Rain

Guo Xian sat at the desk for a long time without saying anything. At this moment, he regretted his advice to the county magistrate but he didn't listen to him and just let it go. If he had known this, he would have intervened forcefully.

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Gulan was awakened by the smell of food, and her stomach kept rumbling.

"Dad, you're awake." AnAn was now very fluent in calling dad, and he opened his mouth and wanted to help dad up with his small body.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw such a considerate son, Gulan smiled and sat up straight with her strength.

"Well, I smelled the aroma of food. My son is great." Gulan praised.

Although he was very happy, AnAn was embarrassed. He looked at Daya and Erya,

"Dad, I didn't help much. It was all Daya sister... emm Daya did it."

Every time AnAn called Daya sister, the little girl didn't dare to respond. She kept asking AnAn to call her by her name. She was very sensible. After a few times, AnAn followed her wishes.

"Both are great," Gulan praised again, making Daya shy. Smiling softly at her son, Gulan stood up and stretched her body while holding back the rumbling in her stomach. She had been sleeping in the same position, so her body was inevitably sore and weak. After punching once, she felt much better. Then she rinsed her mouth and took the cooked food off the fire.

Not only them, but the entire Lijia Village and Village Chief Zhao were all lighting fires to cook. After eating, they had to rest for a while and then hurry on their way. As for staying here to rest for a day, the village chief would not agree even if everyone had this idea. The village chief could not forget that familiar face at all, and the farther away he was, the more at ease he felt.

Daya made a simple wild vegetable porridge with rice. Thinking of the master's words about having a good breakfast, she wanted to put brown rice instead of rice. Knowing the rules of the master's cooking, Daya did not dare to put less, so the wild vegetable porridge was thick, not only smelling fragrant, but also looking very appetizing.

Gulan was very satisfied after opening the lid. Unfortunately, the disadvantage of traveling with someone was that she could not eat eggs openly. The quail eggs of the little bun were also given up. However, when no one was paying attention, Gulan would secretly stuff the delicious food in the space into her son's mouth and whispered to her son to keep it secret.

Adversity is the time when people grow up the fastest. AnAn, who suffered from hunger, had already understood this truth. He also vaguely sensed the difference of his mother and nodded almost without thinking. After the meal, they rested for another half an hour. At the urging of the village chief, the team started moving again.

This time they were going to Jiaocheng. The distance between the two cities was hundreds of miles away. It would take them ten days and a half months to walk on their own. The rest of the journey was very peaceful. No other disaster victims were encountered on the road. Before the night fell, they chose a dilapidated temple to rest.

This was the second dilapidated temple Gulan had seen so far in this world. The similarity was that they were equally dilapidated, but the difference was that this one was larger and could accommodate more people. The dilapidated temple was surrounded by a large forest, and the road was full of it. As for the range, it was endless. It was about a mile from the road. If temples were not generally built tall, they would have almost missed it.

Although it was broken, it could at least keep out the wind and cold. Some people finally didn't have to rest in the open air at night, and everyone was still very happy. However, no matter how big the broken temple was, it couldn't accommodate hundreds of people at once, so under the arrangement of the village chief, the elderly, children and women were arranged to go into the temple, and the younger men rested outside.

AnAn had a mother who doted on him and didn't want to leave and go into the broken temple with Grandma Li, so Gulan had to take him outside. Gulan was also reluctant to separate from her son. The two little girls would follow Aunt Li into the broken temple to rest at night, and the mother and son could rest in the carriage. Thinking that her son might be more comfortable than squeezing in the broken temple, Gulan would not force her son.

She chose a relatively sturdy tree to park the carriage under, and added some water and food to the horses and entrusted them to Aunt Li and Uncle Li. There was still some time, so she wanted to take An lAn and the two little girls to find wild vegetables in the surrounding area. There was enough food, but there was a lack of vegetables. Finding wild vegetables every day was a must before dinner. In just a moment, the ruined temple was surrounded by people looking for wild vegetables, including people from Xishan Village.

Village Chief Zhao's team had shrunk from Lingshan Town to now, and only these people were left. They were all close to him. At this moment, everyone was trying their best to find more wild vegetables in order to have more food for dinner.

Gulan deliberately distanced herself from everyone with a few children. If she got too close, she wouldn't be able to dig up many wild vegetables. Moreover, the way these people looked at her made Gulan very uncomfortable. Although there was no malice, most of them even had admiration in their eyes. But she had never been good at socializing, so she instinctively wanted to stay away to save trouble. And she was not a real man after all, so it was less likely to be exposed if she was far away.

The drought became less severe as she went west, and the whole forest looked lush and green. The chance of finding wild vegetables was very high. It didn't take much effort for Gulan and her friends to harvest a small basket in a short while, not including the part she had smuggled into the space.

Dinner was the same as usual, not too complicated, just simple wild vegetable porridge with vegetable cakes and steamed buns, which had been eaten long ago.

What everyone didn't expect was that the weather, which had not changed for several months, suddenly changed after dinner. It was originally just a gentle autumn breeze, but suddenly it blew violently. Women, children and elderly people took their packed luggage and hid in the ruined temple. Everyone also quickly took out their own rainproof things. The bamboo hat, raincoat, oilcloth and umbrella were all ready, and they would be put on immediately if it rained. As for setting up a canopy now, it was simply unrealistic in the strong wind.

With her son Gulan, they also quickly pulled the carriage against the wind and chose a leeward position again. They parked behind a huge tree on the right side of the ruined temple at the same time as the Li family's mule carriage. The village chief and several other households parked their cars behind a tree not far from them. Everyone moved in this direction and hid under different trees.

Although Gulan knew that it was best not to hide under a tree on a rainy day, when it really happened, there was only a tree to hide under, and it was not the hot summer season where it would dry up after a while in the rain and sun.

Now that early autumn has passed, the daytime temperature is much lower than usual. If it rains at this time, the possibility of getting sick is too great. Gulan dare not take risks with her son. The boy is unwilling to follow Aunt Li into the dilapidated temple, and she is also worried about the carriage. This is the only way. Besides, she can encounter things that come back to life from the dead. Gulan believes in her luck. She caught so many bad guys in her previous life and saved many people directly or indirectly. God should give her some merits.

The ancients didn't care about these things. They were very happy to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain on rainy days.

There was still some space on Gulan's carriage. At her invitation, Li San and Li Si hid in the carriage together. Li Da and Li Er were worried about the carriage and mule, so they hid next to the mule cart covered with oilcloth, wearing a hat on their heads and a raincoat on their bodies. As the strong wind intensified, the sky quickly darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and suddenly thebsurroundings were pitch black. Then, thunder rumbled from the sky. As thunder exploded, lightning finally broke out, like a sharp sword, slashing the sky in an instant. The shining arc ran down from the clouds to the edge of the sky, instantly illuminating the dark sky. From a distance, it seemed as if the dark clouds were carrying thousands of soldiers and rushing towards an unknown distance. Then, huge raindrops fell like water.