Although Wang Ping's yard collapsed, the house is still intact, so we are all filled with joy right now.

Several men stood guard at the entrance for several women. The women quickly changed into dry clothes and then came out to hang their soaked clothes by the campfire to dry.

Wang Xiaoxiao and Xu Wei carefully dried Dou Ding and Dou Ding's mother's bodies with old clothes.

The two little monkeys were much more relaxed now, and DouDing's mother was holding DouDing and sitting by the campfire, pretending to warm herself by the fire.

This made several women burst into laughter.

It seems that last night's raid has instantly become a memory.

After the women changed their clothes, Xiao Qiang pushed a few of us into the house.

"The clothes we found on the ghost ship are still here, they're all oversized, you should be able to wear them, go change quickly. These shoes and clothes are soaking wet, so you can warm yourselves by the fire. I saw that a lot of those herbs were broken, but I should still be able to tell them apart. Let's make some herbal soup in this pot to warm ourselves up, and put some bell peppers in for flavor."

I looked at Xiao Qiang's face, which was finally flushed, and nodded: "You can arrange all these things. We'll go change our clothes first."

Xiao Qiang smiled and pushed me into the house, then quickly followed Liu Jiaojiao out to busy herself.

The problem was that all our firewood had been soaked by the heavy rain, and the campfire we had started was very small, so the pot of soup we were heating was cooking very slowly.

When we finished drying our hair and changing our clothes, we came out to find several women struggling to chop the wood into pieces with their wood-chopping knives so that it could be dried faster.

Chen Jian frowned and said, "When will we be able to eat at this rate? I think I should go down and collect some branches. After all, branches are thinner, and we can dry them faster."

Wang Ping nodded, and the two of them went out together. Before long, they had brought back a lot of branches. The group worked together, some roasting the branches, others chopping wood, and they all got warmed up.

By the time we had built up the campfire to a full blaze, the pot was boiling.

The aroma was irresistible. Liu Jiaojiao added the sea cucumbers we had found earlier and the shrimp that had been ground into powder, making the flavor even more delicious.

Chen Jianli immediately went to get the bowls, and we each had a big bowl of soup. We drank our fill, sweated profusely, and completely relaxed.

Some of the wooden beds and leather items inside the house had been soaked by the rain, so they had to be dried before they could be used again.

Fortunately, the two rooms inside were still dry. We let the women go and rest first, while the men took turns keeping watch outside.

After all, we don't know if there will be aftershocks after this earthquake, so we have to be careful.

I waited until evening, and by the time I had taken my turn to wake up, Chen Jiangang was about to go to sleep when a commotion came from down the mountain.

Looking up, I saw that it was Bai Wei and his group who had returned.

However, they were clearly in a worse state than us. Several of them were covered in mud, pale-faced, and their legs were so weak that they made it up the mountain.

Wang Ping was sitting by the fire, adding firewood to it. When he saw Bai Wei return, he turned around and went into the house without saying a word.

I sat by the fire. Bai Wei glanced at me, looking completely lost, then turned around and saw their collapsed house.

Several male colleagues were even more talkative than the women at this point, and had already started shouting.

"My God! The house has collapsed, where are we going to sleep?"

"Oh no, the sky is still overcast, it looks like it's going to rain, this is terrible..."

Bai Wei didn't say anything, and several female colleagues immediately gathered in front of their house, looking like they were about to cry.

"We still have food in this house, but it's collapsed like this, is there any way we can find it?"

I ignored their arguing and only thought about preparing some vegetables and wine for dinner, so that I could sweat it out.

After all, we don't have many herbs, so we can only use these traditional methods.

Bai Wei and his group made a racket for a long time. Finally, one of the male colleagues shamelessly came up to me, looked at the pot we had set up by the campfire, and licked his lips.

"Fourth Brother, look, our house has collapsed, and we're out of firewood. If we keep going like this, we'll all get sick. Could you give us a couple of sips of soup? Even just a sip each?"

I didn't say anything or pay any attention to him.

The male colleague paused for a moment, his face beaming with a smile.

"How about this, we'll show you the fire, we'll help you dry the firewood, and then you can go and rest. Is that alright? Consider it a trade, right?"

This male colleague and I had been to that group of foreigners' camp before. Although we didn't spend much time together, he was still quite decent.

Moreover, he was considered one of the more pragmatic members of their group, after all, he knew to come over and beg for a trade with me...

I glanced at my colleagues standing next to Bai Wei and the others in the collapsed houses. They all looked pitiful. If we didn't take them in now, especially with the rain falling all night, they probably wouldn't be able to make it through the night.

Although I have a deep prejudice against Bai Wei, these female colleagues are, after all, pitiful.

"In that case, you should have some soup first. After you finish the soup, go and chop all this firewood, dry it, and throw it into the campfire so you can warm yourselves up."

When my male colleague heard me agree, his face immediately lit up with joy. He turned around to call someone, but then turned back to look at me.

I nodded: "Let's call them all over. The women can go inside and change into clean clothes, and the men can warm themselves by the fire outside. There's not much soup left in the pot, so you can go down the mountain and get some more water to dilute it so you can have a drink and warm up."

My male colleague was very excited and thanked me repeatedly before calling over all the other colleagues.

Wang Xiaoxiao and the others inside heard the commotion, came out to take a look, and their expressions were somewhat inscrutable.

However, the group still called the female colleagues into the house, helped them change their clothes, and served them hot soup.

I looked around at my colleagues and realized that Bai Wei wasn't there.

The male colleague who was chopping wood for us seemed to notice that I was looking for him, so he came closer to me, looking a little embarrassed.

"Mr. Bai might be a little embarrassed. I guess he's probably hungry too. Do you think I could bring him a bowl of soup as well?"

I didn't say anything, but Chen Jian, who was standing next to me, came out and saw my male colleague, letting out a cold laugh.

"Mr. Bai doesn't bother coming over to fawn over us, so why are you going to send him soup? Even if you do send it, he probably won't eat it. I think you should just stop worrying about it and eat your own. Maybe Mr. Bai can find something to eat. He probably won't even look at the soup we have left."

Looking at Chen Jian's expression, I couldn't help but chuckle. This kid has really gotten more and more mischievous lately.

However, since Bai Wei himself didn't come, there was absolutely no need for us to rush over and bring him soup. After all, only he knows whether he's hungry or not.