The pension plan of the ancient cannon fodder woman

Chapter 151 Preparations before the Earthquake

"Little Brother, is there any grain store still open around here?"

"Yes, there is one that will close in half an hour. Just go out and turn left and walk to the end."

Su He thanked the waiter and prepared to buy rice.

"Lotus, what's the matter?"

In fact, Liu Bai had been standing behind her for a long time. In the past, Su He would have noticed it long ago, but Su He was a little abnormal today, so Liu Bai could only ask.

“I suspect an earthquake is coming.”

Liu Bai looked at Su He, whose face was heavy. "Earthquake? You mean an earthquake?"

Su He vaguely realized that he had used the wrong word, "Yes, I said it wrong, earthquake."

"In that case, what do you think should be done?"

"Buy food as soon as possible. Each person should carry at least three days' worth of food and water, and prepare some masks. Carry all valuables with you and be ready to escape at any time."

Su He's expression was quite solemn.

"Then I'll go with you. Let's go buy food first."

Liu Bai just nodded slightly, without any doubt about what Su He said, as if it should be this way.

Su He was a little surprised. This time, he stared at Liu Bai seriously. "Don't you think I've lost my mind?"

"will not."

Su He curled her lips helplessly when she heard Liu Bai's familiar answer.

She looked up and saw that there were still some shops open outside. "Let's go find grandpa first."

Su He turned around and walked back, but after a few steps he started running. Liu Bai raised his eyebrows and followed him with a few big strides.

Ten minutes later, Su He and Liu Bai went straight to the grain store. Wang Fugui in the room went to the big bunk bed opposite to find the three village heads.

"Earthquake!"

Wang Zhun hurriedly got off the kang and grabbed Wang Fugui's hand solemnly, "Are you serious? He Hua can even calculate this?"

Wang Fugui certainly believed Su He, but he didn't guarantee it. "He Hua said that the well water was surging and the livestock were restless. It was a precursor to an earthquake. We in the Wang family all believe it. We have to go buy things to prepare. Village chief, please make a careful decision. We will go buy things first. By the way, tell everyone not to spread rumors."

If this matter gets out and the officials take it seriously, they will go to jail.

Wang Fugui didn't stay long. He went out in a hurry to buy a water bag and oil paper.

Su He has already bought the food, and five thousand kilograms of food can be delivered to the inn immediately.

She also bought flour, but this was a snack for their Wang family. The people in the village made rice balls with old rice, which was an upgraded version of the food for escaping famine. The worst was the free soil and leaves. Everyone had to rely on their own abilities when going out.

Everyone's big iron pots were set up again. This time the men were responsible for cooking, while the women began to sew cloth bags, requiring each of the 600 people to have at least one.

Wang's family had some before, and Su He prepared two for everyone, so she didn't do handicrafts with the aunts in the village. Zhou led Jin and others to make steamed buns. They borrowed the kitchen and steamer of the inn and steamed them one by one. After steaming, they put them aside to cool down and then put them into cloth bags.

Su He took out a box of dried meat from his carriage.

"Mother Wen, put the small stones on the kang, and we will prepare the dried meat. Eating only steamed buns won't do. Juhua, call your sister. We need to hurry."

"Okay, I'll call right away."

Juhua went there happily, and soon Liu Niang came to help.

Everyone in the Wang family, including the relatives of each family, plus Liu Niang, Liu Bai and Chen Wen, there are a total of 37 people. Although Xiao Shitou is small, Su He did not deduct his share. When dividing the food, he just gave Wen Niang an extra portion.

After this calculation, the cloth bags were not enough. The steamed buns made by my family were big, and the cloth bags could only hold four or five. Therefore, two more people had to be assigned to work together to make cloth bags.

Actually, if conditions permit, Su He still wants to make it a backpack style, but time is tight now, so Su He thinks it’s better to forget it.

Su He was also in charge of the food rations for a group of people from Zhengda University. After taking care of the people at home, Su He also distributed steamed buns and dried meat to them.

Su He looked at the bagged dried meat and steamed buns, and finally felt at ease.

Although the people in Tianyuan Village were also making rice balls, they were forced to do so under the request of the village chief and Su He. Most of them were unwilling to believe that an earthquake was coming. They did not sleep for no reason and got up in the middle of the night to make trouble. Some people were already complaining in low voices.

"Why did the earthquake happen out of nowhere? I just had a good dream and was woken up to sew cloth bags in the dark."

"That's right. I don't have any needle or cloth. I might as well just stuff the rice balls into my arms."

"The village chief asked us to sew cloth bags, but where can we find cloth? Old Li, do you have any cloth left? Lend me some and I'll pay you back when I buy some."

The person that Old Lady Guan was asking was none other than Li Da. When he heard that he wanted to borrow money, some of those who felt bad about not spending the money to buy scraps of cloth all brightened up and stared at Li Da.

Li laughed and replied, "No, I just rely on my son to make a few taels of silver. These are scraps of cloth that I bought with everyone else and asked my daughter-in-law to put together. Look, the colors are all different. We still don't have enough."

Most of those who wanted to take advantage gave up, but the leader, Old Lady Guan, refused to give up. "I heard that your son got 20 taels of silver more than others because of his injury. Why are you so stingy? It's hard to sew these scraps of cloth. Why don't you buy a whole piece of cloth and share it with people from our village? We all eat together now. We are all one family."

Li's wife was so angry that she didn't even want to sew the cloth bags anymore and just wanted to argue.

"Since we are family, why don't you give me half of the gold bracelet on your hand? You also found this bracelet in the valley. Half of it belongs to all of us. Take it off now and break off half for me!"

Old Mrs. Guan subconsciously covered her hands. Damn it! She just took it out and took a look at it, how could it be seen by this debt collector?

"You are mistaken. We can find no gold anywhere. We have handed over all that we have found."

The Li family has been in unrest ever since they got the 20 taels of silver. The eldest daughter-in-law of Li has had enough. Su He and the village heads are unaware of this, but their neighbors who eat and sleep with them every day don’t know about it either. One by one, they hid their things and didn’t hand them in. Only their family is honest, so they really didn’t find anything. Honest people have a hard life.

"Is it wrong? My eyesight is very good, unlike you, an old woman with squinting eyes, staring at other people's hard-earned money all day long. You evil-hearted old witch, besides the gold bracelet, you also have two gold rings. How dare you say you don't have them! I will ask the village chief to search and see whose family is the most evil-hearted."

Li Da's wife became more and more excited as she spoke, and turned around to call the village chief. Li Da was injured and couldn't stop her, and the others were afraid to try to stop her for fear that Li Da's wife would scold them. Old Lady Guan did rush forward, but was unfortunately pushed away by Li Da's wife and fell on her butt.

Li Da and others are all from Sanshi Village. The old village chief Su Bingyi is old and has gone to bed early. Su Yumin has no experience in the affairs of these old women, and in the end, he somehow called Su He.

Su He was here, and this matter could be big or small. If it was small, it was just that everyone had their own selfish desires and hid a few taels of silver. If it was big, the original intention of taking them to Yunhe might be gone.

Su He felt that it was time to screen the people again.