Chapter 40: Earthquakes

"It's been a good couple of years on the farm! Are you still reading those books I gave you? โ€

Wang Chong just sat there, and he gave the stick terrier an invisible pressure, which was the invisible momentum brought by staying in the top position for a long time.

When I was young, I didn't feel it, but as I grew older, every time I was in front of Wang Chong, the stick terrier felt the pressure of the invisible substance more and more clearly, and I almost didn't dare to breathe: "I've been watching it all the time." โ€

"We must insist, the situation will not be set forever, people like us who have no background and family background, if we want to be the leader, only reading is the fastest and easiest way."

The stick terrier nodded, he has a deep understanding of this, because he has read a lot, especially books on mechanical power, and Wang Chong mentions it from time to time, although the talent of the stick terrier is average, but he has learned a lot of things, and is often pulled by Wang Chong to the machinery factory and farm practice.

When it came time to go to the mountains and go to the countryside to be assigned to the farm, he made a far better progress in the operation and repair of agricultural machinery than the rest of the educated youth, and it was precisely because of this that the stick terrier was also treated better than other educated youths on the farm.

Although he was not able to go to university, that knowledge was really turned into his resources, which brought him great convenience and benefits.

It is precisely because of this that the stick terrier has not left behind the professional books on mechanical power that Wang Zhong gave him in recent years.

Although he seemed to know a lot of more profound knowledge only half-understood, and some of it was even more directly confused, and he couldn't figure out why it was at all, he still insisted on reading and learning, and saved up what he didn't understand, or wrote letters, or saved it and asked Wang Zhong for advice when he returned to the city.

When I didn't involve this line before, I just felt that Wang Chong was powerful, and improved ordinary agricultural machinery to become Dongfeng No. 1, and led the introduction of a more advanced Dongfeng No. 2 two years ago, but with the stick terrier gradually entering this line, I really understood Wang Chong's power.

Just like Chen Shi said to his wife about his apprentice Geng Liangchen in the movie "Master", after really practicing kung fu, Geng Liangchen will only respect him as a god.

"Now that you're back, what's next?"

Without a moment's hesitation, the stick terrier said, "I want to find a job first." โ€

"Over the years, my mother has supported the family alone, and now that I have grown up, I want to help her share the burden." The stick terrier said heartily.

Wang Chong bowed slightly: "It's rare that you have this filial piety, but now there are many educated youths who return to the city, and there are even more people with backgrounds at home. โ€

The stick terrier smiled and said, "I'm not here to find my little uncle!" โ€

Good guy, this guy has been on the farm for a few years and has learned to be sophisticated.

"Do you remember that machine shop I took you to?"

"Of course I do!" How can you not remember that it was precisely because of that trip to the machine factory that the terrier's interest in machinery was started.

Wang Chongdao: "Our factory launched the East 1 and East 2 are in cooperation with the machinery factory, although now the project team of agricultural machinery has not yet developed the next stage of the product meaning, but the improvement of the East 2 also needs a lot of manpower, if you are interested, I will help you ask, see if you can be an apprentice in the past." โ€

"Thank you, little uncle, thank you, little uncle!" The stick terrier showed a bright smile and thanked Wang Zhong excitedly.

Wang Chongdao: "Okay, if it's okay, you can go back first, finally come back, and spend more time with your mother and sisters!" โ€

"Hmmm! Then I'll go first! โ€

"Auntie, Sister Xinyi, I'll go first!"

Qin Jingru, who was wearing an apron and holding a spatula, hurriedly said: "I made fried noodles, and I will leave after eating!" โ€

"No, Auntie, my mother is still waiting for me to eat at home!" The stick terrier waved his hand and refused Qin Jingru's retention.

After ten years of training by Wang Chong, Qin Jingru's cooking skills are now considered to be in the hall, that is, they are not much worse than Silly Zhu, and there is never a shortage of ingredients to try with Qin Jingru at home, which is also an important factor in the rapid progress of Qin Jingru's cooking skills.

On the dinner table, the big bowl is full of fragrant fried sauce, and in the small stainless steel basin next to it are noodles soaked in cold water.

Because there is plenty of oil and water, and meat oil is used, even vegetarian dishes exude an attractive aroma.

However, this kind of meal has long been accustomed to a family of three.

But he said that the stick terrier returned home, and as soon as he entered the door, Jia Zhang excitedly stepped forward and grabbed the stick terrier's hand and asked, "How is it?" โ€

"Uncle agreed!" The Stick Terrier laughed.

"God forbid, God forbid!" Jia Zhang immediately gasped, stroked his chest and closed his eyes and muttered.

"Grandma, thank you and uncle Xie!" The stick terrier did not forget to remind Jia Zhang.

"Thank you!" Jia Zhang nodded and said, "Go back and ask your mother to help you prepare some gifts and send them over." โ€

As soon as Jia Zhang's voice fell, Qin Huairu said angrily: "What kind of gifts, how can there be so much spare money at home, if you really want to thank your little uncle, when you work and pay your salary, go buy it yourself!" โ€

The stick terrier didn't feel wrong when he heard this, but nodded and said: "Mom is right, I'm not a child now, I can solve this gift by myself, don't bother Mom." โ€

Jia Zhang's old face darkened, he glanced at Qin Huairu, and didn't say anything, it's been ten years, Qin Huairu shouldn't have said a soft word to Jia Zhang's, seeing that Jia Zhang's sideburns are white, and his shoulder-length short hair is already silver and white, and the folds on his face have increased by I don't know how much, and he looks more than ten years old.

