Ugly girl only wants to farm

Uncle Meng glanced at the dying Meng Jiuhe and snorted at Liu Shi: "If you also want to be carried out like a dead dog, I don't mind."

As Liu cursed and swore, she looked at the house behind her, slapped her thigh, and began to wail, "My God, my husband has worked hard for decades, and now it's all gone! What are we going to do?"

Uncle Meng was leisurely munching on his steamed bun, looking completely unconcerned: "If the house collapses, we can just rebuild it. Go check if the half-eaten piece of meat from lunch is still there. I'll cook it for you tonight."

Liu grabbed a handful of dirt and threw it at him: "Eat, eat, eat! All you ever do is eat! Are you a reincarnated starving ghost? We don't even have a place to stay, and you're still worrying about your mouth. Luckily, Peach Blossom and the others aren't in the house today, or they would have suffered too. Damn it, I wonder what the situation is like in town. Go and check on the two children for me."

Uncle Meng waved his hands to blow away the dust, coughing several times in a row: "What nonsense are you spouting? I'm exhausted right now. If you want to go, go by yourself. Besides, the kids have legs, can't they run back on their own? Do I need to go find them?"

Xu Chaoyan suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to run away.

Seeing this, Meng Jiuxia suddenly grabbed her leg and sat down on the ground, crying out, "Morning Glory, Xu Chaoyan, you can't leave! You can't abandon my brother! He's your husband! You schemed so hard to get him, and now he's like this, and you're going to abandon him? No, I was wrong! I'll never call you Morning Glory again! Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I beg you, please don't abandon my brother!"

Uncle Meng raised his chin with an expression of watching a good show and said to his wife, "See, even the best of couples are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately. I didn't expect that ugly monster to still have some sense. I don't want to waste any more time with them. Fortunately, I'm still clear-headed."

Xu Chaoyan was held down by Meng Jiuxia's leg and couldn't move no matter what she did. Seeing Meng Jiuxia crying and clinging to her tightly, she suddenly felt a little sad. Finally, she tried to shake her leg: "Little sister, let me go first, let's talk this out."

"I won't let go, I won't let go! As soon as I let go, you ran away. My older brother is in this state now, and my parents are probably in grave danger too."

At this point, she couldn't continue, and her voice began to choke up: "If you leave again, what will my brother and I do?"

Xu Chaoyan squatted down and gently wiped her face clean with her sleeve: "Little sister, listen to me. You stay here and take good care of your brother. I'll go inside and get some medicine to see if it can be used. Also, there's the money we had left. Given your brother's condition, we need to take him to the town to see a doctor as soon as possible. We can't delay."

Meng Jiuxia raised her head and asked in a hoarse voice, "Are you telling the truth? You're not lying to me."

Xu Chaoyan coaxed her, "When have I ever lied to you?"

Meng Jiuxia suddenly burst into tears again: "I was wrong, I was really wrong. I will never call you Trumpet Flower again. Sister-in-law, you are my sister-in-law."

Xu Chaoyan was momentarily stunned, then said, "Little sister-in-law, if you keep dragging me along like this, your older brother won't be able to wait. Besides, I'm already used to you calling me Trumpet Flower, and it sounds kind of awkward to my sister-in-law."

Meng Jiuxia then let go of his hand, her voice trembling with tears, "Do you want me to go in and help you?"

Xu Chaoyan glanced at the Meng family couple not far away and instructed them, "You stay here and keep a close watch on your eldest brother. Be careful what your second aunt and the others might do. Your eldest brother is lying here now. What if they bully him?"

Meng Jiuxia nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. Go and come back quickly."

Xu Chaoyan then ran into the courtyard. Her parents-in-law had collected some of the money, and they had collected some in their house. Right now, although it wasn't shaking, it was hard to say whether it would start shaking again.

