Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 93 The Great Earthquake

At this time, Qiao Mi, who was working in Taoyuan, raised his hand and wiped his sweat slightly, and muttered in confusion, "Why is it so hot today? Isn't it autumn in Taoyuan?"

"In the north we still have Xiaoyangchun in October, but this is basically the last hot day." Mother Qiao said.

I just don’t know if the air in Taoyuan has anything to do with the outside world. Since this day, the temperature outside has been rising day by day, and the temperature has returned to around zero in less than a week. The rise in temperature is a good thing, but it’s better than that. The snow that was still thick on the house also melted, and countless snow water gathered into a stream, which inevitably caused a flood!
The Qiao family was no exception. The rapidly melting snow rushed directly into the yard of her house. At first, it was okay. There were water outlets at the four corners of the wall of her house, and the water flowed out along the outlets, but slowly the outside There was more and more water, and the snow water poured back again. The drainage ditch at the beginning turned out to be an irrigation outlet. Qiao Miwei's family had to block the four outlets with bricks and soil, and the gate was also blocked with bags filled with sand. In this way, there will still be countless small floods on the mountain every day. Many floods pass behind her house. When the water is heavy, they rush into her yard directly. The whole family went out to drain the water, but the yard still couldn't be cleaned.

Later, the snow water accumulated more and more, directly covered the cement jar in front of the house, and poured it into the house. Mother Qiao and Yu Yawen ran to their respective rooms to put away the things that were afraid of water, while Qiao Miwei I ran to the kitchen and used plastic sheets to seal the cellar tightly, and there were a lot of things on it, but even this could not guarantee that the cellar would not seep, but now the house was full of water, and the things in the cellar could not Transfer, and whether they can escape the flood in the end only God knows.

Not only the cellar, there are a lot of rice noodles and spices in the warehouse in the backyard. These are the most precious things in her family. Qiao's father and Sun Ying built a high platform with wooden boards in the warehouse and put all the rice noodles on it. As for the warehouse Everything else in it can only be soaked in water.

Even Qiao's house was damaged, and the situation of the people in the village was even worse. The houses in the relatively low-lying direction of the village were completely covered with water. Although the water in their house was not flood from the mountain, it was The water from the melted snow in the village is enough to soak their houses. At first, these families wanted to dig ditches to release water, but unfortunately their ditches were dug. When the snow water in their own homes was not drained, other homes in the village melted In the end, they only had time to salvage part of the food, and the bedding and other things were basically soaked in water. These people had to ask the village chief for help, and the village chief's house was not spared. There is a lot of water. Fortunately, his house is the main road in the village, and the terrain is relatively high. The water in the house still flows into the house because there is no threshold at the door of his house.

When these people arrived at the village head's house, the village head's house was cleaning up the house. Seeing that the people in his village were in such a mess, the wrinkles on the village head's face seemed to deepen. He dropped the mop in his hand, got up and said, "Let's go to the army, I hope They can take guys in."

The villagers nodded silently, and followed the village chief up the mountain. Looking at the gullies washed out by small floods along the way, they felt extremely uncomfortable. Every time the disaster passed and people lived a peaceful life, the next disaster It will erupt without warning, disrupting people's lives again and again, and I'm afraid it will eventually drive people to a dead end.

The base is also built halfway up the mountain, with a larger area, so there is more water in the yard. Fortunately, there are more people here. When the snow starts to melt, Qin Zhiyuan organizes people to start clearing the snow, so the situation in the base is relatively better now. .

Wu Hong didn't see Qin Zhiyuan, because Qin Zhiyuan went to Qiao's house to help, Zhang Shuilai led Wu Hong to the reception room, and then went to find Qin Zhiyuan, I don't know how Qin Yulin heard about it, Zhang Shuilai just left , he entered the reception room on the back foot. Wu Hong didn't know Qin Yulin, but he was the same as Qin Zhiyuan. It was Qin Zhiyuan's relative who got up and greeted Qin Yulin respectfully. Qin Yulin sat on the main seat loudly and asked Wu Hong why he came.

Wu Hong didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly explained the matter. Qin Yulin looked at a few villagers, nodded and said, "Then let the big guys live here." He left them behind with a single sentence.

After Wu Hong heard this, he hurriedly greeted a few people to thank Qin Yulin, and he said a lot of good things before leaving. Qin Yulin decided to keep these people because he wanted to scare Qin Zhiyuan. He also knew that there was a shortage of supplies in the army recently. With the addition of these people, Qin Zhiyuan's burden will be even heavier. It depends on how he will solve it. If he can't solve the problem of food and housing for these people in the end, he will encourage the villagers to protest, so that he can take advantage of the chaos to seize power.

Thinking of this, the expression on Qin Yulin's face became amiable. He took the initiative to talk a lot to several villagers, which brought them closer together. After Zhang Shui came back from asking for instructions from Qin Zhiyuan, these villagers had already expressed their gratitude to Qin Yulin. Thanks.

