow the end of the world are generally calculated by human sages based on the trajectories of celestial bodies. Therefore, these kinds of prophecies usually indicate that changes in the cosmic environment will alter the environment of planets, causing natural disasters. These disasters vary in scale, but generally, with preparation, they will not cause the extinction of civilizations." Ya Ya continued to speak eloquently.

Yang Ming was stunned.

"Actually, changes in the cosmic environment are not all disasters. Some are accompanied by opportunities. For example, there is a kind of cosmic prison in the universe. This kind of cosmic prison is actually an ecological planet suitable for life to live on. However, because it is in an inert ray environment, the energy mode is unusually stable. Any life in this kind of cosmic prison, no matter how powerful it was before, or how much technology or power it possessed, cannot escape this cosmic prison. It can only be trapped here and obediently serve its sentence in prison," Ya Ya said.

"Why?" Yang Ming asked curiously. He never expected that there were so many interesting things in the universe.

"These inert rays, also known as stable rays or order rays, contain energy that is exceptionally stable. However, energy needs to generate power through bursts, and a stable energy output is not enough to allow a spaceship to escape Earth's gravity and fly into outer space," Ya Ya said.

"Why?" Yang Ming could only ask "why" now.

"Because the energy used by spaceships is a highly efficient energy source, which produces extremely large energy fluctuations. Only highly efficient energy sources can support spaceships for long-distance spaceflight. In some advanced civilizations, a high-energy battery the size of a soybean can even produce all the energy that a solar fusion process would produce. If a spaceship using this highly efficient energy source were placed in a stable radiation environment, it would be useless. Due to the weight of the spaceship and the stable energy output method, it would be impossible for the spaceship to escape Earth's gravity and fly into outer space," Ya Ya said.

"..." Yang Ming was speechless, almost speechless.

"On the contrary, some spacecraft using inefficient energy sources can still escape Earth's gravity through acceleration. Hehe, the worst off are some space adventurers who piloted their spaceships into stable rays, but failed to find any habitable planets and ended up starving to death on barren planets," Ya Ya said.

"Then, what other special cosmic environments are there?" Yang Ming asked.

"In reply to your question, Master, as far as I know, there are also chaotic rays, berserk rays... and tens of thousands of other special cosmic rays. These special cosmic rays have given rise to all sorts of special cosmic environments," Ya Ya said.

In reality, Ya Ya is very human; it's impossible for her to actually recite all the tens of thousands of special cosmic rays she knows—that would take forever.

(I won't say more, otherwise some brothers will say that it's heading towards interstellar or post-apocalyptic themes...)

"..." Yang Ming was completely speechless. The vastness of the universe made him feel insignificant.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Li Yueting gently nudged Yang Ming.

"Huh? What?" Yang Ming suddenly came to his senses.

"What are you doing? What are you spacing out for?" Li Yueting said.

"What's it to you?" Yang Ming rolled his eyes at Li Yueting, annoyed.

"I..." Li Yueting was so angry that she was speechless. How could you treat someone who was just trying to be kind and concerned about you like this?

"Honey, don't talk to Yueting like that..." Wei Qingqing's words warmed Li Yueting's heart, but... "Why waste words with her? Just kick this third wheel away..."

"Did you hear that... Do I need to kick you?" Yang Ming glared at Li Yueting.

"You two..." Li Yueting was so angry she felt like her lungs were about to explode. She stomped her foot and ran away into the darkness.

"What happened to you just now?" Wei Qingqing asked softly.

"I talked to Ya Ya and asked her about the end of the world..." Yang Ming didn't hide anything, "I asked her if she had any coping strategies."

"Oh? What can she do? Didn't you just not believe me?" Wei Qingqing asked.

"Better safe than sorry, prevention is better than cure..." Yang Ming chuckled awkwardly. "Ya Ya said that buying a folding space would be enough to serve as a refuge for Earthlings. However, Ya Ya also said that the possibility of the end of the world is very small, almost zero."

"Then hurry up and buy it..." Wei Qingqing said anxiously, "Wait a minute, don't you not have enough money?"

