Chapter Forty-Eight: A Sudden Heavy Rain
It was supposed to be a very romantic picnic night, but God this guy didn't seem to see this, so the two men and women who were eating and chatting excitedly suddenly felt that the wind seemed to be stronger, and the dark sky in the distance seemed to be bright and extinguished, and at the same time, the faint thunder also came.
"Oh, no, isn't this place said to rain for 10,000 years? Are we about to experience a once-in-a-lifetime rain? Sophia said very disappointedly, and it could be seen that the faint thunder made the girl very unhappy.
Tang Feng laughed and said, "Shouldn't you take a look at the once-in-a-lifetime wonders?" Sophia, I don't know where you heard that, it's a bit exaggerated, but as far as I know, the amount of precipitation here is still okay, especially in the summer, and there are frequent thunderstorms, after all, it's close to the sea. ”
What Sophia just said is indeed an exaggeration, even the driest Sahara Desert in the world does not say that it will not rain for 10,000 years, let alone enter the territory of South Australia.
Sophia shrugged her shoulders and pouted, "Don, what about our dinner?" I've just eaten a half-full. Who made you bake these things so delicious! ”
"It's not easy to eat, I can continue to bake it for you tomorrow! Anyway, it's nearly a thousand kilometers away from Port Augusta, and it is estimated that we will have to run for two days to get there, as long as you like, I can bake it for you at any time tomorrow, and there are still a lot of ingredients in the refrigerator anyway. ”
"That's it!" Sophia playfully stuck out her tongue, grabbed a handful of beef skewers in one hand, put them in a convenience bag, and then began to prepare to fix the tent that had been set up. When he was setting up the tent just now, Tang Feng didn't do reinforcement fixing, and now he sees that a storm is coming, so he has to fix the tent.
As for Tang Feng, his task is to extinguish the lit bonfires and the coals in the carbon box, which are surrounded by woods, and the wind is getting stronger and stronger, once these bonfires are blown away by the wind, it is easy to cause fires.
Tang Feng poured the charcoal from the charcoal box into the bonfire, then took out a sapper shovel from the trunk and scooped up the sand on the ground and covered it directly onto the bonfire. This method of extinguishing fire is the most reliable way in the field, even more stable than direct water dosing.
Sophia, under the guidance of Tang Feng, took out a hammer and a fixed pole from the trunk, in order to fix the tent firmly in this semi-sandy land, it is necessary to smash the four fixed poles with a length of more than half a meter to the ground, and then connect the fixed ropes on the tent with these four fixed poles, so as to ensure that the tent is foolproof in the wind.
Compared to Sophia's somewhat hurried, Tang Feng was much more sharp, and after completely covering the bonfire with sand in three or two strokes, he was about to go over to help Sophia, but suddenly a gust of evil wind blew, almost blowing Tang Feng and Sophia together, and after the two of them stood firm, they found that the tent that originally needed to be fixed didn't know where it was blown to
Sophia was a little dumbfounded, why not Tang Feng? But before the two of them could pull their feet to find the tent, the bean-sized raindrops smashed down under the strong wind, and the sky suddenly lit up, and then it seemed to be overhead, and a thunderbolt frightened Sophia to scream.
Well, now the tent is gone. On such windy nights, especially on thunderstorm days, you can't stay in the wild, otherwise you will be easily struck by lightning.
Sophia didn't even need to say hello to Tang Feng, the explosion just now had scared the girl into the carriage, and she was trembling on the seat of the car at this time!
Tang Feng grinned, grabbed some scattered things in three or two, threw them all into the trunk, and then got into the cab against the strong wind and the raindrops that began to become dense.
"Are you alright?" Tang Feng asked while wiping his head with a towel.
Sophia shook her head, but her body curled up in the passenger seat shrunk even smaller, as if the girl was particularly afraid of thunder.
At this time, the situation outside can definitely be described as terrifying, the sky seems to have broken a hole, the pouring rain smashed on the land rover's shell, the sound was so loud that the people in the car could not communicate normally, and at that time from time to time the lightning that cut through the darkness, accompanied by deafening thunder, it gave people a feeling as if the end of the world was coming.
Tang Feng shook his head, stretched out his hand and turned on the stereo, which happened to be playing some rock songs, Tang Feng turned up the sound a lot, and then gradually covered the sound outside.
Under the harmony of the music, Sophia's expression was a little better, and her body was not as nervous as just now, so she reluctantly smiled at Tang Feng and whispered "thank you".
Although thunderstorms are common in the summer in the area of South Australia near the coastline, a storm as violent as this evening has rarely been seen by Tang before. Of course, the bigger storms Tang Feng has encountered, and once Tang Feng encountered a hurricane when they were surveying oil and gas fields for others in the Gulf of Mexico. That thing is really terrifying, and compared to that, this storm in front of me is almost like a child's house.
However, it is strange why Sophia is so afraid of storms, you must know that hurricanes often make landfall in the coastal areas of Texas, so it should be normal to encounter this kind of weather in summer and autumn in Texas. But if the girl doesn't say it, Tang Feng can't ask people with a shy face.
The sound of wind, rain, thunder and music outside the car made it difficult for the two people to communicate, so they simply stopped talking, but looked at the pouring rain outside through the front window, and the atmosphere turned out to be a little dull for a while.
In this kind of weather, trapped in the car, Tang Feng didn't want Sophia to be scared anymore, and the atmosphere in the car also made Tang Feng feel a little uncomfortable, so after Tang Feng put down the seat, he went directly to the back seat, and then took the beef skewers that Sophia had just put in a convenient bag in the trunk, and brought the bottle of red wine that had been opened, and also took a tin pot, which contained Wuliangye, It was the Wuliangye that Tang Feng bought in the Chinese supermarket when he left the Norman town.
For red wine, to be honest, Tang Feng is not very interested, mainly because he can't drink that taste, he prefers Chinese liquor or beer.
After such a toss, the heat of the two grilled beef skewers has subsided a little, but Tang Feng doesn't care about this, as long as it is cooked. And Sophia's eyes lit up after seeing Tang Feng take these things, and the expression on her face became better.
"Come on Sophia, God won't let us have a picnic outside, but we can continue to eat in the car! Didn't you just shout that you weren't full, here is my freshly roasted beef, and it tastes superb! Come, let's celebrate the heavy rain that comes once in 10,000 years! ”
Sophia smiled, took the beef skewers and the bottle of red wine handed over by Tang Feng, took a bite hard, and then took a sip of red wine in front of the bottle.