In the eleventh year of Qingyou, from the end of summer to the beginning of autumn, the heavy rain in the southwest did not stop, and the floods in various places continued, and the crackling raindrops knocked on the hearts of the current emperor who was far away in Shangjing, knocked on the official hats of the officials of the prefectures and counties in the southwest, and knocked on the linoleum roofs of the crumbling farmhouses. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Shang Xiu'er's eyes widened, but she couldn't see anything, only the crackling sound of the rain outside on the roof, and the ticking sound that had leaked into the house.

She recognized the bed, and how cold it was, a thin sheet that could barely be called a quilt was tightly wrapped around her body, but what was the use? She was wet all over her body, cold, hungry, and tired, but she couldn't sleep.

She also saw the scene of her family escaping in the water.

The south side of the Xiaoshang River has now been completely flooded, and so much water, I don't know where it came from, in Shang Xiu'er's eyes, it seems to be overwhelming, rushing into the house. The house had been drenched in the rain for so many days, soaked for so long, and suddenly it fell apart, and a great force washed her out, and slapped her under the water, and she struggled to poke her head out, and in the splash, she saw countless people floating and sinking in the water. Her father swam towards the so-called shore with her brother under his arm, and God knows, Xiaoshang River can't see where the shore is now! Her old lady hugged the old willow tree at the door of the house and shouted loudly: "Xiu'er! Xiu'er! Shang Xiu'er was lucky, climbed up to her own door panel, reluctantly rowed to her mother's side, pulled her mother on the door panel, the two of them hugged the willow tree together, and shouted her father and her brother Zhu'er together hoarsely, vaguely heard someone in the distance responding, the mother and son were slightly relieved. I don't know how many hours later, the water potential dropped slightly, Shang Xiu'er felt stiff, her arms couldn't stand straight, and her mother just breathed a sigh of relief, and heard the cries around her. Looking up, in the rain and fog, I saw so many people half-soaked in the water and didn't move, and so many people wailed and cried and beat their chests, but under the dim sky, the heavy rain was still falling regardless of the suffering of the world.

Her father came with waist-deep water on his back, and after a long discussion with her mother, he led them to the north side of the Xiaoshang River, where the terrain was slightly higher than the south bank, where Xiu'er's uncle's family lived.

When my uncle saw Shang Xiu'er's family who had escaped death, his face did not smile as usual, and the crops had already been waterlogged after days of heavy rain. But the uncle still didn't say anything, first let them drink a hot gruel, and then let them rest. Through the thin wall panel next door, Shang Xiu'er heard that her father had already snored, and even her mother had a soft snoring sound, they were really tired, the pillar sleeping next to her turned over, and the thin quilt that was already damp fell down, Shang Xiu'er sat up lightly, picked up the thin quilt, the thin quilt still had a hot and humid breath, she thought about it, and still put it on her brother.

Now Shang Xiu'er is lying on the bed board of her uncle's house, and the sound of rain and snoring is intertwined. A lightning-lit room was as bright as day, and then it was pitch black again, and in the darkness came the rumbling of thunder.

Then she heard someone speak in the midst of the thunder.

At first, it was quiet, she couldn't hear clearly, and the state of being sleepy and tired but unable to sleep made her whole person confused, but the voice became louder and louder, and slowly turned into a loud quarrel, and after Shang Xiu'er heard the word "Xiu'er" coldly, her voice suddenly lowered as if she was afraid of being heard.

Her heart suddenly felt like a giant drum beating, and she couldn't be at peace with "dong dong", and finally moved slowly, slowly to the window. Clinging against the leaky broken windows, she looked out. Suddenly, a flash frightened her back, but at that moment, she clearly saw her uncle and aunt standing outside, and they seemed to be startled by the flash, and their pale faces looked up at the sky.

