"What are you thinking about? I called you several times and you didn't respond. You were still distracted while walking. Be careful and get covered in mud!"
Suddenly, Li Pingan's shoulder was tapped from behind. He turned around and saw that it was Zhang Xiaoshan, the second son of his aunt's family.
Aunt Li Dafang married Zhang Yu, who also fled famine and came to Xiaochen Village. They had two sons and one daughter, the eldest son Zhang Dashan, the younger son Zhang Xiaoshan, and the second daughter Zhang Yuer. Among them, Zhang Xiaoshan is the same age as Li Ping'an, and only Two months older than Li Pingan.
As old cousins and friends who grew up playing together in the same village, Li Ping'an and Zhang Xiaoshan had a very good relationship, so they angrily said: "It's better for me to fall all over myself in mud than for you to eat mud!"
Not to be outdone, Zhang Xiaoshan said, "You still talk about me chewing mud when I was eight years old. If you fall all over yourself in mud when you are thirteen, I will laugh at you for the rest of your life."
"The problem is that I haven't fallen yet!" Li Ping'an shook his head, proudly, and then asked a few questions in succession, "It's raining so heavily, what are you doing out here? Where did you go before you came back? You're not afraid of being beaten by my aunt. You have a meal?"
Zhang Xiaoshan's father was a hunter, so he chose the foot of the northern mountain when he settled down. Li Ping'an had to pass by Zhang Xiaoshan's house if he wanted to go up the northern mountain this time. He was not surprised to meet Zhang Xiaoshan. What was strange was that he met Zhang Xiaoshan halfway.
However, Zhang Xiaoshan did not answer and asked: "Then what are you doing here?"
"My father and I went to the creek to check the water level." Li Ping'an replied.
Zhang Xiaoshan: "Then I will go to the creek with my father to check the water level!"
Li Ping'an: "Why didn't I see you just now?"
Zhang Xiaoshan: "I haven't seen you either!"
Li Ping'an: "Where is your father?"
Zhang Xiaoshan: "Where is your father?"
"Fuck! Zhang Xiaoshan, you must not be telling the truth!" Li Ping'an came to his senses and cursed. Then he thought about it and said in a mean tone, "Tell me honestly, are you worried about your little wife? Go to her house to see her. She?"
Zhang Xiaoshan puffed up his chest and said, "Yes, I just went to Taohua's house. What's wrong?"
Based on his understanding of Li Ping'an, the more he tried to hide it, the more enthusiastic he became. Li Ping'an didn't necessarily ask what was going on, but he would definitely tease people. It's better to say it openly.
Hehe, we are all thirteen years old, and we are cousins. I have a wife, but you don’t!
Zhang Xiaoshan beamed with joy, and Li Ping'an understood the subtext from his playful eyes. He curled his lips in disdain and thought about changing the subject. He also thought of the tragic fate of Zhang Xiaoshan's future daughter-in-law, Chen Taohua, so he asked more: " It’s raining so hard, is Taohua’s family okay?”
"It's a serious matter. There are leaks in four or five places. Why don't I go home and call my dad and my eldest brother to help fix it?" As he spoke, Zhang Xiaoshan slapped his thigh hard, "Oh my dear mother, I'm here What are we talking to you about here!"
Without waiting for Li Ping'an to speak, he hurried home. Li Ping'an's mouth twitched, shook his head, and speeded up his pace slightly. If he didn't walk faster, he would not even think about going up the mountain if he met his uncle later.
We passed in front of my uncle's house without any danger, and then walked up the mountain for about 20 meters. Because this mountain is at the back of the village, people in the village always call it Wubei Mountain. People in the village usually come here to cut firewood and other things. There are many mountains, so the road up the mountain is relatively easy to walk. If you don't go too deep, you won't encounter any wild animals.
Li Ping'an looked up at the sky. There should be no wild animals running out in this rainy day. He looked back at the village in the rain, but the rain blocked his view and he could not see clearly.
Usually in the evening, he likes to look at the village from a high place. The afterglow of the setting sun is blanketing the sky, the sky is full of sunset, the birds are returning to their nests, the smoke is curling up, the traffic is everywhere, the chickens are crowing and the dogs are barking, it is easy for people to relax their thoughts. Although most people here live in poverty, they are still peaceful and stable.
But today, perhaps because of the heavy rainstorm, or perhaps because he felt uneasy in his heart, the blurred village shrouded in heavy rain made him feel an aura that was as sinister and raging as the dancing electric snakes.
Just as he was thinking about it, something suddenly lit up before his eyes, and then there was a crash of thunder. Li Ping'an was frightened, and secretly thought that he really felt that his life was too long, and he was still walking up the mountain to a higher place in a thunderstorm.
Taking a deep breath to calm his tumbling thoughts, Li Pingan bent over and tried his best to avoid the trees and continued walking up. In fact, he didn't know where it was relatively safe. He had never personally encountered a natural disaster. He had only read some escape manuals for dealing with natural disasters when he was away from school in his previous life. But he didn't remember those knowledge points very clearly in his previous life, let alone that he lived for thirteen years in this life.
Can't remember, not at all.
He only knew that it was right to go to higher ground when floods came, but he was also afraid of disasters such as mudslides and landslides. What kind of location should he find to be as far away from these disasters as possible? It's not that he is greedy, he just wants to be as safe as possible and prepare more in advance. If there is a natural disaster, they will have a greater chance of survival.
The vague past life memories in his mind could no longer help, so he had to rely on metaphysics. He was scurrying around like a headless fly, carefully feeling where the inner uneasiness would be less.
When he came to the other side of Wubei Mountain, he suddenly felt a sense of relief. He was stunned for a moment, and then looked around ecstatically, only to find that this was a hillside with a gentle slope and a relatively open space.
At this time, a line of text appeared in his mind, and he blinked. Well, it turns out that not only the end of science is metaphysics, but the end of metaphysics is also science.
After recording this location, Li Ping'an returned the same way. He was truly relieved after returning to the foot of the mountain. Only he and God knew how worried he was about being struck by lightning when he was on the mountain.
"Thank you, thank you. If there is a flood, if my whole family survives, I will give you a whole pig at the end of the year!" Li Ping'an straightened up and raised his hands toward the sky.
No joke, if there is a flood, if he and his family can survive, God will play a vital role.
When passing by his aunt's house, Li Ping'an first peeked inside, saw no one was there, and quickly ran over. He didn't dare to let his aunt see them. It was true that his aunt loved them, but she would be merciless if they really wanted to fight.
I heard his father say that when they fled from the south, the aunt, who was only 19 years old at the time, was a ruthless person who fought with soldiers and bandits holding knives with a hoe. The key point was that she killed the opponent with a hoe and robbed them. The opponent's weapons.
If his aunt discovered that he was coming down from the mountain at this time, he could imagine that her aunt would definitely beat him until he couldn't get out of bed for several days to prevent him from running around.
After another uneventful journey, Li Ping'an returned to the fork in the road. Without hesitation, he walked directly home, thinking that he should buy food next. As for how to persuade his father, what else could he do? You have to ask first if the crops in the fields are affected.
Regardless of whether there is a flood or not, stocking up on food is never a bad thing. He has already thought of several ways to say it for different situations.
But before he reached the fence of his house, he heard the sound of his little sister Ruyi crying, and the cry was drowned out by the noisy rainstorm. His heart suddenly skipped a beat.
