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Chapter 10 Digging the Ground
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and it doesn't stop, as if it wants to make up for the rain that has been missing in the past few years.

You can't hold on like this!

Ren Ning looked left and right, grabbed a pickaxe, and started digging on the mountain bank.

You Meng looked at him blankly, "Brother Ning, what are you doing?"

"I don't know when it will rain. The surrounding area is bare, so I have to dig a hole to hide from the rain. Otherwise, the cold can kill people."

"The problem is that the pit is full of water, how to hide?" You Meng was even more at a loss.

"After digging in, dig the tunnel diagonally upwards."

The eyes of the men around were brightened, and they all found tools and started working.

It's just that the evacuation was in a hurry, and most people only had a meat cutting or chopping knife in their hands, which was of no use.But no one hesitated, and they all desperately helped dig the soil.

The grassland has been dry for several years, and the soil is hard and difficult to dig.Fortunately, there were no rocks in the soil, so the digging went smoothly.

The human will to survive has always been strong.Two hours later, a hole in the earth that could squeeze in twenty people was dug out.

The rain has been falling non-stop, and the tall Youmeng's lips are now a little pale from the cold.

He was a little embarrassed, "Brother Ning, go in and rest. We will do the rest by ourselves."

If Ren Ning only digs his own hole, it will naturally not take as long as two hours.It is estimated that he can finish the work in less than an hour, and then get into it and have a good sleep.

But he didn't, and has been working silently with the Lanman people.

You Meng saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.

Ren Ning nodded without refusing.

After being exposed to the rain for so long, he was also tired and cold, and the wound on his body was even hotter and painful, reminding him of the limit of his body.

Go quickly into the hole.

The cave was dry and even had a warm earthy smell.

Ren Ning checked around and soon breathed a sigh of relief.

The numbers displayed by the golden finger are all yellow 0s, obviously this "cave dwelling" will not collapse anytime soon.

He sat down to rest in relief.

After a while, a group of shivering children got into the hole.A few older children in the back dragged in two dirty sheep carcasses, which crowded the whole "cave dwelling" to the brim.

Ren Ning glanced at them.

After all, the leather shed outside was hastily sewn together from animal skins, and it was not practical.It keeps leaking water.Old people and children hiding in sheds are only better than men standing in the rain, and there is no way to hide.

The children were all wet, and their faces were pale with cold.After entering, they tried to nest together to keep each other warm.However, from time to time, some people still snort and spittle.

"What are you doing in a daze! Don't you know it's cold?" Ren Ning took off his clothes and was treating the wound on his body.He couldn't help yelling: "Why don't you take off your clothes quickly and wipe off the water on your body?"

The boys uttered an "uh" and took off their clothes immediately.

The girls looked at each other.

"It's this time, why are you still shy?" Ren Ning shook his head speechlessly.

"Boys face me, girls face the other way. Dry off, wring out clothes before putting them on."

"Your parents and grandparents let you go into the cave to hide from the rain. They wanted you to live. If you were sick and died, who would care if you were male or female or what you looked like? Are you worthy of your parents and grandparents outside?"

This is true.

The children looked out worriedly and got busy.

Ren Ning ignored them.

There are not many life-seekers in his hand, but fortunately, except for a few particularly large wounds, most of the other wounds have already healed.If you squeeze it, the life-seeking grass is still barely enough.

It's a pity that there was such a big fire just outside, and it might not be easy to find some life-seekers for backup in the future.

Ren Ning applied the medicine carefully, and re-bandaged those hideous wounds.

After finishing all this, he looked up.

The children had already changed their clothes at some point and were staring at him dumbfounded.

Both men and women on the grassland have often ridden and wrestled since they were young, and there are many scars on their bodies.But they had never seen a person like Ren Ning, his whole body was tattered and full of scars, and there was hardly a piece of flesh that was smooth.

Some bold ones couldn't help but utter, "Brother, people in Yunchui often say that they can be cut to death by a thousand swords, and the crime is heinous. Are they talking about people like you?"

Cough cough!
The older kid next to him was startled, coughed a few times in embarrassment, and hurried over to cover the kid's mouth.

Ren Ning chuckled and didn't bother to pay attention.

"Don't be in a daze. Find a way to build a fire, which can be used for warmth and barbecue. Your parents and grandparents outside have been raining, cold and hungry, but they can't last long."

After speaking, he ate some of his own rations, closed his eyes and rested.

No matter where they are, it is the ability of soldiers to fall asleep instantly and restore physical strength.He soon fell into a deep sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Ren Ning woke up.

The small cave in front of me is full of choking smoke, which is also mixed with the smell of barbecue.

The children actually lit a fire and were silently roasting the mutton.

After finally someone roasted a piece of meat, the children around were croaking with hunger, but they just watched eagerly, but no one made a sound.

A little girl about ten years old ignored the heat, grabbed the piece of barbecue, and quickly climbed to the entrance of the cave.

She yelled at the rain curtain, "Grandfather, granddaughter roasted mutton. Please don't collect firewood, come back and eat something to hide from the rain."

The little girl yelled several times with crying, but there was only the sound of heavy rain outside, and no one answered.

After a while, she gave up.

The little girl crawled back with tears streaming down her face, and stuffed the meat into the hands of a little boy, "Grandfather can't come back. Eat it, little brother."

Ren Ning watched all this indifferently, he could figure it out without going out.

The elderly people outside knew that even if Youmeng and the others worked hard, they would not be able to dig enough caves for nearly a hundred people to hide from the rain, so they left the leather shed to collect unburned shrubs or weeds.

Some managed to collect some things and came back, but more were hungry and cold and collapsed on the road or were washed away by the flood, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.

The rainstorm was crazy and kept falling.

After resting enough, Ren Ning also went out to help a few times.Everyone worked together and finally dug out two other cave dwellings in the middle of the night, allowing the remaining Lanmans to hide in them.

The torrential rain lasted for three days and three nights, and they also stayed in the cave for three days and three nights.It was not until the morning of the fourth day that the rain gradually weakened and finally stopped.

Ren Ning climbed out.

He raised his head to look at the clear blue sky, and then looked down at the grassland that had completely turned into the sea. Hearing the sound of the flood in his ears, he suddenly felt that he had traveled through it again.

"Oh my god! We finally survived." You Meng walked over with his swollen eyes wide open.

"Yeah, I finally survived!" Ren Ning nodded.

It is said that what cannot be killed will eventually become stronger.However, as early as yesterday, Youmeng counted the remaining population of the whole clan.

This statistic made his heart bleed.

There used to be nearly 60 people of the Lanmang tribe, but now there are less than [-] people left.All the elderly people who got older never reappeared.

"The rain stopped, Brother Ning, are you leaving?" You Meng bent down and washed his face in the muddy sewage on the ground.

Ren Ning glanced at him.

It turned out to be a very handsome man, not much older than Ren Ning.It's just that there is an obvious scar at the corner of his right eye, which makes him look a little more cold and calm.

Ren Ning did not answer directly, but asked instead: "What are you going to do?"

"There's nothing left, what else can I do?" You Meng raised his hand and pointed to the south, "I'm going to take my people to see the Kailun tribe over there."

"Their three patriarchs and I have some life-threatening friendship. It shouldn't be a problem to borrow some food and some cattle and sheep. Just pay him back in the future."

"Of course," he sighed, "on the premise that they don't suffer from these two catastrophes."

Ren Ning nodded and looked south.

Is it the Karen tribe?

(End of this chapter)