Chapter 217: Settling In

"Since I decided before, I won't change it."

Shen Shaoyu took the lead in expressing his attitude.

"So do we." The second elder also followed.

"Okay, then let's move on!"

In order to avoid the base helicopters, they turned around and continued to the northeast.

The earthquake lasted for eight days, and just when Lin Wanqiao thought she was going to run out of fuel and escape on her legs, the earth stopped shaking.

They pitched their tents for three days, with no sign of continuing the earthquake.

In the past, there was a small earthquake every two hours, and a major earthquake every half a day.

This time it was stopped for three days.

"Is this over?" Yang Yujun asked.

"Maybe." Lin Wanqiao replied.

These days, they fly around aimlessly. The power from the center of the earth has completely distorted the land and landscape beneath their feet, and they have no idea where the family is now.

Just in case, they stayed where they were for another week.

It wasn't until they were sure that the earthquake was over that they officially considered where to go next.

Lin Wanqiao stood on the ruins of the building and raised her eyes to look, the ash in the air blocked her vision, but she still saw that under the clouds and mist in the distance, there were mountains flickering.

"Let's go there!" She made a decision.

Start over.

Along the way, there are broken walls, stumps and broken arms, they have long been able to turn a blind eye, and the family can be together well, even if they are in hell.

They only have a yearning for a new life in their hearts.

On the way, when the dogs hear movement under the rubble, they will also pick up the rubble, and at first they can save one or two who are alive, but as time goes by, this situation becomes less and less.

There are fewer people on the road.

Sometimes, at the end of the day, you don't even meet a single survivor.

Even the living dead are far less.

After more than ten days of trekking, they finally reached the continuous mountain.

The mountain seems to have been squeezed by an earthquake and broke through the ground, and the foot of the mountain is full of rocks and yellow earth.

But looking up, half of it is a lush forest.

They searched for a long time around the base of the mountain, and finally found a gentle slope that could barely be climbed.

The section of the road at the bottom of the mountain is like rock climbing, one step and three slides, and the family gritted their teeth and slowly climbed up.

The dog was very relaxed, and went up to the ground as if it were walking on the ground.

The mountain was very high, and they climbed for three days before they passed the rocky area, and further up, the mountain eased a lot, and they could walk up straight, and gradually there was more vegetation.

After another day's walk, they came to a position higher on the mountainside.

This is already a lush new forest.

And it doesn't seem to have been affected much by the earthquake, and the trees have not fallen down much, and they have remained basically unchanged.

Lin Wanqiao: They even found a path paved with rock slabs.

It shows that this mountain was previously active by humans.

Walking along the trail and passing through a bamboo forest, the scenery suddenly opens up, and you can see the clouds and mist on the mountainside, and the endless mountains disappear into the sky

The path underfoot diverges upward, and the stone-paved steps wind upward.

"There is a house!"

Yang Yujun suddenly exclaimed.

Sure enough, a roof appeared in the shadows of the trees at the end of the path.

Several people reflexively tensed, and their hands grasped the dagger at their waists.

However, the dog is not abnormal, and I think there should be no one.

They climbed cautiously, and at the end of the stone steps was a large flat clearing, in the middle of which sat a two-story hut.

The exterior walls of the house are made of stones, and the stones are poured with cement, and although it looks a little dilapidated, it is enough to see how strong the house was to survive the earthquake.

The dog was the first to rush in cheerfully.

Lin Wanqiao followed.

The inside of the house is as dilapidated as it looks, with stone walls and concrete floors.

The first floor is divided into two rooms with wooden dishes, chopsticks, cabinets and washstands.

On the right is a dusty dining table and four benches.

In front of the dining table is an old-fashioned rural stove.

On the left side, there were several bamboo baskets along the wall, full of miscellaneous items, all covered with a thick layer of ash, and at the end of it was a wooden staircase leading to the second floor.

Lin Wanqiao walked inside, there was a narrow wooden door behind the stove, and the dog stood at the door and wagged his tail wildly at Lin Wanqiao.

She removed the deadbolt from the small wooden door and opened it, and there was a small stream behind it, the stream was connected to the mountain, and there was a large water tank at the door, and a bamboo water diversion pipe above the water tank was connected to the mountain, and the water pipe was dripping clear mountains into the tank.

The dog drank violently at the water tank.

"Jojo, come and see."

Shen Shaoyu's voice of surprise sounded above his head, and he didn't know when he had gone up to the second floor.

Lin Wanqiao walked up the stairs with a well-watered dog.

The wooden staircase creaks under pressure.

On the second floor, there are two rooms, one on the left and one on the right.

At this time, the doors of the room had been opened, and Shen Shaoyu stood on the balcony on the second floor, beckoning to Lin Wanqiao.

"Come on."

Lin Wanqiao walked over quickly, he pointed to a touch of green and said, "Look." ”

She leaned against the stone railing and looked.

On the right, there is a vine.

The roots of the vines are rooted in the soil on the first floor, and they climb all the way to the balcony on the second floor, where the verdant vines roll the white railing of the hollow stone carvings of the balcony, and the leaves gently sway in the wind in the sun, like a painting.

"It's beautiful." Lin Wanqiao couldn't help but sigh.

"And look at the trees down there." Shen Shaoyu continued to guide Lin Wanqiao.

When he came in just now, he didn't observe carefully, Shen Shaoyu pointed over one by one, and Lin Wanqiao realized that the few trees around this house were not ordinary.

To the right of the vine is a plum tree, and in the left front of the house are two dwarf loquat trees. Behind the loquat tree, there are more than a dozen bayberry trees!

The original owner of this house must have been a person who loved life very much.

"It's good here." With a bright smile, Lin Wanqiao turned back to Shen Shaoyu and said, "Let's settle down here!" ”

Shen Shaoyu hugged her from behind, with a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, and responded: "Okay." ”

After confirming that the foundation of the house was not damaged, the family simply cleaned up and moved in.

Lin Wanqiao took the dog around the mountains every day to understand the situation in the neighborhood as soon as possible.

After a week, the ten miles around the house were turned over by a man and a dog.

This mountain is full of surprises.

She found a large area of chestnut, peach, and persimmon trees, presumably planted by a farmer who used to live here.

These trees grow very well, and at this time it is early autumn, and the persimmon and chestnut trees have already hung fruit, and the branches are fruitful, causing a man and a dog to salivate.

"It's not ripe, so you can't pick it." She wiped her saliva, and if she said it to the dog, she actually said it to herself.

The dog was hung with a rope and a cloth bag on each side, containing the wild vegetables picked by Lin Wanqiao on one side and the pheasants that the dog had hunted and caught by himself.

Thinking of the pheasant in the bag, Lin Wanqiao fell into deep thought.

After a circle, she found that all animals and plants had a faint tendency to mutate.

The fruit on the tree was so large that she at first thought it was because the soil was fertile.

Until she pulled out a taro bigger than her face, and a pheasant with eagle talons.

The world, I don't know when, has begun to change dramatically.