In the Su family, Su Xiaowu was sitting on the threshold of the first floor.
He watched the rain falling "pattering" along the eaves, and couldn't help but reach out to catch the raindrops.
"Don't sit here, you might catch a cold." Su Jianmin pulled Xiao Wu back into the room.
"I don't know when the third brother will come back."
"Should be back soon..."
While Su Jianmin was talking to his fifth son, Bai Lu looked at the heavy rain outside, with worry written all over her face, "It's a rainy day. Wen Nian hasn't come back yet. Is there anything going on?"
The more she talked, the more uneasy and self-blame she became. She clasped her hands together and said, "I actually forgot to ask him to bring an umbrella. Oops, why didn't I expect it to rain today? I should have prepared an umbrella for Wennian..."
"The sky was very clear this morning. Besides, you got up in the dark early in the morning. How could you predict that it would rain today? Also, Wennian is not a child anymore. What could happen?"
Su Jianmin said, "Don't worry so blindly."
Jinbao on the side also said: "Mom, third brother will definitely be late to pick up people at the train station. Don't scare yourself."
"Yes, mom, third brother will definitely be back soon." Su Xiaosi said.
Bai Lu let out a long sigh and sat back on the chair.
She looked out the window, hoping to see the shadow of the car at the entrance of the village.
Time passed by, it was already past five o'clock, and the family still hadn't waited for Wen Nian to come back.
Bai Lu couldn't sit still, "That Captain Luo is really serious, how can he pick up people in the county alone in his Wen Nian? Since we came to Bao'an County, we have been staying in the countryside and have never been to the county town.
, How does he know the way? He is probably lost."
At this point, she pulled her husband's sleeve and said, "How about we go to the county to look for Wennian?"
"Have you forgotten how far the county seat is from our village? It takes several hours to go around by car. Besides, there are only four buses a day. How can there be a bus to the county at night?"
Su Jianmin grabbed his wife's shoulders with both hands, coaxed her in a gentle voice, and patiently comforted her: "He must be back soon. You should hurry up and make dinner. Wen Nian will definitely be hungry when he comes back and want a hot meal."
Bai Lu covered her heart, "I'm really worried, I always have random thoughts..."
"Mom, didn't you say that you gave the third brother money when he left in the morning? Since he has money with him, he can still find a restaurant to eat even if he gets lost, so you don't have to worry so much."
"Yes, what Jinbao said makes sense. Wennian has money, so he must be fine!"
After hearing what her husband and daughter said, Bai Lu felt relieved when she remembered that she had given Wennian the emergency money.
While they were talking, Jiang Yun put away the old umbrella with two holes in it and rushed into the house, "Brother Wennian is back! He came back with three educated youths. I saw..."
"Wen Nian is back?" Bai Lu asked in surprise. She noticed that Jiang Yun was wet and asked anxiously, "Where did you go this afternoon? Why are you all wet?"
"I... sneeze!" Jiang Yun sneezed, "I saw Aunt Bai that you were so worried, so you went to the entrance of the village to wait for the bus, thinking that when Brother Wennian comes back, I would tell you as soon as possible."
There was a surge of emotion in Bai Lu's eyes, "You kid, you are serious, you won't stand in the rain all afternoon and wait stupidly, right? I just said why didn't I see you."
"I'm fine," Jiang Yun rubbed his nose and resisted the urge to sneeze, "Brother Wennian took those educated youths to where they live. Don't worry, Aunt Bai, he is fine..."
"Oh, you...I'm going to make ginger soup for you. You go and change your wet clothes."
Speaking of this, Bai Lu noticed that Jiang Yun's mother was not at home, "Huh? Where is your mother? I saw her just now."
She looked around but saw no one. When she walked to the kitchen, she saw no one either.
"Mom, Aunt Huang is wiping the chicks' feathers."
A few minutes ago, when Su Xiaosi looked outside, he found that all the chickens in the chicken shed were gone. Aunt Huang had moved them all to the shed where Xiaobai lived. He hurriedly walked forward with an umbrella and saw her using a cloth to drench the chickens.
Wet chick rubs feathers.
Bai Lu heard Xiaosi's words and hurriedly held an umbrella and walked to the shed, "Yuzhu, why are you here? It's so cold."
"I suddenly thought that chickens are easy to get sick when exposed to the rain. It would be bad if they get sick. I should move them here early," Huang Yuzhu said worriedly. "It's troublesome for chickens to get sick. They won't eat and keep having diarrhea..."
"I'll wipe it, you go in quickly." Bai Lu walked forward and said.
"No, no, just dry it off," Huang Yuzhu said, "I'm fine, you go back to the house quickly."
Jin Bao also walked to the mule shed at this time and said, "Mom, go and make some ginger soup. Cook a little more and add some brown sugar to warm up the body. Brother Ayun, Aunt Huang and Third Brother... let everyone drink some.
You won’t catch a cold or get sick.”
Remembering that she brought a lot of brown sugar from Jinghai City, Bai Lu nodded quickly, "Okay, I'll make soup!"
After saying that, she said to Huang Yuzhu: "Yuzhu, come in quickly after wiping your chicken. You are weak and can't stand the cold."
Huang Yuzhu said "OK" and continued to do the work at hand, wiping the water off the chicken with a cloth.
Jinbao specially took two dry rags when she walked out of the house. Now she handed one to her fourth brother, "Fortunately, this shed is spacious enough. Fourth brother, let's help Aunt Huang, it will be faster."
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"Okay!" Su Xiaosi took the cloth and agreed readily.
Su Jianmin and Xiao Wu helped Bai Lu in the kitchen. In addition to boiling brown sugar and ginger water, they also made a fire and cooked dinner.
When everyone finished their work, Wennian was still not seen.
"It's strange," Jiang Yun said with a frown, "I clearly saw Brother Wennian getting off the bus with a man and two women, a total of three educated youths. He must have delivered them to their place of residence very quickly, right? Why haven't they come back yet?"
Seeing that the rice was almost cold, Su Jianmin stood up and said, "I know which house Captain Luo arranged for those educated youths to live in. It's not far from our place. I'll go and see what's going on."
"Dad, I'll go with you." Xiao Jinbao also stood up.
The rain outside has stopped, and the dirt floor is full of potholes. If you are not careful, you will step on your feet full of mud and water.
"Jinbao, you should stay at home, I'll go." In order to see the road clearly, Su Jianmin installed batteries in the flashlight.
Jinbao felt that the third brother had not come back, maybe he had encountered some difficult situation, so he insisted: "I want to go!"
Bai Lu thought that her daughter was smart and might be able to help, so she said to her husband, "Jianmin, please bring Jinbao with you."
After hearing what his wife said, Su Jianmin nodded and said, "Okay."
When the father and daughter walked out of the house, Su Jianmin was afraid that Jinbao would fall, so he hugged her directly.