Having already given up hope, Granny Liu saw the half-sack of potatoes and the things for self-defense beside her. Her grandson would not starve to death for the time being. The old woman, whose hair was completely white and whose face was full of vicissitudes, instantly had hope for survival again.
So she reached out and pulled her grandson over, and the two of them knelt down before Xu Lai.
"Grandma Liu, you can't do this..."
Xu Lai quickly reached out and helped the old man and the child up.
To Xu Lai's own surprise, her rare act of kindness would be remembered by the old man and the child for a lifetime.
Even a few years later, during another natural disaster, Xiao Lei, who had grown into a young boy, saved her family's lives again.
"Ah! Look! The floodwaters have receded to the first floor!"
"Strange, it rained all night, so how did the floodwaters suddenly drop so much?"
Perhaps because she had done a good deed, Xu Lai had several pleasant dreams that night.
In her last dream, she was eating delicious barbecue when she was woken up by excited discussions outside.
Xu Lai, wearing pajamas and with messy hair, walked into the living room and found that her second uncle and parents had also returned from outside with curious expressions.
"Lai Lai, the floodwaters outside really did recede from the third floor to the first floor overnight. To be precise, the floodwaters in our building only reached half of the first floor!"
Song Qiu'e was the kind of person who couldn't hide her feelings, and she was just as curious as the people outside.
Last night, when she got up to use the restroom, the rain was still drizzling. But when she got up this morning, the floodwaters had receded by three-quarters.
"Lai Lai, where do you think those sudden floods went?"
Could it be that the Earth suddenly developed a huge hole somewhere in City C, and floodwaters flowed out through it?
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