226 I Came from the Sea (13)
The rain came quickly and suddenly, and the river swelled at an unexpected rate. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
A few days after the rescue, Xiaoxi realized why the stone widow was hesitant to save people in the first place.
At first, Xiaoxi and others kept being at a safe distance near the water line, helping people in distress and giving first aid.
They provide the right amount of food and water, and let the refugees renovate in their compounds, and after the first few days, they let them go to the mountains to set up temporary shelter on their own. There was already a water source on the mountain, but the plants that had died in the drought soon grew wildly due to the abundant rain. After the flood began, the number of animals increased a lot, and with a little effort, they were able to survive the storm.
Because their help was very thorough and caring, more and more people came to join them, and even some people who had been rescued returned to take refuge in front of Ji Ran and Xiaoxi after relieving themselves.
At this time, the people were relatively simple, so that they did not come up with many tricks, and the rescued people were safe and full of gratitude.
But the problem is, there are too many people!
This flood lasted less than ten days, and the place in sight was full of water except for Yin Mountain.
And Yinshan, which was originally very spacious, soon became lively and crowded.
From afar, there was still a steady stream of people coming in fragile boats.
Those people can't afford another long journey.
The creek has little food and water left.
Although the people who have settled down will also come to help spontaneously.
But because of the continuous rain, the animals and plants rotted, and the water source was almost all polluted.
Without dry firewood, it is difficult to boil muddy water.
Not to mention the animals in the mountains, if they want to eat in their stomachs, they can't find a way to cook them over the fire.
Heavy rains brought not only the swelling of rivers and the shortage of food and clean water, but also many typhoid fever and diseases, which were even more fatal.
How well can a temporary shelter made of wet wood withstand wind and rain?
Creek: No amount of clean laundry they have.
After more than 20 days, their reserves were almost depleted, even if they saved.
Almost every day, more people kneel on the ground, praying to God that the wind and rain will stop.
I don't know if it was the pious attitude that moved the sky, or if the dragon lord finally had enough fun, and after nearly a month of rain, it finally cleared up for three days.
After that, although there were still a few drizzling rains from time to time, everyone finally eased up.
The rest of the time is to wait for the waters to recede and to fight the disease.
The Stone Widow's identification and familiarity with animals and plants came in handy at this time.
She's not a bad person, she's just afraid of trouble, and she doesn't want to affect her and Creek's life.
Xiaoxi threw all her family money into the disaster, and she scolded and cursed, but finally followed to help.
The daughter was born to collect debts from her, as long as the daughter is happy, what does it matter if she suffers.
What's more, Ji Ran's background, what is their little family background, they have passed the difficulties together, and it is possible to have a good life as they want.
Taking advantage of the extreme drought and flooding, the Stone Widow taught the creek many things that were not usually unrecognizable.
Winged fish, fire-breathing beasts, walking plants, and a white-headed wild cat unique to Yin Mountain.
The stone widow called them "pomegranates" and said that they were "tengus" to ward off evil spirits.
She also seized the opportunity to catch one for Xiaoxi and asked Xiaoxi to keep it by her side.
The pomegranate was snow-white, and Xiaoxi thought it was strange to call it "Pomegranate", so she named it "Snow White".
Don't you know, to other people, Snow White is more than a little weirder than the durian.
Fortunately, Snow White is really arrogant, ignoring Xiaoxi, and often grinning at the stone widow, but she is very worthy of its title of princess.
Brook loves Snow White very much, so even though the tsundere Snow White barely pays attention to her, she is very patient to smooth Snow White's hair and find her favorite food.
Cats and dogs probably naturally like to be coarse, so after touching the creek a few times, it slowly likes it too.
There is less and less vigilance and repulsion, and even as soon as the stream stretches out its hand, it obediently lies at the foot of the stream, meekly in a mess.
But if the brook wants to do anything other than smooth the hair, Snow White immediately turns back into her tsundere.
Xiaoxi knows that animals are sensitive by nature, and they can see good and bad better than humans, so they are extremely patient and honest with Bai Xue.
Snow White was irritable and hurt the creek a few times, but she never lost her temper with the creek again, and became very clingy to the creek, and followed it every step of the way wherever she went.
The stone widow took the brook to the mountains to collect medicine, and Snow White followed the brook as usual.
Snow White originally grew up in the mountains, and the stone widow was afraid that she would not be able to catch it back if it was wild in the mountains, so she wanted to tie Snow White back to the yard with a rope.
Xiaoxi said: "Mother, let it follow." ”
The stone widow chased Snow White with a rope, and when she heard this, she said, "You like it so much, aren't you afraid that it will run away?" ”
"If it was to run, it would have run away a long time ago, and it hadn't been tied in days."
"After all, it grows in the wild, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to control it when I go into the mountains, so you don't have to cry when the time comes." The stone widow tossed the rope in her hand aside and clapped her hands.
Xiaoxi blushed and said to the stone widow, "Can you not keep mentioning that incident!" "Many people and animals died in the drought and floods, and that day the brook saw a dying calf, skinny and with big eyes full of mist.
She was moved to tears somehow, and when the stone widow passed by, she saw her crouching beside a dead cow crying, and then she kept laughing at her.
Since I was a child, I haven't cried much, so I can't let the stone widow rarely do it that time.
The stone widow smiled perfunctorily and said, "Okay! I didn't mention anything, you just want your Snow White. ”
She continued: "I saved myself trouble, this guy is running too fast!" If it hadn't been greedy, it wouldn't have caught it. ”
Xiaoxi squatted down, looked into Snow White's eyes and said, "A-Niang and I are going to the mountains to collect medicine, you can follow if you want to go, but you must be obedient." ”
Snow White's eyes narrowed, "Grenades!" ”
"Well, don't slip away!" Xiaoxi poured out three of her favorite vermilion fruits from the sachet beside her, fed one to Snow White's mouth, and after showing Snow White the other two, she put the sachet back: "If you come back with me obediently, you can eat the remaining two, you know?" ”
Originally, there were a lot of this Zhu Guo on the Yin Mountain, but after the rain, there was not much left, and they were all collected by the stream.
Snow White stretched out her tongue and licked the tip of her nose, which became bright red because of Zhu Guo, and the tip of her nose that had been licked was also dyed a bright red.
It looked at Xiaoxi's hand with wide eyes unconsciously, and only after it understood that it was impossible for the two vermilion fruits to be taken out again, did it shout twice more.
Xiaoxi rubbed Snow White's furry head again and followed the stone widow towards the back mountain.
Because of the continuous heavy rain before, although the weather was clear, the mud that came out did not disperse so quickly, and the mountain road became more and more rugged.
The stone widow handed a wooden staff to the stream, and the two of them walked cautiously one after the other, each on a crutche.
Snow White jumped from tree to tree with ease.
At first, it was honestly not far from the creek, but after a while, it disappeared.
Seeing Xiaoxi's calm face, the stone widow went with it, and it was a big deal to catch a small grenade and come back.
Thinking like this, both of them ignored Snow White and walked for a while, only to hear Snow White's grenade sound suddenly coming.
Fast and urgent, the mother and daughter of Xiaoxi were startled, and hurriedly ran in the direction of the sound.