HLnovel Chapter 39 The Villa on the Mountain (2)
Chapter 39 The Villa on the Mountain (2)
The award was to be collected at a government office in the city center.
Gu Shijiu held a bank card, beaming with joy.
Finally having money to spend, she immediately bought a brand new mobile phone, and also bought some clothes and daily necessities for herself and Shi Qi.
Then we went to the city center for a nice meal, bought a freezer, and brought back bags of food before returning to the cemetery.
Fortunately, the tin-roofed house has electricity, otherwise we would have to go down the mountain frequently.
"Can't we live down the mountain? This tin shack is freezing in winter and sweltering in summer," Gu Shijiu complained, pouting.
Shi Qi handed her a booklet: "These are the rules passed down from the ancestors of the tomb keepers. There must be male members guarding this tomb for generations."
The candidates for the next generation of tomb keepers have all been decided in the booklet, and they are just waiting for Shi Qi to die so that they can take his place.
"Why?" Gu Shijiu flipped through the booklet, which contained contracts between generations of tomb keepers and cemetery management.
"I don't know." This might not be the focus of the plot.
Money can get you a lot of things done.
Gu Shijiu adds items to the tin shack every few days, and now he lives a leisurely life with a TV and the internet.
The internet cable was specially installed for her by the government.
She didn't know that, although the old Taoist priest was only guessing about her identity, the government still had to be prepared.
Numerous cameras have been added to the entire mountain, and the surveillance cameras that had been broken for many years at the foot of the mountain have also been repaired.
Gu Shijiu was used to living in a place full of surveillance cameras and didn't think much of it.
Now she only needs food, drink, and entertainment, and the government naturally provides whatever she asks for.
Before long, Gu Shijiu realized that she seemed to have almost spent all the money from the last reward.
"Shi Qi, let's do some good deeds again." Gu Shijiu blinked.
Shi Qi rested her chin on her hand: "You've dealt with almost all the evil spirits in the country, what else can you do?"
"I don't know." Gu Shijiu flipped through TV channels listlessly.
"This station reports: At approximately 11:34 PM on July 10, a mudslide occurred in ** County, ** Prefecture, ** Province. The disaster resulted in 2 deaths, 2 missing persons, and 7 injuries."
Affected by the southwest airflow on the edge of the subtropical high in the western Pacific and a low-level shear line, the province has experienced continuous heavy rainfall for several days since July, accompanied by severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and strong winds.
Heavy rainfall has affected 133 counties, cities, districts, 1306 townships, and 757.9 million people.
More than 60 people died and 5 went missing due to the disaster, and tens of thousands of people were urgently rescued and evacuated.
The affected area of crops is 2 hectares, and the disaster-stricken area is 3 hectares.
On the night of the disaster, some areas of ** County experienced short-term heavy rainfall, with the maximum cumulative rainfall reaching 100.5 mm.
Heavy rainwater, mixed with loose rocks and dead trees from the mountainside, poured down, causing a mudslide.
Currently, the rescue work is 90% complete, while the dredging work is still underway.
Moderate rain is expected in most parts of the county over the next 12 hours, with some areas experiencing torrential rain. Accumulated rainfall could exceed 80 millimeters. Please be careful when traveling...
Gu Shijiu's attention was drawn to the news: "Shi Qi, everyone says this character is a drought demon. Will the rain stop if I go there?"
Shi Qi didn't know either: "How about we give it a try?"
Without hesitation, Gu Shijiu immediately took Shi Qi to the scene and found the person in charge of disaster relief: "Boss, is this rain disaster very severe?"
The person in charge: What kind of talk is that? It's been reported on the news every day.
However, Gu Shijiu flew over, and several Taoist priests below were giving him meaningful glances as they performed rituals to stop the rain. The person in charge quickly put on a kind smile.
"This torrential rain is a once-in-a-millennium event. Just now, within an hour, it was equivalent to 106 West Lakes being poured into **zhou."
“That would indeed be a major disaster.” Gu Shijiu pondered for a moment. “Boss, if we could stop the rain, wouldn’t there be a huge reward?”
There is no problem with rewarding exceptionally severe disasters.
"What kind of reward do you want?" The person in charge felt it was necessary to ask first.
Gu Shijiu shoved her phone right under the manager's nose: "We're out of money."
The zero balance in her wallet deeply stung Gu Shijiu's eyes.
"Oh, hehehe, I'll ask my superiors." The person in charge chuckled, actually going to ask the Taoist priest who was performing the ritual.
"Who is this person?" The person in charge was a little worried.
Gu Shijiu's name is now known to everyone in the Taoist community: "Just agree to her request, and maybe there really is a way."
The person in charge was worried about making a mess of things: "Won't she move the national treasury money?"
"It's alright. The relevant departments have set up a separate fund for her reward," the Taoist priest reassured the person in charge, who hadn't had a rest for three days.
The young Taoist priest chatted with Gu Shijiu: "Miss Gu, you've come too."
This is the legendary drought demon.
"Yes, I'm here for disaster relief." Gu Shijiu didn't recognize the man, but she recognized his Taoist robe; he was from the same family as the old Taoist.
"Miss Gu is truly compassionate and virtuous, her merits are immeasurable," the young Taoist priest praised.
Everyone in the Taoist community knows that this drought demon likes to hear nice things.
"Hehe." Gu Shijiu was indeed very happy and revealed to the little Taoist priest, "Although I haven't found a method yet, it will definitely work."
Uh, okay.
The young Taoist priest was very accommodating and even promised to ask his senior brothers in the sect for her help.
However, no one had ever communicated with the drought demon before, and the use of this ability was a secret, with no records of it in the Taoist sects.
Gu Shijiu had no choice but to try things out on her own.
The person in charge has agreed to give a huge reward, and it would be quite embarrassing if it didn't come to fruition.
Shi Qi offered some advice.
"Ah Jiu, water vapor is lifted to high altitudes by airflow. The temperature is low at high altitudes, so the water vapor condenses into clouds, which are countless tiny water droplets gathered together."
Small water droplets move under the influence of airflow and collide with each other, growing into larger water droplets.
When water droplets become too large for the updrafts to hold, they fall to the ground and form rain.
Therefore, the necessary conditions for rain to form are, firstly, sufficient water vapor, and secondly, rising air currents.
If one of the conditions disappears, then the rain should also disappear.
Gu Shijiu: "Stop talking incomprehensible nonsense, speak human language."
"Why don't you try absorbing the energy from the airflow?"
Since force is at work, there must be energy, which may be absorbed.
Gu Shijiu did as she was told, and it worked: "Shiqi, you're so smart. I'll buy you something delicious tonight."
As expected, the government gave the two a large reward afterwards.
Since Gu Shijiu benefited from this, he has been traveling all over the country to help with disaster relief and rescue.
Over time, everyone came to know that there was a drought demon in this country who loved to do good deeds.
Hmm, there's also a follower that's pretty useless.
Gu Shijiu and Shi Qi had been in this small world for nearly ten years when they finally heard the familiar mechanical voice.
"The script for 'The Villa on the Mountain' is complete, and the cultivator will soon be teleported to the cultivation space."