Chapter 265 Earthquake 7
When Xia Xiaoman was brought to Li Yu'e, he looked at the newly built residence of Li Yu'e and her family in surprise.
Rows of greenhouses were built on the bare vegetable fields, with a layer of black plastic film covering them to block out the sunlight. Li Yu'e and her family lived in the greenhouses, with about 20 people living in each greenhouse.
"Where did you get so many greenhouses?" Xia Xiaoman asked curiously.
Li Yu'e raised her lips and smiled, "Thanks to Ayang's timely return, he brought back the greenhouse materials that he had purchased from outside."
Before the earthquake, Zhou Qiuyang and Su Ran set out with Liu Mengmeng and others to go to other places to buy materials for building greenhouses. Just as they bought the materials and returned to Fucheng, a big earthquake occurred on the way.
"They were unlucky. When the earthquake happened, there was a small hillside next to them with a lot of boulders on it. All the boulders fell down during the earthquake and they were almost crushed to death."
"Fortunately, they were brave enough to step on the accelerator and speed up in such a situation. After driving over the hillside, they parked the car in an open space and found a place to lie down. They drove back after the earthquake was over."
Zhou Qiuyang and Su Ran returned on the fourth night after the earthquake. The roads were difficult to travel after the earthquake, so they took many detours and their tires were worn out to the point of bursting before they could bring back the batch of greenhouse materials.
This batch of materials just solved Li Yu'e's urgent need. That night, she took Lingxu to help everyone build a shed, so that everyone no longer had to live in the wild like savages, using the sky as blankets and the ground as mats.
"If I had known you were coming, I would have left a shed for you. I had the remaining materials after building the shed shipped to the military in exchange for supplies."
There is little use for them to hoard greenhouse materials, so it would be better to take the opportunity to exchange some other supplies with the military, so that Lingxu can help everyone live a stable life as soon as possible.
Xia Xiaoman said, "I won't live here for long, so there's no need to leave a shed for me."
"By the way, you just said that Zhou Qiuyang and his team went to exchange greenhouse materials with the people from the Ye Family Shop. What about the people from the Ye Family Shop? Have they returned to Yuancheng?"
Li Yu'e nodded, "Ayang and the others went to the Ye family shop first before returning. The Ye family shop suffered heavy losses, but the people are fine."
"Their store is near the square. When the earthquake happened, except for the two guys who stayed in the cashier's room and the warehouse, everyone else, including Manager Liu, fled the store and ran to the square. So they were fine. They were just hit by flying rocks, and all the injuries were minor."
"After the convoy came back, Manager Liu was worried about Sun Qing and the others, so he followed the convoy back to Yuancheng. At this time, they are probably already in Yuancheng."
Xia Xiaoman frowned upon hearing this, "With such a large earthquake, Yuancheng must have been affected as well. I don't know if it will trigger a tsunami."
Hearing this, Li Yu'e hesitated and said, "I, I heard that the center of this earthquake... seems to be in Yuancheng..."
Xia Xiaoman's eyes widened, "How is this possible?!"
The shaking in Fucheng was so terrifying. If this was not the center of the earthquake, then what kind of purgatory would Yuancheng, the real center of the earthquake, be?
"I just heard it. Maybe, maybe the people below heard it wrong." Li Yu'e comforted her, "Xiao Man, don't worry. Sun Qing and the others are blessed by heaven. Nothing will happen to them."
Xia Xiaoman was in a heavy mood. Since Li Yu'e had been able to get this news, it must not be groundless. Perhaps Yuancheng was really the center of the earthquake.
She was about to say something when someone suddenly ran over and shouted at Li Yu'e, "Sister Yu'e! That bastard Gao Dafa has taken over the well again and won't let us get water. Brother Yu brought a bunch of people to fight with them!"
The well was dug near the entrance of the community. After Li Yu'e led people to clean out the well, she thought that people nearby also needed to drink water, so she did not occupy the well. But the well was taken over by someone else, who occupied the well every other day and demanded that others pay grain when they wanted to draw water.
Of course, Gao Dafa didn’t dare to accept food from the Lingxu Gang, he only dared to accept food from others.
But in the past two days, Gao Dafa somehow got a group of younger brothers, and they dared to challenge the Lingxu Gang. Yesterday, Li Yu'e had someone drive Gao Dafa away, but she didn't expect him to come again today.
"Xiaoman, I have something to take care of. Please be as you please. I will treat you well later." After saying this, Li Yu'e took a group of people to the well to help.
Seeing that Li Yu'e was so busy, Xia Xiaoman felt embarrassed to continue disturbing them. She left a note and left with Maodan.
After leaving Li Yu'e, we arrived at the suburbs not long after walking. The roads in the suburbs also had a lot of gravel and cracks, but they were much better than those in the city.
She found an empty place, took out an off-road vehicle from the space, and drove into the mountains.
After the earthquake, the roads on the mountain that people had cut down collapsed. But because of the locust plague, the mountain was bare and the view was very good. Xia Xiaoman could drive an off-road vehicle and run freely in the mountains.
But you just need to pay attention to the ground and the hillside. If you see places with many cracks or places close to the hillside, be careful of landslides and gravel on the mountain.
After driving aimlessly for more than two hours, Xia Xiaoman suddenly stopped the car, climbed onto the roof, took out a telescope and looked into the distance.
On the opposite hillside, a wisp of smoke rose slowly. Through the telescope, she saw a group of people busy ahead.
The men carried loads of mud, while the women walked barefoot on the mud mixed with water. After the mud was mixed, it was placed in a rectangular basket to make mud bricks, which were then piled aside to dry.
Judging from the behavior of that group of people, they should be mountain people living in the mountains.
"Hey! Who are you and what are you doing here?"
A deep voice sounded behind him, and Xia Xiaoman was startled. He put away the telescope and looked back. Not far behind him stood a tall and strong man, holding a few steel-toothed rabbits in his hands.
The other party was stunned when he saw Xia Xiaoman, "It's you? Why are you here?"
Xia Xiaoman looked at the man in front of him, scratched his head and said, "You are..."
The man said, "My name is Ji Ming. Two years ago, you bought my chickens and rabbits."
Xia Xiaoman thought for a while before she remembered that more than two years ago, the man in front of her sold chickens and rabbits at the gate of Chenyang Community, and also sold water. At that time, due to some misunderstandings, his accomplices also robbed her bicycle.
Seeing Xia Xiaoman was silent, Ji Ming asked again, "Why are you here? Do you want to go to our village?"
Xia Xiaoman came back to her senses and shook her head, "No. I saw too many people dying in the city and was worried about a plague, so I hid in the mountains. Is that your village in front?"
Ji Ming hummed, "Our village doesn't allow outsiders to enter. If you want to hide in the mountains, you can go anywhere except this area."
Xia Xiaoman hadn't thought about going to the mountain village at all. "I understand. I'll leave now." After saying that, she got back into the car and drove in the opposite direction of the mountain village.
Ji Ming stared at the direction where Xia Xiaoman left for a long time. When the off-road vehicle disappeared, he stepped forward and wiped off the wheel marks on the ground.
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