"It's likely to rain heavily soon." As soon as Shen Zhaozhao finished speaking, Cao Ya frowned, and immediately reacted, his eyes swept towards the campfire beside him.
"I know."
Cao Ya responded in a deep voice.
Shen Zhaozhao felt a little more relaxed.
She knew that Cao Ya was a sensible person, so she didn't have to explain herself.
He raised his hand and patted Cao Ya's shoulder. The girl's shoulders were very weak.
It is on such weak shoulders that the whole family bears the heavy burden of fighting against unknown risks.
With Cao Ya here, I believe the Cao family will make corresponding preparations.
Shen Zhaozhao walked through the people lying on the floor of Cao's house. He was anxious and careless, accidentally stepping on one person's feet or tripping over another person's arm, causing a lot of complaints.
"Shut up, everyone. Get up if you don't want to die!" Cao Ya's voice came clearly from behind.
Shen Zhaozhao did not look back. She trusted Cao Ya, just as Cao Ya trusted her.
"Zhao Zhao?" Not far away, in the light of the campfire, someone heard the noise, sat up and called her.
Shen Zhaozhao walked over quickly and saw Zhan Nanxing already propped up his arms, sitting on the donkey cart and looking at him.
"It's going to rain soon. I think all the fires here will be extinguished," Shen Zhaozhao glanced at the firewood on the servant's side.
A guard was standing guard by the fire. When he saw her coming, he stretched his neck to look at her in confusion. He was afraid that his voice would wake up his companions, so he asked with his mouth:
"What?"
Shen Zhaozhao glanced at the officers who were still asleep. After a short delay, the raindrops fell more frequently.
The night watchman also touched his face and looked up.
"Master Jiang!" Zhan Nanxing woke Jiang Hu up without any hesitation.
"Huh?" Jiang Hu, after all, was the one who made this living. He was suddenly awakened and woke up quickly. He frowned and turned around to look over. He saw Shen Zhaozhao standing next to the donkey cart with a serious face, and his heart suddenly chilled.
He didn't think anything good would happen when Shen Zhaozhao showed this expression.
Sure enough, as soon as Shen Zhaozhao told Jiang Hu about the rain, he sat up suddenly, pulling his wound and grimacing in pain.
"Everyone get up!" He wanted to shout, but he had no strength left.
“Get up!” The night watchman reacted quickly, waking up the brothers around him, and then he went to the donkey cart first.
The other officers followed closely and gathered around.
"Miss Shen, we will do whatever you say." Several drops of water fell on Jiang Hu's face. Knowing that time was running out, he handed the power of command to Shen Zhaozhao.
In case of heavy rain, the bonfire will be extinguished.
It was pitch black, and wild animals took the opportunity to attack them. They were all like ants on the same rope, and no one could get any good results.
It would be better to just listen to Shen Zhaozhao.
Shen Zhaozhao also meant this, "Let's concentrate our efforts on big things. The adults should call all the families together and gather them at our place. We have rainproof sheets."
"Bring all the fodder from each household, and gather all the people here."
"Let's just huddle together and make sure one campfire doesn't go out, and just wait until dawn."
Jiang Hu nodded immediately and ordered the officers, "You all heard it, do this."
The officers went to make the arrangements themselves.
Shen Zhaozhao led Da Maozi and transported the two seriously injured patients to the Zhan family first. During this trip, a drizzle began to fall on the ground.
At the Zhan's house, Guo and the others were standing next to the campfire, each holding a corner of the rainproof cloth to protect it from the rain. Old Madam Zhan and Yang were not idle either, taking care of the campfire and adding some hay from time to time.
"Third sister-in-law, the rain is really coming." Zhan Xiaoyao wiped her face. The rain was not heavy, but her head and face were basically wet.
“놆,” Shen Zhaozhao responded calmly, “We will do our best and prepare for the worst.”
"Yeah," Zhan Xiaoyao was originally panicking, she was afraid that a wild beast would really come.
Although the third brother had arranged for Huang Ye to teach them how to use the hidden arrows and crossbows, she also practiced martial arts at home on weekdays, but this was the first time she really faced the beasts on the grassland.
Hearing Shen Zhaozhao's calm voice, she was suddenly not so scared anymore.
"After all, we are a family together." Guo smiled broadly, looking at the darkness of the place.
She is not afraid.
She knew that Zhan Beichen and Feng Yong were in the dark, and if there really were any wild beasts, they would protect them.
"Zhao Zhao, come closer." Zhan Nanxing held the bow in one hand and nocked an arrow in the other.
Shen Zhaozhao looked at the two people on the donkey cart and smiled knowingly. Zhan Nanxing was unresponsive. He put his bow and arrow on the donkey cart and held the bow himself. He gave the large tube of feather arrows purchased from the blacksmith shop to Jianghu.
Jiang Hu, a rough and burly official, became an arrow-carrying boy without any regrets.
Shen Zhaozhao had almost arranged everything here, and was just waiting for the officers to bring the other families over to join them.
The rain was getting heavier.
The Cao family came here early under the leadership of Cao Ya. They extinguished their own campfire and brought fodder with them.
Cao Ya directed several tall men in the family to replace the women of the Zhan family who were holding the rainproof cloth. She herself was not idle either. She asked Madam Zhan to rest first, and she helped take care of the campfire.
"Zhao Zhao, don't be afraid..." Zhan Nanxing looked at Shen Zhaozhao leaning on him, his heart sweetened, and seeing her staring at the campfire, he was comforting her that he would protect her no matter what.
"I'll go to Cao Ya to help."
Shen Zhaozhao said something and walked away without looking back.
Zhan Nanxing opened his mouth and wanted to call her back. He knew that the environment was indeed dangerous and wanted to protect her.
"Ms. Shen is not the kind of woman who hides behind a man!" Jiang Hu looked at Zhan Nanxing, hesitating to speak, and finally said a word.
Zhan Nanxing pursed her lips and didn't respond.
A pair of peach blossom eyes stared at Shen Zhaozhao, saying that, but he was a man after all, there was no reason for his wife to be so busy and he couldn't even protect her.
"I understand. It's a man's face." Jiang Hu patted Zhan Nanxing on the shoulder.
Just as I was trying to comfort him, I saw that I had brought the Chen family over. The Chen family was large and had many elders, so they took a long time.
"Boss, the Chen family's fodder has been wet by the rain. It's useless to bring it over, so I didn't let them move it." Zhao Jiusan raised his sleeves to wipe the water off his face.
"Come here quickly, everyone, get closer." Shen Zhaozhao called out from the other side.
Chen Jungong apologized that he had been dawdling with his entire family, causing all the fodder to be wasted.
"fine."
Shen Zhaozhao responded.
There is only this one campfire, so we don't need that little fodder.
"Tiger!"
Just when everyone thought everything was ready, Wang Tou came running over with a few escorts, accompanied by the runners sent by Jiang Hu.
"The volunteers didn't come, they said..."
Wang Tou looked at Zhan Nanxing a little embarrassedly and said half of what he wanted to say.
"What?" Jiang Hu glanced at the faint light from the volunteers on the other side.
Wang Tou glanced at Zhan Nanxing again.
Zhan Nanxing snorted softly and rolled his peach blossom eyes.
Wang Tou also said: "They suspected that there was not enough fodder here, so they cheated them of fodder..."
"They say that even if it gets light soon, there's no guarantee that wild animals will come."
Jiang Hu and several other officers all had puzzled expressions.
These volunteers, are they so prejudiced against these prisoners that they don't even want to save their own lives?
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