Chapter 95 Disaster
The hailstones hit people and it hurt so much that everyone should have quickly run under a tree to take shelter.
But no one moved.
Everyone was holding the hailstones in their hands and looking at Chen Youfu blankly.
They didn't know what to do.
What should I do?
What will happen to the crops in the field if such big hail falls?
Those are crops that can be harvested in more than half a month!
They can run under trees and into houses to hide, but what about the crops?
If possible, they would rather run over and use their bodies to block the hail for the crops, but their flesh and blood bodies are limited, and they cannot cover the crops on the ground!
Everyone was bewildered, helpless, dumbfounded, their minds were blank. They could only look to Chen Youfu for help, staring at Chen Youfu eagerly, hoping that Chen Youfu could tell them what to do.
Chen Youfu was also stunned. When a hailstone hit his forehead, he raised his rough hand and wiped his face carelessly: "First come in, first come in——"
His voice was unusually calm, almost without any emotion.
To be precise, his head was also numb.
At this time, everyone was counting on him, but what could he do? He was just the leader of a production brigade, an ordinary man, a mortal with flesh and blood. He couldn't transform into a giant umbrella to cover the crops of the production brigade!
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This was a storm that had not been seen in at least thirty years. There were strong winds, dark clouds, and heavy rain. Hailstones the size of pigeon eggs fell from the sky, smashing down madly. The crackling sounds hit the roofs of every house, chiseled in every yard, and also chiseled in everyone's heart.
The crops in the fields, the crops in the fields!
The crops in the fields were about to ripen, and when a hailstorm came, their hearts trembled with blood.
Liu Zhaodi was completely dumbfounded and collapsed. She couldn't even walk back to her home before she collapsed there.
It was the people around her who dragged her to a house next to the wheat field to avoid the hail.
Half of her clothes were wet and covered in mud, making her look dirty, but she didn't care at all.
She didn't care about her new clothes, her Dacron, or even herself.
She stared at the hailstones with dull eyes, muttering: "My crops, my food, my crops, my food..."
There was no one around to speak, and no one to comfort her.
She was in such a bad mood that she didn't know what to do. Who could comfort her?
She was just showing off her new Dacron clothes, boasting that she had sold her old grain to buy new clothes, and that she would harvest new grain to eat. Now that the weather has changed, she has changed her attitude too?
You deserve it!
Some people even secretly thought that it was because Liu Zhaodi was too ostentatious that God couldn't stand it anymore, so he sent hailstones to hit her in the face, and brought us bad luck too!
Liu Zhaodi sat stupidly on the muddy threshold for a while, then suddenly stood up and ran to Chen Youfu: "Captain, you are the captain, what do you say we should do? Come up with a solution!"
Chen Youfu kept his mouth tightly shut, his face tense as if he hadn't heard what Liu Zhaodi said at all.
Liu Zhaodi was annoyed: "Chen Youfu, you are the team leader, tell me, what should we do? Speak up! It's hailstorm, and you don't care?"
As she spoke, she was about to pull Chen Youfu: "How can you just ignore it?!"
Chen Youfu slowly moved his dull gaze and looked at Liu Zhaodi.
Liu Zhaodi was shocked. She saw that Chen Youfu's eyes were red like a wolf.
Chen Youfu looked at her fiercely, sneered, gritted his teeth, and suddenly blurted out: "Get the hell out of here! Don't make a scene in front of me!"
Liu Zhaodi: “…”
Everyone around was stunned for a moment.
As a team leader and an official, Chen Youfu, to be fair, has a good temper and can almost be said to be a good guy.
He never lost his temper with the members, nor did he say anything rude to women. He handled everything impartially and patiently. It can be said that Chen Youfu is really a good-tempered and good-natured captain! A good captain that everyone knows!
But now, this team leader actually cursed at Liu Zhaodi, so fiercely, so fiercely.
And looking at his red eyes and panting, it seemed that if Liu Zhaodi said one more word, he would slap her away.
