Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 434

In March, it rained for more than half a month. Zhong Ruyi took out a floral goose yellow jacket from the closet and prepared to put it on Miaomiao after she took a bath in the evening.

Listening to the sound of rain outside that never stopped, she felt a little worried, "I don't know when this rain will stop."

Chen Dongzhi came back from outside at this time. His raincoat was a little wet. He took it off and hung it under the eaves. He just happened to hear this sentence, "It rained a lot this year. It would be best if it stopped today. Otherwise, the wheat in the field cannot be planted and the melon seedlings will also be affected."

The two stood under the eaves watching the rain, praying silently in their hearts that the rain would stop soon.

"Xiao Man and the others will be back next month after they finish their exams?"

Chen Dongzhi calculated the time and nodded, "Yes, Xiaoman said that he would take two exams and would be back after that."

In the room, Chen's mother lit the stove, holding a few pieces of her granddaughter's clothes in her hands. It had been raining for days and the sun had not come out for a single day, so the children's clothes had never been dry. Adults would be at risk of getting sick if they wore wet clothes, let alone children.

So every day she would light a stove to dry the clothes, trying to give her granddaughter two more sets of clothes to change into.

We had sour soup hotpot in the evening. Because of the rain, the weather showed no signs of warming up. Only by eating the hot pot did we feel a little warm.

A flash of light suddenly appeared in the inky black sky, and soon it was followed by rumbling thunder and the crackling sound of rain falling on the eaves - this was the first rainstorm in March.

Miaomiao, who was sleeping soundly in the room, was frightened by the sudden noise and started crying with her eyes closed.

Zhong Ruyi hurriedly got up and patted her back gently, then hugged the child to her. Chen Dongzhi got out of bed to check whether the window was closed.

When he returned to bed, he found that the cat, which was supposed to be sleeping in the cat bed, was squatting on his pillow, staring at him without blinking with its eyes, which looked a little creepy in the night.

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He waved the cat away and made it curl up beside his pillow. He gently embraced his daughter, whose body was still twitching from crying, and said softly to Zhong Ruyi, "The rain is too heavy. If it doesn't stop by tomorrow morning, I think those who have already planted melons in the fields will have trouble."

Zhong Ruyi also thought of this. Some people in the village had already started growing seedlings at this time. He wanted to start selling melons while others were just starting to grow seedlings. Although this was more difficult and required more energy, it was not a bad thing for the villagers to be diligent and want to earn more. However, God might not always do things according to people's wishes. It has been raining for more than half a month since the beginning of the month.

It had been drizzling and the weather was gloomy before today, but it did not prevent us from working in the fields.

But once this heavy rain comes tonight, it will definitely have a big impact as long as it doesn't stop in the morning.

Sure enough, the next day when Zhong Ruyi went to the back of the house to check on the ewes and lambs, the water in the yard had already reached his heels, and the rain showed no sign of stopping.

Because of the heavy rain, villagers could no longer visit each other to chat like they did a few days ago when it rained lightly. Everyone hid in their houses and watched the endless and uninterrupted rain.

Fortunately, God was still kind to them. The rain began to subside in the evening, and only a few sporadic rain drops could be heard in the second half of the night. At dawn, the long-lost sun hung in the sky, and smiles appeared on people's faces.

After being stuck at home for so long, Chen's mother took Miaomiao out to visit relatives and friends.

Zhong Ruyi and Chen Dongzhi took the clothes that had not been dried due to the rain to the riverside to wash them again. They took advantage of the strong sunshine to wash them and dry them in the sun to get rid of the musty smell.

There were a lot of people gathered by the river. Because of the recent rain, the river water had risen a lot, and some big fish that were usually hard to catch had also run to the shallow water.

The villagers were using fishing nets to catch fish, and all they caught were big ones.

Zhong Ruyi took a look and said, "How about we buy one later? Didn't mom say she wanted to drink fish soup a few days ago?"

Chen Dongzhi's hands did not stop working. The villagers were fishing downstream, and the two of them were washing clothes on the river. "I'll go buy some more. I'll buy two more and send them to my father-in-law and Xiaoxue."

The two of them hammered and pounded, washed a few buckets of clothes, and then walked downstream.

By the river, the adults were busy collecting fishing nets and catching fish. Some children took advantage of the chaos to squeeze in to watch the fun. One of the children was standing next to a rock, but he lost his balance and slipped, falling directly into the rushing river.

"Oh! Wang Erwa fell into the water!" Several children who came with him shouted immediately, and two even wanted to go into the water to save him.

As soon as the adults heard that a child had fallen into the water, they rushed into the water to rescue him.

Wang Laizi in the crowd was so anxious that he slapped his thigh. The person who fell down was exactly his stepson. Two years ago, he married a young woman with a child from the next village, and the two started living together.

Although this child is not his biological one, Wang Laizi cares about him very much. They don't know whether they can have another child, and they may have to rely on this child for their old age. Shouldn't they be nice to him?

When Zhong Ruyi and the other person came over, the child had already been rescued. They didn't know if the child had choked on water, but the child had been motionless since being rescued, and his face was pale without a trace of blood.

The villagers all felt sorry and said that it looked like the child was gone.

Wang Laizi hurriedly pushed through the crowd and rushed over, holding the child and started crying loudly, but got no response.

"Brother Lai Zi, let me see!" Zhong Ruyi was also anxious. How could this happen in such a short time?

Seeing that there were people surrounding him, the child might really die if he didn't receive first aid.

Wang Laizi was pushed away by her. Zhong Ruyi carefully laid the child flat and cleaned the mud and sand from his mouth and nose. After the rain, the river water was mixed with yellow mud, and she really took out a handful of sand and weeds from the child's mouth.

After finishing the treatment, she started to perform artificial respiration and chest compressions, and the people around her looked at her with curiosity and confusion.

Chen Dongzhi had heard from his wife before about the first aid methods for drowning people, and he was now explaining them to the villagers one by one.

Finally, with her efforts, the child, who had only a weak heartbeat, woke up after coughing up a few mouthfuls of water.

Seeing this, the surrounding villagers cheered and applauded:

"What's this called?"

"Didn't you hear what the kid from the Chen family said just now? This is called artificial respiration! Only by breathing air into him can we save him!"

Wang Laizi crawled on his knees holding the child who had just woken up, and heard Zhong Ruyi instructing him to take the child to see a doctor. Now that the child was awake, he still had to go and see if he was hit by any stones in the water.

He was so grateful that he almost knelt down. When he heard her say she wanted to buy some fish, he directly scooped out a few of the biggest fish from his bucket and strung them together with a straw rope. "Take them and eat them! I have to thank you for what you did today! When Erwazi gets better, I'll bring him to kowtow to you!"

Zhong Ruyi waved her hand and said, "As long as the child is okay, the most important thing now is the child. It's so cold, take him back quickly."

The two men were bathed in the astonished gazes of the villagers, and went back carrying the buckets and fish.

We thought the rain was over, but in the evening, just when the family finished drinking the steaming hot fish soup, the rain started again, and the rain was no less heavy than yesterday's!