Chapter 029 External Reactions
Lu Qing hesitated and said, "Do you want Ah Xuan to accompany you again? After all, he is your elder brother..."
Lei Yan shook his head. "There's no need to trouble Ah Xuan. I've done my best for them. Since they won't listen, whatever happens after the disaster has nothing to do with us."
The audience in the live broadcast room didn't quite understand the plot and asked Lu Xuan what was going on. Lu Xuan then briefly told them about his brother-in-law Lei Yan's family.
Lei Yan's parents have always favored their eldest son Lei Shan. It is obvious that Lei Yan does most of the heavy physical work in the Lei family, and is much more filial to his parents than Lei Shan, who only says nice things. However, Lei Yan's parents always find fault with Lei Yan in everything.
Back then, Lei Yan had taken a fancy to Lu Qing and wanted to marry her, but Lei's parents disliked her in every way, especially because she had a stupid brother who was a burden. They were afraid that Lu Qing would find ways to subsidize her brother after she got married, so they refused to agree to the marriage and were even more unwilling to give Lei Yan a betrothal gift.
Fortunately, Lei Yan worked for a few months and saved up enough money for the betrothal gift, so he was able to marry Lu Qing.
But this also made his parents even more displeased with him and Lu Qing, and they separated them not long after they got married.
The family clearly had more than 20 acres of land, but they only gave Lei Yan 4 acres. Lei Yan's mother and his sister-in-law also caused trouble for them every few days, which made them very annoyed.
Later, Lei's parents died one after another due to an acute illness. Without the support of the elders, Lei Yan simply moved to Yunlu Village with Lu Qing and almost cut off contact with Lei Shan.
If the disaster had not been so serious, Lei Yan would not have looked back at the mountain village. Lei Shan's reaction also made him understand completely that some people were not worth his attention at all.
Lu Xuan knew that Lu Qing had suffered a lot from Lei Shan's wife in the past, so she was willing to give him some advice now out of her position as a wife, fearing that Lei Yan would regret it later.
But Lu Xuan is not the kind of person who would repay evil with kindness. It was good enough that he didn't stop Lei Yan from going. It was impossible for him to persuade him.
Just like Lei Yan said, he has done his best. Even if Lei Shan died in the catastrophe, it was his own choice and he cannot blame anyone.
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As those married-out daughters who did not believe in disasters returned to their husband's homes, the news that the people of Yunlu Village had spent all their money to stockpile food for a non-existent disaster quickly spread to the surrounding villages.
"Are they crazy? What natural disaster? They're just trying to deceive people by coming up with something more believable."
"I heard that there's a kid in their village who's been enlightened by a fairy and can even perform magical arts."
"What kind of magic? I think he learned some tricks to cheat people out of money. He cheated the people in his own village. He is really a piece of shit."
"The one who knows the magic seems to be that idiot from the Lu family in Yunlu Village."
"What? You believe a fool. Are the people in Yunlu Village hysterical?"
“Did the people in their village really buy a lot of food?”
"Of course not! I heard some families bought more than ten bags, over a thousand kilograms!"
"Hiss—how can we finish all that?"
An average family of four or five people only eats three to four hundred kilograms of grain a year. Any more will become stale by the second year.
This year's new grain has not arrived yet, and the grain shops are now buying last year's grain. If they keep it for next year or even the year after, it will probably get moldy.
"I don't know what they're thinking. Do they have money but nowhere to spend it? They'll regret it later."
The people who were jealous and indifferent at the moment had no idea that in the near future, after they had finally survived the initial disaster, when the food reserves at home were eaten up and the fields could not grow crops, even moldy food would be enough to make them fight to the death.
In addition to the surrounding villages, the grain shops and cloth stores in Baisong Town also got wind of the news after being visited by several groups of people from Yunlu Village.
Most people who heard about this laughed at the people of Yunlu Village for being stupid, just like people from other villages. But a few smart people were surprised when they thought that it hadn't rained much since the beginning of summer this year.
There may be a reason for the sudden increase in the number of deaths, and life in the town is better than in the countryside. Every family has some wealth. Those who are naturally cautious think that hoarding some food is not a bad thing. After thinking it over, they went to the food store and bought a lot of food.
These people's actions are relatively covert. On the one hand, they don't want to be laughed at. On the other hand, they are also considering that if something really happens in a few days and the town becomes chaotic, what will happen if the neighbors know that their family has stockpiled food in advance and they become concerned about them?
Collect quietly, don’t publicize, and make a fortune in silence.
And when the disaster really began, these people were extremely grateful for their intelligence and caution at that time.
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Lu Xuan learned about the reactions of the people around him from other people but didn't take it seriously.
Instead of worrying about the reactions of these strangers, you might as well harvest the crops in the fields.
There are still at least one or two months before the autumn harvest. It is naturally impossible to expect to harvest before the disaster period using normal means, but is Lu Xuan an ordinary person?
He is not.
So he chose to use the wood-based ability to ripen it directly.
The supernatural power was transferred to the crops through the feet that were in contact with the fields. The green rice, which had obtained a large amount of energy, began to ear, bloom, fill with grain and gradually mature at an extraordinary speed.
