Time Travel: A Fisherwoman Goes to the Sea to Raise a Baby

Chapter 429 Taking shelter from the rain in a dilapidated temple

An old man and a child stood in the dilapidated temple. The pungent smell of dust mixed with a heavy humidity wafted straight into their noses.

"Ah - sneeze!"

The crisp sound of sneezing echoed in the dilapidated temple. Er'er sneezed several times in a row, and after a while, she rubbed her nose, trying to suppress her discomfort.

She turned to the side, deliberately avoiding looking at the half-collapsed statues in the dilapidated temple.

The temple had been in ruins for who knows how long. The paint on the faces of the deities had long since peeled off, revealing the dark yellow clay beneath. The statues seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and crying but not crying, making them particularly eerie in the dead of night.

Gusts of sea breeze poured in through the cracks in the walls and broken window frames, like howling ghosts, carrying the coolness of the rain and relentlessly blowing down their necks.

Er'er shrank back a little in fear: "Master, I brought a tinderbox, can we start a fire now?"

When she came in, she looked around in the flash of lightning and saw some firewood in front of the hall.

Upon hearing this, Wu Yunzhi went over to take a look and shook his head: "The firewood is all wet. Let's make do for now. Maybe the rain will stop soon."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a bolt of lightning struck down.

Wu Yunzhi shivered. Before the rain, Er'er said he had smelled moisture.

The two were in the middle of nowhere, with no village or shop in sight, so they had no choice but to continue their journey.

Fortunately, I saw the dilapidated temple before the rain started.

I thought I could get some shelter from the rain, but not long after the rain started, water poured down from the collapsed roof on the other side, leaving the floor all wet.

The two of them can only squeeze together in a corner now, looking rather aggrieved.

Listening to the pattering rain on the roof tiles, like raindrops scattering beans, the rainwater stubbornly continued to flow down from the leaks in the eaves, forming a small, dark puddle not far in front of me.

"Master, are you cold? I have some clean clothes here."

Er'er sat on the bundle and glanced up at Wu Yunzhi's clothes, which were soaked by the rain.

"It's alright! A little wet hem is fine, but this awful weather is just unbearable. I wonder if it will stop tomorrow!"

Wu Yunzhi sighed deeply. After the caravan reached the Qiongzhou Strait, the two disembarked.

We are still in Shecheng County at this moment.

"Gurgle..."

As soon as Wu Yunzhi finished speaking, Er'er heard a chirping sound in her ears.

Even amidst such heavy rain, the sound was still clearly audible.

Er'er looked at him with a completely innocent expression: "Master, are you hungry?"

Before he could even stubbornly shake his head, Er'er quickly unpacked the bundle next to him.

"Cakes! Dried fruit, pork jerky, and small fish, Master, what would you like to eat?"

Er'er flipped through the list and found that fried rice and fried noodles were also edible, but there was no water to rinse them right now.

We can only eat something else, something simple.

Wu Yunzhi swallowed hard and couldn't resist taking the pancake that she offered.

"It's all thanks to your eldest sister, otherwise we would definitely be starving tonight."

He had lost count of how many times he had expressed this sentiment. Although he had been a traveling doctor for many years, this was the first time he had gone out so well prepared.

It's so complete, so complete that even in this situation, you won't go hungry.

He quickly bit off a piece of the pancake and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Eat slowly, there's more."

Er'er patted him on the back and casually stuffed the dried fish into his hand.

"My older sister said that you must have been eating irregularly when you were traveling as a doctor, which is why your stomach is always uncomfortable."

Er'er took a small bite of the pancake, just about to say something more.

Suddenly, someone rushed in through the door.

"Damn it, this rain is too heavy..."

……

"Quickly, quick, let's hide in the dilapidated temple."

Er'er and Wu Yunzhi exchanged a glance, and several burly men, soaking wet and exuding a menacing aura, burst into the entrance of the dilapidated temple.

