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

After a while, when Bai Youcai recovered and woke up slowly, Shi Chengze finally had the opportunity to tell the Bai family what had happened before and how Aunt Bai died.

Bai Youcai had no choice but to believe that his beloved daughter was really gone.

After hearing Shi Chengze's crying complaints that after his daughter's death, Shi Zhengde didn't even want to bury her, Bai Youcai gnashed his teeth in hatred. Half of Shi Zhengde's achievements as a fifth-rank official were obtained with the money paid by the Bai family. He knew that he was not a good person, but he didn't expect him to be so heartless.

After he finished speaking, Shi Chengze sobbed and blamed himself: "Grandfather, it's all my fault. If it wasn't for mother saving me, she would still be alive and well now. It's all my fault..."

Seeing Shi Chengze blaming himself so much, Bai Youcai couldn't say any more resentment. Although Mingzhu died to save Ze'er, as a parent, saving the child must have been a subconscious reaction when the crisis occurred. If it were him, he would be the same.

So he sighed and touched Shi Chengze's head: "Brother Ze, this is not your fault..."

Because of Bai Youcai's forgiveness, Shi Chengze felt guilty and sad. He thought of the scene when Aunt Bai was crushed to death while trying to save him. He threw himself on Bai Youcai's bed and burst into tears, as if he wanted to vent all the depression in his heart.

After seeing this, Shi Anan walked over and patted Shi Chengze: "Okay, don't you see that your grandfather is still not feeling well? Stop crying here."

After hearing Shi Anan's reminder, Shi Chengze sobbed and wiped away his tears. It was mainly because he saw his mother's family and he couldn't hold back his tears for a while.

Bai Mingtang wiped the tears from his eyes when he saw this scene, and then said to Shi Anan: "Miss Shi, thanks to you for taking care of Ze Ge'er and helping him bury his sister, otherwise we would never know the news of Mingzhu, and we might not even be able to see her only son."

Shi Anan shook her head: "You are too kind. Ze Ge'er is my brother after all, how can I just ignore him? But you and the old man, it must have been a difficult journey. I have someone arrange a house for you. You can stay in Guangming County and take care of your health. We can talk about it later if there is anything."

Bai Mingtang said gratefully: "That's troublesome."

Shi Anan was about to leave after she finished speaking, but Bai Mingjie stopped her before she left: "Miss Shi, the situation in Jiangnan is not good. The King of the Northern Territory will come here sooner or later. We wanted to tell the mayor of Cangwu City some news, but Cangwu City would not let us in. Now we are in Guangming County. I see that you have some say in Guangming County, so I think I still need to remind you of some things. You should make preparations early if necessary."

When Shi Anan heard this, she called Bai Mingjie to a separate room. Bai Mingjie told her in detail about the situation in Jiangnan and some information they had heard about the Northern King's army.

"Thank you for the information. I will be ready as soon as possible. You can stay here and feel free. If anything happens, you can ask Ze to come to me." Shi Anan expressed her gratitude for the information provided by Bai Mingjie. Although she had some channels to understand the situation outside, it was not as detailed as the Bai family's direct experience.

What's more, as a family doing business, they always have some connections of their own. It must be said that Bai Mingjie's information did give her some understanding of the strength of the King of the North.

But she was not afraid, because she had gunpowder in her hands, and artillery was also being developed and had made progress. Even if the Northern King's army was much larger than hers, so what? His firepower was not as strong as hers!

If he dares to attack Guangming County, just wait and see how far she will blast him away.

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The appearance of the Bai family was an unexpected surprise in this New Year. Although Shi Chengze did not say it before, Shi Anan could also see that he wanted to go to find his grandparents, but due to an accident, they missed the opportunity to go to Jiangnan by chance, so they have been staying in Lingnan until now.

Later, due to various things, Shi Anan and the others were unable to take Shi Chengze to Jiangnan to find his grandfather. They had originally prepared themselves that they might never see each other again in this life, but they did not expect that the Bai family would actually come all the way from Jiangnan to here.

However, being able to get together is always a good thing. The arrival of the Bai family also made Shi Chengze much more cheerful, and the task of introducing Guangming County naturally fell on Shi Chengze.

After the Bai family got to know Guangming County in depth, they were amazed at what appeared in the county, which made them believe that they had really come to a good place!

Today is New Year's Eve. The originally peaceful Guangming County has become a little noisy due to the influx of a large number of refugees, making Shi Anan and others too busy to celebrate the New Year peacefully.

But no matter how busy you are, you still have to eat the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Because Shi Chengze was asked to spend the New Year with his grandparents, and Ruyi was in charge of the canteen, the refugees also needed to eat, and the canteen was so busy that people were indispensable and had no time to come back, so there was no one else here with Shi Anan except Liu Fuxin.

It would be too boring for three people to have the New Year's Eve dinner, so Liu discussed with Ruan and asked Ruan and the two brothers of the Xiao family to have the New Year's Eve dinner together.

Ruan originally wanted to bring Xiao Yi and Shi Anan together, so how could she not agree?

After the firecrackers were set off and they started to eat the New Year's Eve dinner, Ruan pulled Liu aside and started talking to her in a nonstop manner.

"My life is a little calmer now. Although I am not as rich as before, I am content. The only thing I am worried about is Yi'er's marriage."

"This kid is an honest man. He is usually cold and taciturn. He doesn't know how to make a girl happy. It's hard to expect him to find a wife for me."

When Liu heard Ruan's complaints, she smiled and said, "Look at what you said. Yi'er is such a good man, but you made him worthless."

Ruan curled her lips and said, "Look at how wooden he is. Isn't that what I said? After the new year, if he doesn't find me a wife, I will force him to marry. If you know a suitable girl, please help me introduce her to someone."

I don't know if it's because they are too familiar with each other, or if she has never thought of Xiao Yi and Shi An'an together. Ruan's words hinted at something, but Liu didn't react at all. She smiled and continued, "I will keep an eye out for you if there is a suitable one."

Xiao Yi and Shi Anan, who were listening to the conversation between the two, also had their own thoughts.

Because Ruan had informed Xiao Yi in advance and knew that she was testing Liu's attitude, Xiao Yi did not react too much. He was just a little disappointed when he heard Liu say that she would keep an eye out for other girls for him. Could it be that Liu did not fancy him as a son-in-law?

Shi Anan's heart was much more complicated, with a hint of indescribable bitterness and depression.

She raised her eyes and glanced at Xiao Yi secretly, and saw that he was still drinking calmly and had no objection to Ruan's plan to find a wife for him. Shi Anan felt even more uncomfortable.

She put down her chopsticks and said calmly, "I'm full. I'm going to go out for a walk to help digest the food. Enjoy your meal."

"Hey! You only ate so little..." Liu shouted from behind, but Shi Anan felt an inexplicable surge of anger in her heart at this moment, and did not want to pay attention to Liu's shouting. She was afraid of losing her composure, so she hurried out of the yard.

Xiao Yi put down his wine glass and frowned as he looked at Shi Anan's hurried back: "Mom, Aunt Liu, you guys eat first, I'll go see her!"

After saying that, he stood up and chased in the direction Shi Anan left.

Liu was still puzzled and wanted to keep her, but Ruan gave her son an admiring look and pulled Liu aside: "Alright, alright, those young people have something to do, let them go, we'll eat first, where were we just talking about..."