The wind only blew for a while, and it stopped for about ten minutes.

As if just to scrape the dark clouds and scrape the sky overcast, the sky suddenly darkened a lot.

Now that the wind had stopped, they could not wait quietly for the rain to come, so they turned around and drove the donkey cart onto the official road to continue their journey.

At this time, I faintly heard the sound of conversation and the footsteps of many people walking from behind.

Qian Yan looked back, well, she didn't see anything, her ear power is too good, the person should still be a few hundred meters away.

And this official road is not straight, there are some woods on the side of the road blocking the view, Qian Yan guessed that it may be the villagers she met before, it is estimated that they also saw that the weather was bad, and they did not continue to rest.

These people must have continued on their way not long after they passed by, otherwise it would not have been possible to catch up so quickly, even if her little donkey cart was not fast, it should have been much faster than they could have walked.

Qian Yan didn't care where those people were, and she didn't plan to go with others anyway, so she went directly to the official road and let the little donkey speed up.

As you walk, you can continue to observe both sides of the road, and if you can come across some buildings, it is better to go in and hide.

Looking at the gloomy appearance of this day, the rain should not be small, a piece of plastic sheeting is not a big deal, even if she also goes into the car to shelter from the rain, the little donkey will be drenched in the rain, if the rain is too heavy, the livestock will also be sick.

Qian Yan originally thought that after the wind stopped, the sky would be cloudy, and then it should be a heavy rain with lightning and thunder, but it turned out to be not.

The sky was overcast, and there was no thunder and lightning and heavy rain, so a few drops of rain fell sparsely, although the rain was very heavy, but it did not affect the hurry.

Tilt Yan sat in front, the shed above could be blocked, and it didn't get drenched, and after walking forward for a while, the rain stopped again.

Then I heard a loud sound from behind, and looked behind curiously, and my mouth grew up.

Ooh! Is it so magical?

Not far behind them, they saw a curtain of rain falling from the sky, and a puff of smoke and dust was smashed on the ground, and the noise came from behind.

It seemed that she had just passed the tipping point of the rain, and it was raining heavily not far behind them, while it was only cloudy in front of them, and the ground was dry.

She had heard her mother say that sometimes it was cloudy and the rain was coming, but it was raining heavily on one side, and it was dry on the other side of the road, and some were across the river, and there was an old saying on their side, called: It doesn't rain across the river.

This was the first time she had seen such a scene, it was really amazing!

Xue Minghua looked at her and asked suspiciously, "Sister, what's going on in the back?" ”

Tilt Yan retracted her gaze and replied, "We are so lucky, we just walked over, and it rained heavily behind us, and it happened that we didn't have it here." ”

Xue Minghua also smiled when he heard this: "This is really good luck, this shows that you are blessed, sister, God blesses you." ”

At this time, Huan'er and Fulai also woke up, heard the conversation between the two of them, rubbed their eyes and crawled out, stretching their little heads to look back.

Huan'er's soft voice said, "Ah! Auntie is so powerful, she can run faster than the rain! ”

Qian Yan was stunned for a moment, eh, this statement seems to be true. She really ran faster than the rain, so she didn't get caught in the rain, haha!

Reached out and rubbed her little head, well, it was still very oily.

He naturally withdrew his hand and said proudly: "That's it, my aunt is amazing!" You are also blessed people, and you will definitely get better and better in the future, aren't you? Just listen to your name, and you will know that there will be a lot of blessings. ”

Fulai scratched his head a little embarrassed by what she said, and smiled innocently.

Although they were not rained, the sky was still cloudy here, and they couldn't tell when it would rain, so they didn't dare to stay here, and continued to speed up and move forward.

After walking forward for more than three miles, I felt that the sky was getting darker and darker, Qian Yan looked down at her watch, it was just four thirty-five, it was not normal for this time to be so dark in summer, it seemed that the heavy rain was coming here.

And at this time, I actually saw a small gray temple on the side of the road.

This was not a random guess, but a recognition based on the style of the building.

Houses would not have been built like this, and even in ancient times, temples were different from ordinary people's buildings.

Turning his head to Xue Minghua, he said, "There is an abandoned small temple on the left side of us, why don't we take a break and eat something inside, and by the way, let's see if we can avoid the rain." ”

Xue Minghua moved his body and nodded, "Just do what my sister said, if it's raining, let's wait a little longer, don't get caught in the rain." ”

The two children were playing with the little leopard that had just woken up, and when they heard that there was a temple, they quickly poked their heads out again.

