Chapter 218: Disaster

The people of the Lin family heard the shouts of the annunciators from afar, and the Shunzi who had climbed to the roof hung the bamboo pole with firecrackers from the roof, Baozhu and Jialiang took the fire fold and blew it, and the other stabilized the fuse of the firecracker and put it on the fire fold, while the Shunzi vigorously picked up the bamboo pole, the firecracker exploded over the mouth of the official hat alley, and the crackling firecracker explosion was instantly heard far away.

The firecracker crumbs flying in the sky and the smell of gunpowder smoke that quickly spread, greeted the first group of messengers to the Lin family, and the Shunzi family and the Wang family in the courtyard had already carried out the basket containing copper coins. Qin Yongqiang took a step forward and climbed up to the roof along the ladder, just in the sound of the gongs of the errand to announce the good news, with the sound of crackling firecrackers and firecracker crumbs flying all over the sky, Qin Yong picked up the copper coins in the basket and threw them out with all his might.

Crackling, it's the explosion of firecrackers!

Ding, it is the crisp sound of the copper coin landing!

"Throw the money! Throwing money ......" is the cheers of the onlookers!

Qiu Chen's face was full of smiles, but his eyes were sparkling. After receiving the good news, he invited two messengers to come in for tea, but were politely rejected by the two interesting messengers. Qiu Chen gave a look, Yufeng sent a red envelope of five taels of silver to Baozhu, and handed it to the messenger by Baozhu, who took it with joy on his face, and took it with a happy face, and the red seal was in his hand, his face was full of joy, and the two of them congratulated him again and again, and then resigned.

After a while, the sound of firecrackers just fell, the second, third, and fourth...... The people who reported the good news also rushed over, received the red envelopes of two taels one by one, and thanked them with satisfaction. Qiu Chen took Yufeng, Chunxiang and Shunzi's family back to the inner courtyard.

The neighbors who watched the excitement at the door grabbed the copper coins, and they all went to the door to congratulate them, while Baozhu and Jialiang stood at the head of the door and bowed their hands one by one.

It was lively for two quarters of an hour, and I don't know how many people who reported the good news before it was finished. Qiu Chenfeng's red seal is still left.

Qiu Chen smiled and waved his hand: "The whole family will be rewarded with one tael, Yuliang will serve well, and two taels!" ”

When the words fell, Yufeng and Chunxiang rushed to kneel down and kowtow to congratulate and thank you. The Shunzi family and the Chen family and the Wang family were one step slower, and they also thanked the reward. Yufeng took the reward money and went out to distribute it.

Qiu Chen instructed Shunzi's family to add vegetables at noon, and Shunzi's family responded, and took Chen's Wang family back to the kitchen to be busy.

The servants of the Lin family got the reward, Shunzi took Baozhu and Jialiang to kowtow outside the moon gate to thank them, and Lin Xu followed Han Jingyu and Yao Yunxiu back.

As soon as he saw Lin Xu, the servants and girls in the courtyard were congratulatory again, Lin Xu nodded with a smile, turned around and arched his hand towards Yao Yunxiu and Han Jingyu, and then went straight through the Moon Gate into the West Courtyard.

All three of them passed the exam, and Han Jingyu unexpectedly entered the first list, but she didn't get the first place, and only got a sixth place, and the joy on her face looked a little reluctant. However, Yao Yunxiu, who only ranked 12th on the second list, couldn't see the slightest depression, and her face was happy and natural with a happy smile.

After passing the college examination, in addition to being able to get the fame of 'Xiucai', the ranking also determines the difference between the government school and the county school. The first 30 are the students who go to the government to study, receive one stone of rice per month, and the fish, meat and salt are supplied by the government, and they can also receive clothes and crowns on time. The status of the students is higher, followed by the enlarged students and the attached students, they do not have the treatment of receiving rice, but the exemption from military service is the same as that of the students of the Liao, and within the family, in addition to themselves, they are also exempted from the second ding errand service.

Fortunately, this time Lin Xu's grades were good, and they all entered the school.

The learning system of the prefectural school is different from that of the prefectural school, which is not full-time, but is taught once every ten years, and the prefectural school teaches for two days, and then the students go home to study. The assessment is conducted once a quarter, and only after passing the assessment can the treatment of the students be maintained. If you fail to pass the assessment for three consecutive quarters, your treatment will be cancelled.

