Chapter 149 Exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City: The Investigation Period and the Mudslide (2nd update)...
A series of sharp screams instantly snapped Ji Xiuling out of her daze. She asked anxiously, "What happened?! Has something happened?!"
Lu Qing reassured her, "It's okay, it's just the adult play equipment, which is a bit more exciting than the children's equipment."
Wu Yinyin pouted: "A bunch of cowardly, bad at games, and love to play. Every time they play, they keep screaming and yelling. Aren't they ashamed?"
The two men led Ji Xiuling forward for a while.
Upon seeing the scene in the water, or rather, on the water, Ji Xiuling was so horrified that she retreated repeatedly, crying out, "Heavens, from the sky—!"
Lu Qing said, "Don't be afraid, that's called a water jetpack, it's just a recreational device."
Ji Xiuling didn't know what instruments were, but she was having fun?
She looked up at the man flying in the sky. Not only could the iron lumps of Yunlu Village fly, but people could even fly into the sky?
Ji Xiuling clutched her wildly beating chest: My daughter absolutely cannot play with this!
Wu Yinyin seemed oblivious to Ji Xiuling's panicked expression and enthusiastically recommended, "Don't be fooled by how scary this thing looks; it's actually very safe! No one has had any accidents since we started playing with it."
Ji Xiuling shook her head repeatedly as she watched the people on the aircraft perform a backflip in mid-air.
Even if it's safe, it won't work; just looking at it makes her dizzy.
Wu Yinyin continued, "At first, we didn't dare to go up either, but as long as you overcome your fear and practice more, you'll find it's not difficult. Lu Qing, my sister-in-law, and I can all go up and fly."
Ji Xiuling suddenly turned her head, gasped, and asked, "You guys went up there too?"
Wu Yinyin proudly raised her head, "Of course!"
Lu Qing, on the other hand, was not so outgoing. She just smiled and nodded, "I only dare to fly standing up or spin around. I still don't dare to do a somersault like my husband just did."
Besides Lu Xuan, only Lei Yan and Wu Yang can lead people to freely climb over the walls.
Xiong Mao was clumsy and could barely fly on his own, so he couldn't possibly carry Su Ying and let her show off, which made him quite disliked.
However, Xiong Mao was very skilled at driving a jet ski. After taking Su Ying and letting her hold his waist as they sped around in the water a few times, the couple quickly reconciled and even became more affectionate.
Lu Qing waved to Lei Yan, who was still in the air, and told Ji Xiuling, "You watch," before stepping onto the empty seat of the aircraft. Lei Yan then put his arm around her waist and they flew into the sky.
Ji Xiuling: "!!!"
At first, the couple were just flying normally, changing altitudes. Midway through, they started to rotate and fly sideways. Then, Lei Yan suddenly picked up Lu Qing horizontally and did a similar backflip as before.
Seeing the dangerous stunt, Ji Xiuling opened her mouth to shout "Be careful!", but before she could say it, she heard Lu Qing, who was tightly hugging Lei Yan's neck, let out a hearty laugh in mid-air.
Wu Yinyin, standing nearby, said enviously, "It's a pity that my Li Jing can only turn me left and right, and doesn't dare to flip me over, otherwise I could also experience Lu Qing's pleasure."
Ji Xiuling: "..."
Wu Yinyin said with a teasing look, "Many young couples in the village used to have lukewarm relationships, but recently their relationships have improved a lot because of playing on water jetpacks."
Ji Xiuling: "..." She was completely too scared to continue.
She looked up at Lu Qing and her husband embracing intimately, occasionally exchanging glances. The fear on her face gradually faded, and a glimmer of light slowly appeared in her eyes.
That's great.
Having witnessed the impact of the water jetpack, Ji Xiuling was no longer surprised when Wu Yinyin demonstrated how to surf the wakeboard. She simply watched the women in the village riding the waves with undisguised envy on her face.
But when Lu Qing, who was back on shore, asked her if she wanted to try it too, she shook her head.
She might envy him, but she wouldn't dare to actually go up there.
At least not now.
When she returned to Ship No. 2, Ji Xiuling was still somewhat dazed after the shock she had experienced that morning.
She couldn't help but wonder what kind of life she had been living for the past few months compared to the carefree and leisurely life in Yunlu Village.
She even suspected that she might have died when she fell into the water, and that this was a fairyland she had imagined.
But then she thought about it again. She had never seen anything like an agricultural drone or an aircraft before, so how could she possibly imagine it?
All I can say is that her luck has truly turned around.
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At noon, the three of them ate lunch with other villagers at the restaurant.
Despite having eaten for seven days, the overly abundant and varied menu still left Ji Xiuling unable to adapt.
Not only did she have vegetables, meat, and soup at every meal, but she also had hot fruit tea, hot soy milk, hot fruit juice, and even hot milk, among other drinks. Even before the natural disaster, she had never eaten so luxuriously at her parents' or husband's home.
It wasn't just that she was eating well; due to the physical strain of the previous months, even though she ended her postpartum period early, Ji Xiuling still didn't have much milk to feed her baby.
When Ji Xiuling learned on the first day that she had no milk, she was very frightened, fearing that her child would starve to death.
But Grandma Lin told her that the village raised cows and sheep and could harvest several large buckets of milk every day, so the children didn't have to worry about not having enough to drink.
If there's any problem, it's that she can't afford to pay for the food, drinks, and lodging.
