Chapter 47: Wildfires
Few of them can read and write. Now it seems that their mother and son are begging for someone, who knows what it will be like in the future.
"Since it's a drop-by, let's go together, and there will be a good response on the way."
Shi Shi heard him loosen his mouth, and a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
When they hit the road again, there were more Shi family mother and son in the team.
"Sister Crescent, that Shi Xiucai doesn't look very different from us." Shen Lanhua leaned over to Shen Xinyue and whispered.
Shen Xinyue smiled: "It's not all human, what's the difference?" ”
Shen Lanhua secretly glanced at the figure behind her, and her cheeks were unconsciously a little hot.
He muttered quietly, "It's not the same anyway." ”
Shen Xinyue would never know the mentality of her little daughter who was just beginning to fall in love. For the past two days, she has been concentrating on studying the medical books given to her by her master.
In addition to eating and sleeping, the rest of the time is spent reading and memorizing.
For more than ten miles, everyone walked for more than an hour, and finally arrived at the Longfeng Mountain that Shi Yuanqing said.
"The vegetation here is dense, and it is said that in the past, when the year was good, many large families would come here for spring and autumn hunting."
Shi Yuanqing took two steps forward and took the initiative to explain to everyone.
Shen Gui'an's eyes adored: "Brother Shi knows a lot." ”
Shi Yuanqing glanced in Shen Xinyue's direction, and quickly moved away.
"I'm just reading a few more books, not anything."
"It's still early, I don't think this mountain is steep, everyone is stepping up, let's find a place to rest halfway up the mountain."
Shen Dacheng said, beckoning a few other villagers to take some of the things off the mule cart to reduce the weight of the mule cart.
Soon the crowd began to walk towards the mountain.
Children are always hot for three minutes, and at first they are full of energy and run faster than anyone else, but they can't last long, and they start to shout and get tired again.
Although Shen Jiyue didn't say it, her speed was obviously a lot slower.
"Little sister, I'll hold your hand so that you can save some effort." Wang Liang turned his head and took Shen Jiyue's hand like a little adult.
Shen Jiyue, who felt that it was really effective, bent her eyes and said, "It's still the best little brother." ”
Shen Gui'an carried a big bag on his shoulder, followed behind and said, "You little conscienceless, why didn't you praise me when my second brother and I carried you?" ”
"The second brother loves Ji Yue the most, Ji Yue has it in his heart, the eldest sister said that who is good to me should be remembered in my heart, how can I always hang it on my lips?"
Shen Gui'an was amused by her: "You are a big ghost." ”
"Sister Yingyue, I'll help you take this burden."
Hu Dongsheng came to Shen Yingyue's side, and grabbed the burden in her hand without saying anything: "You are sick, don't be tired." ”
An aunt quipped: "Dongsheng, your aunt also has one in her hand, and she just happened to help take it too, right?" ”
"I've already taken too many things, auntie, you can figure it out yourself."
Hu Dongsheng said and jumped to the front with Shen Yingyue's burden.
"Miss Shen, I think your basket should be quite heavy, why don't I help you?" Shi Yuanqing took two steps forward and spoke.
"I'm used to it." Shen Xinyue looked at his thin shoulders, and estimated that he didn't usually work much, so he refused directly.
Shi Yuanqing didn't insist, but took the initiative to talk to her.
Between words, Shen Xinyue saw that he was very knowledgeable, and couldn't help but tell him the obscure words in the medical book, and he could answer them in great detail.
Let Shen Xinyue pause.
There was someone to talk with along the way, and it wasn't so boring when I was in a hurry.
Before they knew it, it was noon, and everyone stopped in a relatively flat place.
Everyone drank a little water, rested for a quarter of an hour or so, and began to continue on their way.
In the afternoon, the wind suddenly blew and clouds gathered, as if a storm was brewing.
"Seeing that it was about to rain, everyone quickly found a leeward place to shelter from the rain. A few more people will pick up firewood, quick! ”
As the wind became stronger and stronger, Shen Dacheng had to stop everyone, and then instructed everyone to hurry up and prepare.
At this time, the oilcloth that Shen Xinyue and Hu Chunsheng went to the town to buy played a key role.
A few men went to chop wood and ram it into the ground, then used ropes to fix the tarpaulin, and finally picked up stones and put them on the ground to prevent the rain from backing up for a while.
A few others went to the mule cart to carry all the grain into the shed and piled it on top of the stones.
The women and children were not idle, in addition to helping to carry things back, and also going to the neighborhood to collect firewood.
"Boom—"
Just as everyone was preparing quickly, a thunderstorm exploded in the sky in the distance, and the people who shook were a little panicked.
Mrs. Shen looked up at the sky, and said with some concern: "There is such a thunder in autumn, this rain is probably not a good thing." ”
The elderly have a lot of life experience, and most of them are very accurate in looking at the weather.
As soon as she finished speaking, a bolt of lightning struck down, followed by a burst of rolling thunder from the sky.
The mother and son of the Shi family also came to help, and everyone kept moving, and after a while, all the things were moved under the shed, and the firewood was also found in three bundles.
Almost pinching the time, just as everyone was ready, the raindrops the size of beans began to fall wildly.
After a while, the rain on the tarpaulin collected into several wisps of water and flowed down.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and with the strong wind, even though there were tarpaulins to support it, everyone was still drenched in the rain.
"Go and pick up some stones and branches, and put this side up, or I'm afraid the fire won't be lit at night."
After that, five or six people rushed into the rain curtain with Shen Dacheng.
As the stones and branches were piled up, the wind and rain were kept out, and the bonfire was lit, the chill dissipated a lot, and everyone's faces were slightly better.
It was getting dark, and everyone simply ate a little dry food.
I couldn't sleep, so I could only curl up and sit on the cold hard ground and doze off.
Shen Xinyue put the straw mat at the bottom, and then spread the tiger skin and asked Mrs. Shen and a few small ones to sit over.
Everyone gathered around the fire and listened silently to the sound of the rain.
But no one noticed, a dazzling white light smashed on the hillside not far away, and with a click, a dry old tree on the mountain was hit in half.
Soon smoke began to rise from the place of the hit, which gradually burned......
"The rain seems to be a lot lighter."
The sound of the raindrops hitting the tarpaulin above their heads was much quieter, and everyone's hearts relaxed a little.
"Look, what's going on there? What's going on? ”
Suddenly, someone stood up, pointed to the position halfway up the mountain, and said in a loud voice, "Is it on fire?" ”
Hearing his voice, everyone looked over, only to see smoke billowing in the distance, and faint flashes of fire.