Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

In the end, Shi Zhengde and others went out to investigate the situation.

When I walked outside, I found that the tragedy outside was even worse than that in Shifu.

The street closest to Shi Mansion looked like someone had pried it out from the ground with a shovel and turned it over, leaving only one in ten buildings standing.

Shi Mansion is located in the east of the city. Most of the people living in this area are people of relatively high status. Along the way, Shi Anan didn't see many people. Some lucky people survived but were hit like zombies by this series of accidents.

But come to think of it, with the ground turned up like this, only a handful of people could survive.

There were so many people in their house, but after searching, only about twenty people were found alive. After an aftershock, only a dozen people were left.

Due to the limitations of the tools they used, they were unable to dig deeper, and many people could not even find any corpses.

Although there were no scientific detection instruments and the epicenter was unclear, they found that their area was the most severely damaged as they walked along the way.

Shi Zhengde and Fang had always wanted to find someone from the Zhongyuan Marquis' Mansion. Even though the Zhongyuan Marquis' Mansion was in decline, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse, and its network of contacts is still wider than Shi Zhengde's.

This era values ​​clan relatives and in-laws. The Shi family's roots in the capital are too shallow, and their relatives are not in the capital either, so the only people they can turn to are in-laws, and they always have to discuss what to do in the future.

But because of the earthquake, the terrain had changed, and it was impossible to tell from the pile of ruins which one was the original Zhongyuan Earl's Mansion. No familiar people were seen when looking in the general direction.

Fang looked as pale as death, not knowing whether her relatives had survived.

Even if the Zhongyuan Marquis's Mansion was in decline, it was still her mother's family. Moreover, because her aunt was a maid who was promoted to concubine by the mistress, she was highly valued, and so she, a concubine's daughter, was not looked down upon.

From the fact that she always wanted to use the money from the Shi Mansion to support her mother's family, it can be seen that she has feelings for her mother's family.

"Miss, that person over there seems to be still alive!" Fu Xin suddenly said, pointing at a person who was trapped under a building.

"Let's go and save him." Shi Anan turned and walked towards the man.

Because they saw this man motionless, they thought he was dead. Fortunately, Fu Xin had sharp eyes and saw his fingers move.

After rescuing the man, we checked and found that only his legs were crushed, so there should be no vital injuries. He was probably just buried for too long and had difficulty breathing and fainted.

Sure enough, after a while, the man slowly woke up.

"Thank you very much, thank you all for saving my life." The rescued man said gratefully. He thought he would just wait there to die.

"You're welcome. Do you know which street this is?" Shi Anan asked.

The man looked around, shook his head, and replied: "I can't see anything now, but my home is in the south of the city, isn't this the south of the city?"

"South of the city?!" Shi Anan looked at Mu Shan in surprise.

Did the topography change so dramatically after the earthquake? Did it move people in the south of the city to the north, or did it move people in the north of the city to the south?

"Yes, when the earthquake came, the ground cracked and many of my neighbors' houses sank and were buried by the earth. It must be the blessing of my ancestors that although my ancestral home collapsed, it did not sink. Otherwise, I would definitely not have survived." The man patted his chest in fear.

"Miss Fourth, I think we should first find a place with water to rest for a while. It's too dark now, and the terrain has been destroyed so thoroughly that it may be difficult to find it now." Mu Shan suggested.

"How can we go to rest? Aren't you going to help me find the house of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery? If someone is buried, how can we rescue them after a night!" Upon hearing that they had no intention of continuing the search, Fang immediately came to her senses and said excitedly.

Shi Zhengde did not stand on her side this time. Although he also wanted to find his brother-in-law, his own life was the most important.

They haven't had even a sip of water since the disaster. They are already sleepy and tired, and are under so much psychological pressure. If they continue searching, he is afraid he won't be able to bear it!

"Why haven't we looked for it? Do you think we can find it in this situation? We don't even know where we are. The weather has been dark red since the earthquake. We can't see clearly. We don't know what time it is. We need to let people take a break and drink some water."

