Chapter 197 Black Goat

At night, the rain fell heavily again, and the crackling sound lasted all night.

Liu Yinyin was a little worried: "Will it be like last year, where the rain will last for ten days or half a month?"

If this happens...it will be another disaster.

How could Gu Cheng know all this? He said, "I might be back late this afternoon. I have to go to the compound to see if there are any leaks in the house, and also see if I can buy some tiles."

If the rain really continues, I'll have to buy some tiles as a backup.

The sooner you prepare, the better, in case they are sold out.

We don’t have any extra tiles at home. We used them all last year, and the remaining ones were lent to others.

Liu Yinyin nodded: "Don't buy too much."

The roof of the house has been checked and there is no major problem. It should not require many tiles.

If you buy too many, someone will come to borrow tiles.

It’s not that Liu Yinyin is reluctant to lend, it’s just... some people just borrow and never return, which makes people very depressed.

It's just a few tiles, and it's impossible for Liu Yinyin to go to the door every day to ask for the return of things.

So, it’s better to buy less this year.

If there is no one at home, then no one will worry about it.

The rain had been falling heavily for several days, with no sign of stopping.

Maybe it’s because the weather is too dry this year. Even though it has been raining for so long, there has been no flooding in the village.

However, what worries the villagers now is not the heavy rain.

But the weather is getting more and more weird. The temperature has been dropping again and again in the past few days. Right now, it's only about ten degrees.

It's summer now and you still have to wear a thin cotton jacket.

Jiang Cuihua also said: "I have lived for most of my life, and I have never seen such strange weather."

It's just like snow in June, very strange.

However abnormal the climate is, it is something that humans cannot change. If we cannot change it, we can only accept it.

Liu Yinyin was also very worried. She had originally planned to plow the vegetable patch in the yard and plant a new crop of vegetables as soon as the rain stopped.

But in this situation...it's obviously impossible to grow vegetables.

Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "Mom, during this period of time, the pigpen and chicken coop at home must be cleaned thoroughly. It would be best if they can be disinfected with lime water."

The weather changes from cold to hot rapidly, and not only humans but also livestock are prone to getting sick.

However, there is no need to worry too much about this problem, as there are only a few families raising pigs in the village this year.

Without pigs, swine fever cannot spread.

However, you still need to pay attention to the chickens at home.

Liu Yinyin thought to herself that she would have to ask Gu Cheng to go to the hospital to see if he could buy some disinfectant.

Jiang Cuihua nodded and said, "You know what, locusts are really good for feeding chickens and pigs. We have a lot more eggs at home recently, and the pigs seem to be getting fatter."

The Liu family's chickens and two pigs are now the family's most important assets.

Chickens lay eggs, which can provide nourishment to the whole family.

There are two pigs, one is raised for Liu Yinyin, and the other is their own.

The family was extremely poor, and Jiang Cuihua was counting on the pig to make some money.

My daughter-in-law is pregnant, so she has to save some money for future childbirth.

Therefore, Jiang Cuihua now pays special attention to the two pigs at home.

There's nothing to do in the fields anyway, so I have the time to mess around.

It has rained heavily for many days, and many houses in the village have leaks.

The same thing happened in the Liu family. Liu Yinyin asked Jiang Cuihua to take a basket of tiles back to repair the roof.

Liu Yinyin's own family was fine. When the locust plague came, Gu Cheng repaired the roof of her house solidly.

There was no water leakage in the house.

Liu Yinyin had nothing to do at home, so she took out the dried locusts and ground them into powder.

After so many days, she had ground most of the locust powder and her hands were almost blistered.

The heavy rain lasted for more than ten days and finally stopped.

However, although the rain stopped, the temperature was still as low as before, making people feel chilly.

After the heavy rain, the ground was wet and the road was muddy.

There is no way to tidy up the vegetable patch in the yard for the time being.

After so many days of continuous rain, the soil on the mountain has been moistened, and the plants that were previously destroyed by locusts are now showing some green again.

The mountains and fields are covered with fresh green leaves, giving people a sense of vitality.

Liu Yinyin heard from people that there seemed to be wild mushrooms available for picking in the mountains, but not many.

However, Liu Yinyin still wanted to go to the mountains as there were not many vegetables left at home.

She wanted to go to the mountains to find some wild mushrooms to eat. Otherwise, she could go to the sweet potato field and pick some sweet potato leaves to eat.

Just do it.

Liu Yinyin left Gu Yanyan at the Liu family and went up the mountain carrying a backpack.

The road on the mountain was difficult to walk on. Halfway through, Liu Yinyin saw that there was no one around.

I smuggled a pair of non-slip rain boots out of the system to wear.

When we arrived at the sweet potato field, it was a mess and the plastic sheeting that had been used to cover it was still there.

Liu Yinyin quickly tore off the plastic sheet. Fortunately, the sweet potatoes were still intact, with no signs of being eaten by locusts.

Liu Yinyin spent half a day tidying up the sweet potato field and picked a handful of sweet potato leaves to take back and eat.

Afterwards, Liu Yinyin originally planned to go to the pine forest to look for pine milk mushrooms.

While walking on the road, I heard a shrill cry...

The scream sounded quite loud.

Liu Yinyin was slightly surprised. She hadn't been to the mountain for a while. Could it be that some large wild animals had come to the mountain again?

Listen carefully, the sound of "baa-baa-baa"...

Sounds like a goat.

Liu Yinyin's heart, which had just been hanging in the air, instantly settled down again.

If it really is a wild goat, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Liu Yinyin followed the sound and went over.

Before reaching the destination, I suddenly discovered...

Oh!

Liu Yinyin couldn't help but slap her head. No wonder, isn't this the place where Gu Cheng set the trap?

It was all because of the locusts that had eaten the mountain beyond all recognition, and because she hadn’t been to the mountain for a while, Liu Yinyin almost didn’t recognize where she was.

Thinking there might be prey in the trap, Liu Yinyin hurried over to take a look.

“Wow!”

Liu Yinyin let out a cry of surprise. She was caught off guard and saw a black goat lying on the ground and struggling.

Half of the wild goat's body was exposed, and the other half was stuck because its two front feet had fallen into the trap.

At this moment, he is struggling hard to climb out of the trap.

But Gu Cheng had dug the trap very deep, and the wild goat had long front legs, so it was obviously impossible for it to climb up.

Fortunately, it didn't fall completely. It had rained for so many days and the trap was full of water.

Therefore, Liu Yinyin didn't think of coming to the trap to check if there was any prey today.

The water is so deep that even if prey falls in, it will drown.