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Just after midnight on July 28, 1976

He Yuzhu woke up from his sleep and kept staring at the movements outside.

A jolt came, and He Yuzhu quickly woke Lin Jinghan.

Lin Jinghan woke up and quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

He Yuzhu said, "It might be an earthquake. Hurry up and get dressed. I'm going to check on the children."

There was commotion in the courtyard, with people constantly asking what had happened.

Lin Jinghan quickly put on her clothes: "You go check on Yuanhang, I'll go check on the two little ones."

Outside, Yi Zhonghai was rushing off to check on the Jia family's situation.

He Yuzhu knew that once he confirmed that the Jia family was alright, Yi Zhonghai would step in to control the chaos in the courtyard.

At his suggestion, the courtyard house erected a rain shelter early on, ensuring everyone was protected from the rain and had a good meal.

The people in the courtyard were grateful to him, which allowed him to regain enough prestige to begin a second round of control over the courtyard.

He Yuzhu absolutely refused to allow it; he regained control of the courtyard house.

When Yi Zhonghai showed concern for the Jia family, He Yuzhu stepped forward.

Follow Yi Zhonghai's path, leaving Yi Zhonghai with nowhere to go.

"Everyone, don't panic. Women and children, stand in the open space. If anyone hasn't come out, quickly let them know."

Zhenjiang, Jianye, and Yan Jiecheng helped with the rescue.

Apart from Yan Jiecheng, Li Zhenjiang and Miao Jianye also began to carry out the rescue as instructed by He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu suddenly remembered that coward Xu Damao. He couldn't even compare to a woman; he was so scared by the earthquake that his legs went weak.

He hurried to the backyard, where that bastard Xu Damao was supporting Wu Tiezhu, standing there.

"how is the situation?"

Xu Damao asked with a frightened expression, "What happened?"

He Yuzhu said, "It must be an earthquake. Xu Damao, how did you get out? I thought you were so scared that you hid under the table, so I came here specifically to rescue you."

Xu Damao retorted, unconvinced, "That was you. I was just discussing with Brother Wu about rescuing you."

He Yuzhu chuckled, not believing a word of it.

From Xu Damao's way of addressing Wu Tiezhu, He Yuzhu knew that this thing was probably rescued by Wu Tiezhu.

Wu Tiezhu had just arrived at the courtyard house when, under Yi Zhonghai's influence, he beat up Xu Damao.

Although the two reconciled later, Xu Damao always remembered it. He always called Wu Tiezhu by his name and never called him "brother".

Xu Zhenbao, nestled in Zhang Yan's arms, said, "Grandpa Wu ran into the house and rescued my father."

He Yuzhu burst into laughter.

The one who said this was his precious daughter. Xu Damao couldn't bear to scold Xu Zhenbao, so he could only glare angrily.

"Stop laughing, what's so funny?"

He Yuzhu stopped laughing and said, "After an earthquake, the weather is bound to change. It might rain heavily in a little while."

"You and Brother Wu, hurry up and set up the tent."

Wu Tiezhu said, "No problem, we'll get started right away."

Xu Damao knew the situation was urgent and said, "I have plastic sheeting at home, bring it all out."

He Yuzhu said, "Make it bigger, my family will come over later too."

Xu Damao asked curiously, "I remember you also have plastic sheeting at home, why didn't you put it up at your own house?"

He Yuzhu said directly, "For the next day or two, we definitely can't go inside. We'll have to eat and everything else outside."

"If I set up a shed at the entrance, do you think Yi Zhonghai would let me off the hook?"

Xu Damao chuckled: "Got it, you can go now."

He Yuzhu still has to follow Yi Zhonghai's path and can't linger in the backyard for long.

When he arrived at the Intermediate People's Court, he found that Qin Huairu was still pestering Yi Zhonghai and did not give him a chance.

It must be said that Widow Qin can sometimes be a good teammate.

"Zhenjiang, Jianye, how are things?"

"They're all out."

He Yuzhu nodded: "There will definitely be aftershocks after the earthquake, and everyone will definitely not be able to go inside for a day or two."

