Chapter 3 Preparing for Flooding
Feeling that Wu Hongsheng was not as excited as just now, Wu Guifang invisibly hooked his lips.
"Brother Hongsheng, I had a dream last night."
"In my dream, I dreamed that in the near future, we suddenly had a heavy rain that was rare in a century. Moreover, this heavy rain will also fall for a full month. During this period, flash floods and mountain collapses will plunge the entire Sara River region into a vast ocean. ”
Suddenly hearing this, Wu Hongsheng instinctively didn't believe it.
It's April and May, and it's getting hotter. It's so good, how could it rain for so long?
As for the daughter-in-law's words, if the flash flood occurs and the mountain collapses, their place will fall into the ocean...... He always felt that his daughter-in-law was talking too seriously.
The reason why Wu Hongsheng didn't want to believe it was because they were just waiting for the rice in their 20 acres of field to ripen.
On the north bank of the upper reaches of the Saro River, where the soil is fertile, the sun is abundant, and there is no shortage of water, and the rice is grown here, and the smell of the rice is strong and fragrant, and the taste is particularly chewy.
More than 20 years ago, the current emperor paraded here, and after eating the rice porridge here, he praised it a few times. It's very good, it's good.
Since then, the rice in this area has become a tribute rice to the royal family.
In June of every year in Wujia Village, after the rice is harvested, all the rice must be handed over. After that, according to the amount of supply provided by each household, Futai will return a certain amount of brown rice, which is the soybeans grown by many families.
If the rice handed over by any family does not meet the required quality and quantity, then the whole family will face prison......
Over the years, many people have died of "illness" in prison.
Wu Hongsheng is a person who can be a man.
He knew that the little ghosts in the yamen were difficult, and every time he handed over food, he would stuff money and things.
Because he is the most sensible, he receives the least trouble every time.
However, in their Wujia Village, his family has become the poorest.
Thinking of the past, Wu Hongsheng unconsciously thought that if it really rained for a month after 7 days, how would they live with a large family?
When the imperial court came to collect grain and taxes, I don't know if the flood has receded......
If the water doesn't recede, everything will be fine.
If the water recedes, then the people of their family, as well as the people in the entire Wujia Village, will be waiting to be ruined by those officials......
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Although Wu Hongsheng couldn't believe what Gui Fang said, he had already prepared for the worst in his heart.
Faced with the impending disaster, he could only choose to abandon everything in front of him and migrate to the mountains.
There are jackals, tigers and leopards on the mountain, as well as all kinds of wild beasts. It's dangerous. I don't know how many people I can live when the time comes......
Thinking of this, Wu Hongsheng frowned tightly, and his hands unconsciously clenched into fists.
The life of the peasant family is miserable!
But the peasant families in the mountains lived even more hard.
As the head of the entire Wu family, it is really difficult for him to keep the first 30 people in the family alive......
I found that the man next to me had a face full of sorrow, and I didn't know what to do. Wu Guifang rolled her eyes at him impatiently and lost her temper.
"Brother Hongsheng, what do you think? Do you believe what I just told you? ”
Worried that he wouldn't shed tears if he didn't see the coffin, Wu Guifang sighed helplessly.
"Brother Hongsheng~, think about it carefully. If you really make a decision, then let's stop grinding and act now! ”
"We need to find a safe place to live. High enough. Moreover, it does not cause landslides and is not prone to water accumulation. ”
"Besides, we have to hurry up and prepare everything we can eat!"
Seeing Wu Hongsheng at this moment, he lowered his head, lowered his eyes, and clasped his hands, not knowing what he was thinking.
Wu Guifang's eyes rolled, and she immediately decided that Wu Hongsheng definitely didn't believe her.
Wu Guifang has been decisive and resolute since she was a child.
She felt that at such a moment of crisis, instead of being wronged and suffocated, it was better to open the skylight and speak brightly.
"Brother Hongsheng! If you don't believe me, and suspect that I'm possessed by some kind of demon, then you can kill me now! Anyway, after I die, I don't have to suffer so much and go through so many tribulations......"
Wu Guifang cried sadly as she spoke.
She felt that she was so miserable.
There are so many people who have crossed, who is miserable with her?
People are either princes or princesses.
Either it's the man of destiny.
What about her?
It's a beggar who lives in a thatched house and sleeps on a thatched bed!
And it's still the kind of food that doesn't have the next meal, drinking porridge when the farm is busy, and eating grass when it's free.
She's really a pathetic person!
What kind of good life can she live in this place?
Seeing Wu Guifang at this moment, she gave up on herself and looked like she was about to collapse, Wu Hongsheng quickly opened his mouth to comfort her.
"Gui Fang, don't worry. I have all these words you said in my heart! ”
"It's seven days later, and it's raining heavily, isn't it?"
Wu Guifang listened, wiped her tears, and nodded heavily.
"Hmm. Yes. It's going to rain in a few days. And for the next month in a row. At that time, the flood disaster was very serious. I don't know how many people will die here......"
Thinking of the scene of the flood and corpses everywhere, Wu Guifang, who had always been in a peaceful world, was a little scared.
After Wu Hongsheng looked at her deeply at this time, he pursed his lips.
It is better to believe that there is something than not to believe that there is none.
If what the old wife said, if it is true, then they will be a big family, and the loss will be minimized in the next disaster.
Wu Hongsheng thought about it and stood up.
After he helped Wu Guifang up, he took her and took out a small ball of mud tightly wrapped in loess from a loess brick at home.
In front of Wu Guifang, Wu Hongsheng gently rubbed the outer layer of the mud ball.
After the debris was gone, Wu Guifang noticed it with a sharp eye, and it flashed with a moving light.
"Huh~?"
"Brother Hongsheng, this is silver, right?"
Wu Hongsheng listened and nodded heavily.
"Yes. This is the 18 taels of silver that we have worked hard to save in our lives. ”
Hearing Wu Hongsheng say such a thing, Wu Guifang couldn't believe it.
It took a family decades to save 18 taels of silver?
This peasant's life is too hard, isn't it?!
However, Wu Hongsheng was able to save so much silver while ensuring the survival of his family,...... It shows that he is still very capable.