118 Chapter 118

Chapter 118

The defense captain's voice successfully distracted Mayor Xiao and the others from their thoughts, and they looked in the direction of the defense captain's finger.

The rain was heavy, which had a great impact on the surrounding environment. The vision in the distance was blurry, but in this blur, there was indeed a faint movement coming towards their location in the direction they were heading.

"They must be the people on the mountain. The noise we made here really went unnoticed by the people on the mountain. Now, they are here to pick us up!"

Afraid that they and the others had seen it wrong, they stared at that place for a long time, making sure there was a light there before they spoke.

"Everyone, hold on a little longer. Someone's coming up the mountain to pick us up. They'll be here soon!"

Having confirmed that someone was coming, Mayor Xiao turned around and signaled his subordinates to notify the large group of people following behind him.

They had just been attacked by mutant animals and were finally calmed down by the defense team members who were watching over them and protecting them, but they were still a little agitated.

The people were hesitant as they walked before, but after hearing the news from the official personnel leading the way, they regained confidence in their steps and walked more hurriedly without realizing it. There was no trace of hesitation anymore.

However, the way up the mountain was not something they could walk fast on just because they were in a hurry. The people in front walked cautiously, and the people behind were in a pile. If they were not careful while walking, they would have to follow in the footsteps of the people behind them.

Fortunately, the people on the mountain didn't make them wait long. They went down the mountain very quickly. Almost the next moment before the people knew about it, they were in front of their team and began to ask Mayor Xiao what help he needed and where the people with special abilities who came up to help should stand.

It has to be said that with the support of the people with special abilities on the mountain, the people with special abilities of the defense team who had been protecting the people all the way can finally take a breath. After resting, they also have the energy to continue to fight off those mutant animals, so that the people being protected behind them can go up the mountain normally without worries.

Mayor Xiao stood in front of the team and looked back. At this time, the people with special abilities who came down from the mountain to help had dispersed to defend the defense line, which seemed a bit sparse before.

"You guys came just in time. We came up the mountain in a hurry this time and didn't prepare many things.

I only realized what I was missing after I got out, and I can't turn back and start over now, so I can only keep going. Based on the situation before you came, there will definitely be big problems!"

As he spoke, Mayor Xiao extended his hand towards Tang Rufeng and shook his hand a little harder to show his gratitude.

"It's thanks to the big cat in our village chief's house that we discovered you going up the mountain. Let's quickly organize everyone to go up the mountain. Our village chief is waiting for us at the village entrance. It's cold in the rain, and if you stay too long, there will definitely be problems."

Tang Rufeng was just about to go to the side and help clean up the attacking mutant animals like the captain of the defense team, but unexpectedly, he was caught by Mayor Xiao before he could make any move.

"Well, it's also because we are lucky."

After hearing Tang Rufeng's words, Mayor Xiao was silent for a moment. He wanted to ask something but didn't ask it.

In fact, they went up the mountain without making so many preparations at the beginning. Even Mayor Xiao did not let his subordinates make such detailed preparations. Not only because they knew that there was not only a safe place on the mountain, but also because there was a locust tree on the mountain with a gentle temper. If he saw that they needed help, he would most likely help them.

But looking at the current situation, it seems that something has happened to the locust tree.

Even though they made so much noise when they went up the mountain, the other party still didn't pay any attention to them. Even the villagers on the mountain, according to Tang Rufeng, knew that they had gone up the mountain by chance because the mutant animals came out to look for food.

Based on his previous understanding of the locust tree, this shouldn't be the case under normal circumstances.

That leaves another possibility: there's something wrong with the locust tree on the mountain.

Thinking of this, Mayor Xiao seemed to be hesitant to speak. He wanted to ask something, but didn't know where to start.

He could only swallow his words and watch Tang Rufeng busy cleaning up the mutant animals. He was also busy directing the townspeople, the defense team's ability users, and the people who had just come down the mountain to support him.

With the support of people on the mountain, the difficulty of leading the people up the mountain suddenly decreased.

The only thing that is difficult for them now is that the road up the mountain is too muddy and difficult to walk on, making it impossible for people to walk fast or slow.

The final result is that you walk slowly and only move a certain distance in half a day.

Tang Rufeng also noticed that Mayor Xiao seemed hesitant and wanted to ask other questions.