"Besides, if the people from the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's Mansion were still alive, they would definitely prioritize staying in a place with water, rather than us blindly searching here!" Shi Zhengde sounded more and more confident as he spoke.

Fang's eyes were bloodshot, and she looked at Shi Zhengde fiercely: "You just don't want to help me find it. Don't think I don't know that ever since my eldest brother became the Earl of Zhongyuan, you have been disgusted with our family's decline. But don't forget who let you sit in this position of Langzhong of the Ministry of Works!"

"I don't want to argue with a woman like you. If you want to think so, then think so!"

Seeing that Shi Zhengde and Fang were about to quarrel again, Shi Anan made a quick decision and said to Mu Shan: "Let's go over there. I remember that is the city gate. Let's see if the moat is still there."

After saying that, he took Aunt Liu and the others away first. Seeing this, Mu Shan called out to the others to follow.

As for Shi Zhengde, when he saw these people were about to leave, he naturally hurried to follow them. He didn't dare to stay here alone.

Fang wiped away her tears and continued to support Shi Chengzhi to catch up with the main force.

When they arrived at the city gate, they were lucky. Although half of the moat had disappeared, half of it was still left for them, so they were not left without even a drink of water.

However, the water was too turbid after the earthquake, so Shi Anan found it difficult to drink it directly. She had to filter it with gauze and boil it before drinking it.

Fortunately, she wasn't very thirsty now, so she would try to get some water and tools out of her backpack later.

When she was stockpiling goods before, she didn't stockpile a lot of water. It's not that she didn't want to stockpile, but she had limited containers to store water, plus she had to save space in her backpack, so she originally planned to collect more when she had the chance at the end of the world.

Although it's not much, it's enough for drinking for a few days. You can collect it separately when you see clean water later.

Mu Shan and others were not so particular. They had been busy since the earthquake and were already thirsty.

It is worth mentioning that many survivors gathered here, probably because there is a water source here.

Some were gathered in groups of three or four as families chatting, some were sitting alone in a daze, and some were from families that looked wealthy like them, except that they had many more servants than theirs, and they were busy searching for supplies everywhere.

"Aunt, please rest here for a while. I'll go see if there is anything useful nearby." Shi Anan helped Aunt Liu sit on a raised but relatively flat stone.

"Sister An, what if there is another aftershock? You shouldn't go yet." Aunt Liu grabbed Shi An'an's hand worriedly.

"It's okay. I know what I'm doing." Without making an excuse, how would she get the supplies out?

"Then Auntie will go with you." As she said this, Auntie Liu was about to stand up.

"Well, just sit here. If you follow me, I will have to look around. Fuxin, you take good care of your aunt here." Shi Anan instructed Fuxin and joined the crowd searching for supplies.

"If she wants to go, she can go. There's nothing to worry about."

At this time, Shi Zhengde made a sarcastic remark as if it had nothing to do with him.

Upon hearing this, the originally docile Concubine Liu immediately retorted unhappily: "You are a grown man, but you are not even as good as your own daughter. How can you be so shameless?"

"Hey, I think all of you are thinking rebelliously, right? Don't forget that I am your husband, or I will write you a letter to let you go!" Shi Zhengde threatened. In this world, a woman who is abandoned by her husband's family will be cursed by the world.

"Then write it quickly, but let my aunt go." Shi Anan came over carrying a pot and some gauze.

"Look at what a good daughter you have taught." Shi Zhengde pointed at Shi Anan and said angrily to Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu rolled her eyes at him on the spot. Fang and Aunt Bai were deceived by his face and were very open with him.

Although she became his concubine, she only fulfilled the duties of a concubine and did nothing else.

In the past, for the sake of An Jie'er and to be able to live a good life in the mansion, she had to be kind and try to please him.

But now that the situation has become like this, Shi Zhengde still acts like a man without responsibility. She doesn't expect that he can take care of her and her daughter if something really happens.