Yipin Farmer

"Come and see, the ants have moved." Xiaomao from Lizheng's house yelled for his friends to come and see.

"What's so strange about the ants moving?" The children didn't think so, but they went to see it.

"It's been several times since I moved. Grandpa said that when the ants move, it will rain."

"Bah, it rains a lot in winter."

Listening to their chatter, Ting Shuang frowned and thought deeply. Since the beginning of winter, some strange phenomena have been happening. Many people in the village said that when feeding cows at night, the cows do not eat grass well, and the ewes produce less milk. , The ants moved frequently, and the eels in the pond drilled holes everywhere.

After much deliberation, an idea popped into his mind, Ting Shuang shuddered in fear, dared not think any more, and took the children home.

When she got home and saw a black shadow crawling past, Ting Shuang's heart tightened and she felt bad.

This year when the rice was harvested, rats came to harm him. He asked Jiang Liu to borrow a mouse-eating animal from Zhang Daquan's house. As a result, Jiang Liu came back with a bag on his back. When he opened the bag, a black snake came out, and the snake's head jumped out. It gets thicker at the back, like a child's arm, and there are yellow spots in the front.Ting Shuang was so frightened that she screamed and hugged Baoqi's neck and climbed onto him like a monkey climbing a tree.

"I want you to go to Uncle Zhang's house to ask for a cat or something, how did you get a long worm?" Ting Shuang's voice changed in fright.

Jiang Liu explained: "Uncle Zhang heard that you want something that can catch mice, so he caught this one for you. This one is called Scale Pan Xing. It has a gentle temper and is not poisonous. It is the best at catching mice."

"But what about getting into bed in the middle of the night?" Ting Shuang still couldn't accept raising a big snake at home.

"Uncle Zhang said that the locals call it a house snake. Put it in the granary and catch all the mice. When you are full, you can make a bunch of them and sleep without causing trouble."

Ting Shuang had no choice but to accept that the weighing pan star was really good, and the food in the house was never harmed by rats again. When it was full, it would put it on a plate in the corner, very docile.Gradually, the family got used to its existence.After winter, it didn't know where to go to hibernate, Ting Shuang almost forgot about it, but now seeing it come out again, it feels bad.Looking at Huanhuan again, she didn't look like she was drowsy since the beginning of winter, and she seemed very irritable.

Sanhua Village has a living treasure, that is, the old birthday star Wei Xian who is over 90 years old. Every year on his birthday, even the county magistrates in the city will come to warm up his birthday to show respect for the elderly. There is a saying that often hangs on my lips: "The world has changed."

Ting Shuang went to find him and told him about the strange phenomena that had been discovered since the beginning of winter, especially the strange things that have appeared frequently recently. drilled.

"Will it...will there be an earthquake?" Ting Shuang hesitated to express her conjecture that she was worried about but not sure about.

Wei Xian half-closed his eyes and twirled his beard, and said after a long while: "I also feel that something is wrong, the pigeons I raised have all come back. But I can't say it, because if I say it, everyone will be frightened, and it's not sure."

Ting Shuang also became irritable. If you are not sure about this kind of thing, you can't draw a conclusion, otherwise it will not be a problem to cause panic.

But we have to make preparations early, and taking precautions early can always reduce losses to some extent.

Ting Shuang went to the county government to find Qi Chongyu and expressed his opinion.

Qi Chongyu couldn't believe it: "An earthquake is coming? No way? Don't be scary, this is not a joke."

"Who is joking about this?" Ting Shuang told him about the abnormal phenomena since the beginning of winter, especially the frequent abnormal phenomena recently, and it feels very bad.I have learned a lot about earthquakes in my previous life, and felt that it was very far away, but now that it is so close, I can't express the panic in my heart with words.

"This, it's not easy." Qi Chongyu was in a dilemma. If he told the people that there was an earthquake, it would inevitably cause a big panic. Not to mention the soaring prices of goods and gangsters, it is the cold winter season, where are so many people in the city moving?Where do you live?what to do?

