flstandardbreds Chapter 157 Rootless Grass
Chapter 157 Rootless Grass
After everyone divided the silver, they all went their separate ways. Some kept watch, some went to sleep.
"Sister, let's keep watch together."
Miaomiao came over with Mu Tou, holding a blanket, and Chen Wen, who had nowhere to go, followed behind. Tietou returned to his father.
"Come, Miaomiao, share a quilt with me, Mu Tou, you stay with Master Wen. Remember, if an earthquake comes, we have to stay together."
A quarter of an hour later, the ground began to shake again.
"The earthquake is coming!!"
Someone shouted and everyone got out of the carriage.
"Aunt, Yanzhi, here."
Su He called on his family to gather together. The ground in front of the county town was flat, so they were out of danger once they got out of the carriage. All they had to do was lie down and wait for the earthquake to pass.
The people in the county town were much more miserable. Although Qi Chengming sent yamen runners to patrol and tell everyone not to sleep in the houses because the houses would collapse if an earthquake came, there were always people who stayed in the houses hoping for luck.
Of course, the most comfortable thing in winter is to sleep in a warm house.
That night, many people died in their sleep.
Before the sun came out, the first snow of this winter fell without any warning. At first the snowflakes were only the size of rice grains and no one noticed.
The Wang family hugged each other tightly, drifting helplessly as the earth shook like rootless grass.
Su He didn't know how long it had been, she just felt the crying around her gradually getting louder. She tried hard to get up, but the world in her eyes was still shaking. Su He shook her head hard, but ended up feeling nauseous.
Since he couldn't stand up, he might as well lie down. Su He simply lay on the ground. He didn't know how long it had been, but the world he looked out finally stopped shaking. Su He felt the tip of his nose was cold, and when he looked closely, oh my god, it was snow.
If there hadn't been this earthquake, they could have all played in the snow in the inn.
"Lotus! How are you guys?"
Su He turned his head and saw Liu Niang stumbling towards him, her body covered in mud.
"I'm fine. Dizzy."
Su He was pulled up by Liu Niang all of a sudden.
"vomit!"
Su He stood quietly for a while before returning his eyes to work, "Miao Miao, Mu Tou, Chen Wen."
"Sister, we are here."
Su He looked in the direction of the speaker, and saw that Miaomiao, Mu Tou and Chen Wen were all fine. Except for being a little dirty, there was no other change. Anyway, they were much better than her.
"Are you feeling dizzy? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"It's not uncomfortable."
"It's uncomfortable. I'm hungry."
Everyone laughed. Miaomiao searched her body and barely found a candy, and put it directly into her mouth.
"Sis, it's all over, let's have dinner."
At Miaomiao's command, Liu Niang actually prepared to start cooking.
Everyone's mentality is much better than hers.
Su He looked at the family members around her. Her grandparents and her great-grandfather were right next to her, surrounded by several uncles. They were in good condition. Her great-grandfather was crying very loudly, much more miserably than those who were injured.
Look for little Shitou again. He is sleeping soundly in his father's arms.
Su He searched all the family members and found that she was the worst off. She didn't know why, but she felt like she had a concussion.
"Where's Xiaobai?"
"Two mules ran away from home, and Xiaobai went to chase them."
After a while, Liu Bai came back, and he looked calm, so it seemed nothing had happened.
Su He turned around in disbelief and walked to the back. Their Wang family was near the gate of the county town, and there was a long line behind them.
"Boss, wake up, wuwuwuwu."
I saw a middle-aged man lying on the ground with his eyes closed, his legs covered in blood. No matter how hard the woman sitting on her knees pushed him, no one made a sound.
Su He felt sad for the man on the ground. Even if he was fine, he would die after being pulled like that.
"Hurry up and ask a few people to go to the city to find a doctor. Don't you have money on you?"
The kneeling woman woke up as if from a dream, and immediately stood up and called for help, "See if anyone else is injured. Let's take a carriage to the city to find a doctor. People from the same village can take care of them together."
The injured person was not his family member, so Su He had a clear mind and ideas came to him one after another.
After giving the advice, she did not stay for long and continued to walk forward. This time she came to Wang Zhun's carriage.
Su He saw the village chief and his family sitting on the ground, looking listless.
"Village Chief, are you okay?"
Wang Zhun looked up and saw that it was He Hua. "He Hua, I'm fine. I just feel dizzy. I see you're still staggering."
This is an unlucky guy just like her.
"Then you should sit down and rest for a while. Is there any dry food in the bag? Eat something and fill your stomach. You will be fine."
Su He chatted briefly, looked at the chaotic convoy behind him, and had no interest in going any further, so he turned around and went back.
I don’t know when this earthquake will really end. It’s snowing now, and we definitely can’t stay outside all the time.
"Lotus, where have you been? Little girl, don't run around!"
Zhou appeared out of nowhere with her hands on her hips, and started complaining when she saw Su He.
"I'll go check on the village chief and his men. We are from the same village after all."
This was true. Zhou's face looked better. "Then you don't have to go. Just ask your brothers and uncles to go. Don't run around everywhere."
"The meal is ready, go eat."
Zhou took Su He back to her own carriage to eat, and didn't care what the villagers behind them did.
Su He took the thick white rice, which was topped with some pickles and minced meat. She liked this kind of rice.
Zhou looked at Su He with satisfaction as he concentrated on his meal.
"I think it's better to separate from the people in the village. Once we separate, our food will be better. These idiots said that we Hehua are liars. Now they are stupid. We can't scare them to death."
No one stopped the young grandfather from saying this, and Sun even gave him more rice as a reward.
"Erming, eat more."
"Hey, thank you sister-in-law."
The grandpa was flattered.
Grandpa sighed, "That matter has passed. Let's not mention it anymore. We have done good things, so we should not make enemies with the people in the village. Now let's think about what to do next."
"Dad, the water is almost gone. There is no water outside the city. We have to go to the city to find water."
Zhou was the first to raise the first difficult question.
"Dad, the snow seems to be heavier than before. We have hats, but it's too cold outside. I'm afraid we'll catch a cold if we stay out all night."
Wang Fugui looked at the snowflakes falling in his hands and felt a little worried.
"I cooked today and the fire went out several times. Snow kept coming into the pot. It would be better to have a roof over it."
"I was holding Little Stone outside by the fire, but the little guy was not obedient at all, and snow always rubbed against his body. I was afraid that he would get cold after a long time."
"I just sneezed more than a dozen times. I don't have enough herbs at home. I feel like I can use them right away."
Everyone spoke one after another with bitter faces.
"Grandpa, why don't we build a shed ourselves? I bought a lot of tarpaulins, enough for half of the people in our village. Don't we still have some old quilts that we found in the valley? We can use the tarpaulins as the roof and the quilts as the walls. Our carriage can also be used to block the wind."