Draining several miles from the wharf, boats and rafts, large and small, were lowered and tied to stakes on the shore with thick ropes, which rose and fell with the waves. Under the wall to the east of Yang's homeland, several more small boats and rafts were added, lying motionless in the dirt on the ground.

Yang Tianfeng got up early, came to the polder wall, and looked at the milky white narrow belt that had been faintly straightened in the sky.

"The boy of the Yang family got up early." Mr. Du said a word under the polder wall and walked up slowly.

"Mr. Du, the flood is certain today. After listening to your words, I can still sleep. Yang Tianfeng stepped forward and said with a wry smile.

Mr. Du nodded and said, "What should come is always coming, this is the will of God!" You have arranged it very well, and the people of the Quartet will have to rely on your generosity in the future, which can be regarded as accumulating virtue for your Yang family. ”

"Yes, accumulate virtue, the kid is good at accumulating virtue." Yang Tianfeng said casually, turned his head to look at a horse in the distance with a rider galloping quickly, and his heart was sudden. Judging from the direction, the rider came from Crouching Tiger Hill, could it be that something happened over there?

Du Meiying walked up quickly with a piece of clothing in her hand and put it on Mr. Du. She is wearing a green dress today, and she is also wearing a light red shoulder on her upper body, which is pleasing to the eye.

But Yang Tianfeng just glanced at it, nodded slightly as a greeting, and still looked at the rider who had already entered the yard.

The rider had already seen Yang Tianfeng, he jumped off the horse, ran all the way up, and said breathlessly: "Young master, young master, the third young lady has run away." ”

Yang Tianfeng was stunned for a moment, and asked loudly: "Don't worry, make your words clear." How did she run away? When did you run? ”

The rider took a few breaths and said, "It's the bad things of those students who are training on the job, they and the third young lady got out of the dog hole on the west side of the old mansion." It should have been after midnight last night, and the tiger master had already sent someone to chase after him. ”

Yang Tianfeng frowned and thought about it, he also blamed himself for this, and he was not wary enough of this group of students. He sighed silently, waved his hand and said, "You go back immediately, tell Huzi, don't stir up the army, and withdraw everyone!" The flood will come, don't break the man's hand. As for the third young grandmother, let her go! ”

The rider blinked, puzzled, and didn't turn away until Yang Tianfeng waved his hand again.

Mr. Du looked at Yang Tianfeng with some incredulity, opened his mouth, turned his head again, looked into the distance, and didn't seem to hear about it.

Du Meiying pursed her lips, stretched out her thumb to measure it, and said to Yang Tianfeng in a low voice: "Broad-minded like the sea, what a man." ”

Yang Tianfeng nodded with a smile, reluctantly accepted this hard-won compliment, and said with some sneering: "Let's go down to eat!" ”

"Dad, let's go down and eat first!" Seeing that Mr. Du was speechless, Du Meiying reminded him again.

"Wait!" As soon as Mr. Du turned around, Yang Tianfeng suddenly shouted loudly.

A faint stream of wolf smoke rose in the distance, and then another, and another, closer and clearer. In a short time, columns of smoke also rose in the direction of the dock, and columns of smoke rose in all directions, and the alarm spread outward in this primitive way.

"It's coming!" Mr. Du suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky, his hands were trembling, and his face changed suddenly.

The sky suddenly turned yellow, not like the morning glow and sunrise, nor like the afterglow of the sunset, but like a layer of yellow dust and mist dozens of feet high in the sky.

The wind cried out, and it slipped through the road, and there was no great swing in the treetops, but it blew the weeds on the ground so that they could not stand upright. Immediately afterward, a whine-woo-woo howl came faintly.

"Here it is, here comes the flood." Mr. Du said in a trembling voice, turned his head and shouted at Yang Tianfeng: "Knock on the gong and call people, the flood is coming." ”

The gong rang out hurriedly, and the people who stayed behind in Yang's homeland ran up to the polder wall, holding all kinds of household goods, and looked into the distance in a daze.

The sky in the northeast was full of yellow mist, chaotic clouds were rolling, and the terrible sound of woo-woo shook the ground beneath his feet. It is like thousands of tigers roaring, tens of thousands of wild wolves howling, and it is like two armies shouting and fighting on a large battlefield......

The hares and rats all ran out of their holes, screaming and running, bringing with them even more terrifying and apocalyptic feelings.

Old Mrs. Yang also walked up at some point, stood beside Yang Tianfeng and the others, sighed, and said, "The flood is coming, I saw it once when I was young, and I didn't have this sound to be afraid of people. ”

"Mother, you go back first, I'm here!" Yang Tianfeng clenched his fists tightly, and his forehead was sweaty, but he was barely calm, and when he saw that the old lady insisted on not leaving, he had to turn his head and order: "Let the kitchen bring up all the food, everyone will eat here, and when you are full, you can resist the flood." ”

After a while, the food was brought up, and everyone looked into the distance, and only ate a few bites hastily, and then they could no longer eat.

The roar became louder and louder, getting closer and closer, Yang Tianfeng held the steamed bun in one hand, subconsciously ate and swallowed, and held the telescope in the other hand, looking around.

……… To the northeast, Qi is steep and steep, and yellow water suddenly appears on the horizon, rising higher and higher, pressing over like a wall. Yang Tianfeng blinked vigorously, the head of the water had risen to more than six feet high, and several barley stacks were floating in the air.

"Water! Yellow water is down! Yang Tianfeng put down the binoculars and shouted loudly.

Yes, the yellow water is coming, and the man-eating yellow stream rushes over with irresistible power. The water was roaring, everything was screaming miserably, and the yellow water mixed with mud and sand grains poured madly.

Five or six miles west of Yangjiayuanzi is a small Zhangzhuang in a depression, and people see that in just a blink of an eye, a small village of about 30 families has been flooded by the turbid Yellow River, the houses are half short, and the tops of a few poplar trees are exposed to the water.

People were staring at their frightened eyes, watching the yellow water approaching step by step, and even Yang Tianfeng's palms were sweating. A cold hand reached over and touched the back of his hand, and Yang Tianfeng grabbed it without even thinking about it. He also felt his own insignificance in front of the power of nature, and holding this little hand, he could feel his own violent heartbeat.

The flood rushed over the slope like a wave and overflowed the top of the polder, and the people screamed......

"Quickly lift the soil bag to block the water, and unrelated people quickly go down the polder." Mr. Du opened his arms and shouted loudly.

"Go up the polder wall and block the water with earthen bags." Steward Han shouted loudly.

Under the command of Chen Dalong, the soldiers of the security regiment in the courtyard shouted and rushed up to the polder wall with earthen bags.