Chapter 41: The Beast of the Flood

The rain has been raining since Satsuki gave birth, and there is no sign of stopping at all.

Xiaoyue felt that in addition to affecting the renovation period, it was not a big deal, but the news brought by this astronomical gloom made her start to hate the continuous drizzle.

"Satsuki, I guess I'm going to get busy. Wen Youyou's face was embarrassed.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yue looked at Wen Youyou, feeling uneasy.

Wen Youyou looked out the window, sighed and said, "This rain has been falling for too long, the water of the Yudai River has risen a lot, and there has been flooding downstream. ”

Xiao Yue didn't expect it to be so serious: "What kind of flood? Where is the flood?"

Wen Youyou looked at Xiao Yue and said, "You know that place, Luodai Town. ”

Xiao Yue took a breath: "It can't be such a coincidence, right?"

Wen Youyou didn't speak, just nodded.

"What should I do then, what are you going to do?" Xiao Yue was a little anxious thinking about the situation in Luodai Town and where Mr. Pan lived.

Wen Youyou said: "Today, the imperial court has ordered the Ministry of Civil Affairs to deal with the flood matter, and I am the only one in the post of responding to the disaster, so today the boss asked me what to do?" He looked out the window again and said: "What else can I say, this is also my business." ”

He looked at Satsuki again and said, "I'm going to leave for Takeshi Town tomorrow to deal with the flood myself." ”

Xiao Yue didn't say a word when she heard this, and the two didn't speak in the study.

Xiao Yue thought to herself that this matter is not big, it is not small, it is a political achievement to deal with it well, and it will be more troublesome if it is not handled well, after all, this is the first errand of Wen Youyouling, if it is not good, it will be a stain on his future development in the officialdom, after thinking about it, she decided to help him.

"Wen Youyou, I'm also a master, you definitely want to take me with you on this business trip, right?" Xiao Yue changed her smile.

Wen Youyou turned his head to look at Xiao Yue, thinking that the master was just a joke after drinking, and he joked casually on weekdays, and he didn't take it seriously: "Your title of master, I said so, but the situation over there is not clear, and I don't know if it's inconvenient to take you there." ”

Xiao Yue stomped her foot: "Hey, you don't believe in my ability!"

Wen Youyou shook his head: "Your agitation method is too obvious, I think you suffered in the past, and I can't take care of you when I'm busy." ”

Xiao Yue glared at him and said, "Who wants you to take care of it? Maybe who will take care of whom? And how do you know that I can't endure hardship?"

Wen Youyou looked at Xiaoyue and asked seriously, "Do you really want to follow me?"

Xiao Yue said: "I came from Luodai Town, I am familiar with that side, you must be right to bring me." Seeing that he was still hesitating, Xiao Yue made a killer move: "Wen Youyou, there is something you may not know." ”

Wen Youyou looked at her curiously: "What's the matter?"

Xiao Yue said a little sadly: "Mr. Pan may be in Luodai Town. ”

Wen Youyou was a little surprised, he thought that it might not be good if he rejected Xiao Yue again, and Xiao Yue's things were probably not easy to turn around, with her, there was also someone to discuss when things happened, anyway, she has always dressed as a man, and she is not afraid of criticism from others, so she nodded in agreement, but he asked abruptly: "Do you know how to swim?" ”

Satsuki thought that she had won a perfect score in her college swimming class, so she replied confidently: "Yes." Seeing that his question was so tricky, I was afraid that he would change his mind temporarily, so he said, "I need to prepare, and you should go back to the house early to pack your luggage." Wen Youyou hadn't had time to make an appointment with her to meet tomorrow, Xiao Yue wanted to get rid of him, Wen Youyou hurriedly said, "I'll pick you up tomorrow." "Okay, good," Xiao Yue said as she pushed Wen Youyou.

After Wen Youyou left, Xiaoyue called Yun Yan and explained the decoration of the restaurant to her one by one.

"Is there any reason why Miss Yue explained these things to me?" Yun Yan asked curiously.

Xiaoyue said: "I want to go on a long trip with Mr. Wen, and I don't know when I will come back, if the restaurant is renovated, choose a good day and an auspicious day, hang up a new signboard, and open for business directly, don't wait for me." ”

Yun Yan nodded: "Is there anything else you want to explain?"

Xiao Yue thought for a while and said: "If Mr. Pan arrives in the Imperial City before I come back, give him your transcripted manuscript, and ask him to help see if the book I wrote can be used, if there is a problem, please ask him to revise it directly, and after the revision is completed, just give it to Yun Siye, I don't need to read it." ”

Yun Yan said: "Okay, I've written it down." Then, Xiaoyue went back to the room to pack her luggage and simply put on a baggage.