Lin Xu entered the West Courtyard and found Qiu Chen talking for a while, and someone from outside came to spread the word, saying that someone in the neighborhood came to congratulate him.

Qiu Chen hurriedly sent Lin Xu out: "Bring in and take care of it, I asked Daxing to set up a table in the restaurant, and then put it on a lively and lively scene in the courtyard later!" ”

Lin Xu's face was red, and he surrendered with joy on his face: "It's all up to my sister-in-law's arrangement!" ”

After getting the letter, the neighbors and classmates who didn't know each other came to congratulate one after another, and the Lin family set up more than a dozen tables in the courtyard as soon as they entered the courtyard, and the lively and jubilant was so lively that the sun was setting in the west, and the guests gradually dispersed.

Lin Xu and the three of them all drank a little high, so they didn't eat dinner at all, and washed up and rested early.

Early in the morning of the second day, the three of them got up and finished washing, Lin Xu came over to Qiu Chen to say goodbye, Qiu Chen smiled and said: "I asked people to prepare three gifts, you can go and thank the master after dinner!" ”

Everyone stayed in Zhengding Mansion for another two or three days, Lin Xu and Yao Yunxiu and Han Jingyu visited the teacher, and met with classmates, so they left Baozhu and Wang to guard in the house of Zhengding Mansion, Qiu Chen returned with three new Xiucai and returned directly to Anping County.

The two groups of people parted ways in Chengjiadian, Yao Yunxiu and Han Jingyu went south, and Qiu Chen and Lin Xu's uncle and sister-in-law turned west and went back to Liujiaao directly.

As soon as the carriage of the two of them bypassed the corner of the third grandmother's room, a burst of firecrackers sounded at the gate of the Lin family, and Yang Shumeng greeted the children and Pan Jiaqing with a happy face.

Lin Xu hurriedly got out of the car and thanked them one by one, while Qiu Chen picked up Afu Aman and got into the car, and went all the way back to Lin's house.

After successfully passing the hospital examination, Lin Xu became the first talent in Liu Jiaao's history, which was inevitably a sensation.

When Qiu Chen and Lin Xu arrived home, the villagers flocked to congratulate them. Qiu Chen, who was very enthusiastic, supported Lin Xu and Yang Shumeng and took Daxing and others to entertain in front, and she went back to the inner courtyard, and familiar neighbors such as Lan Ying's mother-in-law Wang and the third grandmother came to congratulate her, and talked and laughed in the inner courtyard.

On the second day, people from the town and county who got the news of the return of the Lin family's uncle and sister-in-law came to congratulate one after another, and the Lin family was busy for two or three days. Then, the congratulatory guests were wiped out by the heavy rain. Qiu Chen sighed secretly, and finally had a good rest.

Because of the heavy rain, Rob Ma's shed stopped. The crushing of the healing medicine, which is prone to dampness, has also stopped temporarily, and only the manufacturing shed is still operating as usual. The noisy Lin family was much quieter.

On the first day of the heavy rain, everyone was full of joy, when Lin Xu and Qiu Chen were in the provincial capital, the wheat harvest had been completed, and it was raining in the autumn harvest season, which was very timely. The people in the village are thinking that after a day or two of the rain stops, the soil in the fields will dry a little and it will be just in time for autumn sowing.

It rained heavily all day, and as night approached, the rain weakened. The old farmer, who was a little worried, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that the rain doesn't seem to hear the prayers of the people at all, and the rain slows down for less than an hour in the evening, as if it has made a short rest, and after that, the torrential rain falls again, and the heaven and earth become a shijie of water. Yang Shumeng ran out several times to check the water level of the pond, and when the rain became heavy again, he hurriedly took the men of the family to seal the water inlet of the pond. After patrolling up and down Qingshui Creek again, he made sure that the waterway was unobstructed and there was no obstruction, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

The heavy rain continued to fall all night, and the next day it was close to dawn, and the rain eased again, but it did not stop, and became a light rain, which lasted for another two or three days. Qiu Chen was worried about the pepper seedlings in the field, so he braved the rain and stepped on the mud and went to the field to see it twice, fortunately, the Lin family's original three acres of fields were not low, and the drainage was good, and there was no water in the pepper field. But the fields with a little lower lying are a sea of white flowers.

