sjar Chapter 450: Unable to Speak Anymore
Chapter 450: Unable to Speak Anymore
The morning after the typhoon, it was bright daylight.
Most of the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed, revealing a pale blue sky. The wind had also turned into a gentle breeze, which felt cool on my face and carried the salty taste of the sea.
Thankfully, they had already left.
Otherwise, given the terrifying strength of this wind, even half a day more of this would have caused even greater damage.
"Um...Big sister..."
San Chuan, still dazed, reached out and removed Si Hai's fleshy leg from his neck.
"I was so scared. I dreamt that a ghost was choking me and I couldn't breathe."
Sanchuan was panting heavily.
There were no ghosts.
There is one chubby kid in Sihai.
Xu Yiyi sat on the bed, rubbed her heavy eyelids, and looked down. Wu Yuan and Si Hai were still sleeping soundly in the quilt, their little faces nuzzled against her arm, their breathing even.
She gently moved her body and carefully lifted a corner of the blanket.
"Get up?"
Xu Yiyi asked softly.
Sanchuan rested for a while, but found he was still sleepy.
With a thud, she lay back down.
Xu Yiyi chuckled softly and covered him with the blanket.
Only then did he cautiously open the door and go out.
The yard was still a mess.
After the wind died down yesterday, it rained heavily.
I washed a lot of things down.
She glanced at the yard and saw that there were even other people's clothes there.
A thick branch broke off from a tree in the yard, and leaves were scattered all over the ground, but the tree outside the yard was uprooted.
The soil outside was muddy from the rain, mixed with fallen thatch and pieces of wood.
She went out of the courtyard and saw that the sea level had risen sharply, and most of the houses living downstream were flooded.
Looking down from outside, you can see that the roofs of many houses have been torn off, revealing the wooden beams inside.
Xu Yiyi was stunned for a while, letting the sea breeze hit her face.
It took him a while to come to his senses, and he rolled up his sleeves and began cleaning the yard.
She gathered the scattered broken branches, shards of tile, and mud into a pile and carried it outside in bamboo baskets, one trip at a time.
After the things in the yard were cleared away, they drew water from the well, which was still relatively clear, and poured bucket after bucket of it onto the messy ground.
The water, mixed with mud and filth, gurgled along the slope, and after repeated washing, the bluestone slabs, which were deeply covered by silt, finally revealed their original clean appearance little by little.
"Big sister! Wu Yuan is awake."
Xu Yiyi had just straightened up when Sanchuan's voice rang out.
She quickly went inside.
She noticed that Sanchuan was sweating profusely and burst into tears the moment she saw her.
"Big sister! Why don't you write a letter and ask Grandpa Yunzhi to come back? Wuyuan can't speak anymore..."
Upon hearing this, Xu Yiyi froze.
He then climbed into bed.
“In the past, when Wuyuan woke up, he would make his usual cooing sounds, but now he doesn’t even hum the softest.”
Xu Yiyi couldn't believe it and carried Wu Yuan out.
The little one lay quietly in her arms, neither crying nor fussing, his bright black eyes gazing at her.
"Wu Yuan, go see your eldest sister..."
She gently patted his back and teased his chin with her fingers.
The child simply blinked and opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
She steeled herself and gently pinched his soft arm.
Wu Yuan's face instantly turned bright red, his mouth opened wide, and his chest heaved violently.
What should have been a loud cry was instead cut off by something, with only a few broken, hoarse breaths escaping from its throat.
Xu Yiyi's hand trembled violently, and her heart sank straight down.
"How could this be?"
She murmured.
The next moment, he took out his small blanket and covered him with it. Without giving any other instructions, he ran out.
"Well……"
Sanchuan watched his elder sister's retreating figure and finally couldn't hold back his tears.
Sihai was curled up in the corner of the bed, fast asleep, when he was suddenly awakened by Sanchuan's heart-wrenching wails.
The chubby body trembled in surprise, and it sat up groggily, its sleepy eyes filled with confusion and fear.
"Third Brother?"
The child didn't understand what was happening, only that Sanchuan's crying sounded somewhat sad.
"Third Brother, what's wrong?"
Sihai pouted and hugged Sanchuan tightly. Her big eyes quickly filled with tears, and she looked like she was about to cry out loud.
"Sihai, Wuyuan, he can't make a sound anymore, he can't even cry, he just has his mouth open."
Sanchuan was in tears, and Sihai was even more stunned upon hearing the news.
"You're talking nonsense. Wu Yuan was crying so loudly yesterday. Did he just cry himself hoarse?"
Sihai felt that his brother was lying, so he jumped off the bed.
"Wu Yuan? I need to find Wu Yuan."
The child hurriedly put on his shoes and stumbled as he walked out of the house, almost falling.
Seeing this, Sanchuan forgot all about crying.
She took his clothes and went outside.
"You have to take good care of yourself. If you catch a cold, your older sister will be even more worried."
Sanchuan sniffed and helped Sihai put on his clothes.
"Did Big Sister take Wu Yuan to town?"
Sihai cried and tugged at his clothes with her little hands.
"Take me with you! Let's go find them quickly, hurry!"
Sanchuan tenderly wiped away Sihai's tears and snot. "Our boat is still inside the house. Big Sister probably can't go. Let's hurry and go find Grandpa and Uncle Pinghai."
After recovering, Sanchuan also realized what had happened.
They are all children, and even if they wanted to do something, they couldn't help much.
We still need to hurry and call the adults.
So, after hearing what he said, Sihai dashed out of the yard.
Xu Pinghai's family lived on a hillside at another fork in the road, just below where Grandpa Xu and Grandma Xu lived.
They were just unlucky; the seawater happened to flood their house.
The strong wind blew all the doors off the house and the walls collapsed.
There were all sorts of random things floating on the water, and the water still hadn't drained after a whole night.
As Sanchuan waded across the water, Xu Ming casually tossed his hand, and with a splash, a dead fish landed juicy in the water right in front of him.
"What are you wandering around for? Don't you know it's not safe outside right now?"
Xu Ming never expected to run into these two brats at this moment, and his tone was very unfriendly.
Sanchuan pursed his lips, kicked the fish away, and continued walking upwards with Sihai on his back.
"Who?"
Grandma Xu came out of the house carrying a winnowing basket. "Who are you talking to?"
Xu Ming was stunned for a moment, "Nobody!"
"Then hurry up and get to work."
Grandma Xu said irritably.
She had just had a fight with Grandpa Xu and was furious. Nobody wanted to provoke her and add to their unhappiness.
Sanchuan disregarded Xu Mingzai's words and carried his younger brother step by step to his great-uncle's house.
Just then, I saw Xu Anyang diligently washing the yard.
"What are you two doing here? It's flooded everywhere outside!"
Xu Anyang quickly put down his tools and lifted Sihai off Sanchuan's back.
Upon closer inspection, it became clear that Sihai's eyes were swollen from crying.