…rumble…boom…
Tian An, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by a thunderbolt. As soon as he sat up, he heard heavy rain outside the window.
Countless raindrops hit the thatched roof with a crackling sound. It took Tian An a while to realize that it was raining.
Just when she was about to be happy, she suddenly thought of something and was so frightened that she quickly got up from the bed, put on her coat and walked out of the room.
Everyone in the main room, including Xiaokang, got up.
Tian An walked over anxiously and said, "Brother Daniu, it's raining so hard, I'm afraid the thatched shed on the homestead won't be able to hold up. We have to find a way!"
Da Niu nodded and said, "Chun Xi, go get the key to the warehouse and let them take shelter inside for the night. We'll see what happens tomorrow."
Chunxi quickly handed the key to Daniu.
"An An, just stay at home and relax. Chen Feng and I will be back soon." After saying that, he and Chen Feng each put on a straw raincoat and walked into the rain.
Tian An looked at the rain pouring down in the yard, feeling a little worried. I hope nothing happens!
...tick-tock...
A drop of rain fell on Tian An's hand. Without giving her time to think, she started to get busy because the roof was leaking.
Several people hurriedly found all the containers in the house, caught the leaking water, and poured the water out one basin at a time.
The first place they went to was the study. Tian An found a box and packed all of Daniu's books and pens, ink, paper and inkstone, placed them on the table, and then moved the desk to a place where it would not leak.
And in the warehouse, a few people took all the tables and benches to the warehouse, moved all the food in, and covered them with oil paper before they were done.
Finally, all the clothes, bedding rolls, etc. should be put away in a place where they will not leak rain.
It was raining heavily outside and lightly inside, and the whole house was like a water curtain cave, leaking here and there. The rain lasted most of the night, and the few people were busy all night.
Only after the rain stopped did they get a chance to rest.
After a short rest of fifteen minutes, they were back to work in the kitchen. They went out in the pouring rain, and even though they were wearing straw raincoats, it probably didn't help.
I have to boil some hot water quickly so that they can take a hot bath to drive away the cold when they come back.
I also need to prepare ginger soup. Thinking that many farmhands would get caught in the rain, I made more ginger soup, the more the better. If one of them gets a cold, it's no joke!
It was almost dawn when Daniu and Chen Feng returned. They were covered in mud, which scared everyone.
Tian An hurriedly brought a bowl of ginger soup to each of them: "What happened to you two? Why are you all covered in mud?"
Da Niu finished his ginger soup in one gulp before saying, "The rain was so heavy that we were afraid it would destroy the rice seedlings in the fields, so we used things to cover them. The muddy ground was slippery, and that's why everything is like this."
Tian An hurriedly said, "Is everyone okay? I need to find some clean clothes for them to change into!"
Da Niu put down his bowl and said, "I've asked, and they all have clothes. I just need to prepare some ginger soup and send it to them."
"Yes! We are all ready. We will send it to them right away."
Looking at the several large buckets of ginger soup, Da Niu said, "Let Chen Feng and I go! It's too heavy for you to carry."
After saying that, he and Chen Feng each picked up two buckets and went out.
The three of them hurriedly prepared bath water for the two of them so that they could take a bath when they came back.
Oh! I almost forgot to supply the restaurant with salad. The spring bamboo shoots and fern moss are almost gone, and the salad business is almost over. I will make it as long as I can.
The three of them went back into the kitchen and got busy. They waited until Daniu and Chen Feng came back and finished their bath before they prepared several large ceramic jars of cold dishes.
After loading the pottery jar onto the oxcart, Tian An gave another instruction: "Brother Daniu, when you come back, go to Sister Yalan's pharmacy and buy some medicine to prevent colds and boil it for everyone to drink as a precaution!"
After the two left, Tian An thought about it and asked Chunxi to take the black and red list they had recorded before, and then went out to the homestead.
In the warehouse, Tian An sat on a bench with the black and red list on the table in front of him.
Master An, the bricklayer, is replying:
"Young lady, the canteen, workshop, and two warehouses have all been built and are already in use. As for housing, yours is already complete, while only ten of the others have been built yet. There are still sixteen to go, six of which are currently under construction, and the remaining ten have yet to begin."
Tian An was surprised: "Is it so fast?"
Master An thought Tian An was going to say that they were cutting corners and that was why they were so fast, so he immediately said:
"Don't worry, girl, all the materials are genuine, and we never dare to slack off on our work.
The reason it was so fast was because everyone came to help after finishing their work on weekdays, and with more people, the work went faster. So we finished the work that would have taken more than two months in just over a month."
Tian An nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Master An said hurriedly: "Everyone is helping themselves. We should thank the young lady for taking us in and providing us with food and shelter."
"Alright! Since we've finished ten houses, let's divide them up first. The rainy season is coming soon, and I'm sure there won't be another drought this year. Dividing them up will save everyone from suffering.
Everyone was so excited when they heard about the houses being divided. They could finally live in a house, a brick and tile house! They had never lived in such a nice house in their lives!
Even if you don’t get one this time, it doesn’t matter. If everyone works hard, everyone will get one soon.
Tian An took the notebook from the table, opened it and took a look, then began to read out the scores from highest to lowest:
"Yang Jizhong, congratulations to the Yang family. You can go and choose a house first. Those whose names are called, please go out and choose a house in the order I call them."
Then the names of nine families were read out in turn.
The families whose names were called happily went out to choose a house. Those whose names were not called were not discouraged and congratulated them. They knew that the girl had prepared a house for each family, and as long as they behaved well, they would get a house sooner or later.
Because Tian An prepared ginger soup for everyone in time, and Daniu brought back medicine to prevent colds from the county town, so when it rained this time, many people got wet, but no one caught a cold.
During dinner in the evening, Tian An happily asked Daniu, "Brother Daniu, our new home is finished. When are we going to move in?"
Da Niu thought for a moment and said, "Let's do the 29th! We can move the furniture and other things over during this time, and then we can just go over there when the time comes."
Tian An thought that after the 28th, the 100-day mourning period for Da Niu's parents would be over, so he said, "Okay, I'll listen to Brother Da Niu."
At night, Tian An dreamed that he had moved to a new house next door and it was raining again. The roof of the blue brick and tile house was not leaking at all.
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