Chapter 47: Thunder in Autumn, Half Harvest in Winter
At this time, the place where everyone camped was next to the official road five miles away from the county town.
On one side of the official road is a sparse forest, and on the other side are continuous mountains.
The campsite is located on a large open space next to the woods. It should have been reclaimed land in the past, but due to drought in recent years, the land has become deserted, so it is quite spacious to set up camp on.
Old Mrs. Wan is educating Wan Hu together with Mrs. Wan.
"Have you learned your lesson this time? Will you still go out and advertise your products? I'll teach you a lesson this time. Don't eat the peach cake before you put it in your mouth. I'll make you remember the taste of the peach cake, and you'll know not to make the same mistake again."
Mrs. Wan San nodded her son's head vigorously and said fiercely.
Old Mrs. Wan also felt that this kid needed a lesson, so she sat aside holding little Fubao in her arms without saying a word.
Little Fubao waved his little paws and handed the peach cake in his hand to Wanhu.
She listened for a long time and seemed to understand something. Sixth brother’s fruit was taken away by someone and Sixth brother did not get to eat the delicious fruit.
"GuoGuo——Qi——FuBaoDa——"
Mrs. Wan San looked at the pair of white and tender little hands that the little girl handed over, which were holding half a piece of peach pastry with small teeth marks on them, and was touched by her cute look.
"Fubao, be good. Sixth brother won't eat. Sixth brother has already eaten. You should eat more. You will look more plump and white like a little Fuwa."
But Xiao Fubao wouldn't listen and insisted on giving it to Wanhu.
Old Lady Wan couldn't bear to reject her granddaughter's kindness, so she said coldly, "Since it's your sister who gave it to you, you can take it. But if you dare to show off with good things again, you will be robbed and beaten. When you come back, I will let your mother beat you. Remember?"
Wan Hu is just a little younger and a little childish, but he is actually very smart. He will remember this incident for the rest of his life, and even if he makes a lot of money in the future, he will not tell anyone and will make his fortune quietly.
Just at this moment, a thunderclap sounded, scaring little Fubao so much that he quickly hid in Old Lady Wan's arms.
When Old Lady Wan heard the thunder, she was so frightened that she immediately took Little Fubao into her arms, and kept shouting, "Touch the fur, it won't scare you, touch the fur, it won't scare you..."
But Old Mrs. Wan's heart was beating wildly.
As the old saying goes, "thunder in autumn means half of the winter harvest, and a hard year in autumn means a loss of ten thousand hu of crops." This shows how unlucky thunder is in autumn.
When Wan San's wife heard the thunder, she wanted to hug Wan Hu in her arms for fear of scaring the child. However, she saw Wan Hu eating a peach cake sweetly, and did not look frightened at all.
Mrs. Wan San rolled her eyes at Wan Hu with a smile, then stood up and walked out of the shed to see what was going on outside.
But as soon as Wan Sansao came out of the shed, she was hit by hail. She was so scared that she quickly covered her head and hid in the shed.
"Oh my god, what is that thing that fell from the sky? It's going to crush me to death."
Mrs. Wan's words immediately alerted Old Lady Wan. She quickly raised her head and looked outside, only to see large and small white hailstones falling from the ground not far from them. Some of the largest were larger than two adult fingernails. If they hit people on the head, wouldn't they kill them?
Old Mrs. Wan was extremely flustered and grabbed a mattress from her side and handed it to Wan San's wife.
"Third son's wife, hurry up, put on your mattress and go find everyone. It's hailstorming. God wants to kill people. The hail will kill many people and animals."
Mrs. Wan San took the mattress, put it on her head, and rushed out.
At this time, it was already a mess outside.
The officers and soldiers had no time to care about the exiled prisoners and had already taken refuge in the sheds built by the Wan family.
Wan Laoer and Wan Ersao also hurried into the shed. Chang and He didn't have time to think about it, and pulled Wan Xingchang to hide in the nearest shed built by the Wan family.
Wan Xingchang was hit by the sudden hail and screamed loudly. He covered his head and ran around. Chang and He couldn't catch him at all.
Liu, Wan Die Lan, their two daughters-in-law, two grandsons and one granddaughter were about to sneak into Zhao's shed.
But with so many people crammed into one shed, there wasn’t even enough space for them to turn around?
Wan Xingchen blocked the door of the shed and refused to let anyone in. Wan Jinshu was recuperating on the bedding given to them by Old Lady Wan. When he saw Wan Xingchen's behavior, he immediately scolded him, "Xingchen, what are you doing? Get out of the way."
