Chapter 129: Thunderstorm ( 2 )

Chapter 129: Thunderstorm ( 2 ) Since Wang Shen and Yang Sanlang had come to help, Yao Zhi naturally wouldn’t refuse. She stepped aside and said, "Please come in."

There was not much time left, so the three of them worked quickly. The gardens were not large, and with Yang Sanlang’s help, they managed to build a temporary shelter using straw mats for the vegetables.

After they were done, Wang Shen said, "I have to go check my field. Yao Girl, you must stay at home and be careful."

"Thank you, Aunt Wang."

Yang Sanlang looked at the mud house and said, "Your house is not strong enough. Come to my house and take shelter there first."

Yao Zhi was stunned by his words. Although the village chief and Yang Dalang’s family lived there, she was an outsider after all. For a married woman to stay with an unmarried man’s family, there was bound to be gossip later.

She didn’t want to repay his kindness with enmity and shook her head. "Thank you for your offer, Brother Sanlang. But my house is good. My husband has repaired the roof and strengthened the walls. It would be no problem for me to stay here."

Even though Yang Sanlang was disappointed, he didn’t insist. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "If you need anything, just let me know. Be careful."

"Thank you, Brother Sanlang."

After closing the door, Yao Zhi quickly went to boil more water, just in case the thunderstorm lasted for a long time. She stored the water in her system’s storage and locked all the doors and windows.

When she finally returned to her room, the sky was flashing with lightning, and soon, the thunderous roar of thunder was heard.

Crack! Boom!

The sound was deafening, and the impact even shook the ground. At this moment, Yao Zhi was really frightened. No matter how scary the thunderstorms in the modern era were, they were nothing compared to this one.

She quickly closed the doors and bolted them before she went to close the windows. The wind speed continued to increase, and she needed to use all of her strength just to close the windows.

Soon after she closed the window, the rain started to fall, hitting the rooftop with a loud sound.

Despite the heavy rain, there were no puddles on the cracked ground. All the rainwater was being absorbed by the ground, showing how dry the soil was.

While the thunderstorm was raging violently, Fu Chen’an was staring at the sky with a deep frown in the military barracks. He was worried about his wife at home.

Due to the thunderstorm, all the soldiers were ordered to strengthen their tents, and none was allowed to come out unless necessary.

As the wind picked up speed, the soldiers could only hold onto the tents with their bare hands and use their weight to keep them from being blown away.

The thunderstorm not only hit the military barracks and the surrounding villages, but also Luo City and the surrounding towns.

Everyone hid inside their houses and prayed for the storm to pass quickly. Unfortunately, their prayers were not heard by the heavens.

The thunderstorm lasted for four days and three nights.

During this time, the sky was shrouded in darkness, and no one dared to go out. Yao Zhi was eating well, but she couldn’t sleep, fearing that her house would collapse.

When the storm finally passed, she finally dared to open the window to take a look. The moment she saw that the straw mats were blown away and some of her vegetables were uprooted, she let out a sigh.

Her crops had strong roots compared to other crops. If even her crops couldn’t survive the storm, she could imagine how bad the condition of the villagers’ fields was.

After she was sure that the roof was intact and wouldn’t fall off, Yao Zhi finally opened the door and walked out of her room.

She looked around and noticed that besides the blown-away straw mats and some vegetables being uprooted, only the fences were broken. The damage to her house caused by the storm was minimal.

Soon after, one after another, the villagers also came out of their houses. Instead of checking their houses’ situations, everyone rushed to their fields.

Thanks to the early warning, they managed to do some preparation. Although the straw mats couldn’t save all of the crops, they still managed to save more than 80% of the crops.

Seeing this, the villagers were grateful to Yao Zhi.

Compared to them, the situations in other villages were not as promising as theirs.

Most of their fields were destroyed by the strong wind and heavy rainfall. Only a small part of the fields survived the disaster. But even so, the quality of the crops would be worse than the previous year.

Everyone was grieving over their loss, but they were still better off than the people who lost their lives due to their houses collapsing.

After the village chief recorded the people who died or were injured during the rainstorm, he also needed to record every family’s farmland situation.

It took the village chief a whole day before he finished recording everything. Afterwards, he sent Yang Dalang to report this matter to the county magistrate’s office before he went to instruct the villagers to save as many crops as they could.

At this moment, Yao Zhi was also busy cleaning up the yard.

Since the time in the grassland inside her system’s husbandry was different from the outside world, she didn’t dare to let her donkey stay for too long inside.

When she took out her donkey, she noticed that it had grown taller in just four days. She rubbed its body and said, "Xiao Lu, you not only grow older but also taller and stronger. Do you like the grass in the grassland?"

The donkey was enjoying its meal when it suddenly appeared here. Seeing that it was its owner, it let out a snort and nodded.