The pension plan of the ancient cannon fodder woman

Chapter 317 The Second Hail

After the wedding, Wang Bin had three days of vacation and could rest in the village.

Su He, however, planned to return to the city, and he was accompanied by Wang Zhi, Wang Liang, Mu Tou and Liu Bai.

It can be said that all the major events in the first half of the year have been completed. The next step is to wait for Wang Qingshan and his family’s house to be completed and then prepare for the summer harvest.

Everyone is happily busy with their own things, and everyone is living a fulfilling life.

Just when everyone was preparing for the summer harvest with hope, the second hailstorm came.

This time, it was during the busy morning market, when the streets and alleys were filled with people, the hail fell like rain, densely and quickly.

Su He was at home at this time. He had just finished eating an apple in the kitchen and was about to go back to his room to catch up on some sleep when hail started to fall.

Su He's first thought when she saw the hail was to be glad that the sweet potatoes she planted were safe.

After she came back from the capital, she asked Uncle He to build a greenhouse in the backyard.

This type of greenhouse is not as strong as the modern ones, which are made of glass and steel pipes.

Su He directly uses processed bamboo, and each ridge is covered with a semicircular bamboo frame. As for the film, it is replaced by oilcloth wrapped in straw. When not in use, it is rolled up and placed on the top of the greenhouse. When it is needed, a rope is pulled and the straw cover on the top will automatically unfold down along the frame, thus protecting the sweet potatoes.

This is an idealized state. Su He does not expect to protect everyone, but it is better than doing nothing.

After feeling thankful, Su He began to worry about his family in the village and Mu Tou who was studying in the academy, wondering if they were hit.

"Xiao Bai, do you think we should buy some more food? Or should we each take a carriage and go out to buy food?"

Liu Bai didn't want Su He to go out and take risks, and the food at home was enough for them to eat for four or five months.

"We have enough food, and there are more than 100 kilograms of pickled meat in the kitchen, and the vegetables can last for two days. We also have a well in the yard, so we don't need to go out."

Liu Bai persuaded Su He to go back to his room to rest, and he waited until the hail stopped before going out.

Half an hour later he came back with the wood.

The two men were carrying a lot of things in their hands. Su He heard the noise and hurried out.

"Wood, you are not hurt, are you?"

"No, sister, I'm fine. We were all in class at the time. Two cleaning clerks were injured."

Mu Tou put everything in his hands on the kitchen table. Su He looked closely and saw that they were all fresh fruits and vegetables.

"Brother Bai also bought a bucket of fish. Sister, we don't have to worry about it these days."

Mu Tou was very happy, he also liked drinking fish soup.

"The teacher asked us to stay home for two days, saying that he was afraid that the hail would fall again. We can go directly to the exam in half a month."

This is the final exam, and we will have summer vacation after it.

"That's good. I'll feel at ease when you're at home."

Su He asked Mu Tou to go back and put down his schoolbag to take a rest, and then he walked to Liu Bai's side.

"Xiaobai, thanks to you, I didn't even think of taking the wood back."

Liu Bai was already washing vegetables and preparing lunch.

"I wanted to go out and see if there were any vegetables for sale, and I happened to run into a group of people hiding from the hail under the eaves of the house next door. They were originally from outside the city and came to the market, so they were happy to buy all the vegetables from me. I happened to pass by Mu Tou's academy, and we ran into each other and came back together."

"How's it going outside?"

Liu Bai shook his head with a sullen face. "Not so good. The clinic is full of people. When the hail came, it was the busiest time. Many people left on the spot. The garrison has already come out. I guess Wang Zhi and the others will be very busy. I will prepare lunch first. When they come back, they can just heat it up and eat."

Su He's heart sank. Although she was a painter, she couldn't hide at home at a time like this.

"Xiaobai, let me help you knead the dough and make more steamed buns and meat dumplings. I think I'll have to work overtime these few days."

Mu Tou heard the noise and went into the kitchen to help. This time Liu Bai didn't refuse, as he also wanted to speed up.

Sure enough, just after steaming the buns, Wang Zhi came running back.

"Sister Hehua, the government is gathering people and asking us to help."

Su He quickly took the 10 cloth bags that were left over from before, filled each bag with steamed buns and meat buns, and also a water bag filled with warm water.

"Azhi, take it first and give it to the people in your team. I will bring 10 more cloth bags later. I definitely won't have time to eat today."

Wang Zhi chuckled, picked up one and started eating it.

"Go wash your hands. Look at your dirty hands. You're going to have diarrhea soon."

Su He glared at him and Wang Zhi went to wash immediately.

"Sister Hehua, I'll go then. Our team is already busy, right over at the dock. These official constables will order people around and ask us to work, while they themselves are just slacking off on the sidelines."

After complaining to his sister, Wang Zhi left with a pile of food and a water bag on his back.

Although Su He felt sorry for his brothers' hard work, there was nothing he could do as newcomers always had to suffer some losses.

"Xiaobai, make some more meat buns. Mu Tou, scoop two more bowls of flour. I'll go get some and see how it goes."

"Wait, the meat filling here is almost ready, I'll go with you."

Liu Bai called Su He and quickly prepared the meat filling.

"Mu Tou, I'll leave the rest to you. It's okay if you take your time. I'll be back soon."

Su He took ten more cloth bags to put the meat buns in. There were still five water bags left and they were also filled with boiling water.

"Let's boil some water later. Don't open the door to anyone else except us."

The two men quickly packed up and headed towards the dock.

Mu Tou stood there for two seconds, scratched his head and continued kneading the dough. He was the only one left at home to take care of the logistics.

Su He followed Liu Bai and ran to the dock. There were not many people on the road, but there were traces of hail everywhere. There was noisy and cursing sounds inside the courtyard wall. It was obvious that everyone had lost their property because of the hail.

The situation at the dock was much worse. Many people were crying, some for their lives, some for their cargo. A wine carrier cried the most. The hail had smashed all the wine jars, and the best wine flowed all over half of the dock. Thousands of taels of silver were lost.

The once bustling pier is now in a mess. To be honest, there is no place to stay in Soho.

The two searched for a long time before they found Wang Zhi and others in a teahouse.

"Sister Lotus, here!"

Wang Liang saw Su He first, and he waved his hands and shouted excitedly.

Su He nodded, and when she walked in, she found that the entire teahouse was filled with people from the government office taking a rest.

Su He took out four cloth bags and went to Constable Jin. At that time, they were eating meat buns. Looking at the cloth bags next to them, they knew that they were given by Wang Zhi.

"Captain Jin, Captain Shi, are you full? I brought some more from home."

Detective Jin refused with a smile.

"That's enough. We are all full. The master and his men are discussing matters upstairs."

Su He understood, exchanged a few words and went upstairs.