Chapter 556 Extra Chapter: The Floodgates Breached
Fearing that Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan would wake up soon, Xie Leyao acted quickly. Instead of cleaning the pig's internal organs for the time being, she planned to blow clean the four pig's trotters and the pig's head, put them in a pot, and braise them with spices.
"Little sister, I've noticed that your braised meat skills are getting better and better."
Xie Zhili, who was busy making steamed buns in the kitchen, glanced casually at Xie Leyao and couldn't help but praise her skillful movements.
"That's right, look who gave birth to us. Mother is so smart, we can't be too bad, can we?" This time, Xie Leyao didn't pretend to be modest, but raised her head and said proudly.
"Haha... little sister, you say one thing to people and another behind their backs, but they're different." Xie Zhili couldn't help but laugh at Xie Leyao's proud little face.
"That's not the same. We're competitors now, so we have to build our own confidence." Xie Leyao put the pot lid on and went outside to busy herself with dividing the meat.
"Big brother, look how skillfully my little sister is doing it! You should learn from her." Xie Zhiyan felt a pang of pain in his bones when he saw Xie Leyao deftly picking at the ribs.
You can mess with anyone, but don't mess with this little sister. Be careful, or you'll get what's coming to you.
Xie Zhili also saw the commotion outside, but kept quiet and continued kneading his steamed bun.
"Wow, what are you all busy with?"
Lin Luoxi, who had just woken up from a nap in her spatial dimension, saw her quintuplets busy in the kitchen and went over to take a look.
I was stunned to see the kitchen piled high with prepared ingredients.
"Children, what holiday is it today?" Perhaps they're so busy they've forgotten what day it is?
"Dad, Mom, these are all prepared for you. You've been working so hard outside that you haven't even had time to eat. Now, we've prepared these dishes, so you can put them away."
"When you get hungry, you can go inside to eat, or take it out to eat, so you don't have to go through all that trouble."
Seeing the shock in Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan's eyes, Xie Zhili explained.
"Children, you..." Upon hearing Xie Zhili's words, Lin Luoxi could no longer hold back and tears of happiness streamed down her face.
In the past, they were always worried that their children would not eat on time. Now that their children have grown up, the children are worried that their parents will not eat on time.
Love is a mutual pursuit. Lin Luoxi felt warm inside and hugged all the children to comfort her heart.
"Mom, hurry up and put these foods away, I need to prepare another pot."
"I heard that my brother-in-law and his family are back too, so we prepared some for them as well."
Xie Leyao scooped the braised pig's trotters, pig's head, pig intestines, and goose meat into the bamboo basket, waiting for Lin Luoxi to come and put them into her spatial storage.
Make room to continue braising other pork.
"Okay, okay..." Looking at the kitchen filled with fragrant food, Lin Luoxi didn't stand on ceremony and put it all into her spatial storage.
"Alright, the situation outside doesn't allow us to linger any longer. We're leaving now. You all stay home and don't wander around."
Seeing that the rain outside was getting heavier, Lin Luoxi put all the cooked food into her spatial storage and pulled Xie Hanchuan outside.
"Mom and Dad, when you're out there, please remember to eat on time."
"Father, Mother, please be careful while you are out there."
"..." The quintuplets saw that there were still other ingredients in the pot that were not yet cooked, but Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan were already in a hurry to leave. So they could only run outside and, just like Lin Luoxi had told them before, give Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan some instructions.
"Yes, you should be careful at home. It's raining too hard outside, so don't go out in the rain. Go back inside now!"
Wearing a straw raincoat and riding on horseback, Lin Luoxi watched the children run under the eaves and anxiously told them to go back.
"Okay!" Xie Zhili told his younger siblings to go back first, while he, wearing a raincoat, saw Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan off, then closed the courtyard gate and locked it from the inside.
"Second brother, third brother, fourth brother, and little sister, unless it's your parents calling for you to open the door, no matter who it is, don't open the door." Xie Zhili, who had just returned after locking the courtyard gate, relayed Lin Luoxi's instructions.
"Okay!" The four children nodded obediently.
Thinking about the things that weren't finished in the kitchen, the children went back to the kitchen and finished up the rest.
"Since Mom and Dad aren't home, let's eat the leftovers. We don't need to cook anything else tonight."
After a busy afternoon, with neither Lin Luoxi nor Xie Hanchuan at home, the children didn't want to cook anything else and just ate the leftover ingredients from the kitchen.
"Okay!" After a busy afternoon, everyone is exhausted now that we're relaxing.
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"Princess, Princess, something terrible has happened..." Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan had just arrived at their flood relief base on horseback when officials rushed over in a panic.
"What happened? Speak slowly!" Seeing that the other person was out of breath, Lin Luoxi had a bad feeling.
"Princess, General, the riverbank has breached downstream."
"The floodwaters are too strong, destroying all the villages downstream and even affecting towns ten miles away. The affected area is still expanding..." The official took a deep breath and told him everything he knew.
"What?" She remembered that they had reinforced the downstream riverbanks so much, how could it still breach?
"The river was too high, and there was a collapse upstream. Lots of branches and bamboo blocked the downstream area, which eventually caused the riverbank to break down..."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go check it out..." Despite all the precautions, they still forgot that the water was rushing and the soil was collapsing.
Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan didn't dismount; they spurred their horses and galloped downstream.
I used to think that once the river embankments were built, at most they would only flood some of the residents on both sides.
Thinking that the town was on higher ground and wouldn't be flooded, but now, with this sudden situation, the floodwaters are raging, and many residents haven't been evacuated yet...
When Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan arrived, Lin Wenqian was leading people to evacuate the flooded people.
Lin Luoxi watched the fishermen's boats carrying people back and forth. With so many people in the town, she didn't know how long they would take.
Lin Luoxi rode her horse, signaling Xie Hanchuan to follow. She turned into a secluded river bend where no one was paying attention and put the horse into her spatial storage.
After Zhao Qing and the others finished building it, she thought the design was so beautiful and that it could navigate in shallow water, so she specially kept a ship for herself to sail on the seawater in the space.
Now that there is a disaster and lives are at stake, it is only natural that resources should be used to save lives. Xie Hanchuan was put in charge of driving towards the disaster area affected by the flood.
"Big brother, we're here!" Lin Luoxi, standing on the deck, waved to Lin Wenqian, who was desperately pulling disaster victims onto the ship.
"So it's my second sister!" Lin Wenqian's eyes lit up when he saw the large ship where Lin Luoxi was.
"Brother, hurry up and move the people over here. My boat can hold more people."
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