"It's an earthquake, everyone, come out quickly." Li Wenjun shouted inside, helped Liu Cuihong outside, ran to the carpentry workshop, helped Li Changming out, then took the bit and pulled Gu Zhanyan and Liu Cuihong to squat down together.
Everyone in the workshop was stunned for a moment, and then rushed outside together.
Fortunately, Li Wenjun opened the door in advance and everyone kept wearing their coats, so they didn't panic.
In less than two minutes, everyone ran outside.
Black Stripe stopped barking now and clung to Lao Wang's head and feet, trembling in fear.
The ground shook even more violently than before. Everyone screamed and couldn't stand still. They could only squat down like Li Wenjun.
The nearby factory building made a "quacking" sound, as if a frightened monster was about to get up and run away at any time.
The river water in the distance swayed violently like it was in a bowl held by a child.
The rocks on the mountain rolled straight down, hitting the trees and making a loud noise.
The lightning protection tower is also swaying as if dancing and may fall down at any time.
Everyone was only filled with fear, their minds went blank, and they screamed uncontrollably.
Diandian opened her eyes in confusion and asked Li Wenjun: "Dad, are we riding a roller coaster?"
Li Wenjun hugged Diandian and comforted her gently: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Diandian, daddy is here."
He remembered that the newspapers reported that the earthquake lasted for two or three minutes and was followed by aftershocks. But the power of those aftershocks was very small.
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The first wave of shaking finally stopped.
Everyone looked around in shock and asked the people around them: "Is it over?"
"It should be over."
Then everyone started talking: "Oh my God, there was an earthquake."
"That's right, there hasn't been an earthquake here for decades."
"Let's go back and take a look."
Everyone had no intention of eating, drinking and having fun, so they all hurried back.
Tao Guangming waited for the earthquake to stop, then rushed to the house and called Ji Rushi and Tao Guanghui.
Fortunately, both of them stayed in the unit and ran out as soon as the earthquake started.
After asking, it turned out that it was Li Wenjun who called them at noon to tell them that there was an earthquake at 4:01 pm and asked them to prepare.
Tao Guangming couldn't help but curse in his heart: "Fuck you. Not only did that bastard predict the earthquake, he also predicted it to the minute. He is really a pervert."
He told Ji Rushi not to go back to Pyrite Mine because she didn't know the situation on the road. He told Ji Rushi to stay with Tao Guanghui in the county town for a few days and wait for him to come find them.
Li Wenyong went into another office and called Liu Dongmei to ask her about the situation. Liu Dongmei said that Li Wenjun also told her to stay away from things that could easily fall.
Liu Dongmei was about to go to the emergency room to help, and then hung up the phone in a hurry.
Li Wenyong and Tao Guangming came out of different offices and looked at each other with complicated eyes.
Li Wenjun told them early, but they didn't believe him. And when he designed the factory to be earthquake-proof, everyone laughed at him for being crazy.
If it hadn't been for Li Wenjun, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Li Wenyong didn't have the energy to bother with whether Li Wenjun threatened Guo Jianguang's notice, and he just felt scared.
All the underground workers were also frightened.
Li Wenjun said: "Let's go to the hospital quickly."
Li Wenyong frowned and asked, "Are you injured?"
Li Wenjun shook his head: "No, there will be a lot of wounded people coming into the hospital later, and they will definitely suffer from lack of blood. Let's go donate blood."
Several underground workers who had not yet left immediately agreed.
"Okay, let's go together."
"We are all young adults, so we are not afraid of drawing more blood."
Gu Zhanyan also said: "I'll go too."
Li Wenjun told Liu Cuihong and the others to take Diandian back and then went to the hospital.
Along the way, I saw many collapsed houses on the roadside. After all, they were made of red bricks, so they would surely fall if they shook like this.
The air was filled with the smell of sulfur, and for some reason there was a fire on the back mountain.
There were shouts and cries everywhere.
When Li Wenjun and others saw something falling, they went over to help and helped or carried the injured to the hospital.
Many injured people have come to the emergency room of the hospital, but the strange thing is that almost all the doctors and nurses in the hospital are in place, so it is not too busy.
Li Wenyong felt strange, so he grabbed a nurse and asked, "Why are all the doctors in the hospital today?"
The nurse said: "Director Hao asked us to come back and be on standby. He said that many injured people were coming in after four o'clock. Unexpectedly, there was an earthquake. We all admire Director Hao for being able to foresee such a thing."
Li Wenyong and Tao Guangming exchanged thoughtful looks again: It seems that Li Wenjun called Dean Hao in advance again. It is rare that a person as mature as Dean Hao would believe Li Wenjun's seemingly nonsense words.
Li Wenjun had already taken off half of his coat, rolled up his sleeves and sat down to donate blood. Others also hurriedly found a place to sit down and wait for the nurse to draw blood.
Yang Lu passed by in a hurry and saw Li Wenjun donating blood. She stopped and looked at Li Wenjun with a strange expression, as if she was grateful, afraid, and a little confused.
Li Wenjun shook his head slightly, signaling her to be silent.
Yang Lu then lowered her head and hurried away.
The injured kept being brought in, some of them were villagers from nearby villages, and most of them were injured by collapsed houses and big trees.
All the beds in the hospital have been vacated to accommodate these injured people.
Various broken hands, broken legs, broken heads, and stabbed stomachs.
Bones were exposed, blood was dripping, and there were constant wailing sounds.
Even tough men like Li Wenyong and others couldn't bear this kind of scene, their faces turned pale and their heads broke out in cold sweat.
After donating blood, several people came out of the hospital as if they were running away.
Li Wenjun calmly put on his coat and followed them out.
Tao Guangming turned around and said: "You are really a monster. You are said to be cruel, but you are the first to say that you want to donate blood. You are said to be soft-hearted, but you are not moved by this scene."
Li Wenjun smiled: "It's quite scary. But I know how to hide my emotions better than you. In fact, I am also afraid."
Tao Guangming was not sure whether he was telling the truth or just to comfort them. Anyway, when the pervert died last time and when the three gangsters died later, Li Wenjun didn't express any special expression.
Li Wenyong grabbed Li Wenjun and waited until the person in front of him had gone away, then said, "Tell me, how did you measure so accurately?"
Li Wenjun said: "I told you, I made a seismic measuring instrument."
Li Wenyong nodded: "Where is the instrument?"
Li Wenjun said: "If you don't believe it, I will smash it."
Li Wenyong: "Then making another one will definitely allow you to apply for another patent."
Of course Li Wenjun knew that he could apply for a patent!
However, a seismometer that can predict so many days in advance and is accurate to the minute has not been developed as of 2022.
What would he do? He just made up a lie to cover up what he had experienced.
