A few figures could be vaguely seen; it must be Lao Qi who had arrived and they were retreating.
At the same time, several tall monks ran out of the temple; they were probably disciples sent by the abbot to warn them.
Song Chenghou composed himself, stuffed a piece of his clothes into Wen Shishi's hand, and let her hold onto the hem of his clothes as they walked.
As Song Chenghou walked towards the temple carrying the wooden bucket, a corner of his arm suddenly flipped open...
Song Chenghou looked back at the sky; the wind seemed to be getting stronger than before...
Even so, these changes are not obvious.
But to those who have become wary, these are all omens.
The bright white clouds in the sky seemed to be subtly changing color...
The intense white turned into a thin, pale white...
Song Chenghou's face was solemn, his gaze piercing through the clouds as if he could see the thick, dark ink behind them...
Song Chenghou didn't stop and hurried back to the temple, where he carefully placed the medicine packet that his sixth brother had prepared inside his bosom.
They gathered up all the clothes drying in the backyard, rolled up all the bedding in the side room, found a table, and hid the clothes under it.
The sixth brother acted swiftly, having already fried all the clams and small fish that Song Chenghou had instructed him to collect that morning, and placed them in a corner outside the temple.
Steam the sweet potatoes until cooked, cut them into small pieces, line them with a clean cotton cloth, and place them in a basket.
Beside the temple, the earthen stove that Lao Liu started still had embers remaining, not completely extinguished...
Song Chenghou rolled up his sleeves, carried out a half-bucket of water from the back room, and cleaned the clam and oyster meat from the wooden bucket...
They brushed away the sparks, added branches, and the fire gradually grew larger...
Song Chenghou poured the clam and oyster meat onto the heated thin stone slab. Soon, the clam and oyster meat began to sizzle...
Just like Song Chenghou's anxious mood at this moment.
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