Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 165

Even though it's just a matter of a few words, it causes a lot of trouble and is more tiring.

Someone has to dig the mud, someone has to carry the mud, someone has to dig the hole, and finally someone has to bury it.

It’s a whole village, the area is so large, it’s definitely impossible to finish it in a day or two.

But in order to prevent it from happening, we have to do it no matter how difficult or tiring it is!

Jiang Li was making arrangements and everyone was working hard, clearing silt and picking up garbage. The breath they exhaled was almost freezing their masks. It was obviously very cold, but they were sweating all the time.

That taste is enough.

Everyone was keeping an eye on the condition of the houses. When Jiang Yipei came out of the last house, they shoveled the soil over to this side.

After three bricklayers made a professional assessment of the houses in the village, they found that a total of five old houses had collapsed, and there were fifteen high-risk houses that were half-collapsed. None of the thatch or tiles on the roof had been blown away.

In other words, all the houses need to be repaired, it's just a matter of major or minor repairs. The ones with the least damage are naturally brick and tile houses, such as Jiang Xiubai's house, which can be lived in after some tidying up and repairing the tiles.

The five collapsed houses all belonged to five poor families in the village. They were poor and the fields they cultivated were all rented from Jiang Yipei's family, so they had never divided the family. Now their only house has collapsed, alas.

"It's okay. We saw it was going to collapse a long time ago and we were prepared. Let's listen to Pei Ge'er and save money to rebuild it. As long as people are still here, we can have everything!"

An old lady was still picking up garbage in her hands, but her eyes were curved and her tone was cheerful when she spoke, full of hope for life and trust in Jiang Yipei.

But as she laughed, tears filled her eyes.

She didn't dare wipe it, but the germs entered her eyes. She could only tilt her head back, trying to let the tears flow back, but more and more tears slipped out from the corners of her eyes.

At the edge of the muddy ruins, an old lady raised her head and cried silently, quietly without disturbing anyone.

"Old lady..." The old man wanted to pat his wife to comfort her, but his hands were too dirty so he put it down. "There are still 3,000 nails in the broken boat. I took a look and found that we still have a lot of things that can be used at home. When the time comes, let the eldest brother and others dig them out and use them to build a new house."

"Hey!" the old lady responded with a tearful voice, looking at the old man and saying, "Then you should work harder this winter and pick up more stones to bring home. When God is willing to help you and you make money in two years, you can build a bigger house. This year, you can just build a thatched hut to live in."

"Yes! I know."

They all knew that it was impossible to empty their family savings to build a new house nowadays. The world is not good, and they have to save some money to survive. Besides, there is still food, so they will not starve to death after all.

Jiang Yipei: “…”

I'm really old and can't bear to see such sad scenes.

Most of the houses in the village can be lived in after some repairs, but the fifteen that are about to collapse are relatively troublesome to repair. First, the roofs have to be removed. Because some of the roofs have tiles on them, the villagers are reluctant to tear them apart by force, but they cannot climb directly onto the roofs of the dilapidated houses, so they have to think of a way.

The two Jiang bricklayer brothers were discussing with Jiang Yipei how to repair it and who to arrange for it.

During the slack season in the village, some people would go out to work with the two brothers. They knew who was a novice and who was an experienced worker.

Although those people don't know how to build houses, they are very professional at moving bricks and mud. In Jiang Yipei's modern words, they are construction workers who help the master craftsmen.

Jiang Yipei thought that if they had talent and wanted to develop into bricklayers, he could guide them.

This will make it much easier for him and will definitely come in handy in the future.

But these are all tasks for the next few days. The most important thing now is to clean up the village.

The whole village was mobilized to find no corner where filth and dirt could be hidden.

After the sun goes down, it gets colder and it's time to call it a day and go home.

Everyone works during the day and goes back to Lao Jiang's house to sleep at night, and someone takes care of three meals a day.

Just thinking about this day, it’s quite a happy day!

A world where only the fat chef was injured was achieved, and it was surprisingly harmonious.

Jiang Suying attaches great importance to epidemic prevention. When people who work outside return to Lao Jiang's house, the first thing they do is disinfect. They must wash the mud off their feet with water disinfected with bleach at the door, put on clean shoes and clothes, and spray disinfectant all over their bodies before they can come in.

Disposable masks must not be reused, but due to limited conditions, changing them once a day is already the longest usage time. However, this already consumes more than 300 masks a day. If there are more, Jiang Xiubai's system will rebel. For this, Jiang Xiubai was scolded several times.

In order to prevent the system from suddenly shutting down the mask purchasing system, Jiang Suying quickly asked Jiang Xiubai to purchase a large batch of meltblown cloth. If it really doesn’t work, we can make our own masks!

In fact, it is better to make your own masks. After all, the disposable masks they wear now cannot be made with current technology.

It’s just that the people in Jiangjia Village didn’t ask or investigate further.