When he came back from the field, the family gathered for lunch, and Yang Shumeng frowned and sighed: "Liujiaao is near the mountain, and the terrain is much higher than other places, and it will flow away when the rain falls." The villages and towns in the south are low-lying, and I don't know if it's raining so much......"

Qiu Chen didn't have any concept of farming, but he also thought about Yang Shuyong and Zhou in Nanmara Lake. The place where the lake can be formed is naturally the lowest-lying place, and if such a heavy rain is poured into the water from all directions, the water level of Nannuma Lake will definitely rise. She didn't worry about the lotus root, fish and shrimp in the lake at this time, as long as Yang Shuyong and his wife and Lao He were fine.

She didn't dare to express her worries, and only prayed secretly in her heart, hoping that the high ground she had chosen was high enough that it would not be flooded.

It backfired, drenching in a light rain for a day, and after stopping for two hours in the evening, it rained again in the middle of the night.

Qiu Chen couldn't wait any longer, and before it was dark, he appeased Yang Shumeng, Lin Xu and others, escorted by Qin Yong and Shen Hu, and didn't bring luggage and girls, rode a horse, put on a robe, and went straight to Nanmarsh Lake.

Even if you ride a horse, you can't go fast in the rain. The mud on the road splashed up with the horses' hooves, splashing all over the face, and the rain hit the face, making people unable to open their eyes. The road is basically covered by white swaying water, and it is difficult to see the direction. Fortunately, Qin Yong and Shen Hu are both very good at identifying the direction of the march, so Qiu Chen will not get lost.

Good day, from Liu Jiaao to Nanmar Lake only two hours, but now the road is muddy, coupled with the heavy rain all the way, not only people are hard, the horses are also extremely hard, running through Anping County, the horses are in the rain to get a misty heat, that is the result of running out of the sweat instantly washed by the heavy rain.

"Shall we rest?" Qiu Chen covered the rain with his hands and shouted loudly to Qin Yong next to him.

Qin Yong's face was solemn, and he waved his hand with rain on his face: "I can't rest, the horses are almost exhausted at this time, and they can't go if they rest." I can only run to the place in one breath and then slowly rest! ”

For these things that he didn't understand, Qiu Chen resolutely listened to the opinions of professionals, continued to control the rouge, and ran into the rain curtain that seemed to be more impermeable in front of him.

When I turned into the road in and out of Nannuma Lake, the bluestone pavement that had been paved before was much easier. Even so, they still ran for nearly three and a half hours before finally reaching the Nanmara Lake settlement.

Seeing the white flowers on the water from a distance, the highland like a floating island, and the still solid houses and sheds on the highland, Qiu Chen took a long breath before he spit it out. Fortunately, fortunately, as long as this highland is still there, then at least it shows that Yang Shuyong and their lives are safe.

Yang Shuyong and Zhou were startled when they saw Qiu Chen, who was covered in muddy water and had no dry place on his body. Zhou took Qiu Chen into the house, and without saying a word, he asked her to take off her wet clothes and cover her under the covers. Qiu Chen was wrapped in a thick quilt and his whole body was like a leaf in the wind and rain, but his eyes were extraordinarily bright, and he only stared at Zhou and smiled.

"Sister-in-law...... You're okay with Big Brother, everyone's fine...... It's good, it's good......"

Zhou sat on the kang all of a sudden, stretched out his hand to hug Qiu Chen and cried, slapping Qiu Chen's back while crying: "You dead girl, are you making me feel distressed, I and your eldest brother still have so many people, what can happen if you have a boat and a car?" Tell me about you, tell me about you, running under such a heavy rain, if there is something on the road...... If you are sick with the cold...... Why do you ask me to tell your brother and our father and mother, how can I see Fu'er...... You look very clever, why are you so ignorant, so worry-free......"

cried for a while, and scolded Yang Shumeng again: "...... Your second brother is a dead man, why don't you know what's stopping you...... It's not like he's hurting his sister......"

Crying and scolding for a while, Qiu Chen's lips were purple, and he wanted to say something to comfort Zhou, he opened his mouth, but he couldn't spit out a word, he just smiled, and the tears were all over his face unconsciously.

