The housekeeper was a little speechless when she heard her request, but she still nodded without smiling, and after letting the shopkeeper of the restaurant arrange a room for her, she immediately turned around and left.

At this moment, he finally understood what the female shopkeeper of the embroidery shop meant when she said that this woman was difficult to manage. To be honest, in his life, he has never seen such a woman who does not treat himself as an outsider and makes demands with others so naturally.

The housekeeper was worried, and when the shopkeeper heard that Gu Ling'er was leaving, he almost laughed and went to set off firecrackers.

Thankfully, this aunt is gone.

Gu Ling'er changed places again, and Gu Jin also ushered in the rainy season.

It is really a small field for three days and a big field for five days, although the water in the Yellow River is not very large, and the water level is getting higher and higher day by day.

Shen Jingcheng took people to the riverside embankment every day, and Gu Jin was also nervous and put the water hyacinth prepared for everyone in a conspicuous place, and at the same time, he also specially prepared a small gourd boat for Xiao Youping, ready to escape with Xiao Youping when the momentum was not good.

Shen Jingcheng saw her nervous appearance, and said with some worry: "If the river is not too big, you can go back to Shenjia Village first, and you will come back when the rainy season passes, now the water in the river is rising badly, and I am not at home every day, in case something happens, I may not be able to rush to your side in time." ”

Gu Jin also knew that what Shen Jingcheng said was the truth, but Shen Jingcheng was the county magistrate of a county, and now in this situation, it was impossible for her to let him be honest with her and the child, not to mention, she didn't know how to water, and she couldn't take care of the child and Ah Xiu when she encountered something, and maybe it would become a drag on Shen Jingcheng.

After thinking for a long time, Gu Jin nodded, grabbed Shen Jingcheng's hand tightly, and kept telling him: "You are here alone, you must protect yourself, if the embankment really breaks out, if something happens, you must also save your life first, you must know that without you, me and the child, there will be no one to protect you." ”

Shen Jingcheng saw that her face was white, reached out and hugged her in his arms, and gently patted her back comfortingly.

"Don't worry, I'm good at water, and I won't be okay if anyone has something."

"Then you have to be careful, after I go back with the child, you have to take those gourds with you, which can be regarded as a help." Of course, Gu Jin knew that he was good at water, but water and fire were ruthless, who could guarantee that there would be no accidents.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Shen Jingcheng nodded heavily, indicating that he had listened to her words in his heart.

At this time, he didn't want to upset her.

After a sleepless night, Gu Jin got up to pack up with dark circles under his eyes, because it was raining these days, and the road was not easy to walk, Shen Jingcheng kept sending Gu Jinniang and Gu Xiu across the Yellow River and to the shops in the area under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou Mansion, and then turned around and went back to Yuhe County.

Gu Jin looked at the back of Shen Jingcheng riding away, and shouted, "You must pay attention to safety." ”

In the distance, Shen Jingcheng heard her shout, grabbed the reins of the horse, and also raised his voice to her: "Remember, you must also pay attention to safety." ”

"Hey." Gu Jin agreed, waved at him from afar, and signaled that he was fine.

Seeing this, Shen Jingcheng smiled slightly on the horse, turned the horse's head and 'drank', and drove the horse straight to Yuhe County, his gaze in front of him was extremely sharp, as if there was a battlefield ahead.

And when Gu Jin turned around and set foot on the road back to Shenjia Village with the guy in the store who specially escorted her and the child, her eyes were also extremely firm.

She wants to learn to swim, she can't always rely on Shen Jingcheng for everything. Just like now, no matter how powerful Shen Jingcheng is, there are times when she can't get out of her body, if she learns to swim by herself, not to mention that she can protect her children when she encounters danger, at least she will not become a burden to Shen Jingcheng.

In this way, after Gu Jin returned to Shenjia Village, he asked Liu Da to inquire about any women or women around who knew how to swim, no matter who it was, as long as she could teach her to swim, she would give two taels of silver.

Not to mention, because there is a river here, there are really women who know water in the surrounding villages, Gu Jin finally chose a woman with the best water nature to teach herself, and at the same time pulled Gu Xiu together.

The flood is ruthless, if Gu Xiu wants to follow her to Yuhe County in the future, then she must learn to swim, otherwise, she will stay in Shenjia Village or Shenjiaao in the mountains, at least there will be no floods here, and Gu Xiu will not have to face those dangers.

As soon as Gu Xiu heard that she wouldn't let her go to Yuhe County with her if she didn't learn to swim, she could only grit her teeth and agree.

Fight, as long as she can't drown, she has to learn what to say about this swimming.

Shenjia Village is next to the river, but Gu Jin and Gu Xiu are women after all, and now it is the busy season of farming, so the two of them are not good to go into the water like that, and finally the two of them went back to Shenjiaao, and let people dig a big pit by the stream halfway up the mountainside, and at the suggestion of the woman who taught the two to swim, this puddle is from shallow to deep so that the two can learn to swim.

A few days later, the puddle was dug up, and Gu Jin filled the puddle with water, and he and Gu Xiu began to learn to swim.

But what is very surprising is that although swimming was proposed by Gu Jin, it was Gu Xiu who learned to swim first, and Gu Jin almost involuntarily sank down as soon as she entered the water due to the shadow of the flood in her previous life, and that kind of fear was something she couldn't get rid of if she tried to get rid of it.

The woman who taught swimming didn't expect Gu Jin to be afraid of water, so she could only look at her inch by inch, and slowly guide Gu Jin to learn to hold her breath in the shallow water.

After a long time, Gu Jin has also learned to hold her breath, maybe this is a puddle after all, plus seeing that Gu Xiu has learned to tie a fierce son in the water, and can swim around as casually as a fish, it makes her feel a sense of security.

Slowly, Gu Jin actually went from being weak in his legs to being able to walk freely, so he began to learn to swim step by step.

Since he started to learn to swim, Gu Jin didn't have so much time to look at Xiao Youping every day, and this child seemed to have recognized people, every time she came out of the water and came home, he yelled at her with his teeth and claws, as if accusing her of neglecting her.

Overcoming the fear of water, Gu Jin learned to swim very quickly, and learned to plane in a few days, although sometimes he would sink to the bottom while swimming, but it was always getting better and better.

The busy days passed quickly, and after more than a month, Gu Jin also swam very well, and she also learned to float in the water without swimming, so that even if she was tired of swimming, she could float in the water and rest.

After learning about the end of the day, when everyone in the village was asleep at night, she handed over the child to Zhou Quan's daughter-in-law to watch, and took Gu Xiu and the woman who taught swimming to swim in the river at the bottom of the mountain.

After all, a puddle is a puddle, the real river is still different from the environment of the puddle, Gu Jin didn't dare to let Gu Xiu jump down like the woman who taught them to swim, but slowly went into the water step by step, until they got used to it, they started to dive into the water, and after a few nights, she and Gu Xiu were already able to swim as they wanted.

At the same time, the water in the river in Yuhe County was getting bigger and bigger, and Shen Jingcheng tensed his nerves, and he didn't dare to stop patrolling the river bank with the officials and village leaders. He also instructed everyone to immediately organize people to quickly add earth to protect the dam as soon as they saw that the embankment was low, so as not to let the water flood up.

(End of chapter)