It has to be said that the people in Jiangjia Village are honest and simple. They always believe what Jiang Yipei says - they keep up with the pace of the organization and never fall behind.

If Jiang Yipei had any bad intentions and sold them out, they would even help Jiang Yipei count the money!

It was because of their honest eyes, obedience and understanding, a little bit of thoughts but no bad intentions, that Jiang Yipei's family went from taking them "by the way" to sincerely accepting them, and finally to truly treating them as relatives and friends.

Therefore, Jiang Yipei became very concerned after inspecting the village. He even made a plan. He wanted to build a brick kiln in Jiangjia Village and replace all the mud houses in the village with brick houses.

But is it easier to burn green bricks or red bricks? Which one is more cost-effective? We have to ask the top scholar in his family.

Jiang Zhuangyuan was so cold that he couldn't get off the bed. After knowing his father's needs, he asked the servant to fetch Jiang Xiubai who had just finished coaxing the child. He bought two books in the system - the champion is amazing, but he doesn't know everything, he has to learn on the spot!

After dinner, we held a meeting while everyone was there, and the topic was still about epidemic prevention.

Jiang Lizheng was the keynote speaker: "First, always wear a mask when working outside. Don't take it off. Don't worry about whether it's stuffy or not. The most important thing is not to get sick."

"Second, if you see someone coming to the village, whether you know them or not, talk to them from a distance, don't get close, and don't let anyone come over."

"Third, and this is the most important issue, is that once the village is completely cleaned up, we will seal off the village. What does it mean to seal off the village? It means that except for the patrol team on duty, no one can enter or leave."

"Ah? Why?"

"Why do you think so?" Old Master Jiang leaned on his cane and looked at the audience. "Just think about it. Our village is the highest in the country. It's already like this. Look at how many dead rats are hidden in the mud. There are so many dirty things! Who knows how miserable the villages downstream are! Those villages are all downstream. All the dirty and rotten things will flow down! How can it be good?"

"Ying Niang and Doctor Jiang have both said that a major disaster will lead to a major epidemic. Why? The epidemic prevention is not in place! Why do you wear masks? Isn't it because we are afraid that the disease will enter through your eyes, ears, mouth and nose? We have masks, do other villages have them? What if they get sick and spread the disease to our village?"

"We are wearing masks! What are we afraid of?!"

Jiang Yipei: “…”

This reaction is really amazing! If it wasn't for the wrong timing, he would have given him a thumbs up.

Jiang Suying made an authoritative statement: "Wearing a mask only reduces the chance of getting sick, but it cannot prevent and control the disease 100%, especially if you stay with the patient for a long time, the chance of prevention is even lower."

"I have a question." Someone raised his hand and said, "We have Yingniang and Doctor Jiang in our village. They can cure diseases!"

What must be where there is a sleeping dragon?

Phoenix chick.

This Fengchu is better at learning from others' experience than that Zhuge Liang.

That’s right, we have a doctor in our village, so what are we afraid of?

Jiang Suying almost fainted from crying in the toilet.

"How can being cured of an illness be the same as not being sick in the first place?" Old Master Jiang was shocked. "Did you put a few shovelfuls of mud into your brain when you were shoveling it? Who wants to be sick if you are healthy? Treatment doesn't cost money or herbs! Raise your hand to answer the questions, think about it first, asking these questions will make people laugh."

"That's right—"

"Everyone must pay attention! The epidemic is no joke! If you think the epidemic is not scary, let me put it another way - plague! Everyone knows what plague is, right? What is plague? It is a demon that wants to kill people!"

Speaking of the plague, no one laughed anymore, which shows how terrible it is and how much it deters the villagers.

There is no cure, but the disease spreads quickly.

If one person gets sick, the entire village may die.

"I was thinking of going back to my parents' home in a few days. My parents' home is in a village downstream, and I don't know how it's going?" A young wife murmured. If there was an epidemic, she would definitely not dare to go back. But if she didn't go back, she would be worried. It was really annoying.

"I advise you not to go back. I wanted to go back just now. But think about it. Uncle Pei has always done things in a predictable way. If he doesn't let you go back, there must be a reason. We just listen and do as he says. Can it harm you? It has nothing to do with us whether we go back to our mother's house or not. It's all for the good of the village."

……

Compared with the harmonious Jiangjia Village, the unfortunate Jiajia Village couldn't even cry. They followed County Magistrate Chen and went down the mountain ahead of Jiangjia Village. When they returned to the village, they saw that most of the houses in their village had collapsed. They cried so hard that they almost fainted.

After finally cleaning up the remaining parts of the house, they thought they could have a good sleep at night. However, in the middle of the night, they saw the roof collapse without any warning, killing two people. Village Chief Jia was so upset that he almost died with the roof.

When County Magistrate Chen returned to the county town, he looked around and saw a desolate scene. Walking on the streets that were familiar and bustling in the past, he could no longer hear the hawkers' cries. Wherever he passed, wherever he saw, he saw only white-haired foreigners and crying sounds.