The rainy season starts and stops.
It has been raining for more than 30 days and nights, which is about 7 hours.
In the past seven hours, the rain has not decreased, but has become heavier and heavier. The rain is like a curtain, with no gaps between the raindrops, as if there are hands in the sky holding a basin and splashing water.
The ground was muddy and saturated with water.
Rainwater falling on the land will not seep into the ground, forming puddles on the ground, accumulating more and eroding the bottom walls of the stone house.
And inside the house.
Because the windows were sealed with animal skins, the stone house was always dark.
It is impossible to have electric lights. We can only put a few more candles to keep some light.
"Have something to eat."
Anxi took out some vegetables and animal meat and placed them on the stove in the house.
"Who knows how to cook?" She looked back at the other three people in the room.
The dinner with a good mix of meat and vegetables the day before was cooked by Chu Qingyan, and the brunch was meat roasted on the campfire.
There is no campfire in the house now, but the stove is an old-fashioned stove that burns wood for heating.
If that doesn't work, Anxi plans to put the meat and vegetables on skewers and roast them directly in the stove. The taste is not guaranteed, but it is no different from campfire barbecue.
"I'll do it." Xu Ming stood up, walked to the stove, and started cutting vegetables by the light of the candle.
"How about making some simple soup?" Anxi suggested: "The fire can't be too strong. The windows are not ventilated, so the smoke can't float out, and it will make the house too hot."
Although it rains constantly outside, the sweltering summer temperatures have not dropped at all.
"Yes." Xu Ming nodded, holding his hands non-stop.
Anxi looked at his skillful movements and saw that he was cooking a lot.
"Xu Ming! Don't put carrots! If there is winter melon, put some winter melon and cook it longer!" Fang Qianyao shouted from the corner, then collapsed back.
"knew."
Xu Ming responded.
An Qian understood that Xu Ming's cooking skills were probably not developed while cooking for Fang Qianyao.
"Stop for a moment and come back after delivering the things."
After An Qian said something to Xu Ming.
Then she turned around and started to get busy. She took out a large pile of animal skins and distributed them to Fang Qianyao, Xu Ming and Wu.
NPC neighbors in the game are different from players and need to eat every day.
And unlike players who can trade items with each other directly through the game interface, they can only be given face to face.
Anxi put on a poncho made of animal skins, then tied several layers of animal skins to the legs of the neighbor, and finally wrapped her face tightly, fully armed.
"Are you ready?" An Qian put her hand on the door and turned around to ask Wu and Fang Qianyao.
The three figures also wrapped in balls nodded.
Anxi pushed the door open gently.
"Hi——" The rainwater drifted to the floor inside the house, immediately burning a black hole.
It was raining heavily now, so Anxi and the others dared to go out carrying animal skins as thick as quilts.
"Go slowly." Anxi reminded.
If they ran fast, the rain would hit their faces, so they chose to move forward steadily and quickly.
The freshness of vegetables and animal meat will begin to decrease as soon as they are taken out of the backpack. Anxi and the others need to go out to deliver them every four or five days and nights.
Fortunately, there were not many houses. Five or six residents were crowded into one house, and a total of 32 houses were built.
In addition to Zheng Jia who is in another house, and some players who choose to surrender, minus their houses, there are 26 rooms left. The four of them have 6 to 7 rooms each, and they can complete it quickly.
"Knock knock."
Anxi knocked on the door.
The people inside the house quickly ran out and opened the door.
"This is for these five days." Anxi took out the packed food from her backpack and handed it over.
The person who opened the door was a thin little girl. She lowered her head and took Anxi's package. She muttered "thank you" and was about to close the door.
"etc."
When Anxi was about to close the door, she put her foot against the door.
The little girl was startled, but she didn't dare to speak. She just stayed here with her head lowered.
"You seem to have lost weight again." Anxi looked at the little girl's wrist. The joints were frighteningly prominent.
Everyone has a fixed house where they deliver food, and the more they go there, the more they naturally become familiar with the neighbors in the house.
Anxi had thought that the little girl was thin before, and she had been getting thinner since the rainy season began. She thought that the food she gave her was too little and the neighbors couldn't have enough to eat.
But among the seven rooms she gave her, only this little girl looked increasingly malnourished.
"I'll go in and take a look."
Anxi walked in without waiting for the little girl to answer, and the rainwater dripping from her animal skin made a sizzling sound on the floor.
At that time, the houses built were the most common elementary small stone houses.
But there were too many neighbors crowded into each house, so Anxi later upgraded each house one by one.
After all, Chu Qingyan and the others were still in the quarry and could continue to collect stone resources. An Qian didn't feel bad spending a little money on the stone.
The upgraded stone house has two floors, and the area is wider.
Anxi took a few steps in the dim environment and saw candles gathered on the far left side of the hall, emitting firelight. She slowed down, hiding in the shadows and looking at the place where the candles were lit.
Under the bright light, two middle-aged people, a man and a woman, an old lady, and a chubby little boy were sitting together.
"Here, take another bite." The middle-aged woman held a roasted sweet potato in her hand and brought it to the little boy's mouth.
But the little boy refused to eat. He even knocked the sweet potatoes away with his hands and screamed: "I'm tired of eating! I'm tired of eating! I want to eat meat! Eat meat!!"
"Oh, my dear grandson." The old lady on the side immediately comforted him: "Someone will come to deliver food in a moment, and you will have meat soon. Don't be in a hurry."
"Yes, yes, you can eat meat soon." The middle-aged woman also patted the little boy's back to comfort her, and then casually picked up the sweet potatoes that the little boy placed on the ground and threw them back into the bag.
"Don't waste it." The middle-aged man on the side saw this scene and immediately stopped him with a straight face.
"Nothing was wasted."
The middle-aged woman responded casually: "Just leave it to the baby and his sister to eat, so that she won't complain about hunger all day long, and she won't be satisfied even after giving her so much food, and she won't even know that her brother is growing."
"Yes." When the middle-aged man heard this, his expression softened and he nodded: "Just give it this time, don't spoil her too much, she is so squeamish now and treats herself as a young lady, something will definitely happen in the future. "
"That's right, why does a little girl eat so much?"
The old lady agreed, then smacked her lips and cursed dissatisfiedly: "Really, when will that lord come? He works hard and only gives me a little food every time. My dear grandson is starving. ”
"That's how women do things, they are unlucky." The middle-aged man said in a condescending tone: "As far as I'm concerned, she's just doing it in name. In fact, the man with the golden eyes next to her should be doing it."
The old lady responded: "I think so. How can a little girl's family afford such a large territory?"
Immediately, the old lady touched the little boy's head and said with a cheerful smile: "When my sweet grandson grows up, this lord may be his."
"Yes! I want to be a lord! Once I become a lord, I will have meat to eat every day!" the little boy shouted loudly.
The middle-aged men, women and old ladies around him burst out laughing when they heard him shouting this, praising him for his ambition.
but.
"He may not have this chance."
Anxi pulled off the animal skin on her face, showing a cold expression rarely shown in front of others, and stood in front of this family.
