Chapter 232: Lin Shengli is a god!

Shazhu walked out and nodded at Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu gave him a sideways glance and said, pretending to be concerned:

"You, you don't know this is an earthquake?"

"Why are you still staying inside?"

Shazhu grinned foolishly and said:

"It's fine, I'm sturdy."

Qin Huairu let out a long sigh and said:

"Ah, Lin Shengli earlier had Eldest Uncle call a general meeting and told everyone that an earthquake would happen today."

"But no one believed him; as I see it, Lin Shengli is a god."

Shazhu scoffed: "God my ass!"

"A god? Should I offer him three incense sticks?"

"Comrade Qin Huairu, your thinking is quite dangerous."

Qin Huairu: "How could they predict it so accurately?"

Shazhu opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

That's right.

Lin Shengli really did predict it accurately.

And the earthquake happened today.

Just then, Yan Bu Gui walked over holding a small TV.

"What Huairu said is right, Lin Shengli is a god."

"We should have listened to him and evacuated earlier."

"Then we wouldn't be so anxious now."

San Da Ma: "Yeah, right now Lin Shengli's whole family, plus Eldest Uncle and Yi Dama, are on vacation in the south."

"Living it up."

Shazhu: "San Da Ma, why don't you go with them?"

San Da Ma gave Shazhu a glare and said angrily:

"You pay for it?"

Shazhu laughed: "Tell Eldest Uncle to pay; he's the second person in the courtyard to buy a TV, surely he has money."

Yan Bu Gui waved his hand and said: "Enough, Shazhu, stop talking nonsense."

"Now, after this earthquake, things are bound to change."

Upon hearing that, everyone looked up at the sky.

Shazhu slapped his forehead and said: "Exactly, after an earthquake the weather will surely change."

"Maybe it'll pour rain, and there might be aftershocks."

"Anyway, nobody can go into this house for now."

Yan Bu Gui: "Right, hurry up and find wood; we'll build an earthquake shelter."

Shazhu nodded, looked around, and shouted loudly:

"Everyone, quiet down."

Yan Bu Gui frowned and shouted even louder than Shazhu:

"Shazhu, you go find wood; I'll address everyone."

Shazhu smiled and walked away.

Yan Bu Gui looked over the crowd and shouted loudly:

"Everyone, listen up."

"The central courtyard is bigger."

"Now we'll use the front courtyard together with the central courtyard."

"At this time, nobody is allowed to enter the houses."

"After the earthquake there will definitely be aftershocks."

"Otherwise, if something happens, it won't be good."

"Now, everyone go find wood; we'll work together to put up this earthquake shelter."

Jia Zhangshi: "You all, every household has wood, bring it out, ah."

"Don't be reluctant, bring it all out."

"Afterwards we'll take it back."

Qin Huairu: "Right, right, right, everyone get moving, ah."

Just then, Bang Geng ran over barefoot from the back courtyard.

"Grandma, Mom......"

"Are you all okay?"

Qin Huairu: "We're fine."

Jia Zhangshi: "Bang Geng, are you okay?"

Bang Geng: "I'm fine."

Qin Huairu: "Bang Geng, hurry up, go inside, there's wood under the bed, bring it out."

"Come help everyone build the earthquake shelter."

Bang Geng frowned and said:

No way, I have to go to the cinema first.

Xu Damao told me to go check it out.

It shows concern for the collective.

Qin Huairu let out a long sigh and said:

Then go quickly, go quickly.

Bang Geng, upon hearing, hurriedly ran to the front courtyard.

Jia Zhangshi shouted: "Bang Geng, shoes, put on your shoes first."

Bang Geng: "It's fine."

Xiao Dang snorted and said unhappily:

Hmph, what's this about caring for the collective.

He isn't even wearing shoes.

If the cinema is having an earthquake, why aren't we having one here?

He just left like that; why doesn't he care about us?

I think he clearly just wants to go get a leave of absence.

Why doesn't Xu Damao go himself?

Jia Zhangshi glared at Xiao Dang and said:

As his sister, how can you speak to your brother like that?

Qin Huairu looked at Xiao Dang and said:

Xiao Dang, where do you get all this nonsense from?

Hurry, go inside and take apart the bed.

Having said that, she started walking toward home.

Xiao Dang quickly steadied her and said:

Alright, I can see you haven't slept all night.

I'll go.

Having said that, she ran toward home.

Huaihua: "Sis, wait for me, I'm coming too."

Qin Huairu shouted after their backs:

You two, hurry up.

About an hour later.

Back courtyard.

Liu Haizhong, while fanning himself with his palm-leaf fan, asked with a smug expression:

How is it?

How's my earthquake shelter?

I, I'm telling you, no matter how strong the wind, it won't blow over—believe it or not?

The residents of the back courtyard laughed and said: "Yes, yes, yes, but we still need you to personally take charge."

With your seventh-level fitter skills building this shelter, if yours were blown over by the wind, everyone else's houses would have collapsed long ago.

Elsewhere.

Bang Geng was in the process of erecting the earthquake shelter.

Xu Damao, meanwhile, was sitting to the side leisurely munching on melon seeds.

"Bang Geng, how does our shelter compare to Second Elder's?"

Bang Geng laughed and said: "They're not even in the same league."

"Ours is made of genuine materials."

"Even if the rooms collapse, our shelter can still hold up."

Xu Damao exclaimed happily: "Oh, this is wonderful!"

"Bang Geng, keep going."

Bang Geng responded with a sound and got to work, head down.

Just then, a light rain began to fall.

Xu Damao quickly said: "Bang Geng, take a break, take a break, ah."

The rain grew heavier and heavier.

Shazhu, wearing a raincoat, ran over and said to Third Elder:

"Third Elder, you are truly supremely wise!"

Yan Bu Gui let out a long sigh and said:

"What's this about being wise? If I were wise, I would have predicted this earthquake earlier."

"In my view, only Lin Shengli is truly the wisest."

Shazhu: "Ah, what's the point of saying that now?"

"At least I'm not the only one who doesn't believe."

"I just went out for a walk."

"But on this street, only our courtyard has put up an earthquake shelter."

"Men, women, old and young are all standing in the street, with nowhere to hide."

"You say, how are they supposed to get through tonight, this?"

San Da Ye: "Shazhu, you might not know yet—just in our courtyard, no one believes Shengli."

"Other families, although not everyone believes, most people do."

"They've all run elsewhere to hide."

Qin Huairu: "Shazhu, didn't I tell you to go inquire?"

"Did you get any information? Where is the epicenter?"

Shazhu shook his head and said: "I don't know; I asked a few people and they all said they didn't know."

Qin Huairu: "Could it be Sugar Shirt?"

"Shengli previously said Sugar Shirt was the epicenter."

Shazhu: "Impossible, you really treat him like a god."

"He could already predict today's earthquake, which is already pretty good, and he could even predict the epicenter."