After Apocalypse, I Got Rich With Superpower

Chapter 64: Chapter 62 Hire a Chef

Chapter 64: Chapter 62 Hire a Chef

Before, when she was around, nobody really noticed anything special, but once Li Pan fell, everyone realized that this girl had long since become the backbone of their hearts.

Despite her young age, she was tenacious, enduring, kind, straightforward, and generous. She diligently took care of everything both inside and outside, quietly bearing and giving her all, managing the home exceptionally well. They only had to work and earn money, worrying less about other matters.

Liu Qian also realized that once Li Pan fell ill, everything felt wrong to her, unsettled. When Pan’er used to be at home, she was gentle and meticulous, keeping everything in perfect order, and that made Liu Qian feel secure—that felt like home.

“So I’m really that important, huh.”

Li Pan chuckled foolishly to herself.

“Absolutely, you’re everyone’s treasure.”

Liu Qian played the fool to cheer her up.

Noticing that Xue Dong had been quiet all along, she smiled at the doctor and left, closing the door behind them to give them some space.

“I’m sorry, I should have stopped you. I shouldn’t have just thought about the losses and income.”

Xue Dong sat by the bed holding her hand, his face full of guilt.

“I’ve said it, I’m an adult, and I must take responsibility for my decisions, not letting others take the blame for me. I’m not Xie Ling, she’s a child, but I’m not.”

Li Pan grasped his hand, searching, “Brother, don’t feel guilty. I’ve told you I won’t be a burden. I can hold up my own sky too.

I truly enjoy farming, I love our farm, this is our home. I don’t want to quit because of the losses, I want to try even harder. I can’t always hide under your wings; I need to be independent, I need to hold up a sky for myself and for you.”

“Look, the Zhang siblings, Wenwen, Xie Ling, they trust us so much, just as we were once graced by others. We’ve welcomed them and we should give them a home, just like Uncle Wang and Uncle Qian always tirelessly cared for us. Uncle Qian, and the Base Commander who are neither kith nor kin, go to all lengths to protect and care for us without asking for anything in return.”

“I’ve grown up, and should learn from our elders, taking care of our younger brothers and sisters, allowing them to grow too. We have no relatives left, if this world were left just to us, without anyone else, what would be the point? Look at us now, how wonderful it is! Children making noise, having a bustling New Year’s meal together, just like before the disaster, lively, we are a family.”

Xue Dong buried his face in her arm, “I don’t want you in danger, I didn’t protect you well, I’m sorry!”

“I’m okay, I dared to do this because of the Star Tree. I had some confidence. Don’t worry, you should think about the rest of the replanting, recovering the losses. I might need to rest for a few days. Also, I need to go to the forest soon. The Star Tree depleted its energy to prevent me from getting hurt and needs to feed.”

“Okay, I’ll handle it.”

“Oh, and the doctor said that Xie Ling might advance after this. Do you still have any Crystal Cores? Give her some to use first.”

“Yes, open the drawer, the bag in there has Crystal Cores. Give her first to third level cores to absorb and adapt.”

“You rest well, I’ll go manage the farm, and have someone bring you some food later.”

Xue Dong tucked her in, grabbed a dozen Crystal Cores to prepare for Xie Ling.

Qin Jianzhong cooked, preparing sickroom meals for the three of them, and brought them up. Li Pan was still very weak, ate her meal, and then went back to sleep. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

They had already nearly finished harvesting the crops from both farms, including the hastened wheat straw and Purple clover, which were made into the green storage pit.

The losses were significant for everyone this time, but fortunately, the Base Commander responded promptly and took immediate practical actions when he saw Li Pan hastening the growth of plants, helping everyone recover a significant amount of their losses. Although there were losses, fortunately, they were bearable.

Three days after resting, Xie Ling recovered her superpowers, and on the fifth day, she successfully advanced to become a Middle-level Superpower User, which is quite young considering her impressive natural talent.

Xie Ling also obtained her own Companion Spirit Plant, a tree as well. Only those with exceptionally good talent in the Wood Element end up with High-level trees or Spirit Plants.

Her companion tree was a peach tree, capable of producing peaches, now considered Spirit Fruit. The peaches could heal damaged souls and spiritual power. They gently replenish superpowers; some mutant plants and mutant animals attack the superpower users’ Sea of Consciousness, and repairing it is quite challenging.

For instance, Zhang Yu is a Spiritual superpower user. Using her superpower excessively could cause headaches and turmoil in the Sea of Consciousness. This peach has the effect of repairing and healing the Sea of Consciousness, making it a very important direction for healing.

The last one is defense, the peach tree vines and peach blossoms can be used as weapons to protect Xie Ling.

Ascending to a High-level makes it a very impressive Companion Plant.

The only one who hasn’t advanced now is Zhang Qi, which makes him very depressed, and it’s quite embarrassing, as even the little sister has advanced before him.

And Zhang Yu had already become a Middle-level mental superpower user. For her to advance to High-level is still a long way off.

The Base Commander said there’s no need to use Li Pan’s Crystal Core, he would go exchange Crystal Cores for Xie Ling, who might even be able to earn money on her own in the future, as there are still many superpower users who need to alleviate and repair mental turmoil.

The Base Commander made a suggestion, asking Xie Ling if she would like to come back to the base to work, guaranteeing a good income and treatment, but that would mean she would have to leave the farm.

Xie Ling immediately refused, saying that she could work part-time at the base, but she wouldn’t leave the farm, as Orphanage Grandfather strongly supported Xie Ling’s decision.

She said, “When I was Low-level, nobody wanted to hire me. If it weren’t for Sister Pan’er treating me well, I wouldn’t have advanced so quickly. I’m not going anywhere, I don’t want to leave the farm. The Base needs me, I can make time to go over there, you decide, but I’m not leaving the farm. If Sister Pan’er has to leave, having me at home can make her feel more at ease.”

Although Xie Ling is an orphan, she is quite stubborn.

The children from the orphanage lose their parents early on but each has their own character traits.

The Base Commander also really likes these children, acknowledging their gratitude; they are all good kids, so he agreed, saying he would bring her the Crystal Core after he finished his tasks.

“Just you, my boy, you need to concentrate.”

The Base Commander playfully tugged at Zhang Qi’s head.

“Got it.”

Zhang Qi pouted, feeling wronged, I haven’t been slacking off.

Everyone burst into laughter.

The field had been deeply plowed, and now it needed immersion in farmyard manure for a few days; the last acceleration had been tough on the soil and had used up quite a bit, requiring additional fertilization to be sufficient.

Li Pan rested for a week and felt like her superpower had progressed somewhat, which made her very happy. She played with the Star Tree for a while and only continued with farm work after recuperating.

“Uncle, I’d like to take a trip to the forest when I have some free time soon to feed some energy to the Star Tree,” she said.

“Okay,” he replied, “when you’re free, I’ll arrange it for you, but don’t go running off on your own.”

“Alright.”

Lately, because of the freezing disaster, the Base Commander had been on his feet nonstop, fortunately, the weather finally warmed up, and it had stopped raining, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When he heard they wanted to start a small business like roasting meats, he brought in a real chef, who brought along his little daughter, willing to work long-term, the only condition being that his daughter must come with him.

His daughter was just seven years old, a Thunder Department superpower user, not able to do much work. He mostly took odd jobs, and though the child was young, she still needed to eat, and times were tough, one more person meant one more mouth to feed, more food consumed.

But he was a real chef, very skilled, and had been a chef for many years, having inherited the skills from his family. After surviving the catastrophe, he was looking for a stable place to stay and was willing to work long-term.

Li Pan planned to meet the chef when he arrived and, if suitable, to keep him.