Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 164

Chapter 164: Landslide (3)
Since they couldn’t stay outside in the current heavy downpour, Chi Junheng agreed. He looked at them and said, “All right. Let’s just follow Xin Xin’s suggestion.”

After Chi Junheng made the decision, Duan Yixin and Chi Xiyou led the way toward the wooden buildings. Braving the heavy rain, the five people walked slowly toward the wooden building area. Due to slippery ground and limited visibility, it took them nearly an hour to reach there.

After walking past the simple low fence that Sun Dagou and the workers built to mark her land, Duan Yixin breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the wooden buildings were intact. Because Chi Xiyou placed her hydroponic shelves in the first wooden building, Duan Yixin and the others went to the second wooden building.

Duan Yixin unlocked the door and pushed it open. She then walked into the spacious building, took off her straw raincoat, and then looked at the other, “The building is in good condition. We can live here for the time being.”

This is the first time for Madam Chi and Chi Xinru to visit Duan Yixin’s wooden buildings. After taking off their raincoats, the two of them looked around curiously while Chi Junheng and Chi Xiyou moved their belongings on the wooden cart into the wooden building.

Seeing that there were still many things to be moved, Duan Yixin went to help the two of them. While the three of them were moving things, Madam Chi and Chi Xinru took a small brazier and a few pieces of charcoal.

It didn’t take long for the brazier to be lit, and the cold wooden building gradually became warmer. After moving everything into the wooden building, the five of them gathered around the small brazier to warm their cold bodies and dry their clothes.

Since there is only one large room in the wooden building, it is not convenient for them to change clothes. Therefore, they could only endure the uncomfortable wet clothes and use a small brazier to dry them slowly.

Duan Yixin was hungry and went to take some pancakes from her bamboo basket. After that, she went to find a pan among the Chi family’s belongings and put it on top of the brazier. When the pan was hot enough, she placed the pancakes on the pan to heat them.

When the pancakes were ready, Duan Yixin distributed them to the others and said, “Everyone is tired, so let’s eat something to cushion our stomachs and regain our strength.”

After taking the pancakes, they thanked Duan Yixin. While they were eating in silence, Madam Chi suddenly asked her husband, “Fujun, what should we do now? Our food can only last for a few days.”

Hearing her question, Chi Junheng frowned and fell into deep thought. Seeing the anxious expressions of Madam Chi, Duan Yixin thought for a while and said, “Aunt Wang, Uncle Chi, if we can grow our own food, we should be able to hold on until the flood recedes, right?”

Hearing what she said, Chi Xiyou’s eyes lit up. He knew immediately what she wanted to do. Chi Xiyou then looked at Duan Yixin and saw her nodding to him.

After getting her permission, he turned to look at his family and said, “Father, Mother, Xin Xin is right. Now, the flood has isolated our village; we can only stay in the village and wait for the water to recede. If we want to survive, we have to grow our own food.”

Chi Junheng also knew that growing their own food was their only way to survive this disaster. However, knowing and being able to do are two different things.

Madam Chi thought about their suggestion for a while, shook her head, and then said, “Dalang, we won’t be able to last until the harvest season. In addition, with this ongoing heavy rain, the plants simply could not survive at all. Before they germinate, the seeds will rot first. In our current situation, it is impossible for us to grow our own food. Furthermore, we don’t even have the seeds.”

Duan Yixin heard this and said, “Aunt Wang, I had bought seeds from Chun Shan Town before, and I still have some leftovers after planting the fields. These seeds should be enough for us to survive until the water recedes.”

After she said that, Chi Xiyou nodded in agreement. He looked at his mother and said, “Mother, if you plant the seeds according to the usual method, then what you just said is right. However, what if we can farm inside the house?”

Hearing this, Madam Chi looked at her son doubtfully, “Dalang, your mother has lived for more than thirty-three years, but I have never heard that plants can be grown in the house. Plants need sunlight and soil to grow. What kind of sunlight and soil can you find inside a house?”

Chi Xiyou showed a mysterious smile and said, “Mother, let’s rest first. I will explain it to everyone in detail tomorrow morning.”

Despite their curiosity, Madam Chi, Chi Junheng, and Chi Xinru agreed to Chi Xiyou’s suggestion to take a rest first and then deal with the food shortage problem tomorrow morning. While Duan Yixin and the Chi family were sleeping in the wooden building, other villagers were not so lucky.

Many houses were buried under mud or destroyed by rocks and broken trees due to sudden landslide. In addition to damage to their homes, some villagers were too deep in sleep to notice the landslide. When it was all over, the whole family and their house were buried under the dirt. Just like that, a family lost their lives in their sleep.

Those villagers who woke up in time and survived the landslide had no choice but to take refuge in the village hall. Fortunately, although there were only a few wooden tables and stools in the village hall, it was large enough to accommodate the survivors.

Under the supervision of Tang Sanniu and the village elders, there was no big problem in allocating sleeping areas except for worrying about food shortages.