After a while, two buckets of hot water came in the kitchen, Zhou grabbed Qiu Chen and pressed it into the bath bucket, took a hot bath comfortably, and turned out the pills left by Qiu Chen, insisting that Qiu Chen pick a pill to dissolve in the water and drink it, watching the bruises on Qiu Chen's face gradually dissipate in the hot fumigation, and his cheeks regained their blood color, and then he took a long sigh of relief.

Qiu Chen also relieved himself at this time, and pushed Zhou, who had washed her hair with a smile: "Sister-in-law, go wash your face too, see that your eyes are swollen like this, so that the eldest brother can see that I should be a sister again." ”

Zhou was slightly embarrassed, glared at Qiu Chen, went to fetch water to wash his face, Qiu Chen also took a shower and dried his body, took a set of Zhou's dry clothes and put them on, and was pressed by Zhou's insistence on wrapping the quilt on the kang head, and drank a bowl of ginger soup, sweating slightly, this is just it.

The journey was also tired, Qiu Chen fell asleep in a daze for some time, and when he opened his eyes again, it was completely dark, and the lights in the outhouse had been lit.

got up and cleaned up, and Zhou set the meal on the kang. Yang Shuyong also came in, Qiu Chen asked Qin Yong and Shen Hu, and knew that the two of them had taken a hot bath and slept well, and there was no problem. The horses were just tired, washed, fed, and drank, and it was good to delay for a day, so they were relieved.

The three of them had dinner together. Lao He also came over and told him about the situation in the lake.

The lake is overflowing, and it is estimated that there will be some loss of fish fry. Things like lotus root and water chestnut are okay and shouldn't affect it too much. Zhou cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, went to the chicken and duck shed to look at it, and came back to report to Qiu Chen, the chicken and duck were no problem temporarily. Qiu Chen only instructed that he must pay attention to the hygiene in the shed, and use a wooden basin every day to put some quicklime prepared in advance to absorb moisture. Then spray some quicklime water with a spray bucket every day for disinfection, and be sure to pay attention to the situation of chickens and ducks from time to time...... After considering the epidemic prevention measures that he could remember, whether it was human or livestock, he told Zhou and Yang Shuyong one by one, and repeatedly emphasized to Yang Shuyong and Lao He that if the rain continued, once there was a danger of flooding, they should not care about what happened in the lake, nor what the materials of chickens and ducks were, and they should first ensure the safety of everyone's lives.

I don't know if God felt it, not long after Qiu Chen arrived at Nannuma Lake, the rain gradually slowed down, and after half of the night, it actually stopped. Just when everyone was still doubting that this time was also a relief, a strong wind blew at dawn, and it actually blew away all the dark clouds that had accumulated for several days.

When people got up early in the morning, they saw the bright sun.

The rain has just stopped, the sky is very clear and clear, the sun seems to be suffocated by the rain clouds for many days, and as soon as it appears, it is golden and bright, showing its ten thousand rays, dazzling people can't open their eyes!

There is still a unique muddy smell in the air, but it is fresh and transparent, as if every breath can dissipate some of the body's depression, so that the whole person is fresh and clean with the breath.

The weather is clear, and the happiest are the chickens and ducks who have been holding back in the shed for several days. Qiu Chen stood at the door of the house for a while, where Zhou and a few mothers-in-law had already opened the door of the shed, and the chickens and ducks were like water that opened the floodgates, gushing out at once, shaking their messy feathers, flapping their wings, and running, scrambling to a wider and brighter place. The ducks go straight to the surface of the water, puff and puff jump into the water, frolic and churn in the water, and pluck strings of water droplets, which sparkle in the sun. The chickens looked at the water on all sides, so they had to run to the haystacks and the roots of the walls, and use their paws to dig through the still sticky soil, looking for earthworms that had been washed out of the ground by the heavy rain.

On a sunny day, the water receded quite quickly, and the day after Qiu Chen arrived at Nannuma Lake, most of the water around the highlands had receded, and the bluestone-paved road was also faintly exposed.

Qiu Chen quit Yang Shuyong and Zhou, changed his clothes, and still took Qin Yong and Shen Hu back to Anyang City on horseback.

Since the heavy rain, she has gone from Liujiaao to Nannuma Lake, but these two places are very closed to the news, and she can hardly hear the news outside. During this heavy rain for several days, the Luo River Canal passed through Anyang Prefecture, and I don't know if there is a river embankment breach, and I don't know how many villages have been affected......

