Chapter 13 The rain stops
"Dad, Mom, it's Xiaoru calling."
The people who had been staying in the main hall also rushed out and stood under the eaves, their faces full of surprise, and they were discussing enthusiastically when the rain would stop. The noise even reached the bus.
"Stop it, stop it. It's been raining for four days now. It's time to tell the sun to come out and do its work!"
"Finally, it's small. I'm going to grow hair all over my body from all the rain. I heard that the plum rain season in the south lasts for a month. Now I know how uncomfortable it is."
"My daughter is studying at a university in Southeast China. She said there's no place to hang clothes. The balcony is full of clothes and it's very damp!"
"Stop raining! Let the water recede quickly! Only when you're outside do you realize how wonderful it is to have a home."
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Everyone was discussing so enthusiastically that they didn't even have time to eat dinner.
When the village cadres saw the situation, they all smiled with relief.
It’s better to be small, it’s better to be small!
If the rain doesn't stop, they may not be able to hold on.
Even though they tell the villagers to persevere every day, they themselves are actually unsure.
Now that the situation has finally changed, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Perhaps God heard everyone's wishes, and in the evening, the rain that had been falling for four days actually stopped slowly.
Although the sky was still covered with dark clouds, without the constant dripping of raindrops, the whole world felt refreshed.
The moment the rain stopped, everyone cheered loudly. Some of the impatient ones had already rushed to the square. When they didn't feel any rain falling on them, they shouted in surprise.
"It really stopped! The rain stopped!"
People in their forties and fifties shouted like children in the square in front of the temple.
This shout was like a key to unlock a certain emotion. It seemed that in an instant, more and more people came out of the hall.
None of them brought umbrellas or raincoats, and they didn't care whether the accumulated water in the square would wet their shoes. Everyone who felt that the rain had indeed stopped cheered.
"That's great, that's great!"
"Finally it stopped!"
"Will we be able to go home soon?"
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The shouts were filled with joy, as if they were going to poke a hole in the gloomy sky.
Jiang's parents and Jiang Dongrenru were delighted to see the rain stop. Even Jiang Mingchen, who had been listless since the rain, seemed more energetic after seeing everyone cheering.
"It's good to stop, it's good to stop, maybe we can go home soon."
Their family had a bus, and although living in the temple was more comfortable than at other places, it was definitely not as good as living at home. Seeing that the rain had stopped, their first reaction was to go home.
But Jiang Qian is not as optimistic as they are.
The prophecy was like a rope around her neck, making her terrified. She always felt that at any moment the rope would tighten and kill her entire family.
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The crowd cheered for a while, but soon died down.
After all, I was still hungry and didn't have any extra energy.
Everyone returned to the main hall, some to eat, some to chat, but the mood was obviously higher than before.
Jiang Weimin also opened all the windows in the car for ventilation.
These days, my family has been eating and sleeping in the car, but because it has been raining, we are afraid that rain will come in, so we dare not open the windows often, and a very unpleasant smell has accumulated in the car.
Ren Ru and her son sat in the back seat of the bus, looking out the window, "I wonder how your grandparents are doing!"
Jiang Qian heard this, her eyes lit up, and she said, "Let's drive out later. Xiaoru, you can use my phone to call home."
After two or three days of being outside, most people's phones were already dead. Although the temple still had power, there were not many charging sockets, and the queues were long.
The Jiang family was better prepared than Jiang Qian. Not only did she prepare two power banks in advance, she also fully charged her mobile phone in the temple before anyone noticed.
Her and Jiang Ma's cell phones are the only communication tools in the house that still have power.
Ren Ru also wanted to call her parents, but didn't want to make too much of a fuss.
"Sister, you don't have to drive. Dongzi and I can just go down the mountain and find a place with signal when we get back."
"It's okay," Jiang Qian shook her head, "Not just for you, I also want to see what the situation is outside now."
The changes mentioned in the live broadcast will occur tonight. Although no specific details were given, out of caution, Jiang Qian still felt that it would be better for her family to stay away from the crowd.
"I've been staying in the temple for so long I feel like I'm going to get moldy. The rain has stopped, so I think we should drive out tonight and find a place to stay. We'll be staying in the car anyway."
"What if it rains again?" Huang Liping disagreed. "It's not as comfortable outside as it is in the temple. It's out in the wilderness. I think we'd better stay inside the temple."
The rain stopped, and Jiang Dong, feeling a little relieved, was quite interested. "If it rains, then it will. We won't get wet in the car. At worst, we can just drive back."
He said, looking at the imperial sword at home, "Don't you think so, son?"
After receiving his father's hint, Jiang Mingchen began to act coquettishly towards the adults at home, "I haven't gone camping with Grandpa for a long time. Let's go together, Grandma?"
Before Huang Liping could say anything, Jiang Weimin next to her agreed, "Let's go, the rain has finally stopped, let's go somewhere else and relax."
The head of the family had spoken, and Huang Liping gave her husband face and didn't say anything more.
With everyone's intentional or unintentional push, the matter was settled.
But they couldn't leave right away, so Jiang Qian asked Jiang Dong to go to the backyard of the temple to get two buckets of water before the family started the car.
The villagers who stayed in the temple were curious when they saw them driving out.
The rain has just stopped, and the water must not have settled everywhere yet. Even if I want to go home, I can't.
I had doubts in my mind, so I asked them out loud.
"Weimin, where are you going?"
Jiang Weimin overheard this and leaned out the window. "Xiaoru said she wanted to call her in-laws. The kids are tired of staying in the temple, too. Since the rain has stopped, I'll take them out for a walk."
The people around them suddenly realized, "Oh, it's time to make a phone call. I'll call my relatives later to see if the rain has stopped there."
