On the second morning, the sky was clear at first, but suddenly a strong wind blew.
Soon after, dark clouds covered the sky, lightning and thunder appeared, followed by heavy rain.
The sudden strong wind blew away all the mushroom sheds in the yard, and many tiles in the house also fell off.
Yingbao and Erni Hongxiao were both at home, looking outside through the window.
"Will the rain hit second brother?" Hong Xiao was a little worried.
Erni: "Second brother usually leaves in the morning, he should still be home now."
Yingbao was also worried that her second brother might be on his way back to the county town. It would be terrible if he encountered such a rainstorm.
Apart from other things, this kind of lightning is very dangerous. If you travel in the rain, you are likely to be struck by lightning.
Then Pei Shixian did a good thing and should have been able to save many lives.
When I happened to hear about this incident in my previous life, I was only an eight-year-old child. I had no idea how dangerous it was. I just listened to it as a story and didn't feel much.
Now that I think about it, I have overlooked a lot.
The torrential rain, lightning and thunder continued intermittently for two hours and finally stopped in the afternoon.
When my aunt and her nephews and nieces saw that the rain had stopped, they hurried out to clean up the mess.
Fortunately, only the mushroom shed was broken at home, and there was no other loss. The mushroom ears and other things had been brought into the house.
Zhang Yuying and Hong Xiao did not go to school either. They asked for leave from the teacher at the school yesterday and stayed at home.
"Xiaolang, don't go out. It's still raining outside." Seeing her brother running around helping to clean up the debris, Zhang Yuying asked him to stay at home.
Zhang Xiaolang smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of the rain."
The family was clearing the accumulated water in the yard. Jiang Cheng even used a shovel to clear the cat hole under the courtyard wall so that the accumulated rainwater in the yard could flow out as soon as possible.
While I was busy, there was a knock on the courtyard door suddenly, and a person outside shouted: "Mom! Mom! Please open the door! Dad has been buried in the house, wuwuwuwu..."
Jiang Yunniang recognized the voice of her eldest son and hurried to open the gate. She saw that her eldest son was soaking wet and his body and head were covered in mud. She couldn't help but ask, "What did you say just now?"
Zhang Yukun knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "Mom, our house collapsed, and Dad was sleeping in the house, and he was buried..."
Jiang Yunniang staggered, pushed her eldest son and said, "The house collapsed, hurry up and find someone to save you, why are you running to me?"
Zhang Yukun sobbed and then got up from the ground.
Jiang Yunniang found a chisel in the house and ran out, obviously going to save someone.
When Jiang Cheng and Zhang Yuying saw this, they quickly took their tools and followed. They turned around and said to Erni and Yingbao, "Stay at home and cook. Don't go anywhere."
Erni and Yingbao nodded.
Yingbao hesitated for a moment, then took out a bottle of liquid medicine and handed it to her eldest cousin: "If you are seriously injured, drink this and see how it goes."
Jiang Cheng took the medicine bottle, nodded, turned around and ran after his aunt.
At this moment Hong Xiao also started crying and then ran towards Zhang's house.
Zhang Xiaolang hesitated and followed.
After a while, they arrived at Zhang's house and saw that the roofs of Zhang's three dilapidated houses and two thatched houses were all blown away by the wind, and one of the thatched houses collapsed completely.
Zhang Jia originally lived with his concubine in the west room of the main house. Later, he took Wu Shi San and his health deteriorated. His body was covered with sores and pus, and he stank all day long. The concubine was disgusted with it and made the excuse of taking care of their daughter to move the Zhang family to a thatched cottage on the side.
As a result, a rainstorm destroyed the house and Zhang Jia was buried in the rubble.
As soon as Jiang Yunniang arrived, she began to dig in the ruins, crying as she did so.
The eldest son, the second son and Hong Xiao also helped to dig, and even the five-year-old Zhang Xiaolang picked up objects that could be dragged.
Then look at the concubine and her niece, who are standing at the window of the main room, watching secretly and coldly.
Jiang Yunniang was so angry that she stripped even faster.
This side room was originally a thatched hut, and as long as the people below were not hit by the beams, there was a great chance of survival.
After a while, the debris near the bed was cleared away, and Zhang Jia was seen covered in mud and dirt.
But one of his legs was hit and the situation was very bad.
Jiang Cheng stuffed the medicine bottle given by his cousin into his aunt's hands and said, "This is from my cousin. She said that if the injury is serious, give it to him to drink."
Jiang Yunniang took the medicine bottle without hesitation, wiped Zhang Jia's face with the hem of her clothes, and fed him the medicine.
Zhang Jia was still conscious. Seeing that it was his ex-wife who came to rescue him, he couldn't help crying. He said intermittently: "Yun Niang, I... I'm sorry for you..."
Jiang Yunniang cried even harder and quickly turned around and left.
Jiang Cheng helped carry Zhang Jia out of the ruins and left. Hong Xiao and his sister and Zhang Xiaolang stayed behind to wash and change clothes for their father.
Although Zhang Jia's leg was hit, fortunately he was covered with a quilt, so the leg bone was not broken. It was just that the place where he was hit was bruised and swollen. In addition, he was already ill, so he looked very bad.
Zhang Yukun and his wife really thought that their father would not live long, so they did not prepare to let their biological father sleep in bed. Instead, they spread a door panel on the floor of the main hall, lifted Zhang Jia onto the panel, covered him with an old quilt, and began to prepare old clothes.
After a busy day, Zhang Yukun stopped caring about his father and went to his room to sleep for a while.
On the floor of the main room, Zhang Jia was lying on the door panel, wearing funeral clothes, waiting for death.
In the end, he didn't die the next day.
Throughout the whole day, apart from the small bottle of medicine Jiang Cheng gave him and the bowl of porridge Hong Xiao fed him, he didn't drink a single drop of water.
Not to mention that someone had hired a doctor for him.
Zhang Jia had never felt so clear-headed before. He lay down for a day and suddenly figured out a lot of things.
When a person reaches this point, his son is useless and the confidante he thought he was has no true feelings at all.
Throughout the day, his confidante walked past him countless times, but she never bent down to look at him, not even to give him a sip of water.
But his ex-wife, whom he hated the most, came to rescue him and dug him out of the rubble.
At that moment, Zhang Jia instantly regretted everything he had done.
So when his wife saved him and left without looking back, Zhang Jia suddenly didn't want to live anymore.
He thought, if he died, she would come to see him again, and maybe even shed tears for him.
In this way, you will be self-sufficient.
In the evening, Hongxiao, her second brother Zhang Yuying, and her younger brother Zhang Xiaolang came from Jiang's house, holding a bowl of porridge and a salted duck egg, ready to feed their father.
The concubine came out of the room and said coldly, "Don't be so hypocritical. Let your father go peacefully. He has to suffer every day like this. Why should he suffer?"
Hong Xiao was immediately furious: "My father is fine, and his complexion is much better now. You won't let us feed him. Are you hoping that he will die soon so that you can remarry?"
The concubine was furious. She took a few steps forward and slapped Hong Xiao in the face: "Bullshit!"
He pointed at Zhang Jia, who was lying straight on the door, and cursed, "How can he survive like that? You little bitch, you are just as kind-hearted as your mother! And you are slandering me? Even if you feed him eight meals a day, he won't survive for more than a few days!"
Hong Xiao was stunned by the slap in the face and it took her a while to react.
Zhang Yuying had already rushed out angrily, raised her fist and hit the concubine, "Dare to hit my sister? I'll fight you!"