Just as everyone expected, the next day there was a violent storm on the boundary of Huyin County, and the rain continued for three days, and the river swelled again, which had flooded into the low-lying areas of the county, and the streets of the city were full of people who kept scooping water outside their doors.

The county government sent out officers to inspect all parts of the city day and night, and if they found any ditches that were blocked, they immediately cleared the debris and kept the drainage unobstructed. But even so, several streets and residential areas were soaked in water, coupled with the cold wind and rain, everyone complained of misery.

The situation in Xie Jiajiao is slightly better, the terrain is high, the embankment is strong, and the embankment, roads and ditches are re-strengthened with cement masonry in advance, plus the tribesmen insist on daily patrols and cleanups, even if there is a danger in any place, someone will immediately solve the problem, so it is generally very stable, and several flooded places can also drain the stagnant water in time, and it has not endangered the people who live nearby.

The situation of Zhushan Academy is worse than that of Xiejiajiao, and the low-lying areas are all submerged. However, the teachers and students left behind in the academy have already moved to higher and safer areas, so their daily lives have not been greatly affected, and they can even continue to attend classes for half a day every day. It's just that the weather is bad and the amount of labor is heavy, and many of the teachers and students who are already weak have fallen ill one after another, which makes the situation of the college, which is already understaffed, even more embarrassing. Fortunately, the academy is in the area of Huyin County, with an excellent reputation, and many people who have studied in the academy themselves or their children have brought young servants to the academy to help after settling down in their homes, so the Zhushan Academy is basically safe.

Xie Mulin received a letter from the two brothers from the academy at home, and learned that both of them were fine, Xie Xianzhi was originally a little cold, but after eating the pills brought from home, he was fine after sleeping for one night, and he felt a little more relieved. She is not afraid that her brothers will report good news and bad news, and deliberately downplay her situation. Zhushan Academy is the Xie family's second-room industry, even if the river is turbulent at the moment, and the two places cannot communicate every day, they can still communicate every three or two days, even if the Xie family and the academy stand on both sides of the river and shout to each other, they can also circulate news. Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi's brother are safe and sound, she is still sure that she is not afraid that they will lie in the letter.

Relatively speaking, Xie Mulin was more worried about the situation on the other side of the old house.

The old house itself is lower and too close to the river, which is easily affected by the river. Now there are still a group of epidemic patients living there, which is inconvenient to communicate with the outside world, and it is even more troublesome.

Ma Lu Yao entrusted the ferry driver from Qianwan Village to enter the county seat to bring a letter to the master to report safety, saying that the river had crossed the wharf and embankment, and was only ten feet away from the gate of the old house, and Xiao Rui had ordered the wounded soldiers in the house to be ready to retreat to the back mountain at any time, and even ordered someone to build a grass shed on the mountain, but the weather was too bad and the result was not very good.

Ma Luyao had already discussed with Jia Da that if the wounded soldiers really wanted to retreat, the two of them would take the most seriously injured, the weakest, and the most inconvenient people to get on the boat they had prepared, and leave the old house temporarily, and would not go to the mountains in the rain and wind. It's just that considering that the wounded soldiers are basically infected with the epidemic, they will not go to other villages and towns, and it is estimated that they will have to make duckweed on the river for a while.

Fortunately, the epidemic in the old house has basically been controlled, and there have been no new epidemic patients for two days, and the people who were originally infected with the disease have gradually improved. It's just that the most seriously ill ones haven't fully recovered for the time being, but as long as they can recuperate in a relatively stable environment, it is only a matter of time before they get better.

So, I really don't know whether to say that these wounded soldiers are lucky or unlucky. Luckily, it means that they were infected with the epidemic, but they met a good doctor in time; Unlucky means that before they have recovered, they have encountered this flood, and they may have to break into the wind and rain with illness at any time to die. However, Xiao Rui is quite open-minded, and with him comforting the wounded soldiers in the old mansion, most of them don't feel depressed, and they don't complain.

After reading the letter, Xie Mulin sighed, and was also glad that he had insisted on renovating the old mansion before, otherwise the old mansion would not be able to withstand such a strong wind and rain. It is said that many of the old houses in Xiejiawan have been collapsed in the flood. Even a few tenants' houses, there are many flooded, tenants have a way to go to relatives and friends, no way can only move their belongings to a relatively high hillside, and there is a family really can't help, even if they know that there is an epidemic in the Xie family's old house, they have to knock on the door for help, and send the elderly and two young children who have difficulty moving at home to live in the Xie family's back house.

The Meilu where Xie Mulin lived finally ushered in strange residents.

Xie Mulin didn't care about this, and when Ma Lu Yao reported it, she immediately replied. She believes that her old house is still solid, as long as it is not soaked in floodwater, it should not collapse the wall and collapse, and the cement is not so fragile.

However, if it continues to rain like this, and the water level of the river continues to rise, the situation will not be so easy. Now whether it is in Huyin County or Xie Jiajiao, there has been a kind of remark, worried that the tragic situation after the flood eight years ago will come to Huyin again, and many people are uneasy.

Dr. Du of the Du Family Medical Center personally visited the county lord, came up with a set of epidemic prevention and control plans, and asked the county to arrange it in all parts of the county in advance, so as to avoid another epidemic after the flood. The county lord did not dare to ignore it, and had already sent people to the townships and towns to give orders. All kinds of necessary medicinal materials and materials are also being slowly mobilized.

Xie Mulin couldn't do anything at this time, she collected all the materials that should be collected, and the family also boiled medicinal tea every day and distributed it to everyone in Xiejiajiao, trying to avoid the occurrence of epidemics. She told the clan and the clan what she knew, and asked them to do a good job of prevention. More than that, there's nothing she can do.

She is still with her third brother Xie Hui every day, participating in the patrol and clean-up work of the clan. Tired is a little tired, mentally still very fulfilling, and there is a sense of security. Because she now knows exactly where the peninsula she lives is not very safe, where it is stable and worry-free, where it needs to be guarded against, and where it must be strengthened afterwards.

Every time she goes out now, she wears men's clothes, not deliberately pretending to be a boy, but men's clothes are more convenient to move. The clansmen gradually got used to her dress, and felt that she and her brother acted neatly, not squeamish, and could really help, rather than playing, and recognized and appreciated their sister and brother more and more.

Nowadays, even if an outsider occasionally comes, when she hears that there is a girl in the Xie family who dresses up as a man and expresses some opinions that she does not agree with, the Xie clan will take the initiative to defend her: "What does it matter? Even if our Xie family is a woman, we have the ambition to contribute to the clan. Men's clothing is naturally more convenient to move, otherwise, isn't it too cumbersome to wear a floor-length skirt to come and go in the wind and rain? It's just for the convenience of doing things, what's the fuss about? ”

There were even more women in the clan who had learned from Xie Mulin and dressed in men's clothes, including women in the prime of life and unmarried girls. Anyway, Xie Jiajiao is now short of manpower, and some heavy work has begun to involve strong women, wearing men's clothes, natural action is more convenient than long skirts. There are even women who perceive the benefits of men's clothing after wearing them, and simply go out to do things every day wearing the clothes of their husbands and sons. Xie Mulin has several cousins and clan sisters, and every day he will borrow his brother's clothes to wear, even if he stays at home to make tea and cook for the hard-working clansmen, his actions are much more neat.

In Xie Jiajiao, women wear men's clothes, and a trend slowly forms.

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