Chapter 24: Natural Disaster
Jiang Rong knew that those things must have been obtained by Xin Jue, so when he asked questions, his eyes were directly on Xin Jue.
Of course, she was just expressing her amazement and didn't really want to get to the bottom of it.
As expected, Xin Jue just smiled and kept silent.
"He has always been mysterious, Rongrong, you know that. It's hard to say, but he will definitely not harm us. Let's go home quickly. Grandma Jiang is probably waiting for you at home so long that the flowers are about to wither." Zhao Caier had no choice but to jump out at the right time to warm the atmosphere.
Xin Jue is just like that. When he doesn't want to answer you, he can make the conversation awkward anytime and anywhere.
The key is that he always has a gentle and warm smile on his face... How does that saying go? Don't hit a smiling person, plus he has a good appearance, so most people are too embarrassed to argue with him.
Then all the unpleasantness will be gone, at least on the surface.
Sometimes, Zhao Caier secretly admires Xin Jue for this.
Jiang Rong had no intention of digging deeper, so of course he just went down the stairs.
But speaking of the mystery of Xin Jue, it is indeed quite mysterious. Not only his identity as a hacker, but his family background is also very confusing to Jiang Rong.
As far as she could remember, she had never seen any other members of the Xin family except Grandma Xin.
Whether it is maternal or paternal, never.
But what she knew at the moment was that those people definitely existed, but they had never appeared openly in Qingshan Village.
Therefore, every time there was a festival, the two families would celebrate together because their houses were close to each other, just in the building next to each other.
Even if you add the family, there are only five people in total, you can count them on one hand...
At this time, Jiang Rong automatically skipped some of her uncles and aunts.
As for her grandmother's family, she lost contact with them after her mother passed away a few years ago.
As for Cai'er, her family is much more populous.
Family of eight.
Two younger sisters, one 8 years old and the other 3 years old, grandparents, parents, and herself.
If you count it this way, there are a total of 13 people in the three families, but there are only 5 of them who are actually capable of labor or combat.
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More than forty minutes later, Jiang Rong finally returned to Qingshan Village.
After getting off the car, Jiang Rong walked quietly at the back of the group, looking around silently.
It looked familiar, yet strange, and had nothing in common with the ruins she remembered.
In the distance are mountains, rivers, fields and lakes, and nearby are rows of not-so-tall houses, which are arranged in two parts, upper and lower.
There is one group on the mountain and another group at the foot of the mountain.
There are a group of buildings on the mountain, backed by high mountains, with a broad view from which one can have a panoramic view of the entire situation.
There are scattered trees at the foot of the mountain, and further away are fields.
Qingshan Village has a small population, only about a hundred households at most.
It is noon now. After getting off the bus, the air is filled with the aroma of various foods.
The dog is barking in the east and the child is crying in the west.
When Jiang Rong passed by the door of Xin Jue's neighbor, a big yellow dog suddenly jumped out of the house and barked at Jiang Rong, but did not dare to come forward.
Then the owner of that house also ran out, and when he saw that it was Jiang Rong who came back, he smiled and said, "It turns out that Xiao Jiang is back. I don't know what's wrong with this dog today. Why is it still barking at you? It used to wag its tail when it saw you."
The man was holding a bowl of rice in his hand, and looked puzzled.
When Jiang Rong saw the person, he couldn't remember who the person opposite him was for a moment, let alone call out his name.
So she could only smile and say: "I guess I've been away from home for too long."
"How can you do that? This isn't your first year away from home. This silly dog is always happy to see you come back every year. It's such a heartless little thing. You used to give it bones to eat."
The dog owner laughed, then pretended to kick the dog, then threw a bone from the bowl and put it into the big dog's mouth.
"Aunt Gui, Rongrong just came back and Grandma Jiang is still waiting for him at home. I'll take Rongrong back first and come to your house to chat another day." Zhao Caier turned around and found that the two were chatting on the side of the road, but Rongrong looked like he couldn't remember who the person on the other side was.
So he stepped forward to help.
"Let's go, let's go. Your grandma must be worried about you. Go back soon." Aunt Gui listened to what Zhao Caier said and said as if she suddenly realized something.
Jiang Rong had already remembered who this person was. She nodded politely, then followed Zhao Caier and continued walking towards home.
At this time, she saw Grandma Jiang walking quickly out of the house.
"This little Jiang is still so dull."
"I feel like she looks more depressed than before, and she makes people feel scary."
"You feel the same way? I thought I was the only one who felt that way."
"I just saw you two talking at the door in the main hall. I felt that she was a little different from before. It was quite obvious. I don't know if she encountered something bad outside. She looks young, but she doesn't have much vitality. She looks a little dull. Especially just now, when the kid from the Zhao family walked over, it was like a ray of light, instantly making people feel that the surroundings were bright."
"Yes, yes, yes, you are the boss and you speak well. That's how I feel." Aunt Gui opened her eyes wide and said in agreement.
However, the conversation about whether Jiang Rong was different from before could not be heard by the people who had left.
Jiang Rong looked at a little old lady not far away who had short silver hair, was not tall, thin, and had a kind smile on her face. The scene in her memory overlapped with reality, and she couldn't hold back her tears.
