Originally at ease while drying his wife's hair, Jiang Hu heard Erniang's words and suddenly slapped his thigh: "Oh no! The chickens haven't returned yet!"
After speaking, he couldn't continue drying her hair and left the towel on Erniang's head. He grabbed the wet clothes he had just changed out of, used them to shield against the rain, and ran outside.
Erniang quickly followed a few steps: "Tiger Brother, wait a moment, put on a coir hat and rain cape first."
"I know, Erniang, you stay inside, don't come out." By the time Jiang Hu responded, he had already entered the adjacent room.
A moment later, Jiang Hu came out wearing a coir hat and rain cape, rolled up his trouser legs, donned straw sandals, and headed towards the back of the house.
The heavy rain came too suddenly, and both the wild and domestic chickens were still outside.
