noffsinger Chapter 143 Aftershocks
Chapter 143 Aftershocks
Lu Tianming has been an official for so many years, but he rarely speaks so harshly. His cold face is usually scary.
After this conversation, Lu Tianfu was so scared that he shrank back to the cart like a quail.
Seeing this situation, other people in the team who had their own ideas did not dare to move.
As the night grew deeper, the people waiting in the backyard fell asleep leaning against the cart.
Soon, snoring sounds were heard from the crowd.
Lu Qingqing was worried and tried hard not to fall asleep.
She leaned against Qin Lang and pulled up the blanket covering them.
Suddenly, Lu Qingqing felt her whole body being shaken.
Her sleepy brain suddenly woke up. She pulled Qin Lang off the cart and shouted loudly:
"The earth dragon is turning over! Quick! Get up!"
People were awakened by the sound, and before they could react, the ground began to shake violently.
Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang knelt on the ground, supporting themselves with their arms and keeping their upper bodies as close to the ground as possible.
The whole world is shaking violently!
People fell to the ground trembling, and sharp screams and cries were heard from the crowd.
But at this time, no one could resist the power of nature and was shaken here and there.
In just a few breaths, Lu Qingqing watched the inn's buildings collapse while shaking.
During this time, Lu Qingqing saw a family almost running to the door with expressions of fear on their faces.
Unfortunately, the earthquake did not give them time to escape.
With a loud bang, the house collapsed instantly, and the family was buried in the ruins.
After the house collapsed, fine dust was blown out by the air flow.
Many people were choked by the dust and started coughing, but at this time, people didn't care about the flying dust.
Because the ground was shaking even more violently.
It was as if a monster was dancing underground, and the ground was shaking up and down in waves.
If you look from above, the entire county is in ruins.
Human beings are like little bugs on the ground, completely powerless to resist earthquakes.
Lu Qingqing knelt on the ground, moving up and down with the earthquake.
The roar of houses collapsing could be heard from time to time around, making people panic.
Fortunately, the ground crack that Lu Qingqing was worried about did not occur in the backyard where they were.
At this time, a big tree not far from the backyard also collapsed due to the shaking.
When the tree fell, it hit a small group of people in the northwest of the backyard.
They looked at the huge tree falling towards them and screamed in fear.
However, the shaking from the earthquake made it impossible for them to stand up, and they could only roll to the side when the tree fell.
Fortunately, there was no danger. Only some branches hit people, and the tree trunks were avoided.
After a loud bang, the shaking finally ended.
Lu Qingqing's hands and feet were weak, and she held on to the ground with her hands and struggled to stand up.
The surroundings were obscured by dust, and fine dust was floating in the air, making visibility very poor.
When the people around saw that the earthquake had finally stopped, many of them began to cry quietly.
It could be the joy of surviving a disaster, or it could be the release of stress after extreme fear.
Lu Qingqing was still worried, as she was afraid there would be aftershocks.
Some people in the backyard had already started packing their luggage and preparing to leave, and some of Lu Tianming's group also wanted to leave.
People's fear of danger makes them instinctively want to leave the dangerous place.
But now, it is not certain where the center of the earthquake is.
If you leave rashly and go to a more dangerous area, you will be in trouble.
At this time, it would be safest to stay where you are.
The surrounding houses had collapsed and nothing could fall on them.
You may not feel it during the earthquake, but now you start to feel a choking sensation in your nose.
The air is filled with dust, and as you breathe, the dust rushes to your mouth and nose.
Lu Qingqing took out a gauze scarf from the car and handed it to Qin Lang. After they both put it on, the smell finally stopped irritating their noses.
Only then did Lu Qingqing feel a slight pain in the palm of her hand.
Looking down, he saw some small cuts on his palm, with blood oozing out.
Lu Qingqing held Qin Lang's hand and saw that there were indeed some small cuts on it.
She took the water bag from her waist and used it to wash the wound on Qin Lang's hand.
The hand holding the water bag was shaking. She tried hard to calm down and it took her a while to recover.
Qin Lang began to rinse Lu Qingqing's wound. The water bag was filled with space water. When the water rushed over, it felt cool and very comfortable.
Although no one in the backyard died, many were injured.
During the earthquake, Tian Funiang hit her head on a cart and started bleeding profusely.
At this time, the family was treating her wounds.
Lu Tianming was going from house to house to see if there were any seriously injured people. He had bought some medicine before.
When he arrived at Lu Tianfu's house, he saw that Tianfu's mother was injured and he left some medicine for her.
Lu Tianfu felt both ashamed and grateful. If his cousin had not stopped him, his whole family might have been buried in there as well.
The shopkeeper was sitting on the ground, looking at the ruins in front of him, with tears in his eyes.
He struggled for most of his life to buy this inn, but now he has nothing.
Suddenly, he saw the tiles in front of him seemed to move.
A hand stretched out, but quickly dropped down again.
The shopkeeper's heart suddenly trembled, and he rushed over and started turning over the tiles.
As the tiles and bricks were removed, a face covered in dust and blood was revealed.
The man had his eyes closed and did not react at all.
The shopkeeper reached out his hand and found that the man was no longer breathing.
At this time, more and more people were preparing to leave with their luggage.
However, before they could continue walking, the ground began to shake again.
Lu Qingqing's face changed, there really was an aftershock.
She swiftly pulled Qin Lang to his knees on the ground and began to resist the new round of earthquakes.
This time the power was smaller than before and the duration was shorter, and almost no one in the team was injured.
After the earthquake, Lu Qingqing and her group waited for a long time, but there were no more aftershocks.
During this time, almost everyone in the backyard left, even the shopkeeper left.
There were several ownerless carts parked in the backyard, and most of the luggage on them had been taken away.
Zhuzi and his wife and Erxi each picked a cart, and found large bathtubs and other usable supplies from other carts.
Seeing this, the other people in the team also came forward and picked out some usable ones.
As daybreak approached, Lu Tianming began to organize everyone and planned to leave An County.
Outside the backyard, there were some people standing scattered on the street.
Some of them had wounds on their heads or bodies and were covered in dust.
Those who survived two earthquakes are also worried about another earthquake, so they are standing in flat and open areas.
The ground was covered with stones and tiles, and Lu Tianming and his group struggled to pull the cart away.
Along the way, the entire An County was reduced to ruins.
Houses collapsed and trees were tilted so much that even their roots were exposed.
When passing by Qianweilou, the entire restaurant collapsed.
Qin Lang looked at Lu Qingqing, and they both knew what the other meant.
Lu Qingqing drove the ox cart, and Qin Lang went to look around the restaurant.
He went to the living area in the backyard specifically to take a look. There was no movement in the ruins and no living people were seen around.
Qin Lang came back feeling a little disappointed, and Lu Qingqing patted his shoulder soothingly.
Both of them knew that the kind-hearted waiter was in great danger.
Thinking of the young boy's smiling face, Lu Qingqing felt a little sad.