Chapter 112: The Levee Collapses
Some people suspect that some people speculate, but in any case, the news brought by Si'er still brought a lot of panic to the people in the village.
The weather is related to the harvest of the coming year, and it also determines whether they will go hungry.
The next afternoon, Lin Dahe drove the ox cart back with Gu Chengyuan.
There was an extra Li Xiaoni in the family, so Lin Fengqin simply arranged for a few girls to live in one room, the brothers and Gu Chengyuan lived in one room, and built a new bed in their own room for Wang Cuixiang to sleep.
"Mother, this is the rest of the money."
Lin Dahe took out the money box and handed it to Lin Fengqin.
When he returned, he also went to the grain store to buy some grain.
"Not bad! Quite capable! Looking at the people who had not been stable for a while, Lin Fengqin's face was full of relief.
The man who got the compliment smiled and touched his head. At this time, Gu Chengyuan also took out the recent account book from his arms.
Looking at the account that was clearly remembered above, Lin Fengqin stood up directly, boasted beside him, and pulled Gu Chengyuan away.
"Ouch, my little yuan is out! How can you be so capable! Let's go, grandma will bring you delicious food, and if you want to eat anything at night, tell your Aunt Cuixiang, eat it and make up for it! ”
Lin Dashan, who was lying on the rattan chair, was immediately happy when he saw his stunned younger brother: "It's good to get used to it, don't talk about this kid, your brother and I are not as good as Li Dahu's sister." ”
Ignoring his brother's schadenfreude, Lin Dahe silently clenched his fists.
He must work harder! Compare that stinky boy to him!
The rain did not stop, and it didn't take long for the Lin family to spend money to buy a large cart of grain.
Some say that there is too much money and it smells stinky, and some people envy the Lin family's precautions.
Li Dahu's family sent their youngest son to the town to find an osteopath, but fortunately it was only a fracture.
After picking up the bones, the couple took their two sons back to the village, the house collapsed and there was no place to live, and finally Wang Yuan didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and directly arranged people in the Liu family next door.
Liu's place is not big, but fortunately, it is divided. The old couple went to the eldest son's house these days, and the room was empty. But no matter how big the place is, it's not used to letting others live!
was so angry that Li Qiulan stood in the courtyard that night and scolded the Lin family for a while.
"Qiulan, I'm bothering you during this time, wait, we'll move back when my house is built."
Zhang Lian is not stupid, she naturally knows that Li Qiulan's upset is not entirely because of the Lin family and their family. But the house collapsed and there was nowhere to go, and she couldn't consciously leave.
Besides, if she hadn't come to the Lin family all the way to make trouble, she wouldn't have been cheap, and she had offended the Lin family without making a profit.
Thinking of this, Zhang Lian stayed more at ease.
An autumn rain is still ticking, but fortunately, it hasn't started to be menacing.
"It should be able to stop after a while."
In the blink of an eye, it is the end of autumn, and when the winter rain is gone, there will be less rain.
But just when everyone was relieved one after another, ready to wait for the rain to stop and then rush to plant this season's crops and wait for the New Year, things suddenly took a turn and everyone was caught off guard.
"Oh no! The levee has collapsed! Run! ”
In the dead of night, the raindrops on the tiles suddenly became rapid, and a panicked scream woke everyone who was asleep.
"What's going on?"
Lin Fengqin, who was woken up by the beating of gongs and drums, put on her clothes and went to the hall to light candles.
The rest of the Lin family also looked at each other and didn't know what was going on, until the call came from far to near, and several people turned pale with fright.
"Don't ask for anything you can't want! Grab some food and take the kids and go! ”
At this time, Wang Yuan was followed by a group of people who also knocked on the door of the Lin family.
"Big River! Open the door! ”
When the door was opened, Wang Yuan wiped the rain on his face and urged: "The embankment has collapsed, hurry up and go to the back mountain!" ”
Hexi Village is located downstream of the river, and if the dam collapses, if the flood comes, the whole village will be submerged.
Wang Yuan didn't have time to say anything more, so he hurried to the next house with someone.
The quiet night was broken by the noisy cries, and no one cared about anything else, so they took the most valuable things in the house and ran back to the hills.
Lin Dahe carried his brother who was still inconvenient to move.
"Oh, Wang Cuixiang! Don't pack up your boxes! Hurry up and take Mei'er and Xiaoni away! ”
Lin Fengqin was afraid that the child would get lost, so she didn't want anything directly, and dragged Gu Chengyuan and Lin Lan'er in her hands one by one. She looked at Wang Cuixiang, who was reluctant to put down the dowry box, and roared: "You can still earn it when the things are gone!" Stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood! ”
Wang Cuixiang was startled by her mother-in-law's roar, and finally cried and reluctantly threw down the dowry box.
"Chun'er, you take a flashlight and go ahead."
When she went out, it was raining in the dark light on the road, and Lin Fengqin couldn't care about anything else, so she directly took out a flashlight and handed it to Lin Chun'er to let her light it in front.
The road to the mountain was wet and slippery, and it was not easy to walk, and the cries and curses of the villagers around him were endless, Lin Chun'er took the flashlight and nodded.
Compared with the helplessness when he was divorced a few months ago, his eyes are much firmer at this time.
Walking in front, she was worried that Lin Fengqin and Lin Dahe behind her would not be able to see clearly, and she also shone the flashlight to the rear from time to time to remind her.
Li Xiaoni, who was held by Wang Cuixiang, was also so worried that her eyes couldn't help sweeping into the crowd at this time, and Wang Cuixiang, who saw that the situation was serious, couldn't take care of being sad anymore, and at the end, she asked Lin Meier to go to the other side to hold Li Xiaoni, and she freed her other hand to help support her husband behind the uncle from time to time.
No matter how fast people walk, they can't compare to a sudden flood.
Some of them were slow enough to reach the foot of the mountain, and the water that came up from the river was already up to their waists.
The people behind didn't dare to delay any longer, and threw away the things that they regarded as treasures just now, and squeezed them desperately up the mountain.
"Lizheng, what can I do about this!"
The usual way up the mountain was very difficult tonight, and one by one I lost my armor and lost my armor. When they all reached the mountain, they were exhausted, as if they had picked up a life, and collapsed to the ground.
Everything was lost on the road, the rain didn't know when it would stop, and the despair in the hearts of the villagers was like the night at this time.
"Stay overnight in the mountains, and wait until dawn tomorrow morning to see how things go."
Wang Yuan was also anxious at this time.
As the leader of a village, he can't even take care of his family at this time.
The rest of the people who lived after the catastrophe did not feel joy in their hearts, some sat down on the spot, and some cried out to their families who had just been separated.
Just as there was a mess, a light suddenly lit up in the darkness and attracted everyone's attention.
This faint light might not be conspicuous in normal times, but now—
"What's that?"
"Who's holding the fire fold?"
"That's not a fire break! It seems to be ......"
Even if there is fire in such heavy rain, it will be soaked.
Muttered for a long time, no one knew what the light appeared in the crowd.
It wasn't until Lin Fengqin squeezed through the crowd with a few flashlights and came to Wang Yuan's side that the big guy saw that the light came from the strange thing in Lin Fengqin's hand.