He could also guess what Mayor Xiao wanted to ask. The elders in the mountain village hadn't figured out what was happening with his godmother now. Tang Rufeng himself still had a lot of questions and it was impossible for him to answer others, so he simply pretended not to see it and did his own thing.

Although the speed of leading these people in the town up the mountain was a bit slow, and there were mutant animals constantly attacking them, fortunately, the people with special abilities on their side were able to hold on. In the end, although some people were injured, there were no casualties.

As long as he is alive, this is the best outcome.

When they led this long line of people up the mountain and arrived at the entrance of Daxi Village, Village Chief Wu and others on the mountain were already waiting at the entrance.

It's not that Village Chief Wu and his men had been waiting in the rain with their umbrellas on. It was cold outside, and Village Chief Wu and Village Chief Dai couldn't bear it. They were waiting in a house a little closer to the village entrance. Town Chief Xiao and his men brought people up the mountain, making quite a noise and being a big target. If they were a little closer, they would know where they were and could come out at the right time.

"It's good to be here. We saw online recently that many places below the mountain were flooded. Although the town below the mountain is higher than other places, it's still not as good as the mountain."

Seeing that people were arriving, Village Chief Wu and others came forward to talk.

"We've been thinking about this for the past two days. You guys won't be staying at the foot of the mountain for too long. Look, the person in charge of Cunwai Village has prepared a place for people to live in. We can just set up tents and we can move in."

Village Chief Wu said this and pointed in the direction of the village outside the village.

In fact, it didn't take much effort to clean up. After discovering that it was raining continuously, not only were people in the villages outside the village anxious to harvest the crops in the fields, but people in Daxi Village and the upstream villages were also cleaning up, for fear that the rain would damage the crops. In this year, if you are not careful, there may be a shortage of food, and it is not a pleasant feeling to have no food to eat.

The older generation in the mountain village had all experienced this when they were young, so they paid special attention to this aspect. That’s why no one in the mountain has gone hungry until now.

Those fields where crops have been harvested are still under the protection of the godmother. After cleaning up the scattered branches and leaves and leveling the ground, people can be settled there.

The mountain is large, and although the godmother's protection range is limited, it is still possible to accommodate some people there.

"Okay, take us there now. It's just right for us to rest after finishing our work."

After listening to what Village Chief Wu said, Mayor Xiao turned to look at the village leader outside the village. After he nodded, he prepared to take the young and strong people and the capable people in the defense team to settle down.

"For these weaker people, could you please help Village Chief Wu and Village Chief Dai to settle them down and find a place for them to warm up?"

As Mayor Xiao spoke, he turned his attention to Village Chief Wu and Village Chief Dai who were talking to him.

"Sure, don't worry. Although there's no room for anyone to rest at home, there's still room for them to drink hot water and warm themselves."

Village Chief Wu nodded and looked around. Even though some people were going to be taken away by Town Chief Xiao and settled down, there were still many people left.

"Come with me. Let's go to the village office. There are a lot of unused rooms there. We can use them. I'll ask my family to bring some hot water. Do you have any dry clothes or anything else you brought with you?"

Village chief Wu led his men in front of the crowd, asking questions as he spoke, and there was a hint of doubt in his tone when he said the last sentence.

When people in the town at the foot of the mountain go up the mountain, they will not bring too many complicated things considering the weight. They basically bring daily necessities and not many clothes, but at least they can be used.

"Some of us have backpacks that aren't waterproof, and the clothes inside don't look like they can be worn anymore. We need to air them out. Can we warm ourselves by the fire in the house?"

One of the subordinates left behind by Mayor Xiao went around asking people who went up the mountain, and confirmed that not everyone had clothes to change into. He didn't want to cause trouble for the villagers, so he finally came up with this solution which was not a solution.

In this weather, it is impossible to simply hang clothes to dry. There is too much moisture in the air. After the clothes are left for a while, they will become damp and may not be as dry as when they are just washed and spun dry.

"I'll ask my family to clean up and get some charcoal for you to use."

Hearing the question, Village Chief Wu turned around to look at the people behind him who were still wearing layers of bags and rain gear that could only barely cover part of their bodies. He knew that if they went up the mountain like this, some of the bags would definitely get wet, and there was nothing he could do about it.

After thinking for a while, I decided to give them some of my own carbon.

"But be careful when you're warming yourself by the fire in the house. Don't set the house on fire. Fire can burn everything in the house, regardless of whether it's raining outside."

