After the Dragon Boat Festival, the thief God released the evil bastard Golden Crow, scorching the earth. The world has entered the hottest month. Not a drop of rain has fallen on the earth for half a year. The water levels of streams, rivers, mountains and springs have dropped to the old level. A low point that no generation has ever seen.
It is said that this kind of abnormal weather may not have appeared for decades. In the past, people would have wished for the sun to be brighter in the sky. At this time of year, it rains so much that the ruthless Nanxi River often overflows, even to the north bank. From time to time it would be covered by floods, and all harvests would be wiped out. Not to mention the south bank, the terrain is low-lying and there are many ditches. An earthen embankment for flood control was built on the riverside, with only a small opening to let in a stream of river water. The south bank is full of fine farmland, relying on the nourishment of Nanxi River to create this fertile land.
Several nearby villages have spontaneously organized various activities to worship the heaven, worshiping the God of Heaven and the Dragon King. These days are so sad. They have to be roasted like a prawn every day, and the dead skin on their backs can be torn off completely. After traveling thousands of miles As soon as the water was poured into the ground, you could still hear the sound of steam evaporating from the ground. Nearly half a bucket of water was wasted. The bottom of the ground was like a bottomless pit. When the water poured down, you could watch the soil absorbing the water. Squeeze dry. I haven't finished carrying the water on one trip, and when I come back again, I can't find any trace of water on the ground?
Everyone in the villages on the north bank started to move. People carried Hanba's paper figure and patrolled the fields. Then they carried it to the gate of the ancestral hall and gathered people to burn the Hanba. The old people in the village prayed to God with sacrificial texts while burning: "The stone clam is thirsty, the cicada's wings are dried, the throat is hoarse from crying, the muntjac's limbs are dried, and the hooves are peeled off by the sun. The white chicken is red." I give you the chicken, and I beg you for rain." Although the sacrificial text is simple, the meaning is very direct.
Some people go to Nanxi River to catch flathead fish, then poison it with poison, and then throw it back into the river. They believe that the flathead fish is the culprit of the lack of rain.
According to the common myths of "a mixture of fish and dragons" and "the spread of fish and dragons", the flat-headed fish acts as a stand-in for the mythical dragon, illustrating the fictional dragon-slaying narrative and the realistic fish-slaying ceremony. Some people fired crossbows into the river pool, hoping that such childish behavior would anger the Dragon King and flood the golden mountains.
Even Song Guangdou dug out all the files of the three years he had been in office, summoned the county government leadership team, and all the people were waiting to retrial the cases over the years one by one.
If virtue is not matched, there will be disaster, but this is the emperor's fault, and Song Zhixian is not qualified. But if there are unjust cases, the key to solving the drought is to find out the wrongful cases of human injustice, thereby ending God's punishment method of not raining.
Liang Chuan knew that this was no bullshit about Dou E's injustice. This was clearly the coming of the Holy Child, also known as the El Niño phenomenon. The Peruvian cold current has weakened, and the cold water flooding has reduced or even disappeared. It has been affecting the South Asian subcontinent, and South China will also be affected. It does not rain, which is fatal to farmers.
If you don’t rely on the weather, you can only rely on your hands to eat. Among the four villages, Helu Village has the easiest life. They have a water tanker to fetch water continuously every day. When Nanxi is dry, you have to consider what to do next, but Nanxi is better than Xinghua. It has a long history, and there are no dry records. Seeing the commotion in several villages, they felt a sense of pride. Adults can educate children. Look at those idiots in the next village. They must study hard. If they are uneducated, they will Be as miserable as them.
The arrival of Shen Yuzhen brought a great shock to his family. Even a little chick like Zhaodi, who was not familiar with the affection between men and women, was disturbed by his youth and disturbed the years when he saw Shen Yuzhen for the first time. His eyes met as if it was Shen Yuzhen. Smiling at him, it almost broke the heart of this little Chu brother. He even walked with the same hands and feet, and stammered when he spoke. He thought he had gone to the wrong door, but Ye Xiaochai gave him a hard look when he came back. , only then can we return to normal.
