The electric light on the roof rattled, flickering and dimming, and the little girl stumbled on the stairs because she couldn't see the stairs in a panic; She didn't care about her sprained ankle, and got up with grinned teeth:

"Madam, the phone can't be reached, Mr. can't be reached."

Mrs. Shen also panicked: "The wind is so strong, the telephone line is estimated to be unable to be saved, go and seal the doors and windows, stuff the gaps in your clothes and mattresses, don't let the wind and rain come in." ”

The old servants carried long wooden strips and foreign nails from the warehouse, the little girl on the crutches carried two hammers behind her, and the old mothers hugged a few stacks of shabby clothes and plugged the cracks and window edges of the first floor.

The lantern sign of the shop across the street was smashed down, and a string of miserable white sparks appeared, completely extinguished.

There were screams and panic inside and outside the house, and Mrs. Shen was afraid that Ren Yan had never seen this battle, so she shook her hand and comforted: "There are often things here, but three or two times a year, don't be afraid, it will be fine in an hour or two." ”

Ren Yan nodded.

Just now she saw that there were several nail holes wedged on the wooden strips that had been moved out, which should have been left by the sealing of the windows when the wind was in the past; She also followed the example of the old servants and nailed long wooden strips to the walls on either side of the windows on the third floor.

Mrs. Shen put two flashlights in order, came to hold the ladder for her, tilted her head and smiled embarrassedly: "It's so easy to come here, but I encountered such a thing." ”

Ren Yan smiled: "God is angry, how can we ask, fortunately, it will be over in a while." ”

"Yes, Miss Ren is also in a hurry, Mr. Gu often comes here, and now he is with my husband, the two of them know how to deal with it, and they may stay where to wait for the wind and rain to pass."

Ren Yan smiled.

Mrs. Shen asked someone to bring snacks and sat upstairs to pass the time, she comforted Ren Yan with her mouth, but her heart was like a cat scratching.

Gu Tingwen and Shen Boyang didn't have much effort to leave the mansion, the wind and rain came overwhelmingly, most of the people were still on the road, and the trees outside were about to be called to pick up the roots, and the cars were uncertain.

The servants are all around the second floor, always keeping an eye on the inside and outside; After sitting for a long time and feeling flustered, Mrs. Shen got up and asked someone to come up and ask about the situation.

But before the words could be spoken, all the lights on the three floors were extinguished, and only the white light that broke in when the lightning and thunder roared outside, like a ghost, pervasive.

The timid little girl screamed in surprise, and asked the old mothers to whisper a few words, and the mansion fell into a dead silence; Ren Yan squinted his eyes and felt the direction in the dark: "Mrs. Shen, are you okay?" ”

"Miss Ren, I seem to be hitting my stomach......"

A weak sound startled the people upstairs and downstairs.

Ren Yan took out the flashlight and took a photo in all directions, looked for the woman with a painful face, and carried her into the bedroom; The outside of the door was full of servants, and they were busy delivering tea and water for a while.

Mrs. Shen was half lying on the bed panting: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid I'm going to give birth...... I'm sorry ......."

How can a big girl experience this, Ren Yan panicked and her brain tightened, and she had to comfort her: "What's wrong with having a child, the melon is ripe, the way of heaven dictates it, Mrs. Shen, don't be afraid, there are so many of us!" ”

Everyone touched the dark, boiled hot water, filled the thermos, prepared clean toiletries, and the old mothers gathered around the house, waiting anxiously.

The clock in the living room rang ten times, and Mrs. Shen was afraid that she would not be able to stand it, so she fell asleep peacefully.

Ren Yan was scared, and he didn't dare to turn on the flashlight, he only relied on human breathing to figure out her state, and he couldn't go far, so he hung around in and out of the bedroom.

The old mother grabbed her handkerchief and was anxious, and whispered: "Miss Ren, why don't you lie down too, if your wife gives birth in the middle of the night, you have to be busy, let's guard it first!" ”

Ren Yan shook his head: "It's okay, I'll stay up, the two gentlemen still have no news?" ”

The old mother sighed lightly: "There is no light outside, I can't be contacted, wait." ”

The table clock struck eleven times, and the lame girl in the first hit the second floor: "Oh no, no, no, the clothes in the crack of the door on the first floor rushed in and began to seep water." ”

The old mother didn't care about anything else, and pushed her to run down: "Then what are you shouting about, don't block the door." ”

The lightning bolt smashed the bedroom glass, and the wind wrapped in cold rain penetrated into the house, waking up Mrs. Shen on the bed: "Miss Ren......"

"Hey, you, are you okay?" Ren Yan rolled up the curtains to block the gap in the wooden strips, screamed a face of wind and rain, and spoke like sifting chaff.

"It doesn't hurt anymore, but there's still no news?"

"The wind and rain are strong, and we have to pass it for a while."

Mrs. Shen listened attentively, and only spoke after a while: "It's been this time, and I haven't stopped yet, I'm afraid it's going to be bad." ”

Where did the storm have stopped in two or three hours, and the movement was even more violent than at nine or ten o'clock; The shouting and panic outside were all forcibly forced back by the wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and it seemed that only the roar of the wind and the howl of the torrential rain were left between heaven and earth.

Ren Yan was speechless.

Mrs. Shen also fell silent.

They sat across from each other, and the servants gathered in the living room outside, silent.

At three o'clock in the night, the wind and rain became heavier and stronger, and the whole mansion swayed from side to side in all the hustle and bustle, standing on the carpet as if stepping into thousands of miles of clouds, and it did not fall.

In order to block the door on the first floor, the lame little girl was hit head-on by the long wooden strip that was blown away, and poured into the rainwater pouring into the room; The old mother called for a long time and saw no one before she knew that something was wrong.

