Chapter 41: Died with dignity
There was a thunderstorm last night, and the ground was in a mess.
The villagers didn’t think about what to do next for the time being, and focused on the present.
The aunts cleaned the large pot and prepared to use the flour collected from each family to steam buns for breakfast. After the buns were steamed, they threw some vegetable leaves into the boiling water in the pot, and there was food and drink.
The men were divided into two groups. One group cleaned the tabletop and set it up again to use for eating later; the other group went to the nearby house to get firewood, and the stone was among this group.
The children helped to pick up the pots and pans on the ground, put them in bamboo baskets, and carried them to the river to wash.
Others took down the tung oil cloth and spread it on an open space farther away. After quickly drying it, they put the wet items from each household on it to dry.
Xiaohuan borrowed a straw mat from Madam Rong, spread it out and put Yuanyuan on it to play.
Several elderly people sat together to discuss what to do next. Old Man Luo was so angry at his rebellious son that he fainted and was unable to participate in the discussion.
Old Man Wu suggested, "Why not invite Mr. Xiucai and Ms. Shang to come and discuss this?"
The old people thought it made sense, so Old Man Liu went to invite someone in person.
Shang Wan directly carried Lu Chengjing over, and then ran away before Old Man Liu called her.
Just kidding, it's okay to ask her to rescue people and demolish houses, but forget about formulating post-disaster reconstruction plans, as she's not good at it.
The old people didn't mind and looked at Lu Chengjing one after another. "Scholar, what do you think?"
Lu Chengjing, who was abandoned by his wife: "..."
Want to bite someone?
Shang Wan, who was running away, suddenly sneezed, raised his hand to rub his nose, and changed his posture to continue studying the spiritual field in the space.
At the end of the world, with a spatial ability at level ten, the speed of time flowing in the spiritual field and the speed of time flowing outside the space can reach a terrifying ratio of 1:300.
No matter what kind of grain, as long as it is planted in Shang Wan's spiritual field, it can be harvested in less than a day.
At that time, Shang Wan was the key protected person in all major bases and could be called a walking granary.
The higher-ups at each base had considered keeping Shang Wan captive, using her as a perpetual motion machine to produce food. However, Shang Wan's past experiences had given her an extremely high mental threshold, making her impossible for psychic users to control.
The top leaders of each base wanted to send out psychics to capture him violently, but at least five of the ten high-level psychics had their lives saved by Shang Wan, and they were unwilling to attack Shang Wan, and they also tried to stop other high-level psychics from attacking Shang Wan.
The top leaders of each base thought about it for a long time and could only threaten Shang Wan to submit by controlling his comrades and their families.
Shang Wan: Haha, you want to keep her captive? Let's destroy her together.
The top leaders of each base tried their best but still couldn't do anything about Shang Wan, the prickly hedgehog. In the end, they had to give up the idea of keeping him in captivity and worship Shang Wan like an ancestor.
Unfortunately, Shang Wan still died at the hands of the Zombie King with one blow.
No one knew how long the Zombie King had been staring at her. He even commanded the zombie tide and mutant beasts to attack the major bases at the same time, just to tie down the high-level psychics in the major bases, leaving Shang Wan alone and giving the Zombie King an opportunity to take advantage.
As far as the scene was concerned, Shang Wan felt that her death was quite dignified.
In fact, she also secretly prepared a spiritual spring purification bomb gift package for the Zombie King, which should be able to purify all the crystal cores of the Zombie King. Unfortunately, she couldn't see that wonderful scene after traveling through time, which was a bit regrettable.
At this time, Shang Wan was looking at the small spiritual field in the space, wondering what to plant for testing.
There are no sophisticated instruments in this world, nor are there many experimenters to help, so she can only try it on her own.
In the apocalypse, there's a type of mutated pakchoy that's edible. It only takes five days from sowing to maturity, making it a great source of vegetables. However, it's a particularly challenging dish, requiring only Level 5 psychics or higher to chew.
Ordinary Chinese cabbage also grows fast.
There are many fields in the village where Chinese cabbage is grown. Maybe she can take some seeds to try. By the way, she can also ask the aunts about the growth cycle of Chinese cabbage in this world and estimate the time difference between the spiritual fields and the outside world.
Shang Wan made up his mind and was just about to go find someone to borrow some vegetable seeds when Xiaohuan came with Yuanyuan in her arms.
"Sister, Uncle Wu is calling everyone back."
"Let's go." Shang Wan stood up and took Yuanyuan who threw herself into her arms. She smiled and kissed the little girl's round face, then raised her hand to pinch the two little tufts of hair on her head.
"Why did you tie your hair suddenly?"
Xiao Huan laughed and said, "When she sees other girls wearing little tufts of hair, she starts clamoring for them and won't stop until they have them tied up."
"Not bad, very cute." Shang Wan praised, and Yuanyuan hugged his neck and kissed him several times.
When the three of them returned, half of the people had already arrived.
Shitou waved to the three of them, "Here!"
There were two empty seats next to him, reserved for two people.
The two of them went over and sat down. Not long after, representatives from each family in the village arrived.
Old Man Wu winked at Old Man Liu and said, "Everyone is here, let's start."
Old Man Liu stuck out his tongue at him and said, "Come here."
Old Man Wu had no choice but to stand up, clear his throat and say, "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me."
The villagers all fell silent and looked at him.
"Earthquakes are beyond human control. Since they have occurred, we must work together and respond proactively. We have discussed a set of rules with Mr. Xiucai. Let's listen to them first. If there are any inappropriate parts, we can discuss and revise them."
Old Man Wu slowly explained the rules. He spoke slowly, but his voice was strong and loud, so even the people standing at the back could hear clearly.
Lu Chengjing supplemented what he had missed. In order to make it easier for the villagers to understand, he did not use fancy words but spoke in plain language.
The idle villagers gathered around to listen.
Shang Wan listened with his chin in his hand and felt that the so-called charter could be summarized into three major points.
First, clear the collapsed houses, mark the dangerous buildings, and burn the poultry that died in the earthquake to avoid causing epidemics.
Second, go to the mountain to move soil to fill the severely cracked ground.
Third, reinforce dilapidated houses, cut down trees and build sheds to provide temporary shelter for those whose houses collapsed.
Three simple points, but there are many things involved.
For example, some houses in the village collapsed, some houses became dangerous, but there were also some lucky people whose houses were intact. Why should you ask others to help you clean up your house?
For example, the arrangement of personnel to move soil and fill pits.
Some cracks are located in other people's fields or next to other people's houses. They can only affect the unlucky family and do not cause much trouble to others. Why should others bother to do this?
Not to mention that people living in the same village should help each other, even if they are swept up in morality, there are still cases where people work without putting in any effort.
Everyone has selfish motives, and no one wants to suffer losses all the time. Arguments and disputes arise over who does more and who does less.
Shang Wan was impatient to do the aftermath work because there were too many things to consider and she was too lazy to bother with that.
Looking at Lu Chengjing's calm demeanor, she guessed that they had already come up with a solution.
(End of this chapter)
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