Chapter 30

Shi Lei had no choice but to tell everyone the news he heard in the town that people had been sent to the army for help.

"This is what Dean Liu said personally. When he said it, not only us but also the mayor was present. This is definitely not a lie.

Don't listen to the nonsense that people from Yingshui Village say. They probably just went to take a look and then were scared and came back. In fact, they have no idea what specific measures the government has taken.

It's just an earthquake. Even if the city is severely affected and the government cannot take care of it for the time being, our country and our army are still there!

Do you really think the country will abandon us?"

"No!" Angry roars were heard all around.

Everyone shouted together out of trust in the country and also to cheer themselves up.

"That's it, what are we afraid of?"

Shi Lei stood up from the stone he was sitting on: "With so many of us, can't we survive on our own? Do we have to rely on Yingshui Village?

"Pah!"

His eyes were burning with anger as he cursed: "Let them do evil, the country will not forgive them! We have to find a way ourselves. I don't believe that we can't get through this difficulty by ourselves!"

"That's right, we'll do it ourselves!"

"We have so many people, there is always a way."

"Let's go out and look for things tomorrow. Whether we buy or exchange, we can always find something to eat!"

Shi Lei lifted everyone's spirits, and they all looked excited.

The meeting didn't last long, after all, there wasn't much to be divided.

Although the team did buy some food from Yingshui Village, it was all bought by team members on behalf of their relatives and friends.

People who buy food usually have nothing to eat and are about to collapse.

Naturally, the grain purchased by people privately could not be shared, so after the matter was discussed, the meeting was adjourned.

To be honest, although everyone in Yingshui Village was unhappy about the incident, it did not actually have a big impact on the overall mood of the people in the community.

The main thing was that Chen Cong and his team actually got the food and distributed it to everyone.

Although each person got a small share, having food in hand made them feel at ease, and this alone made them feel temporarily at ease.

On the way back, Shen Jianyi didn't say a word. It was obvious that he was most stimulated by this meeting today.

When he entered the house, Gu Kai said to him, "Dad, don't be angry about this. It's not necessary. That kind of person, if it has nothing to do with our family, he will still do bad things when he encounters such a situation. Don't get angry with him."

Shen Jianyi shook his head, sighed, and went straight into the house without answering.

Naturally, the whole family was at home, all waiting to hear about their meeting.

Shen Jianyi didn't say anything, and Shen Cong was too lazy to speak, so Gu Kai had to tell everyone what happened in the meeting.

He was not a talkative person, and even his descriptions were kept simple. But even so, the people of the Shen family were already very angry.

"It's my fault. I shouldn't have let Congcong take the tent that day. If I hadn't taken it, there wouldn't have been so many problems." Shen Jianyi sighed, his tone deep.

“It has nothing to do with the tent. Even if it was there, it’s not your fault. I took it out.

Dad, don't put the blame on yourself so easily. If it were really according to what you said, we shouldn't have rebuilt the house, bought a yard, or built a fence!" Chen Cong retorted calmly.

The room was silent for a moment.

Obviously, when Gu Kai spoke, more than one person had this thought.

Chen Cong looked at everyone in surprise, then took a deep breath.

She could actually understand the family's thoughts.

After all, the awareness of staying moderate and low-key at all times, not standing out and not attracting attention has been deeply rooted in people's bones.

At this moment, Dad must have felt that if he hadn't taken out the tent that day, Liu Xia and the others would have no reason to follow them home, and would have no chance to ask to borrow the house to stay in.

Then the two sides would not become enemies, and the situation today would not have happened.

He might even blame himself half of the reason why Xu Liang took advantage of the national crisis to make money, thinking that he did so just to take the opportunity to take revenge.

In fact, how can this be the case?

That kind of person is bad to the core.

Whether the fight happens or not, he can't escape the fact that he will raise the price, and he won't give up such an opportunity.

As for lending them the tent - that was an excuse.

They want to take advantage of the situation, so they will come along whether there are tents or not.

I won't give up even if you find other excuses.

That day when Shen Jianyi asked Chen Cong to give a tent to the villagers, she was actually a little hesitant.

But at that time, the real big earthquake did not come, and everyone was just avoiding the aftershocks in Qingzhou.

Not to mention Shen Jianyi, even Chen Cong was certain that the end of the world would come on July 15th, starting from Nan'an.

Before this, helping each other when encountering difficulties was really no big deal.

Besides, it wasn’t just one or two families that set up tents in the square. The Shen family also set up one.

Seeing the children in the village, the younger generation who used to call him "Grandpa" when they met before, freezing in the rain, Shen Jianyi couldn't bear to see them and wanted to lend a hand. Shen Cong didn't think it was something that couldn't be done.

