noffsinger Chapter 293 The Rain Lightens
Chapter 293 The Rain Lightens
After searching for a long time, everyone finally found a pile of firewood that could be burned. However, even if it burned, the smoke was very large. Therefore, Xie Jiaojiao asked someone to light it at a place at the entrance of the cave that was not exposed to rain. Everyone then found some larger leaves and fanned the smoke outside...
As long as you can light a fire and put some wet firewood next to it, it will naturally dry out.
When the firewood pile was burning, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the old and the children could not help but sit next to the fire.
Xie Jiaojiao glanced at the Chen family's new bride, only to see her leaning against the fire, her face finally showing some color.
Finally, after burning a few piles of firewood, Xie Jiaojiao found some wooden sticks and propped up the pot she brought.
The people around watched and imitated her method, and also set up a few pots.
Xie Jiaojiao first boiled a large pot of water and put the ginger slices she brought with her into the water. Everyone in the family drank a bowl of it and their bodies slowly warmed up.
Cuizhu and Hanlu cooked porridge with the food they brought.
Several families next door gathered together to start a fire.
After a simple and hasty meal, everyone went to bed.
Jiang Weinan found a seat, pulled Xie Jiaojiao to lie down, and asked her if she was cold. Xie Jiaojiao shook her head, saying that she was too tired after a day's work, so she went to bed early. Even the usually picky Li Yaner was sleeping soundly at this moment. Jiang Ruonan took out a piece of clothes from his bag, covered her with it, and then she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
I didn't know what time it was the next day, but it was still very dark outside.
As soon as Xie Jiaojiao moved, Jiang Weinan woke up.
Xie Jiaojiao whispered something to him, and Jiang Weinan's face immediately turned red, and he stood up following Xie Jiaojiao.
It was still raining outside, but the lightning and thunder were not as severe as before.
Xie Jiaojiao found a place to use the toilet, and Jiang Weinan watched over her.
As soon as she got back, she saw Li Yan'er pulling Xie Jiaojiao out again. Xie Jiaojiao then realized that she also wanted to go to the toilet, so Xie Jiaojiao hurriedly followed her.
When they came back, Jiang Ruonan asked them where they had been. Before he finished speaking, Jiang Weinan spoke before them: "How dare you, a man, care so much."
In the cave, almost everyone got up, lit a fire and started cooking.
Sun Ruhua opened her bag and saw two pieces of bacon in it. Sun Ruhua took out a knife, cut some and put them into the pot. Soon, the aroma of meat came from the pot.
Some people looked on with envy, while others who brought meat also learned to cut some into the porridge.
This porridge tastes different with meat added.
Several days passed like this, and the rain outside finally subsided a little, and the sky became brighter.
Everyone looked at it and finally felt that there was hope.
At this time, the He family started to make trouble.
I saw the old lady from the He family screaming in the cave.
The noise made everyone very angry.
Chen Shouren immediately went over to find out what was going on. He found out that there were many people in the He family, but they did not bring much food. Now there was not much food left. He Youcai and his brothers only shared the food with themselves and their children, and he did not care about his mother at all. As a result, the old woman had been hungry for almost two days.
I saw the old lady of the He family lying on the ground, holding her stomach and crying.
Chen Shouren asked He Youcai and others to take out some food for his mother, but He Youcai and his brothers held onto their bags and refused to give any.
People in the village were talking about it.
Chen Shouren glanced at the two families living with the He family. Neither family spoke. They didn't know how long they would stay in this cave. Who would be willing to give their food to others?
Finally, he had no choice but to give half of the dry steamed bun he prepared to the old lady of the He family. Wang Qiushi refused to give it to her, but Chen Shouren insisted. Finally, he had no choice. Wang Qiushi was so angry that he put his hands on his waist and cursed the He family for a long time in the cave.
But He Youcai and his brothers don’t care at all. No matter how harsh your scolding is, it goes in one ear and out the other.
Finally, he added: "If you want to scold someone, don't scold us. If you want to scold someone, scold Xie Jiaojiao. Who told her not to let our family grow sugarcane? Our family is not like yours. You have extra money and extra food. This is another matter of escaping. We only have this little food."
As soon as he said this.
Wang Qiushi, the idiot, actually looked at Xie Jiaojiao. Xie Jiaojiao didn't even look at her, but just added some more firewood to the fire.
If Wang Qiushi dared to say a word about her, Xie Jiaojiao wouldn't mind teaching her and everyone in the He family a lesson on the spot!
Finally, Chen Shouren couldn't stand it anymore and told her to stop talking. She pouted and sat back reluctantly.
The old lady of the He family ate half a dry steamed bun and turned around to take care of her grandson.
Everyone looked at:.........
Wang Qiushi cursed Chen Shouren for being a complainer, and Chen Shouren had no choice but to keep silent.
Seeing that the rain outside had become much lighter, Chen Shouren came to find Xie Jiaojiao: "Jiaojiao, I saw that the rain had become much lighter, and I was thinking about arranging for two people to go to the village to take a look?"
Xie Jiaojiao agreed, and Chen Shouren immediately arranged the matter.
Xie Jiaojiao also went there that day. In fact, they didn’t have to walk very far. They could see the entire village by just walking to the place where the landslide and mudslide occurred last time.
The whole village was buried under the flood. Chen Shouren stood in the front and watched the scene. His eyes turned red. It was not just him. Who else who followed him didn't have red eyes? And the water was still coming from the upstream.
Everyone went back and told everyone about the current situation of the village. Everyone was silent. After all, that was their hometown!
Some of the elderly people had red eyes.
Everyone sighed.
Some people said: "Even if the flood recedes, we will still have no home!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent. Yes, if it was an adobe house, it would all collapse once the flood hit. Even after the flood receded, everyone would have nowhere to live.
Chen Shouren encouraged everyone: "Don't think too much, we still have the government office and the county magistrate. I believe that he will not ignore us when the time comes. As long as we are still here, we can rebuild the village in the future."
When he said this, everyone just pursed their lips and said nothing.
Then the rain gradually became lighter, but it didn't stop. Everyone seemed to have gotten used to this kind of life, but the food that everyone brought with them was getting less and less...
Everyone ate the last bit of food carefully, and everyone hoped that the flood would recede soon so that they could return to the village.
The old lady of the He family made a fuss again, but this time Chen Shouren ignored her. In the end, He Youcai and his brothers still squeezed out some food for their mother. After all, it would not sound good if people spread the news that their mother starved to death.
Sun Ruhua also planned the food she brought with her and ate it quickly. She also carefully kept an eye on other people in the village, fearing that her own food would be targeted.
Xie Jiaojiao was actually worried too. After all, at this moment, their entire family combined could not match the hundreds of people now.