One year brought a great drought, the next year floods, and then, in a blink, a plague.
The Xu family fled from the north to the south, and then from the south back to the north.
Before...
As soon as Old Lady Xu returned to the cave, she started talking to Old Man Xu who was making baskets. Xu Da and Hunter Li took Xu Dabao to collect firewood.
Zhang went to pick wild vegetables nearby, and the only people left in the cave were Old Man Xu sitting on the ground weaving baskets, Xu Xiaobao watching Old Man Xu weaving baskets, and Feng holding her child to coax him to sleep.
"Old man, do you think Daya is the boy under the immortal's seat?"
"Whether it's true or not, Daya is still our granddaughter. Why are you overthinking it so much?"
"Isn't it just unreal? There are so many yams. Have you ever seen such a large field of yams?"
"No."
"Old man, I still feel that Daya is a boy sent by the gods. He will find a place to stay when he returns. Let's not forget to burn incense to the gods!"
"Of course I have to." Old Man Xu responded to Old Lady Xu without slowing down his movements.
Xu Ning didn't interrupt and just wandered around the cave by herself.
She came back too late yesterday and didn't observe the cave carefully. Now that she has time to look at it again, she finds that the cave is surprisingly large.
Xu Ning paced around the cave with his hands behind his back, exploring. This cave was on the other side of the gap where he came in. It was estimated that the cave was at least more than 100 square meters.
There was a pile of yams in the dry corner of the cave. Both families didn't have much stuff, and now it barely took up a little space.
After walking around, Xu Ning found that there was a small cave behind the cave, half a meter wide. He didn't know where it led to.
Xu Xiaobao was curious about what Xu Ning was doing. Xu Ning was afraid that Xu Xiaobao would try to hide in the small hole, so he pretended that there was nothing interesting and pulled Xu Xiaobao out.
As a result, it started raining outside as soon as we got out of the cave.
The raindrops were hot on my face. Just then, Xu Da and his men came back carrying firewood. Zhang Shi hadn't gone far and also hurried back.
The rain gradually got heavier, the air became more and more humid and hot, and both families in the cave felt like they couldn't breathe.
Xu Ning's body was already soaked with sweat. Xu Ning disliked the stickiness on his body, so he ran to the entrance of the cave with a basin to collect rainwater to boil water for a bath.
As a result, Li the Hunter rushed directly into the rain and got cooled down. When Xu Xiaobao saw this, he also ran out while the adults were not paying attention and screamed!
“Ah, it feels so good!”
It was raining heavily, and Xu Xiaobao's voice was drowned out by the sound of the rain.
Zhang was used to looking at Xu Xiaobao from time to time when she was doing things. She turned around accidentally and didn't see anyone. She found that Xu Xiaobao had run out, so she hurriedly ran into the rain and pulled him back.
In just a short while, Zhang was already soaked all over.
"Xiaobao, why don't you listen?! Is this heavy rain just for fun?! Do you believe you'll be struck by lightning soon?" Xu Da was scolding Xu Xiaobao in the cave. Xu Xiaobao laughed and boasted to Xu Da: "Dad, the rain outside is hot. It's so comfortable to take a shower!"
"What? Hot rain?" Old Mrs. Xu was surprised. She caught a handful of rain with her hand and found that the rain was really warm!
"It's such a hot day, shouldn't it rain? I don't know how long this rain will last. I hope it can last longer so that everyone can take a breath!" Old Man Xu put down the work in his hands, stood at the entrance of the cave and sighed.
Xu Ning looked at the heavy rain outside the cave and inexplicably thought of a song. The lyrics seemed to be "Love is like... a downpour and a sudden storm~?"
But when he turned around and saw Zhang spanking Xu Xiaobao and Xu Da scolding him, the lyrics changed to "Love is like your mother spanking you, your father scolding you, never making sense, hahahaha"
"Xu Daya, what are you singing?" Old Mrs. Xu's face was full of disgust, and Xu Ning laughed happily. It's good to rain, because there are mushrooms to pick after the rain, and the mushrooms are very delicious!
"Grandma, when the rain stops, let's go pick some mushrooms. Mushroom soup is delicious!"
Xu Ning hasn't eaten pure wild mushrooms for many years. After settling in the city, the mushrooms he ate were all grown in greenhouses. Although they tasted delicious, they were missing something.
"Don't you want to eat? And you're still talking about milk. Am I really not hungry? Why are you eating mushrooms? Just eat the wind!" Old Mrs. Xu rolled her eyes. Seeing such a cute scene of Old Mrs. Xu, Xu Ning hugged her arms and laughed!
"Goose goose goose goose goose milk you're so funny!"
"You're like a goose, I'll make you laugh to death!" Old Mrs. Xu didn't want to pay attention to her again. She pushed away Xu Ning who was in the way and brought the rainwater collected in the basin into the basin.
The basin was very heavy. Old Mrs. Xu was afraid that Xu Ning would not be able to lift it and break his waist, or that he would fall, so she simply didn't let Xu Ning lift it.
Because there is only one basin, which is made of solid wood, and it was picked up by Li the Hunter when he went out to explore the gap last time.
"Grandma, let me help you." Xu Dabao is a quiet person, and sometimes Grandma Xu often ignores this eldest grandson.
"No need, go and rest." It was just a few steps away, and Xu Dabao shouted and asked Old Lady Xu to stop and hold the food for a while.
Seriously, they are all born from the same parents, so why do they all look so different?
Did they take the wrong baby? Old Mrs. Xu put down the basin and looked at her son questioningly.
Old Lady Xu saw that Xu Da, who was originally lecturing Xu Xiaobao, suddenly turned into nagging beside him, and then she looked at Xu Ning who was chatting nonsense with Old Man Xu.
Okay, they are all from the Xu family!
"Dad, you're so nagging!" Xu Xiaobao put on his clothes and let out a strange cry, then ran away from Xu Da's hands.
"Sister, sister, what are you looking at?"
"I'm watching to see when the mushrooms pop out of the soil!"
"Mushrooms? Xiaobao knows! Mushrooms are delicious! Sister, shall we go pick mushrooms when the rain stops?"
"Why are you picking mushrooms? Just stay in the cave. It's so wet outside and you only have this set of clothes. If they get dirty, you'll be exposed!" Xu Da came up to teach Xu Xiaobao a lesson. The brat actually disliked his nagging!
"Pfft, Dad, you're really nagging." Xu Ning imitated Xu Xiaobao. Xu Da raised his hand and wanted to give Xu Ning a slap, but thinking of his daughter's injury, he changed his hand to rub his head.
"Daya, you...your hair is so prickly!"
Xu Ning was stunned, and only realized it when Xu Da withdrew his hand did he say, "Dad, didn't I inherit this from you?"
Xu Ning looked at Xu Da's resolute face, then touched his own stubble. The black and thick hair roots were exactly the same as those on Xu Da's head.
"Da Ya, what is heredity?"
"It just grew with you!"
"Of course not. If you don't grow up with me, who will you grow up with?!"
Xu Ning looked at him dimly. "Can't she grow up with Zhang?" Zhang was beautiful, with smooth hair, but she had a tomboyish look.
Xu Ning had to admit that Xu Da had strong genes.
Xu Ning looked at the hair of Xu Jia Erbao, and found that he had grown thick and black hair like Xu Dabao.
But it’s better this way, it’s not easy to find a partner, hehe.