The village chief also knew that most of the people present were adults, and even the children were accompanied by adults. The adults were sensible and nothing serious would happen, but he still gave a reminder just in case.

The village office is not the village chief’s house. The house was renovated with good materials at the villagers’ expense.

If the fire was caused by these people's carelessness, given the current situation at the foot of the mountain, it would be impossible to find usable building materials. It would be hard to say who would be responsible, and the loss would definitely be borne by Daxi Village.

"Don't worry, Village Chief. We will definitely pay attention and nothing will go wrong."

Seeing Village Chief Wu's instructions, the subordinate responded with a smile.

Mayor Xiao and his men went to settle the area. Most of the people who went there were people with special abilities, so the speed would definitely be much faster than before. They asked their subordinates to keep an eye on the people in the town and prevent them from causing trouble. They were still able to do this.

So he responded very readily, and when Village Chief Wu saw it, he didn't say anything else.

"Okay, you stay busy here first, I'll go back and see if the hot water is ready."

After Village Chief Wu left, the people in the town stayed in the village office and waited for some time before they saw several children running towards the building where they were, holding things.

"Uncle, this is what my grandfather asked us to bring. These two buckets are hot water. These are charcoal fires. You can light them slowly. We will go back first."

Shitou and a few other kids came over with things in their arms, and after talking for a while they were about to run away.

They had just begged to go out, and now they had to go over and see where those people were going to set up their tents.

Thinking of this, Shitou ran faster, and the Momos following behind him also sped up.

"Hey! Kids, run slower. It's raining and the road is slippery."

The subordinate was scolded for a long time and just realized that Shitou and the others were ready to leave. He couldn't stop the children and asked them questions, so he had to let them go.

He was shouting at Shitou and the others' backs, but seeing those children running on the muddy road without any signs of stumbling, his warnings seemed a bit redundant.

"Thank you, uncle. Let's go."

Although they were running, Shitou and the others had sharp ears and still heard clearly what the subordinate said. They turned around while running and waved towards the door of the village office.

The village office was built quite large because most villagers used to return home for village meetings. However, this area was still crowded for the people coming up the mountain from the foot of the mountain. Even to burn charcoal to keep warm in the house, they had to make room for it.

Even so, this is under the premise that Mayor Xiao took most of the people away, and the remaining ones were the elderly, the weak, women and children. Otherwise, this village office alone might not be able to accommodate so many people coming from the town at the foot of the mountain.

"I hope Mayor Xiao and the others are doing well."

Several subordinates who were left behind to look after the people just stood at the door, took a look at the situation inside the house, and whispered something.

The weather outside was not getting better, and walking on the mountain was too difficult for those of them who were not used to walking on muddy roads.

Not to mention the people who originally came from the town, even the farmers who had moved down the mountain would need some time to walk on this road where they would slip every two steps.

It was quite difficult for Mayor Xiao to lead those people who could not even walk on the mountain to quickly build a residence on the mountain that could accommodate the people coming from the town below the mountain.

At least it is difficult in terms of time.

Just when the village office was worried about Mayor Xiao, things were going better than expected for Mayor Xiao.

It's not because the defense team members he brought with him were highly adaptable and able to use their abilities to organize their residence in the mountains, but because Village Chief Wu and his men did not leave them to figure it out on their own. They helped them to the end, braved the rain and stood by them, helping out whenever they could.

There were enough people, so even though the rain and road conditions made travel a bit difficult, the speed wasn't that slow.

"Living in tents like this isn't a long-term solution. If the rain continues for a long time, it won't be good for you to stay here. The humidity is too high."

Looking at the surrounding environment and the muddy ground that had been trampled by so many people who came to help, Tang Rufeng said softly.

"It's okay. We have people here who can clean the ground and dry it out. It'll be just enough to make it habitable. There's no building materials down there right now, so just enough to accommodate us. It's better than being submerged in water down there."

Listening to Tang Rufeng's words, Mayor Xiao smiled and looked quite optimistic.

"I'll discuss this with the village chief later. The younger children in your area can live near the village office. After all, the environment there is a little better than here."

Tang Rufeng frowned and thought for a while. Although he was a little hesitant, he finally said this.

"Okay! Sorry to bother you guys!"

Faced with Tang Rufeng's kindness, Mayor Xiao had no choice but to respond. Under normal circumstances, even if Tang Rufeng didn't mention it, no one would say anything if he brought it up himself. After all, he was the leader of this area, and it was acceptable for him to temporarily requisition some land to ensure the survival of the people.

