Chapter 586 The Mountain Rain is Coming (4)_1
Despite the wild fruits being quite tasty when ripe, there were simply too many to finish. Mo Yan didn’t want the hard-earned fruits to rot in the cellar, so she sorted them and washed those suitable for brewing into wine, gradually making batches of liquor, while the rest were turned into various kinds of candied fruits on sticks.
She shared some of the candied fruits with the friendly families in the village, and the majority were taken to the grain shop. Initially, she thought that selling a few would be good enough, and keeping the leftovers to eat slowly wasn’t bad either. Unexpectedly, there were quite a number of buyers, mostly customers who came to buy rice and were attracted by the good appearance and variety. They thought it looked delicious and were happy to pay for a few to give to their children as snacks.
On the night of August 24th, clusters of oppressive black clouds slowly covered the scattered stars in the sky, and before long, a torrential downpour began, accompanied by a continuous roar of thunder.
This storm had come without any warning. A clap of thunder exploded beside her ear, awakening the already fast asleep Mo Yan. She sat up in alarm, clutching her wildly beating heart, her mind in turmoil, as if something bad had happened.
Liu Tinglan, also deep in slumber, was startled awake by Mo Yan’s sudden movement. She sleepily opened her eyes, reached out to the left, and grabbed her good sister’s slightly sweaty right hand, asking with concern, "Yanyan, what’s wrong? Are you scared of the thunder?"
Mo Yan absentmindedly shook her head, her face pale with the unclear panic that made her look unwell. She massaged her head, trying to sort out the source of her restlessness, worried that it might be a bad omen like the nightmares she had experienced last year, signaling that something bad was about to happen.