The process that originally took one or two months was compressed by Lu Xuan into three to five days.
While other people's fields were still green, Lei Yan's land was already golden and ready to be harvested!
Those who had already given up hope for this year's crops but still weeded and watered them every day, or those who were concentrating on stockpiling goods were all stunned.
"Oh my God! I must be dreaming!"
"It's actually fully matured. How did they do that?!"
"It's magic! It must be magic!"
"I should have thought of it earlier. If Lu Xuan can make vegetables grow, he can certainly make grains grow too!"
On the day of harvest, all the villagers gathered around the Lei family's fields and watched with their own eyes as the three people from the Lu family began to harvest. Among them, Lu Xuan was working at twice the speed, no, five times the speed, and finished the work that should have taken five or six days in just one day!
The villagers were stunned.
It’s really amazing!
But the completion of the harvest that day was not the most amazing thing.
Freshly harvested grain needs to be dried in the threshing yard for three days before it can completely remove moisture and enter the next step of husking. However, the grain harvested by the Lu family was completely dried after only one day of drying and entered the threshing stage.
From the time the Lu family started working on the fields, harvesting, drying, and threshing, it only took three days in total!
If this isn't magic, then what is it?
The divine methods are so terrifying!
The villagers of Yunlu Village were almost going crazy with excitement. Some quick-thinking villagers couldn't help but suggest, "Since Lu Xuan has this ability, why not let him help us make the crops grow faster?"
"Yes, yes! It would be such a shame if so many acres of crops were destroyed by the disaster!"
"Nonsense!" Before these people could find Lu Xuan, the village chief was the first to spit in their faces. "What do you think immortals are? Farmhands working for you? Lu Xuan can use immortal magic because he was enlightened by an immortal. Can you compare with Lu Xuan? Aren't you afraid of shortening your lifespan and angering the immortals, who will bring punishment upon the whole village?"
The villagers who had just been a little moved were instantly wilted. They belatedly realized the awe of the gods and showed fear on their faces. At the same time, they couldn't help but feel regretful in their hearts, wondering why they were not the ones who encountered such a good thing.
Now they are the ones who can harvest the crops in advance.
Although the audience's reaction in the live broadcast room was not so exaggerated, it was a rare opportunity to see a wood-type mutant grow natural food with their own eyes, and they watched it with great interest.
Just watching, many people couldn't help but twitch their eyelids.
They were not surprised by the fast harvesting speed. After all, people with special abilities must have stronger physical strength than ordinary people. It is normal for them to work fast because of their good physical strength. However, it is not reasonable for them to dry the millet so quickly.
Some viewers thought of their previous speculation and couldn't help but doubt it again.
Lu Xuan was aware of the commotion among the villagers and the audience, but he said nothing.
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As the disaster day draws closer, the atmosphere in the village becomes noticeably more solemn.
In contrast, the Lu family suddenly relaxed, having delicious meals and meat every day, drinking honey water as much as they wanted, and eating fruit after meals, which was in stark contrast to the increasingly anxious villagers.
The audience in the live broadcast room were a little speechless.
[Host, can you have a sense of urgency about the impending catastrophe?]
[That's right! You're really distracting us from the show!]
[Is the anchor really not nervous or anxious at all? ]
Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow. "Why should I be anxious? I've already made all the necessary preparations. All I have to do now is wait for the disaster to happen. I can't change anything. So, instead of being so tense, I might as well enjoy the present moment."
Audience in the live broadcast room: ...That sounds quite reasonable.
A day with a sad face is a day, and a day of enjoying life is also a day, so why not be unhappy every day?
The audience who understood the situation sighed: "The anchor knows how to regulate himself."
[Reject internal friction and fully enjoy a leisurely life. What a healthy mental state! We should all learn from the anchor.]
healthy?
Lu Xuan glanced at the barrage, his eyes full of meaning.
After spending more time together, these fans will realize how beautiful the true mental state of people in the last decade is.
After being busy for more than half a month since we learned that the disaster was coming, the disaster day finally arrived as scheduled amid everyone's anxiety.
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On the day of the disaster, before dawn, the villagers came to the safe spot on the mountain that Lu Xuan mentioned, gathering in groups of three or four and talking in low voices.
"When did Lu Xuan say the disaster would happen?"
"Less than a quarter of an hour."
"...I don't know if the disaster is as serious as he said."
"My house was built two years ago. If I had known the disaster would happen, I would have saved the money for building the house to buy supplies."
"Who could have predicted something like this?"
Some people in the crowd looked solemn, while others were still skeptical about the disaster.
Lu Xuan glanced at the backstage of the live broadcast room.
In the past ten days or so, apart from the increase in popularity when the live broadcast promoted the birth of food, the rest was just a fixed increase every day.
So far, the peak number of online users has reached 850,000, with 250,000 fans.
If nothing unexpected happens, today should see another big increase in data.
Just as I was thinking about it, the ground began to shake slightly.
Lu Xuan's expression turned stern, and he shouted, "Everyone, hold on to the people around you and get down!"
Almost as soon as the words fell, the vibration suddenly intensified. The villagers' faces changed drastically and they instinctively hugged the people around them.
An unprecedented earthquake struck.
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