Chapter 184 Weather
When everyone heard this, they looked up and saw that the sky was cloudless and it didn't look like it would rain tomorrow.
"Daddy, will it really rain tomorrow?" Niu Niu asked.
Gu Mingda didn't know how to predict the weather, and couldn't explain it clearly when he heard this, so he asked Brother Shen: "Brother, how did you know it would rain tomorrow?"
Brother Shen looked up at the sky and said, "Is it hard to tell? Look at the cloud in the east. It's a rain cloud. There will most likely be thunderstorms tomorrow. Uncle Gu, I may be wrong about other things, but I have never made a mistake in observing the weather."
Niu Niu looked up for a long time, but couldn't tell any difference between that cloud and the clouds next to it.
“Brother Shen, I can’t tell the difference.” Niuniu said.
Brother Shen looked at the others, and they all shook their heads.
Niuniu suddenly said: "Brother Chen, is this your talent? Others can't tell the difference, only you can!"
When Brother Shen heard this, his eyes instantly lit up: "Really? This is also my talent? I can have two more talents?"
Niuniu said: "Why can't there be two talents? Great people have many talents!"
Brother Shen was very excited, feeling as if he was finally living like a human being.
Niuniu was also very happy for him and said, "Look, you are actually quite capable. You don't have to think about those who don't like you all the time."
This was meant to comfort him, but when Brother Shen heard it, it was like a bucket of cold water was poured on him. He said, "Being able to read the weather doesn't seem to be a particularly remarkable skill..."
Niuniu said, "How can it not be amazing? You can read the weather, so you can avoid bad weather when you go out. Whether you are farming or fighting, there are many places where you need to read the weather!"
"Really? Is it really that useful?" Brother Shen asked.
Niuniu nodded vigorously and asked again: "Brother Chen, do you know how to read the weather? Then you are really amazing!"
Brother Shen shook his head shyly and said, "When I went to Qin... my relative's house to play, I found a book that taught people how to look at clouds and how to watch the wind. I read it once and remembered it."
"Brother Chen, you remembered it after just one look! You can actually accurately identify different types of clouds, you are simply a genius!" Niu Niu's rainbow farts seemed endless.
Although Brother Shen was homesick, at this moment, he really hoped that time would be extended indefinitely, and that he would always be immersed in the praise of others.
It really rained the next day.
After breakfast, the originally quiet and peaceful sky suddenly changed. Raindrops as big as beans fell on the boat like they were free. Thunder and lightning flashed in the sky, carrying a momentum that seemed to destroy everything.
Apart from the boatmen, no one else dared to show their head on the boat.
The rain was too heavy and the boat was shaking too much. We didn't dare turn on the lights in the house and it was pitch black everywhere.
After Niu Niu finished her breakfast, she was held in her mother's arms.
"Brother Chen is right, there will be a thunderstorm today. I want to learn from him how to read the weather." Niuniu said.
Gu Mingda nodded: "There is no end to learning. Learn a little bit of everything. You never know when it will come in handy and be of great help."
Gu Zhao hurriedly said, "I want to learn it too! It will be convenient for me to catch insects in the wild in the future!"
Gu Mingda was not angry when he heard this, but asked: "You like insects so much, are you willing to catch them and make them into medicinal herbs in the future?"
After hearing this, Gu Zhao sighed like an adult, "What can I do if I don't want to? I still have to eat. At worst, I can just keep my favorite insect and raise it."
Gu Mingda couldn't help but worry. If there were really a bunch of bugs at home, would he really be able to find a wife by then?
The big ship swayed from side to side in the wind and waves, moving forward with difficulty.
The heavy rain continued day after day, and the people on the boat went from being calm at the beginning to gradually becoming anxious and restless, and then becoming panic-stricken and frightened.
The boatman delivered the meals later and later, and the expression on his face became more and more unpleasant.
"Husband, please eat more."
As Zhang Yuniang spoke, she passed the food in her bowl to Gu Mingda.
Gu Mingda didn't answer, but said: "It's okay, I'm just like you, I stay in the cabin all day and don't go out to do anything."
Zhang Yunniang sighed and said, "The food is getting smaller and smaller each time. I can't even eat enough, let alone a grown man like you."
The boat slowed down in the rainstorm, and the boatman seemed to be afraid of running out of food, so he had to come up with this method of reducing rations.
Gu Mingda sighed and said, "The rain will stop eventually, but it's raining so hard now. I'm afraid the wind and waves will be too strong and the boat will..."
There are some things that cannot be said on the boat, so Gu Mingda did not say the word "overturn".
As they were talking, a wave hit them, causing the boat to shake. If Gu Mingda had not been quick to protect the food, they would probably have had no food.
"I'll go ask Brother Shen when the rain will stop." Gu Mingda said.
Speak of the devil and he will appear.
Brother Shen knocked on the door and entered the house, looking at the Gu family pitifully: “I…I’m hungry…”
"Didn't the boatman bring you any food?" Gu Mingda was surprised.
He couldn't help but wonder if the boatman was bullying Brother Shen for being alone on the boat and deliberately withholding his rations.
Brother Shen shook his head and cried, "The boat is shaking too much, I can't protect it, I really can't protect it!"
The Gu family all looked at him in surprise.
Brother Shen had to waste a portion of his meal every day for the past three days because of the strong winds and waves. As a young man from a wealthy family, he was originally very particular, but now he would pick up any meal that fell on the ground and eat it.
He was just so unlucky that the first wave knocked over his bowl, and the second wave knocked him over, stomping the food into pieces. He didn't dare to eat it even if he picked it up.
If the second wave failed to destroy all the food, the third wave would make up for it, and every bite of food that Brother Shen ate would be extremely difficult.
If it weren’t for the particularly strong winds and waves today, and Brother Shen hadn’t eaten for two meals in a row, he wouldn’t have lowered his face to beg the Gu family.
Gu Mingda took his bowl and shared some of the food with him.
Brother Shen was really hungry, he took the bowl and started to eat, wolfing it down, without any of the grace of a young master, fearing that the food would be gone if he was late.
“Brother Shen is really hungry.” Niuniu said softly.
Brother Shen had just put down his bowl and chopsticks when the boat suddenly shook violently again. He actually flipped over from the chair and fell to the ground, with his head hitting the ground with a dull thud.
In comparison, even the oldest members of the Gu family, Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Gu, are safe and secure at this time.
When the boat came to a stop, Niuniu immediately asked with concern: “Brother Shen, are you okay?”
Brother Shen had a lump on his head, but he was still just celebrating: "Fortunately, fortunately, only I fell, not my food."
Gu Mingda sighed, only to feel that Brother Shen fell and seemed to be even more stupid.
The heavy rain lasted for five days and finally stopped.
The people on the boat thought they had finally escaped the disaster, but they didn't expect that after the storm, all kinds of monsters and demons would emerge.
Sun Jiaxing looked at the dense crowds of ships appearing all around him, and slapped his thigh in anger:
"Oops, we encountered pirates."
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