Wang Chong's movements were very fast, and the next day he helped the stick terrier to do the work, of course, just a temporary worker, an apprentice, no establishment, and a pitiful salary.

Even so, at least it's a job, it's also an opportunity, if the stick terrier performs well, there is still a chance to enter the agricultural machinery project team, but if the performance is not good, then he can only blame himself for not having this luck.

Compared with the street sweeping, toilet cleaning and other jobs arranged by the street, this temporary apprenticeship is much better.

Time flies, and it is more than a month in a blink of an eye, and the time comes to the end of July.

That night, Qin Jingru after the clouds and rain, lying on the bed with a big belly and a satisfied face, sleeping sweetly, Wang Chong sat on the Taishi chair with his bare upper body and crossed his knees, but the spiritual platform was already clear, exhaling and inhaling according to a certain rhythm, and there seemed to be a big dragon on his back that slowly woke up from his sleep with his breathing.

The skin became hot like a soldering iron, and the white smoke rose above the head, caused by the heat scorching the moist moisture in the air into steam.

This is the phenomenon of smoke in the void room caused by the cultivation of true qi to the high and profound realm.

The big dragon on its back is constantly undulating, as if it wants to come back to life, and the true qi in the body is like a surging river, endless, walking in the qi veins around the body.

As the true qi moved faster and faster, Wang Chong's skin became more and more red, like a boiled prawn, his pupils turned all over his body, and the white smoke was no longer limited to his back and the top of his head, enveloping Wang Chong's entire person in white smoke.

I don't know how long it took, a pair of eyes as bright as stars suddenly opened, emitting shocking light and heat, Wang Chong also raised his hand and inhaled suddenly, and then slowly pressed down, exhaling the turbidity in his chest.

Wang Chong had just finished work, and suddenly, there was a slight trembling sensation on the ground, Wang Chong's five senses were so keen, I saw a figure flashing in the dark room, Wang Chong had already appeared by the bedside, picked up the blanket and wrapped Qin Jingru, who was only wearing pajamas and had a big belly, and the next moment he had already picked him up by the waist, and rushed out of the house in a moment.

When he arrived outside the house, Qin Jingru was awakened.

"What's wrong?"

"It's an earthquake, you stand here and don't move, I'll go and take Xin Yi out!" As soon as the words fell, before Qin Jingru could react, Wang Chong had already rushed into the upside-down room, and Wang Xinyi, who was sleeping sweetly on the kang and still smiling at the corner of his mouth, picked him up and immediately ran out, not forgetting to grab a quilt.

interrupted Wang Xinyi's sweet dream, woke him up, pulled the recliner under the eaves to the middle of the courtyard, put on the quilt, and let the mother and daughter lean on it for the time being, and then Wang Chong used his true qi to open his throat and shouted loudly.

"There was an earthquake!"

"Everyone, come out quickly!"

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I don't know how many people were awakened from their sleep by this lion-like roar, the earthquake came violently and quickly, the ground kept shaking, the houses shook with it, the gravel and soil on the ground were shaken and bounced and fell, and the slightly loose tiles on the roof crackled and fell to the ground.

With such a strong tremor, where did he still greet Wang Chong, everyone in the courtyard was awakened.

shouted and supported each other, and after a while, they all ran to the courtyard in cool clothes.

Although Wang Chong had made preparations for a long time, and he had strengthened his home when he repaired the kitchen and bathroom, he still stayed in the courtyard for the sake of safety.

"Three masters, three mothers? Are you all right? Wang Chong stepped forward to support Yan Fugui and the old man, who were still a little confused.

"It's okay, it's okay!" The old couple looked nervous and undecided, especially the three mothers, whose faces were pale and covered in sweat, obviously frightened.

"It's okay, just sit down and take a breath!"

As soon as Wang Chong's words fell, Yan Fugui suddenly stood up and rushed towards the house.

"Dad!" The three mothers who had just sat down struggled to get up and chase after them, but they were weak and weak, and they were scared and had no strength at all, so where could they get up.

It was Wang Chong who stretched out his hand to help the person up, and as soon as the three mothers stood up, they ran into the house regardless of it, and as soon as they ran to the door, they saw Yan Fugui trotting out of the house with the TV he had just bought.

"Dad, what are you doing here!" The three mothers almost cried, and pulled Yan Fugui to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's the only thing of value in the house, you can't smash it for me!"

It is worthy of Yan Laoxi, who wants money and does not want his life, and dares to rush into the house to rescue the TV despite the earthquake, fortunately, although the earthquake is strong, it will not collapse the house.

Although Wang Xinyi is young, he is not very afraid, the reason why he leans on the recliner and clings to Qin Jingru tightly is because Qin Jingru is so frightened that his face is pale, and he hugs Wang Xinyi tightly and refuses to let go.

