No one expected that this group fight would be interrupted by a sudden heavy rain.
Dark clouds hung low, and the air was sultry, followed by lightning, thunder, and strong winds.
In an instant, heavy rain fell.
"It's raining!"
I don't know who shouted, and everyone immediately went home regardless of who slapped or kicked whom.
Even Mayberry and the others had to return to their home.
"Drink the ginger soup quickly! Hurry!"
Mei Mei and Wei Meili were only caught in the rain. On the contrary, Mei Youqian, who had not joined in the fun just now, got soaked in the rain because he and Mei Sanma were cutting down a few branches in the depths of the bamboo forest to build clothes hangers for drying.
Wei Meili made a pot of thick ginger tea and asked each of them to share a bowl.
"Good guy, it's raining so hard!"
After drinking the hot ginger tea in one gulp and looking at the rain outside the door that looked like broken jade beads, Mei Youqian couldn't help but sigh.
"It's been almost two months, and it's been raining."
Mayberry was sitting at the door, and the playful rainwater crossed the threshold and splashed on Mayberry's calves.
She lowered her head and looked at the rain jumping on the ground. She couldn't help but stretched out her hand and let the cold rain fall on her palm.
Hearing her father's sigh, Meiberry looked up at the falling dark clouds in the sky, and couldn't help but ask: "I don't know how long this rain will last?"
"Looks like it's still good enough!"
Mei Youqian put down the empty bowl and stood up to look into his yard. The rain was coming down hard and fast.
Because the yard of Meiberry's house was paved with bluestones, the rainwater would collect into a small waterfall and rush outside like a waterfall.
Seeing this scene, Wei Meili couldn't help but frown and said: "After a long drought, there is a heavy rain. The rainwater in the ground has not yet been fully absorbed. The rainwater on the road has gathered into a torrent to harm people."
What Wei Meimei said was true. The rain was heavy and fast all day and night.
Meiberry hasn't seen anything wrong with the stream outside the village, but the thatched roof of Meiberry's house is indeed running out of steam, and some places are starting to leak.
The ground in the house also became muddy because of the heavy moisture outside.
Fat Tiger almost stayed on the kang these days. Occasionally he would get out of bed to deal with Maomao's "big life matters". When he got on the kang again, he would be chased by Meiberry and yelled at him to let him deal with his jio that was covered in mud and water. jio.
But just when the Mayberry family was worried because their roof was about to collapse, the sky finally cleared up.
After it cleared up, Mei Youqian immediately repaired the roof of his house. After the yard was exposed to the sun for a day, and the sun was scorching again the next day, Mei Youqian moved the things in the house out to dry them.
Just when everyone thought things were getting better, an official came and dealt a heavy blow to everyone——
Because many people were involved in dredging the river this time. The heavy rains in the past few days were so fast and fierce that not only the river was not dredged, but also many people who participated in the corvee were directly affected by the flood due to the sudden flood. Rush away.
God knows when the villagers of Jinshui Village heard the news, how many people present simply rolled their eyes and fainted.
The only good news is that the service time this time has also been shortened. Soon, the surviving civilian husbands will return.
Those who do not return are either missing or dead.
When she first heard the news, Meiberry's hand shaking as she fed the mule cubs, she turned her head in panic and saw her father standing at the door of the yard, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
She couldn't help but feel lucky for the ten thousandth time that her family finally made the decision to let her father pay for the corvee.
"I heard from my mother that Grandma Wang was about to cry her eyes out because Aunt Cuihua was pregnant. Uncle Huo should have gone to serve this year, but Uncle Mu took the initiative to go.
Uncle Mu Mu hasn't gotten married yet, and my mother said that Grandma Wang and Uncle Huo Huo regret it now. "
That morning, Mei Mei and Mei You carried baskets to the creek near the entrance of the village to wash vegetables, and they talked about this.
This heavy rain made the stream that was almost drying up again filled up with water.
"Well, Mrs. Ge's little daughter-in-law has also come to our house these days.
She said that whenever she cried at home, Mrs. Ge would scold her and think she was unlucky. But she couldn't help it. She felt uncomfortable thinking about her husband whose life and death were unknown, so she went outside to cry. "
When Mei You heard the news, he said it was impossible without any fluctuation.
But she was even more fortunate that nothing happened to the people she cared about, and that was enough.
"Hey, Mrs. Ge didn't learn enough lesson last time?"
"It doesn't matter if she eats it. After all, no one will care about her if she dominates the house."
After the two washed the dishes, they turned around and walked from the stream to the road to go home.
At this time, Meiberry was very sensitive. She turned to look at the road and shouted excitedly:
"came back!"
"Um?"
"The people who participated in the corvee, they are back!"
Meiyou followed Meiberry's gaze and looked over.
A group of ragged people, who looked similar to the beggars outside, were staggering toward them.
Seeing a group of people coming towards them, Mei Bei immediately picked up the hem of her clothes and ran back. Mei You didn't know why, but subconsciously followed Mei Bei.
As Meiyou ran, she listened to Meiberry shouting to the village that those people were back.
There was almost no need for Mei to shout a second time. The village was filled with surprises and suspicions. As they subconsciously opened their doors and looked outside, more and more people walked out of their homes.
"Back, back?!"
"came back!!"
"Ah - my son!"
"Ms. sir!"
"father!!"
People in the village walked out of their homes and ran towards the entrance of the village. Seeing that Mei Bei was deeply hiding her merits and fame, she and Mei You quickly returned home.
Afterwards, Meiberry was in the yard again, glancing at the figures running out of the village from time to time.
Some people walk vigorously, others stagger;
Some looked serious, others cried with joy;
The cries and laughter outside the yard reached her ears one after another. Meiberry silently walked back to the kitchen and looked up to see her mother handling a big carp.
Her father accidentally caught it by the river in the morning, but Mei Youqian, who was so naive that she didn't eat any of the meat, was very happy.
At the moment, Mei Mei didn't mind Wei Meili's handling of the carp's fishy smell, and just jumped into her mother's arms like an unweaned child, and even shocked Wei Meili.
"What's wrong?"
After realizing it, Wei Meili put down the kitchen knife, and then she heard something moving outside, and asked again: "What's going on outside? Is someone bullying you?"
"No, those who participated in the corvee are back...many people in the village came out to welcome them."
"Oh~ that's a good thing."
"But... there should be some people who can't come back..."
Probably realizing why his daughter was in a low mood, Wei Meili sighed in her heart but said nothing.
Her daughter has never experienced so many separations and separations since she was a child.
Wei Meili pulled the rag and wiped her hands, then gently reached out and patted Mei Li on the back. After a while, she asked, "Want pickled fish or braised fish for lunch?"
Mayberry: "...?"
An unspeakable feeling of soreness was spreading in Meiberry's chest, but in the blink of an eye, Meiberry was stuck by her mother's question about what fish to eat for lunch.
“Braised fish…”
Forget it, let’s get to work first.
Meiberry, a silly girl with a soft heart but not much, hahahaha