The water on the first floor was up to the knees, everyone was groping in the water with flashlights, and someone came up from under the fallen cabinet, and the little girl's face was pale and bloodless.

carried the person up to the second floor to tie the wound, but spit out the water, and the person was still unconscious, and the whole body was cold.

The old mother cried and screamed, held her hand and muttered that she was useless, and she had harmed a child like a flower.

Ren Yan covered his eyes and withdrew, leaning against the wall that would collapse in the next moment, his heart tugging, blocking his throat and eyes, and he couldn't breathe.

"What's wrong with Ogawa?" Mrs. Shen listened to the movement, stumbled over against the wall, and looked into the house in a shaky manner.

"The man was rescued, choked on the water and fell asleep." Ren Yan was afraid of startling her, so she didn't dare to talk in detail, and helped someone back to the room.

Her sleeves and trouser cuffs were soaked, and the carpet leading to the room was dripping with water, like a mire that could eat people, and she wouldn't let it go.

People can't get in and out, and the same goes for telephones, the world is cut off, the fear of death is just a wall, and everyone's spirit begins to slowly decay.

Mrs. Shen sat on the sofa and stroked her stomach and whispered, "Outside, it won't become a sea of water, right?" ”

When the little girl was fished out, the water on the first floor was about to reach her knees, and when they came in, the water level was already thigh-free, and the roof began to crackle and leak.

The old servant moved the objects to plug the gap, but in a moment, the rain seeped in and began to tick.

There was a copper basin at the bottom, and the monotonous and terrifying sound of water echoed in the mansion, like a life-threatening charm, the younger girl didn't hold it at first, and bit the back of her hand and cried.

The old mothers didn't have time to scold, and sat in the corridor begging God for mercy, so that everyone could survive this catastrophe safely, but all she could answer was the endless sound of wind and rain, and a crumbling mansion.

The clothes were cold, and Ren Yan wrapped a blanket around his body, leaned back against the soft sofa, and was stunned with his hair down.

A lot of things went through my mind in a flash.

Mother's dilapidated old house on the island, the yard of grandparents and grandmothers on a hillside; There is also the magnificent Cuihua Garden in Beijing, the young grandmother of the Liang family, Hui Yu, and Cheng Shi'an, who is still on the way but doesn't know where.

In the end, all her thoughts were on Gu Tingwen.

Her fiancé.

There are still many things that have not been done together, and many words have not been finished, and she is a little sad.

She is a Yaksha character, and she can move forward when she encounters injustices, even if she encounters a head and breaks the bloodstream, she must make a reason; But when I met him, I didn't have my usual spicy bravery at all.

Xu Fulun once told her that human life is the weakest, and now that I see it, I will talk about what I should say, so as to save myself from accidents and regrets.

She talks to Kang Bingqin every day, whether it is tactful or direct, it is bound to let him understand her thoughts, and it is his business to ignore it or not.

Ren Yan was shy in her heart, even in the Beijing Hotel, when Gu Tingwen said that she loved her when she proposed, she just hugged him silently, and she didn't regret it until this moment.

He kissed her before leaving tonight and told her to wait for him to come back.

Then she waited here, waiting for him to come back, and then she told him that she loved him.

The old servant changed the basin back and forth, and finally the water in the sewer began to pour into the house, and the kitchen was forced to lock up.

Fortunately, I moved the food upstairs early, and the table clock rang five times, and the old mother knocked on the door with clean hot water and pastries: "Mrs., Miss Ren, let's have breakfast." ”

Mrs. Shen didn't sleep all night, her eyes were red, the light of the candle was fragile, she ate and vomited, and she was lying on the bed with her eyes blank.

Ren Yan dealt with a few mouthfuls and sat beside her to say a few words.

At seven o'clock, the old mother gestured to her to go out, hid on the empty staircase and told her, "It's not going to be okay if you go on like this, you see-"

Ren Yan looked downstairs, the water on the first floor was almost overflowing, and the stairs on the second floor were half flooded, floating with dead branches and rotten wood, and there were sheets, clothes and pants from any house.

Ren Yan frowned: "It's like this at home, and it's even more difficult outside, where can we go, is the terrain higher?" ”

The old mother thought for a while: "It's difficult, the most important thing is that the wind and rain are too strong, and you can't leave at all, but you can't be stuffy in the house, if it is another day, the water will go to the roof!" ”

Ren Yan gritted his teeth: "If we really want to get to that point, we can't wait, find a wooden board or wooden box in advance, and escort Mrs. Shen out first." ”

"Done." The old mother beckoned people to prepare wooden boxes of oilcloths, and Zhenge went to the point of exhaustion, so let's fight to the death!

Just after a quarter past eight o'clock, Ren Yan was stretching linoleum for people, when he heard the exclamation of the girl in the house: "Come on, my wife is going to give birth!" ”

She picked up her belongings and ran upstairs in a hurry, the pungent smell of blood in the room and Mrs. Shen's wailing made people breathless; Afraid of causing trouble, he waited at the door to help.

The child's cry and the surprise downstairs came together: "The wind and rain are small, small!" ”

The old servants on the second floor were in tears, and the old mothers in the house hugged the little master and cried until they couldn't hold it back.

After cleaning up the house and taking care of Mrs. Shen and the children, the sky is about to get dark again, and the wind and rain are almost nowhere to be found, but the cries on the street follow one after another.

"It's all gone."

"The water is full of corpses, big and small, alas......"

Ren Yan sat and listened, panicking in his heart.

But I don't know who exclaimed: "Look, the boat downstairs, are there Mr. and Seventh Master on it?" ”