Seeing that Qi Chongyu didn't accept his preventive measures, Ting Shuang left the county office in a sullen mood. He first went to the restaurant and told them to suspend business, be careful, and don't sleep too much at night. Hang a can, and once you find the small can shaking, quickly put it outside.

Returning to the village again, let the family members sleep in the temporary huts, house the cattle, sheep and poultry, remove the grain from the warehouse and pile it in the open yard.The villagers were very convinced of Ting Shuang. Seeing that he was so nervous as if he was facing an enemy, they also became nervous. They also slept in a straw hut made of wheat straw and straw, and put all their food and belongings away. Bottom bottle.

A few days of panic and anxiety passed, and on this day, the water in the pool was not only more turbid, but also bubbling, the big snake scurrying around irritably, Huanhuan was uncharacteristically docile and cute, running around with her teeth bared Called, Ting Shuang hugged it and stroked its fur gently, gave it sugar to eat, Huanhuan calmed down a little.

Looking at the gloomy sky, Ting Shuang made a decision in his heart. In the face of an irresistible natural disaster, he had to do something, even if he couldn't save anything, even if it was useless, at least he had done it, so he could have no regrets.

Ting Shuang blew the whistle on his neck, and the children ran over when they heard it. Ting Shuang took the flute of the cowherd boy and took Huanhuan out of the village.

At the entrance of the village, Ting Shuang took a bucket of white paint from the painter and painted it on Huanhuan. The dolls thought it was another novel way to play, and happily followed behind to watch the excitement.

A large group of people walked towards the city in such a mess, an adult was playing the flute in front, followed by a white bear, and a bunch of dolls screamed and danced behind.

Except for Orion, people here rarely go hunting in the mountains, let alone read "Animal World". Of course, they have never seen an animal like a bear, and the "white" bear has never been seen or heard of. It was a sensation in an instant. Throughout the city, many people ran out of their houses to watch the excitement.

Ting Shuang played the flute and led Huanhuan and a group of children around the city, and more and more people followed, Ting Shuang led Huanhuan out of the city again.

Qi Chongyu has already received the report from his subordinates, and based on his understanding of Ting Shuang, he knows that he will never do such eye-catching things because he is too lonely, and after a little thought, he also understands his intentions.So let's go on and say that Ting Shuang abducts children, let everyone stare at them, bring the children back, and reward those who save the children.

People who are not interested in watching the excitement heard it and believed it, their sense of justice soared, and they also ran out to save the children.

Outside the city is desolate, only a wild wine shed supported by a few boards, all the crop stalks in the field have been brought down, leaving only a bare area covered with residual snow.

Ting Shuang went out of the city, led Huanhuan up to a small slope in the open space outside the city, took out a sugar ball, and Huanhuan jumped towards it happily. Chasing and chasing on the dirt slope, Huanhuan's clumsy and cute appearance made the children laugh, and the people watching the fun at the bottom of the hill laughed too.

After a while, a group of capable young men rushed over, and the leader shouted: "What a thief, you actually abducted so many dolls, follow me to the county government."

"I didn't, because there might be an earthquake, so I led everyone to the open space." Ting Shuang argued and dodged.

While pushing and shoving, suddenly there seemed to be something gushing out from under the ground, a faint rumbling sound came from the ground, and then the whole ground shook, and people couldn't stand on the ground. There was nothing to grab, and the panicked people ran away crying and screaming, and several people were trampled down.The children in Sanhua Village were dumbfounded at first, but soon squatted on the open ground as they had practiced in advance, covering their heads with their hands.

This situation didn't last long, and soon, the shaking of the ground stopped, everything returned to quiet, people were still trembling with fear, after a while, nothing happened, and people came back to the city.

Many houses in the city have collapsed, and the walls of many houses that have not collapsed have cracks. The streets are full of panicked people, crying and looking for their relatives, and mules and horses are running around.The county magistrate Qi Chongyu hurriedly took people to appease the people and checked the casualties. After investigation, about hundreds of houses collapsed, most of them were adobe houses or older old houses. Fortunately, there was no one in the house at that time, and many people went out to see the "The bear went.