At this time, Yun Yan knocked on the door and came in.

"Aren't you resting yet?" asked Satsuki with concern.

Yun Yan's face was a little red, and she didn't speak for a long time.

Satsuki felt a little strange and stepped forward to ask her what was going on.

Yun Yan lowered her head, took out two white sweat towels from her hands, which were simply embroidered with orchids, and said in a low voice: "Miss Yue, you always wear men's clothes, but you don't have a good sweat towel, I made one for you, you can use it to see if you like it." ”

Xiao Yue smiled and said, "Yun Yan, you are really careful. She picked up the sweat towel and looked at it, and asked, "Why do you make two, one is enough." ”

Yun Yan held the end of her hair with her hand and said, "The other one is for Gongzi Wen, I'm afraid that he will dislike it, so I want Miss Yue to help transfer it." After speaking, her head lowered, Xiao Yue saw that her cheeks were getting redder and redder, and she was secretly amused in her heart, afraid that this girl would have a love for Wen Gongzi.

But she also knew that Yun Yan was thin-skinned, and she didn't want to be poked, for fear that she would be embarrassed, so she said: "What kind of dislike, you see Wen Youyou wears a white robe every day, he doesn't pay attention to it at all, such a good sweat towel, what does he dislike, don't worry, I will give it to him personally tomorrow, he won't want it." ”

Yun Yan was overjoyed when she heard this, and said, "Thank you, Miss Yue." Then he turned around and ran out of the room.

Xiao Yue thought to herself that this Wen Youyou really liked the little girl, she even remembered the first time Xiaolan saw Wen Youyou, it seems that except for her not to treat Wen Youyou as a man, girls in this world are afraid that they are easy to like this approachable rich and noble son.

Early in the morning of the second day, braving the light rain, Wen Youyou took Mu Shi to Anfu to pick up Xiaoyue, and the three of them went to the dock together, got on the boat and went all the way south to Luodai Town.

In fact, as soon as she boarded the boat, Xiao Yue regretted it a little, and she remembered the fear of seasickness before.

Now the river has become more turbid, rough and rough because of the rising water, and the boat has become more turbulent. However, the strange thing is that Satsuki is not as sad as she was before with seasickness, and she suspects that the last time she took the boat was not seasickness, but morning sickness.

And Xiao Yue also knew why Wen Youyou asked her if she could swim, there was no second boat on this river besides them, because it was really dangerous to sail when the river was high.

Wen Youyou stood on the deck every day, looking at the turbid river without saying a word, and Xiaoyue didn't bother him, on the one hand, he didn't know what to say, and on the other hand, the deck was even more upside down, and she wouldn't go if she could. Therefore, she handed over the sweat towel given by Yun Yan directly to Mu Shi, who managed the luggage, and nested in her cabin every day, only going out to walk around when she was eating.

This ship is an official ship, except for the three of them, there are no other guests, the ship has carried some disaster relief materials, I heard Wen Youyou say that the war has emptied the treasury, so the disaster relief materials are also very lacking. Only then did Xiao Yue know what Wen Youyou was worried about, it was estimated that on the one hand, he did not understand the disaster, and on the other hand, the imperial court's disaster relief capacity was limited, and he was very worried that he would not be able to complete this task.

And Xiaoyue thinks differently, there are frequent floods in this Luodai Town, and the local residents already have experience in self-rescue, and they don't know about other situations, so they can only talk about it when they arrive, and it's useless to worry about it now. I don't know if Xiaoyue has read too many books, and she seems calm and calm when encountering things. But these words are hidden in Xiao Yue's heart, she feels that there are some things that Wen Youyou needs to think about by herself, even if she tells Wen Youyou these thoughts of hers, maybe Wen Youyou will still have the apprehension of participating in the work for the first time.

Because it was an official ship, and it was dedicated to disaster relief, they didn't dock at all except for necessary supplies along the way, and they arrived at Luodai Town in about ten days. When I arrived at Luodai Town, it was about noon, but Xiaoyue didn't find Luodai Town, because the Luodai Town in front of him was a completely unfamiliar scene, this was already a watery place, and I couldn't tell where it was a dock and where it was a town, all of which were integrated, and I could only distinguish the mountain that built the town by the mountain, and it was uninhabited.

Seeing the tragic situation of Luodai Town as if it had been swallowed up by a flood, Xiao Yue and Wen Youyou's mood suddenly became heavy.