Jiang Youran, reborn at the age of four, decided to marry her mother, Mrs. Su—who died in depression before she was 28 in her previous life—to her cousin, Duke Ping, who had always harbored feeling...
"Please let this mudslide erupt right now!"
She gritted her teeth and made this wish.
However, another line popped up: "It is impossible to change the world!"
Holy crap! Holy crap!
She couldn't help but utter two curse words.
However... another line of text popped up: "Please use your notebook politely."
Xiao You Ran: ……
Haha, I overestimated your role.
She watched helplessly as the man, holding an oil-paper umbrella, walked home through the storm.
Just then, a strange rumbling sound suddenly came from the mountains to the north in the distance.
The man paused, then looked up at the mountain to the north.
The torrential rain and the pitch-black sky made it impossible to see anything.
But the eerie roaring sound grew clearer and clearer.
A terrible premonition rose in his heart, and he stared intently in that direction.
Just then, another bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, and in that instant, his eyes widened in shock.
"Oh my God!" he suddenly cried out in terror.
A group of people gathered around. "Dashan, what are you yelling about in the middle of the night?"
Da Shan pointed north with one trembling hand, while his other hand could barely hold the oil-paper umbrella, which fell to the ground. Then, his legs gave way and he knelt on the ground, his whole body instantly soaked.
The person who asked him the question was originally inside the house, but upon seeing this, he rushed out, not even bothering to open his umbrella, and pulled him out of the mud. "What happened to you?"
Then he heard that strange rumbling sound. "That's strange. What is that sound? The mountain spring water can't make such a loud noise."
Dashan was no longer able to speak; his eyes were fixed on the direction of the terrifying scene he had just witnessed.
The person holding him followed his gaze but couldn't see anything, still asking, "What is it...?"
Before the word "thing" could be uttered, the sound got stuck in his throat.
His eyes widened, and he let out a series of broken "ah ah ah" sounds.
Soon, accompanied by a loud rumbling sound, the entire earth seemed to tremble twice.
The next moment, all I could see was the rushing water carrying muddy soil, rushing past me.
Both of them suddenly felt their legs give way and fell back into the mud.
The people inside were stunned. Several ran outside to see what was happening and exclaimed, "Oh no! There's a flood!"
Several others ran into the house.
A child jumped out, wanting to go home, but an adult grabbed him, asking, "Where are you going, Dazhuzi?"
"I want to go home and see my parents."
"What's the rush! With such high water, aren't you afraid of being swept away?"
"But..." the child cried out urgently, "My parents..."
The man was clearly quite experienced. After observing for a while, he said, "Don't be afraid. The water comes down from the mountain from north to south. In such a large village, only the eastern part was washed away. Your house is on the west side of the village, so at most, the water will only get inside the house. Don't worry."
Then the man said to the mountain outside the door, “Big Mountain, you’re lucky. Your house is on that eastern mountain, which is close by. I’m afraid you’re going to suffer.”
Dashan crawled out of the mud, dejectedly scrambling across the threshold, before weakly saying, "I saw it all... my house... is gone!"
The boy, who was still enjoying his meal, suddenly looked up. "Dad, what did you say? Our house is gone?"
Da Shan nodded, looking utterly dejected.
The person next to him who helped him into the house gave him a sharp rap on the head. "What are you worried about at a time like this? You should all be grateful to this little girl for treating you to meat and vegetables today. If she hadn't invited you to eat, you probably wouldn't even be alive by now!"
Da Shan suddenly came to his senses, pulled his son off the table, pressed his head down, and made him kowtow to Xiao Youran, saying, "You are our benefactor. If it weren't for you, we would all be dead today!"
Xiao Youran breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the mudslide came in time; if it had come any later, she probably wouldn't have been able to do anything.
But then she suddenly realized what was happening and grabbed Jiang Youchen, running wildly toward the backyard.
Some people realized what had happened: "Wasn't there a loud bang in the backyard just now? Could something have happened?"
Several people took off running inside.
That day, the house was full of elderly people, women, and children!
Let's hope nothing serious happens!
Xiao Youran and her brother ran to the backyard and sure enough, they saw that the row of small side rooms that used to stand furthest away and on the far east side... were gone!
Granny Li, Granny Wang, Hongyu, and the others stared dumbfounded at the pile of ruins before them.
I was filled with lingering fear.
The farthest row of small houses on the east side mainly consisted of woodsheds and storerooms, with an abandoned livestock shed next to them. They only set aside a room there to serve as a servant's quarters because there weren't enough rooms available here.
For the past month and a half, Granny Li, Granny Wang, and Hongyu have been living there, and they go back to their rooms to rest as soon as it gets dark, mainly because none of them can afford candles, so they have to go to bed early...
If it weren't for Miss Biao's incredible actions tonight, keeping the masters from resting and causing them to keep going in and out of the old lady and madam's quarters, and then running to the kitchen to help prepare the dishes and grab a bite to eat... they would probably be trapped inside the house right now, their fate unknown!
That's terrifying!
The Zhou sisters-in-law stared blankly at the ruins before them, the water already above their ankles, but they couldn't care less.
This...this...
Someone almost died!
Then, when the Jiang siblings ran in, Zhou and the others looked at each other, unsure whether they should thank them for their miraculous actions that night, which had saved Li Mama and the others' lives.
Several villagers who followed in asked anxiously, "How many houses collapsed? Was anyone injured?"
Granny Li shook her head. "No, none of us are in the house."
Then she realized what was happening and immediately knelt down in the water with Granny Wang and Hongyu, kowtowing to the Jiang siblings, "Young Master, Miss, this old servant thanks you for saving my life!"
Jiang Youchen: ...
It seems... I accidentally did something big with my sister again?
Xiao Youran maintained her four-year-old persona, standing on the steps and cheerfully asked, "Why are you thanking me?"
Zhou suddenly picked up Xiao Youran and walked out.
Among the crowd chatting idly on the steps outside, several villagers gradually came to their senses. "Dashan, our houses are next to each other. If your house is gone, does that mean mine is gone too?"
Dashan nodded, pointing tremblingly in the direction of his home, and said, "I just saw that all four houses in our row are gone."
A buzz of excitement erupted as everyone exclaimed, "My God! This meal is truly a lifesaver!"
"Of course! Usually by this time, we'd all be in bed asleep!"