"Manyin, you are really, which pot is not opened." Wang Junxiang muttered, but he didn't dare to mention the gambling money again.

Since he was slashed by his mother-in-law with a kitchen knife once for gambling, Wang Junxiang can be regarded as famous in the entire Shibi Festival Commune.

Although he didn't get rid of his problem, he took care of it in his heart, and he usually gambled secretly, for fear that his mother-in-law would find out.

In fact, Liao Xiaogai also knows that her husband's bad habits are difficult to change. To be replaced by the Hereafter, a divorce is appointed.

But now I can only endure it.

I can't help it, I don't know how many times I've scolded, and the kitchen knife has been moved...... You can't really make a fuss.

In addition, the main thing is that now that the children are older, they have to marry their mother-in-law and aunt, and they have a bad reputation. So Liao Xiaogai had scruples in his heart, and he didn't want to toss, so he had no choice but to turn a blind eye.

"Let's head office with sticker strips, shall we?"

Gambling money is not good, Wang Junxiang can only change the way to play cards.

This is okay, and everyone has joined in.

Wang Manyin was not very interested in playing cards, and only gathered to watch the excitement.

At this time, Wang Manchu walked into the conference room with a solemn face.

He pulled Wang Manyin and said, "I just remembered something, you said that it was raining so heavily, there was nothing wrong with Uncle Yanqiang's fish pond...... I just asked my aunt that he was still guarding the fish pond in Dongshan Pass last night! ”

"That's right, Uncle Yanqiang!" Wang Manyin stood up suddenly.

I just thought about Wang Lianshun, but I forgot about Wang Yanqiang. Since contracting two fish ponds, this person has been living and eating in Dongshan Pass every day.

There are embankments on all sides of the fish pond, which are more than half a meter above the ground, and there are several silt dams nearby, so there will be no problems in the event of ordinary flash floods.

The key is that this time is different, the rain is particularly heavy.

Wang Manyin hurriedly said: "Stop playing, come a few people, follow me to Dongshan Pass to have a look." ”

Hearing this, Mao Dan and several other young people put on their half-wet and half-dry clothes.

Then, they picked up flashlights and well ropes, and rushed towards the Dongshan Pass with wooden plankboats on their shoulders.

When passing by Zhiqing Point, he was blocked by a deep ditch.

In the flashlight, I also saw the turbidity waves rolling and rushing down. Even Wang Manyin saw a peach tree floating and sinking, which should have rushed out of the mountain.

"Brother Junxiang and Pingwa are waiting here, and I will row over with Mao Dan and Jianmin to take a look......"

After a few people discussed, Wang Manyin and the three of them drifted to the opposite side of the deep ditch in a wooden plank boat. Then they untied the well ropes, tied them to a bush at the edge of the ditch, and left with the oil drums.

There were no serious roads in this place, and the mud was slippery, so the three of them had a particularly difficult time walking, and they fell several times in succession.

Along the way, many large trees had their roots loosened and were completely dumped in the muddy water.

As expected, the vicinity of the mouth of the Higashiyama valley was completely gray and turbid.

The fish pond, the earthen dam, and even the straw hut built by Wang Yanqiang are gone, and only the tops of a few large trees nearby can barely be seen.

Farther away, the entire Dongla River completely submerged the mountains on the bank, at least more than 100 meters wide, and the flashlight could not reach the opposite bank at all.

In the muddy water, there is a constant sound of noisy frogs.

"Uncle Man Yin, what should I do?"

Seeing this, Mao Dan couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp.

"What are you doing, shouting someone! You Yan Qiang Ye will not be so stupid, when you see a flash flood, you will definitely run to a high place! Of course, Wang Manyin didn't dare to say anything frustrating, and commanded the two to continue rowing in the direction of the mountain.

This flash flood washed down a lot of trees in the eastern mountain valley, and the water surface continued to float over the floating and heavy tree trunks along the way, hitting the door panel boat from time to time.

Fortunately, there is an oil drum underneath, which is relatively resistant to collision and is not afraid of sudden leakage.

In addition, the three of them have ropes tied around their waists, so even if they do fall off the door panel, it will not be a big deal.

"Uncle Yanqiang!!" Wang Manyin shouted loudly while waving his flashlight and shining around.

"Uncle Yanqiang (Master) ......" The remaining two also pulled their throats.

Now there is no obvious reference near the fish pond, and the three of them can only grope their way towards the mouth of the gourd according to their memory.

They had just shouted a few times when a hoarse voice came from the night rain: "Full silver, full silver, I'm here!" ”

"It's Master Yan Qiang, he's fine!" Mao Dan hurriedly pointed the light in the direction of the sound.

When they got closer, they saw a black shadow waving on the branch of an ash tree.

"I'm scared to death, I thought that no one would find out until dawn......," Wang Yanqiang said in a trembling voice.

Fortunately, he chose an ash tree to take shelter from, and the root system was relatively deep, and replaced it with shallow-rooted trees such as acacia trees and neem trees, which were probably washed down by the flash flood.