Ting Shuang restrained the children from running around, and took them to their own restaurant. Ting Hui and Aunt Li were so frightened that their faces were ashen. Fortunately, the house was newly built this year, and it was very strong. It did not collapse or crack. The Nanhuo store next door was decades old. The house was very old and half collapsed. As for the burned theater on the left, it was still the same.

Ting Shuang checked his family first, everything was fine, and then checked his property, and he didn't suffer much loss, so he was relieved.

Qi Chongyu, a scholar, had never experienced such a thing before, so he was so frightened that he sent messengers to arrest Ting Shuang to help deal with the aftermath.Ting Shuang didn't do this kind of thing either. In her previous life, the school only taught how to save her life and escape, but she didn't teach how to deal with the aftermath. This is the job of the government.Although the guards and secretary office have been civil servants in the county government for generations and are very experienced in handling civil affairs, earthquakes are rare in a hundred years, and even the oldest birthday man in the county has never seen an earthquake, let alone what to do. Turning around like a headless chicken.

A servant made a suggestion: "The earth dragon turned over and brought disaster to the world, my lord, please go to the Temple of the City God to ask God to bless you."

Ting Shuang really wanted to slap him, but he knew that he could not challenge the old rules of this era. Superstitions cannot be eliminated in a short period of time, so he didn't say anything, and tried his best to recall the government departments he saw on the news in his previous life As for dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake, fortunately, during the Sichuan earthquake, the TV network bombed and broadcast the whole process of disaster relief around the clock, so he still has the memory.

Slowly, Ting Shuang sorted out her thoughts and decided on a few things first.

First, save people first.Quickly dispatched officers to take people to check the collapsed houses to see if there were any buried people. If there were any, they were immediately divided into shifts to rescue people around the clock.Although there were no cranes in ancient times, ancient buildings did not have reinforced concrete, so there should be no major problems.

Second, appease the hearts of the people, organize people to save themselves and save others, and let people live outdoors temporarily. Of course, they will do the same, it’s just such a cold winter...cough...that’s the only way, I believe the masses will come up with their own ideas Way to come.A house with cracks must be repaired to make sure it is safe before you can move in.

Third, check the wells to control the epidemic. The earthquake caused changes in the groundwater level. I don’t know if the drinking water is still available. Try to save food. The contaminated food makes people inedible.In ancient times, there were no chemical plants or anything, so the pollution problem should not be big.

Fourth, send guards to maintain order in the market. Anyone who dares to take advantage of the chaos to rob will be dealt with seriously and promptly.

And...well, can't remember.

But Qi Chongyu still remembered what he should do in this position, and hurriedly wrote a manuscript and reported it to the province.

The wind was bitter, and the sun shivered in the sky. People walked on the street and huddled together, but the frightened people did not dare to stay in the house. They squatted on the street without buildings or in their own yards. Here, it's so miserable.

Ting Shuang ran to the place where the houses collapsed and directed everyone to rescue people. One house collapsed, and there were old people inside who were buried inside without going out to watch the fun.

"Hey, those who save people should also pay attention to safety." Ting Shuang directed, took a small basin and put it on his head, and climbed to the ruins to carry wood.

"Bring the brackets, set them up first and then dig."

"Don't pull hard...cough cough..."

The old man was rescued. Fortunately, she hid in the corner of the house, forming a small triangular space, and there seemed to be no trauma on the surface.There was a guy who wanted to carry her on his back, but Ting Shuang stopped him: "No, I don't know if she has any neck or waist injuries or something. Carry her on a stretcher and keep her in a flat position. There are more people, and be careful of her feet slipping."

Watching the fire officers and soldiers rescue people on TV, a child of a few years old was also carried on a stretcher, just to prevent accidents during the transportation.

The old man was trembling with fright, Ting Shuang comforted her: "Don't worry, you are fine, I bet you will live to be 80 years old."

The old man was finally able to speak: "I'm already 83."

"Ah uh... look, I'm right."

The injured old man was quickly carried to the Huichun Hall for treatment, and the others were also rescued one after another. The children went out to watch the fun, and they were not injured. It was an elderly woman, and more than a dozen people were injured, but no one died.Ting Shuang also felt lucky that the earthquake happened during the day, if it happened at night, the consequences would be disastrous.

