Chapter 38
"Yueyue, it's time to eat."
Xiao Qi let go of her sister who was being held by him, and handed over the larger sweet potato.
The little girl took the sweet potato in a daze, raised it to her brother's mouth, and whispered: "Brother, eat."
"Brother, there is another one here, Yueyue will eat it." Xiao Qi touched the top of her sister's head, her eyes filled with affection.
Watching Yueyue nibbling on the sweet potato, Xiao Qi felt happy in her heart.
Now that those two people are dead, his sister will no longer be bullied. He wants to support his sister by himself so that she can have enough to eat every day.
Shen Dashan and several clan elders in the village set up a table aside. Some families offered some money, while others who could not afford the money asked their own men to help. Nanzhi also hurried back to carry some money. Bring the food.
"Li Zheng, I don't have any money at home, and I don't have much energy to contribute, so I will contribute twenty catties of chestnuts and ten catties of sweet potatoes."
Shen Dashan was a little surprised when he saw Nanzhi coming over. He nodded with great satisfaction after hearing her words: "Okay, I guess you have your heart."
At the same time, he motioned to Shen Qingchuan to write it down.
Aunt Liu also brought a small cloth bag over: "Li Zheng, I don't have much money at home, so I contribute 500 coins as a contribution."
"I'm determined."
The process lasted for half an hour, and a total of nineteen taels of silver and more than seventy kilograms of grain were collected. After cleaning up the things, several men were arranged to drive donkey carts to the town to order coffins.
Watching a few donkey carts going further and further away, Nanzhi suddenly felt a drum in her heart. Thinking about her dream last night, she couldn't help but feel a little scared. After hesitating for a while, she got up and went to find Shen Dashan.
Shen Dashan and the village elders were discussing where to bury the bodies. When they saw Nanzhi coming, they didn't say anything, just waiting for her to speak.
"Li Zheng, I have something to ask you."
Shen Dashan and several clan elders looked at each other, nodded and followed Nanzhi to the side.
"Girl, if you have anything to do, just tell me."
Shen Dashan looked at Nanzhi with gentle eyes, as if he were looking at his own daughter.
Mrs. Lin has been married to Lihua Village for five years and has always been a gentle person. When something happened to the young master of the Shen family, everyone thought she would complain about something. As a result, she still served her parents-in-law at home, even though both the Shen family and his wife later suffered from illness. She was also raised by selling off her land.
The life of the two of them was hard, and he, who was an upright man, usually only asked his family members to help him more, but today he finally understood that many families in the village seemed to have been silenced. None of them made a sound when these things came out, but this time she came out carrying thirty kilograms of grain.
Nanzhi didn't know what Shen Dashan was thinking, but she just felt that the way he looked at her was so loving, and she was not used to it.
"Li Zheng, I was thinking that I just met Di Niu Fanquan the night before yesterday. Could it be that it's not peaceful outside?"
Shen Dashan was startled when he was asked, and said uncertainly: "They are just going to order a coffin, so they won't be targeted, right?"
Nanzhi glanced at him with some trepidation: "But outsiders don't know. If someone with really bad intentions sees a few men driving a donkey cart to the town, they might think they are going to buy food."
Nanzhi's voice was not loud, but when it entered Shen Dashan's ears, it felt like a sap was hit on the head.
Shen Dashan looked at Nanzhi and suddenly asked subconsciously: "Girl, do you know what will happen?"
When the words came out of his mouth, he was stunned. How could he ask this?
"I, I'm just worried, maybe I'm overthinking it."
Nanzhi didn't know why she stuttered, but subconsciously she felt that she couldn't let others know that these were her dreams.
Otherwise, it is easy to be regarded as a monster.
Shen Dashan's eyebrows furrowed into a "Sichuan" shape, but he did not continue to ask any more questions. He just nodded and said that he understood.
Nanzhi breathed a sigh of relief and ran away. The way he looked at her just now was the same as the dean of his high school looking at them.
horrible.
The elders of the Shen family smiled when they saw Nanzhi running away in a hurry. This girl looked like a child.
Seeing Shen Dashan's worried look on his face, he felt a little strange. He was happy just now, so why did his face change all of a sudden?
"Dashan, what's going on?"
Shen Dashan heard the clan elder asking him and said quickly: "It's nothing serious, but what Lin came to say just now reminded me."
Several clan elders suddenly became curious when they heard that he was related to Nanzhi.
"What did she say?"
"She said that she had just passed the Earthquake Turn, and it might not be too peaceful outside."
"this……"
Several clan elders couldn't help but look at each other. They only discussed where to bury the corpses, but they forgot the simplest question.
Lihua Village is considered wealthy among these villages, but now that it is like this, how can other villages be any better?
People in the village knew that Tieniu and the others were going to order coffins, but others didn't know that. Seeing that array, they might think they were going to buy food for the village.
And even if they can't grab the food, they probably won't be able to keep the ten taels of silver they just handed over.
Thinking of the consequences, the faces of several clan elders didn't look very good.
"Dashan, please call some people to follow us quickly. Don't let anything happen."
Shen Dashan nodded and hurried away.
Not only did he have to go to the coffin shop, but he also had to inquire about food prices and buy some herbs.
Nanzhi felt relieved when he saw Shen Qingchuan and Shen Qinghe leading a group of men with things to go out of the village.
As long as there are no aftershocks today, she can take her dog back home.
Thinking about the bed at home, Nanzhi felt cooler all over her body.
"Auntie, let's go fish in the river, shall we?"
Gou'er wiped the sweat from his face and pulled Nanzhi's sleeve to act coquettishly.
Nanzhi subconsciously wanted to nod in agreement, but after reacting, she grabbed his little hand: "You still have scars on your hands, so you can't go into the water."
The dog curled his lips, with the word "unhappiness" written clearly on his little face.
"Dogs are men, and men are not afraid of pain. I want to go fishing in the river. It's so hot here."
Nanzhi smiled and patted his little butt, "A man must also listen to my mother-in-law. Only when the scars on his hands fall off can he play in the water."
Knowing that there was no way to play, the dog had no choice but to give up and sit down next to Nanzhi obediently.
"Mom, can we go home?"
Nanzhi watched the dog sitting next to him obediently, and coaxed in a low voice: "If nothing happens this afternoon, we can go home."
The dog just nodded after hearing the words and rested next to the south branch.
Until the sky turned dark and there were no more aftershocks, many people took their children back to their homes.
Even if the house collapses, it is better to rest in your own yard than to sleep on the dam with everyone else.
Just as Nanzhi was about to take the dog home, he heard a noise coming from not far away.
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