Shen Wu served out the soup they were drinking first, leaving a bowl of it for cooking his younger brother's minced meat.

After she mixed the minced meat into the mushy soup, she turned down the fire in the stove.

Shen Wu didn't know whether it would rain outside when Gu Zhou came back. Now there was just muffled thunder.

She first brought the soup to the table in the main room. On the way back to the kitchen, she saw two pheasants in the yard and hurried over to untie the ropes.

The two pheasants thought they were being attacked and tried to peck at Shen Wu.

Shen Wu suddenly grabbed the chicken's neck.

It's so funny... When she was a child, her family raised pigs. She was afraid of pigs, but why should she be afraid of chickens?

Holding the chicken with one hand and loosening the rope with the other, she pulled the two chickens with one hand and tied them under the straw shed where the firewood was stored.

The roof of this shed is made of bamboo and hay. The side next to the wall extends directly over the wall and out. Because it is made longer than the pillars, there is no need to worry about the firewood inside getting wet.

After settling the two chickens and putting the things brought back from the yard in the main room, Shen Wu hurried back to the kitchen, washed his hands, and turned off the fire.

She glanced at the minced meat soup she made for her younger brother in the pot. Although the heat had been reduced, it was still bubbling. Since it was for the child to eat, Shen Wu was worried, so she covered the lid again and let it simmer.

She first found a large basin to serve the chestnut stewed chicken, added a spoonful of clean water for washing the pot to simmer it, and then carried the large basin to the main room.

"Sister Jiang Yu!" Gu Wei hugged her younger brother with a look of horror on her face.

"What's wrong?" Shen Wu put down the basin, wiped the water droplets on his body and touched Gu Wei's hair.

"I'm scared!" Gu Wei's hands were shaking as she held her younger brother. The child might have felt scared and opened his mouth and cried out.

The crying of a child was really annoying. Shen Wu felt annoyed after just one second of hearing it, but what did a child know? It was just because he was scared.

She took the little brother, patted Gu Wei on the back and whispered: "It's okay, it's okay, Xiaowei, don't be afraid, your brothers and sisters are here."

Her voice was extremely gentle, and Gu Wei nestled in Jiang Yu's arms, not daring to move.

The autumn thunder rumbled outside, and Shen Wu could see the black clouds rolling in the distant sky even in the house.

She was very worried about Gu Zhou.

The next second, Gu Zhou appeared at the gate of the yard. He carried two wooden buckets of water in his small body and walked towards the kitchen anxiously.

Shen Wu put her little brother, who was still crying, on the bamboo chair in the main room, pulled Gu Wei away from her curled up position, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, Xiaowei. Sister has made some delicious food for you. Wait for sister to bring it to you, okay?"

When Gu Wei heard that there was something delicious to eat, her eyes lit up. After another thunderclap outside, she hid back in Jiang Yu's arms.

"Sister Jiang Yu, I... I'm scared!" Gu Wei was so scared that tears came out of her eyes. When her parents and children were still around, they would always gently cover her ears.

The little brother on the side was crying for some unknown reason.

Shen Wu was anxious, but her movements were gentle: "Xiao Wei, brother is still busy, can you let me go and help him? I'll be back soon to have dinner together."

When Gu Wei heard her brother, she raised her head with trembling body and said with tears in her eyes: "Sister, can you sleep with me tonight?"

Shen Wu was anxious to get Gu Zhou to stop fetching water, as he thought there would be no problem in getting the child to sleep, so he quickly agreed: "Okay... I'll stay with you tonight."

Gu Wei let go of Jiang Yu's hand, leaned over the bamboo chair, and pretended to be firm: "Sister Jiang Yu, you go and do your work, I can do it!"

Shen Wu smiled softly: "Okay"

After saying that, he hurriedly ran out of the main room and went to the kitchen, just in time to meet Gu Zhou who was about to go out again.

"You can't go!" Shen Wu grabbed Gu Zhou's arm and shouted, "It's going to rain soon! Don't go!"

As soon as she finished speaking, thunder and raindrops as big as beans fell on her face and head. She was stunned for a second and was dragged into the kitchen by Gu Zhou.

Gu Zhou put down his things and said, "I'm not going, don't get wet."

Shen Wu shook his head and was startled by the sudden thunder.

Gu Zhou saw her reaction and hurried over to touch her head, whispering softly: "It's okay, it will be fine soon."

Shen Wu was stunned. She raised her head and looked at Gu Zhou in the dim house. Her mind was in a mess and she suddenly remembered the minced meat in the pot.

"Oh my minced meat! Quickly, let's take the bowls and eat. I've prepared everything." She quickly scooped her brother's minced meat from the pot into the bowl and asked for the bowl.

Gu Zhou took the dishes and chopsticks first: "It's raining too hard outside, let's go out in this rain."

He took out a bamboo basket for buns and put it on his head.

Shen Wu nodded quickly: "Okay! That's it!"

The two of them hurried towards the main room carrying a huge bamboo basket for drying things.

Gu Wei hugged her younger brother's bamboo chair. Although she was very scared, she had to take care of her brother, so she covered her brother's ears and comforted him softly, just like her mother.

But she was so frightened that she couldn't stop shaking. Every time there was a loud thunder, she would tremble unconsciously.

"Brother Jiang Yu, sister!" Gu Wei was about to cry when she saw the two people coming in. Shen Wu put the minced meat on the table and hurried over to comfort her.

Gu Zhou took over the little brother in the bamboo chair. Shen Wu pulled Xiao Wei into his arms and patted her on the back, trying to comfort her by imitating the movements in his mind: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Our Xiao Wei is the best! It's just a thunderstorm, a small thunderstorm..."

Before she finished her words, there was another thunder outside, which frightened her so much that she trembled. She continued with her unfinished words: "It's just a small thunder! Nothing to be afraid of!"

Gu Wei felt Jiang Yu's trembling, raised her head a little and said, "Sister Jiang Yu, are you afraid too?"

There seemed to be no thunder outside, and only the noise of rain falling on the roof and the ground could be heard. Shen Wu pulled Gu Wei out of his arms: "I was afraid too, but now that I've grown up, I'm not so afraid anymore."

As she said this, she was complaining in her heart about being pretentious, saying that she was not afraid of anything... She was already thirty years old but still scared to death. She was afraid of firecrackers outside during the New Year so she thought of going out to throw away the garbage in the middle of the night, but who knew that she would still run into something.

Gu Zhou was holding his younger brother and rocking him, gently holding him in his arms to block out the thunder, while he covered him with his other hand and rocked him around the main room.

The sound of rain was getting louder and louder, and the sky and the earth seemed to be connected by a rain curtain, as if the dam in the sky had burst and was pouring water down without any regard for life.

Shen Wu asked Gu Zhou to sit down and prepare to eat. The weather was cold and the rice was getting cold quickly. If they didn't eat it now, it would get cold.

Gu Zhou sat down and put his little brother on the bamboo chair and was about to take him over to feed him, but was stopped by Shen Wu: "Can he eat minced meat at this age?"

Her nonsensical words made Gu Zhou stunned: "You're asking after you've already given him the food?"

That’s right... Shen Wu retracted his hand, feeling a little embarrassed. Why did he feel like his brain wasn’t working properly?

"Don't worry. When Xiaowei was this old, she only ate rice and vegetable porridge. You made it so mushy, I'm sure my little brother can eat it." Gu Zhou brought the little brother to his side and put the dishes and chopsticks in place.

Gu Wei was afraid so she sat at the innermost door facing the gate that formed a waterfall.

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