The rain came extremely quickly, startling everyone in our cabin.
I immediately frowned, ignoring the chill of the rain hitting my body, and rushed out of the cabin.
Looking around at the sky, I saw that dark clouds had completely covered the sky, and even the sky that was bright just a moment ago was now pitch black.
Countless bolts of lightning continuously shattered from the sky, striking the sea surface in a way that was utterly terrifying.
I felt a wave of despair wash over me. If this damn thing rains, won't the rice seedlings we just transplanted on the mountaintop be ruined?
I suddenly felt a deep longing for the days when I had a telephone and a mobile phone in the city.
If we had a communication device right now, we could notify Wang Ping and the others to prepare. But right now, Wang Ping and the others must be completely bewildered and not know what to do.
This situation is really hard for us to accept; those rice seedlings are our hope!
Xiao Qiang also came out of the cabin with a pale face. When she saw the sky turn dark in an instant, her expression also became somewhat unpleasant.
"Sihai, what do we do! Are we never going back?"
I saw Xiao Qiang's brows furrowed. How could they possibly go back in this situation?
But I felt extremely uncomfortable being with this group of foreigners.
Living under someone else's roof is not an easy life.
But now there's thunder and lightning outside. Even if we're not afraid of the pounding rain, if we encounter some wild animal seeking shelter from the rain on the way, we'll truly be helpless.
At this moment, Chen Jian also came out of the cabin, pulled me and Xiao Qiang into the cabin, and whispered something to me.
“These foreigners were muttering something I couldn’t understand. I don’t think it’s a good idea for us to stay here. Why don’t we go back to your cave? These foreign women used to live there, so it must have been renovated. We saved our companion’s life, so they shouldn’t mind if we sleep in there for a couple of days. As for food, we just dealt with those wolves, so even if we divide it equally, we should get three and a half. The wolf pelts are still wet, but we can dry them over the campfire so we won’t get too cold.”
I think Chen Jian's suggestion is excellent. I turned to Xiao Qiang and told her to quickly go and tell these foreigners our intentions.
After Xiao Qiang finished speaking with the foreigner, the foreigner seemed to disagree, because I noticed that he was still a bit agitated.
Xiao Qiang looked rather unwell and shook her head as she leaned closer to me.
"They disagreed, saying that the cave was already occupied by their women and they wouldn't allow us to go there. However, they could give us a small house below the cabin. If you're really worried about them having ulterior motives, we can leave two of our men on night watch. That way, they won't dare to force us, since we have guns."
Speaking of guns, I suddenly remembered that from the beginning until we went out to fight the wolves, these foreigners still hadn't given us the bullets they promised.
Are they trying to get something for nothing?
"Go ask them when they will deliver the bullets they promised us. Also, if they don't give us the bullets, we will no longer treat his colleague. We need to show them that we are not without temper. Furthermore, if they do not agree to let us return to the cave, they must provide us with rooms to live in and food to eat. Otherwise, we will not be able to go outside to start a fire for the next few days, and we will have no firewood and will just go hungry."
Xiao Qiang nodded: "I know, I'll go and talk to them."
After saying that, he went into the cabin, while the heavy rain outside was still pattering down.
We were soaked to the bone. One of the foreigners took out a huge parasol, set it up next to the boat, and then took out some dry firewood they had stored in the cabin and lit it.
With the flames ignited, I finally felt a little more at ease.
Not long after, Xiao Qiang returned, nodded at me, and her complexion seemed alright.
"They said the bullets were ready, but they didn't have many, so they could only give us the amount they promised. As for food, they didn't have much to eat right now. The only thing they had was the wolves we hunted yesterday, which they could probably eat for a while if they were cut up. Fortunately, they had a lot of firewood stored up. But they asked us if we had any trace of Lin Xubo."
If Xiao Qiang hadn't asked, I would have completely forgotten about that bastard Lin Xubo.
Looking outside at the torrential rain, I still don't know whether Lin Xubo is alive or dead.
But if he were alive, he would probably find a place to take shelter from the rain.
After we discussed it and got the bullets and binoculars, we all felt relieved.
They checked the temperature of the injured foreigner again; he still had a high fever, but his condition was much better than before.
It must be said that the medical kit they were carrying contained quite a lot of medicine and equipment.
However, we never intended to exchange medicine with them, so we can't bring ourselves to ask now.
A foreigner led us to their lounge, and I realized that their ship was much more advanced than I had imagined.
The lounge below was like a very high-end house, divided into many rooms. They led us to a small room by the window.
Pushing open the door, we found the room had bunk beds; there were four beds, but there were five of us.
After discussing it, we decided that only Xiao Qiang and I would sleep in the same bed.
Although the bed was a bit cramped, Xiao Qiang didn't object, so I couldn't say anything more.
We had already skinned the wolf carcass, and now Chen Jian and two male colleagues were sitting by the fire drying the hides so they could keep warm at night.
As for the wolf meat, we have no way to store it right now, and with the heavy rain outside, I can't collect seawater to extract sea salt, so for the next few days we'll probably have to eat this dried-out wolf meat.
The situation here is now relatively stable; the foreigners haven't driven us out.
Perhaps their dependence stems from the desperate struggle we waged last night to save so many of their people.
Secondly, Xiao Qiang still needed to stay and continue treating the injured foreigner, so they left us a place.
But I was especially worried about Wang Ping and the others.
Wang Xiaoxiao and Xu Wei are also at our current camp. We are currently stranded here due to the torrential rain, and we don't know when it will stop. We can't go back in time, and we don't know what the situation is like on their end.
Since the treehouse was built, it has never encountered such heavy rain. I don't know if the rainproof equipment we made back then will be enough.
If it becomes useless and collapses in this storm, then the situation for Wang Xiaoxiao and the others will be indescribable.
What I'm more worried about are the rice seedlings that we discovered by chance.
We've worked so hard to transplant them right under our noses; if they're all destroyed by this torrential rain, then all that effort will have been for nothing.
But now we can't go back. Even though I'm extremely anxious, there's nothing I can do. I can only hope that Wang Ping and the others are smart enough to save everyone's lives, save all our camp buildings, and save those fragile seedlings we transplanted.
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