In the ensuing thunder, Shang Xiu'er clearly heard her uncle wave his hand and said, "That's it!" Anyway, it's all for sale, so why don't you sell more silver? Her aunt grabbed the man: "That's your niece and daughter, push it into the fire pit...... Ruined for a lifetime! As soon as the words fell, her uncle pushed the person impatiently: "What kind of year is this?" Sell it to Flower Street, maybe you can still eat and drink spicy food! Her aunt fell into the muddy water, and before she could get up, she looked up at her man's finger pointing at her nose: "Tomorrow I will say that I will take Xiu'er to Zhu Dahu's house in the town to be a girl, if you dare to talk more, see if I can't beat you to death!" ”

Shang Xiu'er shivered and hid behind the window, watching her aunt slumped in the water, muttering, "Evil, you are evil......"

Shang Xiu'er has never had a good impression of her aunt. Every time she came to her uncle's house to visit relatives, she drooped her face and ignored her, if she and her brother served half a bowl of rice, the rice pot would be deliberately knocked by her. On the contrary, it was her uncle, who smiled every time and teased her to play with Zhu'er.

But, but ...... Shang Xiu'er held back the tears in her eyes, bit her hand tightly, watched her aunt slowly stand up, wiped her eyes, and shrugged her shoulders and followed her uncle. Then I heard the faint sound of the door opening, the sound of entering the house lightly, and the sound of Suosuo's bedding.

Shang Xiu'er didn't know how long she had been waiting, her hand was bitten and bloody, and it hurt and hurt. She didn't dare to go through the door, so she had to quietly open the window, a cold wind came in with the rain wiper, the bite was stained with water and hot pain, her teeth gurgled and looked back at the pillar, her brother, curled up there, a small group that had been with her for six years, she couldn't hold back any longer, tears flowed all over her face.

She shouted loudly in her heart: "I can't take care of it, I really can't take care of it!" Then he frantically asked in his heart, "Why?" Why? ”

But her body movement was not slow at all, she jumped lightly outside through the window, and suddenly the cold water soaked through the straw sandals, and made a "coo" sound. Shang Xiu'er was so frightened that she hurriedly squatted down, she didn't dare to go anymore, she slowly knelt on the ground, and climbed out of the yard of her uncle's house step by step. She crawled unconsciously, until far away, and then suddenly a spirit, stood up, and ran forward frantically, but her knees were bent for so long and she was not at the mercy of the man, and she fell into the muddy water at once, and then got up again, and continued to run.

Shang Xiu'er pressed her chest tightly, her heart was about to jump out, her throat was dry and tight, and she ran wildly all the way in the heavy rain, the night was so dark, and the surviving willow trees that were not submerged were spreading their branches with their teeth and claws in the wind.

She suddenly remembered that a year ago, she helped her father and mother finish cutting the rice, and happily took a few copper coins that her mother gave her and her younger brother to watch the play, she used the copper coins to buy candy for the pillar and put it under the tree, she hid under the stage by herself, looking at the stage in a daze, at that time the little student on the stage held an umbrella, making a figure of rainstorm and strong wind, the piano sound was urgent, and the song was "The emperor has nowhere to run".

Where she was going, where she could go, she didn't know, she only knew how to run, tears and rain were smeared, there was a feeling of wanting to vomit in her throat, Shang Xiu'er was getting more and more desperate in her heart, how could she run so endlessly?

In this overwhelming darkness and despair, Shang Xiu'er saw a faint yellow in front of her. She rubbed her eyes, so little bit of flickering light, it was real, she really saw it!

She gritted her teeth, and ran towards the light regardless of it, slowly getting closer and closer, lined with the faint light, faintly seeing a black outline, a short strip, which seemed to be still shaking. Her heart thumped again, and then she stepped on the air, and fell into the water with a "poof", she choked on a big mouthful of water, waving her hands wildly, but she couldn't touch the real thing everywhere, and she felt someone shouting in the sound of the water: "Who fell into the water?" Then there were the flickering figures and the shadows of the lights.

Eventually, she was rescued, and it was a boat, and she was lying on the board, her head tilted, her eyes wide open, and she saw several people looking down at her around an old man with white hair.

She knelt and kept kowtowing.

"Please, take me in."