However, he did not do so because of the special nature of Daxi Village.

Even though the elderly, the weak, women and children in the town were still staying in the village office, which was obviously a good place to stay, he did not mention it.

Now hearing what Tang Rufeng said, regardless of whether it would work out in the future, just this attitude alone made Mayor Xiao very happy.

The special thing about the mountain is Daxi Village. Even Daxi Village expressed its welcome with this attitude, which means that the godmother also welcomes outsiders like them, so there is no need to worry about angering them.

Mayor Xiao was happy because he thought of this.

"Okay, it looks like we've almost finished cleaning up here, so we'll go home first. You guys can clean up the rest by yourselves."

After Tang Rufeng finished speaking, he looked at the mud marks on his body where he accidentally fell, and said goodbye to Mayor Xiao and the others with a smile.

"Okay, let's take you there. We also need to pick up someone from the village office."

Upon hearing this, Mayor Xiao hurriedly followed.

Now that we have finished cleaning up here, we should call the people from the village office over quickly, as it is just on the way.

"Town Mayor Xiao, if you can contact Village Chief Dai from Shangyou Village, I suggest you ask him if he can vacate the village office for your temporary use."

On the way back to Daxi Village, Tang Rufeng remembered something before walking back home along the village road. He turned around and whispered a suggestion to Mayor Xiao.

"We have thought of this, but we need to wait until we have temporarily settled some people before we can contact them."

What Mayor Xiao said seemed to be very planned, but in fact, their communication tools had not been fully charged yet and they needed to wait for some time.

The electricity in the town at the foot of the mountain had been turned off by the town itself, but the electricity on the mountain was not cut off because of the rain.

After all, these are the facilities that the Flower Growers had focused on upgrading after the great changes in the world. Even with this continuous heavy rain, they are still working hard today.

Unless something major happens on the mountain, the mountain will not take the initiative to shut down the power.

"Just make your own arrangements. I'll be back first. If you have any questions, please contact me, or you can contact Village Chief Wu."

After Tang Rufeng finished speaking, he really left. Following him were Tang Tang and other people with special abilities from Daxi Village who had been busy all day.

"Mayor, let's go in and arrange for people to move to the temporary shelter we've prepared."

As the man walked away, the subordinates saw that Mayor Xiao seemed to be thinking about something and did not immediately enter the village office yard, so they spoke up to remind him.

"Okay, right away."

Mayor Xiao came back to his senses and led his men into the courtyard of the village office. Looking at the people who were warming themselves inside, he arranged for some of the younger children and some of the older people who could not move too much to stay behind.

Without Mayor Xiao's reminder, the majority of the remaining people quickly packed up their things, stood up, put on their rain gear, and stood next to the official personnel who were looking after them, waiting to leave with them.

Since they had chosen to follow the decision of the town leaders and followed the official personnel up the mountain, and now that they are already there, they will have no objection to the subsequent arrangements.

They had seen the difficulties of climbing the mountain. In fact, they had experienced it firsthand. There were still injured people in the team. If there were no medical personnel among the people who followed them up the mountain, they would probably still be worried about what to do with the injured.

Mayor Xiao quickly arranged for those people, and later used the village office phone to contact Village Chief Dai of Xiashangyou Village, asking him if there was any place there and whether he could accept people to live there for a period of time.

With the mayor's former secretary Xiao Liu there, he didn't have to say anything. The people he was going to arrange to leave were quickly received by Shangyou Village and settled in at an extremely fast speed.

Mayor Xiao and others did not do anything special and just lived in a makeshift tent with the townspeople.

As for why they only asked people from Daxi Village and upstream villages to help receive the people who came up the mountain and settle them, instead of asking people from villages outside the village to settle them.

It’s not that the villages outside the village don’t want to accept them, it’s simply because they can’t do it.

At the beginning, the main purpose of the people from the outskirts of the village to go up the mountain was to farm. Apart from the necessary housing, neither the official personnel of the town nor the people in the town who knew about this were willing to use the hard-earned land to build houses. If they had that much land, they might as well plant a few more acres of land so that the people in the town could have more food to eat.

Because of this idea, although people who go up the mountain to farm have a place to live, the housing area is not large. With so many people going up the mountain now, it is impossible to accommodate them.

