bookrandom Chapter 296 The rain stops
Chapter 296 The rain stops
This incident happened so early in the morning. Everyone was very hungry and started cooking.
The He family felt embarrassed to stay in the cave, so they left their children behind and went out to find something to eat.
Mrs. Wang had just had a fight with the He family and was a little tired, so she leaned against the mountain wall to rest, while Tian Hunai and Sun Ruhua began to prepare breakfast.
Lai Fu and several other girls were not idle either. They went out with the girls to see if there were any wild vegetables in the mountains. This was how they spent the past few days. Every day, apart from staying in the cave, they would come out to find some food to bring back. After all, there were so many people in the family going out this time!
Xie Jiaojiao also took Jiang Weinan out, preparing to pick up some firewood nearby. They had to pick up firewood every day and roast it next to the fire, otherwise there would be no firewood to use when cooking.
It's still drizzling outside, but fortunately, the sky is not as gloomy as before.
Jiang Weinan said: "It looks like the sky will clear up in a few days."
Xie Jiaojiao bent down and picked up the branches on the ground: "It's been so long, it should be sunny, otherwise if the rain continues like this, no one can bear it. But I'm not worried about anything else now, I'm only worried about the He family's business."
Jiang Weinan was silent for a moment, then reached out to pick up the firewood on the ground.
Xie Jiaojiao continued, "This wharf has only been open for a short time. The customers didn't pay the freight for the first batch of business we signed. If the goods are lost in the river due to this flood, we don't know how much money we will have to pay. I'm afraid the He family's newly established business will come to an end again!"
Jiang Weinan frowned: "Is it that serious?"
"It will be worse than what I said! Now I just hope that the He family can use their long business experience to minimize the losses!"
Jiang Weinan stopped talking, and after a long while he comforted Xie Jiaojiao and said, "Don't worry, everything will be fine. If something really happens, all the businesses at this dock will suffer losses, not just the He family!"
"hope so!"
The two of them collected firewood and returned to the cave. Sun Ruhua and the others had just prepared the meal.
After being busy all morning, we were already starving. The whole cave was filled with the sound of everyone slurping their food.
After breakfast, Li Yan'er stood at the entrance of the cave and looked outside.
Xie Jiaojiao went up to her and asked her what she was doing.
Li Yan'er turned around and said with some worry on her face, "I wonder how my dad and grandpa are doing."
Xie Jiaojiao patted her shoulder: "Don't worry, they will only be better than us!"
Li Yan'er sighed and looked outside without saying anything. Xie Jiaojiao looked at her profile. She seemed to have lost a lot of weight over the past few days. When she first came to the village, she was afraid that it would be dirty here and there, but now she doesn't care even if her body is dirty or her face is scratched.
Xie Jiaojiao looked outside: "Wait until the rain stops, I will arrange for someone to send you and Ruonan back to the city first."
Li Yan'er looked at Xie Jiaojiao: "Aren't you going back together?"
Xie Jiaojiao shook her head: "Our village has experienced such a big thing, I may stay in the village for some time, you go first, as long as grandpa and second uncle see you, they will worry less!"
After eating, Niu Fusheng probably came to his senses and ran to show concern for Wang Po. However, Wang Po didn't want to pay attention to him. He became annoyed and disturbed Wang Po's rest. Finally, Niu Er said something to him in a sarcastic tone.
Niu Fusheng looked unhappy and scolded Niu Er for disrespecting him.
Niu Er did not show weakness this time: "Respect you? You have to do something respectable too!"
He spoke loudly and everyone in the cave looked at them.
Niu Fu's face turned red with anger: "How do you talk to me? I'm your father!"
"Just act like a boss there!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Niu Fusheng raised his hand. When he was about to slap him, Niu Er stopped him and glared at him: "How dare you!"
"Why wouldn't I dare? What the village chief said just now is right. I will treat you the way you treat me! Just now, I was beaten by the He family for your food. Did you care about it? You only care about the food you lost! Now that you are full and satisfied, do you think of me?"
After Niu Er finished speaking, he shook off his hand. Niu Fu was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Wang Pozi watched from the side, not knowing whether she felt sad or relieved. What made her sad was that she had just helped Niu Fusheng, but Niu Fusheng stood by and did nothing when he saw her being bullied! But what made her relieved was that Niu Er knew how to resist. As long as he could resist, even if she was gone, Niu Er would be able to stand up.
"Okay, stop arguing. You're making fun of people for no reason."
Mrs. Wang coughed a few times, and Niu Er hurried forward to ask about her health. Mrs. Wang grabbed his hand and said, "Don't worry, you're fine!"
After saying that, he turned around and looked at Niu Fusheng: "You go take care of Erbao."
Niu Fusheng wanted to say something, but seeing the sick look on Wang Po's face, he couldn't say anything. He finally said with a flat mouth: "Then you take a rest. Call me if you need anything."
Mrs. Wang nodded slightly.
After several days like this, the sky outside finally cleared up and the sun came out.
As soon as the sun came out, everyone ran out. They really missed the sun!
Chen Shouren hurriedly gathered people and took some young people from the village to see the situation in the village.
Upon closer inspection, I saw that the water level in the entire village had dropped a lot compared to before.
Everyone was happy. After all, many people had already run out of food and were living on wild vegetables and tree roots in the mountains.
Seeing that the water level had subsided, Xie Jiaojiao hurriedly asked Lai Fu, Chen Ada and several other men to send Jiang Ruonan and Li Yaner out first.
This time Li Yan'er and Jiang Ruonan did not refuse. After all, in their hearts, the big things were over now. All they had to do was wait for the flood to recede before they could return to the village. They were also worried about Jiang Caifeng and Li He'an.
But to get out, they had to wade through the water in the village. Everyone was ready, but then they saw someone paddling a small raft in the village. Upon closer inspection, they found that the person rowing the raft was none other than Manager Wang.
Jiang Ruonan hurriedly stood at the edge of the mountain and shouted. When Manager Wang saw them, he burst into tears and kept saying that it was all his fault. He should have arranged someone to pick them up on the first day of the heavy rain. In fact, he did arrange people to pick them up later, but the rain was too heavy and the flood in the town was also very severe, so they couldn't enter the village at all.
But fortunately they were fine, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the old man. Then, Manager Wang asked if the young master and the young mistress were okay.
Lai Fu immediately explained the situation.
Only then did Manager Wang nod his head and put down the heavy stone in his heart: "It's good that everything is fine, it's good that everything is fine."
After that, he asked Lai Fu to paddle his raft to send the young master and young lady to the town. He wanted to go with Chen Ada and the others to meet the young master and young lady. Only when he saw them with his own eyes would he feel at ease...