They followed their grandmother to the temple in the city to worship, every fifteenth day of the new year, grandma will go to the temple to worship, sometimes in a good mood will take the two of them there, but in the past two years have not taken them there, but the impression is still there.

The two climbed out of the car directly, sat on the other side of the car, and then saw the small temple that Qian Yan said.

Huan'er frowned and said, "This is too small, it's not the same as the temple we went to." ”

Fu Lai nodded in agreement, "That's right, the temple in the city, the roof above is yellow, and the wall in front is red, why is this temple all dust?" ”

When Xue Minghua heard this, he said: "This turned out to be a land temple, and the general land temples are relatively small, and some of them don't know how to color. ”

Qian Yan shook her head, "This is not like the Land Temple, the Land Temple should not be built so high." ”

Before going to Handcheng, I saw the land temple on the side of the road, the temple was built very small, just a small room with a height of one person, and there were two statues of the land lord and the land grandmother inside, both of which burned incense outside, and could not enter inside.

And this one is obviously different from the land temple.

As they spoke, they had already arrived at the temple, and Qian Yan drove the donkey cart directly into it, there should have been a ring of walls in front of the temple, but it had collapsed, and it was only up to the height of the calf, and one side had already lost the base of the wall, and it had become smooth.

Tilt Yan came down and led the donkey into it from that side, and looked at the marks on the ground by the way, although it didn't look like a new one, it could be seen that there should have been a vehicle here before, and it seemed that there were people who had stopped here like them.

Looking up, I saw how strong the eaves of the house were, and although there had been no incense for a long time, the house was not as dilapidated as the walls, and the materials used should have been better.

At least there were no cracks in the walls, and the wood on the eaves was still intact and there was no danger of collapsing.

So he drove the donkey cart to the side and let it go under the eaves, so that if it rained heavily, it could block more than half of it.

Since he didn't spend the night here, he probably wouldn't be able to rest for long, so he didn't unload the donkey from the cart.

Let Xue Minghua wait for a while, and Qianyan will go inside the temple to see the situation, and if it is messy, clean it up first.

The two children couldn't wait any longer, so they jumped out of the car with the little leopard in their arms, and followed her one by one into the car.

This temple is really small, there is only such a main hall, look up, the roof is fine, the purlins are there, but there is a little broken on the right, there is a broken water tank on the ground, only half of the bottom is left, someone put a shelf with stones, and it is connected there.

It must have been the people who rested here before who probably had a rainy day to catch the rainwater leaking from the roof. The inside is dry, but it can be seen that there should have been water before, and there are traces left on it.

On the left, there is a stool made of wooden planks, some hay and a few pieces of dry wood, and in the middle there is supposed to have been burned by a fire, leaving a large black mark.

It can be seen that it is not left once or twice, it should be that many passers-by will come here to rest, or to spend the night, it can be seen that this ancient person is also very virtuous, everyone who left helped clean up here, and did not leave any garbage or the like.

In fact, this is completely a self-righteous idea, the current people and materials are already scarce, and it is impossible to leave their things here, even if they stay, it is estimated that the next wave of people will also pick them up.

Unlike later generations, some plastic bags and packaging boxes, how can they leave garbage, at most they will leave you a few lumps of poop, of course, no one is so damaged, after all, this is a sheltered place, even if you want to go to the toilet, you will run outside.

Dumping Yan swept the "bench" with the hay on the ground, saw that there was nothing to clean up, and went out to help Xue Minghua off the car.

Directly helped her inside and let her sit on the plank.

Xue Minghua looked at the wooden board under his buttocks, it looked like the table case that was used for the table before, looked around, didn't see the table legs, and didn't know whether it was burned or rotten, but the table board was still good, and it was directly put here as a stool.

smiled and said to Qian Yan: "This is really an abandoned temple, and it should be dedicated to the Dragon King before this way of construction."

There is little rain on our side, and there are many such dragon king temples, but most of them are in some densely populated villages, and few villagers walk too far to worship at the dragon king temple.