The people from the town at the foot of the mountain temporarily came to the mountain. After settling them down and resting for a few days, they began to contact the people in the village on the mountain.

One party wanted to make friends, and the other party softened their attitudes because they were temporarily in the same camp after going up the mountain. In the end, they had a happy chat and even created a large group chat connecting several villages.

If there wasn't a limit on group chats, the drunk uncle who was out and about would probably contact more people and chat with them about things that weren't posted online.

However, even though Uncle Drunk was not allowed to contact them, it was almost the same. Although those people in the town seemed low-key, they did have some connections outside, and they could more or less find out some of the secrets outside.

"So, it's chaos out there, and everyone's running towards higher ground?"

The message in the group chat was seen by many people, which led to discussions.

"Yes, luckily we're lucky. There's a mountain nearby, and there are still people on the mountain who haven't been relocated and can help us settle down. Otherwise, we would have to do the same as the people in other places. Before the water level rises to a point where we can't survive, we would have to go up the mountain to an unfamiliar place, fight those mutated plants and animals, and finally find a place to settle down..."

The person who told about the situation outside didn't type, but just spoke out a bunch of 60-second voice messages. Just looking at the voice bar was intimidating.

In other words, most people in the group want to know what is happening outside, otherwise no one would click on his voice messages and listen to those long, seemingly endless conversations.

To sum up, it is not just raining in certain places, there is no place in the country where it is not raining. When the rain falls, the water has nowhere to drain, so it can only flow towards the low-lying areas.

As a result, it is normal for more cities and people’s residences to be flooded.

"When will this world ever be better?"

After reading the information from those who knew something in the group, and then looking at the incessant rain outside, Village Chief Wu sighed softly, but felt that his sigh was not thorough enough, so he sighed deeply again, still feeling the suffocation in his heart.

"Dad, don't think about this for now. After all, our country is still here. Just like Mayor Xiao and the others, when something happens, the first thing they do is to find a way to evacuate the people and ensure their safety, right?"

Boss Wu had just come back from outside. He took off his raincoat and hung it on the hook under the eaves for hanging rain gear to drain the water. When he turned around and saw the look on Village Chief Wu's face, he saw that he looked a little down, so he hurriedly spoke to comfort him.

"I'm not worried about those people outside. They don't need an old man like me to worry about them. The higher-ups can arrange everything well. I'm worried about our godmother. Will the world become so bad that even godmother can't adapt to it? Is that why this happened?"

As Village Chief Wu spoke, his eyes involuntarily looked towards the village entrance. It was easy to guess who he was looking at.

"No news is the best news. We all know what Godmother is capable of. She's formidable. Look outside! Those mutant animals are wandering around and don't dare to approach us. They must be afraid of Godmother. Godmother is fine, so they're afraid."

After Boss Wu finished speaking, he didn't know how to comfort him.

He was not as good as the third brother and his wife. They thought about many things, but what they could think of was what was most visible and intuitive. Such an obvious thing, anyone who saw the fearful looks of those mutant animals outside would not have thought that something would happen to the godmother at the village entrance.

After hearing what Boss Wu said, Village Chief Wu sighed again and chose to suppress those thoughts first.

"What happened outside? Why are you back at this time?"

After he regained his attention, Village Chief Wu noticed the time when Boss Wu returned.

It has been raining more often these days, and the rain is getting colder. His family is worried that he will get sick if he continues to go out, so they simply let the healthy Mr. Wu help walk outside and look after the outside.

Normally, it takes at least three hours for Boss Wu to go out. If he leaves in the morning, he won't be back before lunch, and it's not lunch time yet.

"It's all because of the rain outside. We originally thought there were still some mutant crops left in the fields. After all, they are mutants and much better than ordinary crops. Who could have imagined that they would only last so long? They were still fine when I checked them two days ago, but today, they are all dead."

When Boss Wu heard the village chief's question, he directly told him the reason why he came back early.

"That shouldn't be the case. Everything looked fine before."

Upon hearing what his eldest son said, Village Chief Wu stood up immediately with a look of shock on his face.

They have been under the protection of their godmother for a long time. Even when normal crops could not be grown at the foot of the mountain and mutant insects were rampant, they had never been so passive.

The fields on the mountain are protected by my godmother, as well as those mutated crops. Even if my godmother doesn't respond now, she can still protect them.

Unexpectedly, the mutated crops were not attacked, but were destroyed because of the rain.