There were guards on the street to maintain order, no one took advantage of the chaos to rob, and the injured were treated. Seeing that everything was in order, Ting Shuang returned home to rest, busy saving people and helping with the aftermath. She hadn't closed her eyes for two days and was so tired It was about to fall apart, and I fell asleep as soon as I lay down on the bed.

The others were not so calm, they were still sleeping anxiously in the simple shed waiting for the next earthquake to strike. Seeing him so calm, I was extremely impressed.

Sleeping outside in such a cold day, everyone sneezes constantly, especially Ting Hui, who has been spoiled since childhood, has a stuffy nose within two days, and his nose is about to fall off from sneezing.

Ting Shuang advised him to sleep in the house, but Ting Hui was too timid to stay in the house. Ting Shuang couldn't tell these people that an earthquake is a release of energy accumulated in the earth's crust. If there is any major damage, even if there are aftershocks, the magnitude and intensity will not exceed the first one.

However, it was useless to talk to these people about energy release and earthquake magnitude. Ting Shuang couldn't persuade his family, so he had to find ways to get medicine.

Fifth Brother Zhang has a solution, he has been traveling all year round, and he is very good at dealing with wind and cold, so he took out a prescription for Ting Shuang.

"This is when I was wandering outside for many years, based on some commonly used old prescriptions, I fumbled and prepared a prescription by myself. It is the best cure for epidemics. I have traveled from north to south, wind and snow, and I have never had a disease after taking this medicine. , other people who are rushing to use my medicine will feel full in a few days."

Ting Shuang took the prescription and her eyes lit up, realizing that another opportunity had come, and said, "How much is this prescription? I bought it."

Brother Zhang Wu made an angry expression: "Didn't you slap me in the face when you said that? You are willing to take in me, a man in distress, and I will give you a prescription to repay one or two of them?"

Ting Shuang put away the prescription and said with a smile: "What Fifth Brother said is, if your medicine works well, I'll take it to a pharmacy and give you a lot of hair. If it doesn't work, you have to treat me to dinner."

"I promise, this medicine is absolutely good. If it's not good, I'll sell myself and ask you to take it well."

The author has something to say: When it comes to earthquakes, let me tell you a few words about what I have experienced.

Clank and clang, it is said that I once lived in the very north of the great motherland, where the temperature used to be fifty or sixty below zero, but now it is not so cold. One winter, the government said that there would be an earthquake and asked the citizens to prevent earthquakes, so the hospital The mild patients were driven home, and the severe patients were moved to bungalows. People in the family home lived in vegetable greenhouses with wooden boards on the floor.A few coal pellet stoves were born.

I slept all night and woke up the next day with black soot in my nostrils, my hair, eyebrows and quilt covered with hoarfrost. The next day, I wanted to sleep in a heated room, so I was not afraid of death. Sleeping in the room, wearing clothes and sleeping with the door open, is still afraid of death after all.

A few days later, the people who slept in the shed couldn't stand it any longer and went home one after another.Then it's fine.

People from the Earthquake Administration have been complained about a lot, but they can't be blamed. It's uncertain, but if you don't say anything, what if you cause losses?

Later one day in the middle of the night, when I was having a friendly meeting with the old man Zhou Gong in the bed, I suddenly felt a sound of thumping through the glass window, as if a motor was starting in the ground, and it was not the shaking feeling during the Wenchuan earthquake.Anyone who is not afraid of being kicked off by the driver can sit on the car engine and feel it.

The people in the same room sat up awkwardly, opened the door and probed, and several heads poked out from the corridor one after another, saying: "An earthquake?"

Then everyone went back to sleep.From the beginning to the end, I squirmed twice in the bed without moving my buttocks. Is it because of the calmness that Mount Tai collapsed before and did not change color? It is really a winter of minus [-] to [-] degrees and there is really nowhere to go in the middle of the night. Besides, it was caused by the earthquake. Tired.

A few months later, when a group of people were chatting, the light bulb shook and the glass rattled. We calmly said, "An earthquake?"

"There was an earthquake." Then everyone continued to chat.