As soon as the village chief gave an order, the villagers did not dare to delay any longer, and they went out to harvest the rice.

After confiscating the crops, the villagers hurriedly grabbed the idle people to help, and some villagers who did not grab anyone to help did not dare to make any more trouble, so they could only go to harvest the rice in a panic with a worried face.

Nie Yaoyao cooked a meal and came to the new house, and saw that Steward Qi had brought more than ten people to help today, and at this time the courtyard wall had been built, and they were piling sandbags outside the courtyard wall.

Steward Qi: "Little owner, you are really clever, today's rain seems to be not small."

"Uncle Qi, let the craftsmen leave at noon today, pay attention to safety in the rain, and today's salary will be calculated as one day." Saying that, Nie Yaoyao took out five taels of silver from his sleeve pocket and handed it to him, "This money is the wages of the craftsmen for these two days, and the extra will be used in the house." ”

Steward Qi took it, "Okay." ”

Towards noon, the weather in Lotus Village had become quite bad, and the dark clouds in the sky had rolled into a black and oppressive ink cloud, and a strong wind like a cold winter wind swept across the village.

The sound of "woo" seems to be the scream of a monster that often scares children in the mouths of adults, and occasionally a few children in the village are so frightened that they cry.

"Boom!"

A flash of lightning struck out from the sky, and drops of rain fell between lightning and thunder.

"I'm afraid!" Xiao Tuanzi had never seen this kind of weather, and he was so frightened that he drilled into Nie Yaoyao's arms, only revealing a small buttocks trembling.

"Huh!" The little lamb who was playing with her was also frightened, and he squeezed the little ball with his little head and wanted to get into Nie Yaoyao's arms.

Nie Yaoyao took the two little guys into his arms, comforted them with both hands, and coaxed them softly: "Be good, don't be afraid."

Fuwa was also afraid of this kind of weather, but he was not embarrassed to be coquettish like Xiao Tuanzi, he just sat obediently on the side, with a look of envy flashing in his eyes.

Nie Yaoyao looked at Fuwa's overly well-behaved and sensible appearance, and couldn't help but feel distressed, stretched out his hand to him, and said in a gentle tone: "Come, Fuwa come to my sister's side."

"Sister." Seeing Nie Yaoyao smiling gently at herself, Fuwa's eyes widened brightly, and she obediently moved to her side, looking at her shyly.

Nie Yaoyao took out a hand and touched his little head, "Are you afraid?" ”

Fuwa shook her head shyly, "I'm a boy, I'm not afraid." ”

"What's wrong with the boy, you little radish head is a little kid in front of my sister!" Xiuru stepped forward and flicked his skull with a big grin, and said with a smile.

"Sister Xiuru!" Fuwa pouted a little angrily, covered her head and glared at her angrily.

"Eh, okay, okay, Xiuru, don't tease him." Hu Yunlong shook the blue robe in his hand, handed it to Fuwa and said, "It's done, this is the autumn coat I asked me to make for you, take it to the West House and try it." ”

Fuwa looked at the clothes in her arms and immediately grinned, "Thank you, Sister Yun." ”

Different from the warmth in the house here, as the rain outside became heavier and heavier, the villagers who were still harvesting crops in the fields were in a hurry.

"Auntie, it's thundering, we can't stay outside, I'll go back first." A young man who helped wiped the rain from his face and reluctantly squinted his eyes and shouted to the owner of the crop.

"Don't go! Please, don't go, this crop will be ruined when it is soaked in water......"

"Coax-" A large piece of mountain rolled down from the mountain not far away, and the sound was huge.

Village Chief Kang shouted to the villagers who were still in the field in the face of the storm: "Come back!" It's a landslide! Dangerous! ”

"Oh my God! I can't stay anymore this day, auntie, let's go, people's lives matter! ”

"Nope! My rice...... "The woman wept as she watched the rice that was still in her field disappear into the rain.

The man beside her also had red eyes, and the last shred of reason told him that he had to leave now, and he wiped his face mixed with tears and rain, and dragged the woman away from the rice field without saying a word.

……

The storm lasted for three days and three nights, and all the crops in the lotus village were destroyed, and the whole village was suddenly shrouded in sadness.

On the fourth day, the dense dark clouds gradually tore open a hole, revealing a ray of redemptive daylight.

Aunt Li came to Nie Yaoyao's house and chatted: "Girl, thanks to your timely reminder, my family's rice is still fine, otherwise it will be raining heavily in the past few days, and it will not be damp to grow hair."

Nie Yaoyao smiled with relief, "It's good to be able to help you, but it's a pity that the crops in the village were destroyed, their hard work this year was all in vain." ”

Aunt Li also looked regretful: "But no, this natural disaster is scary, seeing the rice in front of you but you can't do anything, but this is also their fate, you and the village chief persuaded them so hard, they didn't take it seriously, and they couldn't blame anyone for the results they have now."

On the fifth day, the sky was clear.

Aunt Li and Jia Shun went back to the hot pot restaurant and were busy opening.

Nie Yaoyao came to the new house in the north of the village to check the situation, and found that the mudslide on the hillside not far away was very serious, and a large pile of mud and stones had poured out of the courtyard wall, and two layers of mud bags had been squeezed down, and the third layer of mud bags closest to the courtyard wall was also about to collapse.

It's really hanging, if this rain rains for another day, it is estimated that her new house will be destroyed.

Seeing that the new house was fine, Nie Yaoyao went home, and as soon as she arrived home, Xiuru said to her: "Sister, someone came to the house just now, and said that you should go to Lotus Lake after you come back, and the village chief asked people to gather."

"Okay."

Nie Yaoyao came to the lotus lake and found that many villagers had gathered, and everyone's complexion was not very good.

"Nie girl is here!" I don't know who shouted in the crowd, and everyone turned their eyes to her.

A woman walked out of the crowd and came to Nie Yaoyao to hold her hand, "Girl, it was my aunt who said stupid things a few days ago, don't take it to heart, I, if I had listened to you at that time, I wouldn't have been where I am now." ”

This woman, Nie Yaoyao, had some impressions that she was the daughter-in-law of the Song carpenter in the village, and she was also the woman who said that she and the village chief did not have a backache when she stood and talked with the village chief, and she heard Aunt Li say that half of her family's fifteen acres of land were destroyed in the torrential rain.

Song is much haggard than a few days ago, his sideburns are a little messy, and his eyes are red, it seems that he is very uncomfortable these days.

Nie Yaoyao smiled gently, "Auntie, don't care, I have long forgotten those words." ”

Song smiled gratefully, "You are a good boy, my aunt is really embarrassed." ”

At this time, Village Chief Kang glanced at everyone and said, "Okay, since everyone is here, then I'll tell the big guy one thing."

"This heavy rain has destroyed the food of many families in the village, some families are fine, and they can get by with some family funds, but some families are very sad without this ration. Therefore, I have called the big guys this time to ask each of you to give some money or food to help them tide over this difficult time. ”