But it was just a moment of stunned silence, and soon everyone was stunned.
Who would feel good at this moment? What are you arguing about? What are you yelling about? Is it only your family's food that's suffering?
Besides, the team leader isn't a god. He's just a team leader, and he only gets paid a pittance a month. How can he be in charge of everything, including making sure there's no hail?! He already warned you not to sell, but you insisted. What business is he of?!
Why?
Liu Zhaodi was frightened by Chen Youfu's sudden threat and her face turned pale. But she woke up soon and remembered her family's food.
Seeing the crops in the field being hit by hail, but what about the old crops at home? The old crops have already been sold! What should she do now?
Thinking of this, Liu Zhaodi's eyes widened and her legs twitched. She felt that she had no way out. No way out. How would she eat in the future?
She murmured, "My old grain, my old grain, my grain is gone, gone, all sold... What should I do? How can I live? I can't survive, I can't survive... The team leader doesn't care anymore, the members can't survive, the team leader doesn't care anymore..."
Seeing her like this, people around her could hardly bear to think about it.
Sympathy, helplessness, pity, but at the same time, another thought came to my mind: anger, he deserved it.
The team leader told you not to sell the old grain, but you insisted on selling it. You think you are capable and great. You think you are so proud of selling grain to buy Dacron. What did you say before? You think you look so beautiful in the Dacron. You step on others. You think others are stupid and not smart. You think others are dumb for not knowing that selling old grain to buy Dacron is foolish!
You still think that the team leader is too careless and that you have the final say over your own food. Why should others interfere?
Now, you are dumbfounded, you deserve it, you are crying and making a fuss, asking Chen Youfu to take responsibility!
Is it something they owe you, or is it something that belongs to you?
Gu Weijun was also in the crowd at this time. He had no idea what to do and was completely stunned.
So his wife Liu Zhaodi sat in the mud and cried, and asked Chen Youfu shamelessly, but he acted as if he didn't see it.
An old man who doesn't know how he will survive.
How can I support three daughters?!
Rain mixed with hail fell on his face, tears flowed from his mouth and he swallowed them back. He was so ashamed that he couldn't face anyone!
At this moment, Miao Xiujiu walked up to Liu Zhaodi.
Gu Weijun's expression changed and he looked at his mother.
Mom, mom!
Mom has never made any mistakes in her life. He always listened to her before, so why didn't he listen this time?
He wanted to slap himself.
When he thought about this, he slapped himself hard: "Why didn't I listen to my mother?!"
A crisp slap came down, and the people around didn't even look. At this time, it was normal not to go crazy, so a slap was nothing.
Miao Xiujiu walked to Liu Zhaodi and looked at her indifferently.
Liu Zhaodi was originally sitting on the ground in despair, when she saw Miao Xiujiu.
She remembered that Miao Xiuju had told her to buy more food and not sell the old food. She didn't listen, but Miao Xiuju must have stored food for herself. Yes, that's right.
So Liu Zhaodi rushed over, her eyes shining: "Mom, mom, what do you say we should do about this? How are we going to live like this? This is your son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter. She's your own granddaughter. You can't just ignore her. Mom, what do you say we should do?"
Miao Xiujiu looked at her pitiful daughter-in-law, looked at the mud on her Dacron, looked at her disheveled hair and her face covered with rain and tears.
She sighed, "My dear daughter-in-law, I was counting on you to buy me some Dacron. How could I be so stupid that I didn't even tell you to buy it for me? How could I be so stupid! Eh!"
When Liu Zhaodi heard this, her face turned red with shame. She almost wanted to find a hole to crawl into. She covered her face and lay on the ground crying.
She sold her old grain to buy some Dacron, and she showed off like a big shot. She even said such things to her mother-in-law!
She was wrong, wrong, so wrong!
Liu Zhaodi: "Mom, I know I was wrong, Mom, I was wrong, I was stupid, I was -"
She raised her hand and was about to slap herself.
At this time, Shen Hongying and Niu Sanni appeared.
