Chapter 187: The Flood

Du Xiaoxi listened to the words of her mother-in-law and Du Niang, and planned to do a protracted battle to snatch her son.

Whoever gives birth will raise it, and I will naturally feed myself.

Du Xiaoxi didn't tell Liu Yao about this, after all, Liu Yao was carried to the old lady since he was a child, away from his mother, and their old Liu family grew up affectionately. Du Xiaoxi didn't know if Liu Yao knew that his estrangement from his mother was very large, and Cheng DΓΉ loved his grandmother and father the most. She just knew that her son was going to feed himself.

Du Niang packed her things and planned to go home after confinement for her daughter, but it was postponed because of the sudden rainstorm.

The clear and vast sky suddenly gathered dark clouds, and the entire canopy was much lowered in the fierce wind. In the middle of the day, it was overcast, as if it had suddenly changed from daylight to evening

The clouds converged one after another, and soon the black pressure was piled up overhead, and the people who were pressed couldn't breathe.

The storm is coming!

Having lived in Kyoto for more than a year, Du Xiaoxi has become accustomed to the strong and enthusiastic catharsis of the weather in the north, coming and going in a hurry, and the momentum is so great that everyone is in awe.

The windows in the house were closed tightly, and the little star had been coaxed to sleep by Du Xiaoxi. Standing in front of the window and looking at the windy weather, Du Xiaoxi couldn't help but worry: "I don't know what happened to Brother Xiaotu?" There seems to be a piece of clothing in the car, but don't freeze. Fangcao makes people remember to boil ginger soup, and a pair of anti-wind and cold medicine is also prepared! ”

Du Xiaoxi circled around the door, Du Niang gently patted the sleeping sweet grandson, and whispered to Du Xiaoxi, "It's going to be a heavy rainstorm this day." Liu Yao: They must already be on their way back. ”

Almost instantly, the raindrops the size of beans crackled and fell, and soon converged under the eaves into a drum beat and a compact rain song, and the whole world was only left with the sound of rain washing.

"The young master is back!"

There was a shout at the courtyard door, and then the door in the house was opened, and a cold wind blew in.

The wind and rain are too strong, even with the hat and the calf are still wet and dripping, and a pair of shoes are blistered in mud and water, and the color cannot be seen.

"Wipe it! The kitchen boiled ginger soup, so be sure to drink more later. Du Xiaoxi directly pounced with a big cloth towel. Catch Liu Yao and wipe it up.

Du Niang was ready to leave when Liu Yao came back. When they saw people entering the house, they both said hello and went back to the backyard from under the eaves of the porch with umbrellas.

Liu Yao took the cloth towel and wiped his face, stepped back and said softly: "I'm cold, don't be cold to you." ”

Du Xiaoxi didn't move forward. Go to the bathroom next to it and see if the hot water is ready.

Liu Yao took a hot bath. Drank ginger soup. Du Xiaoxi accompanied him to eat, and the whole person suddenly became comfortable.

In the pouring rain, the two of them lay on the bed, and in the middle were the little stars sleeping quietly.

Willow Stars. The name of Du Xiaoxi's son.

Originally, the name of the little guy was in the hands of his grandfather, but Du Xiaoxi insisted that the child was born from her moon stargazing, and it was the best to call the little star. Liu Erye directly took a few pieces of paper full of names and walked through the temples with the most incense in Kyoto. Many monasteries think the name Liu Fanxing is good, so the little guy has a new name - Liu Fanxing, known as Little Star.

Liu Yao tucked the quilt for the two of them to make sure that the wind did not leak, and whispered: "I heard the old man in the yamen say that this rain will not end in three or four days, and it may cause floods." Be careful at home, don't get caught up in the wind. ”

Du Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment and asked, "If it rains so heavily tomorrow, do you still want to go to the Yamen?" Didn't the yamen go? ”

"Don't worry, tomorrow I will just take people around the city, for fear that the water will be blocked and the people's houses will be flooded."

"Then you dress thicker, don't freeze yourself."

Everyone thought it was just an ordinary storm, and the pouring rain didn't stop after three days.

There is a vast ocean outside Hongxing County, and the rainwater accumulated on the official road has passed the calf, and the water in most places in the county has also reached the feet and necks.

The sky was still overcast, and there was no sign that the clouds that had rained for three days had dissipated.

If this continues, the entire county will be submerged.

Unfortunately, it backfired, and two days later, the rain still did not stop, and the water in the county town was no longer above the ankles.

The people panicked, and every family fled towards the West Mountain.

Hongxing County is a vast plain, the rivers are developed in all directions, and it is unlikely that a large flood will occur, but it is also because the terrain is not very undulating and there are many rivers, once the water is accumulated, it is difficult to drain down the water. Large areas can only be flooded, and the people will be miserable.

Liu Yao braved the rain and led the officials to persuade the people who did not want to leave, and when he returned home, he got into a carriage and rushed to Kyoto.

The terrain near Kyoto is high in the west and low in the east, and only the mountains near Nishiyama are continuous, and the people also go directly to Nishiyama to find a place to shelter from the rain.

Liu Erye wants to take his family to Kyoto to see the uncle of the Liu family first, and it is best to take refuge in Xishan together.

Kyoto is built on a high mountain with a slight terrain, and Kyoto has been able to stand tall and untouched by the floods over the years. Now that Emperor Jiayuan is still sitting in Kyoto, there is no intention of leaving, Liu Erye plans to follow the emperor with his brother, after all, the old people and children in the family cannot be negligent, and it is better to live in the city than on the mountain without food and drink, and there is nothing to shelter.

The group rushed to the gate of the city and was delighted to find that the road surface was only a shallow layer of water, so it seemed that Kyoto would not be flooded even if it rained for another seven or eight days.

"Stop! Get away from it! Only allowed to go out, not to enter! ”

The soldier guarding the gate came from a distance with a hat and a spear, and shouted at the people in the car.

"We are in charge of the house, can we be accommodating?" Second Master Liu smiled and stuffed a purse over.

The soldier unceremoniously accepted the purse, and still said coldly: "I was disrespectful just now, but the emperor's order is difficult to do, and now the city is only allowed to go out and not enter, just now the eighth prince has changed his route to Xishan, you better leave quickly!" ”

Second Master Liu obviously didn't expect that he couldn't enter the city, so he hesitated and said to the soldiers: "Master Jun, please send a message to the mansion, just say that we will go directly to Xishan." ”

"Well said! Say! The soldiers guarding the door obviously didn't expect that the people of the Liu family would not be entangled at all, so easy to dismiss, and they would not accept the silver handed over by the second master Liu.

Walking along the official road towards Xishan, I met more and more people on the road, the heavy rain was pouring, and the Liu family was okay with a horse-drawn carriage, and many people were carrying their children on their backs and moving forward in the water carefully. Seeing such a situation, the Liu family was silent and hurried.

Wind and rain, Du Xiaoxi sat in the car with the child in his arms, but he didn't dare to open the window, for fear of making the child uncomfortable with a little wind. I heard that it's a pity not to be able to enter the city, and I hope that the road to Xishan will be safe and don't have an accident.

(To be continued.) )

ps: No, I worked the night shift last year, and I couldn't open my eyes. Sorry, I'll make it up tomorrow.