Granny Wu walked around and around the door, her shoes were almost worn out by her, but she still had no intention of stopping.
There is no way, as soon as I stop, the worry and anxiety in my heart will keep rising, as if it could explode at any time, scratching my heart and lungs.
"You said it's so late, why haven't they come back yet?" Granny Wu kept stretching her head and looking into the distance as she spoke.
"You wait at home and keep an eye on Tieniu. I'll go take a look." At this time, Old Man Luo had already put on his raincoat and came out. He half-squinted his eyes with a cold expression, but he was looking at the sky.
At this time, the rain had lightened up a lot, and the thunder and lightning were gradually decreasing, but even so, neither Miss Bai nor the village leader came back, so he felt that such weather was disgusting.
He had never been like this before.
Although Old Man Luo was on crutches, looking at his empty trouser leg, the heavy rain had just passed, the ground was slippery and sticky, and who knew when it would happen again, Granny Wu was still a little worried.
"You watch Tieniu at home, I'll go!" After saying this, Granny Wu turned around and went back to the house to get her raincoat.
Old Man Luo stopped her: "Old woman, do you look down on me? You..."
Having said this, Old Man Luo suddenly paused, but his expression gradually relaxed.
"No need to go." He said and started walking back, "They are back."
When Granny Wu heard this, she hurried to the door to take a look, and sure enough she saw something moving this way in the distance.
She only had one eye, and the rain hadn't completely stopped yet and it was foggy, so she couldn't see clearly.
"Miss Bai, are you the leader of the village?" Granny Wu asked tentatively.
She believed that Old Man Luo's judgment would not be wrong.
Bai Ling turned around and glanced back after hearing this. After making sure that everyone was following, he loudly said to Granny Wu: "Grandma, it's us, we're back."
Granny Wu was overjoyed when she heard this, but she did not come forward to greet him. Instead, she turned around and ran away.
Bai Ling was stunned and couldn't help but ask Shangguan Yu who was standing beside him: "Shangguan, what do you mean by Granny Wu?"
How did you know it was them and Granny Wu ran away instead?
"We'll find out if you go and see." After saying this, Shangguan Yu hugged Bai Ling's waist tightly and led her quickly into the courtyard.
They are now home and no longer need to slow down to wait for others.
Then I heard Grandma Wu saying to herself: "I'm afraid they are all wet, so they have to change their clothes first. I will serve the ginger tea first, and then I can drink it directly after they change their clothes."
Only then did Bai Ling realize that when Granny Wu saw that it was getting late and it was raining, she made ginger tea for them in advance to ward off the cold.
Bai Ling winked at Shangguan Yu. Shangguan Yu understood and walked out directly to the people who came after him: "Grandma Wu made ginger tea for everyone. You go and change your wet clothes first and then come back."
It was okay for Bai Ling to be protected by Shangguan Yu, and he didn't feel very cold. But the others following him were already shivering from the cold. It would be a blessing to have a bowl of ginger tea to warm their stomachs.
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So after listening to Shangguan Yu's words, everyone no longer cared about maintaining their formation, and scattered almost instantly, went back to their respective places, and hurriedly changed their clothes.
Only Li Shaohu was left, Erzhu and the others were still holding on to the oilcloth and looking at each other.
Seeing this, Shangguan Yu had no choice but to step forward and collect the oilcloth: "You all can go too!"
Only then did several people leave.
Over there, Bai Ling has already started to help Granny Wu serve ginger tea, so that she won't be afraid of the large number of people coming together.
But Granny Wu was a little unhappy with Bai Ling's busy work, and kept urging her: "Miss Bai, it's better to drink a bowl of ginger tea to warm yourself up first! I've also prepared hot water for you in the room. Go and wash up and change."
Clean clothes to avoid catching cold."
Bai Ling knew Granny Wu's good intentions, but she knew her body well. She was protected by Shangguan, so she didn't get much rain and didn't feel cold, so she was more worried about everyone.
Shangguan Yu had the same idea as Granny Wu. He felt that Bai Ling's body was the most important. After thinking for a while, he walked up to her and whispered something.
When Bai Ling heard this, his expression suddenly became solemn, and then he said apologetically to Granny Wu: "I'll go back to the house and change some clothes first. I'm going to trouble Granny here."
"Shangguan, what did you say you found over there?" Bai Ling asked impatiently as soon as he entered the room.
Shangguan's expression was very serious just now, so she couldn't help but feel nervous.
The villagers have already suffered too much, and now life is just getting better. She doesn't want them to go through any setbacks again.
Bai Ling was worried, but Shangguan Yu said: "Go and take a hot bath first and change into clean clothes to avoid catching a cold."
Only then did Bai Ling realize that he said that because he was worried about her.
But since Shangguan has spoken, there must still be something going on!
So she still asked: "Then first tell me what you found?"
Shangguan Yu only looked at her tenderly and said, "It's a good thing."
Seeing that Bai Ling still had no intention of moving, he reached out and touched her head, and said helplessly: "Be good! I'll tell you if you obey."
As he spoke, he looked at Bai Ling, his eyes darkening, but extremely serious: "In my husband's heart, you are the most important."
The implication is that if something bad happens to Bai Ling, he may not have the mind to care about other things.
This person...
It’s really getting more and more disgusting!
After a while, they both took a shower and changed clothes, and then Shangguan Yu informed Bai Ling of his discovery.
"If it's coal, that's really a good thing." Bai Ling was a little happy.
The temperature difference between day and night is large here, and it is very cold at night. If there is coal for heating, the villagers can sleep more comfortably at night.
And if it is really a coal mine, it is a ready-made treasure, and everyone in Zhao'an Village will not have to worry about their lives in the future.
The next morning, Bai Ling got up early, thinking about what Shangguan Yu said about the possibility of coal underground. She couldn't wait to go and check it out for herself.
I didn't expect that as soon as I opened the door, there were already crowds of people outside. But no one was idle. There were people washing vegetables, lighting fires, and cleaning.
When they saw Bai Ling and his wife coming out, they all stopped what they were doing to say hello to them.
"Miss Bai, it's good morning, village leader!"
"What Miss Bai? She's the village owner's wife!"
"Miss Bai, sit down quickly. Just wait here. The food will be ready soon."
"The village master is also sitting, together with the village master's wife."
Everyone was talking to each other, moving stools while I laughed with them, and everyone was extremely enthusiastic.
After seeing that Bai Ling and Shangguan Yu sat down as they wished and had no intention of leaving, they continued to work.
"It seems we can only go after a good meal." Looking at the busy people, Bai Ling smiled helplessly.
Shangguan Yu, on the other hand, disagreed with You Rong: "Who makes my wife so nice? Everyone who sees her likes her!" (To be continued)