"Just because it's not enough now doesn't mean it won't be enough in the future. The unicorn snake I bought has already evolved. Once it evolves to a certain extent, just one snake will be enough to buy ten, a hundred, or a thousand 'folding spaces'," Yang Ming said.

"A unicorn snake? You mean the kind of snake that can evolve into a dragon? It's that valuable?" Wei Qingqing was stunned.

"Of course..." Yang Ming nodded, "If that kind of snake were to evolve into a dragon, the price would increase several times over." Not even by a few times, but by several times over.

Wei Qingqing was still in shock and could only lie in Yang Ming's arms, slowly coming back to her senses. When she turned her head, she saw six one-horned golden-eyed bulls leisurely grazing on the night grass.

"You've bought so many cows again. We're going to be very busy from now on. Just milking them will take half a day..." Wei Qingqing looked at the five cows and couldn't help but worry.

"Why don't I just ask my parents for help? Anyway, they've sneaked in before, and they've seen basically everything they should and shouldn't have seen," Yang Ming said.

"Is that okay? If we're going to sell milk, we'll have to provide milk packaging. Do we have to teach Mom and Dad how to use those dairy processing machines?" Wei Qingqing asked.

"Let them teach us. They've already seen alien creatures, so it's not too surprising that they're learning to use alien technology," Yang Ming said.

"Then let's talk to them and see if they're willing..." Wei Qingqing nodded and said.

"Feed..." Yang Ming slapped her bottom. "Why does your tone sound like you're looking to hire two milkmen?"

"You're so annoying..." Wei Qingqing's face turned red. "If you hit me again, I'll tell Mom..." Her little hands were kneading his waist, but she wasn't using any force.

"Hmph..." Yang Ming chuckled, but hugged Wei Qingqing even tighter. "How's the silk? Has Aunt Liu asked you for silk again?"

"No..." Wei Qingqing shook her head. "No matter what, Aunt Liu is all alone. It's only been a few days. There's absolutely no way she could have used up all that silk."

"Our garment factory should be expanded. We should recruit a group of workers for Aunt Liu's team, just enough to have half the skill of Aunt Liu. Otherwise, it will take several days to make a single garment. We've been open for so many days, and we haven't even finished making the Hanfu that our relatives and friends ordered. I haven't dared to promote our garment factory," Yang Ming said.

"Hmm, what you said makes a lot of sense. I heard from Aunt Liu that there are plenty of skilled craftsmen like this in Liu Family Village and her maternal grandmother's village, Jiang Family Village. We can ask Aunt Liu to recruit some..." Wei Qingqing said.

"Then you should talk to Aunt Liu tomorrow and ask her to recruit people..." Yang Ming said.

"Okay..." Wei Qingqing readily agreed, "However, I feel that Aunt Liu's behavior has been a bit strange lately..."

"Strange?" Yang Ming hadn't really paid much attention to Aunt Liu. "What exactly is strange about her?"

"Don't you notice? She's been irritable and easily angered lately, throwing tantrums all the time, making it seem like she's going through menopause. And have you noticed? Aunt Liu used to love spicy food, but now? She's always eating hawthorns all the time..." Wei Qingqing said.

"Sour?" Yang Ming recalled the day Zheng Da Han gave Liu Sao a bag of hawthorns, and a question arose in his mind. You see, sour and spicy are two very different flavors. Generally speaking, people who like sour food don't like spicy food, and people who like spicy food don't like sour food. Of course, this is not a standard. There are also some people who like both sour and spicy food.

"Yeah, seeing how much she was eating hawthorns, I thought she was pregnant!" Wei Qingqing said.

"Don't talk nonsense..." Yang Ming glared at Wei Qingqing. "You absolutely can't say that. Aunt Liu is a widow. If you say it, you'll offend her terribly!"

"I know, I'm not stupid, am I? I'm telling you this, aren't I?" Wei Qingqing rolled her eyes.

"Just remember that..." Yang Ming said seriously, "You usually spend a lot of time with Aunt Liu, and you two get along well. Try to subtly mention it to her and see how she reacts..."

