047 Natural Disasters
Ignoring the embarrassment of getting up early and hugging each other, Lin Xiao and Xu Lang hurriedly packed up and went out, but they were stunned by the scene in front of them.
The ground was in tatters, the branches were broken, the greens in the garden looked like they had been slaughtered, and hail the size of unmelted salt particles could be seen on the ground...... It was obviously hailstorm last night, and the crops in the field?
The Shen family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were crying, and crying and scolding were also heard in the courtyard next to her, Lin Xiao's heart seemed to be blocked, and she only felt that she was breathless in her chest.
Xu Lang seemed to feel her sadness and gently patted her shoulder. "It will pass." He has traveled to many places and seen many natural disasters. Man is really small in front of nature.
", the crops that have been planted for a year are about to be harvested." Grandma Shen lost her previous neatness, and sat on the ground and cried bitterly.
Shen Kang's tears fell silently, looking at the broken scene in front of her, she stood there silently, tears pouring down, which made people even more worried.
Lin Xiao wanted to persuade him, but he didn't know where to start. She was infected by the sadness in front of her, and her heart was also uncomfortable, but she was powerless in the face of natural disasters.
"If their lives weren't so difficult, maybe they wouldn't be so bad." Xu Lang sighed, he had no money to make trouble.
Lin Xiao secretly clenched his fists, and became even more determined to work hard to make money. She not only wants to make money by herself, but also takes the Shen family to make money together.
Shen Kang's woman, when the man is not at home, takes care of the old and supports the young, and she is also a woman who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. She pulled her mother-in-law up, "Mother, don't cry." This hailstorm, the sorghum on the mountain has been knocked down, I went to the field to see, maybe I can rescue some back. "Crying doesn't help, and if grief works, she's willing to cry for the rest of her life.
"The crops are all scraped down, what can you do when you go?" Grandma Shen looked at the fallen sorghum fields not far away, and her heart felt as if someone had torn a hole open. ", it's about to be harvested, isn't this asking for my old life, how can I live?"
Taxes have to be paid after the autumn harvest, and the family has to survive a whole year to wait for next year's harvest.
The more I thought about it, the more sad I became, and the old lady cried even more.
Shen Rourou leaned against the door frame in a daze, she may not have understood what this natural disaster meant, but she also knew that the situation at home was getting worse and worse.
"I'm going to pick up the poured grain, and those that don't work are quickly taken back, otherwise the ground will really be unusable if it's wet." Shen Kangshi is also a decisive person, and since he has made up his mind, he really put away his tears and is ready to work. "Rourou helps my mother light the fire, and my mother goes to cook." She helped the old lady to the house, "Mother, don't be sad, this day is always going to pass, and it's useless to cry." ”
The old lady no longer howled, and the tears still couldn't stop falling.
"Daughter-in-law, it's hard for you." She wiped her eyes, "I'll go to the field with you later." ”
Xu Lang sighed, "It's better to be able to grab a little bit than to rot in the ground." "There are already people outside who are working in the fields with tools, and you don't need to look to know that it is just dawn, and you must not have enough to eat.
Sure enough, when Shen Kangshi came out of the house again, he had already changed into a patched and patched clothes, "Sister Xiaoxiao, my mother and I have to go to the field first, and I will cook porridge for a while, and I will wronged you in the past few days." "Seeing that the day is still cloudy, I don't know how much food I can snatch back, and I am not in the mood to cook.
"Sister-in-law, how can you do this without eating?" In Lin Xiao's opinion, nothing is more important than the body.
Shen Kangshi smiled bitterly, "Where are you still in the mood to eat?" I went to the field first, and I couldn't settle down without looking at me. Grandma Shen also came out, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to the field with baskets.
Lin Xiao was embarrassed to let Shen Rourou cook for a child, and hurriedly took over the work. "Just help me light the fire, my sister will make cakes." The two women in the field also had to eat, so the pancakes were delivered quickly.
At breakfast, the big guy ate very depressingly, and the little one also felt the solemnity of the atmosphere, and obediently ate and sat next to Xu Lang. "Dad, what's wrong with the vegetable patch?" The vegetables in the garden were all in tatters, and the little one was obviously looking at it.
Xu Lang is not a fool of children, "It was hail last night, and the dish was broken." Look at the crops in the distance, are they all down, this year's harvest is only afraid that it will be bad, you look at the Shen family, in the event of such a natural disaster, I am afraid that I will starve next year. There are some things he didn't say, starvation is small, and I am afraid that many people will starve to death.
Xiao Bu nodded as if he didn't understand.
Lin Xiao cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and said, "I won't do anything else, just clean up the vegetables in this garden." "Otherwise, in this humid weather, I am afraid that it will rot in the ground.
Xu Lang nodded, "I'll clean up with you." ”
"Don't do it, your wound isn't healed yet." Lin Xiao hurriedly stopped him, "Just watch it, don't drag me down, I still have to take care of you." ”
Xu Lang has long understood that this girl is a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and he doesn't care about her.
"Then you take it out, and I'll wash it for you and put it away." This situation made him stunned, and Xu Lang couldn't stay still.
Xiao Bu'er was a sensible child, carrying a small basket and following Lin Xiao to the vegetable garden to clean up.
The eggplant and bean seedlings were all broken, the cucumbers were broken a lot, and the most regrettable thing was the Chinese cabbage, many of which were broken. It seems that last night's hail was not small.
Many vegetables were piled up in the mud, Lin Xiao was not too dirty, squatted on the ground and slowly picked up those good vegetables, and took a small basket to pack out Lin Xiao and pack it out for Xu Lang to clean up. The three of them cooperated in action, and this busy work was more than an hour.
It didn't take long for the sun to come out, and Xu Lang breathed a sigh of relief.
"God has finally opened my eyes." If it continues to rain, the crops will be hopeless.
It is impossible to keep the vegetables fresh, Xu Lang packed several large pots of vegetables, all of which were washed. After Lin Xiao cleaned up the vegetable garden, she sliced the eggplant and cucumber to dry, and she also took it upon herself to cut up the broken ones and dry them. In this way, it is better to be able to eat dried vegetables in winter than nothing. It's these cabbages, and there are a lot of tatters. Fortunately, the greens in the garden are also harvested, and there is still a lot of Chinese cabbage left.
After working for a long time, the three of them seemed to be tireless, and when they all cleaned up, the little one's stomach growled, and the little guy looked at the two adults aggrievedly. "Hungry ......"
Lin Xiao realized that it was past noon, and said strangely: "Why hasn't Rourou come back yet?" "But what's wrong?
Xu Lang and Lin Xiao had a bad premonition, and the two of them said at the same time: "Do you know where the Shen family's land is?" ”