Flowing loudly.
She cried out all the tears she had been holding back for years at once.
God knows how many times she had this dream in the apocalypse, and how many times she woke up and realized it was just a dream and felt lost.
Sometimes I just want to drown in that beautiful dream and never wake up.
Jiang Rong walked forward quickly, bent over and hugged his grandmother tightly.
"Grandma, I miss you so much."
I really want to.
Jiang Rong has had a cold personality since she was young. She can neither say nice nor soft words and always has a stern face. When she was a child, the children in the village didn't dare to play with her.
The neighbors in the village always talked about this in private, saying that she would definitely be unfeeling when she grew up, and that it would be useless for Grandma Jiang to take care of her. When Grandma Jiang got old, Jiang Rong would definitely not be filial to her, because she was a person who could not be taken care of.
But that's not the case.
She respects, loves, and depends on Grandma Jiang.
In fact, there is no less ginger and garlic than younger ones.
But she had grown up by then and no longer needed to cry and make trouble to get Grandma Jiang's attention like Jiang Suan did.
Therefore, during the natural disaster, what she least dared to think about was what would happen to her elderly grandmother.
Can't think of anything.
Whenever she thought about it, her eyes would turn red even though she hardly cried before.
She would rather die in pain, starve to death, or be bitten to death by mutant beasts than imagine or want her grandmother to suffer such pain and die miserably.
"Girl."
Grandma Jiang felt her granddaughter's tight embrace and felt very distressed. But she didn't ask any questions, but just gently patted Jiang Rong's back.
Just like when Jiang Rong was sick as a child and Grandma Jiang coaxed her to sleep, her kindness was gentle and made people feel at ease and dependent.
Yaer is Jiang Rong's nickname. Originally, Grandma Jiang wanted to call her Yazi... but later she forced her to change it because it sounded too ugly.
When Jiang Rong heard her grandmother calling her by her nickname, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart. The pain made her feel so uncomfortable that she wanted to cry hysterically without restraint.
However, that was not something she would do, and she didn't want to make her grandmother more worried.
At this point, Jiang Rong's slightly anxious heart was finally at ease.
In addition, Grandma Jiang never asked her what happened from beginning to end. She just kept cooking for her, making all kinds of things she used to like to eat at home, or stewing chicken, duck and various nourishing foods, and urging her to eat.
Jiang Rong did not explain anything. She had experienced natural disasters, and she would tell Xin Jue and Cai'er about it. That was because she needed their help, their trust, and they also needed them to prepare themselves as soon as possible.
But when it comes to ginger, garlic and grandma ginger, there is no need for this. Why make them worry more?
As long as these old and young are well in the future, that's enough.
There are still three days until the natural disaster comes.
Three days later, around 10 am on the 24th, the blood-red fog will quickly appear, and then it will be so thick that it will almost be substantial, and the maximum visibility will be estimated to be only one meter.
At the same time, the temperature in the air will drop extremely rapidly, so fast that it will hardly cause any reaction to humans.
In the remaining few days, Jiang Rong still has a balance of more than 20 million yuan, which he certainly cannot waste.
She had to spend them!
This is hard-earned money. If it is not spent, it will become a string of useless numbers. Jiang Rong will never accept this. She doesn't want to keep a single cent in the bank card.
However, right now, whether in counties, towns or urban areas, there are many people busy stockpiling goods. Jiang Rong, who has already stockpiled a lot of supplies, does not want to get into a run with them.
So she decided to use the money to buy as much jade as she could.
However, the main material is wool.
Xinan County itself also has a jade mining area, but the main vein of this jade mine has been almost mined out in the early years.
But to this day, there are still many people who go to the abandoned mining area to look for possible jade rough materials left behind.
It's a bit like gold panning.
These jade hunters usually take the rough jade they dig up to the antique street in Shangqing City, where there are many people and a large customer base, and there are also many people who don't know the value of the jade and are cheated.
Many people used this to cheat outsiders and made a little money, and then became rich from then on.
There are many examples like this. As time goes by, many people who don't want to work hard, elderly people, or children who can't afford tuition, also follow the trend and set up stalls in antique markets to sell their items.
Although most of them are fake, there are still some real ones.
Moreover, there are many genuine jade shops there and they are concentrated together.
Jiang Rong spent almost all of his last 20 million on that.
However, the amount stockpiled is definitely not as large as the one stockpiled in Y City before.
As for Xin Jue and Cai'er, they continued to be busy these days persuading people in the village to stock up on supplies.
The geographical location of Qingshan Village is somewhat isolated from the outside world. In addition, there are many elderly people, and many of their children do not come back all year round. The news is cut off, so they really need to visit each family.
They even went to discuss this with the village chief, and they just played a trick, saying that the situation outside was extremely serious, and the rumored natural disaster was...
There is no need for them to exaggerate this point; if they just make a slight change and tell the truth, it would be disastrous enough.
Fortunately, the village chief himself is also a surfer on the Internet, and he has watched many videos and read many comments from netizens...
There was no need for Jiang Rong and others to lobby him, he took the initiative to mobilize this matter.
After that, three days passed in a flash.
The 24th is coming quietly.
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