Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

"Why are you looking at me so strangely?"

"No, I just remembered something."

But this is also Lao Li's usual style. He has never been honest for so many years. I don't know if his body can bear it.

Yeah, I'm almost bald.

Time passes quietly without you noticing, and in the blink of an eye, it is July.

This is the hottest month of the year in the north, and I have to be extremely sleepy every night to fall asleep.

Fortunately, Zhongshan's family has a household appliance, an electric fan, which can alleviate the hot weather a little.

It was already the second half of the night, and the courtyard was quiet. All households were asleep at this time. The sound of an electric fan rustling could be heard from Zhongshan's house.

Suddenly, there was a huge earthquake, waking up Zhongshan from his sleep. Zhongshan was a little dazed, but then he opened his eyes wide. Is this... an earthquake?

Before he had time to think too much, his wife beside him was also awakened by the shock, but the two children were still sleeping soundly.

"Run out quickly, there's an earthquake."

Zhong Shan shouted, picked up the children beside him in each hand, and ran out of the room staggeringly with his wife.

I breathed a sigh of relief after I came out. The two children were also woken up. They didn't understand how they were outside as soon as they opened their eyes.

After coming out, the yard was in chaos and everyone was woken up by the earthquake.

Yi Zhonghai’s voice came from the middle courtyard.

"Everyone, come out quickly. There's an earthquake. Come out quickly. It's too late to go into the house to get something. Your life is at stake. Stay in the yard and don't move."

Yan Jiefang, the one in the front yard, also escaped with the help of Yan Bugui.

After Yan Bugui helped his son out, he returned to the house alone amid the shouts of people in the yard.

"Uncle, come out quickly. You don't want to die. Why are you going back?"

"Dad, come out quickly, what did you go in for again?"

After a while, Yan Bugui ran out holding a TV.

"Oh, luckily it's okay. If it was broken, I would be heartbroken."

Zhongshan's family didn't know what to say when they saw Yan Bugui's behavior. Although this scene was familiar and it also appeared in the original drama, when you really see someone around you risking his life for money and you watch from the side, the feeling in your heart is really different.

It had been a while since the earthquake, and the neighbors had all run out by this time. The yard was crowded with people and very noisy.

The earthquake was quite severe this time. Some houses had been in disrepair for a long time, their walls had collapsed, and tiles on the roofs were falling down.

The houses of Zhong Shan's family, He Yuzhu, and Zhong Dahai and his sister in the backyard were all newly built. Although the damage was not that serious, the roofs were also losing dirt.

At this time Yi Zhonghai ran over.

"Old Yan, stop holding your TV and quickly count the people in your front yard to see if they are all there. Keep an eye on them and don't let anyone in."

After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, he looked at Yan Bugui who was still holding the TV.

"Yan Bugui, everyone in the courtyard still calls you the Third Uncle. Although you are not the uncle in charge now, as an elder, you have to step up when something really happens. Look at what you look like now. Zhongshan, go check each household to see if they need anyone."

Zhongshan responded, handed the child to his wife, and started counting the people.

There weren't a lot of people in the front yard, including the Zhongshan family, the Yan family, and the couple Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li who had separated but no one else knew about it, as well as two families living next to the back house and the main hall.

After seeing that everyone was there and no one was in the house and had not come out, Zhong Shan walked towards the backyard.

As soon as I walked to the middle courtyard, I met Zhong Dahai walking towards me.

"Zhongshan, are you okay?"

"It's okay. I was just about to go to the backyard to check on you guys. I think you're all outside."

"They are all out. This is really weird."

Seeing that everyone was fine, the two of them felt relieved. As they were talking, Yi Zhonghai walked over.

"How's it going over there? Have all the neighbors come out? Are you short of people?"

"Master, they are all out. There is no shortage. We have just finished checking."

Zhong Dahai also nodded.

"Everyone in the backyard has come out, only the second uncle was still asleep when he ran out and hit his leg. No one else was injured."

Yi Zhonghai nodded. Even though he had many problems, put a lot of effort into his retirement, and liked to use moral blackmail on others, in daily life, if anyone had difficulties and found him, he would really take care of you, and would stand up when something really happened.

From this point of view, overall, he is still a good person.

In fact, in daily life, many "warm-hearted" people are like this. Obviously, you are not that close to him, but he is willing to interfere in your family affairs. When everything is peaceful, you will hate him and even curse him behind his back.

But if something really happens, this kind of person will be your last straw.

Yi Zhonghai is such a person. When everything is fine, you may hate him, but when you encounter trouble, he is the first person you think of.

“Zhuzi, Zhongshan, the sea, earthquakes here and there are often accompanied by heavy rain. No, we have to build earthquake shelters, and we have to do it quickly.

Neighbors, please take out the wood from everyone's homes. You all know whose wood was left over when the air-raid shelter was dug. Don't be reluctant to give it away. It will belong to whoever it belongs to after this is over.

Also, if anyone has rainproof sheets or plastic sheets, please bring them out immediately. Only if everyone works together can we get through this difficult time.”

After Zhong Shan returned to the front yard, he told everyone what Yi Zhonghai had said, and they began to build the earthquake shelter. After the large frame was built, Zhong Shan asked Song Lili to wait at home with the children while he went to visit his father-in-law.

They were not at the epicenter, the quality of the houses in the compound was good, and there were guards, so the chances of something going wrong were low, but who knew if there would be an accident? Only when you saw the people in person would you feel at ease.

And you should go there quickly before it rains. If it really rains later, it will not be easy to go there.

After arriving at his father-in-law's compound, Zhong Shan was relieved to see that everyone was fine. The old couple also felt relieved at the same time, otherwise both sides would have been worried.

However, his wife and children were still in the courtyard, so Zhongshan did not stay there for long. After seeing that everyone was fine, he returned to Nanluoguxiang.

When I came back, I went to Director Li and Old Li's home and told them about Yi Zhonghai's suggestions. It did rain heavily in the drama, and thanks to Yi Zhonghai's reminder, an earthquake shelter was set up in the courtyard so we were prepared.

But other courtyards were indeed caught off guard, and many people were still being drenched in the rain after the earthquake.

But to be honest, even if we remind Director Li, it won't have much effect because the earthquake came too suddenly.