Chapter 24: The Rainstorm

Liu Xiuyu turned over, heard the voice, Li Qing's heartbeat seemed to have missed half a beat, slowly turned her head, and saw that she had fallen asleep again, Fang closed her eyes and stroked her chest with her hands, then stood up gently, opened the door and opened the crack, and secretly looked out, only to see a mother-in-law outside the door with a rough girl in thick cotton clothes was delivering hot water from house to house, Li Qing looked at the rough girl, as if she had a familiar feeling, did they knock on the door just now?

The water was about to be delivered to their room, Li Qing gently closed the door, and after a while, the mother-in-law knocked on the door, pushed the door in, and gave a blessing,

"Girl, the inn has brought hot water."

Li Qing sat at the table, nodded, and looked at the girl with a big kettle behind her with some curiosity, the girl seemed to feel that Li Qing was looking at her, raised her head quickly, and smiled at Li Qing, Li Qing was stunned to find that this "girl" was actually a mulberry branch! Looking at the pink flower planted on the mulberry branch, Li Qing couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly lowered his head and pretended to drink tea, this flower must have been worn by Mu Tong.

Mulberry Zhi stepped forward to change the tea in the warm kiln, Li Qing raised his head, smiled and said to the woman:

"Mama, I heard some movement outside the window just now, it's weird and scary, Mama, do you want to notify the guards to take a look?"

The woman looked puzzled, this is the second floor, what can be outside the window? But he didn't dare to be too careless, and said with a smile:

"Don't be afraid, girl, I'll go and see first."

As he spoke, he walked briskly to the window, opened it, leaned out, and looked around carefully.

Sang Zhi quickly took out a small bag and handed it to Li Qing, and gestured at her with a smile, signaling her to feel at ease. Li Qing put the small bag into his sleeve, turned his back to the window, winked at him, stared at the pink flowers on his head with a smile in his eyes, and Sang Zhi's eyes were aimed at the window, Miss would still be in the mood to laugh at him! Ignoring her teasing, when she saw her mother-in-law closing the window, she was about to turn around, and she was busy hanging her head honestly and standing up, Li Qing also closed her eyes, turned around and looked at her mother-in-law with a smile, and her mother-in-law said with a smile:

"Girl, I just looked at it, I can't see anything outside at this time, don't worry, the yard downstairs is all our guards, and the adults are also living downstairs, this yard can't be mixed in, girl and relieved."

Can't get in? There's one in the room! Li Qing smiled and nodded, bent his knees and thanked:

"Thank you, Mama."

The mother-in-law went out with a smile.

Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief and turned her head, but saw Liu Xiuyu looking at her with her eyes open, looking at her expressionlessly, Li Qing was stunned for a while, when did she wake up? What did she see?

Liu Xiuyu turned over and sat up, raised her hand to hold her hair, looked at her stunned expression, and said coldly:

"I don't care what you do, it's just that you can't bother everyone!"

Li Qing's heart is spinning rapidly, killing people and killing people! She had such powder in her jacket, a little bit would do, but she didn't have the guts at all! I can't be ruthless! What to do? was worried about his bowels, and when he heard Liu Xiuyu's words, he hurriedly nodded and agreed:

"Don't worry, I will definitely not bother everyone!"

Liu Xiuyu raised her eyes and looked at her, pulled her hair, got out of bed and sat on the edge of the table, drank a cup of tea, until she ate at night and fell asleep, and didn't pay attention to Li Qing anymore.

Early the next morning, dozens of cars lined up at the door of the inn, the guards blocked the idlers at the door, Li Qing and they walked out, Liu Xiuyu followed her almost every step of the way, Li Qing smiled at her, and said in a low voice:

"Don't worry!"

Liu Xiuyu pursed her lips, looked at her persistently, without saying a word, or followed Li Qing step by step, Li Qing was very depressed, is this not a good way to call the teacher? It's not going to be good, so I recruited such a plaster and stuck it, but I can't provoke it, I can't hide! Li Qing hung her head, and reluctantly got into the same car with her, still the same as before she got on the boat, one car for every two of them. Liu Xiuyu was behind Li Qing, got into the car neatly, straightened her clothes, sat opposite Li Qing, staring at Li Qing with blazing eyes, Li Qing lowered her eyebrows, nested herself in the narrow carriage, closed her eyes and became confused.

The car moved slightly, and after a while, it was jolting violently, and a rapid sound of horses' hooves could be heard, and the horses were trotting. Li Qing's head was shaken so much that it hit the carriage board and bounced back, so he couldn't get confused, so he had to sit up straight and look at Liu Xiuyu.

Liu Xiuyu was still staring at her with blazing eyes, Li Qing was stared at helplessly, so she had to turn her head and look at the car window, the window was nailed, leaving only a few gaps for ventilation, the sky outside the gap didn't seem to be completely lit up, and the shadows of the trees moved to the back slowly, well, it was leisurely, slowly moving, from before...... Once upon a time, the trees outside the car window were connected, and at dawn, on the empty highway, the car slid rapidly on the asphalt road, the African drum beat softly, and the accelerator pedal was pressed to the end, as if flying......

