"Boom!"

"Click!"

The clouds were thick, and a bolt of lightning flashed its huge and long figure in the mortal dust like a swimming dragon, and instantly disappeared into the black clouds.

Xiang Xueqin, who was about to go out with a basket, looked up at the sky, turned around and entered the house, and when she came out, she had an extra umbrella in her hand.

Before he could take a few steps towards Xueqin, a light rain began to fall, and in an instant, it turned into a heavy rain.

Xiang Xueqin didn't care if the rain wet her trousers and cotton shoes, what she cared about was not letting the rain wet her blouse, because she was carrying a letter to Zhang Qingshan in her jacket pocket, which contained her thoughts and worries, and told Zhang Qingshan how much she owed him for him...... Because of the shortness of arriving here, coupled with the war, the war and the chaos of the war, it is temporarily impossible to send letters from here to Yan'an, and they all rely on some people who come and go to convey it by the way. In other words, from Zhang Qingshan's departure to the present, Xiang Xueqin has received a total of two letters from Zhang Qingshan, not because he doesn't want to write them, but even if he writes them, he has to wait for someone to come and go before he can ask them to bring the letter.

The heavy rain is getting heavier and heavier, and it is likely to turn into a torrential rain, but Xiang Xueqin can't care about this, because she heard that today, there is a team of soldiers going to Yan'an, and she must hand over the letter to them before they set off, and ask them to hand it over to Zhang Qingshan after they arrive in Yan'an, otherwise, God knows when the next letter will be sent.

Under the heavy rain, the visibility is very low, but Xiang Xueqin is very familiar with the roads around here, so he doesn't care about these.

In front is Widow Zhang's house.

Widow Zhang's man couldn't stand the exploitation of the landlords, so he resolutely participated in the revolution, and later died, leaving Widow Zhang and three children to live a difficult life.

Fortunately, Widow Zhang is a martyr's family, at first Liu Zhidan led the team secretly helped her family, and later, when the Central Red Army arrived, it was according to the conditions of the martyrs' families, and according to the actual situation of her family, they were given special care, not only can they receive some martyrs' money every month (most of the time they are directly distributed food), when the farm is busy, the organization also sent people to her family to plough the land, and she herself also raised livestock, so that her family's life is much better now, at least, no longer have to starve.

I heard that Widow Zhang had already applied to the organization, and she felt that the cave in her house was too old, and she wanted to renovate and strengthen it recently. The organization also agreed, and promised that someone would be sent to renovate and strengthen the cave for her home at that time.

Walking down the muddy path to her door, the faint light shines through the window, and faintly, you can still hear the sound of children reading. This made Xiang Xueqin very satisfied and envious.

She was satisfied: Isn't the simplest purpose of the revolution to be to feed the toiling masses of the world and to enable the poor children to study? What I envy is that I yearn for such a warm life, working during the day and accompanying my children to read and write at night, such a life, it is really happy.

Thinking of this, she touched her slightly bulging belly and said softly: "Child, you have to be good, and when you come out, your mother will also let you read and write." ”

After a slight pause, Xiang Xueqin didn't want to disturb the warm atmosphere of Widow Zhang's house, smiled, and was about to leave.

But when she turned around, she always felt that something seemed to be wrong with Widow Zhang's house, but she couldn't say anything specific.

She couldn't help but stop, turned around, held an umbrella, and looked carefully at Widow Zhang's house.

At first, she was just suspicious, but looking at it, she suddenly realized that something was wrong: the caves were all opened in the soil tamper, and the soil on the caves was suppressed, so that it would not loosen and fall on rainy days. However, the cave of Widow Zhang's house has not only been washed out by the rain like a spider's web, but also cracked in some places...... Take a closer look, I don't know if it's an illusion, Xiang Xueqin felt that these cracked places seemed to be getting bigger.

But whether it is an illusion or not, Xiang Xueqin knows that as long as there are cracks on the cave, it is a manifestation of soft soil. And a lot of cracks is a precursor to the collapse of the cave. Even if the inside is strong, once the outside collapses, even if the cave does not collapse, the collapsed soil will bury the cave nine times out of ten.

Especially under this rainstorm, once it collapses, the rainwater will pour into the cave, and the people inside will not survive nine times out of ten.

Xiang Xueqin, whose face changed instantly, didn't have time to think about it, she quickly rushed to the door of Widow Zhang's house, and shouted while knocking on the door fiercely: "Sister Zhang, you take the child out quickly, the cave is about to collapse......"

In fact, the sound of the rainstorm almost completely drowned out Xiang Xueqin's voice, but fortunately, the knock on the door was a life-saving sound for the people in the cave.

The door opened.

Widow Zhang, who is about 30 years old, looks like a forty-year-old woman because of her hard work in the past few years.

As soon as she saw Xiang Xueqin, she hurriedly stepped aside, and took Xiang Xueqin's hand with her hand, and said enthusiastically: "It's Comrade Xueqin, come in, come in." You're pregnant, can't you get wet in the rain......"

Xiang Xueqin couldn't care about this, she even forgot to enter the house, and shouted directly: "Take the child out quickly, this cave is going to collapse." ”

After saying that, she remembered that she should do it immediately. Rushed into the house, hugged a child who was sleeping on the bed and rushed out.

