Chapter 109
The temporary task was able to be spawned because the aunt who had just thrown stones at her and pretended to hit her had bullied the original owner a lot in the past.
The original owner knew that he was weak and no match for them, so he mostly swallowed his anger and didn't bother with these people.
Unfortunately, what he got in return was not respect, but even more excessive ridicule and mockery.
So when she came through and met these people, the system immediately refreshed a task and asked her to stand up for the original owner.
Think about it from another angle. If these unpresentable minions can give her 5+5 points, then the uncles and aunts who had been cruel to the original owner can personally present her with a big gift package of points, right?
When she thought of this, Song Yue felt itchy.
However, before receiving the gift package, she had to first notify the original owner's good brother Mao Xingxiu and prepare all the tools for escape.
"Mao Xingxiu."
She found Mao Xingxiu's home as she knew it, pushed open the door, and sure enough, she saw him carving stone at the workbench.
The latter heard the sound, raised his head, looked at her, then as if nothing had happened, he lowered his head again and continued with his work: "Is there something wrong, Yuanzhou?"
According to the original owner's memory, his good brother was a fool who devoted himself to carving.
Song Yue didn't expect him to say a word. She stared intently and said succinctly, "The island could be dangerous. Hurry and prepare the boat. Call Uncle Mao, Aunt Mao, and Grandpa along."
Mao Xingxiu's family had done a favor for the original owner, so Song Yue couldn't just follow the request and take him alone. His family must also be considered.
Also, she couldn't say anything directly about the volcanic eruption, so she could only remind him in this way.
Obviously, Mao Xingxiu didn't understand what she meant and thought she was talking nonsense: "Lime Island is fine, Yuanzhou, don't make blind guesses."
Well, for someone with a foolish personality, only by seeing the truth will they believe what she said. So she rolled her eyes, pulled him out, and pointed at the little dog tied to his door: "If you don't believe me, you should at least trust the animal's intuition, right?"
Before she entered the door, she found that Xiao Hei from Mao Xingxiu's family was a little restless. He kept circling in front of the doghouse and whining from time to time.
Mao Xingxiu was indeed stunned for a moment, then he walked forward and touched Xiao Hei's head: "Xiao Hei, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Your head? Or your stomach? Hmm? Are you injured? Let me take a look."
After looking around, I found no wounds.
"Xiao Hei is a little strange." Mao Xingxiu frowned slowly. "He's usually very well behaved and rarely howls like this."
"That's because before the explosion, infrasound waves will be emitted from the ground. Humans can't hear this sound, but animals like cats and dogs can feel it." Song Yue explained on the side.
As soon as the words came out, the words "volcanic eruption" were blocked again.
Mao Xingxiu naturally didn't hear it. He turned his head blankly and looked at her in surprise, his attention focused on the second half of her sentence: "What did you just say?"
Song Yue slapped her head. She had actually forgotten that the economic and technological levels of this world were relatively backward, probably at the level of Country Z 100 years ago. In the common people's cognition, they had no idea what infrasound was.
So he cleared his throat and said, "It's a sound of a special frequency. You can think of it as a special smell. Normal people can't smell it, but Xiao Hei can. Is that understandable?"
"Oh, I know that."
Although Mao Xingxiu didn't understand how his good brother suddenly became so knowledgeable, the examples he gave were indeed easy to understand.
Xiao Hei's sense of smell is much better than his. He can often smell his lost sculptures with his nose, and then find them out from some corner according to his instructions.
It’s okay, not as stubborn as a donkey.
Song Yue was thankful in her heart and continued to urge: "See, I didn't lie to you. That mountain has started to move. We must prepare the boat and supplies before that and leave this place."
"Ah, okay..." Mao Xingxiu was still skeptical, but seeing how certain Song Yue was, he scratched his head and went out. "My grandpa is lying at home, and my parents are still digging limestone at the foot of the volcano. I'll go get them."
At the foot of the volcano?
Song Yue's eyes tightened, and she quickly pulled him aside and asked, "Isn't today a day off? Why are Uncle Mao and the others still at the foot of the mountain?"
The residents of Lime Island have a tradition of resting on Sundays.
Mao Xingxiu lowered his head. "Isn't this just to dig up more stone for carving? My grandfather hasn't been feeling well lately, and he's always coughing. My dad said he'd make more sculptures and then trade them for medicine in Continent A."
Song Yue was silent for a moment, then raised her head and followed Mao Xingxiu: "I'll go with you."
The volcano is in the center of the lime island. It looks very close to the village, but it actually takes a full hour to walk there, which means two hours to go there and back.
Although the volcano does not seem to be active now, who knows if something unexpected will happen within two hours.
Song Yue didn't dare to gamble.
When the original owner lost his mother and was kicked out of the house by his uncles, it was Mao Xingxiu's parents who took him in, gave him food and drink, and taught him how to sculpt. They raised him until he was ten years old, but they did not live together for various reasons.
In a sense, Mao Xingxiu's family is also the original owner's family. As a time traveler, Song Yue can deeply feel the original owner's care and it is impossible for her to ignore it.
As for the points gift package that she had been longing for, she decided to put it off for now and wait for a chance. If there was really no chance, then forget it.
In order to find his parents as soon as possible, Mao Xingxiu brought Xiao Hei with him at Song Yue's reminder.
Two teenagers and a black dog set out to find someone.
At the foot of the volcano, a dozen villagers are chiseling the limestone on the mountain.
One of the middle-aged men was tired from chiseling, so he leaned against the rocks and fanned himself with his straw hat.
As he was fanning himself, he suddenly felt something wrong with his back.
"Did you feel the vibration?" The middle-aged man turned around suspiciously and touched the stone on his back.
Upon hearing this, the others stopped what they were doing and felt it.
After more than ten seconds, everyone shook their heads: "Uncle Mao, I didn't feel any vibration."
"Yeah, Uncle Mao, are you dizzy from the sun? Why don't you take a rest for a while?"
Even his own wife was teasing him: "Mao Qingquan, your physical strength is not as good as mine~"
Listening to what everyone said, Mao Qingquan fell into self-doubt.
It was strange. He had been digging rocks for half his life and had never fainted before. Why did he suddenly...
He looked around suspiciously. The flowers and plants were all normal, and the small stones on the ground were not jumping around. It seemed that it was indeed his own problem.
Forget it, I'll just lean back and rest for a while and continue digging later.
Closing his eyes, Mao Qingquan muttered in his heart.
Little did he know that behind him, the volcano that his ancestors had said would never wake up was now slowly opening its scarlet eyes.
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