Chapter 48 48. Huge Hail
I don’t know since when, taking a walk after meals has become a must-have for the Shen family.
After eating the hot stuffed fish balls, the three of them felt warm. Even in the snowy yard, they did not feel a trace of coldness. Instead, they felt refreshed because of the fresh air.
If you put this kind of life in other people's homes, you would never dare to think about it.
The entire central and northern region of the Yan Dynasty was in the grip of a snowstorm. Not to mention the people who had their hometowns destroyed and chose to migrate long distances. Even Lin'an Prefecture, which was the least affected, lost their lives.
Shenjia Village saved food because they received the warning in advance, but it was also difficult to have enough to eat.
“Fortunately, our family lives near the village.”
Shen Xingqi suddenly sighed, feeling sad in her heart.
Otherwise, the people in the village would have objections if the fragrance smelled good every day. Isn’t this inappropriate and inciting hatred?
Unexpectedly, the snowstorm would allow her to live a prosperous life that she had not experienced in more than ten years.
Is this true?
If it weren’t for the fact that her stomach was still so full, she would have suspected that she was dreaming!
Recalling the two little handkerchiefs who complained that they could only live on porridge at home during the day, Shen Xingqi touched her belly in fear.
Ah~ the fish balls are so delicious!
How about going to the river tomorrow?
Cheng Xi, who was taking a walk, didn't realize that her sister-in-law's thinking had been led further and further away, and she suddenly stopped after taking two steps.
Look up at the sky.
“Have you heard anything?”
Today is the 27th of the twelfth lunar month and it is the end of the year. There is nothing in the sky except for the snowflakes that fall from time to time. It is dark like a black hole. generally.
The snowflakes fell lightly without any weight, and something seemed to be howling crazily around the originally silent place.
Shen Xingluo, who was walking in front, also stopped and listened attentively.
“It’s the wind.”
He seemed to remember something, and his black eyes suddenly sank.
"Go inside first, the weather is going to change."
The sky is going to change?
It's been like this today, how can it change?
Cheng Xi was puzzled. Seeing his serious face, she realized that something was wrong, so she took the little girl's hand and walked away.
However, before the two of them entered the door, they felt the snowflakes falling on them getting bigger.
“Eh?”
Shen Xingqi pinched a big piece of her shoulder with her hands, and then said “Ouch”.
"Such heavy snow. Isn't this snow?"
"It's hail!"
How can hail fall in the winter?
Cheng Xi was horrified and pushed the person next to him into the door. His shoulder, which was left outside, was hit hard by something falling from the sky.
It hurts!
This is really cruel!
Cheng Xi pinched the shoulder that was hit hard by the acceleration, causing a tingling sensation.
Fist-sized hailstones fell one after another. They were not dense at first, but they fell into pieces in a matter of seconds.
The hail is getting bigger and bigger!
Shen Xingluo reacted quickly. While opening another door, he wrapped his left arm around him and directly brought the person next to him into the north room.
"Are you okay?"
A low voice rang in his ears. Cheng Xi felt the scenery in front of him flash into the room, and his whole body was surrounded by the warm air in the room.
She looked up, but because the two were so close, their noses touched each other's chest, and a chill suddenly hit her.
“.”
The nose is going to fall off!
Why is this man so tall?
Cheng Xi then realized that the cheap husband was a whole head taller than her, and even if she stood up straight, she could only reach his neck.
"Sorry, how are your shoulders?"
Due to his height advantage, Shen Xingluo could see her situation just by lowering his head.
But he still asked. "It's okay, luckily I hid quickly."
It was hit a little bit, and it will be fine in a while.
Cheng Xi quietly stepped back to open the distance between the two.
"Bang - bang bang -"
The fist-sized rainstorm hit the things in the yard and made a huge noise, which scared the animals in the chicken and duck pen and screamed. The rattling sounds came and went.
"Will the poultry be okay?"
"Probably not. At that time, red bricks were used to build the pens, and there was a thick layer of thatch on top."
In fact, Shen Xingluo wasn't very sure either.
In my memory, the hail also fell a year ago. I don’t remember the specific day. I just remember that the weather became colder after the hail. Many people’s houses collapsed and their lives were lost that night due to the sudden drop in temperature.
Shenjiacun is no exception.
The hailstones hit the ground and the objects in the yard with a loud sound, and then the north wind blew wildly, making a humming sound when it encountered obstacles.
"The wind is stronger than before."
I heard something coming from far away just now, but I didn't expect it to come so fast!
Cheng Xi looked out through the window and saw that the thatch on the chicken and duck pen was blown everywhere and soon fell to the ground.
The hail that broke into pieces on the ground was also blown by the sudden strong wind, and crackled against the wall.
"Bang——"
The oil paper on the window made a rattling sound, and hailstones flew into the house.
One is another, but in the blink of an eye, several adjacent windows were smashed, and small particles of hail flew all over the floor.
“?!”
Damn it, this is an undesirable rhythm!
Cheng Xi was so shocked that he even forgot to react. Fortunately, Shen Xingluo reacted quickly and pulled down the wooden board on the window to block the wind and snow outside.
Nearly all the windows in the north room had holes smashed out, and the oil paper was blown by the wind. A loud sound could be heard even through the wooden boards.
Shen Xingqi took a breath of cold air.
“Fortunately, there is another layer of wooden boards inside the window.”
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have thought of spending this night peacefully!
The little girl patted her chest and looked at her brother and sister-in-law with subconscious admiration.
How could they be so prescient!
Other people would never think that one day there would be hail in the winter, right?
It can even penetrate the window paper!
Alas, the little handkerchief family is probably going to suffer again.
Shen Xingqi opened the iron stove and added a few pieces of charcoal into it. The iron was immediately burned red, adding some heat to the room.
And the coolness that originally spread because of the hail was gradually driven away.
Although nothing major happened to the Shen family, the three of them were in extremely heavy moods. They had almost digested their evening meal and gathered around the stove to do something.
Embroidery for embroidery, reading for reading.
In a daze. Continue to be in a daze.
Just as the three of them had worried, there were bursts of exclamations from every household in Shenjia Village.
The hail came so fast that no one had time to react before it fell from the sky, catching everyone by surprise.
The villagers hurriedly closed the door when they heard the sound, and the windows were smashed before they could even take a breath. The house that had finally gathered some heat suddenly became chilly!
“Oh my god, God is going to kill us!”
“What should I do now?”
"Ouch, block the windows, the hail is coming in!"
(End of this chapter)