Wan Xingchen's face looked a little ugly, but he still obediently made way and let Liu bring a few people in. There were suddenly six or seven more people in the shed, and there was no space to step. Wan Yirou was held in Zhao's arms and sat on Wan Jinshu's lap.
Wan Jinshu groaned under the pressure from Zhao, and Zhao heard it but pretended not to hear it. This was all Wan Jinshu's own fault.
Liu looked at Wan Xingchen sarcastically and started to think again in her mind. Her two sons were gone, and her two daughters-in-law were unreliable. She originally thought that her stepson Wan Jinshu was even more unreliable, but now it seemed that this stepson could still be controlled. It seemed that Liu had suddenly found the secret to controlling the first wife's house. As long as she controlled Wan Jinshu, she could make the people in the first wife's house work for her.
Before Wan Jinshu was exiled, he had always lived at the border, and Old Lady Wan didn't know her stepson very well. Now it seems that her stepson is quite filial to her.
Zhao didn't know that this was Liu's idea. She looked unhappy at this moment. This shed was not originally built by their family. Now Grandma Wan's family were crowded in several small sheds. Not only did they reap the benefits, but they also took in the person who once rode on their big house and urinated and defecated. Zhao felt a little upset.
"Xingchen, where is your elder brother?"
It was only then that Zhao realized that her eldest son had been out for a long time and had not returned, and she felt a little uneasy.
"Mom, don't worry, brother is fine." Although Wan Xingchen was a little worried, he had a mysterious confidence in his brother.
Wan Xingmo is a martial arts expert, so the Zhao family is usually not very worried about him. But now it is a natural disaster, how can human power resist a natural disaster?
When Wan Xingmo was cutting trees in the woods and found it was hail, he immediately built a temporary shed on the spot by dragging branches with leaves on them. There were already trees in the forest to provide a natural barrier, so they were less exposed than Old Lady Wan and the others on the open ground, so there was no problem for the time being.
However, there were still a dozen exiles who had nowhere to hide, so they aimed directly at the soldiers' sheds. At the critical moment of life and death, the only thing people fear is death.
They divided into two groups and squeezed into the soldiers' tent.
The officers and soldiers were not pushovers either. They picked up whips and whipped these people. However, these people were like crazy and were not afraid of the pain at all. They let the officers and soldiers whip them and still squeezed in madly.
The hailstones falling from the sky became more and more dense. A scream was heard, and a child's head was covered in blood after being hit by the hailstones. He lay straight in a pool of blood, motionless.
The child's mother screamed and tried to rush over to save the child, but was stopped by her husband.
"Don't go. You will be crushed to death if you go. The child is already beyond saving. We will have other children in the future."
The woman covered her face and cried. She heard the soldiers' scolding and whipping from behind. A feeling of despair rose in the woman's heart. She looked at the not very sturdy shed and laughed.
"Since you won't let us live an easy life, let's die together." The woman broke free from the man's restraints and rushed towards the shed. The shed was not solid to begin with, and it collapsed with a loud bang after the woman pushed hard.
The officers and soldiers inside were knocked to the ground by the shed and buried in dead branches and leaves. Hail hit the collapsed shed, making crackling sounds.
The woman's body was covered in blood and her head was smashed by hail. She staggered to the child, hugged the child's cold body, knelt on the ground quietly, and did not move for a long time.
The officers and soldiers finally climbed out of the shed. The hail in the sky finally became smaller and the particles were not that big. However, one officer and soldier was unlucky as he was hit by the main support and fell into a coma.
"Brother Li, Gangzi seems to have fainted. Where can we find a doctor in this dark sky? The city gates are all closed."
The shed where Wan Dielan stayed was right next to the soldiers. She heard the soldiers talking, and she never forgot the half ginseng in Old Lady Wan's hand.
She had long been fed up with this group of country bumpkins. Why could they eat delicious meals every day and get help from Wan Xingmo along the way?
She is Wan Xingmo's aunt, but Wan Xingmo always ignores her. She hates these country bumpkins in her heart. Without these people, all the delicious food would belong to their family.
In Wan Dielan's opinion, it was all thanks to Wan Xingmo that Old Lady Wan's family could eat delicious food and go to the city to buy things.
Wan Die Lan rolled her eyes and saw that the hail outside had gradually stopped. She quietly slipped out of the shed and walked towards the soldiers.
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