Apocalyptic Disasters: Carrying a bun and hoarding supplies

Bai Meiyue returned to the penthouse and asked her brother to plant the mutated bush outside the door; the next time an annoying insect came to cause trouble for her, she was going to step on it.

A snicker escaped her lips when she thought about the good things that Bai Xue might suffer from if she came to bother her again. Humming a soft tune, she first logged into the barter system and requested a maggot-catching trap. She had once seen a similar request in the barter system in the past.

Back then she thought that the op was being a bit too delicate but now that the same thing was happening to her, Bai Meiyue realized that the one who was shortsighted was her.

After she finished posting, Bai Meiyue turned the screen off as she saw that no one had picked up the request for the time being.

"Yueyue, do you know what kind of weird plants are growing in the greenhouse?" Just as Bai Meiyue finished turning the screen off, she heard the voice of her mother. She turned around and looked at Mother Bai before asking guiltily, "What weird plants?"

"The ones with bulbous fruits," Mother Bai replied with a frown adorning her beautiful face. She had never seen any plant like that before and even if she did see one, she had never seen one that pulsated! The sight alone made her shiver with fright.

Bai Meiyue felt even more guilty when she heard the words of her mother. She could see that her mother was truly terrified of that thing. However, Bai Meiyue knew that she could not disclose the concept of the barter system in front of her mother.

Not only would Mother Bai not understand, she would think that Bai Meiyue was bewitched by something sinister.

Bai Meiyue could only say, "It's a mutated species that I brought with me. Don't worry, Mom. Once I am done researching, I will take it away."

The truth was only known to Bai Meiyue. Those weird plants were given to her by one of the patrons at the barter system. They were the ones who asked her to grow these things and then sell these medicinal herbs to them if she succeeded. That man had no trust in Bai Meiyue and her skills.

Thus, he was half certain that these herbs would not grow in Bai Meiyue's hands; thus, he threw the entire matter at the back of his head.

Bai Meiyue, too, had the same thought. After all, she was just giving it a try and never expected it to work.

'It seems like I underestimated the ability of my mother,' thought Bai Meiyue with a curl of her lips. Though she didn't expect it to happen and was just trying it out, it was a pleasant surprise. Now she could get her hands on rare medicines and herbs.

"Why did you bring a mutated plant to the greenhouse?" Mother Bai was shocked. She looked at her daughter and felt as if she had lost her mind. She slapped Bai Meiyue on the back of her head and scolded her angrily, "Do you want to see me getting mad? These things are so dangerous. What if they harm you or someone else?"

Mother Bai felt like her daughter had become a toddler once again. When she was young, she used to do the same thing. She would get curious at the smallest thing and would chase after bugs and pull out the poisonous weeds from the base of the mountain at the back of the village.

Now that the world had ended, she was still the same!

When Bai Meiyue was hit on the back of her head, she didn't refute her mother. She simply smiled at her mother and said to her, "Mom, don't worry. I will never bring anything dangerous —"

"AHHHH!"

Bai Meiyue had hardly finished speaking when there was a loud scream. She paused, and so did Mother Bai. The two of them took a look at one another and then rushed out of the house, as the one who was screaming was Bai Jixuan.

The second Bai Meiyue strode past the metal door, and she gasped when she saw that it was Bai Jixuan screaming. She had no idea what and how it happened, but her brother was sitting on the ground with a shocked look on his face while the mutated bush was nibbling on the plastic bag that he was carrying with him.

"This—what is this?" Bai Zhan asked, and all three members of the Bai family turned to look at Bai Meiyue, who pursed her lips and relayed the truth of the matter to her family.

Once she finished speaking, Mother Bai couldn't help but roll her eyes exasperatedly. She wanted to say something, but she didn't know where to start. She pursed her lips and glared at her daughter before marching past Bai Meiyue.

Of course, Bai Meiyue didn't dare to say anything against her mother. She dropped her head and followed after her mother without saying another word. Once their family entered the apartment, it was not a surprise that Bai Meiyue was given a harsh scolding.

Mother Bai spoke for a long time and at the end of her long speech, she pointed out that she was old and could no longer bother with her children who didn't listen even though she only meant what was best for them.

Bai Meiyue: ".."

Though she had been scolded bloody, she had no other choice but to comfort her mother and promise her that she would take care of these mutated plants. She also explained to her mother that the reason she was doing this was not because she wanted to cause trouble or because she was curious.

She simply wanted to research their characteristics and see which of these mutated plants could be used.

It took a long time for Mother Bai to calm down but she still looked a bit annoyed because she didn't like the thought of growing those ugly plants in her greenhouse but after listening to Bai Meiyue's explanation, she had to admit that what her daughter said was indeed right.