Helpless, Lin Boyu had to roll up his sleeves and clear a path leading outside.
When the path was cleared, Liu and Lin Shiyu also woke up.
"There are so many branches in the yard, there should be even more outside."
Liu was extremely worried.
Their brick and tile houses were crushed by the fallen trees. Can the mud brick and thatched houses in the village be saved?
The rain stopped, but the wind continued.
Liu thought about it and decided to go out with the children first before cleaning up the mess at home.
Looking around, the village was in shambles. Trees along the path were blown here and there, some even uprooted.
Just as Liu thought, most of the houses in the village were destroyed.
Some were collapsed by trees, some had windows broken by strong winds, some had doors blown away, some had roofs blown off...
All the things destroyed by the strong wind are now piled up in a mess somewhere in the village, like a large garbage dump.
Seeing Liu and the others coming out, Sun, who was not far away, put down the branch in her hand and walked towards them.
"Someone died in the house in front of us."
As soon as she got closer, she told Liu the shocking news.
"Aunt Li's house?"
"Yes." Sun nodded. "It was Aunt Li San's eldest son who went. I heard that the whole family had a few drinks last night and fell into a deep sleep. They didn't even scream when the tree fell. They didn't realize they were hit until this morning."
Lin Shiyu turned her gaze to the front. The family belonged to the lower half of the village, separated from them by a river.
If you listen carefully, you can hear the family crying and cursing.
She was crying for her dead eldest son and scolding her eldest daughter-in-law, probably asking why it was her son who died instead of her.
Liu and Sun also heard it. They frowned, looked ahead, then down at the two children. They walked away in tacit understanding.
Lin Boyu and Lin Shiyu followed behind them and stopped only when they could no longer hear the noisy sounds.
"Why don't you see Big Brother?"
"He went to the old house to see if his parents were okay. He should be back soon."
Liu was in a daze. Please forgive her for not thinking of the two elders of the Lin family for a moment. As someone else's daughter-in-law, she was too derelict in her duty.
Although he said he would be back soon, I still had to wait for a while before I saw Lin Anji.
"Mom and Dad are fine, but the roofs of the unoccupied rooms were blown away. They'll take some time to repair."
Lin Anji hadn't reached home yet. He saw everyone looking at him from afar, so he shouted the words he had just said on the road.
There are many fruit trees planted by villagers on both sides of the village path, as well as small wild trees.
In the past, people could walk in the middle of the road to block the scorching sun. In spring, the road was filled with the fragrance of flowers, which was both pleasant and beautiful. In summer, there were fruits to eat.
It is a unique landscape in the village.
But now the beautiful scenery has been destroyed.
Large trees fell in the middle of the road in all directions, making it difficult for people to move forward. He had just been struggling to move forward for so long.
"It's good that everything is fine, it's good that everything is fine." Sun silently prayed to God for help.
When she heard the news that the family in front was killed by a tree, her heart was in turmoil and she couldn't concentrate on cleaning the yard.
"Brother, sister-in-law, how is your family doing?"
They stayed at the door and didn't go into the main house. No one knew what was going on with them.
"It's okay." Lin Anji smiled innocently, "Except for some broken windows, nothing else happened."
They built this home with their own hands. They put a lot of care into it and took good care of it. It was made of mud bricks and thatched roof, but they were better off than anyone else in the village.
"How's your family?"
Sun was just asking casually. The third room's house was made of blue bricks and tiles. Since her own family was fine, it was even less likely that there would be any problem with theirs.
Liu told her what happened to Lin Shiyu's room being smashed last night.
She and Lin Anji were so shocked that they looked at Lin Shiyu fiercely.
"I'm fine, it's a pity to waste the medicinal herbs in my house." Lin Shiyu's scalp tingled when they stared at her, and she explained in an unbearable manner.
"It's good that you're okay. Medicinal herbs are just material possessions. If they're wasted, so be it." Lin Anji comforted her.
Lin Shiyu nodded.
In fact, there were only a few medicinal herbs in her house that were soaked in water because they were not properly prepared and were still outside the medicine cabinet. The rest were rescued by her.
There were losses, but not big.
that is,
There is a locust plague and a typhoon, and we don’t know if there will be any other chaotic natural disasters in the future.
It is still a question whether new herbs can grow, and even if they do grow, they cannot be harvested so quickly.
Then she replenished her medicine cabinet with only the deposited herbs she had picked in previous years.
However, if other natural or man-made disasters occur in the future, all medicinal herbs will become extremely difficult to find.
This was very insecure for her.
The desire for life of those who have died is something that others cannot understand.
Lin Shiyu estimated the family's financial situation and planned to ask Lin Anji to go to the county town when the weather got better to restock the medicine cabinet.
The rain stopped and more and more people came out of their homes.
As soon as they came out, they didn't care about my family or their own injuries, and the first thing they did was run towards the fields.
There is hope for the family's life.
The coming of the locust plague destroyed their harvest once. If it destroys their harvest again, how can they survive?
Seeing that everyone was going to the fields, Lin Anji called everyone to go out together.
If he wasn't worried about his parents, he would have rushed to the fields as soon as he left the house.
"Let's all go check it out together. It always feels unsafe without an adult at home."
Hearing that Lin Shiyu's room was knocked down by a big tree, Sun looked at her own house and the surrounding big trees, feeling like they were hit by a flood or a beast.
He now dared not let the children out of his sight.
The children had no right to object, so Liu said yes, and the people from the two families went to the fields together.
The field is an open space with no trees or other plants.
But even in such an empty place, the remains of branches are now everywhere.
This shows how strong the typhoon was last night.
As they went by, Lin Anji and Sun felt more and more depressed.
The rice seedlings that were standing straight yesterday are all floating on the water today.
The villagers who had already reached their own fields looked at the floating rice seedlings, gathered them up while crying, and then planted them in the ground.
However, the fields were full of water, and after they planted the rice seedlings, most of them floated up after a short while.
If it floats, then collect it again.
Then stop and continue inserting.
"Give up! You won't survive even if you stick it in."
One villager gave up after trying twice without success and tried to persuade those villagers who were still thinking about remedying the situation.
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