The three of them had planned to row the door boat under the tree to pick up people, but when they got closer, they noticed that there was a large fallen tree in the water, and the trunk of the tree was horizontal, blocking the oil drum from approaching.

Helplessly, the plank boat could only stop two meters away.

"Uncle Yanqiang, wait a minute, I'll swim over and carry you back......"

As he spoke, Wang Manyin tightened the rope around his waist.

Before he could jump down, he was rejected by the other party.

"Don't bother, just stop and I'll ...... Jump to the top. "He was just over a meter above the water and two meters from the boat.

Wang Yanqiang has been a soldier and has always had good physical fitness. Coupled with the condescending, it should be easy to jump over.

The three people on board thought the same thing. At Wang Manyin's signal, Mao Dan and Wang Jianmin hurriedly sat at the other end and vacated the middle position.

In the flashlight, Wang Yanqiang stood up half-straight on the trunk of the tree and jumped suddenly.

Thump!

The whole person fell from the tree and fell straight into the water, causing a bowl of waves.

"I'm X,"

Wang Manyin was startled.

Hardly without any hesitation, he had already fallen into the water.

Ignoring the thorns hanging from the branches underwater, Wang Manyin quickly swam to the place where Wang Yanqiang fell into the water. Fortunately, the rescue was very timely, and the other party had not been washed away by the water.

Wang Manyin groped under the water twice, and then grabbed the other party's clothes.

Then, he suddenly kicked and carried Wang Yanqiang's legs directly, pushing the person out of the water.

The two of them hurriedly pulled the rope and finally rescued the two of them to the boat.

"Uncle Yanqiang, why are your hands so cold!" Wang Jianmin exclaimed.

"Full of silver, lose ...... People, I'm so frozen...... I don't feel it in my hands and feet. Wang Yanqiang spoke, his teeth shivering.

After freezing in the rain for several hours in a row, his limbs and body were already stiff, so when he jumped just now, he looked extremely bulky.

Wang Manyin also understood this, and hurriedly picked up the plastic sheet on the boat and draped it on the other party. Although this thing is not as effective at sheltering from the rain, it can at least prevent further hypothermia.

Then the crowd returned the way they came.

After crossing the deep ditch, seeing Wang Yanqiang stumbling all the way, Wang Manyin simply carried the other party to the team headquarters.

Sitting by the scorching fire, Wang Yanqiang felt a little warmer.

Someone else poured a glass of warm water for help.

After drinking warm water and roasting for more than ten minutes, his body gradually recovered, talking about his previous experience.

Like Wang Xiugang, Wang Yanqiang didn't sleep much last night, and kept guarding the fish pond. It wasn't until he found that the water outside the pond was getting deeper and deeper that he suddenly realized that he was completely surrounded by the flash flood.

He didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly swam towards the nearest mountain.

However, his vision was seriously blocked at night, and Wang Yanqiang couldn't distinguish the direction at all. Finally, exhausted, he had no choice but to climb an ash tree.

After listening to the other party's speech, Mao Dan said: "Master Yan Qiang, when we passed by the river just now, we found that the fish pond was completely flooded, and it is estimated that a lot of fish have escaped inside, so you have to be prepared." ”

Wang Yanqiang was silent for a few seconds, and finally said: "It's okay, it's the greatest luck if people are okay, it's a big deal to start all over again." ”

In addition to being open-minded, this is more helpless.

As early as the construction of the fish pond, he considered the situation of heavy rain and flash floods, so he deliberately raised the earthen embankments on all sides.

But no one expected that it would rain so heavily tonight.

Mao Dan said a little tactfully, judging from the current situation. It's hard to say how many fish ponds will be there at that time.

However, compared with Wang Xiugang's family, Wang Yanqiang feels that he is much luckier.

At least, his cave didn't collapse.

And so, everyone sat in the conference room and waited.

It wasn't until dawn that the rain finally stopped. But it was still overcast, and everywhere was gray.

Only then did they know that two more kilns had collapsed last night. Fortunately, Wang Manchu took decisive measures and decisively gathered all the people in the earthen kiln to live in the brigade headquarters, so there were no casualties.

Wang Manyin was busy all night, and his body was sleepy and tired at the moment. After gossiping a few words to the crowd, he walked towards his home.

As you pass through other deep ditches in the village, you can see various things floating in the turbid waves from time to time...... Basically, it is all crops in the field and dead branches and leaves.

There were already people standing guard at the edge of their homes, with rakes in their hands, and began to fish.

There is no way, life has to be passed.

For more than ten years, the Loess Plateau has not changed much, and there is still a lack of firewood.

So every time it rains, there will be people rushing to get firewood.

On the trunk of the tree by the ditch, Wang Manyin also saw scorpions climbing. There are even a few white-striped snakes clinging to the branches, constantly spitting letters from their mouths.

