1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e, who lived next door, were also awakened when the roof of Liu's house collapsed.

The couple hurriedly put on their clothes and ran to the window in their slippers.

Outside the window, the wind and rain were howling, and people's panicked figures were running around in the rain.

Lou Xiao'e subconsciously reached out to light the oil lamp to see what was going on, but was grabbed by Xu Damao.

Lou Xiao'e asked in confusion: "Da Mao, why are you stopping me?"

"Silly moth, what are you thinking about? Are you still confused?"

Xu Damao lowered his voice and leaned close to Lou Xiaoe's ear and said, "Look, it's raining so hard outside. If you turn on the light, it would be unreasonable for us not to go out and take a look. If they come to our house to hide from the rain, how can you and I rest?"

Lou Xiao'e was stunned for a moment, her hand suspended in mid-air. Only after Xu Damao reminded her did she react.

Looking at the ink-like rain outside the window, she squinted her eyes and smiled and nodded: "It's raining so hard, it looks like I won't be able to go to work when the sun rises. I want to sleep a little longer in bed, but I don't want to be disturbed by others."

As she said that, she ran back to the bed, shrank back, and pulled the quilt over her head.

Xu Damao chuckled, then went back to bed and got under the quilt.

Lou Xiao'e looked at Xu Damao with a smile: "You are really quick-witted, otherwise, such a good day for sleeping would have been ruined by you."

After saying that, the couple found a comfortable position and lay together, hugging each other.

After a while, a slight snoring sound was heard in the room again, as if the wind and rain outside had nothing to do with them.

The rain was still pouring down madly, with no sign of slowing down.

He Daqing couldn't bear to see the miserable appearance of the Liu family in the house.

He walked silently to the thermos, poured a basin of hot water, then turned and walked to the closet, rummaged through a few clothes he didn't wear, tucked them under his arms, walked to the Liu family and handed them over.

"Old Liu, hurry up and wipe yourself with hot water and change your wet clothes. You can't go on like this or you'll get sick from the cold."

He Daqing's voice was low and hoarse, revealing a bit of fatigue, but it made people feel extremely warm.

Liu Haizhong took the clothes with his hands trembling slightly. He raised his head and looked at He Daqing, his eyes full of shame.

Yesterday, I was standing under the eaves of He Daqing's house, pouting and saying this and that sarcastically, but now he has put aside the past and extended a helping hand to me when I am in trouble.

His lips trembled a few times, and his voice was choked with sobs: "Daqing, I'm sorry, yesterday... It was all my fault, please bear with me."

He Daqing waved his hand, looked at the miserable appearance of the Liu family, and didn't want to care about it anymore: "We are all in the same courtyard, we will see each other every day, don't I know what kind of person you are? I didn't take yesterday's incident to heart, change into dry clothes quickly, don't get sick again."

After saying that, he turned and left, leaving the Liu family to clean up on their own.

The Liu family simply washed themselves, changed into the clean clothes given by He Daqing, and took the hot water handed to them by their neighbors. Slowly, a hint of color appeared on their faces, and they finally recovered.

Even the wound on Liu Haizhong's forehead was simply cleaned with everyone's help. Someone found a piece of clean cloth and bandaged it carefully, saying, "Uncle, please bear with it."

The bleeding stopped and the pain seemed to ease a lot.

The neighbors in the house are all crowded together at this moment, sitting next to each other but have no mood to chat.

They stretched their necks and looked at the heavy rain outside the window, their eyes full of worry.

A young daughter-in-law hugged her child tightly and whispered: "When will this rain stop? What will I do with the things at home?"

Although he temporarily took shelter from the rain in He Daqing's house, the situation at home was like a heavy stone weighing on his heart.

They thought about the items in their home that were soaked by rain and the roof that might still be leaking. They were filled with anxiety but felt helpless.

At this time, the main house of Sha Zhu's family was also overcrowded.

The people in the hall couldn't stand the cold and crowded towards the main house of Sha Zhu's house.

Fortunately, He Yushui went to a technical secondary school and seldom came back, so her room was empty.

Chen Lanxiang held her son and followed Yang Dongsheng and Liu Tiantian to He Yushui's room.

The three families usually get along well with each other. Sha Zhu wanted his wife and children to have a good rest in that room, so he let the two families go without worry.

At this moment, the only people in the house were the luggage and belongings brought by each family.

Everyone could only stand or sit awkwardly, occasionally exchanging worried glances, and speaking very little, mainly because no one was in a good mood.

At the same time, in the east wing of the front yard, brothers Li Weimin and Li Weihua were wrapped in quilts and curled up in the corner.

The raindrops fell into the basin with a sound that was particularly clear in the silent room, and every sound seemed to strike at their hearts.

Compared with other houses, although their house also leaked, the situation was not that serious, with water dripping only in one or two places.

But the rain was so heavy and lasted so long that even the best house could not withstand it.

Li Weihua looked at Li Weimin worriedly and whispered, "Second brother, why don't we find something to wear and run back home to see our grandparents? They must be worried about us."

Li Weimin frowned, looking at the cascading rain outside the window, and shook his head with worry: "No, look at the rain, it's too heavy for us to go back for the time being."

In fact, Li Weimin didn't dare to say everything in his heart. Looking at the heavy rain outside, he thought that there would definitely be accumulation of water on the streets.

It would be too dangerous for them to go back rashly in such heavy rain. They could only wait until the rain stopped.

Li family.

Grandma Li got up early. Wearing her old shoes, she walked slowly to the window and gently opened a corner of the curtain.

With just one glance, the pouring rain and the howling wind came into view. Her eyes dimmed instantly and she sighed in her heart, knowing that her son and daughter-in-law would not be able to attend their classes today.

The heavy rain outside was pouring down in torrents, and the strong wind was like a mad demon, carrying the raindrops and lashing at everything in the world with its fangs and claws.

If a person were in the middle of it, he would be blown down or drowned by the brute force in an instant, and would probably be unable to move forward in this torrent.

Looking at this scene, Grandma Li couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that she listened to Li Weiguo's advice. She muttered to herself: "Thanks to the bluestone bricks in the yard, otherwise the yard would have become a mud pond."

Fortunately, Li Weiguo insisted that all the grounds, except for the small vegetable garden, be paved with bluestone slabs.

The heavy rain outside was washing the bluestone slabs, and there was no mud in the yard. Instead, it felt refreshing in a different way.

Thinking back to yesterday, if they had not prepared for a rainy day and had moved all the honeycomb coal in the house into the kitchen no matter how hard they worked, there would definitely be no dry coal to burn today, let alone cook.

At this moment, the kitchen is warm and the fire is burning brightly.

Grandma Li stood in front of the stove, wearing an apron that had become a little white from washing, and skillfully prepared breakfast.

The porridge in the pot was bubbling, steam rising up, dispelling some of the dampness and coldness in the house.

Grandma Li stirred the porridge with a spoon from time to time. As she watched the porridge in the pot gradually become thicker, a look of relief appeared on her face.

I thought to myself: "My family members have eaten hot meals, their bodies are warm, and their hearts are at ease."

Not long after, the families of Li Dajiang and Li Dahe also stood up one after another.

They walked to the main room with sleepy eyes and dragged their feet. As soon as they opened their eyes and looked out the window at the heavy rain, they couldn't help but gasp and sigh.

"Oh, this rain is really weird!"