Chapter 12 The roof collapsed

Lu Mingfeng ran to his uncle's house and saw his mother lying on the floor of his uncle's main hall.

When Lu Yongsheng and his wife saw their nephew coming, they looked a little nervous. His aunt went into the house and took three eggs and put them in Lu Mingfeng's hand.

This nephew has a violent temper. If you provoke him, you will definitely get into trouble. You have to calm him down first.

Lu Mingfeng took the eggs and went to help Liang Qiaoli up: "Mom, let's go home first."

Liang Qiaoli said resolutely: "If I can't get my money back today, I won't leave!"

Lu Mingfeng looked at his father, grandmother, uncle, and aunt, thinking about what Shen Zhiqing said to him.

"Mom, listen to me. I

don't think my uncle is the kind of person who would borrow money and not return it." In the past, if someone dared to take his family's money and not return it, Lu Mingfeng would have punched him long ago, and he would not have been afraid that the other party would not return the money.

But the person in front of him was his uncle. Could he get the money by beating him up?

My uncle was a man who cared a lot about his reputation. Today, he did not return the money even though my mother made such a fuss. It was obvious that the family could not afford the money at the moment.

Shen Zhiqing was right. His goal was to get the money back.

He didn't know how to get the money back quickly, but Shen Zhiqing said that he could ask her for help.

Shen Zhiqing was an educated person and would definitely have a good idea.

...

Outside the educated youth institute.

The educated youth hung the washed clothes on the clothesline.

The scratches on Wang Yanhong's face have not disappeared yet. The sun has been shining on her face for the past few days and it hurts. Her whole face is burning and she doesn't know if it will leave scars.

As for Tang Xiaotian, Shen Jiale gave her something to wipe her face and it is almost healed.

Wang Yanhong kicked the clothesline in frustration: "This damn weather is getting hotter and hotter. Didn't the village chief say it was going to rain? When will it rain?"

Wu Li said: "It's a bit stuffy tonight. It should rain soon."

Tang Xiaotian saw Shen Jiale sticking corn cakes in the clay pot and asked: "Jiale, you have already eaten, why are you sticking so many cakes in there? The weather is hot, and if we make too many, they can't be preserved for long."

Shen Jiale said: "The village chief said it will rain for several days. It's not convenient for me to cook on rainy days, so I'll make more."

Their relationship quickly heated up after they had a fight together, and Tang Xiaotian already regarded Shen Jiale as her good sister.

Although Shen Jiale was not very enthusiastic, he still cared about her. After Shen Jiale applied a transparent gel on her face, she felt cool and the scratches faded.

Shen Jiale also said that as long as she persisted in applying it, there would be no scars.

Which girl doesn't love beauty? Looking at the dark red scabs on Wang Yanhong's face, Tang Xiaotian was glad that she had Shen Jiale as a friend.

Tang Xiaotian said: "On rainy days, you can cook in the kitchen and clean the pot after cooking."

Wang Yanhong interrupted: "No, who knows what kind of herbs she puts in the food? What if we get sick?"

Li Mei said: "On rainy days, we can't let people go hungry. She cooks in a clay pot instead of our big pot."

Wang Yanhong said: "That won't work either. On rainy days, we have to pile up firewood in the kitchen. There is no place to set up another stove."

Tang Xiaotian was annoyed: "The kitchen is not yours, why don't you let Jiale use it?"

Wang Yanhong pulled Wu Li and Sun Xiaoqin and said: "The kitchen is so small, if you set up a separate stove to light a fire, what if sparks fly out and set the kitchen on fire? The kitchen is connected to our house, and I am thinking about everyone's safety."

The two didn't know who to side with, so they could only choose to keep silent and not express their opinions.

Tang Xiaotian said, "If you say so, the weather will get hotter and hotter in the future, and Jiale will have to cook under the sun?"

Wang Yanhong rolled her eyes and said, "She can obviously eat with everyone from the big pot, but she insists on being special and acting like a big lady. If she has the ability, she should build a house by herself."