Obviously, the heavy rain dried up not only the humans, but also the animals, who fled from their nests.

When he reached the deep ditch behind his cave, Wang Manyin stopped again.

The water level has not yet dropped, and the stone bridge is still submerged in muddy water, and there is no trace of it in sight.

Wang Manyin wanted to retrieve the door boat and rowed across the deep ditch. After thinking about it, I was lazy and fumbled across the stone bridge.

At this moment, Orchid had already finished the meal, and was standing on the sidelines and looking.

Seeing her husband return safely, her hanging heart completely fell.

On the sidelines, Wang Manyin saw that the ground was densely crawling with earthworms, which attracted peregrine falcons to peck constantly.

It must have been so heavy rain last night that soaked the entire dung heap that caused these earthworms to flee in all directions.

After returning to the house and changing into dry clothes, Wang Manyin checked the specific situation of the cave.

The cave was built on a high place, three or four meters from the ground, and it had been hooped with green bricks before, so no safety hazards were found.

However, a large part of the cliff wall near the vegetable field collapsed, and the loess buried a few rows of leeks, which needed to be cleaned up later.

During the meal, Wang Manyin turned on the radio as usual. As he thought, there was still information about the heavy rain, and there was a place in the south that was badly affected.

After breakfast, Wang Manyin fell asleep.

It wasn't until noon that his mother-in-law called for dinner again that he woke up.

After washing his face, Wang Manyin felt that most of his spirit had recovered.

After hurriedly picking up a bowl of rice, he told his aunt about his plan to donate food to the village.

Orchid naturally nodded in agreement.

It just so happened that the last time my husband went to the city, he got two bags of white noodles, and he could get one bag later.

Taking advantage of her aunt's efforts to wash the dishes, Wang Manyin went to the side of the scene to take a look.

Compared with the morning, the water level in the deep gully has dropped by half. The bushes on the shore were covered with a thick layer of mud, and there were many small fish jumping in them.

Wang Manyin did not delay any longer, and immediately walked towards the brigade headquarters with white noodles.

When he arrived at the courtyard, he saw that other people had already brought food, and some had delivered food.

Wang Manyin thought about it and decided to put the white noodles in the conference room and let Wang Manho distribute them later.

As soon as he entered, he heard the audience eagerly discussing Wang Xiugang's big fat pig.

"What's wrong with the fat pig?" Wang Manyin asked curiously.

"Uncle Xiugang's big fat pig has been found, and it's still alive!"

"How did you find it?" Wang Manyin couldn't help asking.

"What was found on the top of his cave, what Uncle Shufeng found just now, is very happy......

Wang Manyin didn't know how to describe it: it rained so hard last night, people almost drowned, and the pig was alive, where to reason.

He speculated that the guy escaped from the pigsty after it was flooded, and climbed all the way to the mountain to escape. It has to be said that sometimes animals are more capable of surviving than humans.

Then Wang Manchu said that he planned to go to the commune to report the disaster in the morning, but when he walked halfway, he found that the stone bridge over the Xingshu River had been washed away by the flood, and there was no way to cross the river.

I had no choice but to return.

Wang Manyin was worried about the specific situation of his melon field, and after chatting with everyone for a few words, he left in a hurry.

He originally planned to pass behind the village, but was stopped by a flash flood and had to go to the road at the edge of the village to detour. After making a big circle to the road, Wang Manyin noticed that there were two landslides next to it, and the mud directly blocked the road.

Of course, it's still okay to pass the crowd.

The low-lying farmland on the side of the road was completely covered in mud, with only a little green corn seedlings exposed.

In this case, production has been absolutely reduced.

In addition, it is too late to replant crops, so I can only wait for the weather to be sunny to help the seedlings, hoping to reduce some losses.

The same is true in the pimple ridge and ravine, where the seedlings are all covered in thick silt, and the gray protruding leaves can barely be seen.

After more than a month of hard work, I returned to the past overnight.

Wang Manyin was also very depressed. Speaking of which, the loss of my own family is quite large.

He had planned to go into the depths of the ravine for a walk, but when he saw a stone crumbling and rolling down, he resolutely pulled back again.

When they got home, Wang Lei and Wang Tao excitedly showed off at him.

"Dad, Dad, look what we caught, a fox cub, it's too rare!"

On the sidelines, Wang Manyin noticed that there was a dirty little fox in the chicken cage.

This guy must be scared and shivering in the corner.

In the narration of the two sons' twittering, Wang Manyin already knew what had happened.

This guy should have been swept down by a flash flood last night, but his life was quite big, and he happened to rush into the Ma Ruzi bush, and was later found by the cat.

Leng Buding saw the little guy, and Wang Manyin was also a little curious.

In the early years, foxes were still seen in the mountains near Jar Village from time to time, but now there are very few.

Since the children want to raise them, let's put them at home for the time being, and then send them back when the weather is fine. I'm afraid that it will be like a peregrine falcon, and it won't leave for a long time.

(End of chapter)