The only thing she can comfort herself in her heart is that the season when the rain comes is not too bad, this season, the farmer has just sown in autumn or has not yet sown in autumn, but in any case, when the water recedes, it is not too late to sow seeds and replant seeds, so as not to affect the autumn harvest too much. If this rain had been half a month ahead of schedule and the wheat had rotted in the ground, I really don't know how many families would have run out of food and cut off their livelihoods...... The consequences are unimaginable.

Rushing all the way back to Anyang Mansion, Qiu Chen immediately sent someone to Yun's house to look for Zhishu, and in less than half an hour, Qiu Chen got the general situation of the disaster caused by the heavy rain from Zhishu's mouth.

Because Yun Zhifu has been in office in Anyang Mansion for many years, he has always attached importance to the embankment of the Luohe Canal, and has been repaired in place for many years. In addition, Zhishu also told Qiu Chen that their side was not too serious, and the rain in the eastern county was heavier, and it was said that there was a river embankment breach...... Yun Zhifu has been convening officials of Anyang Mansion all day today to discuss, and it is estimated that in a few days, there will be disaster victims coming over in the south, and how to deal with it when the time comes.

It is said that Hu Yanxun's opinion is to keep the victims outside the Anyang area. The newly appointed Tongzhi Tang, however, resolutely opposed it, and also refuted Hu Yanxun's disregard for the life and death of the people and the disregard for human life...... It is said that there was a lot of quarrel, and no exact response was discussed.

However, according to the Zhishu, the Yun Prefect is more supportive of the opinion of Lord Tongzhi Tang.

Qiu Chen listened silently and did not say a word. She is not qualified to participate in these matters, but if there is a flood of victims, she will not hesitate to give some money. However, she further thought that it was the influx of disaster victims, which might bring about public security problems and epidemic prevention problems.

The Great Plague was followed by the Great Plague. In particular, floods are in this era when there are no complete drinking water cleaning measures, and countless drowned animal carcasses and even dead people will pollute the water sources of rivers and lakes due to flooding, thus causing the outbreak and spread of plague......

She was not in a position to take care of the people of a prefecture or county, but she had to at least make sure that her workshop and her village were not threatened by a possible outbreak of plague.

After sending away Zhishu, Qiu Chen began to ponder the methods of epidemic prevention and various methods of isolation and defense. After pondering and meditating, and grinding the ink, he casually listed the measures and methods he thought of, including the prescriptions for epidemic prevention and treatment, and after careful consideration, he determined a plan for the most likely digestive plague after the flood.

Plagues of the digestive tract generally have a rapid onset, a rapid course of illness, and a high mortality rate. However, compared to respiratory tract plagues, the digestive tract has a clearer route of transmission and is easier to prevent. The most important thing is to have a clean water source, and then to strengthen personal hygiene, especially food hygiene, so as to cut off the various ways in which germs can spread.

The Shunzi family walked in lightly, put a bowl in his hand on the kang table, looked at Qiu Chen who raised his head and said with a smile: "It's late at night, the slave maid stewed a cup of red dates and lotus seeds and white fungus soup for Mrs. ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyes and looked at the table clock on the kang cabinet and saw that the hour hand had reached ten o'clock. It's already time, so it's no wonder that Junko's family came in to remind her.

Smiled and thanked him, Qiu Chen packed up the haode plan, handed it to the Shunzi family in the drawer of the kang cabinet, she took the white fungus soup and drank it slowly, and then carefully instructed the Shunzi family that from now on, all the people and livestock in the family should drink boiled water. The hygiene in the kitchen should be further strengthened, raw and cooked food should be strictly separated, vegetables, meat, eggs and other ingredients must be kept fresh, and raw food should be avoided as much as possible......

The Shunzi family was puzzled, but they still agreed seriously.

After telling him, Qiu Chen sighed softly and said, "I hope I'm thinking too much." This rain was so heavy that many places were overflowing...... Many diseases come with water......"

Qiu Chen's words were not finished, and he didn't say it too clearly, but it still made the Shunzi family shiver.

Others don't know how, but she knows that the epidemic is even more fierce than the beasts of the flood...... She was originally the daughter of a good family, but it was because of a flood when she was a child and a plague that followed that she lost all her relatives, and Zuihou was picked up by someone and sold into Liao's mansion......