Chapter 16: Disaster
The dawn was gloomy, the rain was pouring down, and the rain and fog in all directions could not distinguish people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Hua Jiao took a small bamboo stool and sat at the back door of the kitchen with the door wide open, staring blankly at the continuous lotus mountain not far away because of the misty rain and fog, and only the general outline could be seen, and his mind was full of muddy water carrying soil and stones down the trend.
The cold wind carried the rain into the house, and under the cold wind and cold rain, the pepper woke up. Looking at the raindrops the size of beans that are slanted on the ground and stir up muddy water splashes. tightened the muslin jacket on his body, and was just about to move the small bamboo stool back, but his sister Fennel had brought the stool back to the warm stove.
Fennel wiped the rain from Pepper's face and nodded her little nose, and Pepper grinned with her fists and sat obediently beside her sister.
Mother and aunts were busy making breakfast, and the room was steaming, only slightly better than outside.
Looking at the steam that was surging upwards, Sichuan pepper couldn't help but be stunned again.
The time of the eclipse three days ago may have been due to the time when the dragons were raining. The north wind suddenly rose and blew away the scorching sun. Without warning, dense clouds were pouring in from the northern sky.
In an instant, the sand flew away, kicking up the dust in the sky, and people couldn't open their eyes. The whole sky suddenly fell dark, falling more and more, as if it was about to collapse.
The wind and clouds surged, accompanied by a flash of thunder, which shook the heavens and the earth, and even more shocked the three souls out of the body and the six spirits of the human world who were already panicked and ascended to heaven.
Not to mention that the old and weak women and children were all distracted, even the young and strong men were also frightened, and they closed their doors one after another and hid in their homes.
And in the middle of the dark clouds, there were suddenly raindrops falling and falling. However, after a while, a hail was formed and suddenly fell. As small as a soybean and as big as an egg. Overwhelming, resounding in the sky.
Time passed breathlessly, and it seemed that 10,000 years had passed, but in fact, it was less than a quarter of an hour, and the hail stopped.
But it didn't stop, and the flashes passed in front of him, illuminating half of the room. A sudden thunderclap exploded overhead, deafening.
When the lightning flashed and thundered, in an instant, the raindrops of beans were connected into a line, and with a "boom", the torrential rain poured down from mid-air one after another like a dam flooding.
The whole world was swallowed up by the rain.
The rain that had been waiting for half a year fell from the sky without warning, and it was only a quarter of an hour before and after, but everyone was caught off guard.
Looking at the thunder and lightning in the stormy sky, many people were slow to react, thinking that they had not woken up yet. Others are still terrified and their minds go blank.
The peppercorns also had a moment of suddenness, until the scorching raindrops splashed on the face, and they realized that maybe it was not a dream.
From surprise to joy, I was crazy with joy.
The fear, resentment, and helplessness of most of the past six months seem to have come to naught at this moment.
Hugged in her arms, Hua Jiao reverently stretched out her hands to catch the rain. The spicy raindrops smashed the palm of your hand, and you could feel the weight of the rain.
The brothers and sisters who were found by the adults could not take care of the others, and they were even more fearless, rushing into the rain and cheering, drenching themselves into soup chickens regardless of it, and then raising their heads and opening their mouths to receive the rain to drink. It wasn't until the soaring mood gradually subsided, and he felt the pain of the raindrops hitting his body, that he reluctantly ran back to the eaves.
The adults did not stop them, and after laughing and crying, they all hurriedly took buckets and urns, and in short, all those who could store water came out to store water, hoping not to stop.
The peppercorns that are not yet good are like eating the Ten Perfect Tonic Pills, although the body is still weak and weak, but the spirit is suddenly excited.
I happily took a hot bath and washed away the filth and gloom of the past six months. Lying on the shelf bed at night, the cool breeze is gentle, and the quilt has to be covered. Listening to the endless rain outside, although there are no ups and downs, I feel that it is more effective than any lullaby, and I fall asleep sweetly, and I have no dreams all night.
Unexpectedly, perhaps God had the intention to compensate the world for the shortage of rain in the past six months. This wild pouring rain was three days and three nights at once.
Until now, it is the fourth day, and there is still no sign of stopping.
Although there were times when it turned slightly smaller, it only changed from heavy rain to heavy rain, and more often from heavy rain to heavy rain, even thunderstorms.
It never stops.
It's best to start first.
The rain splashed and the misty water town had water again, and it was instantly rejuvenated.
I don't know the place next to it, but the Lianxi River, which has been dry for several months, slowly began to store water, and Zhoujiawan by the stream naturally had two points of fireworks.
But in three days, especially after the six-year-long drought, all kinds of shortcomings quickly became apparent, but they became disasters.
I don't know how many houses have been roasted all summer, and they are crispy and cracked like peaches. The wind blew, the hail smashed, the rain poured down, and it was crumbling, and it could no longer hold on until it was dark, and the walls collapsed, and the houses collapsed, and the rubble splashed. The fertile soil in the fields on the mountain has long since become a compacted scorched earth, and it has lost its own vitality and the ability to store water.
And Lotus Creek.
The reason why Lianxi is called "stream" is only because it is water that comes from the mountains and flows for generations, and finally joins the river.
In fact, so far, Lianxi is not only more than 100 miles long, but also not inferior to ordinary rivers in width. Even some sections of the tour have reached the level of the Cao River after the changes of the world and artificial excavation. As for the depth, the average is around one zhang.
But since the second day, the lotus stream began to store water, and the stream is long. In one day and night, it can rise up to three feet.
What was even more surprising was that it was not until this time that the villagers knew that someone had secretly dug an opening by the stream to release water during the previous drought, otherwise where would the potholes and obviously man-made deep pits next to the creek come from.
Unfortunately, it was too late to find out, and it was too late to remedy.
The winding and beautiful Lotus Creek was dug up all over the body and bruised beyond recognition, and the stream swelled and poured back, but in one day, the ridge dam by the stream had been dug out of one hole after another by the stream, and began to collapse one after another.
Where can the villagers who were afraid to go out in the event of thunderstorms still sit still, Zhoujiawan is no different from many riverside villages, and there is only a ridge between the village and Lianxi. The ridge of this section of Zhoujiawan is slightly wider, and it is only more than half a zhang, and the villagers have passed through this ridge in and out. Not to mention the breaking of the embankment, it is the flooding of the embankment, and the consequences are unimaginable.