The whole family stocked up on supplies two years in advance, so they could live a life of luxury wh

Li Taohua never expected that her third sister, who loved Nan Xiucai so much that she didn't even want her own home, would take the initiative to break off the engagement.

She even took twenty taels of silver back from the Nan family.

You have to understand that the money the Nan family spends is not easy to get back.

And it was such a large sum of money.

This is absolutely shocking.

Only after hearing this news did Li Taohua and Li Dashan truly believe that she had indeed changed.

The two exchanged a glance, their eyes slightly reddening, their hearts brimming with barely suppressed excitement. They knew how much effort their third sister had put into arranging this marriage.

Her father beat her with a tree stick for a whole day, but she didn't give in.

In other families, the groom pays for the engagement, but in their case, it's the bride's family who pays. Moreover, the Nan family doesn't treat the Li family well at all; they didn't even offer them a drop of water when they went to arrange the engagement.

Sun even embarrassed her mother and grandmother, and for a time the Li family became the laughing stock of the surrounding villages.

But now she not only took the initiative to break off the engagement, but also took back all the money she had given over the years. Li Taohua thought that because her third sister had given all the family's money to Nan Yu's family, her family was forced to live in a thatched hut.

She was furious that she couldn't get the money, but now that all the money was back, she was a little excited.

Upon hearing the news, Grandma Li immediately took her grandson and granddaughter to the ancestral graves to pay their respects, thanking God for bringing her granddaughter back to her senses, and saying that the Li family's future would not be difficult.

On Xing'er's way back.

Suddenly, a bunch of dark clouds drifted in from somewhere on the horizon.

Dark clouds quickly gathered over Xinghua Village, and the weather instantly became gloomy. Suddenly, a pale bolt of lightning tore through the dim sky.

Followed by.

A thunderclap boomed across the sky above Xinghua Village, sending shivers down people's spines.

Large raindrops pelted down without any cushioning. The raindrops hit the dry, scorching earth with a "plop, plop" sound, instantly leaving one brown, round spot after another.

Xing'er raised her hand and immediately entered the space.

Outside of space.

In the blink of an eye, the raindrops had formed a line, hanging between heaven and earth like a water curtain in a cave.

Knowing that there had been continuous autumn rain recently, Li Fusheng had prepared a raincoat before setting off, so he did not get wet. Obviously, there was no way to ride in the oxcart, so he and his fellow villagers had to brave the torrential rain and trudge through the mud.

The rest of the Li family had no other place to live and could only temporarily stay at the house of Widow Zhao next door.

Widow Zhao was already sixty years old and had only one son, Liu Mugen. She naturally had no objection to the Li family seeking shelter from the rain, but Liu Mugen's wife, Sister Lian, was somewhat troubled.

It was almost noon.

This family was already struggling financially, and this year's harvest was poor. If they ate with the Li family, they were afraid their brown rice wouldn't last until the end of the month.

Her mother-in-law often takes medicine, and the family was already quite poor, but thinking that the Li family had always been kind, she gritted her teeth and decided to make brown rice cakes for everyone.

Seeing his wife's troubled expression, Liu Mugen washed his face and said with a smile:

"What are you worried about? Fusheng went to the city to sell wild boar meat. We've all helped him fix his house, so it'll be done eventually! Besides, Xing'er went to the Nan family today and got back twenty taels of silver."

"Are you worried that her family can't afford to pay back the grain?"

Hearing this, Aunt Lian was instantly relieved, her furrowed brows relaxed, and she smiled as she replied:

"You're right. The Li family's life will definitely get better, and Fusheng won't forget us in the future."

As she spoke, she scooped up all the brown rice from the bottom of the earthenware pot.

inside the house.

Grandma Li was worried about Xing'er's safety, so she asked Tao Hua to go look for Xing'er. But Tao Hua looked at the torrential rain outside the door and saw that it was drizzling inside the Liu family's house, where the other children were helping to drain the water.

Therefore, she refused her grandmother's suggestion to go find Xing'er.

Instead, Li Dashan gritted his teeth and wanted to go out to find someone, because the rain was so heavy that when he looked up at the courtyard, it looked like the sky had been torn open.

The rain was poured down as if by celestial beings carrying basins.

The distant mountains and the nearby trees were all submerged in a white expanse of rain.

Li Dashan walked a few steps from outside the courtyard in the pouring rain before letting out a cry of pain.

"Grandma, I...I twisted my ankle."

"Brother Dashan, let me help you up. I'm so sorry, I... I forgot there's a pit in our yard. My dad said to fix it yesterday, but I was so busy slaughtering pigs last night that I forgot."

Twelve-year-old Tiezhu ran out with a winnowing basket on his head and helped the limping Dashan brother back.

After Li Dashan entered the house, Daya immediately brought a wooden stool and placed it in front of him, saying with a hint of apology:

"Brother Dashan, I'm sorry, your foot must hurt a lot. Should I go find Sister Xing'er?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing, it only hurts a little. I'm fine, I'm just worried about my third sister."

Seeing that her eldest brother had sprained his ankle again, and that her younger siblings were still too young, Li Taohua, who was scooping water from the ground nearby, gritted her teeth and suggested:

"Grandma, Big Brother, let me go!"

"You...you really want to go?"

Grandma Li looked at her reluctant granddaughter. She originally wanted to go herself, but she had difficulty walking and going would only cause trouble for the children.

Li Taohua nodded.

"We're family after all. Besides, if my third sister really knows she was wrong, I'll still forgive her."

Although she said that, she still disliked her third sister. However, she was afraid that something might happen to her because her third sister hadn't brought a raincoat, since there was a cliff on the way from Xinghua Village to Guihua Village.

It's easy to fall down when it rains.

Hearing this, Old Lady Li felt somewhat gratified, knowing that the whole family had to work together as one to live a good life.

"Peach Blossom, be careful if you go there. That wooden bridge is too dangerous. Watch your step when you cross. If you really can't, just go around it."

"I dare not go around it, for fear that my third sister will insist on going that way."

After listening, Li Dashan continued:

"Second sister, thank you for your trouble. If I hadn't sprained my ankle, I wouldn't have asked you to go to third sister."

"I'm fine. Let's not talk about it anymore. I'll go find my third sister first."

"Okay, then be careful."

"Yes, I know."

After putting on the Liu family's raincoat and straw hat, Li Taohua frowned as she left the courtyard.

The people inside looked worried.

Tiezhu asked his grandmother:

"Grandma, it's raining so hard, why don't I go with her?"

Just as Widow Liu was about to reply, Daya, who was standing beside her, immediately shook her head and said:

"Sister Peach Blossom took the raincoat with her, and we don't have any left at home, so you'd better not go, brother."

........

the other side.

Xing'er first took out a plate of sweet and sour pork from her space, then a plate of stir-fried cabbage. After she had eaten most of it, she filled a water pouch with spiritual spring water.

After drinking it, I immediately felt energetic.

She also unexpectedly discovered that she had acquired martial arts skills.

The space has been upgraded so that time stands still during dangerous times and flows during non-dangerous times, but the preservation function remains unchanged. This time, we've really hit the jackpot!

Tsk tsk tsk!

Thunder really does bring extraordinary encounters.

Xing'er gently exerted force on the trees in the space with both hands, and the thick trees collapsed with a crash.

After stretching her muscles, she went to the warehouse to get the waterproof tent.

Take this home and you can set up a big tent on the spot, where you can rest and shelter from the rain. Moreover, the tents she makes are all made in an antique style.

It looks like just a huge, ordinary oilcloth.