Traveling through time as a peasant girl to turn things around

Old Lady Li has washed the pig intestines, spotlessly clean inside and out. They've been washed with flour, so how could they not be? Little Milk Bag said Old Lady Li made it by slicing pork, mixing it with salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, ginger, chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, and MSG. It's just the right amount of salty and spicy. Then she stuffs the intestines with them and adds two kinds of five-spice flavor. Tie the ends and hang them under the eaves in a well-ventilated area. After seven days, they're ready to steam and eat. They'll air dry and store well. This time, they made a lot, about 40 or 50 kilograms. Since there were so many pig intestines, they made a lot.

Little Milk Bag went back to the greenhouse and planted leeks, spinach, and other vegetables, watering them with spiritual spring water. "Let them grow. When they're big enough, I can eat them." Looking at what needed to be planted in the field, Little Milk Bag had already planted everything. Three acres of greenhouse vegetables wasn't enough for Little Milk Bag, so he decided to expand the greenhouse this winter.

Seeing that the family was running low on firewood, the little kid took out some coal and said, "Let's use it to light a fire." He told his grandmother how to use it. He also added some loess to the coal to save it.

Suddenly, the ground shook, and the little kid ran out quickly, shouting, "Grandma." Old Lady Li heard the child's panicked shouting, and hurried out to say, "What happened to Guoguo, Grandma?" The little kid was so anxious that he couldn't speak, "Grandma, hurry up, go outside, there is a big earthquake and the ground is shaking, put Guoguo down, and run to the open space outside." Old Lady Li called out to everyone in the family to get some food quickly! Li Ru, Wang Min, all came out, and Old Lady Li said, pick up the little second child, quickly! Wang Min was so scared that she went back to pick up the children. They had never experienced an earthquake and didn't know what was going on. Old Lady Li shouted loudly: "Everyone hurry to the outside of the gate, run, run. Huanhuan, Hengheng ran out. When they reached the open space outside the gate, Old Lady Li went to the east yard to find Chai Zhenping, shouting all the way. At this time, the earthquake was big and the shaking was so strong that many people felt it and ran out. Chai Zhen ran back from the north yard and shouted, "Guoguo, Huanhuan, Hengheng, run out quickly, Ye'er, Ye'er, run out quickly. Chai Ye was still sleeping. Chai Zhen searched for him from house to house and finally found Chai Ye in his own room. He picked him up and ran outside. With a loud bang, the house collapsed. Chai Zhen had just run out holding Ye'er.

Chai Ping'an was fine, and Old Lady Li and her husband ran to the open space outside their home. Li Ru, Wang Min, and the youngest child all came out. All the Chai houses had collapsed. Chai Zhen was there, along with his son, wife, and four children. Jiahe wasn't home. Chai Ping'an called out to his son, "Jiahe, Jiahe, Jiale, Jiale, where are you?" He ran to find his son. The ground was still shaking, and the children held hands. Old Lady Li watched Li Ru and Wang Min standing together. The family huddled together. Wang Min was worried. Jiale ran back, relieved to see his family. He looked at his father and eldest brother and asked, "Where's Daddy? Where's Big Brother?" Old Lady Li said, "Your father went to look for your big brother." Chai Zhen said, "You stay here. Pick up all the children." Li Ru picked up Guoguo, Jiale picked up Huanhuan, and Chai Zhen picked up Chai Ye, who was still asleep. Old Lady Li picked up Hengheng. Little Naibao said, "This is an 11 or 12 magnitude earthquake. I've never seen anything like it. Luckily it's daytime." Looking into the distance, houses were in ruins, but the village gate seemed intact. The walls were thick and solid. Chen Jun, along with the veterans and the people from the Ministry of Works, came running over. The old blacksmith was carried on someone's back, and Xiaogang was held by someone. They all arrived at the open space outside the Chai family's door. The veterans cried, sobbing softly. It was true. It was only a few days before everything was better, and now all the houses were gone. There were no good houses in the entire village. The Chai family saw their homes collapsed. Wang Min cried too. The ground was still shaking. Chai Ping'an helped Jia He out of the rubble. Jia He had injured his leg. An old soldier saw this and ran over to greet him.

