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

Chapter 72

A big hole was poked in the reinforced and repaired thatched chicken coop, and the strong wind blew the roof off. The roosters, hens and chickens were so scared that they spread their wings and crowed. Many of the chickens fell down and never stood up again. The rest all became drowned rats, and each one huddled in a corner, shivering.

"Oh my goodness! My chickens!"

When Old Mrs. Wang heard the noise, she came out to see that the chicken coop was full of scattered chicks. She was so heartbroken that her heart was bleeding.

Just as I was about to go in, suddenly another big branch fell down, and as luck would have it, it knocked the head of a frightened little hen into the mud. Chicken blood splattered all over the ground, and the little hen was still flapping its wings in defiance.

Old Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it any longer. She screamed "Ouch!" and ran into the chicken coop. After taking two steps, her foot slipped and she slid into the flock of chickens. The chickens immediately jumped and flew around. Some chickens even rushed out of the door in panic, flapping their wet wings and running around the yard.

"Mom!" His son and daughter-in-law rushed to help in the rain, trying to catch the chicken and help his mother, making a mess.

"What kind of chicken coop did you build? Didn't you say it was so strong that even a cow couldn't knock it over?" Old Mrs. Wang didn't even get up. She grabbed her son and started beating him, crying and wailing.

We have more than a hundred chickens at home. The eggs they lay are used to hatch chicks, which is a big source of income for the family. We can earn at least ten taels of rice a year. Although we want to pickle them, we can't bear to kill the newly hatched chicks at home. We just hope that we can keep them alive!

So he asked his son to repair the chicken coop, adding three more layers of rice straw on the roof and two more layers on the ground, for fear that it would leak and wet the chicks that brought them wealth.

I picked three hens and a rooster to take care of the chicks, but who would have thought that in just one night, only five of the more than fifty chicks were left!

It’s going to kill me!

If I had known earlier, I would have put the chicks inside the house!

Old Mrs. Wang cried and slapped her thigh.

It wasn't just Old Lady Wang's family that had some small accidents. Every family had some small incidents to some extent.

Accidents always come unexpectedly. Even if you think you are fully prepared, they can always find a loophole.

When Jiang Xiaomi was woken up by Jiang Xiumian to have breakfast, she looked out the window and thought it was still dark. She even had to rely on muscle memory to squeeze the toothpaste.

After a quick wash, Jiang Xiaomie held an umbrella and walked along the eaves towards the dining room. Before she was halfway there, her shoes got wet, so she just started running.

Chunya hurriedly followed: "Miss, please be careful, don't fall."

Today's breakfast was vegetable and lean meat porridge, with pickles and egg cake, as well as soft egg pancakes and fresh meat buns.

"Dad, big brother, I'm going to take people to patrol the mountains first."

Jiang Yitao had a simple breakfast and went out wearing a bamboo hat and a straw raincoat.

Today is the first day of heavy rain, and he has to take the team leaders of Team One and Team Two to various inspection points to identify the areas.

The eldest brother specifically told him that when living near the mountain, flooding is not the most terrible thing, landslides are the most fatal. It is best to check every day to prevent accidents.

However, he came back not long after he went out. He wiped his face, which was soaking wet. He trembled and said, "The wind is too strong. People are going to be blown away!"

"Let's put this matter aside for now and change your clothes quickly to avoid catching a cold." Jiang Yipei said.

"Hey!" Jiang Yitao ran away. He was really cold.

Jiang Yipei, wearing a bamboo hat and straw raincoat, walked towards Jiang Xiubai's house. The two houses, which were originally separated by a wall, had a new door opened to make it convenient for Jiang Xiubai to come to work.

At such a short distance, the bamboo hat and straw raincoat can only slightly block the water on the face and back, but the rest of the body will still get wet.

If the patrol team had this kind of equipment, it’s hard to say how many people would get sick during each patrol.

I didn't consider it at first.

"Ada, where's Xiaobai?"

"He's sleeping!" Jiang Yida and his wife had just finished breakfast and were collecting the dishes. Hearing this, they said helplessly, "This naughty child never wakes up during the day and doesn't sleep at night. His mother and I have no way to deal with him. What do you want to do with him? Go inside!"

Jiang Yipei took off his bamboo hat and raincoat, and followed Jiang Yida to Jiang Xiubai's room. Jiang Xiubai was sleeping soundly with his legs between the quilt. Jiang Yida slapped him on the butt: "Wake up! Your uncle Pei wants to talk to you!"

The latter turned a deaf ear to him, just touched his butt, fumbled to pull out the quilt, pulled his legs back in, and actually continued to sleep.

Jiang Yida: “…”

He still couldn't figure out what virtue this kid had in making his elder brother love him so much. He first taught him how to drive a harvester and paid him wages. When the harvester job failed, he made him the manager of a convenience store and even opened a door for him to make it easier for him!

Even my own father wouldn’t dare to spoil me like this!

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The heavy rain had been falling all day, and there was no sign of it stopping or even getting any smaller. The wind was still strong, making the windows whistle.

Many people's windows were only covered with a layer of paper. When the paper got wet and had holes in it, the wind immediately rushed into the house.

It is not possible to paste new window paper for the time being as the weather has not yet turned cold and many families don’t care.

But after three days of heavy rain, some people finally stopped waking up from the cold when they went to bed at night.

Every autumn rain brings a chill. It was already late autumn and many families only covered their stomachs with thin sheets. This time, every family turned out their thin quilts.

But after a few days, the thin quilt started to get damp and the smell started to become unpleasant.