She picked up the hoe she had just used and cleared away all the things blocking her way. It took her a long time to get back to their room. She found the earthenware jar in the corner of the bed and poured out the copper coins and silver pieces inside.

Then she went to her mother-in-law's room. Fortunately, the room was still intact, but the door was a bit difficult to open. So she used a hoe to pry open the window, climbed in from the inside, and poured out the copper coins.

She then took out some coarse flour buns from the kitchen and prepared a few changes of clothes for the three of them. After doing all this, she was panting heavily, so she ran to the well, drew a bucket of water, and gulped it down.

Meng Jiuxia pushed the wheelchair a little closer to her: "Sister-in-law, do you need my help?"

Xu Chaoyan nodded and handed over the bundle: "Put these things away first. I'll go pick up some bedding and put it on the wheelbarrow later. We might have to spend the night outside."

Meng Jiuxia nodded: "Yes, sister-in-law, I'll listen to whatever you say."

After resting for a while, Xu Chaoyan took some bedding and put it on the wheelbarrow. She then pushed it outside the courtyard and found a place to put it. She also took out some pots, pans, and grains from the kitchen.

When she came out, she found that the Meng couple were still not far away, watching them intently. She thought for a moment and then put all the bedding and food on the wheelbarrow. They would push it all on when they got to town. If they had to eat out in the wind and rain, they wouldn't lack a bite to eat.

Fortunately, the courtyard gate was still intact. Xu Chaoyan locked the gate and greeted the Meng couple as she passed by, "Second Aunt, is everything alright at your house?"

Mr. Liu said irritably, "What's wrong? I'm lucky and alive. I'm perfectly fine. You didn't have to worry about me for nothing."

Uncle Meng, perhaps having a change of heart or something else, looked at Meng Jiuhe's tightly closed eyes and asked, "What happened to Jiuhe? Is he alright?"

Xu Chaoyan draped a coat over Meng Jiuhe before replying, "My husband is fine. He was just shaking a lot just now, probably a bit frightened. Please forgive him, Second Uncle."

The couple, noticing their luggage, asked curiously, "Where are you going? Are you going on a long trip?"

Meng Jiuxia rolled her eyes at them: "Where we go is our own business, what's it to you?" She wasn't as easy to talk to as Xu Chaoyan.

Xu Chaoyan patiently replied, "No, it's just that the earth is shaking so badly today. It might shake again at any time. Our houses are already low, what if they collapse? We plan to find a flat place behind the village to stay for a couple of days."

Liu slapped her forehead: "That makes some sense. Damn it, why don't you go and pack up all our belongings and go hide in that cave on the mountain? That place is much safer than here."

Xu Chaoyan pushed the wheelbarrow closely behind Meng Jiuxia, walking towards the village entrance, where she heard wails coming from all over the village.

Xu Chaoyan secretly observed the situation and realized that their family's situation was not too serious. Along the way, some houses in the village had collapsed.

The howling sounds also seemed to be coming from inside the house, indicating that someone must have been trapped inside.

They happened to meet an uncle driving an oxcart ahead. Seeing the three of them, he quickly advised them: "Where are you going? The situation in the village and outside is unclear right now. You shouldn't leave the village. What if you encounter bad people on the road? Stay in the village. Everyone knows each other, and you can look out for each other."

"Uncle, is everything alright at your house? We don't plan to go anywhere. We just want to find a flat place to stay for a couple of days."

The uncle was relieved: "My house is fine, only the thatched shed collapsed, burying a few chickens and dogs underneath. Some people in the village are in more serious condition. I'm going over to help now. There's a lot of wailing at He's house, especially. I heard her son broke his leg."

Meng Jiuxia cheered inwardly, wishing she could crush that stinking old woman and keep her arrogant and domineering all day long.

After saying goodbye to the uncle, Xu Chaoyan and her companions quickened their pace. It was already a two-hour walk from here to the town, but now that everything had been damaged, they didn't know if the roads were damaged or if they could get out of the village safely.