So, she took out the tent, and she did not stop Cheng Ru from taking out the steamed buns she had made at home to share.

She thought this was normal human interaction.

Even though this later attracted a family of flies, she never regretted it.

Because this is not the same thing at all.

As for the high-profile house renovation——

He looked out of the window with a gloomy gaze.

After a while, he sighed and said quietly, "Dad, Mom, you will know in two years. In the face of a real disaster, the intrigues and even fights between people are nothing.

Because at this time you can fight and there is still a chance to win.

But when nature shows its might, all we can do is hide and endure it.

I have said before that the earthquake is not the end, but the beginning. There will be drought and insect plagues in the future... before I return, the severe cold will also begin.

Without a solid place to live, how are we going to survive the rest of our lives?

I have lived my life again, not to come back and make everyone suffer.

We prepared so many things in advance and made so many plans, not for the purpose of hiding away and not daring to enjoy them ourselves.

If that's the case, what's the point of me coming back?"

Chen Cong said this and smiled.

She pointed to the watermelon that Cheng Ru had cut for them on the table and said, "If there wasn't this wall, would we dare to sit at home and eat watermelon without any scruples? And how about the rice? Can we eat it peacefully as a family?"

Chen Cong's words touched the hearts of the whole family, and everyone felt suddenly enlightened.

Yes, why did they make so many plans and spend so much effort?

Isn't it just to live a better life in the future?

If you have the space and the preparations, but still have to guard against this and that, and live cautiously every day, then what is the point of all these preparations?

"That's right, Congcong is right, we are not afraid of anything! We have the people and the weapons, and if anyone bullies us, we will fight them together. At worst, we will fight them! I don't believe that such a scum can get to the sky?!" Cheng Ru was the first to make the decision.

She still felt sick when she thought about what Liu Xia and Xu Liang did that day. Plus, her old man was still mad at them, which made her hate that family to the extreme!

Her daughter's words touched her heart immediately.

"He can't go to heaven, God will punish him!" Gu Zhengchu replied coldly.

"I also think my sister is right. Dad, you are just too thoughtful. Why do you think so much? Don't look for trouble when there is nothing to do, and don't be afraid of trouble when there is trouble.

I know what you're thinking. Don't you think our current situation is a bit too conspicuous in the neighborhood? Other people's houses have collapsed, but ours hasn't. Are you really hoping that our house will collapse?"

"How can you talk like that?" Cheng Ru glared at her eldest daughter angrily.

Chen Xi rolled her eyes: "Mom, don't wink at me. I always speak directly, and you know that. When you were leaders in the past, you had to pay attention to the impact and not be high-profile, but what time is it now? The end of the world is here!

Now is not the time to hide, you have to speak with your fists! At this time, whoever has the stronger fist and the more capable will have the right to speak.

What are you afraid of? You are just afraid that after a while, the food in the community will run out, and the people in the courtyard will bring up the matter of my family offending Xu Liang and take their anger out on me.

But is this something that can be solved by being afraid? If it really happens, just do it!

Even the arrogant ones are afraid of those who don't care about their lives. As long as we dare to be ruthless, I don't believe anyone will really fight with us!

Another thing, although I didn’t go today, Xiaokai also said that Shi Lei has always protected our family and always spoken for us.

Why? Wasn’t it because they found medicine and food and solved a big problem for the community?

I thought to myself that another reason might be that he heard what Cong Cong said about Wei Yan, and knew that my family had people in the army, so he felt that we couldn't afford to offend him.

Otherwise, he might not protect us like this.

So, with so many advantages and so many things that make people afraid, Dad, Mom, if we still can't stand up in the community, then it's really over!"

After graduating from university, Chen Xi stayed abroad and opened a store with Zhang Ye.

After working for so many years, I have naturally experienced many difficulties in order to gain a firm foothold and expand my business.

His personality is definitely not that of a timid, submissive person.

What's more, she has two children. For the sake of her children, she has to stand firm and be able to shelter her children from wind and rain.

So she agreed deeply with Chen Cong's words and clearly stood on her sister's side.

Although Gu Kai didn't say anything, he kept sitting with Chen Cong, showing with his actions that they were one as husband and wife, and that what Chen Cong meant was what he meant.

After Shen Xi finished speaking, Gu Zhengchu gave her a thumbs up, which made his position clear.

The reason why Shen Jianyi blamed himself was that he felt that his behavior had caused trouble for his family, but he was not the kind of person who was afraid of trouble.

Since the whole family is willing to work together and are prepared to share the responsibility, what is there for him to be afraid of?

"Okay, since you feel that way, I won't think too much about it. Let's not talk about the right or wrong of the past. Even if I was inconsiderate, I'm still your father, and it's only right for you to protect me."