In an instant, their homeland was transformed into a wasteland. Ma Xiaohong and Li Guang were both outside, having fled to the open space in the yard when the earthquake struck. Li Ru asked, "Mom and Dad, are you all right?" Ru's mother replied, "No, we felt the shaking and ran out of the house." Chen Jun gave Jia He some simple care. His pharmacy was gone, and so were his medicines. He had saved so much good medicine, and it was all gone. It was heartbreaking.

Chai Zhen saw the whole family was there. He said, "It's good to have people here. Are all the people from the Ministry of Works here?" Xue Zhi: "Everyone's here." Li Dafa checked the number of veterans and said, "Second uncle, everyone's here." Chai Zhen: "Good, it's good to have people here. If the house is gone, we'll rebuild it." They all sat on the ground. Little Naibao: "It's a good thing the ground didn't crack." Sun Gui and Zhang Qingshan came over and said from a distance, "All the houses collapsed, not a single one is left. They've all collapsed." Sun Quan's wife, holding her child, and Zhang Qing and her mother had all arrived. The open space was large, flat, and clean. Villagers gradually arrived, some crying. Li Dabin's grandfather had died. Sun Gui went to the village alone to check. Everything was gone: the houses collapsed, the greenhouse vegetables gone, the pots and pans, all still buried in the earth. Old Lady Li brought some dry food for the children. Most people didn't bring any. He Shouyi and his servant came over, and Li Jingwen and his grandson had also returned and were wandering around outside. The old man fell and injured his leg. Li Qi asked Chen Jun to take a look. A moment later, Sun Gui came back and said, "Uncle, the house is gone." Chai Zhen said, "I'm glad he's okay." Sun Gui said, "It's so cold. What are we going to do at night?"

Little Milk Bag whispered to his great grandfather, "Let's go home and take a look at the warehouse." Chai Zhen took Guoguo home.

Sun Guidao: "Everyone, leave the children and the elderly here and go home to look for anything useful. Be careful in case of another earthquake." Zhang Qingshan looked at the sky, not knowing what was happening in the county town and other villages, and felt anxious.

Little Naibao and Chai Zhen found the warehouse. Chai Zhen looked through the things and saw a bag. He said, "Guoguo still has some food. Great Grandpa, have someone come and dump it out." Little Naibao whispered to Great Grandpa, "Guoguo has gathered the horses, cows, and sheep in the east yard." He chuckled. Chai Zhen also smiled. "As long as people are here, it's good." Little Naibao said, "Yes, Great Grandpa is right." "It's a natural disaster! There's nothing anyone can do." Zhang Qingshan found Chai Zhen and said, "Second Uncle, I wonder if you have any horses alive?" Chai Zhen said, "I'll ask Jiale. They're all in the north yard." "Okay." "Jiale, go to the north yard and see if any are still alive. Lead a few out." Jiale said, "Okay." He left quickly. Soon, a group of horses arrived. Jiale said, "The stables collapsed. The walls aren't bricks, they're covered with straw. The horses are still alive." The veterans tied up the horses and found wooden poles to drive into the eastern dike to tie them up. Zhang Qingshan said, "Uncle, I need to go to the county. Can you help me find some people?" Chai Zhen said, "Okay. Jiale, go find some martial artists." Soon, twenty people arrived, all young men with great martial arts skills. They accompanied Zhang Qingshan on his errands. A county chief has a lot to worry about. When he arrived, the yamen runners were waiting for him to do his work. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month was not easy. Along the way, two villages had been destroyed, and the people were crying and shouting. ... Zhang Qingshan

The county magistrate was instructed to write a letter reporting the earthquake's devastation, stating that all the houses had collapsed, and to have it delivered urgently, eight hundred miles away, to the provincial capital and the capital. Zhang Qingshan personally inspected the casualties and the death toll. Twenty people from Taohua Village followed him. ...