On the way back to the village, Wang Peiyun would patiently tell every villager he met who asked:

"Yes, the price of new rice has risen during this time, and it is worth 8 yuan per catty of rice. Aunt

Uncle, isn't your family in urgent need of money, just in time to sell new rice. ”

Many people were moved, after all, it was said that it was going to rain, but the sun has been scorching for the past few days. What's more, even if it rains, the prefect lady said that it was very safe. Although Miss Arwen is powerful, she is definitely not as good as Miss Prefect.

So two more families couldn't resist the temptation, took the rice to the county to sell, and returned to the village with the silver of white flowers.

"Miss Peiyun, thank you so much. My old man has been sick and has no money to buy medicine, but thanks to you telling us about the rise in the price of rice, I can finally buy him side medicine. ”

As a result, there are even more people who are busy selling rice.

On this day, Zhou Changhe was about to go to find Mu Fuyang, but Zhou's mother suddenly grabbed him and said mysteriously: "Changhe, you can go to the county to sell rice today." Many people in Donghe Village next door have taken the opportunity to make a profit, and the price of rice has recently dropped to seven cents. ”

"Selling rice?" He suddenly lowered his face, "Didn't Awen tell everyone not to sell rice?" Just for this penny or two? ”

"What a penny or two, do you think you are a landlord? What does Mu Xiwen and the little girl know, and the girl Peiyun is persuading everyone to sell rice. Zhou's mother looked unimpressed.

"Miss Peiyun and Ah Wen are the same age, why don't you believe Ah Wen?" Looking at the contemptuous look on Zhou's mother's face, Zhou Changhe's expression became serious and serious, and he said word by word:

"Ah Niang, Ah Wen is now my boss, and her son is working in her hands. I don't expect you to trust her as much as I do, but at least treat her with the respect you deserve. If it weren't for her help, her son wouldn't have been able to make so much money even if he was exhausted. I don't want to see the second time about the leaves last time, if you don't want the leaves to be poked and scolded in the back, just stop. ”

After saying that, he shook his hand and went out the door.

He came to Mu's house and tactfully told Mu Xiwen about the recent rice sales by the villagers of Dongxihe Village, and Mu Xiwen had no position to stop others from selling rice.

What's more, Wang Peiyun is right about one thing, many villagers wait for the rice to be harvested and sold for a year's worth of chewing, and the more than 20 taels of silver are insignificant to the current Mu family, but it may be a family's life-saving money.

What she can do is try to persuade everyone to buy more old or brown rice after selling the new rice.

In the past few days, because of the generosity of telling the public about the rise in rice prices, the Wang family's prestige in Donghe Village has regained, and Wang Peiyun has also gained two prestige points, which makes her excited, and it seems that she has found a way to fight Mu Xiwen.

But this joy was all shattered on a sudden rainy night.

The thirteenth day when Mu Xiwen received the foreknowledge, late at night.

"Click-"

Mu Xiwen was suddenly awakened in her sleep, she looked out the window, and a lightning bolt pierced the black night, followed by a dull deafening thunder.

"Whoa-la-"

The trees outside the window swayed their clumsy bodies frantically, as if they wanted to pull their legs out of here. The wind roared and crackled the doors and windows.

Soon, the sky seemed to collapse like a corner, and a waterfall of rain poured down from the sky.

Mu Xiwen was shocked, and jumped out of bed barefoot.

When they came to the hall, Mu Yue, Zhao and the other people from several rooms were all gathered here.

Roche's face turned pale, and his pupils were full of fear, "This...... Fifteen years ago, the heavy rain didn't seem to be as heavy as it is today......"

The rest of the people chattered and said nothing.

The crowd sat for a while, and the rain did not decrease in the slightest. The sound of the demons dancing woke up the youngest Mu Shuzi and Mu Yan'er, and they were so frightened that they burst into tears.

Mu Yue sat restlessly, and suddenly held on crutches and was about to open the door and go out.

"Brother Yue

Third brother

Third uncle, what are you going to do? The others panicked and quickly grabbed him.

"I'm not worried, I'm going to Zhaozhuang Village to have a look. If something really happens, let everyone evacuate as soon as possible. ”

"No way!" Everyone spoke in unison.

Mu Xiwen pressed his shoulder and asked him to sit back, "Daddy, I know you're worried about the safety of the villagers. But now in the middle of the night, and it's raining heavily, it's too dangerous. When the rain is a little lighter tomorrow morning, I will go to see it with Brother Fuyang. ”

This night is destined to be a sleepless night. In a state of panic, countless villagers finally reached the dawn.

Mao Zheng, the rain was a little lighter, Mu Xiwen and Mu Fuyang drove to the embankment of Zhaozhuang Village with Mu Yue, who insisted on going together, and happened to meet Wei Ziyin, who was also watching the rain, and the four of them walked together.

The path in front of the embankment was muddy and difficult to navigate, so the carriage could only be tethered under a tree, and a few people braved the rain to move forward.

"Bang-bang-"

Before they got closer, Mu Xiwen heard the sound of the turbulent river hitting the dam surface, and the continuous impact sound was like a series of drums beating on their hearts.

From a high vantage point, the embankment is no longer as dilapidated as it was when first seen, and the entire dam deck has been re-reinforced with stones, wider and taller, and a slope has been added for buffering.

But even then, the water had risen eight-tenths of the way to the levee, and the river was still roaring and rolling down.

Looking at the roaring river in front of him, Wei Ziyin held his breath.

If it hadn't been broken by them, Gong Qi would not have repaired the embankment at all, and how could such a dilapidated embankment withstand this raging flood?

Mu Fuyang's legs were already a little weak, his eyes were distracted, and he muttered: "The water downstream has risen to this position, can the Boryeong Mansion embankment really stop it?" ”

Mu Xiwen looked at the rain that began to increase again, and sighed in his heart. If it only rains for one day, the Boryeong should be able to withstand it, and you should be afraid of it......

"I hope that the prefect and the prefect will take emergency measures as soon as possible." That's all she can say.

Contrary to expectations, the heavy rain fell for three consecutive days, and the villagers were trapped in their homes, and it was difficult to even step out of their homes.

Mu Xiwen stood in front of his house and looked out at the rising water of the Sihe River, which had flooded the surrounding roads. All the fields have become paddy fields, and fortunately, the villagers live on higher ground, so they have not flooded their homes.

I don't know what happened to Anyang County?

Mu Xiwen was uneasy, and the road into the city was mostly flooded, so he could only wait for the rain to stop and slowly discharge the flood.

She reluctantly comforted herself, fortunately, she gave Russell a Wanjun crossbow before the rainstorm, and it shouldn't be a problem to keep the leisurely house, right?

On the fourth day of the rainstorm, the sky finally cleared. After another day of waiting, the road was flooded, and the Li Zheng of several nearby villages united, and each village sent three young men to Anyang County to investigate the situation.

However, they brought back a very bad news: the floods in Boryeong Province were raging, most of the villages and fields were flooded, and countless rice crops that had not been harvested or dried in time were all destroyed. The imperial court ordered Taean and Guang'an to increase taxes this year to save Boryeong.