Chapter 203 Dalang, it’s time to take medicine (13)

But even though Old Man Wei and his wife valued money more than their lives, they were ultimately unable to recover their family fortune and were dragged out by their son and daughter-in-law.

After coming out, old lady Wei started to cry and yell. Their home was gone, and it was raining heavily and getting dark. What should this big family do?

The Wei family members, who were soaked like drowned rats, were filled with panic and despair. Wei Erlang suddenly thought of Wei Dalang for some reason. The day when Wei Dalang was kicked out of the house was also raining heavily, just like this day, but the old lady Wei refused to let him stay at home for even a day and hurriedly had him carried to the deserted house.

Was Wei Dalang in the same desperate and panic mood that day as he is now? No, maybe even more desperate? After all, his legs were severely injured and he couldn't move at all...

Wei Erlang's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that there was really retribution? They had driven Wei Dalang away on such a rainy day, so God also destroyed their home on such a rainy day? Made them homeless?

"Dad, what should we do now?" Wei Erlang asked Old Man Wei in confusion.

Old man Wei was in a state of dismay. When he heard his son's question, he came to his senses and said, "Find a place to shelter from the rain."

"Where can I shelter from the rain?" Wei Erlang looked frustrated and wiped the rain off his face.

Old Man Wei's daughters-in-law were already crying while holding their children. Old Man Wei looked at the miserable appearance of the family in the heavy rain, gritted his teeth, and said, "Go ask the neighbors if they can let us stay for one night."

Wei Erlang, Wei Sanlang and several other men went to knock on the doors of several neighbors.

Fortunately, although the neighbors usually couldn't stand the ruthless behavior of Old Man Wei's family, when they saw that they had encountered such a serious incident of being struck by lightning and even their house was destroyed, and it was raining heavily outside, they knew that if they really didn't take care of it, someone might die, so several neighbors took them in.

Wei Qi came back from outside, his clothes were half wet, Huo Shichu asked him puzzledly: "Where did you go in such a heavy rain? Your clothes are all wet, aren't you afraid of getting sick?"

Wei Qi smiled and said quickly, "I'll go check if the firewood room is leaking and if the firewood is wet. Fortunately, there isn't any... I'll go change my clothes now."

After closing the door, the smile on Wei Qi's face disappeared. He raised his hands, and tiny blue lightning twinkled and flickered on his slender fingers like a joyful little snake. He clenched his fists, and the lightning disappeared.

The thunder outside was still loud, and lightning flashed across the dark sky, illuminating most of the village...

Wei Qi looked at the familiar lightning and thunder outside the window with pleasure. He had finally avenged Wei Dalang.

"Have you changed your clothes? The food is getting cold!" Huo Shichu's clear and pleasant voice interrupted Wei Qi's thoughts, and Wei Qi's deep and obscure eyes suddenly became cool and clear.

He responded: "It will be ready soon, you don't have to wait for me, eat first!"

The heavy rain fell all night and stopped in the morning. The people in the village began to get busy, so the fact that the Wei family's big house was struck by lightning and turned into ruins was discovered all at once and spread throughout the village in a blink of an eye.

Many people even went to watch the fun.

"Tsk tsk, to be struck by lightning like this, one must have done a lot of bad things." A gossipy old woman said with a sigh.

"God can't stand it anymore. This is retribution. It's their family's fault for not doing good deeds. They deserve it!" Another aunt who was not on good terms with Old Lady Wei said gloatingly.

"I heard that this big blue brick and tile house was built with the salary that Wei Dalang received when he went to the battlefield. They didn't let Wei Dalang live in it and occupied it with their own family. They really deserved it. It turns out that God sees everything. Look, hasn't God avenged Wei Dalang?" The other old men also whispered to their companions.

"God bless them! How many immoral things have the Wei family done?!"

"Even if it was struck by lightning, it wouldn't look like this, right? It looks black, as if it was burned by a fire..."

"It was raining heavily last night, how could there be a fire? Even if there was a fire, it should have been put out quickly by the rain, right?"

"But that fire was very strange. I saw it with my own eyes. Even heavy rain couldn't put it out!"

"Then it seems that this is really God's will... I always say that people should not be too ruthless. They should always leave a way out. Otherwise, they will suffer retribution. Look at the retribution of the Wei family..."

“The Wei family has committed a great sin! God is about to take away their good fortune, and they will have to suffer in the future…” said an old man who believed in karma.

"Oh my God! Our home is gone! How can our whole family survive..." Old Mrs. Wei finally came out from her neighbor's house and threw herself into the ruins, crying loudly. The other members of the Wei family also looked at the ruins in despair and confusion, not knowing what to do.

A house is a farmer’s most important asset in his lifetime and is his foundation. But now the Wei family’s big house, which was once envied by everyone, is gone.

Old man Wei was in tears and looked distraught. He looked really pitiful, but everyone knew what kind of person he was. When they thought about how he had even stabbed his own son when he was down and wanted to force him to death, they felt that there must be something hateful about a pitiful person, and he deserved the fate he had now.

Wei Qi looked at the family in the crowd who looked like they had lost their parents, picked up the wild boar with an expressionless face, and went to the town. He was busy making money to build a new house and had no time to watch the fun.

Finally, the unlucky Wei family was arranged by the village chief to live in an abandoned house in the village. Unfortunately, that abandoned house was much more dilapidated than the one Wei Qi and Huo Shichu were living in now. There was a big hole in the roof, the walls were leaning, and because of the heavy rain last night, the house was full of water...

"How can people live in a house like this?" Wei Erlang asked as soon as he saw the dilapidated house.

Village Chief Hu said unhappily: "This is the only abandoned house that looks decent. The rest are almost in ruins. If you don't want to live here, go find a place to live. I don't have the ability to find a good house for you to live in."

Wei Sanlang was more shrewd. Seeing that the village chief was unhappy, he quickly apologized with a smile: "Don't be offended, village chief. My second brother said the wrong thing because he was too shocked by the loss of his house. Our family is very grateful for your help."

After hearing what he said, Village Chief Hu's expression became less grim. He said, "Although this house is a little broken, it can still be lived in after some repairs. You three brothers just need to fix the roof and walls so that it can keep out the wind and rain. If you really can't get used to it, you can always build a new house yourself!"

Village chief Hu said so, but in his heart he did not think that the Wei family could build a new house. The money they had squeezed from Wei Dalang before should have been spent long ago, otherwise Old Man Wei and Mrs. Wei would not be so dispirited now. It seemed as if they had lost half their lives after their house was struck by lightning.

If they still had some assets, would they be hit to the point of collapse?

(End of this chapter)