The leader looked around and suddenly spotted the master and apprentice huddled in the corner, looking like they couldn't even kill a chicken.

He chuckled, "Hey! There are actually two drowned rats in this godforsaken place! Old man, be smart and hand over your valuables..."

He clearly saw the several large bags around Er'er.

It's obvious that they've got something special about them.

Before he could finish speaking, Wu Yunzhi stood up swiftly and kicked the man away.

A muffled thud!

The burly man felt a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen. His massive body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily at the feet of the statue with a thud, splashing up a cloud of mud and water.

Just then, a pale bolt of lightning suddenly tore through the night, instantly illuminating the temple as if it were daytime. The broken statues, spiderwebs, and crumbling beams all revealed their hideous forms in that instant.

"A ghost! Oh my god!"

The burly man was so frightened that he let out a scream and scrambled backward on all fours.

"Want more?"

Wu Yunzhi spoke indifferently, looking at the person in front of him as if he were an ant.

"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! This kid has lost his mind. I will definitely discipline him more. Please forgive him this time."

Seeing that Wu Yunzhi still intended to make a move, a thin old man quickly stepped forward.

Wu Yunzhi glanced at him sideways and snorted coldly, "Give him a chance, then get lost!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the group of people ran out the same way they had come in.

"Go to sleep! With this rain, we definitely can't leave. Get some sleep! Your master is here to protect you."

Wu Yunzhi turned around, gently rubbed Er'er's little head, and said softly.

Er'er stretched out her legs and pinched her calves with her little hands: "Master, will there be wild animals at night?"

This was the little girl's first time traveling far from home, so she had a lot on her mind.

"Whether it's a human or a wild beast, as long as they come, Master can take them down one by one."

Wu Yunzhi said nonchalantly, kicking the small pile of firewood in front of the hall to a relatively dry spot, while he squatted down not far from Er'er to keep watch.

As the night wore on, the wind and rain continued, but compared to the previous raging storm, they were much calmer now.

Wu Yunzhi glanced at the firewood, which was almost dry by now.

He took out a tinderbox from his chest and it took him some effort to light it.

He moved the pile of firewood closer to Er'er, stoked it to make it burn brighter, and the flickering flames barely dispelled a small circle of darkness, bringing warmth as well.

Er'er was wrapped in the robe that Xu Yiyi had bought for her, with only half of her face showing. Her eyes were closed, but her long eyelashes trembled from time to time, clearly indicating that she was not sleeping soundly.

"Big sister... Master..."

She murmured something in a dreamlike voice.

"Yes, Master is here."

Wu Yunzhi glanced down at her, his voice low and reassuring: "Sleep soundly! The rain will stop soon, and it will be better by dawn."

Whether the little girl heard him or not, she gradually fell asleep after he said those words.

As dawn approached, the rain indeed gradually subsided, leaving only the intermittent dripping sound from the eaves, constantly tapping on the stone steps, making a continuous "drip-drip" sound.

……

The next morning.

First, a few rays of dawn peeked in through the cracks in the roof and windows of the dilapidated temple. Soon, the sky was bright, and the clear chirping of birds rang out.

Er'er opened her eyes groggily.

"Master?" The little girl trembled in fright; she was the only one left in the dilapidated temple.

She hurriedly threw off the robe covering her and ran out in a panic.

"Are you awake?"

Wu Yunzhi turned around, a gentle smile on his face: "Why are you so frightened?"

Er'er scratched her head sheepishly: "I thought something had happened to Master."

“Once you’re awake, let’s pack our things and go! I just took a look, and I walked this road seven or eight years ago. Although it has changed a lot, if I remember correctly, it’s not far from Shecheng County. Let’s hurry on our way and have a hot breakfast.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Er'er quickly ran back and packed up the several bundles.

The master and his apprentice stepped out of the low threshold of the dilapidated temple, one after the other.

The outside was a mess, and the muddy water had not completely receded.

The road was very muddy and difficult to walk on.