The rain went on and on, and although there was no lightning or thunder, it didn't stop until it was dark, and the wind was still blowing.

Lin Shuqing built a small stove with stones, on which was placed the only corner of the pottery urn that had been dropped at home, with a round handle on it, and was boiling hot water, barely able to boil two bowls. A group of children sat around her, leaning against a small fire, with a moment of silence on their faces.

In the dense sound of wind and rain, the voice of people suddenly spoke.

Through the wind and rain, Lin Shuqing couldn't really hear it, clenched the red wooden stick burned at the top of his hand, and stared at the hole cautiously.

"There's a fire here, there's someone in there!" A man's voice rang out at the entrance of the cave.

Then several black figures entered the entrance of the cave, and several children immediately shrank together, and they all picked up some weapons in their hands.

Lin Shuqing asked calmly, "Who are you?" ”

"How many children......" Some of them approached, their voices somewhat familiar.

With the faint light of the fire, Lin Shuqing probably recognized the person who came. They are all strong men working in the village, old and young, and they are not bad people. Lin Shuqing is very familiar with one of them. It was Du Lanjiao, her father, Du Dachuan, who had sent her food before.

Then he quietly threw away the flaming red wooden stick in his hand and greeted him.

"Uncle Du, it's me, Lin Shuqing. My younger siblings and I are sheltering from the rain here......" Lin Shuqing said with a smile on her face.

A few men were soaked even if they were wearing robes and hats. In autumn, when you wear thick clothes, the clothes on your body are stained with rain, which will inevitably become a heavy burden. Several people stood next to the small fire, wrung the clothes on their bodies, and wiped the rain from their faces.

"It's a few of you! And no wonder...... You live close, this hail is so bad, you are not hurt, are you? Du Dachuan was a little out of strength, and sat down directly by the fire, panting.

The others weren't much better.

"Fortunately, Aunt Hu had already asked Jiaojiao to send us medicine, and we came here after wiping the medicine...... Uncle Du, you drink hot water, it's cold at night. Lin Shuqing stepped forward with a bowl of hot water.

Du Dachuan took a sip and handed it to the others.

Lin Shuqing hurriedly used the remaining water in the broken bowl with the only remaining bowl, handed it to the others, and filled a few more sticks of wood into the fire. It is not easy for everyone to encounter such a natural disaster.

Du Dachuan, who was sitting next to the fire, suddenly stood up and said: "This rain is too heavy, there is no place to shelter from the rain in the village, the big guy wants to come to the cave here to see, if there are any animals to take shelter from the rain, they will also be driven out first." Since you are here, I will call everyone to come and take shelter from the rain. ”

Du Dachuan made his intentions clear, and then reassured Lin Shuqing, "You are a sensible person who takes good care of your younger brothers and sisters." When the rain stops, Uncle Du will help you repair the roof......"

He took a dripping hat and put it on his head, held the muddy wooden stick in his hand and shouted, "Okay, I've rested and drunk hot water." Hurry back and call the family to come to the cave to take shelter from the rain, they are still drenched in the rain! ”

Hearing this, even the man whose eyelids were fighting also regained his spirits, stood up straight and prepared to go.

"Uncle Du, be careful on the road!" Lin Shuqing sent them to the entrance of the cave.

"Eh, got it." Du Dachuan replied.

Looking at their figures gradually melting into the night, Lin Shuqing suddenly turned around.

"Zhishu, move a few more stones, and we'll make a fire at the entrance of the cave!" Lin Shuqing shouted.

After a while, a small fire was lit at the entrance of the cave, and the bright yellow light of the fire kept swaying in the strong wind. The light of the fire was small, but it was conspicuous enough in the vast night. Lin Shuqing took a wooden stick and fiddled with the stone next to him, adjusting the fire, so that it could not be blown out by the wind, and he had to watch it carefully.

It didn't take long for the people of the village to come to the cave with their families and wet baggage. Everyone's faces were not very good-looking, and when they saw Lin Shuqing reluctantly saying hello, Lin Shuqing also responded obediently one by one.

"Lin girl, can you borrow some firewood to make a fire for me?"

"Auntie, you take it, just leave some for us."

"Girl, I don't have a fire primer, I'll light a fire at your place."

"Good ......"

Lin Shuqing had prepared a few days of fire, plus the collection of several children, which could be used for a long time by a few of them. There are more than a dozen families, and the pile of wood and fire is only half gone.

Just as Lin Shuqing was about to go to the fire at the entrance of the cave to add some firewood, he suddenly saw a team of familiar faces.

Aunt Hu led her children step by step in the rain. He immediately welcomed a few people to the fire in his house, poured water for them, and packed up their things.

Guerlaine sat by the bright and warm fire, feeling her frozen arms and legs gradually regain consciousness. She was wearing Lin Shuqing's old clothes, although they were thin and torn, they were far different from the days when she had just shivered in the cold rain.

She held a bowl of hot water in her hand and stared at Lin Shuqing, who was busy on the side. Several times I wanted to say something, but I opened my mouth and didn't say anything.

Hu Hongmei saw her daughter's strange appearance, patted her on the head and said, "Girl, why do you want your sister Shuqing to do?" Drink the water from the bowl and don't catch the cold. ”

Du Dachuan was still carrying things in the village outside, and it was windy and rainy outside, and her mind was all outside.

"Mother, Lin Shuqing said before......" Du Jiaolan had just made up her mind to say those words, but was interrupted by a sharp woman's voice.

"I'm an elder, what's wrong with letting me sit here? You are still surnamed Lin, this is my Lin family's thing! A stout woman roared in the dimly lit cave with her waist hunched up.

Lin Shuqing looked at the eldest aunt standing in front of her, not to mention how they came to the house with the Zhou family to scavenge things and bully them.

At this time, I entered the cave, and saw that she had a fire and straw here, so he directly drove her younger brothers and sisters aside and let her family sit on them, how could she be so bullying?

"Auntie, these things are all prepared by us, if you want firewood, I can naturally give you some. But when you come up, you will drive my brothers and sisters away, and your own family will sit on them. Are we your family's descendants? Always on your side? Lin Shuqing blocked her younger siblings behind her.

Chen said with a sideways face: "You little bastard born from a female cousin, dare to talk to me like this?" You don't have a father or a mother to teach you, let me, an uncle, teach you how to talk to your elders!"

When he went up, he dragged Lin Shuqing's shoulder and scolded, and raised his other hand to beat Lin Shuqing.

Even though Lin Shuqing struggled hard, how could her strength of a thin ten-year-old child compare to that of a woman who worked in the fields all year round.

"You are not allowed to bully my sister!"

A few small ones immediately ran up as well.