newbobooks Chapter 490 It’s raining
Chapter 490 It’s raining
Grandpa Zhao took out a stack of portraits from the room. These portraits were all drawn when he had nothing to do. They were accumulated one by one, and over time there were more of them.
He spread the portraits on the table and said, "Let's select a few portraits and send them to them tomorrow."
Xu Han's eyes lit up. "That's fine. We haven't seen each other for a long time. The two children have grown up so fast that they probably have almost forgotten what Mu'er and Ze'er look like. Let's send them a few photos so they can take a look."
The Taoist priest also agreed, "Yes, yes, yes, select a few more and send them together with the letter."
Several people gathered around the portraits and picked and chose, and finally selected eight portraits.
The next morning, Lu Chuan got up early and went to the county town with the letter he had written last night.
The county town is far from home, but there is no need to buy anything when traveling alone, so Lu Chuan came back relatively early today and arrived home around noon.
The autumn harvest was about to begin, so the Taoist priest led Lu Chuan and Han Qi into the mountains in the afternoon, intending to hunt some game to eat during the autumn harvest.
However, not long after the Taoist priest took Lu Chuan and the others away, the sky outside became increasingly darker, and it vaguely felt like a heavy rain was about to come.
Xu Han looked at the sky and said to Grandpa Zhao, "It seems that they will miss out this afternoon. The sky changes too quickly. The sun was shining just now, but now all the dark clouds have gathered. I don't know if they have noticed it. We need to return quickly. This rain looks like it will be heavy."
"Don't worry, it's normal for the weather in the mountains to change. It may be raining heavily here, but there will be no rain at all on the opposite mountain!
Even if it rains, the Taoist priests are not stupid, they will definitely find a cave to hide from the rain."
Xu Han picked up the water cup beside her and filled herself with water. "Well, I guess they won't come back even if it rains. They said they wouldn't come back tonight. Now they have almost walked a long way. If they don't hunt anything, they will definitely not want to come back."
Grandpa Zhao laughed and said, "Hahahaha, they all have stubborn tempers, so what you said is really possible.
Forget it, let's just ignore them, each of them is quite skilled, and we don't have to worry about the three of them going out together."
Xu Han stood up and said, "Well, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go see if there's anything outside that hasn't been collected. It looks like the rain is about to come, so don't get wet outside."
Grandpa Zhao waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
Xu Han walked out of the room and walked around in the yard. Seeing that they had already put all their things in, and watching the sky getting darker in the distance, she didn't want to go out anymore. If she went out at this time, it might rain halfway, so it was better not to go out.
It was about to rain, and there was wind outside. The temperature was not hot at the moment, so Xu Han simply moved a chair and sat in the corridor, enjoying the breeze, drinking tea, and having a leisurely time.
Sure enough, about five minutes later, heavy rain came. The raindrops were particularly large and fell to the ground with a patter. The moment the raindrops hit the ground, they were all absorbed by the thirsty ground.
It was not until all the bluestone slabs in the yard were filled with water that the water slowly gathered into a stream and flowed into the drainage ditches on both sides.
Xu Han sat quietly in the corridor, admiring the rain in the distance. It was rare for the house to be so quiet. At this moment, she was alone in the front yard and had her own private space for a rare moment.
This feeling is really great. Ever since I came here, I have been busy trying to survive every day. There are endless housework to do, and endless children to take care of. Every day revolves around my family, and I rarely have this kind of time for myself.
Now, I don’t have to take care of the children by myself, someone else does the housework, and I can have more time to enjoy life.
Isn’t this the end of hardship? Isn’t this the moment we work so hard to earn money?
In her previous life, even if she worked all her life, it would have been difficult to have this kind of life. Now in this strange ancient time, Xu Han is very satisfied that she has worked hard to achieve this point.
Once you have earned enough money, the next step is to enjoy life.
After an unknown amount of time, the sky gradually darkened and the rain outside was still pouring heavily. Xu Han saw Dan Niang running in from outside wearing a straw raincoat.
Before I knew it, it was already time to make dinner.
She stood up, rubbed her waist which was sore from sitting for a long time, and said to Dan Niang, "How is it over there? Did you get caught in the rain?"
Dan Niang took off her raincoat and said, "Madam, everything is fine over there. We saw that the weather was not right, so we quickly put our things inside. Fortunately, there are several houses with roofs now, so we can put our things down.
None of us got wet in the rain. As soon as the rain started, everyone went back into the house to take shelter.
They are all inside right now, and they didn't come because it was raining so hard."
"Well, it's OK as long as it's not getting wet. Is the drainage okay over there? Is there any leak on the roof?"
Dan Niang smiled and waved her hands, saying, "No, no, Liu Erzhu had just checked when I came here. There is not much water in the yard, and the roof is not leaking.
However, the drainage has not been completed yet, and it is estimated that if it continues for a long time, there may still be some drainage."
"There's no rush. The house is only half built. We'll take care of the drainage problem after it's all built."
Xu Han was halfway through her words when she thought of the issue of dinner and asked again, "It's raining so hard that it's inconvenient for them to come over for dinner. What are you going to do for dinner today?
There are no pots or stoves there. If I come here to eat, will my raincoat be big enough for me?"
Dan Niang replied, "I asked them when I came here just now. I will make some pancakes for dinner and Liu Erzhu will come to get them later.
We took it over there to eat in the evening. There were pancakes and pickles, and we boiled some hot water to drink, so everyone could have a good meal. "
Xu Han thought about it and agreed, "Well, that's fine. The road is slippery on rainy days, it's better than running here.
It was such a long trip back and forth, not only wasting a lot of time, but also getting my clothes soaked.
I'll help you make some more pancakes later, and you can take them home to eat, which will be convenient."
After Xu Han finished speaking, she followed Dan Niang to the kitchen. After hearing the noise, Ma Po, who was cleaning the backyard, came over to help make pancakes.
The three of them worked together for about half an hour, and Liu Erzhu came over wearing a straw raincoat.
Xu Han put all the baked pancakes into the backpack, then wrapped it with oilcloth to prevent them from getting wet by the rain, and then gave them some pickles.