Comfortable life in Siheyuan

In July 1976, in the early hours of the morning, everyone in the courtyard was already fast asleep.

Suddenly, the whole ground shook violently. Liu Qingshan opened his eyes instantly, woke up his wife and children immediately, asked them to run outside, and then he put on his clothes and ran to his parents' room.

It was already getting light in the sky. When all the Liu family members stood in the yard, Liu Qingshan felt a little relieved.

"Qingshan, go check on other families in the yard to see if there is anyone still asleep. Come with me to call them out. Let them all come out." Father Liu immediately started making arrangements.

"I'll go call the people from the middle courtyard, you stay in the backyard." Liu Qingshan replied.

Immediately, Liu Qingshan ran to the central courtyard and knocked on doors and called people from house to house.

"Get up quickly, there is an earthquake, come out of the house quickly." Liu Qingshan called out to each family one by one. Soon the central courtyard was full of people, many of whom had not put on their clothes properly.

Liu Qingshan saw that all the uncles in the middle courtyard had come out, and he quickly said, "Uncle, there are still people in the middle courtyard who haven't gotten up yet, please notify them. I'll go to the front courtyard to take a look."

When Liu Qingshan arrived at the middle courtyard just now, some people had already come out of the middle courtyard and the front courtyard, so Liu Qingshan felt relieved. When he arrived at the front courtyard, people also ran out. Seeing that the third uncle had not even put on his clothes, he hurried back to the house. Liu Qingshan was also speechless.

"Old man, why did you run in there?" Aunt Three asked hurriedly.

The third uncle ignored her, ran in and brought out a TV.

"What's the point of holding him when his life is almost gone?" the third aunt complained.

"This is my life. If he's gone, I'll feel more miserable than dying." The third uncle retorted.

"Uncle, please count the number of people in the front yard carefully to make sure everyone is safe." Liu Qingshan said and walked back.

"Okay, don't worry."

As soon as I stepped into the middle courtyard, I heard Jia Zhang's shrill cry coming from the Jia family's house. "Help! Help!"

Qin Huairu and Bang Geng were standing quietly in the yard, with no trace of anxiety on their faces.

"What's going on! Why doesn't Jia Zhang come out?" Liu Qingshan frowned at the old man.

"None of their family members wanted to go in to rescue them, and the others were afraid of getting into trouble, so no one was willing to go in," an old man explained in a low voice.

"This aftershock comes suddenly, you should quickly organize people to rescue people. How can people really be buried inside?" Liu Qingshan said.

"Okay! People from the Central Court, come here and carry Aunt Jia out quickly. We can't let anything happen in our courtyard. Banggeng, go open the door!" Yi Zhonghai thought about it and felt that what Liu Qingshan said made sense.

Although Bang Geng was reluctant, he still ran over under everyone's gaze. Liu Qingshan saw that the others were unwilling to move, so he took a few steps forward and followed Bang Geng into the Jia family.

Sha Zhu in the crowd was also afraid that Liu Qingshan might be in danger, so he ran in.

When I entered the Jia family's house, Jia Zhang was already lying on the ground, slowly crawling towards the door.

Liu Qingshan and Bang Geng, each holding one side, quickly helped her up. Bang Geng, who was holding Jia Zhang's legs, suddenly let go, and Jia Zhang cried out "Ah!" and fell to the ground again.

At this time, Sha Zhu, who came into the room, happened to see it. Without saying a word, he picked up Jia Zhang and walked out the door.

After leaving the house, he complained, "Why did you go in there? It's so dangerous!"

"You can't just stand by and watch her die." Liu Qingshan said with a smile, then turned around with a gloomy face, looked at Bang Geng and said, "Why did you let go just now? Do you know that this is very dangerous? Your grandma's leg hasn't healed yet, how could you just throw her on the ground like that?"

"I didn't mean to do that, but I just grabbed her legs and my hand..." Bang Geng knew he was in the wrong, but he was helpless.

Everyone looked at Jia Zhang at this time, and saw that the color of her lower body was obviously darker, and those who were close could smell an unpleasant odor.

"Oh my god! Why does my arm smell like that?" Sha Zhu shouted hurriedly and ran towards the pool.

Yi Zhonghai, who was standing by, grabbed Liu Qingshan and said loudly, "There will definitely be heavy rain after the earthquake. You should also quickly build an earthquake shelter in your backyard and live in it for the next few days."

"Okay, I'll go back and get it done." Liu Qingshan said and ran home.

When I entered the house and saw that everyone in my family was sitting in the yard, I felt a little relieved.

"Dad, an old man said that after the earthquake, there will be heavy rain, so we should hurry up and build an earthquake shelter. If it starts to rain, there will be nowhere to hide."

"Okay, we have lumber and tarpaulin at home, let's hurry up!"

Just as the father and son finished their discussion, Sha Zhu came over with his entire family.

"Qingshan, let's just squeeze in. I don't want to stay in the central courtyard!" Sha Zhu said with a smile.

As soon as Liu Qingshan saw him coming, he knew what was going on, and there was no reason for him to refuse.

"Okay, you guys get ready first. I have to hurry to my father-in-law's place. I don't know if he's in danger." Liu Qingshan said as he prepared to push the bicycle.

"I'll go with you." Feng Yu said.

"Don't go. There are so many people at home. You should stay at home and take good care of the children."

Pushing open the door to the side yard, Liu Qingshan got on his bike and left.

When he arrived at his father-in-law's house, Liu Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother-in-law, you're here. Is everything okay at home?" Feng Lei in the yard saw his brother-in-law and hurried over.

"I'm fine. Are you all okay? What's wrong with your head?" Seeing the bruises on Feng Lei's forehead, Liu Qingshan asked with concern.

"He was a little anxious when he got up and bumped into something carelessly. It's nothing serious." Feng Lei's wife Lin Juan noticed this and hurried over to say something.

"It should rain after the earthquake. Do you have wood and waterproof cloth at home? I can help you build an earthquake shelter." Liu Qingshan asked.

"The materials institute has just gathered everything. You don't have to worry about us. Go back and take care of the family." The father-in-law felt relieved when he saw his son-in-law coming. He hurriedly urged him to go back.

"Okay, Xiaolei, take good care of your parents and the children. When there are no aftershocks later, remember to grab some food. You need to have something to eat when you live outside."

"I know, brother-in-law."

"Be careful on your way back." My father-in-law and mother-in-law also waved their hands.

After leaving his father-in-law and mother-in-law's house, Liu Qingshan rushed back home. When he got home, he found that not only Sha Zhu's family had come, but also Nan Yi's family had come.

"You are here too. Is everything okay at home?" Liu Qingshan asked.

"Everything is fine at home, but there are not many families in the compound, and they have all been taken away by their children. It's too much trouble for the two of us to deal with them, so we just came to your place." Nan Yi explained.

"Since you are all here, I feel relieved. I'll leave my home to you. I have to rush to the factory. It's so late, I have to go and see what's going on there."

Liu Qingshan is still the deputy director of the box factory. He must go to the factory now. He can't hide away at the critical moment.