Zhou Yaoniang, who was sitting in the carriage, naturally heard their conversation long ago, so she responded happily to Xu Tianyi's inquiry.
Then the three people in the carriage came out one after another.
But when Zhou Yaoniang was about to get off the carriage and walk, Xu Tianyi turned his back to her and said, "The road is very dusty and dirty. It's better for me to carry you, so that your shoes won't get dirty and contaminated with dust." "
Hearing Xu Tianyi's words, Zijuan immediately said with envy, "My uncle is so kind to my lady."
Xinghua on the side was unconvinced and said, "Miss, I can also carry you."
Zhou Yaoniang smiled, and then she just said softly, "I'm fine, I can leave."
However, Xu Tianyi refused to give in at this moment, "Yao Niang, please come up. It's going to rain now. If we delay any longer, the rain will fall."
Xu Tianyi refused to let the carriage open, so she couldn't get out, and everyone was watching her.
Zhou Yaoniang could only sigh helplessly.
Then she finally lay on Xu Tianyi's back.
Zicuckoo only made an envious voice again, "My uncle is so kind to my lady."
Xinghua was unconvinced and said, "It doesn't matter, I can do it too."
But after all, the two of them did not forget to take some pastries, wound medicine, and even oil-paper umbrellas from the car.
Then this group of people headed to the nearby ruined temple under the leadership of Wang Cai.
This dilapidated temple is not far from the road. Although the temple still has a large frame, it is obviously not a good place to go.
The dilapidated courtyard is full of broken walls and tangled webs.
Even when they pushed open the wooden door of the courtyard, the wooden door collapsed due to disrepair.
Everyone looked at the other rooms in the courtyard, and it seemed that only the main courtyard was the most spacious and bright place.
So after hesitating for a while, everyone finally chose to take shelter from the rain in this hall.
However, when they walked into the main hall, a bolt of lightning suddenly fell into the inner room. The lightning fell on the mottled and peeling paint of the Buddha statue, allowing people to see clearly that the eyes of the strange Buddha statue seemed to be shedding blood and tears. .
Before people could recover from this strange sight, a rumble of thunder suddenly came from the inner room.
Hearing the thunder that seemed to split the sky and split the earth, even the most daring people were frightened, let alone the group of little girls.
Xinghua said with a trembling voice, "Did that Buddha statue shed blood and tears just now?"
Zicuckoo immediately said, "It's so scary! Let's go somewhere else to hide from the rain. We don't want to stay here. I'm so scared!"
However, as soon as she finished speaking, the long-premeditated heavy rain fell suddenly, like a waterfall falling directly from the sky.
Such heavy raindrops fell.
Obviously Zijuan couldn't do it even if she wanted to find another place to hide from the rain.
She could only walk into the house depressed.
However, because of the heavy rain, the sky was also gloomy, and the heavy black clouds covered the sky and the sun. When people entered the inner room, it looked like it was going to be night.
But Wang Cai didn't seem to be afraid of this. He just said casually, "Don't be afraid, I've lived here for many years and it's fine, and you will be fine too. And that just now should be the rust stains washed away by the rust of the Buddha statue." , it’s not blood and tears, we don’t have to scare ourselves.”
The brave nurses looked at the sky outside and knew that it would be impossible to leave for a while.
So they just followed Wang Cai into the temple.
After that, Xu Tianyi comforted Zhou Yaoniang softly and said, "Yao Niang, don't be afraid, let's go in too. It's raining too much outside. It won't be good if your clothes get wet."
Hearing Xu Tianyi's comfort, Zhou Yaoniang felt an infinite sense of security.
Then she followed Xu Tianyi and walked in.
Afterwards, Xinghua also said to Zijuan, "Sister Zijuan, it's raining too much outside, why don't we wait for the rain inside the house for a while."
However, Zicuckoo still stood at the door and said, "I just want to hide from the rain here."
Looking at Zicuckoo's appearance, she obviously planned to run out immediately if something went wrong.
Xinghua didn't understand what Zijuan was thinking, and she didn't want to understand. She shook her head, then she took the thing from Zijuan's hand and said, "Then you just stand outside to hide from the rain. I won't disturb you anymore."
After saying this, Xinghua walked straight in.
However, after entering the temple, Xinghua felt that the experience of sheltering from the rain was not very good. Although the room was spacious, it could not withstand heavy rain outside and light rain inside.
Moreover, the room was gloomy and dark, and it was impossible to see everything clearly during the walk.
Fortunately, at this time, someone finally remembered the Huozhezi, and that person only lit the Huozhezi, and then people could see everything in the room clearly.
Except for a Buddha statue and an altar table, everything else on this table was in tatters.
Moreover, due to the disrepair of this temple, many places only had light rain on them. The Buddha statue was one of them in a very embarrassed state. Almost all the bricks and tiles above the Buddha statue had been removed. Rainwater pours directly down from that opening. Almost every time it rains, the rainwater washes away the Buddha statue. How could the Buddha statue not be mottled in such wind and rain?
