The three villages camped together. Anyone who had bought a tarpaulin at home would put it over the tent to prevent it from raining in the middle of the night. However, there were some who were disobedient and did not prepare any tarpaulins, including Wang Wu's family.

Wang Wu's family is considered a strange family in the village. Wang Wu's wife is Aunt Wu. She was the one who said something sarcastic when Li Qiuge fell into the river. She also doesn't get along with Aunt Guihua. She is considered a gossip in the village! Even Shi Sisi is afraid of her. Wang Wu's wife gossiped about her everywhere, which shows how powerful this woman is!

It's not that this woman's fighting ability is so strong, but that Wang Wu's wife is so good at making up lies. As long as you give her a reason, she can make up a story, and she can make it sound like the truth, with details and details! Very annoying!

"It's almost winter, why are we still preparing tarpaulins? We just have money but nowhere to spend it. We didn't buy any, so I wasted the money! Shi Dalang is showing off, wanting everyone in the village to be like his family! He's wasting money on useless things!" Wang Wu's wife saw that everyone in the village was fiddling with tarpaulins, so she cursed.

"You bitch, didn't I tell you to be like the villagers when we set out? What about going to the city to buy a tarpaulin? You didn't buy the tarpaulin?!" Wang Wu only realized now that his family didn't even prepare a tarpaulin!

His wife started to speak with confidence, "How much money do we have? Don't you have any idea? That rain sheet costs a lot of money, why should we buy it? Besides, we are only traveling for more than a month, why do we have to buy that rain sheet? No, I was the only one who didn't buy it. Didn't Shi Quezi's family buy it? And Shi Guanggun at the east end of the village, and the lazy meat family, didn't they all buy it? Shi Dalang is just trying to scare people, why is it raining when winter is almost here!" In fact, Wang Wu's wife also wanted to buy the rain sheet, but when she asked in the city, she was told that it cost half a tael of silver. She couldn't bear to spend it no matter what, and she was also angry in her heart. Why did they listen to Shi Dalang and Li Qiuge! She wouldn't buy it!

"You fucking woman, you don't even know how to live your life. You don't know when to save and when to spend! It's not a waste to buy that rain sheet! At least it can be used for a lifetime! Why don't you buy it?! Everyone in the village has prepared it, but we don't have it. Do you want us all to become drowned rats?" Wang Wu was really angry at this time. He came to his wife and slapped her in the face!

Wang Wu's wife was originally afraid of her husband. When she saw that her husband was really angry, she hurriedly explained, "Father of the child, why did you hit me? In front of the child? Besides, it's not that I really don't want to buy it. The rain cloth is too expensive, one piece costs half a tael of silver. There are several of us, plus my parents, it would cost more than one tael of silver. How can our family have so much money! Even if I want to buy it, I don't have it!" After saying that, he rubbed his face.

"Stop talking nonsense. When did our family become so poor that we can't even afford a few pieces of rain cloth? And you still compare yourself with those lazy guys in the village. I work diligently on the farm. I can save, not to mention 7 or 8 taels a year, but I can still save 2 or 3 taels. Where did all the money go? We rarely eat meat a year, and we only make a set of clothes for the children during the Chinese New Year. We don't buy anything, and my parents don't even take medicine, but they're still in good health. How come we have no money?!" Wang Wu became even angrier at this time!

Although he doesn't take care of family affairs, it doesn't mean he doesn't care. He knows exactly how much the family spends on food and drink in a year. Although his wife has a bad mouth, she is quite good at managing life, so he knows how much money the family saves.

"Dad, I know I was wrong, but beating me won't solve the problem right now. Besides, it doesn't look like it's going to rain in this weather. Why don't we just wait until there is a village or town and buy some?" Wang Wu's wife still felt that it wouldn't rain tonight!

"You, a spendthrift woman, just don't know the seriousness of the matter. Not only did Shi Dalang say that it will rain tonight, but even the experienced elders in the village can see that it will rain heavily tonight! We still have a lot of food, clothes and quilts on our cart. What should we do if it rains heavily? The food will be soaked and will become spoiled. What will our family eat and drink then? Are we going to eat grass roots and tree bark like those refugees? Or do you think that there will be kind people in the village to give us food? We are not local residents of Shijia Village! Even if someone gives us food, it will only be enough for one or two meals. We still have to walk for more than a month!" Wang Wu told his spendthrift wife about the interests involved.

At this time, Wang Wu's wife also felt scared. Yes, no matter whether it was real rain or fake rain, once it rained, her family's food and other things would definitely be destroyed!

"Son, I think you should go to Shi Dalang's house. He has a lot of money and must have prepared a lot of things. If you can buy two rain cloths, you can buy two. We can use one for the others and the other to cover the food on the cart." Wang Wu's mother also hurriedly suggested. They also blamed their daughter-in-law. How could she be so stingy that she didn't even buy the things she needed! But what can they do? The incident has already happened, so they have to find a way to solve it quickly!

"Mom, I'll go and try. I don't know if they're willing to sell us a piece!" Wang Wu said to his mother and hurried to Shi Dalang's house. If he went too late, he wouldn't want to disturb them because they were asleep.

When Wang Wu arrived at Shi Dalang's house, Li Qiuge and her mother had already lain down in the carriage. Shi Dalang and Ye Yi were still awake and talking around the fire. When they saw Wang Wu from the village coming over, they quickly got up!

Wang Wu got nervous when he saw Shi Dalang, but he had to say something, so he scratched the back of his head and said embarrassedly, "Brother Dalang, do you have any extra rain cloths? I think if you have some, can you sell me two? My spendthrift wife actually forgot to buy rain cloths! When we came out, I told her many times, but she still forgot to buy one. You said we can hold on after getting soaked, but you said the food and quilts on the cart, if they get soaked, we will have no way to survive!"

When Shi Dalang heard this, he realized that they had indeed bought a lot of rain cloths this time. Not to mention two pieces, they also had four or five pieces.

"So that's what's happening. We still have rain cloths here, so I'll give you two. Are two enough? How about you take three?" Shi Dalang asked Wang Wu.

Wang Mai didn't expect that Shi Dalang was so easy to talk to. He said that his family only needed to buy two pieces and would go buy things when they found a place where they could buy things.

"Brother Dalang, thank you so much. We'll buy two pieces to use as a makeshift. Although they're a little crowded, it's fine as long as they don't get wet. Brother Dalang, do you know how much the fish cloth costs?" Wang Wu asked embarrassedly.

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