"What reaction?" Wei Qingqing was confused.

"If Aunt Liu is really pregnant, it's important to know whether she was bullied or if it was voluntary. If it was voluntary, we can pretend nothing happened. But if she was bullied, can we just let that kid off so easily? I suspect that Zheng Dahan. On the morning you made up about Mom and Dad, I went out to feed the livestock and saw that kid Zheng Dahan carrying a bag of hawthorns. He insisted that Aunt Liu eat them, but she wouldn't. In the end, I had to ask her to eat one..." Yang Ming recounted what happened that day.

"You suspect that Zheng Dahan bullied Liu Sao?" Wei Qingqing's eyes widened.

"I'm just guessing, but Zheng Dahan is indeed a suspect. But I know that guy very well. He's a quiet, reserved person. How could he possibly do something like that?" Yang Ming was very puzzled.

"It's easy to draw the skin of a tiger but hard to draw its bones; it's easy to know a person's face but hard to know their heart. Maybe this kind of honest-looking person is actually full of bad intentions..." Wei Qingqing gritted her teeth. Just thinking about how Liu Sao was bullied by such a brute and might even be pregnant made her feel suffocated.

"Don't overthink it. Maybe nothing happened to her. What kind of person is Aunt Liu? Don't you know? Is she the kind of person who would let herself be taken advantage of? If she really had been taken advantage of, she would probably have reported it to the police immediately..." Yang Ming said.

In Yang Ming's memory, Aunt Liu was like a little hedgehog. No one could get the better of her. Instead, they were all hurt by her thorns, including her parents-in-law.

"I have to have a serious talk with Aunt Liu. If we really suffer a loss at Zheng Dahan's hands, then I'll have Li Yueting secretly deal with Zheng Dahan..." Wei Qingqing and Aunt Liu always bickered, but they had a very good relationship. When Wei Qingqing got angry, she was quite murderous.

"Yes, yes, yes..." Yang Ming's forehead was covered in sweat, and he quickly changed the subject, "Qingqing, our dairy farm has expanded, and we can handle supplying milk to Aunt Zhang and the others. Don't you think we should give this milk a nice name?"

"Oh! Of course..." Wei Qingqing nodded, her attention indeed diverted.

"Then what do you think it should be called?" Yang Ming asked quickly.

"Go ahead and say it, I'll listen to you..." Wei Qingqing was in no mood for anything right now. All she could think about was how miserable Liu Sao looked after being bullied.

"What do you say? Should we listen to you? Both names are good, which one should we choose?..." Yang Ming fell into a state of 'contemplation'.

"You... Pfft..." Wei Qingqing couldn't help but chuckle at Yang Ming's silly look.

Wei Qingqing laughed out loud, and then the rain stopped, the clouds dispersed, and the sky cleared.

The two chatted and laughed, and watched the one-horned golden-eyed bulls for a while. Seeing that there was no conflict between them, they left with peace of mind and went home.

As the couple walked into the front yard, the beam of a flashlight shone on them, causing them to squint.

"Who is it?" Yang Ming asked.

"Brother, it's me..." Wang Zhengzhi's voice came through.

"Oh? It's Brother Wang? It's so late, Brother Wang, is there something you need?" Yang Ming said.

"Something came up..." Wang Zhengzhi approached Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing. "We're going back tomorrow, so we wanted to buy some fruit from you. I heard your fruit is quite expensive. We're acquaintances, so could you give us a discount?"

"Hehe, alright, who told us to have such an unforgettable experience?" Yang Ming chuckled. "No matter how many you want, Brother Wang, I'll sell them to you at the village's selling price, how about that?" The village's selling price that Yang Ming mentioned was a price specifically for tourists, but there was no limit on the quantity, which showed how much consideration he was giving to Wang Zheng.

"That's great! Just prepare a little of each kind of fruit for me, enough to make a thousand yuan..." Wang Zhengzhi chuckled. "We'll leave after lunch tomorrow, and I'll come pick it up from you then..."

"Why bother getting anything? Why not just have Yang Ming deliver it to you? You came by car anyway, so why not have Yang Ming drive you home? It'll save you from having to take a taxi, which would be a waste of money," Wei Qingqing said.

