After the event ended, the crowd erupted in excitement upon hearing that they would be giving out gifts.
After the ancestral tablet of the Chen family was carried into the cave and the worship was completed, Old Man Chen used twenty energy points to have Big Black release the treasure.
There were no plastic bottles this time, nor were there any takeout boxes or plastic bags.
There were quite a few curtain fabrics, eight in total, all of them thick fabrics, just in different colors, though all were dark shades.
Surprisingly, there were six worn-out military overcoats.
Old Man Chen and his family absolutely loved it.
Unsurprisingly, they found five pairs of old liberation shoes.
The Zhou family found several boxes of uterine warming patches, all of which had been opened and used. They emptied them out and counted them; there were a total of 68 patches. Although the colors and packaging were different, they were all uterine warming patches.
Zhou Kai found two power banks and was overjoyed.
Grandma Wu sorted out the denim jackets, which totaled 10, and the ripped jeans totaled 20.
The three water jugs, which were almost empty, stood there unnoticed.
Chen Kai pulled out three fruit knives and took one for self-defense.
There were even two old coral fleece blankets inside, and they were quite thick.
Old Man Chen had Dahei do the same thing over there.
The things released by the Bai family were the same as usual, except there were more of them.
For example, there are 5 water bottles, and they contain water, but not much.
There are four curtains, but there are too few small mineral water bottles and too many large mineral water bottles.
On Laba Festival, before dawn, Old Man Chen and his friends went to set off fireworks.
"Whoosh—Bang—"
Fireworks exploded in the sky, and suddenly, dark clouds gathered and thunder rumbled.
Old Man Chen and his men ran as fast as they could into the cave. Luckily, just as they got back, it started raining heavily.
The people in the cave were all awakened. When they saw that it was raining outside, they were all overjoyed and wept tears of joy. After nearly two years of drought, it had finally rained!
The rain was heavy and torrential, and the wind was howling, extinguishing the fire at the cave entrance.
Looking at the heavy rain drifting in, the group was not afraid, but rather even more excited.
They all took out bamboo stalks that had been split in half and went out to collect water.
They set up the water containers yesterday afternoon, all outside. Now, besides these bamboo plants, there's nothing else left to hold the water.
On the mountains, along the paths, on the main roads, in the villages, in the towns... those lying on the verge of death in every corner looked in disbelief at the rain hitting them.
I couldn't tell if it was rain or tears, but they streamed down my cheeks.
They opened their mouths wide, enjoying the rain that God had bestowed upon them.
The Black Wolf Gang members were stunned. They hadn't expected it to actually rain. Before long, they rushed into the rain like madmen.
"Haha~ It's raining, it's finally raining!"
"Thank God! It's finally raining!"
"Hurry up, get something to fill up with water!"
The people from the county alliance followed the people from the Anping village alliance and found a place to take shelter from the rain in advance, and prepared containers to hold water.
But seeing that it was raining, I couldn't resist rushing into the rain.
After being excited for a while, I started to drink water while getting my cup.
In Anping Village, many people were so excited that they ran into the rain, and no one could stop them.
They had long believed it would rain, but when it actually did, they couldn't help but get excited.
Inside the cave, several shirtless men rushed into the rain and carried back a pottery jar filled with water.
The man's family members poured the water from the earthenware jar into a 5L mineral water bottle.
The team also brought out their water buckets to fill up, and everyone was overjoyed as they watched the buckets slowly fill.
A man who had just returned carrying a pottery jar complained, "I dug such a big hole, but I didn't fill it with any water at all."
Another man laughed and said, "With such a drought, how can we store water? The rain would have already seeped into the ground."
"You fill your water tank pretty quickly, don't you? That half-bamboo tube you use to draw water, it splashes and fills up a ceramic jar in no time."
Not long after, Old Chen returned carrying a wooden bucket of water.
Pour some water into the stone pot; there's still some left.
Sanya called out, "Dad, pour it into this bucket."
Zhou said, "Eldest son, put the bucket back and come back to warm yourself by the fire, don't catch a cold."
Rows of bonfires were lit around the cave so that people who went out to fetch water could warm themselves when they returned.
Xiao Bao, with his short legs, wanted to run out, but his father held him back.
"Xiao Bao, it's cold outside, don't go out. Your mother will give you a bath later, and you can still play in the water."
As dawn broke, seeing the raging wind and rain outside, the children became even more excited, all clamoring to go out and play.
If it weren't for the rows of adults blocking the entrance, they would have sneaked out long ago.
The torrential rain continued until noon.
After the rain stopped, everyone couldn't help but complain that the rain hadn't lasted long enough, but they still happily went to boil water for a bath.
The Chen family had already heated the water. The eldest son and the others borrowed some bamboo mats from Lotus Village, found a spot outside, set up a makeshift enclosure, and brought the hot water in so they could take a bath.
Sanya said anxiously, "Dad, put one on us too, we want to take a bath too."
The eldest brother said, "Don't worry, I'll go borrow a bamboo mat and wrap one around you."
The Zhou family brought out shower gel, soap, and mugwort soap.
Mrs. Zhou was planning to give her son a bath, but he took a bar of mugwort soap and went to the bathhouse to take a bath.
The Chen family didn't have a bath tub either; there were three feed troughs in the shed, and the adults had already prepared hot water for them.
The place wasn't big, and only Xiao Tian, Chen Kai, Zhou Kai, and Xiao Shi were able to get in first.
The girls' shower tent wasn't set up yet, so Er Ya and the others had to wash their hair first.
Sanya looked around and found that there weren't enough containers for washing her hair. She sighed and said, "If I had known, I wouldn't have lent out so many feed troughs."
Big Flower, who was washing her hair in the feed trough, looked up and said, "Wait, you can use it after I'm done washing, it'll be quick."
Er Ya's eyes suddenly lit up. "I have a way. San Ya, quickly comb your hair and wait for the hair wash."
Er Ya brought out a plastic bag filled with warm water, poked a hole in the bottom of the bag, and the water flowed out from the hole.
"Come on, Sanya, let's wash your hair!"
Seeing how convenient it was to wash their hair with plastic bags, the women of the Chen family all took out plastic bags, filled them with water, and started washing their hair.
Plastic bags aren't just something the Chen family has; the Bai clan has quite a few too.
Then, everyone followed suit and used plastic bags to fill with water to wash their hair.
There was no other way; they didn't have enough containers to hold the water.
After Chen Kai and his friends finished their comfortable showers, they came out to find themselves in a scene that was both hilarious and exasperating.
Zhou Xia and the others carried hot water and approached the bathhouse. They exclaimed in surprise, "Zhou Kai, how did you use the mugwort soap? It was a big bar, and now it's shrunk by half!"
How could Zhou Kaineng explain this? He couldn't very well say that they kept playing and playing, and then they used up most of it.
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