Yue Jiuyue looked at her three silent sons and daughters-in-law, not knowing how to comfort them. In the face of natural disasters, humans are really too insignificant. Even if she has a cheat code, there is really only so much she can do without revealing it.
"We still have some wood at home, so if necessary, we can build a raft. In case of a flood, at least we'll have something useful to use."
As soon as Yue Jiuyue mentioned it, Lin Chaonan and Lin Chaobei braved the rain to bring the wood into the main room, and then found some hemp rope to start making a raft.
At this point, although they were still worried about whether a second earthquake would occur, so much time had passed and nothing had happened yet, so the scales of their anxiety had tipped towards the unknown flood disaster.
After all, the earthquake was clearly not in their area; at most, their area was affected. And if a flood were to occur, although their village is surrounded by mountains, these "mountains" are at most hills a dozen meters high. If a flood were to occur, would they be able to help?
Nobody knows for sure, since none of them have experienced this before. They can only do their best to prepare.
Liu was once again placed on the kang (a heated brick bed) in Yue Jiuyue's room, with Xiao Man'er sleeping peacefully beside her. After the three brothers finished building the raft, they went to the cellar to collect grain. Yue Jiuyue wanted to go with them, but the three brothers wouldn't let her, fearing she would get sick from the rain.
With nothing to do, Yue Jiuyue originally wanted to cook a pot of ginger soup, but they didn't usually use ginger. They only bought it as a precaution, like today, and it was all stored in the cellar. So she first cooked a pot of dumpling soup, added a handful of sweet potato leaves, and six eggs.
"Come on, Man'er's mother, have a bowl of dumpling soup first to warm yourself up."
Yue Jiuyue brought a large bowl of thick dumpling soup to Liu Shi in the house.
"Mother, you should eat too!"
She felt really bad about letting Liu eat all by herself, since she had never been treated like this before.
"Hey, keep an eye on Xiaoman'er. When she wakes up, just call out to me and I'll get her another bowl."
After saying that, Yue Jiuyue went out. She didn't want to stay with Liu Shi right now, for fear that Liu Shi would ask her questions about "pregnancy" again. Although she had the original owner's memories, she was still embarrassed.
Yue Jiuyue was always generous with her cooking, so this bowl of dumpling soup made from a mixture of wheat flour and sweet potato flour was already mostly dumplings with little broth. With the addition of six eggs, there was practically no broth left. Liu Shi ate it with mixed feelings of gratitude and heartache.
We need to get better quickly! Otherwise, if my husband's third brother and mother-in-law keep cooking like this, even if we have a lot of food, it won't be enough to "waste"!
Yes, in Liu's mind, eating like this was a waste of food. It wasn't like it was the busy farming season when she had to do a lot of hard work and was afraid of ruining her health so she had to eat something good. At this time, she could just eat whatever she wanted and make sure she didn't go hungry.
When the three brothers returned, they all went to the next room to change into dry clothes. Then each of them ate three or four bowls of dumpling soup. Only then did they listen to the "splashing" sound of running water outside with a satisfied yet worried expression. Their eyes became vacant, like death row inmates waiting for their final day.
One day, two days, three days...
During this period, apart from two tremors on the first night and the second day, everything in the village was fine.
However, the dilapidated mud-brick houses could not withstand the torrential rain, and several rooms collapsed.
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