Chapter 498: Premonition of Storm
It's late at night and everyone is asleep.
Everyone in the family has gone to bed.
Tianbao's consciousness sank into space again.
The old woman sleeping peacefully under the pear tree looked even better, and the warmth in her heart slightly lifted.
After Tianbao wiped her, he walked to the stream and pulled up the entire quartz that had sunk to the bottom of the stream to check the wound on her head.
The wound, which was originally unhealable, grew a very thin film after more than half a year of nurturing, and the edges showed signs of extending towards the middle.
Compared with normal people, the healing speed is extremely slow.
Tianbao pursed her lips and smiled, feeling very satisfied.
As long as it heals, it's good.
While she was checking the wounds, Quartz lay still, staring at her with his gray eyes open, unblinking.
"Once the wound heals, the hair will grow back. You won't be bald." Tianbao thought for a moment and said comfortingly.
quartz,"……"
"Where's Wang Bai?"
Quartz's eyes slowly tilted towards somewhere.
Tianbao got up and walked over to the place, pulling out the person who was hiding under the dense herb leaves.
Later, he discovered the mandarin duck cocoon that Wang Bai had carefully protected under his body.
Wang Bai is hatching cocoons.
Tianbao, “…Puff!”
Wang Bai blinked, feeling aggrieved.
He pointed at the mandarin duck cocoon and twisted his iron body.
"The cocoon is shaking?"
“Hey!”
When Tianbao looked at the cocoon again, he was much more serious.
When the mandarin duck cocoon was obtained on the Shu Road, the entire cocoon was light yellow in appearance.
After being placed in the space, it gradually turns soft white and looks clean and flawless.
If the cocoon is shaking as Wang Bai said, then it means that the cocoon is still strong and is about to break out.
Tianbao's eyes flashed with light, and she smiled and stared at Bai, "Thank you."
“…dee, dee.” You’re welcome.
Wang Bai's face was expressionless, but his eyes became more and more lively.
For example, right now, he looks quite shy and bashful.
"I'll ask Bing'er later. Maybe it won't be long before I can get rid of the poison in my body. Then everyone can rest assured." Although Tianbao was not too excited, he was in a good mood.
The poison in her body is a concern for those around her.
Only when her poison is cured can their worries be relieved.
It won't be long.
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August.
The bustle in Changjing continues.
The negotiations between Dai Viet and other countries have not yet been finalized.
For several months, Nansang has fought several rounds with other countries on the border, with small-scale skirmishes and mutual probing and tug-of-war.
Yan Changkong, who left Dai Viet on his way back, had a very dangerous experience along the way and finally set foot on his own country's territory while being chased by a constant stream of assassins.
The outside world is in constant turmoil, but there is fresh gossip to hear every day in Tubei Village.
In the main hall of the Su family, the whole family sat around, listening to Bai Yu retell another round of gossip.
"Really? This is truly... shortening one's lifespan! Did Nan Sang really send his divine soldiers into battle?" Old Lady Su frowned and asked, "How many generals died?"
"The commanders of Dongpu, Beixiang and Darong were all killed. Their heads were chopped off and hung on the commanders' tents. Nan Sang deliberately used this trick to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys and intimidate the armies of other countries." Bai Yu said.
Su Wu was quite disdainful of Nan Sang's move. "What do you call this? When there's no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king. Nan Sang dared to take out the magic weapon only because Tian Bao wasn't there."
Su An said, "Nan Sang's move also avoided more casualties among soldiers and achieved the best effect at the lowest cost. If it were us, we would do the same. This is war."
War is ruthless.
These countries have suffered losses, and in the next negotiations with Dai Viet, they may offer more benefits in order to reach an alliance as soon as possible and obtain Dai Viet's help.
When the negotiations are settled, it will be time for Wei Li to come find Tianbao.
The atmosphere in the main room was depressing, and the sound of rain outside added a touch of depression to the atmosphere.
As ordinary people, there is not much we can say about national affairs. We are not in the position to understand the twists and turns behind them, so we don’t know or comprehend them.
Old Mrs. Su sighed, and when she turned her head to look outside the house, her brows furrowed even more tightly.
It was raining heavily outside, and the raindrops hitting the roof and the ground made a deafening crackling sound.
A layer of rainwater had accumulated on the compacted ground in the yard, and the raindrops repeatedly hit the ground to form puddles. As the ripples spread out, the water became turbid.
"It has been raining since August, as if there is a hole in the sky and it never stops. If the rain doesn't stop, the water will rise again, alas." The old woman sighed.
Returning to the topic, the older ones have more to say.
Su Da wiped his face, worry showing between his brows. "This morning, Xiao Xiao and I went to the fields to check. The water in the fields has overflowed, and the canals can't drain it all. The water level of the Qing River has also risen a lot... The rice harvest is only a month away, and if it keeps raining like this, there will be a lot of shriveled rice by the time we harvest."
"Lower yields are a minor concern. The biggest fear is rising floods. All our hard work for the year will be ruined." Su Er was even more depressed. "We can't even harvest early. By the time we harvest the rice now, the grains won't have fully grown yet! Are these past two years of natural disasters endless? Two years ago, Yuzhou was hit by floods, and this year it's Yongzhou's turn. The people are always the ones who suffer!"
Old Man Su couldn't sit still any longer. He took his rain hat and straw raincoat from behind the main hall door and dove into the rain. "I'll go to the village entrance to take a look! If that doesn't work, we'll have to find a way!"
Su Da, Su Er and the three boys immediately chased out, "Dad (Grandpa), go to the house, we'll check what's going on!"
Even so, I couldn't call the old man back.
Seeing this, Old Lady Su didn't delay and said, "Yuelan, Daxiang, boil some water and make some ginger soup. Otherwise, they will catch a cold if they come back."
"Hey, Mom, let's go now!" He Daxiang said to Liu Yuelan without hesitation.
Su Xiuer also went to the pharmacy with an umbrella, ready to find some herbs to ward off the cold.
On this day, there were probably many villagers who were worried about the rice fields, so they prepared some herbs in advance to make sure they could be used, otherwise they might not have enough.
All the elders left at once, and Bai Yu and Tian Bao could only stay in the main room to take care of Niannian Suisui.
Although the two boys are less than two years old, their ability to destroy the house is better than that of a twenty-year-old boy. You can't ignore them for even a moment.
The loess road leading out of the village was already flooded, and the water was flowing down along the ups and downs of the road.
When you reach the entrance of the village, it looks like a vast ocean.
The ridges of the rice fields along the river are no longer visible, only a few rice ears are exposed above the water.
The water level of Qinghe River is almost level with the rice fields.
Like the Su family, many villagers came out to see what was happening. They stood by the fields with their trouser legs rolled up, and everyone had a worried look on their faces.
Some villagers were concerned about the crops, so they took basins and paddles, scooped up water from the fields and poured it out.
But all these are in vain.
"The water level has risen so much in just half a day?!" Su Da felt a sinking feeling in his heart as he looked at the water level.
Li Xiaoxiao was right next to them, and even though she was wearing a rain hat, she was still soaked.
The rain was so heavy that it created large amounts of mist in the fields, which was both magnificent and terrifying.
"This rain is not falling, it's pouring! There's a hole in the sky! If this continues, the rice in the fields won't last two days!" The man's eyes turned red in the rain.
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