He said as he glanced at the three younger ones in the room.

All three of them laughed.

"Xixi is right. We should not look for trouble when there is nothing to do, but we are not afraid of trouble when there is trouble. We should just stay quiet and live our own lives behind closed doors. If some scum comes to our door, we will fight him together - damn it!"

"Okay, fuck him!" Shen Xi repeated it in Shen Jianyi's tone, and then couldn't help laughing.

Cheng Ru slapped her and scolded her with a smile: "Just learn from your father. You still don't learn well even at this age."

Chen Cong also laughed: "This is not about not learning well. My father's words are so majestic and powerful, we have to learn from him, damn it!"

Seeing that both of her daughters had joined in the swearing, Cheng Ru laughed out of anger, turned around and slapped her old man on the leg.

The whole family laughed.

After talking it out and the atmosphere became relaxed, the family can sit together and analyze the issue calmly.

Only at this time did Gu Kai speak.

He said, "Dad, don't feel so burdened. Xu Liang can't pose any threat to our family. He's just jumping around for a while now, but he won't be around for many days. You don't need to waste your energy on him."

It was rare for Gu Kai to make such an evaluation of others. Chen Xi immediately became excited. She leaned forward and said to Gu Kai: "Xiao Kai, can you elaborate?"

Gu Kai smiled and gave his analysis.

He had dealt with Xu Xingxue a lot some time ago due to renovation matters, and had some understanding of the man.

In Gu Kai's opinion, although the man was a little slick, he was still capable. He and his team were more than capable of managing Yingshui Village.

The sudden change of personnel now is due to two factors.

One is that Xu Xingxue was seriously injured, and what he had to do now was to save his life first. He had no energy to take care of anything else.

Another thing is that the crack in the ground went through the middle of the village, and many families suffered from the disaster.

This group must include the village elites, and it is even possible that a considerable number of them are village cadres.

The disaster has damaged their homes, and there may even be deaths in their families, leaving these people without the energy or even the ability to manage village affairs.

The combination of these two reasons will lead to the loss of power.

Today, Wang Liangcai made it very clear that the people who are now managing Yingshui Village are Xu Liang and the people who previously lived in the village committee.

Those people happened to be the ones who came to the Shen family to cause trouble.

Who are they?

The poorest person in the village, who can’t even afford to build a new house.

Yingshui Village is in such a good location and the village is so wealthy, what kind of people could not afford to build a house?

Either he is a gambler like Xu Liang, or he is a lazy guy, or he is a hopeless second-rate person.

The world is in chaos, and all the demons and monsters are coming out.

They simply took advantage of luck and came together to forcibly seize the power of Xu Xingxue and others.

But this must be only temporary.

Are all the people in Yingshui Village dead?

Unless they are all dead, those people will definitely resist after they recover, and it is unknown what the situation will be like then.

What's more, the country is still there!

The social order has not collapsed yet!

How can such a person last long?!

After listening to his son-in-law's analysis, the last trace of haze in Shen Jianyi's heart completely dissipated, and he suddenly became refreshed.

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In the following days, the Shen family rarely went out and lived their lives by themselves with the door closed.

They had just recovered so many supplies, so naturally no one would ask them to go on a mission together again at this time.

There isn't much work to do in the community now.

Cao Hongmin left some supplies to recruit volunteers to assist them in cleaning and disinfecting the entire community.

There were many people who were short of food, and people were scrambling to do these jobs. The Shen family was not short of food, so naturally they would not compete with others.

As for changing the dressings for the wounded and sick, Xiao Jiang and his team have already completed it.

The Shen family closed the door and began to pack up their things at home.

The weather has been extremely hot recently. The sun has been scorching hot since seven in the morning, and by noon, the ground is so hot that you can lay eggs on it.

If we don't use solar energy in such weather, it would be a waste of nature's gift.

During the earthquake, some of the solar energy connecting pipes had problems.

Fortunately, Gu Kai had anticipated all of this beforehand. He followed the master while he was installing it, asking questions repeatedly.

Now I can find the cause and fix it by myself.

Therefore, Gu Kai and Shen Jianyi, the father-in-law and son-in-law, have been discussing how to repair solar energy together these two days.

After what happened yesterday, Gu Zhengchu became more concerned about Chen Cong's improvement in supernatural powers and his family's physical fitness.

He now forced Chen Cong to spend a lot of time every day to learn the breathing exercises with him, and he also brought Chen Xi and the two children with him every time.

Even when Cheng Ru was free, he required her to study with him.

Therefore, except for the father-in-law and son-in-law who could not be delayed because of the solar energy maintenance, the whole family was forced by the old man to sit together and practice every day: "inhale", "exhale"...

