Chapter 424: Heavy Rain in the Night
PS: Thanks to the professional demon cultivators for the tip!
Sure enough, in the middle of the night, a heavy rain suddenly came, waking many people from their sleep. Fortunately, there is no typhoon, but the rain is so loud. In the countryside, everyone has tiled houses, and the tiles on them are easy to make noises, and if a mouse creeps over, you can hear the sound.
Many villagers in the village have gotten up, and they have to take precautions against heavy rain, and see if the ditch in front of the house and behind the house can eliminate the water, otherwise the water will soak into the foot of the wall. The foot of the wall is wet, which is a troublesome thing.
The second uncle carried a hoe and patrolled back and forth around the house. As long as you find that the water level is wrong, you have to dig the ditch big and deep, dredge the ditch and so on.
Chu Jiaqiang and the others were also awake, and when they saw the second uncle and aunt getting up, they couldn't lie down in the quilt and let the two of them work. When I got up, I found that many people had climbed up without anyone.
"Huh! None of you slept? Chu Jiaqiang asked in surprise.
"It seems to be noisy when it rains in the countryside!" Zhou Furong rubbed his sleepy eyes and said.
Wan Lao and they felt very interesting, a rain can make such a big movement, which is impossible in the city. It reminds them of old days, both familiar and strange. This hazy feeling is the most wonderful.
Chu Jiaqiang went out and found that the rain was already half a foot high, if it weren't for the higher threshold in the countryside, it would have been possible to flood the house tonight.
"Oops! Lots of crabs! Liang Yu looked at the eaves and found a row of crabs under the eaves.
"These guys are going to take shelter from the rain too? No way? Zhou Furong's eyes widened.
"What shelters from the rain, they are afraid of the rapids. It's easy to wash them away. It's not just them, it's fish. It rained heavily, and there was a lot of water in the river, so we used to go to the river to catch fish, and it was very easy. However, this is not to ask you to go to the river, which is very dangerous when there is a big flood. Chu Jiaqiang said.
When I was a student before, I had heard that someone was swept away by the river and could not even find the body. Sounds pretty scary.
"Hurry up and get the buckets out, catch them, and make them a supper." Li Quan said.
Others also find it interesting, since they are all awake, let's have fun! So, one by one, they hugged their trouser legs high, and then caught crabs and fished and touched shrimps.
Chu Jiaqiang did not go crazy with them, but also carried a hoe. Help to unclog the gutters. There must be something wrong with the ditch, otherwise the water level would not be so high.
"It looks like a big rock is stuck at the mouth of the canal." The second uncle said to Chu Jiaqiang.
He and Chu Jiaqiang's uncle and nephew. Together, they dug the mouth of the drain, removed the stone slab from above, and then pried out a stone inside. The water immediately flowed down a lot, and the water flowed towards the underground canals.
After a while, the water level dropped a lot. This time, you can see the fish and shrimp struggling in the shallow water.
"Wow! Better! Let's do it quickly, don't let them escape. The girls were so happy that they ran outside, despite the fact that it was still raining a little outside.
"Don't run out, little one. Just catch it on the eaves. Seeing that Xiaobao also learned from others to come out, Chu Jiaqiang hurriedly said to him.
Hong Lao hurriedly pulled this little ancestor back, since this guy's eyes got better, he has become more and more naughty, and he wants to get together for everything. This may not be the same as he didn't participate in anything before, but after that, he will be much more active than the average child.
"Grandma! I'm going out to catch fish too, and I almost caught the big one just now. "The little guy was pulled by Hong Lao. I was not happy immediately, and hurriedly begged my grandmother who loved me the most.
"Old man, let him play for a while! Everyone watched, and it would be fine. "Old Madam Hong's ears are a little soft.
"Be careful! Don't get caught in the crabs! Chu Jiaqiang reminded them.
As soon as the words fell. Zhou Furong was careless, and the ground was slippery, and a guy fell into the water. After getting up, he was already a soup chicken.
"Unlucky!" Zhou Furong actually caught a fish in his hand, and he was already dying. I just fell to the ground and just hit the fish, and I didn't get killed, it was already the fish's life.
Everyone laughed when they saw him, and at some point, Jackton and the others walked out, holding all kinds of tools, and catching fish in front of their house.
Chu Jiaqiang came to the backyard to take a look at the situation of those chickens, ducks and geese. I found that those swans were also crowded into the duck house, and this time the rain was light, so they came out to look for food.
The chicks were herded up on the high platform by the hens to keep them from being flooded. Seeing the Chu family coming over, they chattered and screamed one by one.
It seems that this heavy rain not only made it impossible for the people to sleep peacefully, but also for the animals. Seeing that they were fine, Chu Jiaqiang looked at his crops, especially the small tomatoes and so on.
At this time, the ditch is already full of water, and the ground may be higher, and it has not been flooded for the time being. This is fine, otherwise those young seedlings can not help but be flooded, and it is easy to rot the seedlings.
The water slowly receded, and there were a lot of fish in the trench. Many of them have no time to leave with the current, and can only struggle in shallow water. Chu Jiaqiang picked them up and threw them into the ditch. I can't eat so much when I catch it, and when I came over just now, Zhou Furong caught a lot of them at the door.
"Those chickens and ducks are fine, right?" Old Madam Wan saw Chu Jiaqiang coming back, so she asked.
"It's okay, even those swans know how to run into the duck house." Chu Jiaqiang replied.
He looked at the bucket and saw that all three buckets were the size of most of them. Of course, the most of them are fish, followed by crabs, and shrimp are even less.
"How much can you eat?" Chu Jiaqiang saw that they were still desperately trying to catch, so he couldn't help asking.
"Ugh! That's all that? Chen Wu looked back and was also a little dumbfounded.
"It's okay! Raise and eat, even if you can't finish eating, you can sell it, or throw it in the big ditch tomorrow. Ye Caiping said. After saying that, he scooped it up with the others.
The two geese also ran around, picking up the fish and shrimp on the ground and putting them in buckets. These two guys, who are not afraid of people at all, are almost forgetting what kind of species they are.
"These shrimps, we will make drunk shrimp for a while, I heard that they are delicious, but we have never had a chance, so we will make a meal this time." Zhou Furong didn't change his clothes either, since he became like this, he just had a good time, where the water was deep, he would run wherever he went.
Drunken shrimp, as the name suggests, is to put live shrimp into wine, and after a while, the shrimp will get drunk. Put the ice cubes in the glassware, then the live shrimp, and finally pour the rice wine into the shrimp to soak it completely and cover with a lid. Eaters can taste the fresh aroma of shrimp and the aroma of sake.