"No need, no need. Aunt Pang is going into town tomorrow to take care of some things, and we can go with her," Wang Zhengzhi declined, not wanting to trouble her too much...

"It's no trouble at all. We happen to have a driver at home who drives very well, so we can have him take you," Yang Ming said.

"Is it really not troublesome?" Wang Zhengzhi asked again.

"It's really no trouble!" Yang Ming said confidently.

"Doesn't it use much gas?" Wang Zhengzhi had a knack for managing daily life. Isn't that what it means to be meticulous about every little thing in life?

"It doesn't use much oil..." Wei Qingqing chimed in.

The couple found it somewhat amusing.

"Alright then, thank you for your help..." Wang Zhengzhi readily agreed.

After seeing Wang Zhengzhi off, the couple went inside. The lights in all three rooms were on. In the outer room, Sun Fangfang, Zhang Fenghuang, Liu Lili, and Zhang Yue were chatting away, like long-lost lovers with endless things to say. In the west room, Zhang Shufang, Zhao Yunfeng, and Gu Yu were also chatting enthusiastically.

Inside the east room were Yang Zhengfang, Lao Huang, and Lao Liu. The three of them were drinking and talking animatedly, showing no sign of taking a break.

"Is romance back?" Zhang Yue glanced at the two as they entered the house. "I heard that you two have been bullying Phoenix and Lily while I was away. Is that true?" the little girl asked in an official tone.

"Oh, Mr. Zhang, that's absolutely impossible. Even if you gave me a hundred lives, I wouldn't dare to bully Phoenix and Lily..." Yang Ming immediately put on a wronged expression.

"Still denying it? I've heard that Phoenix and Lily are now staying at Sister Liu's house. Tell me, how could you send your two old classmates and friends, two beautiful ladies, to someone else's house?" Zhang Yue said.

"But we don't have enough room..." Yang Ming said with a bitter face. Since they were so enthusiastic, he should cooperate.

"Would it kill you to let Phoenix and Lily live in your rooms?" Zhang Yue rolled her eyes.

"Where will we stay?" Yang Ming asked.

"The livestock shed..." Zhang Yue said without thinking, a mischievous smile creeping onto her lips.

"Do you believe I'll make you sleep in the livestock shed tonight?" Yang Ming immediately put on a furious look, his eyes practically spitting fire.

Zhang Yue made a face at Yang Ming.

"Hmph, how can you let Yueyue live in the livestock shed?" Wei Qingqing rolled her eyes at Yang Ming. "She's your old classmate, you know. Just send her to the east wing. Let her keep the pigeons company. If the rats come out, she can dance with them. That would be fun..." Wei Qingqing thought of the scene when the east wing was covered with rats. She imagined Zhang Yue jumping up and down in fright among the rat carcasses. A creepy smile appeared on her lips.

"I thought you were a good person, but I didn't expect you to be even worse than Yang Ming..." Zhang Yue puffed out her cheeks and glared at Wei Qingqing.

"Huh?" Wei Qingqing, lost in her fantasies, was taken aback by Zhang Yue's words. "You knew all that?"

"I know, of course I know, you're so mean..." Zhang Yue's big eyes darted around, and she immediately chimed in. Little did she know how magnificent the east wing had once been...

"Uh..." Wei Qingqing was a little embarrassed.

"Hmph, you're such a mean person. I really regret not insisting back then. If I had insisted, and let Lily sabotage your wedding, she definitely could have torn you apart..." Zhang Yue's cheeks puffed out.

"Yes, yes, Qingqing, why don't you hurry up and curry favor with our Yueyue..." Yang Ming teased from the side.

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely try to please Yueyue and apologize to her..." Wei Qingqing quickly agreed, bowing and scraping to Zhang Yue. "Yueyue, from now on, we promise not to charge you a single penny for our fruit, absolutely not. Also, if you want to drink milk, just tell your sister-in-law, and she will definitely not charge you a single penny. If you don't like using a straw, your sister-in-law can prepare a pacifier for you."

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