Wu Xinghua, who was cooking in the kitchen, also noticed that the sky had darkened and it looked like it was going to rain.
She quickly went back to her room, got out two candles and lit them.
"Xinghua, turn on the light. There is an electric light in the kitchen. There is a rope next to the door. Just pull it and it will turn on." Ruan Niannian shouted in the hall.
Wu Xinghua responded: "I know, don't we have candles? Why waste electricity? Electricity is expensive."
"What nonsense are you talking about? The purpose of installing electric lights is for convenience. If you don't use them, I won't use them either. They break easily. A bicycle will get rusty if it's not ridden for a long time. Hurry and turn off the lights."
Ruan Niannian knew that everyone here was very frugal, but the mindset of those around her must change. People who know how to spend money and enjoy themselves know how to make money better.
What she wants is not a money-making machine that only listens to her, but a partner who has his own thinking and ideas and can make progress together with her.
She always remembered what Pei Yuanzheng said decades later. He said that no matter how smart one is, one can't go far if one only relies on one's brain.
Wu Xinghua didn’t know what Ruan Niannian was thinking, she just felt warm in her heart. Ruan Niannian must have asked her to turn on the light because she was afraid that the candle light was too dim and she would accidentally bump into something.
Otherwise, few people would be willing to turn on such a precious thing as a lamp.
Li Qing came out of the house and told Ruan Niannian not to stand near the eaves, as she might slip if the rain got in.
After giving her instructions, she watched Ruan Niannian walk inside. She then asked Li Zhili to look after Ruan Niannian before going to the kitchen to help Wu Xinghua cook.
By the time they finished cooking, Pei Qinggang, who had gone into the mountains, had not returned yet, and the rain was getting heavier.
With the dark sky and heavy rain, visibility outside was very low. It was easy to bump into things when walking in the yard, not to mention the rugged mountains.
"What should I do? Brother Wolf hasn't come down yet. The rain starts falling suddenly. What if he accidentally falls in the mountains? Or what if he encounters a wild boar or a tiger? Oh! What should I do?" Wu Xinghua was extremely anxious.
Li Qing comforted her, "Don't worry, Qing Gang is very familiar with the terrain of this mountain, and he has lived in the mountains for so many years, he must have skills to survive in the mountains that others don't have, I think he will be back soon."
That being said, everyone is still worried.
Although Pei Qinggang lived in the mountains before, he would never go out in bad weather. Now that the weather is so bad, he did not go home.
The danger level is rising sharply.
Because of concern, the meal was delayed and only Ruan Niannian was persuaded to eat a little.
Lee Ji-eun, who had not left the room, vaguely heard the crying sound. She put down the pen in her hand and came out to take a look.
"What's going on? Mom, what happened?" He looked at Li Qing.
The others were either other people's wives, which his father had taught him to avoid, so he tried not to look at them, or they were his younger sisters, who were still young and naive, so there was no point in looking at them.
When Li Qing saw him coming out, her eyes lit up. She patted Wu Xinghua who was crying and walked over to Li Zhien and said, "Son, Qing Gang has gone into the mountains. We dare not go to see him. We have to take care of Nian Nian. Hurry up, eat two bowls of rice and go up the mountain to see if you can find him."
"How can this be possible?" Ruan Niannian was stunned. Li Qing was really a mother. She didn't even take a breath when she ordered her son around.
Wu Xinghua also said quickly: "No, aunt, the weather is too bad, how can we let him go to find someone? I am worried, but I can't hurt Zhien."
Seeing that they were all trying to persuade him, Li Qing said nonchalantly, "Hey, this isn't a bad thing. He went into the mountains with his father when it was hailstorm before. He won't go into a place that he can't go into. Don't worry, he knows his limits."
"Well, I'll eat something first. Cousin Nian Nian, you prepare some backup medicine and dry food that is easy to carry. I'll go find someone after I finish eating."
Li Zhien was not surprised. He had grown up with Political Commissar Lu. What kind of hardships had he not experienced? It was indeed a bit deserted when he came here recently. However, he was just going into the mountains to look for people. He didn't need to hide from bullets or traps. He was not afraid.
"Okay, I'll go prepare some medicine." Last time when Zhang Xiangyun had a high fever, they all knew that they had some spare medicines on hand. It was no secret. She instructed Wu Xinghua, "Xinghua, go see if there are any dried meat biscuits or something like that. Pack some in brown paper and give them to cousin Zhien."
Wu Xinghua didn't dare to delay and wiped her tears casually, "Okay, I'll get ready now."
These are all escape routes, and Lee Ji-eun has thought of them very comprehensively.
He was worried that Pei Qinggang might have been injured or encountered some emergency, so bringing medicine could prevent fever or inflammation from not being treated in time. He brought dry food in case they got lost so that they could hold on for a while and wait for Pei Yuanzheng and others to rescue them.
In addition to medicine and dry food, Ruan Niannian also asked Li Zhili to get a straw raincoat and a straw hat, which were prepared when the house was just built and had never been used.
Who would go outside on a rainy day?
After finishing her meal, Lee Ji-eun put on a straw raincoat and a straw rain hat, tied another straw rain hat on her back, and stuffed the dry food and medicines prepared by Ruan Niannian and Wu Xinghua into the straw raincoat.
Ruan Niannian took out a large portable flashlight and gave it to him. "I bought it a while ago, but I never used it. Although this one is heavy, it won't get wet, so it will be more useful."
"Okay, I'm going out. Wait for my good news." He said it nonchalantly, picked up his laptop and flashlight, and rushed into the rain without looking back.
Looking at the back, he looks very responsible.
For the whole night, no one slept a wink except Ruan Niannian who couldn't hold on any longer and was persuaded to go back to her room and take a nap.
It rained heavily all night. In the morning, a lot of water had accumulated in the yard. It was time to change shifts, but Pei Yuanzheng and Pei Qingyang had not returned yet.
When Ruan Niannian woke up, her watch showed half past seven, but it was still dark outside.
She couldn't help but frown. The rain had been too heavy and lasted too long.
When she went out, she smelled the aroma of meat porridge. Ruan Niannian saw Li Qing sitting next to Wu Xinghua at the dinner table and persuading her to take a rest. "Eat something and go to sleep for a while. If Yiqing just got injured and you fall down again after coming back, who will take care of him? Don't you think so?"
"I can't sleep." Wu Xinghua cried again, "As soon as I close my eyes, I see Brother Wolf getting pierced in the stomach by a wild boar. Why haven't they come back yet?"
Ruan Niannian walked over and sat down next to him. "If you can't sleep, just lie on the bed with your eyes closed and rest. Wait for him to come back. If anything happens to Brother Wolf, no one can replace you. Think about it. If you fall down and fail to take good care of him, and the person who could have been saved is not saved because of you, you will regret it!"
"No!" Wu Xinghua stopped crying instantly and didn't need anyone to persuade her. She went to the kitchen to get breakfast and came back. "I'll go to bed after I finish eating."
It's good as long as you can speak it.
After Wu Xinghua returned to the room, Ruan Niannian asked about what happened last night.
It was just that Pei Qinggang and Li Zhien did not come back all night, and Wu Xinghua also did not sleep all night. Li Qing and Li Zhili took turns to accompany her, and Li Zhili went back to his room to rest until almost dawn.
"Aunt, go find my third sister-in-law next door and tell her about the situation, then go to the old house together to find my eldest brother and his wife. My eldest brother knows what to do."
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