I thought my family would be suffering on a hot pot like this weather, but what surprised Liang Chuan was that there were three women in one play, and the five women not only did not sing a great role, but actually taught Liang Chuan a good lesson. ,
On the night when Liang Chuan brought Shen Yuzhen home, Yuzhen called the four artists, Ye Xiaochai, into the room and locked the entire room tightly.
Liang Chuan looked a little worried at first. Shen Yuzhen was born in a prostitute, and it was normal for her to be tolerated by the world. She was very high-spirited and insisted that she had read poetry and books and was good at painting. She was different from ordinary village girls, but she was born in a different way. Bu Changyan ended up in a brothel, and now that her low status has been removed, she doesn't know whether her mentality will get better or worse. After all, Liang Chuan's understanding of her is limited to a guqin and a face that can bring disaster to the country and the people.
The concierge was locked so tightly that not even a male mosquito could get in. Liang Chuan shrank to the window and wanted to eavesdrop on the corner. Yi Niang took a clothes drying rack and pushed open the window and hit Liang Chuan on the head. The beating made Liang Chuan scared when he saw the wall. He didn't have the courage to pry into their boudoir. Secret things.
The west wing room was brightly lit, but it was very quiet. The voice of what was said was very low and thin. If you stood far away, you could only hear the voice of someone inside, but you couldn't hear a word of what was said, and the voice was very loud. It sounded like Shen Yuzhen's voice.
"What are you talking about? It's so mysterious." Liang Chuan was chopping firewood in the courtyard and looking at the west wing intently, always paying attention to what was going on inside. If the front was tight, he seemed to be the first to appear and stop this. The occurrence of a battle.
As soon as he put down the pile of firewood, he could tell the position of the wood with his other hand without even looking at it. When the ax struck down, the ax blade split the grain of the wood perfectly. He controlled the force quite accurately. Before the ax blade was about to hit the floor, he struck steadily. Hold it firmly, put another piece of wood, and then chop it down. Although it has two purposes, it is as sophisticated as a humanoid machine, and there will be no deviation in muscle memory.
The room had always been quiet, except for Shen Yuzhen's voice. Then suddenly there was an inexplicable cry, which sounded like Li Erhua's. More than one person sounded out, and all the women in the room seemed to be crying. The sound was like a noisy market.
"No!" Sure enough, there is nothing good going on. Women will not stop until they make a huge commotion when they are together. With so many people crying, this must be a big trouble. Liang Chuan dashed into the side room, Zhaodi and the others also heard the noise. The noise was so loud, so they could remain indifferent and treat them like dead people. That was their real ability.
"What's going on? I think I heard some of them crying?" Brother Zhao ran back from the kitchen and asked Liang Chuan urgently.
Liang Chuan shook his head, "I don't know." Then he pushed open the door of the wing and saw five women in the room hugging each other. Artist Xiaochai Yang Xiu and Li Erhua were crying hysterically. Shen Yuzhen was also crying, but Just stood strong and sobbed silently. The four women held Shen Yuzhen in their arms, sobbing and muttering something unknown, with tears streaming down their faces, all of them crying like tabby cats. I don’t know, but I thought the male owner of the family was dead.
"How can you sing? Why are you crying? Yi Niang, tell me!" Yi Niang didn't say anything, and pushed Liang Chuan and Zhaodi who came to watch the fun out of the door. The door closed again with a bang, and then There was another heartbreaking cry inside.
"Come on, cry, don't fight or anything in there?" Liang Chuan just had a little bit of sex, and the women just cried, didn't do anything, didn't argue, and there weren't any scars on their bodies. It's okay, cry for a while Crying can also relieve stress and detoxify, but why cry? .
