Traveling through the ages with the hotel, being doted on by four brothers

Chapter 282 Let them live to the end of their lives

Maybe it was because Xiao Yunfan drove himself and sped the whole way, so he got here much faster this time. It took him four and a half hours to get here. However, it was already past six in the afternoon, and there were only four hours left until ten thirty in the evening.

"Xiao Chan, what happened?" Xiao Yunfan was panting and looked a little tired. It might be that he had just finished his last job and had just returned home without having time to rest. But because of her call, he rushed over in a hurry and might not have had a moment's rest.

Xia Chan couldn't say those words, so she handed the paper she had written in advance to Xiao Yunfan.

All I saw written on it was 'Tonight at 10:30, in Lin'an City, Gujia City, and Yuangao City, the mountains will collapse and the earth will split'.

Xiao Yunfan knew what was going on after hearing the words "mountains collapse and the earth cracks". His expression became serious, and he said, "Take care of yourself. I'll go take care of this matter."

The situation was urgent, and Xia Chan did not ask him "Do you trust me so much?" Instead, she nodded at him and told him to do it with confidence. Since she already knew about it, she would naturally take her family to avoid this disaster.

At 8:30 in the evening, when most people were getting ready to go to bed, the voice of the team leader was heard over the radio of the Yong'an Production Team. The team leader asked everyone, regardless of gender, age, young children or paralyzed elderly people, to appear at the threshing ground before 10 o'clock, otherwise the whole family's work points for the whole year would be deducted. He also reminded everyone to move out any furniture that could be moved out first, as they just had to arrive at the threshing ground before 10 o'clock.

The punishment was so severe that it caused an entire family to go hungry for a year. Anyone who was resentful would quickly pack up their children and the elderly, clean up their homes, and rush to the threshing ground.

The team leader would shout on the radio every half an hour until all the villagers and educated youth appeared in the threshing ground. Then he would ask Xiao Fengfeng to go to the radio room to read the news to everyone and ask everyone to listen carefully.

Everyone thought that the captain called everyone out in the middle of the night because of something important, but they didn’t expect that he wanted everyone to come and listen to the news. We listened to the news every morning, so why did he ask everyone to listen to the news in the evening?
At 10:25, the captain asked Xiao Fengfeng to stop. Xiao Fengfeng came out of the broadcasting room, walked to Xia Chan and the others, waiting for the captain to start a meeting.

Some people were anxious to leave, some people crouched and tried to sneak away. As a result, at half past ten, there was a sudden violent shaking, and all the unprepared people were knocked down. Even though Xia Chan had already prepared herself mentally, she was still shaken to the ground. Zhou Qizhi hurriedly pulled her over and protected her tightly.

The shaking feeling lasted for quite a while. When everyone reacted, they were all scared. If they hadn’t come out for the meeting tonight, would they have been buried in the house?
Although the houses we build are mostly made of mud bricks, the roofs have tiles. If such heavy tiles and mud bricks fall down, you will be injured if not killed, right?
But because they all came out for the meeting, they avoided getting hurt.

This was the first time that Xia Chan had experienced such a thing personally. Even though she was mentally prepared, she was still panicked. In the 21st century, she had only seen such things on WeChat Moments, in the news, and on Weibo. She also had classmates who had experienced such things personally. Fortunately, there was an early warning, and everyone ran out, so nothing serious happened in the end.

It shook intermittently a few more times afterwards, but none of them lasted as long as the first time. No one dared to go back, and they all sat in the threshing ground. In the second half of the night, the whole family snuggled up to each other.

Xia Chan's heartstrings had been tense, knowing that there wouldn't be such a large number of casualties as in the nightmare. Once she relaxed, she felt so tired that she leaned on Zhou Qizhi and fell asleep. Even when she fell asleep, she was thinking in her mind that this time she had saved tens of thousands of people and minimized the losses. God should have mercy on the five brothers and sisters and let them live to the end of their lives, right? She didn't want to die miserably because of various accidents.

She just wants to live a good life, why is it so difficult?
The next morning, a ray of light cut through the sky, making the whole world bright. When everyone opened their eyes, they were still a little confused, not understanding how they ended up sleeping in the threshing ground. It was not until they recalled what happened last night that they realized they were lucky to have escaped the disaster, and they all cheered for each other.

You can rebuild a house if it’s gone, but if people are gone, then there’s nothing left.

The power line was down and the radio was not working, so the team leader struck the gong and said, "Everyone, be quiet. Go home and check the situation at home first. Pack out everything you can use. Men, go to the mountains to cut down trees and build sheds. Everyone, live in the sheds first and go home when the houses are repaired."

Afterwards, the team leader followed everyone to check the situation and have a basic understanding so that he could arrange the next things. The old people and children stayed in the threshing ground. It was the end of June and the temperature was already quite high, so it was not cold to stay in the threshing ground.

Since everyone had moved furniture and other things to the yard in advance, the damage was not serious, and many things could be used after being cleaned up. Most families had stoves and earthenware pots, so eating was not a problem during this period.

After the visit, the team leader arranged one-third of the people to make mud bricks, one-third to clean up the collapsed houses, and the remaining one-third to look after the crops in the fields. They originally thought that this year could be a year of bumper harvest, but they did not expect such a thing to happen. Fortunately, all the people in their production team came out in time and nothing happened.

Cleaning up house by house will speed up the process, and once the mud bricks are usable, we can start building houses right away.

Xia Chan's house is a stone house and it is many years old. It had withstood the test before, but it failed this time. However, the lower part is still there, so there is no need to tear it down and rebuild it. They can just build on top.

Jin Pengyuan originally wanted to build a new house to get married. Now that half of the house has collapsed, he could just tear it down and build a brick house. However, the team is busy rebuilding and has no time to build his brick house for the time being, so he can only wait.

After Xia Chan and his friends returned home, they also went up the mountain to chop firewood and grass. They built a thatched hut in the yard and lived there temporarily. Because there were no mud bricks at the moment, they could only wait for the team to make the mud bricks before they could build their own house.

After a simple meal at home, the brothers went downstairs to work, cleaning up the collapsed houses and making mud bricks, while Xia Chan took Xiao Tiantian and Yuan Bingbing to the mountains to look at cassava, and they also had the chance to pick some mushrooms and dig some wild vegetables.

Yuan Bingbing said to Xia Chan, "Xiao Chan, I want to go back home. I don't know what the situation is like at home. I am really worried about my family."

"Go and talk to the captain. He should agree to let you go back." Xia Chan said. Everyone should be fine. After all, they had been notified in advance. If there were any disobedient people who stayed at home, it would have nothing to do with others.