The workers ate like this for three consecutive days, and their enthusiasm remained high. On the day when they were about to finish, Chen Jin found Mo Qianshang before leaving.
"Master, I think the weather is not right today. It might rain tonight. We need to find a way to cover it up!"
When Chen Jin was planning to build the house, he mentioned the problem of rain. If it rains halfway through the construction, it can easily affect the progress, and it would be even worse if the materials are damaged by the rain.
Mo Qianshang looked up at the sky and also felt that there might be a big problem. The sky had been cloudy for half the day and was mostly overcast, and now there was even a bit of wind.
She didn't think it was a light rain at all.
“You’re right. Here’s what we’ll do: if it’s still raining when you come tomorrow morning, then rest tomorrow and come back when the rain stops.”
Chen Jin agreed, and then asked what to do with the materials and whether they needed help covering them.
Mo Qianshang thought for a moment and said, "No need, you can go. I had already thought that if it rains, I will handle it myself."
After Chen Jin and the others left, Mo Qianshang pretended to go out and came back dragging a large amount of waterproof cloth that she had replaced from the system.
God knows how expensive these waterproof sheets are; if possible, she never wants to exchange any more industrial supplies from the system in her life.
I don't want even a straw.
With Xiao Yao's help, she finally managed to wrap the wood tightly. Other than that, if the wood got wet in the rain, she wouldn't be able to build the house, let alone in the next day or two.
After tidying up, Mo Qianshang put the tent back up. Before going to bed, thinking that it might rain that night, she reminded Xiao Yao to also zip up the tent window.
These tents all have three double-layered windows. The outermost layer, when pulled back, reveals a mosquito net that allows air to pass through while keeping mosquitoes out. Pulling back the net completely opens the tent.
In the dead of night, after sleeping soundly for a long time without even having a dream, Mo Qianshang was suddenly awakened by a clap of thunder.
Mo Qianshang opened her eyes and looked at the children. To her surprise, they were all fast asleep and none of them were awakened, leaving her, as their mother, completely helpless.
She listened intently; the sound of rain hitting the tent was very loud, just as Mo Qianshang had thought—the rain was heavy.
She sighed, turned over and went back to sleep. When she woke up again, it was already daylight, and the little ones in the tent were all awake, huddled together through the tent to listen to the sound of raindrops.
"It still hasn't stopped..."
Mo Qianshang glanced at the time and realized that she definitely couldn't go to work today.
"BOOM—!!!"
Mo Qianshang frowned, feeling that something was wrong with the rain. The rain was so heavy and showed no sign of stopping, and it had even been thundering until now.
"Qianqian?"
Now, Xiao Yaoshi is calling Mo Qianshang more and more affectionately. Just now, she heard the commotion in the tent, opened her tent window, and called out to Mo Qianshang loudly.
Mo Qianshang opened her window: "Sister Yao, what do you say?"
Rainwater was seeping in through the window. Little Yao told Liu Xiaoyun to go to the other side of the tent and shielded the rain with her hand: "How are we going to eat? We definitely won't be able to start a fire in this weather!"
This was no problem for Mo Qianshang at all. She could exchange a few coins from the system for various pastries and share some with Xiao Yaoshi.
Although she didn't like using pastries to replace regular meals, it wasn't a problem for the people here, let alone the delicious snacks she got in return.
However, they did not expect that the rain would continue for another day. Although it had lessened at times, it showed no signs of stopping and then suddenly intensified again at night.
Mo Qianshang and the children were confined to a tent, where they could only hear the sound of rain outside, which was quite torturous.
"Mother, when will this rain stop?"
Qin Zixuan is the most active of the four children. When he can't go out to play, he becomes listless.
It was almost evening outside, and Mo Qianshang was also helpless. On the first day that the house was to be built, the workers had already helped to cut down the nearby trees. Since the place that Mo Qianshang had chosen was relatively flat, it did not take too much effort.
Their tents weren't dangerous, but going outside was a different story. In this kind of thunderstorm, if they happened to be passing under a tree and it got struck by lightning, that could be fatal.
Mo Qianshang couldn't help but think of the danger of the wildfire. It seemed that she would have to cut down all the remaining trees in the vicinity.
Mo Qianshang was just about to take a sip of water when suddenly the world spun around her!
Boom—!
Mo Qianshang instinctively hugged all the children with her hands and used her body to shield them, but the earth-shaking continued for a long time, and her first thought was that it was an earthquake.
The tremors lasted for quite some time before gradually subsiding.
When Mo Qianshang heard Xiao Yao ask if they were alright, she quickly replied that they were safe.
No one knew what had happened; the rain continued for another day before gradually subsiding.
Mo Qianshang sat at the entrance of the tent and let out a long sigh: if she didn't eat something hot soon, she wouldn't be able to hold back anymore.
That day, the sky cleared completely. The next day, Chen Jin led the people who were building the houses up the mountain. When they saw them, they couldn't help but look them over and ask, "Are you all alright?"
Before Mo Qianshang could speak, he continued, "This mountain is really dangerous. I think there are rocks rolling down from the other side!"
Mo Qianshang then realized that the earth-shaking tremors that night were actually a landslide.
"Mountain collapse?"
During a casual chat over dinner, Madam Yao heard this phrase from Mo Qianshang: "You mean, the mountain collapsed?"
Mo Qianshang nodded: "Yes, it should be because of the heavy rain, plus the earthquake, oh, the earthquake."
Little Yao paused, holding her bowl, and asked, "Then is it dangerous here too?"
"No, even if it's a landslide or collapse, there's usually a general direction on the mountain. Thinking about it this way, although the tremor that day was obvious to us, now that I think about it, it must have been some distance away. I'll go take a look when I have time."
Little Yao was a little worried: "Then you must be very careful. If it's dangerous, you shouldn't go that way."
However, Mo Qianshang is a person with a strong sense of curiosity and meticulous actions.
Knowing what had happened in the vicinity, she had to investigate and confirm the situation before she could feel at ease.
After finishing her meal, Mo Qianshang carried her basket on her back and, after asking Chen Jin, headed in the general direction of the cliff, which was the place she had wanted to visit a few days ago but hadn't been able to because of that pheasant.
This time, she had a clear destination and arrived relatively quickly. She approached the cliff and looked down thoughtfully.
This must be it.
The surface of the ground beneath our feet was brand new when it was exposed. Most importantly, the crevices in the mountain below were filled with large rocks, some several meters long and others not even mentioning their smallest length.
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