Her legs felt like they were broken after walking all day, and they were swollen. Even though she and her sister-in-law took turns riding in the car, she was still exhausted! Now she was tired and hungry, and she still had to help her sister-in-law cook!
Thinking back to when she was in the Bai family, she didn't have to cook most of the time. She also didn't have to cook at her parents' home because there was a cook. But now that the cook is gone, she has to cook for herself!
Now I can smell the aroma of Bai family's food again! The difference is just too great!
Her sister-in-law, Yang, asked from the side, "Sister-in-law! What are your in-laws making? It smells so good! It looks like they're stewing meat!"
"You know, we don't have many people here! I'm just too tired to cook! Why don't you go back to your in-laws' house and ask for some vegetables? We can just make do with a bite!"
"You too! How can you hold a grudge against your in-laws at a time like this! You've wasted all that time you've studied!"
Tao could only be angry in silence after hearing this!
Moreover, her upbringing over the years made it impossible for her to swallow her pride and go back to her husband's family to ask for food for her own family!
Yang rolled her eyes, muttering to herself, "What a pretentious act!"
Then she ignored her sister-in-law and went to cook by herself!
About half an hour later, the food was finally ready!
Rong Peiyu invited everyone to eat!
She personally ladled a full bowl of meat and handed it to Lin Ru, then distributed it to the rest of the people!
The Bai brothers looked at the meat in their bowls, then turned towards their mother.
Then his dad hit him on the head!
"Eat quickly, or we'll send you over too!"
The Bai brothers, Ming and Kuai, really didn't want to go to their maternal grandparents' house. There were just too many rules; they wouldn't escape being scolded for a single day, and they weren't even allowed to laugh heartily. So they quickly shook their heads and started eating in silence, not daring to look around anymore!
Looking at the nearby mountains, Lin Ru felt uneasy, sensing that something bad was about to happen. Her intuition was usually very accurate, and she feared that wild animals might come down the mountain that night. She decided to arrange for people to take turns keeping watch tonight.
After we finished eating, it wasn't completely dark yet!
Lin Ru found Bai Chengye and told him her thoughts!
So Bai Chengye arranged for someone to keep watch at night!
However, before Lin Ru could lay down the tarpaulin, the ground suddenly began to shake violently!
Immediately, a chorus of wails erupted from the crowd!
The horse and donkey became agitated, as if they had gone mad, and started running around wildly on their front hooves!
Their luggage was still on the vehicle, and several villagers were trampled under the horses' hooves because they couldn't dodge in time!
Upon seeing this, Lin Ru shouted, "It's an earth dragon turning over! Everyone, ignore the luggage!"
"Those who are uninjured, take the injured and run quickly along the path to the west! Get to a more open area!"
The crowd, who had been like headless flies, immediately did as Lin Ru said!
Lin Ru watched the restless horses and donkeys! She frantically ran out, pulling the grain belonging to her entire family, with her four uncles and two younger brothers already chasing after them!
Lin Ru, carrying her eldest aunt Guan in one hand and her fourth aunt Qiao in the other, quickly ran towards an open space!
Bai, carrying Rong Peiyu, used her inner strength to the fullest and ran outside!
A moment later, the mountain winds from the east suddenly broke apart, raising a cloud of dust, and the earth was still trembling violently! The mountain, carrying rocks and trees, came hurtling towards them at a speed visible to the naked eye!
When Bai Chengye and the others saw this scene, their legs went weak with fear. Although the mountain was not very close to them, at this rate, the rocks and mud on the mountain would soon bury them!
They could only keep their heads down and run forward!
They didn't even care about luggage, donkeys, or horses!
At this moment, Xu turned around and saw her father and eldest brother. Because they were injured and not well-liked, no one was willing to help them, so they were left at the back.
Ignoring her son's attempts to stop her, Ms. Xu hurriedly ran against the flow of the crowd to the back, hoping to help them out!
When the old man saw her, he first kicked her, and then hung himself on her and ordered her to run!
Her brothers all have wives, but they usually beat and scold their wives. Now that things are like this, no one cares about them, so all the burdens have fallen on Xu's shoulders!
Lin Ru quickly took her two aunts to a relatively safe place!
Turning around, I saw Bai Yongkang running back against the flow of the crowd!
Lin Ru cursed herself for being an idiot, but when she remembered the cornbread Bai Yongkang had given her when they first met, she softened and ran back!
She had just grabbed Bai Yongkang's wrist when she heard his terrified and shrill wail!
"Mother! Be careful!"
The Xu family looked back and saw a huge rock on the mountaintop had rolled right up to them. Even though there were more than a dozen big trees in front of the rock, they couldn't stop it and were all crushed!
Seeing that they were about to be hit, the three members of the Xu family quickly pushed Xu Shi back, hoping that her body could buy them some time to escape!
Xu looked at her father and brother, who had pushed her to her death, in despair!
Their eyes, however, were filled with malice and indifference!
Xu closed her eyes in despair, preparing to await death.
But suddenly, she was pulled aside by a strong force!
She staggered and fell to the ground, her face scratched by a nearby branch, but she dared not complain at all, because she knew she had survived!
Then she heard a familiar wail. She knew that the sound came from her father and two brothers, but at this moment, she did not feel the sadness she had imagined. Instead, she felt a sense of peace, as if she had been freed!
Before she could even stand up, someone grabbed her by the back of her collar and quickly dragged her away. Her legs dragged on the ground, and she looked down at the ground as she retreated rapidly!
Finally, the man picked up her son, and the mother and son were carried to an open space and then casually thrown to the ground!
They looked up and were surprised to find that it was Lin Ru who had saved them!
Moreover, Lin Ru's right arm was clearly injured. She had been cut by flying pebbles when she was saving Xu Shi. The blood dripped onto the ground and flowed into Xu Shi's heart.
Lin Ru didn't dare to stop for even a moment. Seeing that the villagers were about to be swallowed by the mudslide, she quickly ran back to save them!
I don't know how much time passed, but it had completely darkened, the earthquake had stopped, and the landslides had gradually ceased!
The survivors collapsed to the ground!
Staring blankly at the place hidden by the rocks, where many of their relatives were still, they immediately hugged each other and cried again!
The silent night seemed like a beast that devoured people, with only the cries of the crowd rising and falling in waves!
Lin Ru removed the strip of cloth binding her legs and then tied it to her injured arm with one hand!
She first led a few men who were fairly skilled to check the ruins for any surviving villagers and to see if they could dig out any food or belongings.
About half an hour later, everyone worked together to rescue four surviving villagers, as well as some villagers' belongings and food!
Just when everyone finally felt a little relieved, another aftershock struck!
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