But those who are impatient would have gone to look for their family members long ago.
"Dapeng, hurry up, let's drive out and call the teacher to ask how Yaoyao is doing in school."
"Don't worry, I just called the teacher yesterday, I'm sure everything is fine..."
"Xiaojun, is your phone still charged? Come on, let's go out and call your brother and sister to see how they are doing outside."
"Okay, okay, Mom, I'll go drive right away, don't worry..."
All of a sudden, action was taken everywhere.
The Jiang family did not stay any longer and drove directly down the mountain.
The mountain road is slightly sloping and there are no street lights, so you still have to be careful when driving.
Jiang Weimin and Jiang Dong were both watching the road in front, while Jiang Qian was staring at her cell phone in the back, looking for a signal.
The car drove for five minutes, and when it reached the halfway point of the mountain, the signal icon in the upper right corner of the phone screen finally lit up. Jiang Qian drove forward a little further, and the signal became clearer, and web pages could be browsed. Jiang Weimin then pulled over.
Jiang Qian gave the phone to Ren Ru, got out of the car and looked down from the mountain.
The village, which was always dotted with lights, was now completely dark, with nothing visible. Only in the towns farther away could one barely see the shadows of lights.
Jiang Weimin and Huang Liping got out of the car and decided to walk down the mountain road to see the way home from a closer distance, but Jiang Dong wanted to stay and talk to his wife and son on the phone, so Jiang Qian did not go with them.
In the car, after Ren Ru took the phone, she dialed the number she knew by heart, but after a few seconds, she heard the notification that the phone was turned off.
Ren Ru changed the number and called again, but it was still turned off. Her face gradually became ugly.
Jiang Dong suddenly thought of something and said, "Don't worry, it must be out of battery. Why don't you try another phone?"
Ren Ru thought for a while, entered her sister Ren Ying's phone number, and this time the call finally went through.
The call was answered quickly, "Hello?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Ren Ru's heart ached, "Sister, it's me, Xiaoru."
The person on the other end was obviously surprised to hear the answer. Even through the phone, I could hear her excitedly shouting, "Dad, Mom, it's Xiaoru calling."
After yelling, Ren Ying asked anxiously, "After Dongzi called last time, Mom and Dad have been trying to contact you again, but the phone has been unreachable. Either it's out of service or it's turned off. What's going on?"
As soon as Ren Ying finished asking, the phone was snatched away and Ren's mother spoke instead.
"Xiao Ru, how are you doing now? Are you safe?"
"It's safe," Ren Ru said. "It's very safe. We evacuated early. The rain has stopped here today, and it will probably be clear tomorrow. Once the water recedes, everything will be fine. How about you guys?"
"Has the rain stopped? That's good. It's still raining here, but it's much lighter. I think it'll stop tomorrow at the latest. We're still at your sister's house, and the water has reached the second floor. The management said they were going to evacuate us this afternoon, but then they canceled it for some reason. But I think the rain might stop soon, so it's good not to leave. We can stay home for two days, and maybe the water will go down. It's more comfortable to be home than to be in a shelter."
Mother Ren explained her own situation and then asked about her daughter, "Dongzi told me last time that you guys have evacuated to the resettlement site?"
"Yeah." Although it is different from the government resettlement site in the ordinary sense, it is a resettlement site organized by the village committee, so it can also be considered a resettlement site.
"We are all in the temple on the mountain. Except for the lack of signal and difficulty in contacting the outside world, everything is fine. Today, a helicopter also delivered supplies to us." Although it was not much.
"Mom, how's the situation over there? Is there enough food?"
"Enough, enough, enough, why isn't it enough?" Ren's mother said, "You bought so much food and haven't even finished it yet! A lot of people in the community have run out of food these past two days, and we're relying on the property management and community staff to deliver food. Vegetable prices outside have also doubled. Because the community has a power outage, the fresh food you delivered earlier doesn't keep well. If you don't eat it soon, it will rot. So, I shared the rest with the neighbors in the same building these past two days..."
【Author’s words】
Pre-collection【Becoming the heroine's biological mother after traveling through the book】
Original title: I became the biological mother of the heroine in my novel
In her early years, online novel author Chen Hui followed the trend and wrote a melodramatic and abusive Cinderella novel. The plot was so touching that she would shake her head every time she read it. At one point, readers even questioned whether she was the real mother.
Of course, Chen Hui thought she was the biological mother, but she didn't expect that when she woke up, she really became the biological mother of the heroine in her article.
Thinking about how her well-behaved, beautiful, smart and motivated daughter had to leave her hometown and go abroad because of the protagonist's pursuit, experiencing a series of sadomasochistic love and psychological torture, and enduring the cold eyes and pickyness of the protagonist's family...
Her mother, Chen Hui, said, "What affectionate male lead? Screw you!"
So, determined to be a real mother, Chen Hui quit her job and started her own business, using her knowledge as an author to build her own business empire.
More than a decade later, Chen Hui looked at the protagonist's mother sitting across the table and handed over a check.
"I'll give you five million so your son won't bother my daughter anymore. Our two families are too different. We won't be happy if we force ourselves to be together!"
Part of the original plot was inspired by the Cinderella series of TV dramas that were popular several years ago.
This article aims to break the routine of the year, that the Cinderella heroine will have her spring even without the hero.
This is a story about a mother trying hard to make her daughter a rich second-generation.
Minefield: The mother in this article will have a love affair, but there is no official pairing.
The daughter has an official match, but he is not the original male lead.
The three views of the characters in the article do not represent the three views of the author, and all characters are not purely good or bad.
If you think of anything else, please indicate it.
——The copy was written on June 18, 2023.
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