Chen Kai felt a pang of pain in his heart when he thought of the crops in the village. Natural disasters are merciless, and ancient times are not like modern times!
When Chen Kai found Old Man Chen and saw his father's happy expression, he suddenly couldn't say what was on the tip of his tongue. He felt a pang of bitterness in his heart. He now understood how Xiao Tian felt.
Chen Kai took a deep breath, preparing to cause a scene.
Chen Kai made up an excuse to persuade his father to harvest all the vegetables in the garden, and then, without caring what his father thought, he went to find someone to harvest the vegetables.
When Zhou found Chen Kai, he was leading a group of people to harvest vegetables in the field. The way they were so greedy and ruthless made Zhou feel truly sorry for him.
Zhou picked Chen Kai up and asked gently, "My dear son, these vegetables were growing so well, why did you pull them up?"
Turning her head, Zhou scolded the helpers: "You're here to work, not to fool around with the kids. If you don't leave, I'll dock your wages!"
In the end, Chen Kai was taken home by his mother.
However, in order to please his youngest son, Old Man Chen harvested all the remaining vegetables in the plot of vegetable garden that Chen Kai and his men had disturbed, but left the others unharvested. He even lied to Chen Kai, saying that all the vegetables at home had been harvested.
Chen Kai's attempt to cause trouble failed, so he had no choice but to place his hopes on Xiao Tian.
Xiao Tian looked at him expectantly and said speechlessly, "You've already failed, what else can I do to cause trouble?"
After a moment of silence, Chen Kai said, "How about we take some people to steal some vegetables tonight?"
Xiao Tian agreed, "That's a good idea!"
So, in the middle of the night, while everyone in the family was asleep, the two little ones led a group to steal vegetables from their own vegetable garden.
The next day, the Chen family discovered the bad things they had done.
Mrs. Zhou couldn't bear to scold her good son, so Xiao Tian got a scolding instead. She couldn't bear to hit him, so she could only let him be scolded.
Xiao Tian didn't care; he just let it go in one ear and out the other.
But when Xiao Bao saw Xiao Tian being scolded, he suddenly started crying. When the other children saw their friend crying, they also started crying, and suddenly the hall was filled with howling and wailing.
Xiao Tian was completely bewildered. He hadn't even done anything yet, and suddenly they were all crying.
Chen Lao Er's wife looked up at the sky and saw that the weather had changed. She felt a tightness in her chest and had a feeling that something big was about to happen.
So he said, "Father, Mother, since my younger brother and the others are insisting on harvesting the vegetables, let's harvest them all."
"Look at the sky. It was fine yesterday, but it suddenly changed today. If you ask me, this sultry weather is a sign that a storm is brewing, and it will probably rain for a while."
"We should harvest all the vegetables in this garden that we can, otherwise they will rot if it rains for a long time."
After listening to what Chen Lao Er's wife said, Old Man Chen and Zhou Shi also had their doubts. After discussing it for a while, they decided to harvest the vegetables.
The commotion caused by the Chen family harvesting vegetables quickly attracted the attention of the villagers, and everyone was talking about it.
Since Chen Kai and Xiao Tian couldn't approach the adults directly, they had to instigate the village children to have their parents harvest the vegetables.
After the Chen family finished harvesting their vegetables, the village chief's family also started harvesting theirs, followed by several other households.
Another day passed, and suddenly a strong wind blew up and dark clouds covered the sky. One after another, more than a dozen households in the village followed suit and harvested their vegetables.
The Chen family had caught all the fish they raised, taken care of all the animals they kept, harvested all the vegetables from their garden, and Chen Kai had even sent someone to the mountain to collect a lot of firewood.
The crops in the field haven't even sprouted yet, so there's nothing they can do.
On the day Xiaotian predicted it would hail, the weather was visibly abnormal, causing panic.
Chen Kai hesitated and asked Xiao Tian, "Should we find an excuse to keep everyone in our family from going out at noon?"
Xiao Tian said, "Whatever you want!"
At noon, after the Chen family finished eating, everyone was about to go out for a stroll when Chen Kai suddenly said, "Dad, let's play games together in the yard, the more people the better."
Before they even went outside, they heard a crackling sound coming from the yard.
Da Ya sensed something was wrong with the sound. She looked outside and her eyes widened instantly. What was that fist-sized white ball?
"It's hailing!" Old Chen's wife screamed in disbelief.
Everyone present was startled, and Old Man Chen burst into tears as he looked at the fist-sized hailstones outside.
Zhou cursed angrily, "Damn you, God! Are you trying to kill us all?!"
Chen and his men were also frantic, as if what was falling from the sky was not hail, but a knife stuck in their hearts.
Outside, a series of mournful cries came from outside. The eldest child was wailing inconsolably, the child was crying uncontrollably because of the adults, and the animals were running rampant.
The fierce hailstorm destroyed crops, damaged houses and buildings, and injured people and livestock.
Looking at the fist-sized hailstones falling outside, Chen Kai felt a chill run down his spine. Even in modern times, he had never seen such large hailstones.
The Chen family's brick and tile house was smashed with a loud cracking sound, and broken tiles flew everywhere.
Old Man Chen had everyone gather together, protecting the younger children in the middle.
When Sanya saw the roof tiles of her house flying everywhere, she cried out, "Our house... our house is destroyed..."
The younger children, including Xiao Bao, were so frightened that they cried loudly.
Da Ya and the others were also very upset, but they tried their best not to cry. However, for some reason, the tears just kept flowing.
The adults were also extremely anxious, looking at the hail falling outside as if the sky had collapsed.
Old Man Zhou stepped forward, wiping away his tears, and said, "Eldest son, go get me a bamboo basket. I need to check on our crops!"
Chen the eldest anxiously advised, "Dad, you can't go out, it's too dangerous outside!"
Old Man Chen roared, "If we don't go now, it will be too late! If the crops are gone, we'll starve to death!"
After finishing his sentence, Old Man Chen went to find some cover for himself.
Chen's sons tried to persuade him while blocking their father from leaving.
Old Chen cursed, "You bastards, all of you get out of my way!"
Old Chen pleaded, "Father, please, don't go out! It's too dangerous outside! If anyone should go, it should be us brothers!"
Seeing that Boss Chen and his men had found cover and were about to leave, Chen Kai became anxious.
Just then, the village chief's voice came over, "No need to go look anymore, it's gone, all of it is gone!"
The village chief's eldest daughter was carrying a table, while the village chief was walking under the table. The two of them carefully walked over.
When they arrived at the Chen family's house, the village chief emerged, and he too was in tears.
The village chief taunted Old Man Chen, "Old man, we're not dead yet! This damned heaven won't let us live, but we're determined to survive." He was trying to encourage himself.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com