One year brought a great drought, the next year floods, and then, in a blink, a plague.
The Xu family fled from the north to the south, and then from the south back to the north.
Before...
The night the Xu family moved into the stone house on the cliff, a hurricane hit the coast.
The waves hit the shore with a loud noise, and the villagers of Xianyu Village who were originally hesitant about whether to go up the mountain immediately brought their families up the mountain.
It was a deep night and the rain was freezing cold hitting people's bodies, but no one dared to complain because the wind was so strong that the rain would pour into their mouths as soon as they opened their mouths.
The footage taken by Xu Ning's drone was not clear either, and the sound of the wind and rain was too loud, so in the end they had to rely on manpower to convey the message.
The door of the stone house was opened, and Xu Da came in shivering in a straw raincoat.
"What's the situation outside? Have all the people evacuated to the mountain?" As Xu Da closed the door, Zhang hurried forward to help take off his raincoat. Xu Da wiped his neck and half-wet hair with a dry towel.
"They've all left. Aji and his son took them up!" Xu Da took a sip of hot tea to calm himself down, then slowly said, "The Qin family probably won't be able to be village chief anymore. They've simply abandoned the villagers and gone into hiding in the town. The villagers elected Wang Ji's father, Wang Che, as village chief."
"I'm afraid they don't care about being the village chief anymore." After all, the storm is so strong, it's still unclear whether Xianyu Village will still exist in the future!
"Xu Ning is right. The town is not in a good condition either. If seawater backflows, the town will also be flooded." The Minister of Agriculture was a little worried, and Old Lady Xu gave him a blank look.
"Take care of yourself first. Everyone has their own destiny. If a natural disaster insists on coming, can you still stop it with your old bones?" Old Mrs. Xu couldn't stand the Minister of Agriculture worrying about nothing. The one who should be worried the most at this time was the county magistrate.
Speaking of the county magistrate, I heard that the new county magistrate has not arrived yet, and the original county magistrate is still in charge temporarily.
"Master, have you ever encountered seawater backflow in these years of living by the sea?" Xu Ning thought it would be more reliable to ask Cui Yong. Cui Yong thought about it and shook his head.
"The biggest wave only hit my stone house, but the wind wasn't that strong that time."
"Did you feel the ground shaking?" Xu Ning wanted to ask, but found something was wrong.
"What vibration?" Xu Da put the empty cup back on the table, and then everyone saw that the cup on the table was vibrating violently.
"Oh no, it's an earthquake! Get into the cave quickly!" Xu Ning and Da Si Nong shouted at the same time. The Xu family quickly protected the old and the young and entered the passage!
Cui Yong walked last. He moved his bed behind the stone door to block it, and moved a few large stones that he had prepared to press it down before he staggered into the passage.
At the entrance of the passage, Xu Yuan and Xu Da were pushing a big stone to block the door. Seeing Cui Yong coming in, everyone worked together to block the second door.
The earthquake was still going on, and rocks of all sizes kept rolling down the passage. Xu Ning and Old Lady Xu had already taken shelter under a triangular wooden plank set up under the largest rock mass.
The sound of stones falling on thick wooden boards was deafening. When Xu Yuan and his companions came in, they were all more or less scratched or bruised.
"Everyone, squat down with your heads in your hands. Don't do anything else until the shaking stops!" Seeing that Zhang felt sorry for Xu Da and wanted to stand up, Xu Ning immediately pulled her back.
After an unknown amount of time, the vibration finally stopped. Before the Xu family could breathe a sigh of relief, a huge sound of waves suddenly rang out.
Xu Ning communicated with the treasure box in his consciousness, and finally found that the rain outside had stopped, and a huge wave was heading towards the coast of Xianyu Village.
But in an instant, the entire Xianyu Village and the stone houses on the cliff disappeared.