Chapter Seventy-Three: Fighting the Flood and Capturing the Beast
Within a few days, Fu Zairong's mother recovered from her illness and returned to her hometown in Dashahe. Under the interrogation of Song Jiliu, Xu Yunduo and others, the timid and fearful local rich man had to return to Zhao, otherwise there would be no good fruit to eat, and he would have to eat a few grains of "peanuts".
Just a few days after the last heavy rain, it rained heavily again, and it rained for five days and five nights.
The Xiaosha River (now the Qingkou River) has burst!
This high uplift of the Xiaosha River embankment has several sections of dangerous work in Qingkou and Songzhuang. The so-called Kuomintang Ganyu County Government, like the Qing government, only knows how to loot the people's ointment, and no one really cares about the people's suffering. The river control official of the county government was none other than the younger brother of Ganyu's No. 1 bad species at that time, the four bad seeds.
At this time, Song Jiliu, who went to Xixiang to sell salt brine, was on the way back to the village. When he heard that Xiaoshahe had been executed several times and that the flood had flooded Songzhuang Township and other places, he rushed back to the village against the flow of fleeing people and the monster-like flood peak. When he came to the vicinity of Zhuangzi, he saw that inside and outside the village, the water and the sky were connected in a vast expanse. Seeing the half-flooded mud and straw houses collapse one by one, stirring up a high column of water, giving people the feeling that the sky is falling apart.
Where has the family gone? Why can't anyone see it? Song Jiliu was in a hurry, and when he was in a hurry, he suddenly heard someone behind him shouting loudly: "Big-brother!" Big-brother! ”
Jiliu looked back and saw his second brother Song Xiaoer, who was riding the wind and waves and floating in the water. He was overjoyed. When Xiao Er came closer, Jiyanagi grabbed him as if he was afraid that he would disappear immediately, and asked eagerly, "Where is Da and Mom?" ”
"I'm waiting for you on the big pile in the north! I'm here to call you! ”
Jiliu asked again, knowing that everyone in the family was taking refuge in a large pile, and his heart was steady. The two Jiliu brothers rescued many poor villagers in the water, and found that there was no one to save, so they swam to Dadui with the second brother and met with their relatives at home.
Later, he found Jae Rong with his parents and younger brothers, got a few wooden planks, and temporarily settled on a large pile.
Time, day after day, passed.
There are several villages in a radius, on the mounds of soil that are exposed to the water, and on the big trees, they are all crowded with ordinary people who have struggled out of the water. They looked around, hoping for a well-wisher to come to the rescue. However, they were dazzled, and they did not see a single boat.
On this day, a large ship came from the east side of the sea. When the big guy saw the shadow of the boat, he danced with joy, and the people shouted desperately. However, the men on the ship did not pay much attention to them. It turned out that the ship had come to take advantage of the fire - they were just desperately trying to salvage something.
Song Jiliu took a look at the shed with his hand, and it turned out to be Zhang Xingsan, the leader of the bandits, nicknamed the ship of Huang Nitou's family. In addition to salvaging things, this boat also buys people - a beautiful big girl only gives twenty yuan. Whoever wants to sell them the root of his life must write a note on the spot on the ship and put his finger print on it.
In charge of this lack of virtue on the ship is Shang Baosong, nicknamed Bad Sweet Potato. This guy is a notorious big bad guy who cheats, steals, robs, kills, and sets fires. Even though he pretended to be friendly today, Jiliu could see at a glance his ugly face with no good intentions.
At this time, a thought flashed in Song Jiliu's mind: "I got this boat in my hands and used it to rescue the villagers from the water......" Thinking of this, he couldn't help touching the short gun in his arms, jumped into the water, and a big fierce man pierced the big boat, and jumped up with a pull of the boat with his right hand.
Bad sweet potatoes scared a lot. He looked at this daring fellow and asked in fear, "You, who are you?" Yes, what are you going to do? ”
"Let me start by asking, what hill are you from? What do you do with buying some big girls? ”
Bad sweet potato saw that this guy came out of the water, his hands were stuck on his waist and his muscles were pimpled, and he stared at himself with anger on his face, and he was carrying a flying knife bag with a short gun in his arms, and he looked like a robber. So Pi smiled and said, "Hero, don't get me wrong, there are no outsiders, they are all ...... their own family."
"Who's in your family?"
"Don't worry, have you heard of the yellow mud head of our Ganyu Beiwen Village, right? He is the No. 1 mountain king in our Ganyu and Rizhao area. I am the ...... of King Zhang's men."
As soon as the refugees on the tree heard that it was the boat of the notorious Zhang Xingsan, they all exploded their lungs, and the big guys all pointed to the bad sweet potatoes and shouted to Song Jiliu: "Boss Song, kill this dog who doesn't eat human food!" ”
"You big bad seed who endangers one side, go and die!" Song Jiliu took out the flying knife from the knife bag with a snort, glared at his eyes and said, "I'll send you back to your hometown now!" ”
Song Jiliu said and stabbed him in the heart. The bad sweet potato Shang Baosong struggled and plunged headlong into the gushing water.
A few or six minions on the boat were also frightened and fled. Song Jiliu looked at their embarrassed looks, just smiled, and didn't bother to pay attention to them anymore. Then, he handed the boat to Li Dalu and said: "Your boat is gone, so use this boat to save the elderly, children and sick people in my village and neighboring villages first!" ”
"Okay!" Li Dalu said happily, "Take your family with you first." ”
"No, no! In my family, there are no too big old people, and there are no too young children, so it's better to save the villagers first, quickly! ”
Li Dalu knew Song Jiliu's character, and felt that if he said more, he would suffer a bear, so he loaded a boatload of old and young and sick people, and drove the boat away.
From the day Li Dalu left, everyone spent their days pinching their fingers like years, constantly begging God to bless them to come back as soon as possible. However, after a few days and nights, I did not even look forward to the shadow of the ship.
That night, Song Jiliu and Fu Zairongzheng were talking, and Li Dalu came back quietly. He came back at night with a Nanmu stick with a telephone line. When Jiliu saw it, he was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the ship?" ”
"It's called the yellow mud head buttoned up!" Li Dalu said, "Because I am not familiar with the geography, I have to avoid the trees and the Nanmu electric pole that has just been erected......
"How did you get back?"
"It was Qi Wanhong and Xiang Xiaozhan who helped me escape."
"Are they bandits too?"
"Yes. It was in response to Chief of Staff Liu's call that they temporarily became bandits who did not endanger the common people, and they mainly wanted to join this team and help the poor fight the world. You forgot about that, they went there with your consent! In addition, Qi Wanhong wants me to send you a letter quickly......"
"Yes, that's the case! What letter? ”