At the beginning, the two children couldn't sit still. Shanshan started crawling around after sitting for two minutes, and Tongtong was wriggling all over his body as if there were bugs all over him.

Although the adults followed the exercises obediently, they were easily distracted.

But after only two days of practice, Chen Cong was the first to notice something different.

Maybe it was also related to the fact that there was a formation plate in her space, which allowed her to absorb double the mental power at the same time. She suddenly found that her sleep became even deeper.

I started to feel sleepy again.

She was all too familiar with this feeling.

This has happened twice before, and she escalated both times!

This discovery made her overjoyed, and she finally calmed down and began to practice seriously with her father-in-law according to the requirements in the book.

Since Chen Cong has already used himself to prove the magic of this technique, the whole family is naturally greatly encouraged.

Chen Xi, even if Cheng Ru didn't say anything, the father-in-law and son-in-law are now trying hard to take time out to join the family's collective activities.

So the whole family enjoyed several days of rare quiet time together.

Just like that, a week passed in a flash.

The community sent out several teams, and several of them brought back supplies.

Shen Cong has been practicing without distraction recently, and Shen Jianyi is too lazy to listen to what those young people say.

Therefore, Gu Kai was fully responsible for attending the meeting and collecting supplies.

Gu Kai is not a talkative person. If a sentence can be explained with one word, he will not say an extra word.

Although he went to get things several times, he told them what was said in the meeting and what happened in a simple and concise manner. He finished talking before the listeners could get interested.

After so many times, no one wanted to listen anymore, so he was even happier to stop talking.

Therefore, the Shen family knew that some food had been found in the community. The amount was not much, but it was enough to maintain basic survival.

As to how it was found and who found it, it is not very clear.

But this has little to do with their lives, and they don't care.

The sinking space has not been upgraded.

After being sleepy for a few days, she slowly regained her energy.

She didn't know the reason, but she always had a feeling in her heart that she was almost there, and what she lacked was an opportunity.

But opportunities are something that can only be encountered by chance, so she just goes with the flow.

Solar repaired.

Everyone focused their attention on tidying up the backyard.

We definitely can't rely on Old Zheng anymore, and the steel frame house that has collapsed on the ground can only be moved by the family's own strength.

That day, Chen Cong, her husband and father-in-law stood in the backyard to discuss what to do.

"It's impossible to put such a big steel frame back together with our own strength. I mean, don't feel bad about it.

Instead of leaving it here and taking up space, it would be better to just cut it up into small pieces and move them to the corners. At least it will free up space." Gu Zhengchu said.

Gu Kai walked around the house for a long time, pushing it and kicking it, as if trying to feel its specific weight.

Then he stood aside and began to think.

Chen Cong was so annoyed by his tediousness that he just wanted to roll his eyes.

She walked over and gave him a light kick on the back of his ass, saying, "Don't even think about it. I'll try."

Gu Kai looked up at her and said, "This thing is too big, much bigger than that stone. Don't act recklessly."

When these steel frame houses were originally designed, they were all designed as two-story buildings. Each building has four bedrooms and two living rooms, and the total area is about 160 square meters.

Although it collapsed, the frame is still there. The weight of so much fine steel added together is really not a small number.

But Chen Cong and Gu Kai had the same idea, that is, if the whole building was moved to one side, it would be possible to renovate it in the future.

If it is cut into pieces, it will really become scrap metal.

"I'll try the smaller one first." Chen Cong didn't dare to show off, so she pointed to a small piece that was broken in the corner.

Although it is called a small piece, it is actually not that small. It is about the size of half a room.

When Gu Zhengchu heard that his daughter-in-law wanted to put the steel frame house into the space, he immediately became very interested.

He didn't say anything, but followed her closely, as if he was afraid that he couldn't see clearly.

Chen Cong walked up to the small steel frame, put his hand on it, then calmed down and thought attentively.

Then, under the watchful eyes of the other two people, the steel frame that was the size of half the room disappeared on the spot.

"Oh!" Gu Zhengchu exclaimed.

This was the first time he saw Chen Cong collect a large item with his own eyes, and one can imagine how shocked he was.

Chen Cong and Gu Kai were also very happy.

There is still more room for exploring Gao Xingchen's abilities.

At this moment, a roar suddenly came from the sky.

Several people looked up at the same time.

Then I saw a few small black dots appearing in the sky in the distance.

As the small black dot got closer and closer, before Chen Cong could shout out, people outside the villa could already hear cheers and screams!

"Helicopter! There's a helicopter coming!"

The author has something to say:

This weekend, I was so exhausted~

My fingers are numb.

It seems that there is still a long way to go before reaching the level of making tens of thousands of copies every day!