Niu Sanni was so happy. Not only did she not sell the old grain, she even bought some more grain. She was so smart. It was right to listen to her mother!
Now, at least she doesn't have to worry about having no food to eat! How could she be so lucky!
Niu Sanni felt so comfortable all over that it was as if she had eaten a piece of ice on a hot day or taken a hot bath on a cold day. She could hardly restrain her urge to grin.
But she held back.
Hold on, you must hold on, otherwise you might anger others to death, and that would be bad.
Shen Hongying next to him was stunned.
She was about to follow Liu Zhaodi to sell the old grain, but at the last moment, her husband Gu Weiguo stopped her. Gu Weiguo said that her mother asked her to buy grain, and Chen Youfu asked them not to sell the old grain, but they still had to leave a way out for themselves and could not sell the old grain.
Shen Hongying thought about it, accepted it, and didn't sell it.
She felt that her mother was so old and she still had to listen to her mother. If she didn't listen to the old people, she would suffer.
So she didn't sell the old grain.
Now, every part of her body is screaming, thank goodness she didn’t sell it, thank goodness she didn’t sell it.
Just when I was feeling lucky, I heard what Liu Zhaodi said.
She and Liu Zhaodi have been sisters-in-law for so many years. She knows that Liu Zhaodi is a petty person and greedy. It can be said that now she knows what Liu Zhaodi is going to do just by raising her butt.
So when she heard this, she rushed over immediately and said, "My third sister-in-law, Zhaodi, your family sold the old grain. It wasn't easy. These days are tough! But anyway, now that we've split up, you have to work hard to get through it, no matter how hard it is. If someone is starving to death, you brothers can't just stand by and watch them die, but before that, you have to endure it yourself. Don't even think about eating the food of the elderly or your brothers. Why were you nagging just now?"
As she spoke, she imitated Liu Zhaodi's tone: "Mom, don't worry, even if we die of poverty and starvation, we will never ask you for money! You can keep your food for yourself!"
You know what, she really imitated it perfectly, even capturing all of Liu Zhaodi's pride and arrogance.
In an instant, everyone's memory went back to the moment just now, when Liu Zhaodi was so proud that she didn't even care about her mother-in-law.
Everyone looked at her with contempt. Why are you crying? What did you say to your mother-in-law just now?
Liu Zhaodi was stunned.
She, she, she really thought so, and she really planned to dig some food from Miao Xiujiu, but she didn't expect Shen Hongying to interrupt her, block her way, and slap her in the face!
This time, there is really no other option.
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This heavy rain seemed to have no end in sight. The hailstones kept hitting the ground, making people panic.
Some people cried loudly: "Oh my God, what sin have we committed!"
Some people just lie at home and don't want to live anymore. They sell their old grain and can't make ends meet.
Of course, more people would quickly count the food in their homes, even cleaning out the bran that was supposed to be fed to the chickens. They would calculate how long the food would last and how long they could survive by tightening their belts, so that they would at least have an idea in their minds.
Fortunately, most families had some old grain at home. If they tightened their belts and replaced wheat with coarse grains, and included bran and other edible things, they would not starve to death, but life would definitely be difficult.
Even Gu Weidong's family, who had food, were a little confused.
I have never experienced this kind of natural disaster in my life. The sky was overcast and hail kept falling, making people panic. Even though my family should have enough food to eat and would not starve, I was still panicked.
I was worried about God and the other people in the village.
Liu Guizhi hugged Fubao and murmured, "Fubao, tell me, when will this rain stop? Why does it never stop?"
Fubao bit his lip, slightly frowned his delicate eyebrows, and shook his head gently.
She is not a god, and she doesn't know why.
She just had this feeling occasionally, and this time she happened to dream about it.
She had tried her best, there was nothing else she could do.
There are some things that she cannot change.
She is not Hailibu, so even if she tells it, no one will believe it. Even if they do, others may not have the money to buy food on the black market. Even if they do have money, there may not be enough black market food for them to buy.