A dull thunder outside interrupted Li Qing's conjecture, and Liu Xiuyu also moved, leaned against the side of the car window, and looked outside through the gap. The speed of the car increased suddenly, and the carriage shook even more, Li Qing and Liu Xiuyu hurriedly held the wall of the carriage with their hands, trying to stabilize their bodies.

Immediately after that, there were a few dull thunders, and then there were raindrops hitting the top of the carriage, "popping", after a while, the rain poured like an infusion, and the water flowed in through the gap in the window, Li Qing hurriedly took a cushion in the carriage, blocked it on the window, looked back at Liu Xiuyu was still stunned, and hurriedly greeted her:

"Quick, get a mat and block that window too, or we'll have no place to sit later."

Liu Xiuyu hurriedly took a mat to block the window, but the water still seeped in, the two moved, and gradually squeezed together, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the window, and the sound of horses' hooves stopped not far from the carriage, and a guard shouted at the top of his voice:

"My lord commanded: everyone hurry up, there is a temple in front of you, you can shelter from the rain!"

After shouting, the sound of horses' hooves sounded again, and after a while they ran away.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, the road was getting more and more muddy, and the car was getting slower and slower, and it didn't take long for Li Qing and Liu Xiuyu to get soaked, the two of them shivered, huddled together, and didn't block the windows, anyway, the carriage was full of water.

After walking for more than half an hour, the car stopped, there was a mother-in-law outside to lift the curtain, Li Qing and Liu Xiuyu were covered in water, trembling and got out of the car, the mother-in-law was also covered in water, her face was blue from the cold, and she shivered and led them into the front hall, this is an abandoned ruined temple, the statues and other things in the hall have been thrown outside, the empty apse is burning a few fires, there is a shelf on the fire, a marching pot is boiling water, the mother-in-law placed the two of them next to a fire, and ran out to pick up other girls, Li Qing and Liu Xiuyu leaned tightly against the fire and roasted their bodies and clothes, and gradually felt relieved.

Ten people gathered around the fire and turned around to bake clothes, several mothers-in-law were busy pouring boiling water into the teapot, and another mother-in-law took the tea bowl over, poured the water into the tea bowl and handed it to them, Li Qing took it, it was actually ginger water, and it didn't smell it when he came in just now! Li Qing snorted, this nose will also freeze and fail?

After drinking half a bowl of piping hot ginger water, Li Qing felt that he had finally come back to life, alas, in his two lives combined, it seemed that he had never suffered such a sin. Lian Qing and the others set off overnight yesterday, so they must have avoided this rain and no one would get gonorrhea. Sitting down on the grass ball on the ground, Li Qing looked around and found that in this wide hall, there were only ten of them and the mother-in-law waiting, what about Yang Yuanfeng and those guards? Li Qing stood up, looked back at Liu Xiuyu who was sitting next to her and was still concentrating on drinking ginger soup, well, let's call her, lest she lose sight of her for a while, something happened, stretched out her foot and kicked Liu Xiuyu, Liu Xiuyu raised her head, looked at her dissatisfied, lowered her head and continued to drink the soup, Li Qing kicked her again, and asked:

"I'm going to the door, are you going?"

Liu Xiuyu immediately put down the bowl and stood up, Li Qing took her and walked to the door of the hall, it was dark outside as if it was night, and the rain was pouring down, Yang Yuanfeng stood under the front steps of the hall with a small umbrella, and the front of the hall could vaguely see that the vehicles were parked, and the side of the vehicle and under the car were full of people, Li Qing only felt that tears rushed into his eyes, his nose was a little sour, and he looked back at the wide and dry hall, where the space was enough for people outside to come in and sit, turned around, and pulled Liu Xiuyu, motioned to her to look at the people outside,

"Let them come in and hide from the rain and make a fire. All of them were born to their parents. ”

Liu Xiuyu's eyes were a little red, and she nodded hurriedly and asked:

"What do you call it?"

"Just tell that Lord Yang, do you call him in and I'll come in, or do I call him in and you come in?"

Li Qing's eyes flashed with a hint of teasing, and asked seriously, Liu Xiuyu bit her lip with a flushed face, how could she open her mouth when talking to a strange man?

"You'd better hurry! So many people outside are drenched in the rain! ”

Li Qing urged with a tense face, the joy blossomed in her heart, and most of the resentment that she stared at this day was gone, Liu Xiuyu bit her lip fiercely, and said in a low voice:

"You call, I say!"

This girl is also refreshing, Li Qing couldn't help but look at her with admiration, turned around, and waved desperately at Yang Yuanfeng's side, the little guy next to Yang Yuanfeng almost immediately saw Li Qing's waving arm, and hurriedly pulled Yang Yuanfeng, and the two went up the steps together, Li Qing saw that they arrived at the door of the main hall, and quietly kicked Liu Xiuyu with his foot, Liu Xiuyu's body was a little stiff and bent his knees to bend his knees, and he didn't look up, and said in a low voice:

"My lord, let those people outside come in and take shelter."