Quick Transmigration: Saving That Cannon Fodder

He glanced at Shen Yu's house again, a sudden inspiration struck him, and he said, as if making a sales pitch:

"Well, you said you wanted to rent a house, right? Why don't you rent one from Akahoshi's family? His house is big, so you can just move in directly. Your house is too dangerous."

Others quickly chimed in, "That's right, Shen Guanquan is a real scoundrel. He's your uncle, yet he only gave you a dilapidated house."

“That’s right, I wouldn’t even use it as a cowshed.” Granny Chen said with a look of disgust.

"Sigh, this kid looks like he grew up in the city. How can he get used to living in this kind of mud-brick house?"

In Shen Yu's memory, she had been living in this small, shabby house for several days, and she had been thinking about renting a place.

Unfortunately, most villagers lived in two-story houses, and the only place he could rent was a mud-brick house.

He glanced at Akahoshi out of the corner of his eye, who asked with a confused look, "Brother, are you going to my house?"

Shen Yu nodded in response to his expectant gaze: "Okay, I'll go get my luggage."

The quilts were neatly folded on the simple wooden bed. There were no cabinets in the room, and all of Shen Yu's belongings were in his suitcase, which made it easy for him to take them with him.

Pulling his suitcase, Shen Yu left. This was still his house, and he wasn't in a hurry to take anything else with him.

Everyone else dispersed, and the village chief led Shen Yu and Chi Xing to the outside of a courtyard wall. After turning a corner, they arrived at the courtyard gate.

Upon realizing it was his own home, Akahoshi quickly used the key hanging around his neck to open the door, while the village chief smiled with satisfaction.

"Xiao Xing has grown up and knows how to use a key to open the door."

Faced with the village chief's praise, Akahoshi's eyes crinkled with laughter, and she even forgot the discomfort she had just experienced after falling into the water.

Shen Yu also noticed that something seemed off about Chi Xing. She tightened her grip on the suitcase and followed Chi Xing into the room.

The courtyard, about half an acre in size, was paved with gray tiles. A two-story white-walled building stood with its door open, and to the right of the connecting corridor were two single-story houses with white walls and gray tiles.

The entire courtyard was clean and tidy, with a swing and a set of stone table and chairs that looked like they had been used for a long time.

Shen Yu followed Chi Xing into the small Western-style house, where they each changed into clean clothes. The village chief then led Shen Yu to see the house.

“Akahoshi lives alone. These two houses next door have never been lived in. How about we rent these?”

The bungalow has a large window, and when the curtains are drawn, the whole room becomes bright.

It's empty here. If Shen Yu wants to live here, she'll have to buy more furniture.

Chi Xing had just gone upstairs to change clothes, and now she rushed down, grabbing Shen Yu and saying:

"Stay on the second floor."

"Live on the second floor?" The village chief thought for a moment and said to Shen Yu, "That's fine. This house is a bit small. There are only two rooms on the second floor, but the rooms have beds. If you don't mind, you can rent one."

“Okay, let’s rent the second floor then.” Shen Yu agreed without hesitation.

The village chief suddenly pulled Shen Yu aside and said, "I have to remind you that Chi Xing had an illness when he was a child and his mind is not very good."

His grandmother passed away a few years ago, and he's been living alone ever since. But everyone in our village is like an uncle to him, so you can't bully him."

Is he mentally challenged? So, Akahoshi, who clearly can't swim, went into the water to save someone because he's too stupid.

Shen Yu nodded seriously: "I won't bully him, village chief, don't worry."

Chixing, unaware of the whispered conversation between the two, strode over, his gaze shifting back and forth between the village chief and Shen Yu.

"Grandpa, the village chief."

The village chief regained his honest smile and said, "Young Shen, you can rent anywhere you want. The rent is 200 yuan per month. Just give the money to Chixing."

"Okay." Shen Yu was still holding his phone in his hand. His phone was waterproof, so it wasn't affected by the water it had just been submerged in.

The village chief said, "Xiao Xing, go get your phone and collect the money."

Chi Xing was still staring blankly at Shen Yu's hand when the village chief suddenly called his name. He snapped out of his daze and said, "Oh."

The back view of him running back into the house looked a little silly, and Shen Yu's eyes showed a hint of helplessness.

He really owes Akahoshi, so he should pay it back. Taking care of a simpleton shouldn't be too difficult, right?

When Akahoshi came running down, he was holding a cell phone in his hand, which looked to be a model from a few years ago.

"Will it still turn on? Now everyone uses WeChat to buy and sell things. You don't have to worry about losing your money if you keep it in there. It's so convenient."

Akahoshi hummed in agreement and opened the green software.

Shen Yu took the initiative to add him on WeChat. Chi Xing's profile picture was a photo of himself sitting upright, and judging from the background, it was probably taken by someone else in this courtyard.

He transferred 10,000 yuan directly to Akahoshi, saying, "I don't know how long I'll rent it for yet, so I'll give you this first. I'll give you more if I continue renting it later."

The village chief was relieved to see that he had actually given him the money before leaving. He had to go to work in the fields after lunch.

Thinking of lunch, he turned to his head and said, "Why don't you come to my house for lunch? It's already noon."

Shen Yu waved her hand: "Thank you for your kindness, Village Chief, but I can cook, so I won't go."

Chixing followed suit and said, "I'm not going either, I can cook too."

"Okay, if we're out of vegetables, let Xiaoxing take you to my vegetable garden to pick some. We can pick the green beans now."

Shen Yu: "Okay, thank you, village chief."

Chi Xing went out and closed the gate before turning to Shen Yu and saying, "Don't pick theirs; I've planted vegetables too."

Hmm? This little simpleton can grow vegetables too?

He habitually complimented him: "Really? You're really amazing."

Chixing laughed as she was praised: "Grandma also praised me for being amazing. I can even cook. I cook for my brother."

"Row."

Shen Yu followed him into the house, and only then did she have time to observe the layout of the small building.

The house features a simple wooden sofa and coffee table. There is only one locked bedroom on the first floor, the bathroom is on the other side, and the kitchen is accessed from the living room.

Behind the kitchen was the yard. Akahoshi opened the window, her hair a little messy from the wind.

"Grandma said to open the window when cooking."

He didn't know why, but he was an obedient child, and he always kept the kitchen window open except on rainy days.

After rinsing the rice and putting it in the pot, I saw that Akahoshi carefully added three cups of rice and one cup of water.

"Do you usually cook this much rice?" Shen Yu asked.

Akahoshi: "Yeah."

"Are you eating all this by yourself?"

“Let’s eat tonight too.” Akahoshi seemed to have just realized something, and he looked a little lost. “Having you with me doesn’t seem like enough.”

He put down the pot and was about to get some more rice when Shen Yu stopped him: "That's enough. We can cook it again tonight."

"Oh well."

Akahoshi became very cautious, as if afraid of knocking the pot over.

With a solemn expression, Akahoshi pressed the button on the rice cooker and sat next to it, staring at the red light.

"Sit down, we can start cooking once the food is ready." Chixing brought Shen Yu a small stool.

"Do we have any vegetables?" Shen Yu hadn't seen any ingredients in the kitchen.

Chi Xing got up and pulled Shen Yu into the kitchen. He opened a cabinet, which contained more than a dozen eggplants, a basket of eggs, a large bunch of green vegetables, and a bundle of green beans. On the bottom shelf were five or six pumpkins.