This is a dead end, and she can't solve it.
Liu Guizhi didn't want Fubao to give her an answer. She just stared at the rain blankly and muttered to herself.
She also knew that her little girl was not a god and could not make decisions for God.
At this time, Gu Weidong hurriedly pushed open the door and entered the house. He had just been sorting out dry food in the kitchen.
The weekend is coming soon, and the children from the middle schools in the two communes should be back. We have to prepare dry food for them.
The eldest brother, Gu Yuejin, is about to take the high school entrance exam. It is a critical time and there is no time to waste.
Although there is no college entrance examination now and it has been cancelled, Gu Weidong thinks that he should learn as much as possible.
When he rushed into the house, he hung the plastic tarpaulin he was wearing on a rack beside him, wiped his head and face, and looked at Liu Guizhi: "Don't ask Fubao, she's just a child, she's already said everything she can say, there's no point in asking. Now that it's like this, no matter what disaster it is, she has to work hard to get through it."
Liu Guizhi thought about it and agreed, so she stood up and began to sort out the steaming dry food, muttering to herself, "If the rain doesn't stop, the children won't be able to come back and will starve in school."
Gu Shengtian volunteered: "What are you afraid of? If it really doesn't work, I'll send them to the commune."
He likes playing in the water. These days he always likes to run in the water with a wooden basin on his head, listening to the hailstones hitting the wooden basin. After running around in the heavy rain, there will be a layer of hailstones in his wooden basin.
He handed the wooden basin to Fubao and said, "Fubao, I'll treat you to some ice beads!"
Fubao: “…”
Who has that mood...
Gu Weidong frowned: "Shengtian, stop messing around."
But think about it: "If you are not afraid of hail, then go to the kitchen and bring the porridge over. We have to eat."
When Gu Shengtian heard this, he really wanted to go out.
Fubao looked at it and felt distressed: "Forget it, it's raining heavily, don't bother Brother Shengtian. Dad and Mom, let's go to the kitchen to eat."
Liu Guizhi also thought so, so the whole family carried wooden basins, pot lids, and a piece of tattered oilcloth on their heads, and ran out of the house quickly and ran into the kitchen.
The kitchen at this time was no longer the same as before they moved in. Pots and pans were hung on the wall, and some firewood, straw and other things were scattered in the corner. The family members each brought a small stool and gathered around the stove to prepare for dinner.
Today we had cornmeal steamed buns and millet porridge, with a handful of mung beans in the porridge. This was Liu Guizhi's usual habit, saying that adding mung beans could help relieve summer heat. After eating it for a while, everyone found it delicious, so even though it had rained heavily these past few days and didn't need a heat reliever, she still sprinkled mung beans in the porridge.
Cornmeal steamed buns are made with soybeans in them. They are steamed to a golden color, soft and delicious when you bite them, and when you sip the porridge, the fragrance of mung beans and the mellow aroma of millet are perfectly blended together. They are cooked into a porridge, and they are warm when you drink them. They warm the stomachs of the whole family and soothe their uneasy hearts.
Food is the most important thing for people. When the time comes, as long as they have food to eat, they can survive.
The heavy rain outside was still pouring down without stopping. There was a loud rumbling sound coming from the distant mountains. The dog from Chen Youhui's house next door was hiding in its kennel and making muffled howling sounds. The four people in the kitchen were eating quietly, with only the occasional slurping sound.
Although the fire in the stove was no longer burning, it was not extinguished. It still emitted a bright and dim light, making people feel a little warmth and light in this darkness and coldness.
Fubao looked up at his father, his mother, and then his brother.
She suddenly felt that it didn't matter what natural disasters or man-made disasters they encountered. The most important thing was that the family was together and lived a good life. Hunger and cold were no big deal and they could always get through it.
As she thought of this, she lowered her head, followed the edge of the bowl, and gently took a sip of the steaming porridge, making the same slurping sound.
This porridge is cooked well and tastes really good.
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