You said you would tell fortunes, so you can catch ghosts and exterminate zombies easily?

"Tick, tick."

Hu Shiliang slowly raised his head and discovered that a dark cloud had appeared in the originally cloudless sky, and it happened to be right above their heads.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock!"

Old Man Su wiped his face blankly: "Huh?"

"What's going on? Hurry up and eat. It's going to rain!" Liu Chunhua was stunned as she spoke.

He looked at Su Chen in surprise.

She did not forget why she brought the five old hens.

Pray for rain...

Isn’t the rain coming?

Su Chen frowned and looked at the lonely dark cloud.

Is it... lagging behind?

That's too long a delay, isn't it?

It's been two or three hours.

But when you think about it, the distribution of merit in this world is usually delayed by one or two days, so it seems... understandable.

The villagers behind him also started to talk in low voices.

"Is this normal rain, or was it prayed for?"

"You begged for it, didn't you? It's just this one."

"So Ah Chen can really pray for rain? That's amazing!"

"Need I tell you? Didn't you see that he put out such a huge wildfire by himself even though the rain didn't come?"

……

Liu Chunhua coughed twice.

"Stop talking and eat quickly. If you don't eat now, the noodles will get wet in the rain."

Everyone finally came to their senses, found a place to hide from the rain, and started eating noodles frantically.

Liu Chunhua pulled Su Mao and the others to move the iron pot under the tree, and then wiped her face.

"It's raining really hard."

Hu Shiliang nodded: "It's not impossible to put out the forest fire, but..."

It seems to be of no use now.

He stretched his neck to look at the bottom of the Chentan Lake. Originally, smoke occasionally rose from there, but now with the rain pouring down, the smoke had disappeared.

He had been worried that the wildfire might reignite, so he planned to take a few people there to check it out after having some snacks.

just now……

No need at all.

You can sit back and relax.

Thinking of Hu Shiliang's dark old face, his smile became more genuine, and he lowered his head to eat the noodles more skillfully.

Suddenly, Aliang slapped his forehead.

"Hey, look at my brain!"

Everyone looked at him in surprise.

"Uncle, take us back through the ghost path. Then we don't have to run. We don't have to hide from the rain."

Liu Chunhua and Old Man Su's eyes lit up.

Three minutes later.

The lobby of the Su family's old house was full of people.

When we arrived at the village, there were almost no raindrops to be seen, but everyone didn't want to disperse.

They continued to eat noodles happily and called on Liu Chunhua to bring out some melon seeds and candies.

"Here, here, here, wait."

Liu Chunhua simply pulled out all the snakeskin bags containing melon seeds, peanuts and candies.

"If you want to eat, get it yourself."

Anyway, it has become a little damp after being stored for so many days. I will ask Achen to buy some fresh ones for Xiaoxianer later.

Thinking of Xiaoxianer, Liu Chunhua went back to the house and looked around carefully, but couldn't find her, so she scratched her head.

"Is Xiaoxian'er going to look for gold for me again?"

Someone was curious: "Chunhua, what are you mumbling about?"

"No!" Liu Chunhua immediately denied it cautiously, "Um... do you want to wash the dishes? The water tank is here."

She also asked casually, "Are you full? If not, I have some rice cakes here. I'll fry them and eat them together later."

The woman waved her hands repeatedly, and after washing the dishes, she picked up two handfuls of melon seeds and started eating them.

After eating, Hu Shiliang took the two people and left with an umbrella.

"You guys chat, we'll go take a look."

Someone followed with a hatchet.

"I'll go too, and pick up some firewood."

What are you doing collecting firewood?

Liu Chunhua curled her lips.

Don't you want to pick up meat?

She wanted to ask Old Man Su to share a piece of the pie, but she quickly gave up the idea.

It didn’t matter that we were poor before.

That was because I was desperately trying to get my family to eat some meat and some oil.

Now that life is better, I'd better leave these things to the villagers.

Not long after Hu Shiliang and his men arrived at Chentandi, they actually discovered a simple stove.

He came back in a huff, and before he had time to drink some tea to calm himself down, he went to town.

The next morning, when Su Chen got up, he heard Liu Chunhua say that the bastard who set the fire had been caught.

"They were second-year junior high school students, planning a picnic during winter break. I don't know what's going on in these kids' heads. They refused to eat the delicious food at home, insisting on going to the mountains to cook noodles, and even to that place at the bottom of Cheongdam..."

"I heard they heard a terrifying noise all of a sudden, and they were so scared they took the pot and ran away. They kicked the dirt a few times before leaving, making sure the fire was out. Alas, how could they have known it could reignite? It's just our bad luck, I guess."

Old Man Su asked, "How many days were they detained?"

"What's the deal? There are two good students in there, and it's not intentional."

Liu Chunhua has always had a filter for children with good academic performance. She sighed and said, "I heard that those children were terrified when they were found. God bless them, and don't let their grades decline."

Su Chen: "..."

Old Man Su snorted twice: "Even if it wasn't intentional, it was still their fault. How can we not hold them accountable?"

"Why do you care so much? Anyway, the fire didn't even reach our village. Everyone is fine, and the houses and fields are fine too. Isn't that enough?"

Su Chen didn't say a word.

He thought of Xiaoxian'er whose fur had almost disappeared and she looked almost like a mouse.

And the terrified animals following behind it.

Those were the lucky ones who were rescued by Xiaoxianer. Many more people had already died in the fire.

"Mom and Dad, go out for a while."

Su Chen said something to the two of them and his figure slowly disappeared.

Liu Chunhua frowned: "It's almost dark, why are you still going out?"

She looked at Old Man Su, who shook his head blankly.

"Forget it, forget about him. What do you want to eat tonight, old man? Rice cake?"

"You have to eat it even if you don't want to. You're already cutting it."

……

Niugang Mountain.

foot of the mountain.

As expected, Su Chen found the little fairy lying on the stone with a wronged look on her face.

There are a few small animals lying around the stone to rest.

Sensing his presence, Xiaoxianer subconsciously flicked her tail, and then stayed there.

"Squeak~" It scratched its bald tail and lay down weakly.

It was not until Su Chen placed the newly bought hot melon seeds, peanuts, pine nuts and walnuts on the stone that it regained its spirit.

"Squeak~"

While stuffing pine nuts into her mouth, Xiaoxianer pulled at her thin belly with her claws.

"I see, he's thinner, skinny." Su Chen joked, "Did he break a bone this time?"

"Squeak!" Xiaoxian'er put his hands on his hips and swung his tail wildly, "No, I'm very powerful!"

"Yes, yes, that's amazing. You saved so many people." Su Chen gave a thumbs up.

Then he told it the cause of the wildfire, and finally asked, "Are you familiar with Chentandi? Do you know what made that noise?"

Xiaoxianer shook her head.

"There are fewer people over there, so I hid some fruit there."

When it comes to this, it feels extremely aggrieved.

"Guoguo has turned black~"

Not tasty.

"I think you should worry about your fur first. Wouldn't you be cold without it?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoxian'er quickly jumped into the plastic bag: "I'm hiding in the fruit, I'm not cold!"

Su Chen laughed and took out a fluffy scarf.

"Here, take it."

"If you don't want to go back to my house, take your scarf and wrap it around you to block the wind."

Xiaoxianer poked her head out from the pile of peanuts: "Squeak~"