Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse
Chapter 155 - 152 Misfortune Falls on All [1000+ Votes]

Chapter 155: Chapter 152 Misfortune Falls on All [1000+ Votes]

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Entering the living room, one could see an old set of redwood sofas which Zhang Shan Ni had thoroughly cleaned. She had cleverly coated the worn spots with Space paint and concealed them with cotton pads, making the damages hardly noticeable.

Anyone who knows their stuff would definitely recognize the value of this sofa set.

Opposite the sofa was a combination of bookcases and a TV stand, a hallmark of this era. Zhang Shan Ni found it very practical, and since others deemed it too expensive and it had been sitting around for a while, it perfectly suited her taste, so she bought a set outright.

Anyway, with money in hand, Zhang Shan Ni didn’t think the cabinet was too pricey at just a hundred bucks. Instead, she felt it was a bargain for its quality.

Her man’s belongings had already been organized by her, and Zhang Shan Ni, now just crossing into her fourth month of pregnancy, calmly went about tidying with her little belly.

Pregnant women with OCD are truly finicky.

Before moving in, Zhang Shan Ni had already used the ’Deodorant’ from the Space to absorb any harmful odors from the furniture. Only after using up three deodorants and ensuring the core layer was still snow white and unchanged did she feel secure to move in.

Now she has been living in the Rong Department’s military family housing for half a month. Since it’s a new building, most of the residents are of similar ranks to Xie Jingchen, so there aren’t any strict hierarchical relationships.

After all, Mrs. Rong comes from various places and backgrounds, some from the countryside like Zhang Shan Ni, others from the city, locals, and those from other provinces.

A single military family building gathers people from all directions, with over a dozen different dialects. Thankfully, everyone knows they need to communicate and can only converse in standard Mandarin; otherwise, Zhang Shan Ni would really find it a case of "the chicken talks to the duck" completely baffling.

Even so, everyone’s Mandarin carries their hometown accent, some speak too fast or have a strong rolled tongue, making it hard to understand. Zhang Shan Ni often looks at them with an innocent ’What are you saying? I can’t understand!’ expression, making it clear how ’distinct’ her Mandarin is.

Currently, in the same military family building, about fifty to sixty percent is occupied, and most of the men from this same building are out on assignments. Everyone jokes around on the surface but turns around with a worried and distressed face in private.

Zhang Shan Ni is pregnant, and she treasures the little baby in her belly immensely, really not wanting to expose the baby to all that heavily accented Mandarin, in case it affects the baby’s prenatal education for the worse.

Truth be told, Zhang Shan Ni feels that her belly has grown a bit too fast. Even though it’s only been four months, her belly has suddenly swelled in the past half month, sizing up like someone else’s five months pregnant – and that really draws attention.

Now, pretty much all the Mrs. Rong in this building know about her condition. Usually, they whisper and point behind her back, and after overhearing them a few times, Zhang Shan Ni finds it somewhat amusing yet frustrating.

It comes down to this: Zhang Shan Ni’s belly has grown excessively large for only four months of marriage to Xie Jingchen, yet looking like she’s five or six months along, which certainly surprises others. Some of the more experienced ladies start spreading their own opinions behind her back.

The most direct accusation is that the child in Zhang Shan Ni’s womb isn’t Camp Commander Xie’s at all.

Though Zhang Shan Ni doesn’t care much about reputation, being the subject of gossip and direct insinuations of infidelity certainly annoys anyone. It’s as if they are slapping her face, branding her unfaithful and impure.

They say if one person tells a lie, it might be false, and if ten people tell it, it might still be slander, but if a hundred people say it, then the false could turn true – that’s the power of public opinion.

Zhang Shanni was not stupid, how could she let these baseless rumors continue to spread wildly! It made her uncomfortable... and of course, those involved would also be in for a rough time.

After this incident, the military even sent a welfare officer to visit her and asked if she needed any help.

Zhang Shanni gratefully shook her head and warmly entertained them before seeing them off.

For such a small matter, there was no need for the military to intervene. Did they really think Zhang Shanni was a pushover?!

As the snow became heavier, Zhang Shanni dared not to go downstairs carelessly, for fear of slipping and really having something to cry about.

The food she needed for daily use was purchased on her behalf by the canteen, after all, her situation was special; her man was still on the battlefield, and it was necessary to take care of the military families.

Once the celebration of the Kitchen God’s Day was over, there were only six days left until the New Year. Given Zhang Shanni’s condition, even if the military was eager to invite her to celebrate, they were afraid of any mishap with her pregnant belly.

Zhang Shanni was not a person who liked bustle in the first place, so it was only natural for her to decline.

In order to welcome the New Year, she prepared a large quantity of dumplings by herself at home, including vegetable, meat, and even seafood dumplings, which she made plenty of.

She personally liked shrimp and beef dumplings very much. Although she couldn’t get sea shrimp, she had a lot of river shrimps in her space, and she made many dumplings, separating those for her own consumption from those she might serve to others.

For instance, shrimp dumplings that would not possibly appear here were directly stored in her space.

Now that the temperature was only minus eleven or twelve degrees, she just needed to place the dumplings on a specially made storage shelf on the windowsill. The thick snow formed a natural icebox underneath, perfectly preserving many dumplings and meat.

The only concern was the utter lack of fresh greens here.

Every time Zhang Shanni cooked vegetables for herself, she dared not stir-fry them but used them to prepare a simple dish to maintain the original flavor, and most importantly, to prevent the smell from spreading too far.

In a place like this, the ’vegetables’ one could eat in winter were only radishes and Chinese cabbage. Other vegetables had been consumed and depleted long ago by this time of year.

You ask where the fresh greens came from? Of course, they weren’t obtained post-apocalypse, but grown by her family!

Talking about these vegetables, it was Zhang Shanni who, after processing the Five Elements Crystal Core, threw it into a deep well crack with spiritual power. Because of this, she had a headache for the entire day.

Using spiritual power to ’move’ objects consumed spiritual energy very quickly, much more so than simply using it to ’observe’.

But the results that came out afterward made her feel it was worthwhile.

With the nourishment of the Five Elements Crystal Core energy, their well water became sweeter and clearer. Using it to water the plants could even accelerate the growth time and improve their quality.

At first, only Zhang Shanni, who was aware of the change, could feel it. Later on, everyone got used to it and completely failed to notice any fundamental difference in their well water.