Nanshan Town is the main traffic road, drive a pillar of incense to the east to Jincheng Mansion, and take a boat to the west to reach Xiangyang Mansion in only half a pillar of incense time. Nantong Dongyang County, it took half a day for the carriage to rush over.

Not to mention the surrounding villages and towns, county seats.

In addition to Xiangyang Mansion, the surrounding prefectures, counties and counties, only Nanshan Town Waterway Wharf has the most convenient transportation. The cargo throughput of the wharf in Nanshan Town is no less than that of Xiangyang Prefecture, and even compared with Dongyang County, it is not much worse.

Nanshan Wharf is one of the three largest wharves in the surrounding area, the ice begins to melt in spring, and the river freezes in winter, and big ships on the river come and go, day and night.

Large ships are often discharged from inland rivers to outer rivers due to dock blockages. The county has set up a river management agency here.

This heavy rain caused the surrounding villagers who were seriously affected to rush to Nanshan Town, causing the streets to be full of victims.

The Huang family has been in the town for five days, and the rain has hardly stopped in the first three days, and in the past two days, the rain has stopped, and there is a feeling that it is about to turn clear.

The next day in the lower reaches of the East River, news came that the embankment had been broken. As soon as the news came out, Huang Laohan immediately dispatched his family to the town to buy grain, and he could buy as much as he could.

Aunt Zhao decided to discuss with her two sons at first sight, and took out nearly half of the family's silver and four taels of silver to buy grain.

All of a sudden, the prices of chickens, ducks, geese, and pork have all doubled, and the prices of rice and flour have also doubled.

The only drop in price is fish, there is no shortage of water in Nanshan Town, let alone fish. Originally, people here loved to eat fish, but recently the upstream water has flowed here, and it always has to bring down a few swollen and white corpses, such a river, no one dares to eat the fish in it.

It's not that there is really no one to eat, the victims outside the town, there are also people who go to the river to catch fish, if they don't eat, they will starve to death, no matter how better it is better than starving to death!

Aunt Zhao came out like most people in Huangjia Village, when they came out, the mountain had already started, and they only had time to take the family's money, and stuffed a few clothes and other things that were convenient to carry.

Although it was early autumn, the weather cooled down because of the heavy rain. An autumn rain and a cold, many people who do not have quilts when they sleep at night can only sleep wrapped in straw and hug each other.

Relying only on the temporary sheds, there is a lack of food and clothing, and there are always several elderly and children who die every day. Nanshan Town soon organized a group of young people to start managing these victims, and those who died every day had to dig deep pits and bury them as soon as possible.

The other part of the young people guarded the river, and when they saw a corpse floating down, they used a special iron hook, hooked it, and dragged it to the shore, whether it was a person or an animal, all dug a deep pit on the spot and buried it.

Huang Dou took advantage of the rain to stop, and hurriedly pulled Huang Pear to the town for a walk, Huang Laohan was not at ease, and told Huang Guigui to follow carefully.

The streets paved with bluestone slabs are fairly clean. The shops on both sides of the street wash the streets in front of each house with buckets of water in the morning.

Begging is often seen on the streets, but because there are too many, most of the local residents have become numb. People with good family backgrounds will give a little food when they see that they are really pitiful. At the end of the day, many people find it difficult to get a multigrain steamed bun or a bowl of gruel.

If this rain continues, then there will be more victims, more people who will die of disease and hunger. According to the current situation in Nanshan Town, it can even break out a large-scale plague.

The soybeans stopped and went, and the pineapple was gnawed with relish with a piece of maltose in his hand. Huang Guigui behind him, broke a branch, and shook it as he walked.

"Uncle, I want that." Huang Dou pointed to a man squatting on the corner of the street.

Huang Guigui took a closer look, there was a basket in front of the man, and in the basket was a small black dog, the puppy was not big, about full-term, and his big eyes were wet.

"A little earth dog, what's so good." Huang Guigui disagreed.

"I want to get a dog, and the rhubarb is gone, so I want to get a big black now." Soybean squatted down and touched the puppy's head.

The puppy first rubbed the hand of the soybean with his head, and then stretched out his tongue to lick the hand that the yellow peach stretched out.

Huang Tao had just gnawed on the maltose, and one hand was sticky, and the puppy stuck out his tongue and carefully cleaned Huang Tao's hand inside and out.

"Does the little big sister like this puppy? It's just that this dog costs thirty dollars. The squatting man saw the two little girls squatting in front of him and teasing the puppy, and hurriedly asked diligently.

"A small earth dog is so expensive, it's ten dollars." Huang Guigui was a little unhappy, this was obviously taking the three of them as the boss.

The middle-aged man was wearing a summer shirt and no shoes, squatting in the corner with two big feet bare, it was estimated that it was a little cold, and the whole person was curled up.

"No, little brother, this dog is a skewer, when my father picked up an injured little black wolf cub in the mountains. After raising it for more than a year, I went into the mountains, and then my rhubarb gave birth to a litter of miscellaneous dogs, some black and some yellow, and some variegated. My dad said it was a skewer. ”

"Your dog's father is a black wolf?" Huang Guigui reached out and picked up the two dogs' ears, looked left and right, and didn't see where they looked like wolves.