Several women sat in the room and cried non-stop until dinner time. They all dressed up before coming out of the room. As soon as the artist came out, she ran out of the door. Liang Chuan saw her and wanted to call her back to cook, but before the words came out, she was nowhere to be seen.
"Yiniang is having a fit today. She's crying and fussing. Now she doesn't even cook. Hey, this is just something she's used to. I won't give it a proper education when I get back. There are more and more people in the family now. No. If you establish the authority of the family leader, the team will only become more and more difficult to lead..."
Not long after, Yi Niang came back from outside, carrying a piece of bacon in her hand, a few bundles of vegetables under her belly, and a plump and fluttering old hen. this. . Liang Chuan was stunned for a while, and Zhaodi understood it as soon as he saw it. Sister Yiniang wanted to have a snack today, so she quickly took the hen and went straight to the kitchen. There was a hen's clucking in the kitchen, and then there was no movement. It was obvious that she was recruited into the pot.
When the food was being served, the family sat around in the main hall. Liang Chuan's heart was pounding. He was completely confused today. He didn't know whether he was happy or worried. Seeing the red and swollen bags on the faces of several women, they cried a lot just now, but Yi Niang would not add food unless there was something good at home. . .
After the new stove at home, the fire efficiency is much higher than before. It doesn't take long to stew a chicken. The heat for stir-frying vegetables and bacon is even more intense. It is not mushy or burnt, cooked, tender and fragrant. It is cooked in a small pot. They also cooked fish soup, and the small table in the main hall was filled with dishes. Before everyone arrived, Brother Zhao had already swallowed half of his saliva.
Liang Chuan sat down first, and Yi Niang pulled Shen Yuzhen out of the kitchen, sat next to Liang Chuan, and pulled Shen Yuzhen to sit next to her. On the other side, Ye Xiaochai, Yang Xiu and others sat down one after another. Zhaodi and Li Chuyi both sat at the back, where a round table happened to be opposite Liang Chuan. Liang Chuan was so angry that he didn't dare to say a word, he just watched.
When everyone was here, Yi Niang said: "Let's start dinner." Zhaodi looked at the large dishes on the table, picked up the chopsticks and ate them into his stomach like a wind and a lingering cloud. Shen Yuzhen watched it with gusto. She had thought that Liang Chuan's family had very strict rules and order, and women generally would not serve at the table. Unexpectedly, everyone did not distinguish between each other. Even Xiaochai could sit next to Liang Chuan, and everyone was on the same table. Eat on the table. . Is this the taste of home? .
Liang Chuan picked up a chicken leg and put it in Yi Niang's bowl. Yi Niang didn't eat it, so she picked it up and put it in Shen Yuzhen's bowl and said, "Sister Yuzhen, try how it tastes. Don't think my sister's craftsmanship is rough." Yu Zhen was flattered and hurriedly returned the chicken legs to Yi Niang and said: "Sister Yi Niang, you eat it. You have been busy working on this chicken all night. I am clumsy and have been too busy in the kitchen. You are tired. You should eat it." After saying that, he stood up, picked up the bowl, and He said: "Today, I, my sisters, and I have invited my younger brother, Brother Li, to eat together. I will help everyone with the food."
Ye Xiaochai also stood up quickly: "Yuzhen, you are the first to come back. From now on we are a family. Don't be so polite. Besides, how can I let you work? Go back and sit down quickly. I will prepare the food." The rules of our family are Whoever wants to eat can eat it himself. If you want to eat until you are full, you must eat cleanly. Not even a grain of rice is left."
"Sister Ye, I understand." Shen Yuzhen smiled slightly at Ye Xiaochai.
The three men were stunned. During the day, they were crying to death. At night, they were rushing to get food. They were giving chicken legs back and forth. What kind of dog-skin plaster was sold in the gourd?
Liang Chuan didn't look like he was being hypocritical. Could it be that Shen Yuzhen was so capable that he bought all four people in one afternoon?