"We're in the mountains. Even if it rains, the ground won't hold water. We can't let our crops drown!"

Village chief Wu couldn't understand it. He recalled that when the rain first started to get heavy, they mobilized the strong laborers in the village to go to the fields and dig drainage ditches. In addition, the fields in the mountains were located at a slope, so normally they should not be flooded!

"They didn't drown. I watched them for a while longer and even pulled up the ones that had fallen. The roots were all good and there were no signs of drowning."

After hearing what his father said, Boss Wu shook his head. He didn't know what was going on, so he could only come back and tell his father.

"Ask that kid Tang Rufeng and ask him to help check out some places farther away, especially Shangyou Village. There are still some good crops left in Shangyou Village that haven't been harvested. Go and ask them what the situation is like there."

After saying that, Village Chief Wu couldn't wait for Boss Wu to leave, so he hurried back to his room to look for communication, anxious to contact Village Chief Dai first.

Village Chief Dai answered the phone very quickly. It was obvious that he also wanted to call Village Chief Wu, but Village Chief Wu was faster.

"How's the land over there?"

This simple sentence was enough for Village Chief Dai to know the answer to what he wanted to ask.

"Hey...it's the same as yours."

Village Chief Dai sighed and said this with a look of helplessness in his eyes.

This time he did dream about the fields and crops, but by then the rain was getting heavier and the cities outside the mountain were flooded.

Hopefully, he saw that the crops in the fields near his village were growing very well, with no signs of being drowned by the rain. He thought he was dreaming about the crops at the foot of Language Mountain and didn't pay much attention to it.

I didn't expect that a momentary difference would lead to such a huge loss.

If we had harvested the crops that had not yet started to bear fruit when the rain started, and found an idle place to build a shed to plant them, perhaps the situation we have now would not be what it is now.

Thinking of this, Village Chief Dai couldn't help but show some regret on his face.

"There's no point in thinking about that now. Given the current situation, I'm afraid most of the crops planted on the mountain will go through this process. If they can get through it, they'll be fine. If they can't, they'll die inexplicably like those mutated crops in the fields."

Xiao Liu worked next to Village Chief Dai. Seeing his expression at the moment, he was afraid that something might go wrong, so he spoke to comfort him.

The village office of Shangyou Village was moved to the elderly and weak who came from the town at the foot of the mountain. In order not to take up space, Xiao Liu, who originally lived in the yard of the village office, accepted the invitation of Village Chief Dai and moved into his home.

This is also the reason why Village Chief Dai made the call and Xiao Liu was able to realize it so quickly.

After hearing Xiao Liu's words, Village Chief Dai, who was unaware of the situation, was not comforted, but Village Chief Wu, who was talking to him on the phone, was completely confused after hearing these words.

When the mutated plants on the mountain appear at this stage, are they the same as the mutated crops in the fields this time? Those that can pass the level can survive, and those that cannot will be the same as the mutated crops. So what about the godmother?

Is this also the case with my godmother?

Thinking of this, Village Chief Wu felt a little nervous.

But this is just Xiao Liu's guess, and it's also a guess that Village Chief Wu came up with on his own. This guess can't be established...

Although he tried to comfort himself many times, Village Chief Wu was still panicked.

He hung up the phone in a hurry, looked at the heavy rain outside, and didn't care about asking Boss Wu to find Tang Rufeng. Village Chief Wu got up anxiously, put on the rain gear hanging under the eaves of the door, and rushed straight into the rain without even bothering to put on his clothes.

"What's wrong with this old man? Didn't we agree that he's old and shouldn't cause trouble? Why is he asking a young man to do it? It's raining so hard and it's hard to walk outside. Going out at this time... really."

Grandma Shitou was originally packing her books in the house. The rain had created a lot of moisture, and she was afraid that some of the books would become damp and moldy if she didn't take care of them.

Seeing the old man who was originally wandering at the door of the main hall looking outside suddenly walk out, he couldn't help but worry. He muttered a few words, put down the slightly moist book in his hand, walked to the door, and looked in the direction where Village Chief Wu left.

After confirming that he could not call Village Chief Wu back, he shook his head helplessly and turned around to continue doing his own thing.

While busy with his work, he shouted to the second brother's family who were doing something in the house.

"Wu Laoer, your father has gone out. Come out quickly and follow him to see what's going on. Don't let anyone fall on the road."

"Hey! Okay! Right away."

