CHAPTER 221: CHAPTER 197: FELL INTO THE LATRINE?

Waking up, the air was fresh, and the spring rain drizzled down, redeeming the whole earth, with everyone wearing joyful smiles on their faces.

"Xiaomi, come quickly for breakfast, after eating we’ll wash our hair and take a bath properly."

Erniang happily called Xiaomi over, the rain that had been awaited for half a year finally fell, how could one not be cheerful?

Moreover, the rain came just at the right time, after this rain, whether it’s planting sorghum or corn, or cultivating rice seeds, it can all continue!

Xiaomi ran joyfully towards her mother: "Mom, when did this rain start? How come I didn’t know."

Xiaoxue also came out of the room at this time, and was speechless hearing this: "You are saying that, but last night I called you several times and you didn’t wake up."

Oh, Xiaomi realized: "It rained last night then."

Last night she was in the space, indeed she heard Second Sister calling her, but because she was cooking at that time, she didn’t hurry out.

And since Second Sister just called her a few times, not sounding urgent, she became even less tense and only came out after Wei Ziang went to sleep.

Xiaomi rushed excitedly into the courtyard, ran a lap, then returned: "Great, it finally rained, are the locusts going to die too?"

Locusts love the sun so much; the drier it is, the more rampant they become.

In contrast, damp ground or climate can cause locusts to stop eating, resulting in their death.

Xiaoxue also came beside her mother at this time, Erniang patted both of their heads: "Look, there are almost no locusts in the sky anymore."

The day before, locusts covered the sky, and now there were only a few scattered ones, some even hiding from the rain under the eaves.

They were all motionless, if they weren’t still clinging to the wall, you’d think they were dead.

"Aunt," Liu Ze came over from the backyard, saw Xiaoxue and Xiaomi, and smiled slightly: "Xiaoxue, Xiaomi, Aunt Yang has already prepared the meal."

"Okay, let’s go eat first, then tidy up afterward."

Erniang led her two daughters to eat. As they passed by Liu Ze, Xiaomi suddenly asked a question.

"Brother Ze, why did you change the way you call Sister? Didn’t you always call her Miss Xiaoxue before?"

Blinking her big round eyes, Liu Ze was a bit taken aback and didn’t react immediately.

Erniang pinched Xiaomi’s nose tip: "You, we’re all so familiar now, why be so formal?"

Xiaomi blinked; is it really because they’re familiar?

But looking at Second Sister and Liu Ze...

Forget it, this will take a few more months until they’re six or eight years old, just little brats.

The small thought that popped up because Liu Ze changed the title was instantly thrown behind.

In the morning, congee was boiled, and Aunt Yang specially made some steamed buns, finished with pickled vegetables, and filled with preserved meat and radish.

The buns were still okay, but they hadn’t eaten congee for more than a month, boiling congee uses a lot of water, no one dared to waste it.

Now it’s alright, it rained, the several big jars in the courtyard were all filled with water, the water in the well rose, finally, they didn’t have to worry about the water issue!

They comfortably ate steamed buns and sweet potato congee, and a few large pots of water were also brought to a boil, they even specially found two tubs for bathing.

Almost the entire morning, everyone was cleaning themselves up.

The water for washing hair and bathing was black, they washed several times before they finally got clean, feeling much lighter, like having rubbed off several pounds of dirt.

Erniang especially lit a fire under the kitchen eaves specifically for drying hair.

The drizzling rain continued, and the weather was a bit cool, if the hair didn’t dry quickly, it would be easy to catch cold.

Xiaomi lay down on her mother’s lap to take a nap, thinking in a few days, once she got Wei Ziang out, she wouldn’t have to live with the day and night upside down.

After lunch, Jiang Hu and Uncle Liu changed into raincoats, picked up hoes, and specially went to check by the river.

The previously dry and cracked riverbed now had streams trickling down.

Jiang Hu flipped the ground, after a night of delayed spring rain, the rainwater moistened the soil, but still not enough.

A foot below the surface, it was still dry.

In the fields it was the same, Jiang Hu blocked the water outlet of the paddy field, allowing rainwater to stay in the field, not only him but many others were busy as well.

It was already March, after this rain, they could nurture rice seedlings.

Then the two of them went to the pond, the lotus pond of the Jiang family had now turned into a pond.