On the other side, Lin Changfa and Lin Changhe's family had just repaired the roof of their shed in the rain. They hurriedly ran into the rain shelter to keep warm, and they were shivering.
Fortunately, the firewood was covered tightly. Adding some dry firewood made the fire burn more vigorously, and the temperature in the shed rose.
Without old ginger, it is naturally impossible to make ginger soup. Yu Lanhua boiled the rainwater she collected.
After Lin Changhe and his two sons came back, they changed into a set of dry linen clothes, and the water from the clothes they took off was dripping down.
"Come and warm yourself by the fire, don't catch a cold!" Yu Lanhua said hurriedly. The awning was banging with raindrops, but fortunately the place where it was leaking before was now covered tightly.
Xiao Zhan and Xiang Xiang were already being coaxed to sleep by Lu Hua and Tan Ying in their arms. Their shed was too simple, directly touching the ground, unlike Lin Rui and the others who had built a wooden bed off the ground using trees. Now the ground under their shed was soaked due to the heavy rain.
In short, people can forget about lying down to sleep. Lin Changhe had previously dragged a piece of dead wood and chopped it into three pieces with an axe to use as a stool off the ground. At night, the family sat on the burred wood pieces padded with clothes and slept against the wooden shed.
"If you ask me, we have to endure this suffering..." Yu Lanhua was about to complain again.
Lin Changhe, now tired and hungry, finally lost control of his temper and yelled at her, "Shut up! You've been the most troublesome person on this trip. If you can't bear to leave Linjia Village and go back on your own, I'll stop you!"
"You, you bastard!" Yu Lanhua was scolded by her husband in front of her son and daughter-in-law. She couldn't bear it anymore. She stood up suddenly and wanted to go out, but she stopped when she saw the dim and gloomy weather and the heavy rain outside.
"The rain is coming in!" The rain was much heavier than they thought, and just now, the rainfall seemed to have increased again. The splashing rain fell on the ground and the scattered raindrops began to drip onto the fire. Tan Ying took out an oil-paper umbrella from her luggage and blocked the door to stop the rain.
Now Yu Lanhua no longer dared to make trouble. She sat quietly, took out the cakes from home and started baking them.
The shelter of Lin Rui and others was also closed with a prepared wooden door as a temporary shelter from the rain. The wind and rain were howling outside. The headman's family and Feng Zhenniang and others living inside held bowls of hot water and couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that they listened to Lin Rui's words. Otherwise, how could the simple shack withstand the wind and rain, and they would have been soaked like the father and son of the Changfa Changhe family.
There was no need to travel on rainy days, so everyone finished their meal early and lay down on their beds. After traveling for two days in a row, they were physically and mentally exhausted and had no mood to chat. In addition, they had not eaten enough, so they just wanted to have a good sleep.
Sanliang was sleeping on Lin Rui's left and his father was sleeping on his right. Because the space was small, people were huddled together tightly. Although he really wanted to enter the space, it would be terrible if he suddenly disappeared and was discovered by his father and Sanliang.
Coming to the chaotic world of another world, no matter what, the house is his only trump card. It is a bit useless, but he can never tell this secret to anyone.
Zhan Wuzha's physical condition had improved slightly due to several days of high-intensity and endurance travel, but he was still exhausted lying on the simple wooden bed. He stared at the triangular roof of the wooden house in a daze. He was so tired that he even suffered from insomnia.
He lay straight beside the two of them, looking at the ceiling illuminated by the fire and counting sheep, one sheep, two sheep, three sheep... until he counted a thousand sheep, he slowly felt sleepy.
"call!"
"ha!"
Apparently, some people went to bed earlier than him, such as Uncle Changshou and Uncle Changtai from his great-grandfather's house. Their snoring was like the sound of a chainsaw, and combined with the crackling sound of burning firewood in the fire surrounded by stones, it was as if a symphony was playing in Lin Rui's ears in real time.
Be patient, be patient! Maybe the sky will clear up tomorrow! He persuaded himself.
Another hour passed before sleepiness began to creep in. Half asleep and half awake, I seemed to hear some friction sound coming from the ceiling.
But he really didn't have the energy to be curious, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The rain fell all night long, and the sound of rain on the roofs of one large and four small sheds in a small open area did not stop all night.
What disappointed Yu Lanhua and Zhang Dacui was that the heavy rain did not stop the next day and was getting more and more severe. Now they really regretted not listening to Lin Rui's advice and building a sturdier rain shelter together yesterday.
Look at Lin Rui and the others. They can stay here for another ten days or so without any problem. But as for me, if there is another strong wind tonight, I will almost be blown off the ground.
“Ahhhh!”
In the morning, Lin Rui was awakened by the screams coming from the shed. Before he woke up, he was suddenly pulled up with great force. The sudden eccentricity scared away all his sleepiness.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Lin Changxi and Zhao Qing were frightened by the shouting and hurried into the shed.
Lu Hua was terrified and pointed in the direction where Lin Rui had just fallen asleep and said, "Snake, snake, I saw a snake!"
Zhao Qing looked over there carefully, and it was clean and there was nothing there!
"Are you seeing things? Our awning is so solid, snakes shouldn't be able to get in!"
Lu Hua insisted, "I'm not mistaken, I'm definitely not mistaken, it must be a snake!" Then she looked at San Liang and said, "San Liang, you saw it just now, right? It's a snake, right?"
Sanliang nodded innocently: "Yes, I saw it too, a black and gray snake with patterns on it, it even swam across the owner's arm. I watched it leave before I dared to pull the owner over."
Since both of them saw it, it meant it really existed. Zhao Qing carefully explored the surroundings and after making sure that he hadn't found anything, he slowly lay down and looked at the wooden frame and the ground.
"Wow!" He was really frightened by the sight, and his whole body reflexively shrank back: "It's a black python!"
"Black python?" Lin Chang was delighted: "Okay, we can have an extra meal today."
The black-spotted python is a common snake in Lianshan. In the past, when spring and summer changed, the people of Linjia Village liked to catch these snakes outside the woods for a snack. The black-spotted python usually weighed five or six kilograms. After catching it and taking it home to peel its skin and extract its gallbladder, it could at least be a meat dish.
This kind of snake is non-venomous. Even if you are accidentally bitten by it, the wound will only be red and swollen for a few days and then slowly go away. If you use herbal medicine, the swelling will go away faster.
When the busy farming season is over, villagers in Linjia Village and nearby Lianshan will catch this kind of snake and either eat it or sell it to supplement their family income.
It's a spicy snack! After hearing his father say it wasn't poisonous, Lin Rui also stood up. Although snakes have many parasites, as long as the snake meat is cooked and eaten, there is no problem.
Snake meat has many nutritional benefits, such as delaying aging, increasing immunity, preventing diseases, strengthening the spleen and appetite, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and beautifying the skin... In short, it has many benefits.
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