Take advantage of the fact that there are no earthquakes now.

Everyone hurry back inside and get the plastic sheeting out of your houses. Let's figure out how to build a rain shelter. Otherwise, if it rains later, we'll have nowhere to go.

Everyone knew that He Yuzhu was right. At this point, no one would be stingy, so they all went home and brought out the things they had hidden there.

He Yuzhu also went home, took out a piece of plastic sheeting, and put it on the ground.

"I just talked to Xu Damao, and we're going to squeeze in with his family."

This plastic sheet is no longer needed. If anyone doesn't have one, please feel free to use it.

"I don't have any." Qin Huairu saw an opportunity to take advantage and immediately stepped forward.

This time, He Yuzhu didn't stop her. He knew very well that the Jia family wouldn't take anything.

Yi Zhonghai didn't have any at home, so this piece of plastic sheeting was taken out to gag him.

Taking shelter from the rain was only one aspect; another was solving the problem of food.

That's the biggest problem.

He Yuzhu asked He Yuanhang to take the things to the backyard.
Qin Huairu happily beckoned Xiao Dang and Xiao Huaihua to get the plastic sheet, and released Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai finally had a moment to himself and came to his senses. He saw He Yuzhu's family taking things to the backyard and immediately felt very uneasy.

He had just come to his senses and couldn't figure out where the problem lay.

He knew that He Yuzhu wouldn't listen to him. Going to He Yuzhu at this time would only bring him humiliation.

Yi Zhonghai wisely went to direct everyone to set up the rain shelter.

They say they only know how to do it, but in reality they just fool a few easy targets and team up with the Jia family.

At that moment, everyone was busy saving lives and didn't have time to think about anything else.

Yi Zhonghai was right, so they chose to listen to him.

He Yuzhu cut off Yi Zhonghai's opportunity to establish prestige, and then stopped interfering in the affairs of the hospital.

The chaos caused by the earthquake will last for at least several days, and he can't let Yi Zhonghai have no chance to shine.

He Yuzhu went to the front yard first to check on Li Dagen's condition.

The Li family, along with the Miao family and several other families from the Daozuofang family, are building a rain shelter together.

Yan Bugui, meanwhile, was watching TV from the side. Yan Jiecheng was in a similar situation and didn't offer any help either.

He Yuzhu glanced at him but ignored him.

Originally, at Yi Zhonghai's urging, Yan Bugui contributed the plastic sheeting from his home, and together they built a rain shelter in the front yard.

Those plastic sheets and timber were brought in from outside by Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang.

Throughout their lives, the Yan brothers left home early and never brought any of these things home.

He contributed the plastic sheeting, and the people in the front yard were grateful to him and embarrassed to let him do it.

He was watching from the side at the time.

This time he didn't contribute anything and didn't even come out to help. Once the awning is set up, I doubt anyone will leave him a place.

He Yuzhu said to Li Dagen, "You guys keep a place to cook."

I estimate I won't be able to get inside for at least two or three days.

Li Dagen nodded: "Don't worry. We'll set it up in a bit. Once it's done, Zhenjiang will come help you."

He Yuzhu said, "No need. Wu Tiezhu and Xu Damao have almost finished setting up their sheds in the backyard."

I'm heading back now.

When we arrived at the Intermediate People's Court, the rain shelter had been almost completely erected.

Yi Zhonghai is assigning housing to each household.

He Yuzhu hurriedly went home, took out about ten kilograms of grain, and prepared to go to the backyard.

At this time, everyone was living outside, so they definitely couldn't bring out meat.

In the backyard, the shed was also set up. Wu Tiezhu, Xu Damao, Zhang Yuping, and the Hu family joined forces to build the shed.

Liu Haizhong built his own separate awning.

He Yuzhu put down the grain and said, "The rain shelter is set up, but we still need to solve the problem of food."

Since we're all living together, we'll have to cook together. Everyone, please take out your food and let's tally it up.

None of the families objected, and they all went home to get their food.

He Yuzhu, meanwhile, was preparing to set up a stove. (End of Chapter)