The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 34 The Earth Shakes
Upon hearing the noise, Shang Wan ran out and saw the little turtle, which had been playing happily with the two children on the cushion, retract its head into its shell. A faint red light emanated from the turtle's shell, as if it were about to explode.

Shang Wan didn't dare to touch the little turtle rashly, and asked Xiao Huan, "Did you feed it the wrong thing?"

“I didn’t feed it anything.” Xiao Huan shook her head, frowning as she looked at the little turtle. “It suddenly turned into this.”

"Mother!" Yuanyuan crawled over and grabbed Shang Wan's clothes, tugging at them urgently. "Knife! Dao!"

The three people in the courtyard were completely confused.

Shang Wan knew that Yuan Yuan had awakened her beast-taming ability and could communicate with animals, so she probably wanted to tell her something.

She picked up the little one and gently patted his back. "Don't rush, tell me slowly, what do you want to tell Mommy?"

"Daddy!" The little guy pointed to the door of the west wing, his forehead covered in sweat, and his face flushed before he finally managed to utter a single word, "Coo!"

"You want your dad to come out?"

The little round head bobbed, "Thick! Thick!"

Shang Wan shoved Yuan Yuan into Xiao Huan's arms, ran into the west wing, picked up Lu Chengjing, and placed him on the stone slab where Xiao Hui was drying his fur.

Little Grey has disappeared.

Just as Shang Wan put the person down, the ground suddenly began to shake, and a thunderclap suddenly sounded in the clear sky.

The earth shook violently, and the soil and rocks cracked.

The dilapidated thatched hut collapsed instantly, leaving only ruins amidst the flying dust.

Shang Wan quickly pulled everyone out of the water and moved them to a more open space.

The once quiet village was filled with noise and crying, and many villagers ran out with their families.

Two breaths later, the ground stopped shaking.

Li Xiaoshan was worried about home, but Shang Wan held him back to prevent him from running around, while keeping a close eye on the little turtle.

The red glow on the tortoise shell had not faded.

Shang Wan pursed her lips; the earthquake wasn't over yet.

One, two, three aftershocks, each one weaker than the last, and the red light on the tortoise shell completely disappeared.

As soon as Shang Wan let go, Li Xiaoshan immediately took off running home, gritting his teeth and letting tears fall in the wind.

Chaotic cries and screams echoed through the village, and many people were trapped inside their houses, something Shang Wan couldn't ignore.

She took a deep breath, placed Yuanyuan in Lu Chengjing's arms, and earnestly instructed the three of them, "You stay here and don't move. I'm going to rescue people. If anything happens, shout for me loudly, I can hear you."

Lu Chengjing looked at her for a moment, his dark eyes calm, and said slowly, "Be careful in everything."

Shang Wan reached out and brushed his loose hair behind his head. In a flash, she was already a hundred paces away.

Following the cries for help, Shang Wan checked each house one by one. If someone helped a house, she would leave; if no one helped or there weren't enough people, she would step forward and lend a hand.

Often, before the villagers could even finish expressing their gratitude, Shang Wan had already moved on to the next household.

She is strong and fast; one of hers is worth ten.

"Dad! Dad, don't die!" Li Xiaoshan squatted down next to his father, crying with tears and snot streaming down his face. Li Xiaomei also sobbed.

Li Dashan knelt down to examine Old Man Li's injuries. Seeing Old Man Li covered in blood, he couldn't help but secretly wipe away his tears.

His father had a hard life.

They fled famine and arrived in Yushu Village, where they grew up eating food from many families. They finally learned a trade, saved money to get married, and had three children. The family lived happily together, and life finally got better.

Who would have thought that six years ago, he took a job in the city, and his hard-won happy life was shattered. When Old Man Li was carried back, he had broken a leg, and Aunt Zhao, who had gone to the city to look for him, had disappeared without a trace.

Old Man Li was like a lost soul, not eating or drinking all day long, and he looked like he had lost his human form.

The villagers all say that Aunt Zhao ran off with a rich man from the city, abandoning Old Man Li and their three children.

Li Dashan, enraged, got into a fight and beat the man until he was bleeding from the head. The man's family came to Li's house, demanding an explanation from Li's father.

After returning home, Old Man Li, who hadn't uttered a single word, finally reacted. After apologizing to the people, he closed the door and told the three children the truth.

Aunt Zhao, in an attempt to seek justice for her husband, offended a powerful figure and was beaten to death with sticks; her body was chopped up and fed to the dogs.

The three children cried their hearts out. Poor old man Li didn't even know who the benefactor was, and Li Dashan couldn't find anyone to avenge his mother.

"Father, hang in there, I'll go find Doctor Yuan."

Seeing that Old Man Li was barely breathing and his eyes were closing, Li Dashan stood up with red eyes, told his younger siblings to stay with their father, and then ran away.

When Shang Wan arrived, Li Xiaoshan and Li Xiaomei were already crying their eyes out, and Li Xiaomei was sobbing so hard she was almost fainting.

Li Xiaoshan cried out hoarsely, "Dad, open your eyes and look at us! I won't be naughty anymore. I'll learn a trade from my older brother. I'll do whatever you ask me to do. You haven't even seen me get married yet, please don't die!"

"Hey, make way, make way." Shang Wan pushed Li Xiaoshan aside. "If we delay any longer, your father will really die."

Li Xiaoshan sniffed and stared blankly at Shang Wan, "Sister, what brings you here?"

"Save him." Shang Wan took out a small porcelain bottle, pried open Old Man Li's mouth, and fed him three drops of spiritual spring water.

Old Man Li had five or six broken bones, which Shang Wan quickly helped set. She used the wooden boards that Li Xiaoshan and Li Xiaomei had found to fix the bones, and then had the two of them take off their belts and tear open the wooden boards.

By the time Li Dashan carried Yuan Musheng back, Shang Wan had already left.

Yuan Musheng had a bandage wrapped around his forehead, with traces of blood seeping out. He knelt down to check on Old Man Li's injuries and found that Old Man Li's breathing was steady and his wounds had been treated well.

He looked at Li Xiaoshan and Li Xiaomei suspiciously, "Did you treat this injury?"

Both children shook their heads in unison. Li Xiaoshan said, "It's my sister."

Yuan Musheng: ?

Li Xiaomei held Li Laodi's big hand and whispered, "It was Shang Niangzi. She fed Daddy the medicine and set his bones."

Yuan Musheng was surprised; his sister-in-law had this skill?
“Your sister-in-law has handled it very well. Uncle Li’s condition has stabilized. Be careful when you move him. It would be best to have someone else carry him.”

The three of them readily agreed.

Only a few houses in the village had completely collapsed; after all, not all houses were as dilapidated as Shang Wan and his family's old thatched hut.

With the village chief absent, the village elders became the backbone of the community. They encouraged villagers to gather with their families in an open, unobstructed area, and everyone would lend a hand if anyone needed help.

It was an hour later when everyone was rescued.

It was fortunate that the villagers lived nearby and that Shang Wan acted quickly. If they had all lived so far apart like in those dilapidated thatched huts, an hour would have been far from enough.

After surviving the disaster, everyone's face was filled with fear. How could the earthquake have happened so suddenly?

The elderly people, with their rich experience, managed to remain calm and told everyone not to panic, not to make a fuss, and to stay put and not to think about going inside to get anything.

Shang Wan landed next to Lu Chengjing, her clothes were dirty, and her fair face was covered in dust.

Lu Chengjing took out a handkerchief and handed it to her. Shang Wan immediately leaned her face in and said, "I'm tired, can you wipe my face for me?"

(End of this chapter)