Wang Zhong squatted in front of the recliner, grabbed the hands of the mother and daughter, smiled and comforted: "Okay, okay, it's okay, don't be afraid, even if the house collapses, it won't hit us." โ€

Just now, Wang Chong was cleaning the fence at the door that was full of melons and fruit vines, and dismantled them all and threw them into the corner, so as not to hit people.

"Dad, what's going on?" Wang Xinyi's big dark and bright eyes were full of curiosity.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "It's an earthquake, the tremor is so strong, the epicenter should not be far from us." โ€

Although I knew in my heart where the earthquake was happening, there were some things that I couldn't say, and I had to pretend to be confused when I should have been.

"Is this an earthquake?"

Wang Xinyi looked around with interest, the ground was still trembling, there were still tiles sporadically falling, and almost all the seven or eight families living in the front yard gathered in the courtyard, and subconsciously leaned towards Wang Chong's family.

Wang Chongzheng told his daughter about the earthquake: "The ancients called the earthquake the earth, the ancients were ignorant, did not understand science, and thought that the earthquake was caused by the turning of the dragon veins under the ground, which is also called the turning of the earth dragon.

But in reality, earthquakes are caused by the movement of tectonic plates.

Since the earth rotates endlessly and revolves around the sun, the earth's internal material is constantly differentiating, so the crust, or lithosphere, around the earth's surface is constantly generating, evolving and moving, causing earthquakes ยทยทยทยทยทยท"

"That's how the earthquake came!" Wang Xinyi nodded thoughtfully, and everyone around him also nodded.

Suddenly, Wang Xinyi looked around and said, "Dad, it doesn't seem to be shaking!" โ€

Everyone also felt it carefully: "It's really not shocking!" โ€

"Don't worry, with such a strong tremor, there will definitely be aftershocks!"

"Shall we sleep in the courtyard at night?" Wang Xinyi looked around at the neighbors around him, and asked Wang Chongdao again.

"Big guy listen to me, we don't know if there are aftershocks, for the sake of safety, I suggest that we don't go back to the house tonight, and after the earthquake, the sky will change if we can't keep it, let's take advantage of the earthquake to stop now, build a few sheds in the courtyard and come out, and we will be hospitalized tonight."

"Section Chief Wang is right, let's listen to Section Chief Wang!"

"That's right, with such a strong tremor, there will definitely be aftershocks!"

A group of neighbors gossiped.

Yan Fugui also said with deep thought: "What Wang Chong said makes sense, for the sake of safety, let's hurry up and fight the earthquake shed." โ€

Wang Chong said again: "Women, the elderly and children are all staying in the courtyard, don't run around, the men hurry up and go home first, there is wood out of wood, there is tape out of tape, let's quickly put up the shed." โ€

At this time, everyone is a headless fly, and there is a lack of a backbone like Wang Chong, except for Yan Fugui, all the neighbors are basically employees of the rolling mill, and they are naturally very familiar with Wang Chong, the technical section chief who has made great contributions to the rolling mill.

As soon as Wang Chong spoke, everyone immediately moved.

Wang Chong also went into the upside-down room, took out more than a dozen pieces of wood that he had saved in six or nine years, and there was no shortage of nails and hammers, and after a while, everyone moved the things to the courtyard.

"You're going to build an earthquake shelter?" Silly Zhu ran out of the middle courtyard, and when he saw that everyone had brought so much wood, he immediately asked.

"Section Chief Wang said that the sky may change after the earthquake, so let's build the shed!"

Silly Zhu said: "Uncle Yi said the same thing!" And let me inform the big guys, it seems that now it is not necessary! โ€

"By the way, the big guys are all out, no one is hurt, right?"

Wang Zhong asked, "We're all right!" What about your middle court? The big guys are all right, right? โ€

Silly Zhu said: "When Aunt Jia went out, she was in too much of a hurry and twisted her foot, and everyone else was fine." โ€

Wang Chong said: "That's good, hurry up and go back to set up the shed first, it's really too late when the day changes!" โ€

Silly Zhu hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes!" I won't tell you, I'll go back first! โ€

With that, he hurriedly ran back to the middle courtyard.

Wang Chong also immediately led seven or eight men to get busy, Wang Chong is an old carpenter of the fifth level, although he is not a grandmaster, but the carpenter's skills are already superb.

The men were busy working, and the women didn't watch it, except for those who were too old and too young, and Qin Jingru, who was pregnant with a big belly, the other women also reached out to help.

Everyone worked together, under the unified command of Wang Chong, and in more than an hour, a large earthquake shelter was erected in the middle of the courtyard, and it was also covered with transparent rainproof transparent tape.

Everyone took out the planks and bedding from their homes, and threw themselves under the shed according to the divided area, just holding their families and waiting quietly for the dawn.

Except for the children, almost none of the adults could sleep, and they stayed up all night.

The sky was slightly bright, but the sky was gloomy, the dark clouds covered the top, covering the sky and the sun, and the thunder appeared in the thick clouds, and from time to time there were electric flashes, lighting up the whole sky.

When it was dark, the rain began to fall.