Every year, when the land needs rain or there is a major drought, everyone will come to burn incense, and it seems that there should have been a village here that moved away later, and the Buddha statue also moved. ”

Qian Yan was still thinking about it just now, watching the broken temples on TV, the Buddha statues are generally still there, the ancient people were superstitious, and ordinary people did not dare to steal or damage the statues easily, it turned out to be moved, and it happened to be a place to rest.

Qian Yan smiled: "I was still wondering just now, the rain has gone around us, it seems that this dragon king is not here, and the rain is not patronizing here." ”

Xue Minghua was also amused by her statement, "Hehe...... Listen to what you say, girl, it's really true.

Then let's take a break here, eat something, if there is no rain, the sky can be clear, let's continue on the road, if it rains, wait here for a while, the rain is light and then go. ”

Tilt Yan nodded, went out and brought in the gourd with water and the basket with egg cakes, and opened it to smell it before picking it up, for fear that the weather would be too hot and the cake would spoil.

Fortunately, the egg cake was only spread at noon, and even if it was broken, it couldn't be so fast, and it wasn't even cold, it was still a little warm, and it seemed that it didn't need to be heated by ignition.

When she saw the place where the fire was just now, she thought about making a fire too, thinking that she was really stupid, and that people should have made a fire at night when they were staying here, or if they didn't bring dry food to eat.

They all have ready-made ones, and the weather is so hot that lighting the fire is completely self-inflicted.

First he put the basket aside, then put the gourd with the water on a stone beside him, and went out to get the clay bowl and the gourd of the little leopard with milk.

At this time, Fulai also came with the little leopard in his arms, and since he took it down, he didn't put the little leopard on the ground, and he kept holding it for fear that it would run out by itself.

Although when they were in the woods before, the little leopard played with them and did not run away, but this place is not a forest after all, and if they run out, the weeds in the wasteland outside are so deep that it is not easy to find.

When he came over, he said to Qianyan: "Auntie, what does the little leopard want to eat?" ”

Qian Yan shook the gourd in her hand, "Oh, this is its rations, you can put it down, the little leopard is very well-behaved and won't run around." ”

Huan'er sat down next to her mother, tilted her head and said to Qian Yan: "Auntie, doesn't the little leopard have a name?" ”

Qian Yan smiled and said, "Yes, its name is Qianqian." ”

Xue Minghua: "......"

Chen Fulai: "......"

Chen Huan'er: "......"

Looking at their expressions, she was a little confused, "What?" Doesn't it sound good? Look at the pattern on its body, how appropriate. ”

"Auntie, can I give it another name?"

"Huan'er, don't mess around, your aunt's name is very good, how catchy."

Huan'er let out an "oh" with some disappointment.

Tilt Yan waved her hand and smiled: "Let Huan'er take it, my name is relatively wasteful, and the little leopard probably doesn't like it, but he took the rich and noble ones to attract wealth and treasures, and it gave a little reaction to this, so it was settled."

Now that I think about it, it's a little unpleasant, so let Huan'er choose a nice name for the little leopard. ”

Fulai also came over with interest, "Then I'll help too, let's help choose a name, and then Auntie decides which one to use?" ”

Tilt Yan nodded, "Okay, then you can help you get it, and I'll pick the best one." ”

Fulai happily hugged the little leopard and sat next to his sister, and the two of them muttered there and began to pick up names, and they decided to take a few good ones first, and then let the aunt decide.

Qian Yan smiled, lifted the cloth on the basket, took out the egg cake and handed it to Xue Minghua, and then took out two more and said, "You two eat first, you can think slowly about the name, put the little leopard down, it will also drink milk." ”

Picked up the gourd and poured a bowl and put it at his feet.

Fulai put the little leopard on the edge of the bowl, took the egg cake in Qian Yan's hand, and said thank you.

Huan'er also took the cake and said thank you.

There were a total of ten egg cakes in the basket, three of which were eaten by Qian Yan and Xue Minghua, two by Fu Lai and Huan'er, and then drank some water, just to be full.

After eating, she sat down for a while, and when she saw that it was getting darker outside, she walked out and folded the quilt in the car in the middle, so that even if it rained heavily, the rain on both sides would not get wet.

Then she heard voices from far and near behind her, and she stood on the wheels of the car, poked her head out and looked back.

I found that there was a group of people running towards this side behind, looking at the clothes and the cart and the burden, it should be those villagers who had caught up before, these villagers were still very fast, and they could catch up with them when they set off later.

(End of chapter)