With Grandma Shitou's call, the people inside came out very quickly. He came out almost as soon as Grandma Shitou finished calling. If you didn't know, you would think he had been waiting for a long time and was preparing for this moment.

This is indeed the case. Although the elders in the family don't let them pay too much attention to these things, they always live under the same roof. It would be strange if something happened and it could be kept secret.

Even the second brother's family, who were a bit thick-skinned, noticed something unusual. In the past, Village Chief Wu always asked the eldest brother Wu to handle anything, and he never gave any extra instructions to the second brother, as he had been waiting for them for a long time.

Many curiosities that have arisen during this period of time are echoing in my mind.

But after he really walked out of the door, he quickly chased forward, and after a while, he finally caught up with Village Chief Wu, who had an unclear expression on his face and was walking straight towards the village entrance.

"Dad, what are you going to do? Tell me, I'll do it for you, okay? The road outside is quite difficult to walk on."

This was the first time Wu Laoer saw such an expression on his father's face, and this time he was really worried.

Before, he didn't think too much about it because he saw that all his family members were there and thought that it was impossible for such a thing to happen to his family.

Now seeing the expression on Village Chief Wu's face, his emotions were inexplicably affected by Village Chief Wu. His hand, which had initially tried to stop him, froze, and he was forced to swallow his words, but the worry on his face did not diminish at all.

After walking behind Village Chief Wu for a long time, they were almost at the village entrance. Village Chief Wu had not put on his rain gear at the beginning, so there was not a single dry spot on his body. Wu Lao Er felt quite uncomfortable watching this.

Wu Laoer's voice sounded right next to his ears, and Village Chief Wu certainly noticed it, but he didn't want to respond. He was old, and if Wu Laoer really wanted to take him back to rest, he really had the strength to do so.

Instead of arguing with your son, it is better to go straight to the goal without saying a word.

Just as he was about to reach the village entrance, he found that not only he and Wu Laoer came here, but Tang Rufeng had also arrived.

And he arrived much earlier than me.

Village chief Wu did not hide anything about what had just happened on the mountain from Tang Rufeng. After all, Tang Rufeng was the one he had chosen to be the next person in charge of Daxi Village since the changes in this world began.

When he is no longer in charge of things in the future, the entire village will be under the management of Tang Rufeng, so he did not intend to hide a lot of information from Tang Rufeng.

Just like this mutant plant incident.

As soon as the incident happened, he immediately asked Boss Wu to find Tang Rufeng to explain the situation. Looking at Tang Rufeng's current appearance, it was obvious that his thoughts overlapped to a certain extent with those of the cadre Xiao Liu from the upstream village, and he reacted so quickly that he came to the village entrance.

"Village chief, you are here. I remember that Granny Stone has some abilities."

Although he was in the rain with noisy sounds all around him, Tang Rufeng knew without even turning around that there were two figures behind him and he knew their identities.

"Well, your Stone Grandma does have abilities, plant abilities."

Hearing Tang Rufeng's question, Village Chief Wu didn't ask any more questions. He quickly reacted and said, "Second Brother, go call your mother and let her try."

What to try? Of course, try to communicate with the godmother and see if her ability can establish a dialogue with the godmother when the godmother does not respond to the outside world.

Although Wu Laoer didn't understand what his father and Tang Rufeng were talking about, he was very clear about one thing: his brain was not as good as Tang Rufeng's, and even his old and somewhat crazy father's was not as good as his. Since he couldn't figure it out, he would just follow the smart people, which would never be wrong.

Thinking of this, he went home faster.

Grandma Shitou was still packing up her damp books when she turned around and was carried on the back of her unfortunate son, who ran out the door.

"What are you doing? You're all wet! Where are you taking me?"

Seeing that they were about to leave the main hall, Grandma Shitou didn't bother to ask any further questions. After scolding her fool, she directly asked her fool the purpose of taking her out.

"Mom, Dad asked me to come back and take you to the village entrance. He's a little anxious now."

Hearing this, Grandma Shitou opened her mouth, wanted to ask a question but swallowed it back, and patted her son on the shoulder, "Then what are you talking about? Take me there quickly!"

The family members who heard the noise and came out saw that they were a little anxious and hurried. Seeing that they were not prepared to put on rain gear, they hurried forward to lift up Wu Laoer's raincoat and put another raincoat on Grandma Shitou.

