At night, large swaths of dark clouds surged from the sky, accompanied by lightning and thunder. Lightning came one after another, and thunder broke through the sky, waking up the whole village.
After a while, the strong wind raged, banging on the windows, and the trees planted in the village were blown upside down, followed by big raindrops.
The pouring rain just poured down like this.
In an instant, heavy rain mixed with egg-sized hailstones hit the roof and windows, as if they were about to break the windows!
Xiaobai, who was guarding outside, yelled twice, and immediately rushed into the back room, trying to protect Fubao.
As soon as Fu Bao woke up, he was surprised that there would be hailstones, so he was hugged by Mrs. Shen and wrapped in a quilt to keep her from getting cold.
The windows of the inner room were hit particularly loudly by the hailstones. With a sound of "bang!", the hailstones actually smashed a hole in the window and shattered it. Fortunately, at this time, Mrs. Shen had already carried Fubao outside, so she was not splashed by glass shards.
Old man Shen closed all the doors and windows, and he could tell how bad the weather was just by hearing the howling wind outside and the "crackling" hailstones!
The three acres of land in the family had just been planted not long ago, and the heavy rain and hail would definitely destroy it all. The first batch of rice harvest is gone. What did they eat in the first half of the year? !
Looking at the leaking roof and earthen walls, even if he had just renovated the house, he still couldn't withstand such heavy rain and hail. Old man Shen was so mourned that he felt like crying.
How do you say that sentence, the house leaks happen to rain all night!
Old Mrs. Shen's eyes are also red, her family has little land, even if they sell all the food, it will be difficult to support a large family. It's all right now, with such a big hailstorm, the fruit trees outside can't withstand it, let alone the seedlings in the field, they must be useless!
Fu Bao blinked and looked at the dark sky outside, and the sound of hail hitting the window was particularly ear-piercing. It was the first time she had seen such a fierce rainstorm and hail at such a young age, and she couldn't help but feel worried like the two old people.
The wind blowing in was a bit cold, Fu Bao couldn't help shrinking into Old Madam Shen's arms, "Grandma..."
Mrs. Shen thought she was afraid, so she hugged her tightly, and lovingly comforted her: "My grandma is here, Fubao is not afraid, it's just raining heavily, and it will stop after a while, don't be afraid... Grandma will protect you."
Xiaobai jumped onto Mrs. Shen's shoulders, and then threw himself into Fu Bao's arms, warming her with his fluffy and soft fur.
The whole family waited for the rainstorm and hail to pass, and almost stayed up all night.
By the time everything calmed down, it was almost dawn.
Old man Shen and Mrs. Shen didn't bother to eat breakfast. The first thing they did was to go out to see the situation in the fields, and they were stunned as soon as they went out.
I saw a few trees planted at the gate of the yard, and the branches were blown off. They were decades old trees. The yard was in a mess, with leaves and mud everywhere, and all the vegetables planted were destroyed.
Grandpa and grandma are going to the fields, so naturally Fubao will follow. Not wanting her to step on the ground and get her shoes dirty, old man Shen simply picked her up, anyway, he still has the physical strength now, so he hurried over like that.
Sure enough, the seedlings in the field were also destroyed, a large piece was missing, and the rest were staggered and uprooted.
When Mrs. Shen saw such a miserable situation, her eyes turned red again, and she choked up and said, "Old man, what should we do? Our food for the first half of the year is gone!"
(end of this chapter)