Before long, the moderate rain turned into heavy rain, and the heavy rain turned into torrential rain.

Those people in the village, even though they've built houses, nobody knows if the roofs are properly sealed.

This rain helped them test whether the house met the required standards.

Some houses had leaky roofs, so people used large and small basins to catch the rain, while some rainwater flowed into the house from cracks in the walls. The whole family had to rush to repair it, making a very messy situation.

A family braved the rain to repair their roof by climbing a ladder, but one of them fell off the roof.

Fortunately, the house wasn't very tall, so he only broke one arm and leg.

In this kind of weather, there's no way to go to town. I can only lie on the kang (heated brick bed) groaning and moaning, with a large basin next to me to catch the rainwater.

So miserable!

Xiao Nan was unaware of these things; if he had, he would have applauded.

This isn't gloating; they deserved it.

The heavy rain continued from afternoon until dark. Xiao Nan carried a wooden basin to the kitchen, and the old woman followed suit.

She tended the fire, she cooked, and the two chatted and laughed.

"What would you like to eat, Grandma?"

"It's evening, keep it simple."

"How about we each have a bowl of soup with fried dough sticks?"

"it is good!"

Wang Po didn't notice at all that the mud-brick walls of her house were completely dry, even though rainwater was flowing down them.

Xiao Nan glanced outside, then turned back to look at the old woman with a smile in his eyes.

After dinner, the two strolled around their respective rooms for a while before going to bed to rest.

The house was peaceful. Xiao Nan lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) and felt that this kind of life was just like the one described in the book, peaceful and serene. He would be content to live like this for the rest of his life.

If possible, she would like to find a man, have a few children, and enjoy the life of being pampered by her husband and filial to her children.

She didn't have a boyfriend in her past life, and she didn't dare to date men. Even if someone pursued her, she would coldly reject them.

She dared not have such extravagant desires for that kind of life.

She didn't know when she would die, leaving behind her husband and children, and making her children experience the bitterness of the end times. She dared not!

But now, she dares to dream. She wants to experience love between men and women, to experience loving and being loved. She doesn't know if she can have her wish fulfilled.

Just as she was thinking about this, a clap of thunder sounded in the sky, and Xiao Nan smiled bitterly and asked the heavens.

"Do you agree or disagree, sir? Don't scare me like that."

Just then, a tornado appeared in front of us.

"Master, I took a stroll around the village."

Xiao Nan closed his eyes, listening to its rambling, occasionally interjecting with a comment.

"Was it lively? How come you didn't get wet?"

"Hehe, this is a rare sight! They don't have any waterproofing solution. The old walls collapsed completely after a heavy rain, and the houses are leaking badly. There are basins everywhere, haha."

Xiao Nan curled his lips slightly and asked, "What about the Zhang family?"

"She's similar to them, except I really want to tear Zhang Pozi's mouth apart. Whenever she has a spare moment, she starts cursing, and it's so awful."

Xiao Nan snorted: "They're all cursing Oppa."

"Haha, Master, you're so cute. Don't imitate me."

"Are the seeds in my backyard alright?"

"It's okay, soaking it for a few days won't hurt. It'll help it sprout. That's how bean sprouts grow, isn't it?"

Xiao Nan suddenly thought of bean sprouts. He could teach Grandma how to do that, since they happened to have mung beans at home.

Stir-fried bean sprouts with vinegar are quite delicious, they're crunchy. Bean sprouts are also great for stir-frying with pancakes or noodles.

Besides mung beans, soybeans, black beans, and peas can also be sprouted, each with its own unique flavor.

Not only can it sprout beans, but it can also be grown hydroponically into bean sprouts, which taste good when stir-fried in winter. It can also be grown indoors, along with garlic chives and other plants.

That night, she thought a lot. She even got up in the middle of the night. The rain stopped and the water level reached the threshold of the house but did not flood into the house. Only then did she feel at ease and lay down. Before going to sleep, she gave the tornado another task: to spray the floor, the pit, and the furniture in the house.

She didn't want to step onto the ground and find herself covered in mud.

Before dawn, Xiao Nan quietly got up. Seeing that there was no water on the ground in the yard, he nodded and looked at the water vat. It was empty.

Seeing that the old lady hadn't gotten up, I poured the bottled purified water from the space into her.

She didn't want to go to the village well to fetch water. The rainwater outside hadn't gone down yet, and the well water at this time wasn't good water at all; it might even have been flushed down the outhouse.

The thought made her nauseous, so she quickly put her mind to it and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

Just then, the door to the main house opened, and the old woman came out, looked around, and a smile spread across her face. She then went to the courtyard gate, opened it, and craned her neck to look outside.

This sight made him even happier. He lingered for a minute, then turned back, closed the door, and headed towards the kitchen.

She knew that Xiao Nan was cooking, so she went straight to the stove, sat down, and started a fire.

Xiao Nan could tell that she was in a good mood; she was happy to see the people who had bullied her suffer.

The old woman said with great enthusiasm, "Girl, our family is the only one in the whole village that's alright. All the other families are submerged in water. Aren't you happy? Haha."

"Happy, haha."

"This rain is really heavy. I guess the crops in the fields are doomed. I would feel sorry for the crops in other villages, but for the crops in this village, I would rather they starve to death."

"Starving to death is impossible, but production cuts are inevitable."

"You don't know, the land in our village used to be wasteland. The government always levied taxes based on the yield of the wasteland, and no one in our village ever starved to death during famine years."

"Aren't these miscellaneous grains easy to grow?"

"Yes, because it doesn't taste good, even insects don't like to eat it."

"Haha, you're really funny."

"It's true, it's really hard. It takes a long time to cook porridge, and it's also a lot of work to grind it into flour. But it does have an advantage, it's very filling."

Xiao Nan asked, "When was this kind of grain available?"

The old woman shook her head: "I don't know. I heard it's been around for hundreds of years, since the time of the Dragon Kingdom."

"It has a long history."

"That's right. Although it tastes a bit bad, for us farmers, it's timely, drought-resistant, and easy to grow, which is enough. Even the soldiers eat this."

"Do rich people eat white rice and white flour?"

"Alas, we common people suffer. As far back as I can remember, the Dragon Kingdom has been constantly at war. It's either other countries attacking us or there's internal strife. There's never been peace. Although the people in our village are not good, our village has never been disturbed by the outside world, so it is relatively safe."

"I understand. But if things are peaceful in the future, I will still take Grandma out to see the world. It's not very interesting to stay at home all the time, don't you think?"

As the two talked, Xiao Nan quickly finished preparing breakfast.

A few drops of solidifying agent were added to the soy milk, turning it into tofu pudding. The steamed buns were sliced, coated with egg wash, and fried in lard.

It's simple, nutritious, and delicious.

The old woman shook her head as she ate, and Xiao Nan thought she didn't like it.

"If you don't like it, I'll make it again."

"No, no, Grandma loves to eat it, but she feels that the Zhang family has lost a great treasure and suffered a huge loss."

"I would rather keep my talents hidden from those kinds of people than let them know."

The old woman ate the tender and smooth tofu pudding with great joy: "Girl, this isn't hard to make, is it?"

"It's not difficult, it's similar to making tofu. I'll teach you later."

"Thanks, I'm always busy. If it's something simple, you can teach Grandma so we can share the housework."

"it is good!"

Soon, the sun came out, and the earth was steaming, the water evaporated, making the air extremely humid.

By the afternoon, the water outside had mostly receded.

The ground was no longer muddy, and leisurely figures appeared in front of the courtyards of each household in Ping'an Village.

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