"You..." Tang Xiaotian wanted to argue with Wang Yanhong, but Shen Jiale grabbed her arm and shook his head at her.

...

It will rain heavily tonight, and Shen Jiale has not slept all the time. It

was too hot and humid at night, and everyone tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

Tang Xiaotian sat up and wiped the sweat off her head: "It's too hot. I really want a heavy rain to fall, so that it will be cooler."

Li Mei also sat up: "Yes, these days, I have been weeding in the fields every day. If it rains, I can take a break."

Wang Yanhong was also awakened by the heat. She couldn't sleep, but when she heard Tang Xiaotian talking, she got angry and shouted: "Are you still going to sleep? If not, get out!"

Shen Jiale said to the two of them: "Anyway, you can't sleep. It may be cooler outside. Let's go out for a while."

The three of them put on their clothes and went out of the house. It was still hot outside, but it was windy after a while. Although it was very small, it was still cool on the body.

"Xiaotian, Li Mei, it's windy, put away the clothes."

When the two of them were putting away the clothes, raindrops fell.

"Oh, it's finally raining, great." Tang Xiaotian jumped up happily.

When the people who were not asleep in the two rooms heard that it was raining, they all got up to collect their clothes.

The rain started to fall immediately. It was just a drizzle just now, but it turned into a downpour in a few minutes.

Back in the house, Shen Jiale folded up his thin quilt and bed sheet and put them in the box.

Tang Xiaotian asked, "Jia Le, why did you put away the quilt? It will be cooler when it rains. It's better to cover it at night."

Shen Jiale said calmly, "The roof is leaking. If you don't put it away, you will get wet in a while."

Wang Yanhong heard it and immediately sat up and pointed at Shen Jiale, "What nonsense are you talking about? We just repaired the roof a few days ago. How could it leak!" Before

he finished speaking, a drop of rain fell on the kang.

It really leaked.

Everyone hurried to put their stuff into their own boxes or bags.

Wang Yanhong also lost her temper.

Tang Xiaotian asked, "Is this the roof you repaired?"

"There are too few materials, so it's normal for some places to leak. Just use a basin to catch the water." Wang Yanhong explained.

"Plop..." A piece of reedy mud fell from the roof.

Li Mei shouted, "Oh no, everyone, get out quickly, the roof might collapse!"

As she spoke, another large piece of the roof fell down.

Everyone grabbed their luggage and rushed out, but it was raining heavily outside.

Wang Yanhong and Wu Li ran into the kitchen first and found that the kitchen was not leaking. Others also hid in the kitchen one after another.

The small kitchen was crowded with people in an instant. Tang Xiaotian wanted to squeeze in, but was pushed out by Wang Yanhong.

"Don't come in, there is no room inside."

Seeing Shen Jiale and Tang Xiaotian being soaked like chickens in the soup, Wang Yanhong felt extremely happy.

There were also two male educated youth who were outside in the rain, they were Li Cheng and Han Fei.

Li Cheng and Han Fei walked into the house again and stood in a corner that was not leaking.

Shen Jiale looked at Tang Xiaotian and asked, "Are you scared? If not, we'll go in too."

Tang Xiaotian was about to cry. What's the point of asking if she was scared now? Is there any other choice?

She followed Shen Jiale into the house with grievance and saw Shen Jiale take out a big umbrella from the box.

"Great, Jiale, hold an umbrella and let's find a fellow villager to stay at for a while."

"It's raining too hard outside. It's so late. If anything happens to us two girls, there won't be any trace left."

Tang Xiaotian was frightened by this and hugged Shen Jiale's arm tightly: "What should we do now?"

"Squat down by the wall and wait until dawn to find a solution."

"But I'm afraid, what if someone breaks in? Wouldn't it be very dangerous for us?"

"It's only the roof that's broken, but the door is not broken. Just fasten it."

Tang Xiaotian quickly fastened the door.

Many people couldn't sleep that night.