031 Night and Dawn
Rainy nights, ringing trees, cold winds.
Lawrence curled up in the blanket and endured it all quietly with his eyes closed.
The beating of raindrops made the shack thicker, and the sound of howling wind and rumbling thunder became accustomed to it.
The air inside the cave became damp, and the excess water vapor made Lawrence very uncomfortable and unable to sleep comfortably.
The clothes on the body are not soaked, mainly because the moisture and moisture generated by the rainy day float into the hole, making the body feel sticky, and taking off the clothes at this time will only cause faster hypothermia.
A humid environment makes it easier to get sick and makes it impossible for the body to correctly judge heat and cold.
Lawrence wanted to take off his clothes and change into dry clothes.
But he didn't have any clothes to change.
If a fire is lit at this time, it can also dispel the darkness and dampness.
But he couldn't do that.
Poor Lawrence could only close his eyes and wait silently for the dawn.
Lawrence is used to the sound of wind and rain and thunder, and he just isn't used to being alone now.
Rumble!
Thunder burst through the sky, illuminating a cluster of houses near the base of the mountain.
Sophia, who was standing at the window, looked at the sky with a sullen look on her face.
"Sophia, it's time to sleep."
Salyl walked in with an oil lamp, saw Sophia standing at the window in a daze, and asked, "What's wrong?" Are you worried about Mr. Lawrence? The rain in the mountains should not be heavy, and there will be no problems. ”
Sophia turned around, nodded seriously and said: "Yes, the master is very experienced in this kind of thing, there will be no problems, when we came over together, there were a few heavy rains, and the master can always take me to hide." ”
Sariel looked surprised, "Well, I thought Lawrence didn't know this, and since he knew it was going to rain, he would have prepared in advance." ”
Believing that Lawrence would be fine, Sophia looked at Sariel's oil lamp, "Go to sleep." ”
You have to go to bed when it's dark, and you don't have to keep the oil lamp lit.
In fact, oil lamps are not expensive, and ordinary people have a few of them, and the animal oil burned in them is usually the fatty oil left after killing pigs at home.
Yes, that doesn't mean you're willing to use it, so Sarile put the oil lamp on the table and blew it out.
After the two of them lay down on the bed together, Saliel leaned against the pillow and said, "I just went to check on the sheep and pigs, and I will go to see them again when the rain stops." ”
Sophia was about to go to bed when she heard it and asked, "Why do you want to go and see it?" ”
"When it rains or snows, there are wild animals coming close to the house, and after every rain there are many frogs, snakes and rats running into the sheepfold, and in the winter, sometimes you encounter animals like foxes," Sarile explains. ”
"The pigs, sheep and chickens before winter are much cheaper than usual, because there are so many troubles."
Sophia said, "Then wake me up and I'll go with you." ”
Saril said happily: "Good! ”
Sophia quickly lay down facing the window and began to sleep.
After a minute, Saril asked, "Sophia, did you sleep?" ”
Sophia opened her eyes, "What's the matter?" ”
"When I was a child, I slept with my father, whether it was rainy or usual, and then my father let me sleep alone, when I was six years old. ”
"I remember that day, when I told my father that it would rain in the evening, he stayed in my room for the night, and when I woke up, he stood at the window and looked out, and told me that I should learn to sleep on my own."
Sophia was a little sleepy, she didn't like to chat very much, "Hmm. ”
Sariel couldn't sleep anymore and lay on the bed with her eyes wide open.
"I've always slept alone, bathed alone, and cooked and worked by myself until Sophia came over."
Sophia was still a child, her physical strength and endurance were inferior to others, she was the worst of the four, including Lawrence, and she needed rest the most.
I've known Sariel for a while, and I'm not a stranger, and I don't need to respond to her all the time.
Sophia was defenseless and unflattering at this time, and fell asleep groggily after the sudden attack of exhaustion and sleepiness, not listening to Sariel's nagging.
"Tomorrow will rain too, and I used to dislike it, and when it rains, there is nothing to do, and I am busy with needlework alone in a wooden house, and although the day passes quickly, it will be very difficult for me to stay in the house when it rains for three or four days in a row," said Saliel. ”
"It's great that Sophia is here for you, tomorrow I'll teach you how to tie the line, and you can also make something delicious!"
"Emma and I saw a mercenary in town with her hair coiled, and I remember her hairstyle very well, it looked like an ear of wheat, and we can try to make it look like that together, it must be beautiful too!"
"Sophia Ling's hair is very beautiful, and I would like to have long blond hair, and my father said that my hair is a beautiful brown, but I don't find brown anywhere else but bearskin and branches."
"Gold is beautiful, like the color of the sun!"
"Lawrence's black hair is also rare, it's the color of the night, but I think it's still blonde and beautiful!"
"Sophia, what would you like to eat tomorrow?"
"I think the pie is very good, but I have eaten it yesterday, and the bread and potatoes are good, let's have an egg tomorrow, and we will not give Lawrence his share."
Poor Lawrence, groggy and curled up for a long, long time, every time he opened his eyes to see the light, it always ended in darkness.
Boom!
Touch!
In a daze, Lawrence heard the sound of a hard object crashing again, which was different from the sound of wind and rain.
He quickly opened his eyes, and what he saw was still darkness, but what he felt was more uncomfortable and dull.
"Oh ......no," Lawrence felt a little difficult to breathe, and immediately regained his sanity and consciousness, lifted the animal skin blanket from his body, and crawled to the hole with all his strength.
Lawrence breathed heavily, and the damp cold air that entered his nose was cold.
The body didn't know when it started to shiver uncontrollably, and the temperature was so low that it made the whole body shiver.
Outside was a moist meadow with foliage, and there was no clean and dry place, but the shack wasn't much better.
"Trouble, I seem to have a cold."
Lawrence struggled to crouch near the exit, when his brain ached and his body felt hot and cold.
On the one hand, my hands and feet are cold, and on the other hand, my body is hot and I want to take off my clothes.
Lawrence quickly comforted: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm a human being, even a pig can reproduce in the wild, how can a human being be so vulnerable?" ”
Lawrence didn't waste time, turned around and opened the earthen bag for sleeping, and took out the dry soil inside and sprinkled it in the cave.
"I'm now fifteen or sixteen years old, and as long as I don't die, I won't be taken away by a small cold."
Lawrence made the cave a little drier, and after doing this, washed his hands with the constant rain outside, and then retracted into the cave again and covered it with a blanket.
No medications, no antipyretic patches, no quilts and ice.
He picked up the kettle skin left over from yesterday, took a sip of water slowly, and then pinched the leftover pie dough in his hand and ate it slowly.
The body needs nutrients, and the weaker it is, the more it needs to eat.
Lawrence relied on the last dirt bag to get the food into his stomach better.
He eats slowly, because he doesn't have much desire to eat, but he still digests the few doughs in his hands steadily.
Instead of sleeping, Lawrence chose to wait for the dawn alone in this dimly lit world.