Chapter 15 The Earthquake Comes
The sky was so low that it made people feel like they couldn't breathe, and everyone realized that something was wrong.
There is a small square a hundred meters away from the community where Gu Luan lives, and the square is already crowded with people.
Everyone was a person living nearby, and they were standing or sitting nervously.
Sitting on the left side of Gu Luan was a man in his thirties, and on the right side was a family of five, including elderly and children.
A gust of wind blew, and just as the crowd was getting anxious, the ground shook violently, as if the earth was being torn apart.
Through the light from the street lamps, you can see the tall buildings swaying from side to side, and some people even fall directly to the ground.
"ah!"
I don't know who screamed in fear, and the others followed suit. The timid ones had already hugged each other.
"There's an earthquake. Mom, I'm so scared."
"Honey, hold my hand tight."
"Is there really an earthquake? Will there be heavy rain as well?"
Gu Luan squatted down skillfully, trying to steady his body, keeping a calm expression from beginning to end.
The man on her left was a little surprised to see Gu Luan like this.
She seemed to be his neighbor downstairs, and they had just taken the elevator downstairs together.
Wouldn't most girls be frightened and panicked when faced with such a situation? Why is she different?
Gu Luan didn’t know what others were thinking. She was just quietly waiting for the earthquake to pass.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 or so was just the appetizer for the apocalyptic natural disaster. Having already experienced it, Gu Luan was able to treat it with a normal mind.
"Mom, I'm scared!"
The child on the right curled up in his mother's arms in fear and cried loudly.
"Don't be afraid, it will be over soon."
Although she was afraid, the young mother still comforted her child.
The young father held the mother and child in his arms, holding his own parents with his other hand, and the family huddled together.
"It's over. The earthquake is over. It's all right now."
“Hahaha, it’s not a big earthquake.”
Everyone stood up excitedly and cheered on the spot, celebrating that the earthquake was over.
Gu Luan stood up and strode towards the community without saying a word.
The man felt something was strange, as if Gu Luan was in a hurry, so he subconsciously followed her.
Gu Luan got into the elevator and the man followed her in.
After secretly looking at her, the man greeted her warmly, "Hello, I'm your upstairs neighbor, my name is Zhang Yan."
"Gu Luan."
Gu Luan nodded in response, then stood at the corner of the stairs and stopped talking.
Zhang Yan wanted to say something, but seeing Gu Luan's cold expression, he tactfully shut up.
Gu Luan opened the door, released Huihui, and started to find something to do, otherwise she would never calm down.
I took out a water bucket that I bought for free and placed it in the bathroom. I turned on the hot water and started letting the water run.
This water can be used for bathing later, so you don’t have to boil it again.
While the water was being released, Gu Luan walked into the kitchen and prepared to make some brown sugar ginger tea, which was needed during heavy rain and extreme cold.
First add water to the soup pot and put it on the gas stove to boil, then take out red dates, wolfberries, dried longans, brown sugar and old ginger from the space.
Slice the old ginger and red dates and put them into the soup pot. Add wolfberry, dried longan and brown sugar. Cook for ten minutes and then turn off the heat.
Then Gu Luan took out a dozen thermos cups to wash.
Wait for the brown sugar ginger tea to cool down to 70 degrees, then pour it into the thermos cup and finally store it all in the space.
After doing all this, the sound of crackling rain came from outside the window.
Big raindrops hit the glass windows, making crisp tinkling sounds.
The rain quickly became heavier and in a blink of an eye it turned into a downpour.
The sky was still pitch black, and mist shrouded the night. It seemed as if a greater disaster was brewing.
Gu Luan looked up, then retracted his gaze with an expressionless face for a long while.
After the bathroom bucket was filled with water, Gu Luan took out another large bucket and started filling it with water.
Then she started cooking, this time she prepared steamed rice.
She took out several large rice cookers, each of which could steam thirty kilograms of rice.
While steaming the rice, Gu Luan also kneaded dough to steam buns and steamed bread.
In short, she didn't want to calm down.
Three hours later, Gu Luan had steamed rice in ten large rice cookers, and had steamed more than a hundred buns and steamed buns in total.
The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and there was a big quarrel in the community group.
1-2-502: It’s raining so heavily. Have you stocked up?
2-1-1003: I did stockpile some goods, but not much. The supermarket was full of people and I couldn’t grab the goods.
3-2-1703: How long can a rainstorm last? There is also a black alert. I won’t stock up.
1-1-702: Man, you are a role model. The country has issued a black alert but you still don’t stock up. When the time comes, you will have nothing to eat and you will starve to death.
2-2-1703: @1-1-702, say it to me again, believe it or not, I will beat you to death.
3-2-1502: Brother, harmony brings wealth. Your neighbor is just joking with you. If you have no food at home, I still have some here and I can sell it to you at a low price.
After sending the message, the person on the 15th floor of Building 3 also posted a few pictures of the goods he had stockpiled.
A large shelf was piled with rice, noodles and convenience foods.
Gu Luan was slumped on the sofa when he saw this message on his phone. He looked at the pictures and shook his head secretly.
It’s still okay now, but she’s afraid that the 15th floor will be targeted by someone with ulterior motives. She guessed that the possibility of that being targeted is very high.
By the way, the community where she lives is called Jiayuan Community.
There are only three buildings in total, and Gu Luan bought it because it has fewer floors and a good environment.
She happened to live in Building 3, and the two people just now happened to be living upstairs and downstairs from her.
Gu Luan supported his forehead with his hand.
She really hopes this floor isn’t too noisy. She just wants to live a low-key life.
The reason why she went to so much trouble to return to the county town from Bai City was because she knew that Bai City had a large population.
A larger population means more chaos. She doesn't want to stay in a too chaotic place and wants to stay as far away from disputes as possible.
Huihui nudged Gu Luan and gently wagged his tail in front of her.
"You're a horse, not a dog."
Gu Luan laughed and started feeding Huihui.
After a good rest, Gu Luan started cooking again.
There were indeed a lot of cooked food in the space, and she could not finish it all by herself in her lifetime, but she just wanted to make some since she had nothing else to do anyway.
This time I made braised duck neck, duck feet, duck intestines, and lotus root...
While braising the food, I also made lemon chicken feet. I had to add more chili, so two large pots of lemon chicken feet filled more than 30 lunch boxes.
For dinner, Gu Luan ate the chicken feet she had bought and ate the braised food she had made today, and opened a bottle of red wine.
She doesn't know what's going on outside, she just lives her own life.
Huihui stayed quietly beside her, staring at the TV with a serious expression as if he could really understand what was being watched.
In the evening, Gu Luan started to tidy up the space again because the things she bought were too many and varied.
It would take too long to sort it all out.
She still hasn't found time to open those hundreds of thousands of containers. It's because she has too many things. It's really a sweet burden.
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