People searched for a while and finally found a place that was relatively clean and without rain. They consciously left the best place to the eldest lady and uncle.
After the arrangements were made, Wang Cai couldn't help but suggest, "Should we burn some firewood?"
Zhou Yaoniang looked at the heavy rain outside and the firewood somewhere, and just said, "That's it, don't light a fire until we get wet. I think the rain may stop after a while."
Hearing Zhou Yaoniang’s words. Wang Cai could only say yes.
Then everyone sat on the floor, and Xu Tianyi seemed to have not forgotten the topic of his previous conversation with Wang Cai.
"Wang Cai, you just said that you have lived here for a while. What's going on?"
After hearing Xu Tianyi's inquiry and the problem was solved, Wang Cai naturally had the desire to talk about his previous experiences.
"Actually, it's nothing. I was originally a refugee in Cangzhou. When I was eight or nine years old, my family fled to the capital due to famine. At first, we found this place with people from the same village, so we settled here."
"We begged during the day and came back here at night. Then for some reason, the capital suddenly stopped us from begging, so my parents sold me to Ren Yazi. After that, they could raise enough money and go back. I never saw them again anyway.”
Speaking of these experiences, Wang Cai was obviously a little disappointed.
Zhou Yaoniang was obviously a little surprised when she heard Wang Cai say that she was from Cangzhou.
She just whispered, "Wang Cai, are you from Cangzhou?"
Wang Cai nodded.
Zhou Yaoniang immediately said, "You have never told me before, and your accent doesn't sound like the one in Cangzhou."
Wang Cai smiled bitterly when he heard this, "In order to get a higher price, that man Yazi only made us, a group of refugee children, study hard at Beijing movies. But it was also because of these lessons that I was able to work as a boy beside the master."
Zhou Yaoniang was obviously not interested in Wang Cai's experience. She only said to Xu Tianyi beside her, "Brother Tianyi, you are also from Cangzhou! Wang Cai is also from Cangzhou. You can be considered fellow villagers. Why don't you go there?" If we communicate later, we can communicate in Cangzhou dialect."
Hearing Zhou Yaoniang's words, Xu Tianyi smiled and said, "That's not necessary. We all speak Beijing dialect, but using Cangzhou dialect makes it seem like we are in some small group."
After saying this, Xu Tianyi only said to Wang Cai, "Wang Cai, what I said still makes some sense, right?"
Wang Cai nodded naturally when he heard this.
Then, perhaps in order to distance himself from Xu Tianyi, Wang Cai just said to Xu Tianyi, "By the way, uncle, where are you from Cangzhou?"
Xu Tianyi only said casually, "My family lives in the south."
When Wang Cai heard this answer, he felt somewhat strange. When people talk about where they live in their hometown, shouldn't they always just say where they live?
Why did this uncle answer his question in such a general way?
However, although he felt weird in his heart, he didn't say anything more. He just said, "Our southern part of Cangzhou is quite good. It has abundant rain and will not cause floods. The southern part is richer than the northern part."
After hearing Wang Cai's words, Xu Tianyi only said yes.
But Zhou Yaoniang said on a whim, "Wang Cai, you and Brother Tianyi should speak each other's hometown dialect."
Xinghua just followed suit and said, "I heard that the Cangzhou dialect is very nice. Please tell me."
Wang Cai smiled and said, "Our Cangzhou dialect has ten different pronunciations. I'm from the north. I guess the words my uncle speaks to us are even more different. Why don't you speak first?"
However, in the face of Wang Cai's rejection, Xu Tianyi said, "We don't have much to say in Cangzhou dialect. If you want to hear it, you'd better ask Wang Cai."
At that moment, everyone could hear the displeasure in Xu Tianyi's words. Everyone looked at each other, and the atmosphere became a little stiff for a while.
And not long after, Zijuan suddenly screamed in fright.
Everyone was frightened by Zicuckoo's scream and looked in the direction of Zicuckoo.
Xu Tianyi even nervously asked Zijuan what's wrong?
However, Zicuckoo didn't answer for a moment.
Wang Cai couldn't help but said, "I'll go over and take a look."
After the words fell, Wang Cai took the initiative to walk in the direction of Zijuan.
Then he soon saw Zicuckoo looking ahead with a panicked look.
At the same time, there was only the clatter of horse hooves outside the yard.
Could it be a bandit from the capital?
Although the capital has been peaceful for many years since it issued the order to expel the rangers.
But this does not mean that the capital is absolutely safe, not to mention that this is still a suburb of Beijing.
When Wangcai thought of this, he couldn't help but become vigilant for a moment.
However, when they got closer and looked carefully, they could see that those people were riding fat, tall horses. Unless the government requisitioned such tall horses, ordinary people would not be able to ride them.