"It's not its father, it's its grandfather who is a wolf, and it's been strung several times. This time, my big dog gave birth to a litter of seven puppies, and the people in the village said that seven puppies would produce a dog king. ”

As soon as Huang Li heard the Dog King, she immediately asked in a soft voice, "Is this the Dog King?" ”

The man lowered his head and touched the puppy: "I don't know if it's not, the family suffered a disaster this time, a big flood washed away everything, this puppy is still my son secretly took the house to sleep at night, and when he left, he grabbed it and brought it out of his arms." ”

"I really can't help it, my son is sick, and it costs twenty-five yuan to get medicine, and the family has no money. The little money I brought out bought food, and while my son was asleep, I smuggled it out, thinking that I could sell it for some money to get medicine for my son. The man spoke, his voice low.

"It only costs twenty-five wen to catch the medicine, why do you sell thirty wen, and then you will say the dog king if you will talk about the strings, who knows if you are a liar." said that Huang Guigui went to drag soybeans: "Doudou is gone, the best of a little earth dog is only ten yuan, he sells it so expensive, he is obviously a liar." ”

"Little brother, I'm not a liar, I want to ask Wuwen to buy more meat buns for my son, he ......" Speaking of this, the man's voice was a little choked: "He hasn't eaten for two days, I want to buy a meat bun, he will definitely like it, so he can eat more." ”

Huang Guigui is only a fourteen-year-old boy, seeing such a big man squatting here in rags, tears are in his eyes, and his heart is a little soft: "Okay, okay, since Doudou likes it, then buy it." ”

After speaking, he took out the money from his pocket, took out it for a long time, and took out twelve articles.

It's embarrassing, there's not enough money!

When Huang Dou saw it, he quickly stood up and took out his pockets.

Well, the uncle and nephew are embarrassed together.

"You wait, I'll go back and get it." Saying that, Huang Guigui put the twelve texts in Huang Dou's hand, pulled his legs and ran home.

Huang Guigui ran home, asked the fourth sister-in-law for ten yuan, and went to grab two meat buns to wrap up, and after thinking about it, he grabbed two more multigrain steamed buns and put them in.

Just as he was about to leave, Huang Delei came over and asked, "Uncle, what are you doing with buns?" Beanie"

"Doudou has a fancy for a dog, the money is not enough, I will come back to get the money." Huang Guigui replied while carefully carrying the wrapped oiled paper bag into his arms.

"What?" Huang Delei was anxious when he heard it: "Where did you leave Doudou and Xiaoli behind?" What if I shoot Hanako? ”

As soon as Huang Guigui heard this, the blood rushed to his brain, and he ran away with Huang Delei in his hand, my mother, that big man must not shoot flowers.

Ran to the corner of the street, it was empty, not to mention people, and there was not a single dog.

Huang Guigui only felt that the world was spinning, and he actually threw soybeans and pineapples to a flower shooter. Two beautiful little girls were taken away by Huazi, and the ending can be imagined.

"Uncle, here." Huang Delei dragged the uncle, who was already a little stupid.

Under the eaves of Zhang Ji's butcher shop opposite, there were soybeans and pineapples and the tall man.

Huang Guigui strode over and grabbed Huang Dou's arm: "Who told you to run around, ah, you want to scare me to death, do you know." ”

"Uncle, what's wrong with you." Huang Dou patted his uncle's hand and looked at Huang Delei: "What's the matter, uncle?" ”

"Uncle thinks you were taken away by the flowers." Huang Delei was a little embarrassed, it was he who scared his uncle.

"Oh, no, just now Uncle Zhang saw us standing over there and called us over, saying that it was windy and cold over there." Huang Dou felt that the uncle was indeed a little frightened, and his face did not ease up until now.

Huang Guigui took out ten yuan from his pocket without saying a word, plus the twenty yuan in Huang Dou's hand, and counted it together and handed it to the middle-aged strong man: "You count, this is thirty yuan." ”

The middle-aged strong man counted carefully, carefully took out a handkerchief, carefully wrapped it and put it in the pocket of his waist.

Huang Dou was a little surprised to see this strong man who was dressed in tatters and didn't even wear straw sandals, and he actually put a clean old white handkerchief in his pocket.

The puppy has already been held in the arms of the pear, and the pearlet has been reaching out her right hand to lick the puppy.

"Thank you two little brothers, thank you two little sisters." As he spoke, the middle-aged strong man bent down to lift the basket and walked out.

On the bluestone street, the man's waist has been slightly hunched, wearing summer clothes, and his bare feet stepping out all the way, which makes people feel cold from the bottom of their hearts.

Huang Guigui stretched out his hand to take the puppy, and was just about to hug it, when he remembered that he still had a bun in his arms, he hurriedly stuffed the puppy back into Huang Li's arms, and chased after him: "Uncle, you wait." ”

While shouting and running, the middle-aged strong man turned his head in confusion, this little brother won't regret it, right?

"Here's for you." Huang Guigui took out the oiled paper bag in his arms, prepared to put it in his uncle's basket, thought about it wrong, and handed it over.

"What? What is this? The uncle hesitated and took it.

"Baozi, my fourth brother's family is eating over there, this is my own bag, I don't need money, you can take it back and give it to your son to eat." As soon as Huang Guigui turned around, he was ready to leave.

The middle-aged strong man grabbed Huang Guigui: "Thank you, little brother, my name is Wang Chongyang, and I will definitely repay you for this piece of heart if I have the opportunity." ”

"No...... No. Huang Guigui waved his hand again and again, he felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly walked away in a few steps.

Outside the east of the town, how many victims are in danger, and the wharf in the west of the town is already full of boats.