Finally, it landed firmly on the opposite side of the creek.

Looking at Jiang Su, who had successfully jumped over, Qi Mei said: "Yes, isn't it very simple, there's nothing to be afraid of." ”

"Let's go, let's go up." Although he jumped over, Jiang Su's heart still had some lingering palpitations.

After Shan Qing and the others stepped over, everyone went in the direction of the cave.

At the entrance of the cave at this time, the villagers living in the cave had already discovered their group.

So when Tao Qiqi climbed up the hill and came to the entrance of the cave, the village chief Yao came over and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Tao Qiqi raised his head, looked at Village Chief Yao and replied with a smile: "Hello old man, we are a passing caravan, the road in front of us is flooded, we originally wanted to go back to the nearest county seat."

However, we saw that there were people in this cave just now, so we thought we could discuss with you and spend the night with you tonight. ”

After hearing this, Village Chief Yao nodded: "I see, then you all come up." The road ahead has been flooded for a long time, and this heavy rain has been coming down from time to time, and I don't know when the water will recede. ”

Tao Qiqi followed the village chief to the cave, and asked casually: "The local county magistrate didn't come to take a look, do you want to find a way?" We see that your villages are also flooded. After a long time, the house had to be rebuilt. ”

Speaking of this, Village Chief Yao sighed and said: "The county order has come to see it, but the water flow is really impossible, and this heavy rain will fall from time to time, and the county order is helpless."

Fortunately, when the water first began to rise, we realized that something was wrong, so we hurried our belongings and livestock to the cave.

Now everyone is hiding in this hole. I hope that the water level will not rise again, otherwise this cave will not be able to hide from people. ”

"Have there ever been floods of this magnitude before?" Qi Mei asked.

"Although the water used to rise heavily, the water level receded in a few days, and the village was fine. Sometimes the water level in the village is not very good, and the village cannot be flooded. This is the most serious one. The village chief's daughter-in-law said and handed everyone a pot of hot tea.

"Thank you, Auntie." Fang Yu took the tea and poured a bowl for everyone one by one.

Tao Qiqi observed the cave while drinking hot tea.

The cave is very large, with poultry and livestock from each family on the left and villagers living on the right.

Everyone usually sleeps on the ground.

Fortunately, there is a thick layer of hay on the ground, and compared to this cave where the winter is warm and the summer is cool, everyone is not particularly sad this winter.

In addition, there are several fires burning in the cave, and Tao Qiqi feels very warm when he stands inside.

It's not much of a problem to live, it's just to eat, I don't know if everyone is okay.

Just now from the ridge, although the villagers' food should have been harvested, I just don't know if it has been dried and stored.

Peach notoginseng has also been planted, if the weather is bad when the grain is harvested, it will be moldy and sprout after a long time, and it will not be edible once it sprouts.

These months of hard work have been in vain.

"Village Chief Yao, looking at the grain in the field, it should have been harvested, and the villagers should have no loss, right?" Qi Mei, who happened to be chatting with the village chief, asked this question.

Hearing Qi Mei's inquiry, the village chief's face became even heavier.

"Don't talk about it, the villagers don't have a place to cry. Originally, the grain was harvested, and it was dried in the sun for exactly one day, and I thought that it would be almost sealed for the winter after another day.

As a result, a heavy rain suddenly fell at noon the next day, and the rice that the villagers were drying in the grain field was drenched by the rain before they could collect it. At first, I thought about waiting for the rain to pass before drying it again.

As a result, the rain lasted for four or five days, and even if the rain stopped in the middle, it didn't stop for long, and even before the sun even rose to the top, it began to fall again. Now most of the villagers' food has sprouted and mildewed. I don't know what to do this winter. ”

Speaking of the back, the corners of Village Chief Yao's eyes were moist.

Wiping away his tears and looking at the fields outside the cave, Village Chief Yao had a sad face.

Originally, winter wheat could be planted after the autumn harvest. In this situation, winter wheat will definitely not be able to be grown.

Although the villagers tried to rescue and dry the grain harvested in the autumn, the village was about to be flooded because of the rising water in the middle of the river, and the villagers had to move away from the village in a hurry.

This was delayed for a day, and in the end, not much of the grain was rescued, and more than half of it was basically destroyed.

Now that the spring harvest has not been harvested, the remaining grain, not to mention paying grain taxes, is not enough, and I don't know if I can survive until next year's summer harvest.

"What does the county magistrate say about this situation?" Jiang Su asked.

"Originally, after the autumn harvest, we had to prepare to pay the grain tax, but because of the heavy rain, the payment of the grain tax was temporarily delayed. Fortunately, a document was later issued on the top, and the suffering place could be exempted from grain tax this year. ”

As soon as Village Chief Yao finished speaking, a villager came over and said with a sad face: "But because the winter wheat can't be planted, and the spring is not successful, the grain in the hands of these villagers now has to survive until the summer harvest, and they don't know if they can survive the past." ”

After hearing this, Fang Yu comforted: "It's okay, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge." Since the above can exempt the villagers from food tax this year, it means that the above will definitely not sit idly by, give the above some time, and the above will definitely find a way to solve the difficulties of the people. ”

Village Chief Yao nodded and agreed: "Indeed, we are much happier than the people in the north. In the past few years of famine in the north, the one above didn't care about everyone's life or death, and even grabbed food from the people.

Now the above is the Ming Jun who solved the refugees in the north at the beginning, and with him, he will definitely not care about the life and death of our people. It's just a matter of time.

After all, the new emperor has just sat in that position, and there are a lot of things to deal with, and our side is suffering, and he can issue a document to exempt us from grain tax as soon as possible, which is the best proof. ”

Seeing that the village chief said this, the villagers who had just come over thought that it was indeed the case, they were lucky, so they nodded and agreed with the village chief's statement, and also agreed with Fang Yu's proposal, wait and see, give it some time.

After Jiang Su listened to Village Chief Yao's words, he was very proud in his heart.

Being able to hear the people's affirmation of their sons on the spot, mothers are naturally happy and proud.

"Alright, it's not too early." Village Chief Yao looked at his daughter-in-law as he spoke, and said, "Old woman, let me have some more rice tonight." Let these sons and ladies deal with us together. ”

Originally, Jiang Su wanted to refuse, but was stopped by Tao Qiqi, and then Tao Qiqi looked at Village Chief Yao and replied with a smile: "It's hard work Village Chief Yao." We don't eat white food, we just picked up two fish by the river, so we added another fish soup. I'm going to get the fish. ”

After Tao Qiqi finished speaking, he walked to the carriage on the side of the road.