Although this raincoat cannot guarantee that people who go out will come back completely dry, it can always remove most of the rain water and will not make people who go out feel too cold.

After watching Wu Laoer take the people out, the rest of the people looked at each other in bewilderment.

"I don't know what's going on outside that would make Dad call Mom out in this weather."

When Wu Laosan and his wife heard this question, they did not answer. They just looked at each other, turned around with a gentle expression, and looked at the old lady who was walking out of her room and standing at the door of the room with her head peeking.

"There's nothing going on outside. Why did the old lady come out here? Her legs are not so convenient. If she walks out for a while, her knees will hurt again."

The third son's wife said this as she walked towards where Zuzu was standing, and helped him back to the room.

"Come on, it's probably going to hurt again from standing here. I'll apply some medicated oil on you, it might help."

The third daughter-in-law said this and took the old lady back to the room without giving her any room to refuse.

If the old man knew that something happened to my godmother, I don’t know how anxious he would be.

In the past, when the weather was good, the old lady would stay under the locust tree at the entrance of the village whenever she had time. This time, when my godmother got into trouble, it was because the weather outside was bad, so the old lady was kept in the dark. Otherwise, the old lady would have known about it long ago.

"Xiao Sanzi's wife, tell me, is there something wrong outside? Why is there something wrong at home these days?"

Grandma always suffers from rheumatism during the rainy season, which makes her family feel distressed. After knowing that she has difficulty walking, whenever she encounters such weather and feels unwell, they let her lie down in her room, serve her meals in the room, and play TV for her when she is bored.

She's used to it, and the old lady wouldn't leave her room without reason. But even the elderly who don't often leave their rooms have noticed the atmosphere at home these days.

It can be seen how poor this family's ability to conceal things is.

"It's nothing. It's just that the people in the town at the foot of the mountain can't live there anymore these days, so they all move up the mountain to settle down. My family has been helping out these days. Dad is the village chief, so he's even busier. After all, he has to worry about most things."

As Wu Laosan's wife spoke, her face still had a gentle smile, her expression was natural, without a single flaw.

Zuzu stared at the person in front of him for a few more seconds, and after making sure that he could not see any signs of lying, he had to give up.

"I'll rest, and you guys can go do your own things."

With a light sigh, Zuzu was half lying on the bed, supported by the third son's wife.

Watching people leave, Zuzu turned his head and looked towards the village entrance through the slightly opened window.

She knew the children she had raised, and when there was a problem in the family atmosphere, the only thing that would make them all want to hide something from themselves was something about their godmother.

Before, Zuzu had never been sure, but just now, it was Xiao Sanzi's wife who helped her back to the room, and Xiao Sanzi's wife's flawless performance was enough to confirm her previous guess.

A performance that is too perfect and flawless also represents a flaw.

"Grandpa, are you unhappy?"

The family was afraid that Shitou and the other children would not know the seriousness of the matter and would accidentally say something, so they had not allowed them to play near Grandpa for the past two days. The reason was that Grandpa was not feeling well, so they asked them to be more quiet.

But now, Shitou looked at Zuzu's sad face and felt sad too.

"It's Shitou. Come, let Zuzu look at you. Zuzu has been staying in this room these days. Zuzu is bored from fighting. Come and talk to Zuzu for a while."

As Zuzu spoke, he waved to Shitou, who was clinging to the window, squeezing the already slightly open window open to create a large gap.

"Will I be bothering Zuzu?"

Hearing Zuzu's call, Shitou subconsciously wanted to turn around, push open the door and enter the room, but the moment he turned around, he hesitated.

"No, you grew up under the care of your grandparents. We've already disturbed you when we should have. How can you, little troublemaker, still think so much?"

Listening to the sound of the stone and the words spoken, Zuzu's uncomfortable expression relaxed a little.

"good……"

On the other side, Village Chief Wu, who had no idea what had happened at home, was standing anxiously under the locust tree, looking in the direction they came from, waiting for his son to bring his wife over.

"Hurry up, hurry up, walk carefully. The mud on the ground has been trampled these days and it's easy to fall."

Looking at a shadow walking in the rain from afar, Village Chief Wu didn't bother to confirm and walked up to greet it.

Fortunately, it was indeed his second son and his old wife who came.

【Author’s words】

Hey guys!!! Today is March 1st! Let's repeat last month's challenge~ We'll definitely be able to post daily this month! I have confidence! (Look up and shout)