Chapter 12: Fleeing at night due to flooding
Chen Shiyou always had a bad premonition, and he couldn't sleep all night because the wind was too strong, and he was afraid that the window would not be able to withstand this kind of inside, so he fixed the window door with a wooden board early, blocking most of the light, and the room was as black as ink, which made it dilute.
Leaning into the crack of the window and looking out, the wind and rain were too strong, and there was hardly anything to see, Chen Shiyou looked at it for a while, and said to himself: "This rain ...... Soak all the soil. ”
It's just that the sky can't help it, Chen Shiyou sighed, blew out the oil lamp, and just lay back, when he suddenly heard a rapid gong sound, and there were faintly people shouting: "The embankment has fallen, the water has been released, the embankment has been reversed, and the water has been released!" ”
Hearing the third time, Chen Shiyou heard this shout clearly, and immediately bounced up in fright, hurriedly lit the lamp, went downstairs to look, and the water pouring in along the crack in the door had accumulated a shallow layer, and the small basket that Chen Shuang used to float out of nowhere, slowly rolling around on the water.
"Hair ...... It's watery, hurry up! Dumbfounded, Chen Shiyou hurriedly shouted desperately, ran a few steps to the stairs, and hurriedly went downstairs, carrying the two baskets of salt on his back, and dragging the half-melted salt to the second floor.
"Get up, get up, it's flooding!"
Chen Shuangchuan slept lightly and woke up quickly, but he was not awake for a while, almost subconsciously took his clothes and dressed, and combed himself with a comb to comb a neat braid, and was hit by Chen Caichun, who was also confused, only to suddenly realize that this was a big flood, ready to flee, and he had to quickly pack up his valuable things.
Listening to Chen Shiyou's hurried footsteps of Yang running up and down, busy moving things from the first floor to the second floor, the sound seemed to knock on Chen Shuang's heart one by one, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his brain was dull and he couldn't think.
At this time, Chen Shuangchuan's first thought was actually her new pair of shoes that she had just made and not worn a few times, so she quickly turned them out and changed them out, and then pulled a wrapping cloth, and tried very hard to stuff all the clothes in the wardrobe into it, and before the package was ready, Chen Shiyou called it away, and Chen Shuangchuan didn't have time to pack it, so he could only hug it all stupidly.
Yang glanced at it and scolded: "Stupid, put it down quickly, you can't bring so much!" ”
Chen Shuangchuan came to his senses at this time, threw the package on the bed, and just had time to take his own small purse, he was dragged down by Chen Shiyou.
When I went out, I found that the water was rising faster than expected, and it was only shallow to the ankles, but after cleaning up for a while, it was already not to the calves.
The typhoon has not passed, the wind and rain are very strong, even if you bring an umbrella, but you can't hold it at all, you can only walk hard, almost instantly was soaked, fortunately this is summer, I didn't feel cold, but the clothes are wet and sticky to the body and feel very uncomfortable.
Almost as soon as he went out, Chen Shuangchuan regretted it, the new shoes were a little big, and they didn't fit well, and he felt like he was going to be washed away by the water after walking a few steps in the water, which was not easy to walk.
And the more dangerous road is still behind, behind the Chen family is a small river, the road by the river is not wide, and there is a vast water, it is not clear where the road is and where is the river.
Fortunately, this road is habitual, and the water is not too full, the Chen family's thatched tank happened to be built on the edge of the river, only a small half of it was submerged, at this time it became a significant road sign, try to stay away from the river on the other side, stumbling, one holding the other's hand, finally safely walked through the section by the river.
This can be regarded as an escape, when he pulled the corner of Chen Shiyou's clothes and followed, I don't know why, Chen Shuangchuan didn't feel scared at all, but looked back, and suddenly thought of an unrelated thing, if this water rises again, sooner or later it will flood this tank......
As soon as he thought that his feet were actually stepping on such water, Chen Shuangchuan immediately felt uncomfortable, and hurriedly walked a few steps.
When we reached the crossroads, everyone gradually increased, and they all ran out in a hurry with their families. Chen Shiyou found a piece of high ground and hugged a few children, and then ran over to inquire with the people over there, and then came back with a heavy face, the news was confirmed, the collapse was the section of the seawall in Qingxian next door, and the typhoon just hit the high tide flood time, and the sea water rushed in all of a sudden, because of the high tide, even if the gate was opened, the water still couldn't be released at all, this is no way to think, unless you wait until the tide is low, otherwise the water will not recede.
"What should I do?" The Yang family is a little anxious, the terrain of the Chen family is a little low, and at this rate of rising water, it will soon be submerged.
Looking at the sky, although the wind speed did not decrease much, it gradually changed to a southeast wind, "Back to the south, this typhoon is almost over." ”
The water gradually filled up, and it was still under the stone just now, but after a while, it overflowed the stone and soaked into Chen Shuangluo's feet, so frightened that Chen Shuangluo hurriedly screamed.
I'm afraid I won't be able to stay here, Chen Shiyou patted his thigh and made a decision to go to the official road.
The roadbed of the official road is high, and the water has not yet flooded here, in addition to Chen Shiyou's family, there are many acquaintances who are also crowded here, looking at the past, they are all looking at the water with a bitter face, looking at the vast world of water a little helplessly.
The typhoon blew all night, and finally stopped at dawn, and the sky slowly cleared.
Chen Shiyou thought about it and asked Yang to stay here with the child, and he went into the water himself and slowly touched it back to see the situation.
Chen Shuangchuan was looking forward to it, and suddenly heard the sound of gurgling and hungry, and when he looked back, Chen Caichun blushed and looked away, Chen Shuangchuan just wanted to laugh, and there was a grunt, this time it came out of her stomach, and she immediately blushed a little.
Yang was worried about Chen Shiyouzhong, and when he heard this sound, he suddenly became a little angry, and scolded in a grunt: "The dead girl knows how to eat, and I don't know what happened to your father?" ”
Before she finished scolding, she grunted, Chen Shunan's stomach also screamed, and then she gurgled, her own stomach also screamed, and the food she had eaten recently was thin, and she tossed nervously for most of the night, so it was inevitable that she would feel hungry. Touched it stupidly, this family of five cleaned up for a long time before leaving, but no one thought to bring something to eat, and there was not a grain of rice on their bodies.
But as long as you have money, you can still buy things, on the side of the official road is a small stall of baked cakes, and it is still open, but it usually sells seven iron baht and a baked cake, and now it is sold for two copper baht, which is almost twice the price, and it is also a bit in short supply. Although he was distressed, Yang was still worried about what to do if the child was really hungry, so he had to buy four of them ruthlessly and pack them back.