AWB Chapter 733 It’s broken, it’s hail!
Chapter 733 It’s broken, it’s hail!
The rain is still falling today.
Nearly half a month has passed since I escaped from the military camp.
During this period, the rain hardly stopped.
Even if it stops for half a day occasionally, it will start raining again before the sun comes out.
The rain kept falling day by day, and the temperature was getting colder day by day.
At this moment, the cold wind carrying icy rain hit my face.
There was actually a slight tingling sensation.
Then, I heard a slight flapping sound on the roof, which was different from the previous sound of rain.
Lu Qingqing thought she had misheard and continued listening with her ears perked up.
All of a sudden, I felt that there was something wrong with the sound of the rain.
Even if the raindrops are heavier, the sound they make when they hit the roof shouldn't be this sound.
She stared ahead and looked carefully, and saw tiny ice crystals mixed in with the rain.
However, the ice crystals were too small and melted quickly when they fell to the ground.
Lu Qingqing's heart skipped a beat.
Oh no, it’s hail!
She observed the surrounding road conditions while shouting behind her.
"It's hail. Quick, get out the straw mats and thick mattresses."
As he said this, he swung the reins hard.
The horse felt pain and no longer avoided the small puddle in front of it, but ran forward faster.
The wheels rolled over puddles, creating bursts of water splashes.
It also shook the people and things in the car.
Lu Qingqing didn't care about the bumpy ride and quickly looked for a place to hide.
But now we are on the official road, and there is not even a small road to turn sideways.
Besides, there are wastelands on both sides of the official road.
There was nowhere to hide except the weeds on the ground.
I ran forward a short distance, but didn't see any place to hide.
Seeing that the hail was getting heavier, she didn't dare to run anymore and quickly stopped the carriage.
The two men, wearing straw hats, jumped off the cart, without the protection of the straw mat.
Hailstones as big as the tip of a little finger fell on our heads.
It hit the straw hat on his head, making a crackling sound.
The two men hurriedly pulled the mattress in their hands and covered the roof of the carriage with it.
After covering four mattresses in a row, he started covering the straw mat.
During this time, the hailstones had grown from the size of a little finger to the size of a thumb.
This hit my head and it hurts a bit.
The horse next to it, which was only covered with a straw raincoat, was also crying out in pain from the hail.
It was forced to stick its head under the carriage.
Most of the remaining body and buttocks were exposed.
At this time, Lu Qingqing and Old Man Zhuang had no time to care about it.
After they finished building the carriage, they began to build the awning next to it.
After laying out the mattresses and straw mats one after another, Lu Qingqing called Old Man Zhuang to bring the horse over.
She got into the carriage and moved the boxes inside.
They took out several large boxes from the carriage, opened the lids, and put them on the roof of the carriage.
At this time, the hailstones were already as big as Lantern Festival dumplings.
The pain was even more intense when it hit the head or body.
Lu Qingqing ignored the pain and quickly put several boxes in place.
Then he came to the front and continued to put boxes on the awning.
When he got off, Old Man Zhuang had already removed the carriage frame from the horse.
Lu Qingqing hurriedly used wooden blocks to level the carriage.
At this time, Old Man Zhuang led both horses into the awning.
The horse outside was hit and hurt just now.
He was still a little panicked at this moment, moving his body and kicking his legs from time to time.
Seeing that it was causing the carriage to sway, Lu Qingqing quickly took off the water bag from her waist and poured water into the basin for the horse.
Old man Zhuang was a little confused at first. What's the point of feeding the water pipe at this time?
Besides, there is rain water outside, so it will drink it when it is thirsty.
After seeing the two horses rushing to drink up the water, they actually calmed down.
Old man Zhuang opened his mouth in shock.
Is it because he doesn't understand horses well enough?
Before he could say anything, the sound of hail hitting the awning became louder.
Looking at the hailstones on the ground that were almost the size of eggs, the two men did not dare to go out.
Instead, he moved slowly along the edge of the two horses, onto the shaft, and then got into the carriage.
When Lu Qingqing took the box just now, she directly threw all the things she had collected in the space into the car.
It's a mess in there right now.
Old man Zhuang didn't bother to clean up and crawled over the pile of debris.
After getting into the carriage, he called out to the outside:
"Qingqing girl, come in quickly!"
Lu Qingqing pushed the stuff inside and sat down at the door of the carriage.
At this moment, the only sounds in the carriage besides the sound of hail hitting the wooden boxes were the heavy breathing of the two people.
Lu Qingqing calmed herself down, rummaged through the pile of junk for a while, and took out three small wooden boxes.
He took off the straw hat, opened the box, and tried it on his head. It was the perfect size.
Soon, boxes were placed on the heads of the three men.
Listening to the continuous 'crackling' sound above her head, Lu Qingqing lifted the car curtain and looked out.
A layer of white hail had already piled up on the ground outside.
At this time, the hail was still falling heavily from the sky.
Hailstones the size of goose eggs hit the ground like bullets, splashing circles of ice fragments.
The two horses were splashed with ice chips and became a little panicked.
Lu Qingqing hurriedly pulled the tent cloth from the carriage and went forward to cover the horse with it.
Fortunately, the horse's head was facing the carriage.
The two horses felt better when they saw her.
After Lu Qingqing finished covering it, she returned to the carriage.
At this time, the hail outside was still going strong.
As the two listened to the increasingly loud noises on the roof of the carriage, their hearts sank to the bottom.
With a loud bang, the distinct sound of wooden boards breaking came from above the carriage.
Fortunately, there were several layers of bedding and straw mats to cushion the impact, so the wood on the top of the carriage was not broken.
The noise made by the huge hailstones really scared both of them.
Lu Qingqing found a bamboo hat with a thick veil from the pile of miscellaneous items and handed it to Old Man Zhuang.
Seeing that he still wanted to refuse, he put it on his head directly.
At this time, she climbed up the pile of debris and came between Old Man Zhuang and Qin Lang.
He grabbed Qin Lang's sleeve with one hand and placed the other hand on Old Man Zhuang's shoulder.
Old man Zhuang froze all over. He was not used to interacting with people.
It was because the situation was urgent that Old Man Zhuang thought she was nervous and scared, so he didn't shake her off.
He didn't know that Lu Qingqing was ready to knock him out at any time.
Fortunately, the hail stopped after a while.
Hearing that there was no movement on the roof of the carriage, the two men lifted the curtain and looked outside.
Then the hail from the sky had indeed stopped.
On the ground, there was a thick layer of hail.
The two men came down with the wooden box on their heads, kicked away the hail on the ground, stood firm and looked at the carriage.
At this time, almost none of the wooden boxes on the roof were in order.
There's either a hole here or a crack there.
There was a pile of hailstones on the straw mat on the roof of the carriage.
There are all sizes of them inside, and the largest one is almost as big as a hand.
I think the loud noise just now was caused by this hail.
On the other side, the boxes on top of the awning were also smashed.
There was even a hole in the awning.
The hail fell from between the two boxes.
Fortunately, it didn't hit the horse.
Fearing that hail would fall again, the two men did not dare to take off the wooden boxes above their heads.
Just like that, I carried the box and started packing.