Chapter 446 I'm Afraid

"Mom, I'm scared."

When Yuan Ruo threw himself into Wu Gui's arms, Geng Yang, who was following him, took a look and stood silently by.

His mother was dead, and even if his mother wasn't dead, she wouldn't like to hear the word "afraid" coming from her mouth.

But Wu Gui felt that it was very normal for a child to say the word "fear".

She held Yuan Ruo in her arms and looked at Zhou Yunshu who was looking out the window. "Yunshu, how long do you think this hailstorm will last?"

"The hailstorm should be over soon. I'm more worried about the crops in the fields."

Haizhou has already had many farmlands abandoned due to man-made disasters. If a large amount of food is lost due to natural disasters this time, Haizhou will be in chaos even if it doesn't want to.

Just as Zhou Yunshu said, the hail stopped in the afternoon.

The hail stopped but the rain did not stop, and it even tended to get heavier at night.

The rain lasted for four days in a row. Except when it was hailstorming, almost no one was outside. Later, even when the rain got a little heavier, patrols appeared in Yuncheng.

After the rain stopped on the fourth day, Zhou Yunshu immediately sent a letter to Dongchuan.

Zhou Yunshu had repeatedly talked about the issue of autumn harvest before leaving Dongchuan, so when the old farmer in Dongwang Village found that the weather was not right this time, Zhou Yunzhi mobilized everyone to harvest the grain and put it into the granary.

When Zhou Yunshu's carrier pigeon arrived, every household in Dongwang Village was moving grain to prepare for drying.

"Zhi'er, what's wrong?"

Zhou Yunzhi rarely sees Li Jialan and others in the main hall in the front yard, because the things discussed here are usually important matters.

"Yun Shu wrote to us saying she wants us to move to Yuncheng as soon as possible."

"Did something happen?" Li Jialan asked worriedly.

Zhou Yunzhi shook his head and said, "No, it was Yunshu who was worried about what would happen next."

Compared to Yuncheng, Dongwang Village has almost no defense.

Even though there are many elite members of the Zhou family in the village, there is no city wall to block them. If there really are large-scale pirates and bandits, there will be no other choice but to fight them head-on.

"It's been raining for a few days, and the roads are hard to travel on now. Once the roads are clear, we'll go to Cloud City."

Fang Huiwen looked at the house they had lived in for so long that it looked more and more like a home, and said, "Then I'll start packing today. I guess I have to pack a lot of things."

Li Jialan and Wu Yue nodded, "Let's go together!"

After Wu Yue knew that she was going to Yuncheng, the corners of her mouth never fell.

When Wu Gui took Yuan Ruo away, Wu Yue wanted to stay with them, but after thinking it over, she decided to stay in Dongwang Village.

But now, she can finally go to find Wu Gui and her precious grandson with a legitimate reason.

However, before she went to find her precious grandson, Zhou Yunhai returned to Dongwang Village first.

Zhou Yunhai just came back and found his mother packing her things. He walked over and asked in surprise, "Mom, did you know I was coming to pick you up?"

Wu Yue put down the things in her hands and looked at Zhou Yunhai, who was tall and strong and blocking the light beside her. She said with a hint of disdain: "You are blocking my light."

Zhou Yunhai: “…”

Isn’t it said that there is no overnight grudge between mother and son?

It's been so long, why does it seem like his mother still dislikes him?

"What are you doing here?"

When Zhou Yunhai heard Wu Yue's words, he knew that she had no idea he was coming.

"Ali gave birth, and I thought..."

Wu Yue put down what she was holding, turned around and looked at Zhou Yunhai and said, "It's already born, there's no need to come back and tell me."

Zhou Yunhai looked at his mother and exhaled slightly, "Mom, listen to me first."

Wu Yue didn't say anything, just looked at Zhou Yunhai, as if to see what he could say.

"I thought we'd go back to Songshan Island after Ali recovered a little."

After hearing these words, Wu Yue's expression finally changed a little.

"I came here to ask you, do you want to..."

"In no mood."

Wu Yue refused before Zhou Yunhai finished speaking: "You will bear the consequences of your own choice. I want to stay in the Zhou family."

"So where are you going to pack your things?"

"Cloud City."

Zhou Yunhai was silent for a moment after hearing this, then nodded and said, "Okay."

"As I was coming here, I found that many people didn't have time to save their crops and ended up with nothing. It's really dangerous in the village."

Especially since other villages have little gain, but Dongwang Village has little loss, it will definitely become a thorn in the eyes of others.

Wu Yue finally heard something useful from Zhou Yunhai and asked, "Is it serious?"

Zhou Yunhai nodded gravely, "On my way here, at least half of the food was thrown into the fields."

If Ali had not been frightened and given birth prematurely a few days ago, he would have taken Ali away as soon as the rain stopped.

Otherwise, if Haizhou really gets into chaos, they might be trapped in Haizhou and unable to return to Songshan Island.

Wu Yue sighed deeply when she heard Zhou Yunhai's words, "Have you told your elder brother about these things?"

"Yes."

"That's good." Wu Yue looked at Zhou Yunhai and said, "Although there are some things you won't listen to even if I tell you, but..."

"Since you have decided to marry her, be nice to her."

Wu Yue didn't like Ali, she really didn't like her. But even if she didn't like her, women needed to rest during the confinement period after giving birth, but her son obviously didn't have this idea.

Looking at her son who didn't care at all, Wu Yue suddenly felt that it was a good thing for Wu Gui to divorce her son. After all, having such a husband was really a terrible thing.

Zhou Yunhai looked at Wu Yue in surprise when she finished speaking. He really didn't expect that one day his mother would speak for Ali. It seemed that she didn't hate her that much.

"Yunjia will be at home from now on. Just go do your own thing and don't worry about me."

Speak of the devil, and here he is. Zhou Yunjia came in and saw his brother. After greeting him, he said to Wu Yue, "Mom, my books need to be wrapped in oil paper when they are packed into the box..."

Zhou Yunhai looked at his mother and his brother and silently clenched his fists.

"Mom, I'm going to find my eldest brother."

Wu Yue nodded casually without giving Zhou Yunhai any extra glances. Zhou Yunhai looked gloomy and turned away.

After Zhou Yunhai left, Wu Yue sighed slightly.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Wu Yue looked at her youngest son and shook her head slightly, "It's okay."

"By the way, mother, do you think I should go directly to the capital, or stay in Yuncheng for a while before taking a boat to the capital? The exam is almost here..."

Zhou Yunhai walked away quickly amid the chattering of Zhou Yunjia behind him. He was afraid that if he walked too slowly, his younger brother would become jealous of his stubborn study.

When Zhou Yunhai arrived at the main hall in the front yard, Zhou Yunzhi and Zhan Chuan had just come out after talking about something.

Zhou Yunzhi looked at Zhou Yunhai who was sitting alone and asked, "Anything else?"

"Brother, can you give me a hundred elite soldiers?"