Chapter 101: Rebirth in the '90s: The Tyrannical Flower, Chapter 101: Leaking Chai Family Old House Neighbor's Roof

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

"I really can't sleep... All right, Sister-in-law, our two families are this close, and it's hot out, I still have to go home to feed the cattle." Chai Mi bade farewell to Zhang Hailan, leading Chai Xiu home.

Come to think of it, after visiting her maternal aunt's home and delivering some homegrown vegetables, she brought back several catties of mutton and plenty of snacks on the return trip.

She came out ahead.

Chai Mi couldn't help sighing: Her maternal aunt was still too formal.

But this was probably how relatives should behave.

After getting home and settling everything, a sudden downpour began, fortunately Chai Mi had set out early, otherwise she would have been drenched to the bone by now.

Chai Mi was about to ask Chai Youqing if he had eaten when the house went pitch black in an instant...

It wasn't bad luck brought by Chai Youqing, but a power outage.

The transformers of this era were unstable, so power outages were normal.

Chai Mi, familiar with the routine, found two candles, placed them on pull-tab cans and lit them, and the house finally had some light.

"Dad, have you eaten?"

"Not hungry."

"I got some snacks from my maternal aunt's place, eat a bit."

"Not eating."

"Eat it or don't. You're something else—I tell you to eat and you won't, but once no one's around, you won't miss a single bite." Chai Mi scolded him in annoyance.

Chai Youqing then took the snacks and nibbled at them perfunctorily.

Chai Mi returned to her own room, burned more firewood, and the room grew warm, the kang head also toasty. Though it was summer, rainy days were the easiest time to get rheumatism.

A warm kang head was still the most nostalgic thing.

Sitting on the kang head, listening to raindrops striking the glass on the window, Chai Mi murmured: "This is what summer should be like."

The next second.

Drip drip drip drip...

The roof began to leak, rainwater following the cracks in the roof, passing over purlins and rafters and eaves, and falling onto the kang head...

Chai Mi: "......"

When it rains, it pours?!

Chai Mi then cursed: You useless old heavens, praise you one bit and you don't even know your own surname anymore.

Chai Mi put on a conical hat, took a piece of plastic sheeting, and went out.

"Sister, it's pouring, what are you going out for?"

Chai Mi glanced impatiently at Chai Xiu: "What do you think I'm doing? The roof is leaking... am I supposed to count on your father?"

Chai Youqing was naturally out of the question; although he had come over hearing the noise, thinking to go up himself, after all Chai Youqing was not nimble, and since being beaten black and blue by Chai Mi's uncles a few days ago, his face was still swollen and his gait unsteady.

"Fine, stay in the room. Before the rain, what were you thinking..."

"I heard the weather forecast said no rain..." Chai Youqing answered somewhat awkwardly.

The roof leaking wasn't a matter of a day or two. Basically, whenever it rained hard, Chai Mi's house leaked.

This had almost become an unsolvable problem.

Though the roof was cement, too little cement had been used at first, and over time it began to crack open on its own; plugging with mud didn't work. Laying plastic sheeting could only address the urgent need—once the wind blew, the sheeting would be blown away, or shattered by the sun.

"Wait till I make some money in a while, then our family should rebuild a new house."

Chai Youqing hesitated: The family could barely afford to put Chai Xiu through school now; rebuilding a house was too far off.

Chai Mi glanced back at Chai Xiu: "You stay put in the room, don't follow me. I'll go up and fix it myself, then come down. It's raining hard outside, you just rest quietly."

Chai Mi also said to Chai Youqing: "You don't speak either, so I can work without distraction. Your leg isn't steady, your face is swollen, afraid of getting wet in the rain. Just wait honestly for me to come back."