Chi Yunyan took two steps forward.
Before he touched the door latch, Wen Qizhou suddenly grabbed his arm, and his reason overcame his subconscious reaction in an instant.
After many months, people who were tired of getting along with them suddenly appeared in the Taoist temple, and everything felt wrong.
Many possibilities flashed through his mind. He frowned slightly and stood next to Wen Qizhou, listening to him ask questions about people outside the door.
"Did you come alone?"
"No." Chi Anying paused for two seconds: "There are more than thirty of us. The base informed us that a tsunami occurred in the southeast and asked soldiers to escort us to Yuanheng Mountain, but the road was too congested. I was afraid that I would bring them up in time. .”
When they heard that the tsunami was coming, they went up the mountain to seek shelter. As the temple owner, Mingming naturally would not ignore it.
He offered to let them in for observation.
Wen Qizhou opened the door latch, took off the chain around the door latch, and watched the two soldiers and the residents they escorted carrying their luggage and crossing the threshold of the main entrance.
The front yard of the main hall instantly became crowded.
The people who had just climbed up the mountain looked frightened. They used the light of flashlights to look at Wen Qizhou and the others uneasily, and then pricked up their ears to listen to the conversation between Mingming and the two soldiers.
Mingming decided to leave the main hall and the side hall for them to rest. The two halls combined were enough to accommodate more than thirty people. Whether they were setting up tents or spreading a bedding in the hall, it was more than enough, and there would be no crowding.
As for the specific arrangements and order management issues, Mingming did not intervene and left them entirely to the two soldiers.
"I'll take you to familiarize yourself with the environment." He led the soldiers to the side hall, while the rest of the residents stayed where they were for the time being.
When Chi Anying's future mother-in-law heard that they were setting up a tent, she pulled her aside unhappily: "Tell your brother and ask him to arrange two rooms for us."
"You have to pay supplies to stay in the wing."
"How much do you pay?"
"Ten kilograms of rice noodles and bacon each." Chi Anying forgot how much they had paid, so she had to give an approximate amount.
"So many? Why didn't he grab it?!" Her future mother-in-law lowered her face and squeezed Chi Anying's hand harder.
"He can't make the decision."
"Then you want to talk to the viewer?" Her boyfriend Liang Fan took her hand and sighed softly: "I can't sleep well in too many people."
Seeing the sad look on that handsome face, Chi Anying's heart softened and she agreed without any resistance.
She looked around and thought that Chi Yue and his wife had the best relationship with Mingzhang, so she wanted to talk to them about living in the wing room first.
But the results were unsatisfactory.
Chi Yue: "There are no vacant rooms now." Since the Ge brothers and sisters went up the mountain, all the east and west wing rooms in the backyard were full.
She didn't look like she was lying. Chi Anying pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Chi Yunyan: "Yunyan, can you squeeze in with them tonight? Liang Fan's sleep quality is very poor, and his parents are elderly. People cannot live in tents.”
Chi Yunyan was startled.
He looked at Chi Anying, who was full of plans for the Liang family, and couldn't help but laugh: "I thought the first thing you said to me when you came to the Taoist temple would be to ask me how I was doing. Now it seems that it is still I'm so naive to expect a heartless person like you to give me even half of your care."
His disappointment was palpable.
Chi Anying only said "Sorry".
She really didn't think about caring, and she wouldn't make excuses for herself. Or perhaps, Liang Fan's family was much more important to her than the other party, and she didn't care about his emotions.
"No need to apologize." He looked at Chi Anying, who was like a stranger, with cold eyes: "I can't help you with this matter."
Chi Anying didn't bother: "Yeah."
She walked up to Liang Fan without any hesitation. As a bystander, Chi Yue looked at the figure half swallowed by the darkness, and suddenly realized that she was as ruthless as Chi Hongmin.
To be precise, just be ruthless to them.
"Let's go." Chi Yue was not interested in enjoying the argument between her and Liang Fan's mother. She looked away indifferently and told them to leave.
Not long after they returned to the backyard, Mingzhang, who was familiar with the environment with the soldiers, walked slowly and closed the door behind him.
"Master Ming." Ge Huai, who was making tea, poured a cup of tea and handed it to him: "Have you heard the inside information?"
"No, they all follow the arrangements of their superiors." Mingzhang knelt down and sat down: "I estimate that the situation this time is very serious. People from the two cities around Yuancheng are evacuating to the mountains."
Yan Shuo fell into deep thought: "The tsunami hit very quickly. It didn't even take an hour to get from the southeast sea to Source City. They definitely didn't have enough time to evacuate."
"The rest of the people..."
A long silence spread.
They stared at the still-burning fire. No one answered Ge Huai's words, and the atmosphere became more and more silent as time went by.
Chi Yue felt warm inexplicably.
She distanced herself from the fire and sat under a nearby tree. When the heat-laden wind blew and the air gradually became hot and humid, she suddenly realized that it was not the fire's fault.
"The temperature is not right." She took off the wool sweater of her jacket, frowned and said, "Yan Shuo, put out the fire quickly."
There is a bucket of water behind Yan Shuo.
He picked up the barrel, put his palm on the bottom of the barrel and tilted it towards the fire, extinguishing the flickering fire with a "squeak" sound.
"Why is it so hot?" He coughed twice due to the firewood smoke, and pulled down the zipper of his collar with his face flushed.
They took off their coats one after another.
"It's so strange." Ge Qinyao wiped the sweat from her forehead: "I feel like the temperature has risen to over 30 degrees."
Since the arrival of the polar night, the temperature has been dropping day by day. When they measured it two days ago, they found that it was as low as minus 7 degrees Celsius.
And now, with the temperature changing from freezing winter to midsummer in no more than five minutes, it’s really unsettling.
"Could it be caused by the wildfire?" Xie Changxiao's neck turned red from the heat, and he held his coat to fan himself.
Chi Yue: "Unlikely."
If the temperature rise was really caused by wildfires, then the fire must be fierce, and the location of the fire would not be too far from the Taoist temple, but the wind blowing from all directions did not smell like burning.
As for a volcanic eruption or a gas station leak, it is even more unlikely. There is no volcano nearby, and the gasoline resources at the gas station at the foot of the mountain have long been taken away by officials or individuals.
and……
She paused suddenly.
A terrible suspicion occupied his mind.
"Qizhou." She raised her head and held Wen Qizhou's wrist tightly, her fingertips trembling faintly: "Let's go to the back mountain to have a look."
Hearing Qizhou's serious "hmm" sound.
After an analysis, he and Chi Yue had the same guess. Thinking that time was running out, he turned around and reminded Mingming: "Master Ming, prepare towels, thick quilts, masks, medical kits, and all the water-filled bags." The containers are all filled, and we will gather in the main hall later."
"Okay, please pay attention to your safety." Mingzhang immediately divided the work among everyone, even the youngest Xunsong was not left out.