Aunt Miao told her that the baby's milk was a small token of the village's goodwill and wouldn't be charged, but Chen Rong had always paid for her own food and lodging.
She and Chen Rong were not related by blood, and she already owed him a life-saving favor. She simply couldn't feel at ease accepting such kindness any further.
Therefore, after Wu Yinyin took her to the general store on Ship No. 1, which was filled with a wide variety of goods, Ji Xiuling returned to her room and pondered for an afternoon. In the evening, when Miao Jinfeng came to deliver mushrooms, she expressed her wishes.
She knew that Lu Qing and Wu Yinyin had taken her around today specifically to give her a chance to learn about Yunlu Village.
Having witnessed the prosperity of Yunlu Village and felt their kindness, Ji Xiuling knew that she had to seize this opportunity to live a better life!
She didn't want her child, whom she had given birth to with such difficulty, to continue to wander in this chaotic world filled with disasters, never knowing when she might lose her life.
She hopes that her child can be like all the children in Yunlu Village, without worries about food and clothing, carefree, and laughing and playing freely.
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"She agreed to join? That's great!" Li Tie was very happy after learning about Ji Xiuling's plans.
It's not because the village is short of female relatives.
She just felt like an outsider in the whole village. It was fine when she was in confinement and didn't go out, but once she came out, people would inevitably have to consider whether to hide some things about the village when they talked, which made her feel a bit restrained.
Once we're on the same side, these concerns can be avoided.
As for how to treat Ji Xiuling, Li Tie had already asked Lu Xuan and others for their opinions and had some ideas on the day she woke up.
Unlike those who joined from the county town, Ji Xiuling was neither a skilled worker nor was she going to marry into another family in the village. Therefore, her treatment could not be the same as that of the previous newcomers, and she could only be temporarily included in the observation period as a temporary villager.
Miao Jinfeng said, "The observation period is one to three months. During this period, you need to earn your food and lodging expenses by helping the village with work. If you join the collection team to collect, you can only get half of what others get."
"The household-based subsidies for hunting and land cannot be distributed for now. However, if you need any supplies, you can exchange them with me or the general store. It will be temporarily recorded. Once you pass the probationary period and officially become a resident of our village, forming a separate female household, you will be able to receive all the village's household subsidies. You can repay them then."
"In addition, your daughter can also receive an extra old-age and child allowance."
After Miao Jinfeng explained in detail what the subsidies were and what supplies they included, Ji Xiuling's expression relaxed somewhat.
Miao Jinfeng observed her changing expression and tentatively asked, "What's wrong? Are you dissatisfied with this treatment?"
“Of course not.” Ji Xiuling quickly shook her head.
The treatment was so much better than she had expected that she could hardly believe it.
With a firm expression, she said, "I am willing to accept the test!"
As long as she and her daughter are safe and sound, she is willing to accept a probationary period of one or two months, or even one or two years.
Miao Jinfeng smiled with satisfaction: "As long as you don't do anything to betray the village, passing the probation period won't be difficult. From now on, you can live here in peace. If you encounter any problems in life, just come and talk to me."
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Ji Xiuling's arrival did not bring any changes to life in Yunlu Village.
They still gather, hunt, fish, and process food every day.
On the third day after Ji Xiuling joined, something good happened to the Ye family.
Ye Jing initiated the attack.
Unlike Ji Xiuling, Ye Jing ate and slept well these past few months, and her delivery process went quite smoothly.
The carpenter Ye and his son, along with the Zhang family who were related to the Ye family by marriage, waited anxiously for less than an hour before Ye Jing gave birth to a healthy baby boy without any incident.
Lu Xuan sent some meat, eggs, and milk to the Ye family as a congratulatory gift.
On the same afternoon, a landslide and mudslide occurred on the mountain where the village's crops were planted due to continuous rain.
Because the 'Weather Companion' predicted the disaster in advance, Lu Xuan sent the hunting team on the mountain back ahead of time and also released drones. The villagers saw the entire process of the mudslide through the screens displayed on the drones.
The villagers, who had never seen a mudslide before, were completely stunned, staring wide-eyed and speechless for a long time. Occasionally, a few words would escape their lips, but they were only unconscious whispers.
The mudslide lasted for a full fifteen minutes before it stopped.
The bad news is that half of the hilltop where the mudslide occurred has collapsed.
The good news is that the mudslide occurred on the other side of the mountain and did not affect their fields.
Lu Xuan didn't choose this place as his base randomly. He also deliberately chose a flat mountainside where landslides or mudslides were unlikely to occur.
In areas a little further away, more than half a month ago, mudslides began to occur in multiple locations, so their situation was much delayed.
As if in a chain reaction, following the first mountain, another mudslide occurred on the second mountain the following day.
Furthermore, due to a change in wind direction, some of the mud flowed into the waters where they frequently operated, resulting in the fishermen not catching many fish after casting their nets over the next two days, but they did manage to haul up a large amount of mud.
In order not to affect the harvest, everyone had to go to more distant, unaffected areas.
But the raging floodwaters carried the mud and debris further and further away, forcing everyone to continue walking.
When they finally found an unaffected area and cast their nets again, Li Jing's group not only caught over ten kilograms of fish, but also unexpectedly found several tattered lotus leaves among the catch.
This discovery instantly excited the other hunting teams.
What does the presence of lotus leaves signify? It means there must be lotus roots nearby!
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