Widow Zhang didn't believe it at first: her family's cave was a little dilapidated, but it had been supported for so many years, and luck couldn't be so bad, but at this time, the cave was about to collapse?

However, as soon as she saw that Xiang Xueqin was so anxious, she didn't even ask, and ran out with her little son in her arms. This made her pay attention to it immediately, because she knew that Xiang Xueqin was also a soldier of the Red Army, and it was absolutely impossible for the Red Army to joke about this kind of thing, otherwise, as long as she casually found a Red Army commander to complain afterwards, Xiang Xueqin would definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

"Boss, second, run. I didn't have time to think about it, after shouting to the eldest and second, she escorted the eldest and second child and ran out, ran to the door, and was poured on her body by the heavy rain outside, and the chill rushed to the top of her head, which made her calm down somewhat. Only then did I realize that I forgot to bring an umbrella in a panic: I can't let my child get drenched in the rain.

Turning around, he grabbed two umbrellas from behind the door, gave them to the eldest child, like a hen protecting a chicken, and walked briskly outside while protecting the two children, while telling him to take care of the second child.

Standing more than ten meters outside the house, feeling safe, Widow Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

But before she could speak, she saw Xiang Xueqin bending over, protecting her little son under her, running in front of her, and putting down the child...... At this time, Xiang Xueqin's hair and back were covered with rain, but Widow Zhang's youngest son was not wet in most parts of his body except for the accident of getting his calves wet.

Widow Zhang, who watched it, was greatly moved, and pulled the child to the eldest and second with her left hand, and let the three children huddle together to play an umbrella together, and the umbrella in her right hand also directly supported Xiang Xueqin's head.

"Comrade Xueqin, you are pregnant, how can you get wet all over~!"

Xiang Xueqin wiped the rain on her face and smiled at Widow Zhang: "Don't be afraid, I'm a nurse, even if I have a cold or something, I know how to treat it......"

After saying a word, she shouted to Widow Zhang's eldest child: "Boss, you send your two younger brothers to my house immediately, and then, you go to find someone to save your family, you know?"

"Yes. ”

Xiang Xueqin immediately rushed to Widow Zhang's house again: "Sister Zhang, you wait here, I'll go and move your things out." It would be a pity if it was buried. ”

"Xueqin, no need, I'm ...... Hey~!" Widow Zhang didn't hold Xiang Xueqin, and hurriedly shouted, it can be seen that Xiang Xueqin has rushed to her door, obviously she will not stop, she stomped her feet in a hurry, and shouted to the boss, "You don't want to go quickly!", and then, throwing away the umbrella, not caring about whether it is wet or not, and hurriedly rushed to the house.

The boss of Widow Zhang's family called her mother twice, and when she saw that Widow Zhang rushed into the house without looking back, he hurriedly took his two younger brothers and staggered to Xiang Xueqin's house, crying "Help! Save my mother's ......"

Widow Zhang rushed into the house, and saw Xiang Xueqin carrying a bag of thirty or forty catties of grain on her shoulder, she hurriedly shouted: "Xueqin, don't worry about the food first, after this thing is wet by the rain, it will sprout and grow mold in a few days, so let's ...... the clothes first."

In these years, food is a critical issue - clothes and pants are gone, you can find others to borrow them, and you can spend them temporarily, but the food is gone, everyone is poor, and even if others borrow, they can't borrow much, and they have to go hungry. Therefore, the first object that Xiang Xueqin thought of was food...... Who wants to give up food unless they have to? Money is not so important: even if the cave collapses, it will only be buried, not washed away, and when the time comes, it can be dug up. Moreover, the ocean is not afraid of rain, and although the paper ticket will be wet, as long as it is swished, it can also be used, so the rescue of food is the first place.

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xiang Xueqin shouting: "Sister Zhang, carry the food out first." Don't be afraid if you get wet from the rain, there are so many people in our Red Army, your two or three hundred catties of grain are not enough for us to have breakfast, carry it out now, and when breakfast is tomorrow, I will go to find the Red Army for you to exchange dry food, but they can put your wet grain into the pot at one time, and it can't be delayed. ”

As soon as she heard this, Widow Zhang's heart was settled, she grabbed a bag of grain, carried it on her shoulder, and rushed out with Xiang Xueqin.

Coming to the gate in front of the courtyard and putting the grain bag down, Widow Zhang grabbed Xiang Xueqin, who was about to continue to carry the grain, and shouted: "Xueqin, you are pregnant, don't you dare to let you carry such a heavy thing, in case there is a good one, how can you let me have a face?"

Xiang Xueqin waved her hand, got rid of Widow Zhang's pull, and shouted while rushing towards the cave: "Then I'll move some light ones, and you can carry the grain." ”

Having said that, when Widow Zhang rushed into the house with her, she saw Xiang Xueqin carrying another bag of grain without stopping, rushing out quickly, and shouting: "Don't say anything, so as not to delay time." ”

Widow Zhang was moved and worried, but she also understood that time was pressing, and every second was counting, so she had to carry a bag of food and follow Xiang Xueqin closely, for fear that Xiang Xueqin would fall......