My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 14 Natural Disaster?

"Greetings, Aunt and Cousin."

Xie Ninglan hadn't slept well either. She looked at the person who came with sleepy eyes, her mind a little foggy.

"Who is it?" she asked Xin Nian with her eyes.

Xin Nian searched through the original owner's memories, lightly pinched Xie Ninglan's arm, and put on a sweet smile, "Cousin is here."

He lowered his voice and spoke very quickly to his mother, "Mother, this is my maternal uncle's only son, your dear nephew Xie Rui."

"My cousin is a prodigy who could write poetry at the age of three, and martial arts at the age of five. He passed the provincial examination at the age of nine and the imperial examination at the age of thirteen. He is now the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works."

“The original owner’s affection for this nephew from her maternal family far surpasses that for her own two children. Xie Rui’s position in your heart is second only to mine.” Xin Nian twisted Xie Ninglan’s arm harder and whispered a reminder, “Be more enthusiastic, Mother! In the past, when you saw Young Master Xie, your mouth would stretch to the back of your ears. You were extremely happy.”

Xie Ninglan twitched her lips.

"Be natural, go up and open the door, and greet your cousin with a smile. Let me tell you, Xie Rui is shrewd, cunning, and has a keen eye. Don't give yourself away in front of him and let him know that you are not the original owner of this body."

Xie Ninglan's mind cleared up considerably after being bombarded with her daughter's rapid-fire chatter.

She quickly put on a fake smile, pretended to be enthusiastic, opened the broken door and went out, "Oh, hehehehe, it's Rui-ge'er."

"Mom, don't exaggerate." Xin Nian secretly pinched her arm.

Xie Ninglan's lips drooped, neither turning up nor down, just frozen in place...

Xin Nian stepped forward with a forced smile, "Cousin, why did you come to deliver this so early in the morning? There's no need for such trouble; you could have just sent a servant."

“How can that be? You must at least meet your aunt and cousin. Your journey from the capital is long, and who knows when you will see them again.”

Xin Nian pinched her mother and drew the word "cry" on her arm.

After a moment of preparation, Xie Ninglan forced out a few fake tears. "Rui-ge'er, I'm truly happy that you've come to see your aunt off. Your father is away from the capital most of the year, so I'll have to trouble you to take good care of your grandparents in place of your aunt."

"Aunt, you flatter me. This is all Rui'er's duty."

Xie Ninglan lowered her head, pinched her nose, and continued to cry. She didn't know what to say next; she felt awkward.

Xin Nian continued to put on a professional smile and spoke softly, "Cousin, Mother is very happy to see you. Please forgive her for being impolite in her excitement."

"Cousin, please don't be so formal. We're all family," Xie Rui said with a smile. "The preparations were rushed, but fortunately, we've accomplished our mission and have prepared all the items on the list."

Xin Nian's eyes lit up, and she quickly walked around him to check the five large baskets on the ground. "Thank you, cousin. You've worked hard. Good people will surely have a peaceful life."

Xie Rui: ...

The little crybaby seems to have changed a bit?

In the past, when I saw him, he was always timid and cowardly, and I would avoid him as much as possible. He never spoke so much before.

"Remember my cousin."

Xin Nian was inspecting the contents of several baskets. Not bad, not bad, ephedra, kudzu root, pinellia, angelica, scutellaria, etc.

She has prepared all the herbs listed on her list. She can finally find time today to brew the fever-reducing medicine.

Hearing Xie Rui speak, Xin Nian turned around and looked at him, meeting his smiling gaze.

"Thank you, cousin. You must be tired after a long day. Um, why don't you head back soon?"

"You're already kicking me out as soon as you get the goods?" Xie Rui chuckled inwardly and nodded. "These things are quite heavy. Do you want me to bring some people inside for you?" Xin Nian waved her hands repeatedly. "No need, no need, thank you, cousin. I'll have... Uncle San and the others come and help carry them later."

“Alright, once your aunt and cousin arrive in Binzhou, someone will be there to meet you.”

A backup plan? It sounds like they're helping someone escape from prison.

Xin Nian smiled innocently at her cousin, "Let everything take its natural course, and we shouldn't be too much of a burden on Uncle."

Let's forget about breaking him out of prison. As the Prefect of Binzhou, Xie Rui's father couldn't use his position to take his wife and children to Binzhou to be raised as long as he was serving in the court.

We agreed to be exiled to the far north, and not a single mile less is acceptable!

Transmigrated beings and their souls should strive for self-reliance and self-sufficiency, and avoid burdening the indigenous inhabitants...

“You may not know this, but there have been many upheavals in the court recently. The people in the Imperial Observatory predict that a natural disaster will occur within a month or so. If you calculate the time, it will coincide with the period when you arrived in Binzhou.” Xie Rui stared at the little girl, a smile playing on his lips.

Interestingly, after he finished speaking, he showed no sign of shock or panic on the little girl's face.

Is this little crybaby usually this calm? She wasn't even scared to tears!

"Therefore, we wrote to our father to discuss the matter. If a natural disaster were to occur, he would immediately send someone to meet you. Please do not worry too much, Aunt and Cousin."

Xie Ninglan's eyes widened. "A natural disaster?"

She couldn't believe her ears! She'd been transported to ancient times, and now there was a natural disaster and an apocalypse?
Xin Nian remained expressionless. "Cousin, do you know what kind of natural disaster the astronomical observatory detected? An earthquake... an tremor? Or extreme heat, extreme cold, polar day, or polar night?"

Xie Ruijun raised an eyebrow slightly, remaining calm and composed. "Niannian actually knows so much about natural disasters."

Little did Xie Rui know that this was all part of what Xin Nian's family had experienced in their previous lives...

This is just the most basic natural disaster; it doesn't even include catastrophic events like hail, acid rain, mudslides, intense light, radiation, poisonous insects, poisonous moths, and animal mutations.

Xin Nian gave an awkward laugh. In Xie Rui's eyes, his little cousin's rosy face didn't show the slightest hint of a smile.

"The Imperial Observatory predicts that a celestial fire will descend within a month or so, sweeping across a large area of ​​the Central Plains. The celestial fire will cause trees to wither and nothing to grow."

Xie Ninglan and her daughter looked at each other in bewilderment.

What?
The oasis they had just seen was about to be destroyed by God within a month.

“Aunt and cousin, there’s no need to be nervous. These are just predictions from the Imperial Observatory; they may not actually happen.”

Xie Rui gently reassured the two, "His Majesty did not believe these rumors, saying that the people of the Imperial Observatory were spreading alarmist rumors, so he exiled the leaders. The Director of the Imperial Observatory and his two disciples are now among your exiled group."

Xie Ninglan: ...

I didn't know what to say, so I could only offer a polite smile.

Don't believe or spread rumors, but in all things, there are some things that you can't completely believe or completely disbelieve.

Who knows, maybe the prediction from that jinxed official in the Imperial Observatory is right?
Being exiled without any preparation, if a natural disaster were to strike, there would be absolutely no way out.

After explaining these things, Xie Rui bowed to the mother and daughter to say goodbye.

Xin Nian waited for a while, and seeing that the boy did not make a comeback, she then raised her hand and put all the baskets of things into her spatial bead.

She left only one basket, picked out some herbs and put them in the basket, then covered it with burlap so that no outsider could tell what they were.

(End of this chapter)