Chapter 2: Heavy rain leaves people

Heavy rain continued and fell intermittently for several days, and the water level of the Yangtze River also rose a lot. When Changsun Tang got off the boat, he was still sighing that since this town was eating by the wharf, why it was much higher than the river, and now he finally understood.

In addition to affecting the itinerary of Changsun Tang, this heavy rain also affected the mood, the quilt in the inn was so wet that the water could be squeezed out, it was hot a few days ago, and the heavy rain was endless, which made a northerner how to adapt. Listening to the sound of the rain hitting the roof at night sounds beautiful, but the crackling sound is really hard to sleep.

To make matters worse, the water was getting heavier and stronger, and it was almost on the streets of the town, and some people had already taken advantage of the heavy rain to leave the town to join their relatives.

Fortunately, there are still chili peppers, this ghost weather, come to a bowl of noodles, splash oil and spicy seeds, it feels great.

However, such days are coming to an end, because the chili noodles are also damp, and the temperature of the damp chili noodles when splashing oil will not taste good.

This made Changsun Tang feel like he was trapped in a lonely city, but this enemy was a heavy rain that lasted endlessly.

Sitting in the hall chatting with people, Xiao Er, who was sent out by the shopkeeper to investigate the water potential, rushed in.

"Shopkeeper, the water potential is getting bigger and bigger, the old Liu family has already entered the water in front, the old Liu family has grabbed a few things out, and they are ready to go to the county seat to join their relatives, in this way, we are here sooner or later." After Xiao Er finished speaking, he raised his neck and poured a large mouthful of water, his face already wet with the mixture of sweat and rain.

"Oh, what a sin. In the past few years, there was a shortage of soldiers, and soon after settling down, this happened again, how good is this natural and man-made disaster. The shopkeeper thought about it, but he was too busy packing up some things and preparing to flee for his life.

This eldest grandson and Wang Tie looked at each other, as authentic northerners, the flood was nothing in their eyes.

After a while, there were few people in the hall that was still very noisy, but fortunately, the two of them have been running around these days, and there is nothing to clean up, and they are going to find the shopkeeper to settle the house money but are told that the shopkeeper has fled. The two had no choice but to flee for their lives with the flow of people.

The crowded flow of people was crowded to the point where the water was not wide, and suddenly someone in front shouted: "Go back, you can't go to the north, the water in the north is even bigger, and the road has been completely submerged." Immediately someone in the crowd was crying.

Is this time the heavens going to take me back? The eldest grandson thought to himself.

"No, this God wants to take me, but I can't follow his wishes, this God, I'll bring it here, I haven't had time to take a serious look at this land and go back, this can't work." There is only one thought in the mind of the eldest grandson now, which is to live.

If you can't get through the north, go to the south.

After walking a few steps, he was stopped by the old man, "Young man, I can't go to the south, it's a big river." ”

"But the north is not passable, where can you go if you don't go to the south? I see a hill to the south, so I can avoid it. ”

"Go and see now, the mountain is not very high, and there is nothing in such a small temple, even if the water can't rise, people will starve to death."

"Then you can't wait to die, there aren't many people here." The old man's kindness is clear, but waiting for death is not a good idea!

Finally, someone remembered the small temple on the bank of the river in the south, and a group of people rushed to the south again, but there was already water on the street.

When the eldest Sun Tang and Wang Tiedan arrived at the small temple, all the dry places had already been occupied, and there were about 100 people squeezed into a small small temple, and the water had already flooded the street just now, but the water could not last long.

After a short time, the temple was crowded with people inside and outside the temple, and Wang Tie had the courage to estimate that there were as many as five or six hundred people.

Most of the people in this town have come.

Maybe it's the eldest grandson's life, or maybe it's the gods enshrined in this temple who have their divine powers, which is impossible for the atheistic eldest grandson to think so before, but the rain in the sky is gradually getting smaller, and although the flood is still rising, it is not as menacing as just now.

The sky gradually darkened, and several groups of guards were organized here to light torches to observe the water potential.

But the night of fear was over.

The next day, a voice shouted, "The water has receded." ”

The water had submerged the seven steps, but now it had retreated to the position of the five steps, and the morning stars hung high in the bright sky, and the light of many stars loomed. "It's a sunny day!" Many people thought this in their hearts, some cried with joy, and some knelt directly on the ground to thank the gods.

The water was coming and going fast, and by the time the sun was setting in the west, the water in the town had receded.

People dragged their families back to the places where their ancestors had lived for generations, some wept, and their relatives were missing in the floods. Someone brushed his forehead with his hand, glad that the whole family was there. All the time, there will always be people laughing, and there will always be people crying, this is a picture of all living beings.

As he walked through the town where the flood waters receded, some houses were tilted or some had even collapsed, a few pillars had blocked some swollen animal carcasses, but the flies and mosquitoes had already crawled over.

Seeing this scene, Changsun Tang faintly felt something wrong in his heart, but he couldn't remember it, but he intuitively said that this would be a very important thing.

A few children didn't notice anything wrong, the collapsed house became a good place for them to hide and seek, barefoot constantly shuttling through the streets and alleys, the adults were busy cleaning up their homes, and these children were having fun. One of the sweaty boys, perhaps thirsty, picked up water from a puddle on the side of the road and drank it, next to him was a swollen sheep with long wool that had begun to fall off, and the eldest grandson couldn't help but churn in his stomach when he saw this.

But at this time, the feeling of palpitations just now was a little stronger.

What is it?

"Childe, I haven't seen a flood, but I think there's something wrong here." Wang Tie Dan seemed to sense the uneasiness of the eldest grandson.

"I always have a feeling of panic, but I can't say what it is." The feeling of the eldest grandson was a little stronger.

Mosquitoes, flies, faintly the eldest Sun Tang felt that it was related to these little things. The worst thing for mosquitoes and flies is to spread diseases, but what diseases do they spread?

The eldest grandson looked at Wang Tie Dan and always thought about it.

Without waiting for Wang Tie to say anything, the eldest grandson ran up, he was going to find Li Zheng, and he had to quickly tell Li Zheng the news and take measures as soon as possible.