Qin Yulin waited for Zhang Shuilai to come back and said to the villagers first, "Let Zhang Shui arrange your food and accommodation, and you can come to me if you need it." After speaking, he left with a smile.

Monk Zhang Shuilai, the second monk, was puzzled. He didn't understand why Qin Yulin, who had been gloomy recently, suddenly became happy again, and even intervened in the affairs of the army. When the chief came back, he had to report this matter quickly. The villager said, "Our chief said that everyone can stay here. However, due to the shortage of supplies in the army recently, I hope you can hand in some rice. It doesn't need a lot. It depends on everyone's situation. If you really can't hand it in, you can delay it."

Everyone was not happy when they heard this. Why didn’t that official say that just now? He only said to let everyone stay at ease, and didn’t mention anything about paying the grain. The villagers tightened the grain bags in their hands, thinking that But they were afraid that the soldiers would drive them out, so they gritted their teeth and handed over the only rations they had.

Zhang Shuilai called the soldiers to move the food away, and then allocated accommodation to the people. It was only because of Qin Yulin's comparison earlier that these people's favor for Qin Zhiyuan was greatly discounted.

Qin Zhiyuan went to Qiao's house after he settled down with his work in the army. He first helped Qiao's father and grandson to dig out water and clear the mud, and then helped Qiao's mother clean the house. He was busy until dark before returning to the army. .

The Qiao family’s house is big, and they didn’t clean much in one day. The Qiao family started tidying up the house again the next morning. Mother Qiao took a bench and stood on it to sweep the corners of the roof with a broom. Qiao Miwei mainly Clean up the kitchen.

boom! ! !
Suddenly, a loud noise made the broom in Qiao Miwei's hand drop to the ground, and Qiao's mother fell off the stool tremblingly, while Qiao's father threw away the rag in his hand and hurried over. "My wife!"

Mother Qiao leaned half her head on the stool leg, pressed her hands on her chest, her lips turned purple, "Medicine..."

Before Qiao's father got close to Qiao's mother, the ground began to shake violently. The indoor ornaments were shaken to this side and fell to the ground with a bang. Tianyou rushed out, she opened the bedroom door and saw Qiao's mother lying on the ground, she yelled, "Mom!"

Behind him, Sun Ying rushed in, picked up Qiao's mother, "Let's go!" said and rushed out first.

At this time, large pieces of glass on the window shattered and fell to the ground. Qiao's father turned to pull Qiao Miwei, but Qiao Miwei pushed him, "You go first, my mother's medicine."

Father Qiao took a step too late and missed Qiao Miwei's hand. Seeing that she had jumped onto the bed, he gritted his teeth and rushed out. Qiao Miwei lay on the edge of the bed and reached for Mother Qiao's medicine. Chong, the shaking became more violent at this time, the cement altar in front of the door cracked suddenly, Qiao Mi couldn't hold back his momentum and stepped on the crack, his ankle tilted outward, "Ah!"

It hurts!Unable to exert any strength, her feet fell on the cracked concrete floor, and irregular stones were exposed inside, cutting her palm completely, leaving bloody spots, and the courtyard wall on the left side of the front yard slammed into the whole After collapsing, she bit her lip, propped herself up, and ran out step by step.

"Uncle!" Qin Zhiyuan rushed over like flying, seeing Qiao's mother's iron blue face, "What's wrong with Auntie?"

Qiao's father supported Qiao's mother's arm and asked Sun Ying to put Qiao's mother down, "I was so scared that I had a heart attack."

Qin Zhiyuan glanced, then frowned, "Where's Wei Wei?"

Sun Yingzhao hurriedly said, "Inside, Zhiyuan, you..." After his words faded, Qin Zhiyuan rushed in along the violently shaking door.

"slight!"

Qiao Mi looked up slightly and saw Qin Zhiyuan rushing in with a disheveled face, she stretched out her hand reflexively, Qin Zhiyuan grabbed her arm, "Lean on me."

Qin Zhiyuan forcefully circled Qiao Miwei in front of him, lifted the thatch that fell from the roof, and rushed forward with his head buried.

Qiao Miwei's arms and waist were clamped, and her feet were almost off the ground. She used the other hand to lift up the tarpaulin to facilitate Qin Zhiyuan's walking. The two of them walked very hard in the short few steps. When we moved to the gate, another violent shaking started. The gate has become much weaker since it was knocked down by the earthquake last time. It just so happened that the gate collapsed when the two of them passed by. Qin Zhiyuan quickly lifted it up. One arm protected Qiao Miwei's head, and then the overwhelming stones, cement blocks and deformed steel bars hit them, Qiao Miwei was pressed under Qin Zhiyuan, and there was a sudden sharp pain in his leg, "Uh !"

Hearing Qiao Miwei's muffled groan, Qin Zhiyuan wanted to forcefully push the stone away, but unfortunately, the weight on it was so heavy that he couldn't move at all, so he could only comfort him in a low voice, "Hold on Wei Wei, hold on, we'll pass right away I will take you away immediately."

(End of this chapter)