The Princess of the Substitute Bride Strikes Back

"What's going on today? Are all of you going hunting?"

Fu Yunxi was full of curiosity. Not long after the people from Yunmu Village left, Chen Jianzhong came to deliver game, and some living things.

"That's right, Madam Master. This afternoon I saw Uncle Yun and the others go hunting, so I called Brother Wang and the others to go with us. I didn't expect that we were so lucky today. There are many animals in the back mountain. Brother Wang should be dealing with them. He will definitely come later. Brother Wang is very skilled and can knock down a wild boar by himself!"

Chen Jianzhong spoke excitedly, and from his excited expression it could be seen that today's hunting was a very joyful one.

"Is he going to send a wild boar, too?"

At this time, Mu Yiheng also walked to the gate. They had been dealing with the wild animals sent by Uncle Yun, but there were too many of them and they had not yet finished processing them.

"Yes! Brother Wang killed two wild boars today by himself. He was so impressive."

Teenagers are in the prime of their youth and will admire and praise a person simply because of his martial arts skills.

"Looks like we'll be busy tonight."

Mu Yiheng looked at Mu Yibai, but his calm eyes seemed to be thinking about something.

"Don't worry, Brother Yiheng. I will stay here to help you later. My brothers and the others can go back and deal with the prey at home."

It is not easy to deal with such a strong wild boar, so Chen Jianzhong volunteered to stay and help.

"It's okay. Uncle Yun and the others said they will come to help in the evening. You should try not to go out at night."

Mu Yibai thought it would be better to let Chen Jianzhong and the others go back as soon as possible. He had never been to the back mountain, but everyone said that there were a lot of animals. He wondered if there was something wrong with the weather. What might happen during this period was rain.

"That's fine, Master. Let's move the wild animals to the yard first."

Mu Yiheng led the Chen family to carry all the wild animals into the yard, and at this time the Wang family also arrived!

"Brother Mu, it's a pity that you didn't go hunting in the back mountains today. We all got a lot. Look at this wild boar and the robe. Maybe they found food after the famine. They are growing well and are not as thin as before."

During his exile, Wang Ling went hunting with Mu Yibai, but at that time it was difficult to see any animals even in the deep mountains. Even if there were any, they were skinny and looked malnourished.

"When you went hunting today, did you notice anything unusual about the animals?"

Fu Yunxi expressed the question that had been lingering in her mind for a long time.

"Yes, those animals are quite strange. There are many more of them than usual, and they seem very panicked. They didn't even notice us when we first went there. So even though we got a lot today, it didn't take much effort."

Wang Ling thought carefully about the situation in the back mountain and had to admit that the problem was quite serious.

"Oh no! The rainstorm a few days ago lasted for several hours, but the animals were not so strange. This time it must be a bigger or longer rainstorm."

Fu Yunxi made a reasonable inference.

"Is it going to rain heavily again? After the last heavy rain, the temperature dropped by nearly 20 degrees. It won't be the same this time!"

Wang Ling recalled the last rain. Fortunately, he followed Fu Yunxi's advice when building the house and installed floor heating. When the temperature dropped, he could just burn coal and the house would warm up quickly. Otherwise, his wife and children would definitely catch a cold!

"Lower temperatures are only one of the problems. We are also worried that the rain will be too heavy and floods or mudslides will occur in the mountains behind the village, which would be terrible."

Fu Yunxi's words woke Wang Ling up from a dream. Indeed, animals are often more sensitive to nature than humans.

Heavy rain must be extremely terrifying for the wild animals living in the back mountains. Not only will the heavy rain temporarily affect the animals' vision, hearing and sense of smell, but it may also affect the animals' own ability to regulate body temperature. In this way, the animals' life safety will be seriously threatened.

"Brother Wang, you are here. We just mentioned you!"

Chen Jianzhong and his brothers placed the wild animals in the yard, and when they came out they happened to see Wang Ling arriving.

"Yeah! I just went home to clean up, which took me some time."

Wang Ling was still thinking about Fu Yunxi's words and replied to Chen Jianzhong casually.

"What's wrong everyone?"

Only then did Chen Jianzhong realize that the atmosphere seemed to be wrong.

"Think back to the abnormal behavior of the animals in the back mountains today. This may be a hint that a heavy rainstorm is coming."

Mu Yibai explained to Chen Jianzhong.

"Ah! No way! Is there going to be another heavy rainstorm? But those animals are really abnormal."

Chen Jianzhong had felt something was wrong. Normally there would not be so many wild animals appearing for no reason, and they were all in the hilly areas.

"Surely there's more to it than just a rainstorm, right?"

Chen Jun, the eldest son of the Chen family, saw that Fu Yunxi and others looked solemn, and guessed that there must be other problems.

"Yes, heavy rain is only one aspect. If it is serious, landslides and mud-rock flows may occur in the back mountains."

Mu Yibai expressed the worries in their hearts.

"A mudslide! What about the families living in the back hills? No, is our entire village in danger?"

Chen Jianzhong also realized the seriousness of the matter. When they were hunting, they saw several families at the foot of the back mountain. The area was vast, sparsely populated and quiet, and there were several elderly people living there.

"This is what we are worried about, Brother Mu, is there any way to prevent mudslides?"

Wang Ling asked Mu Yibai, and everyone's eyes turned to Mu Yibai.

"Time is running out. All we can do is build retaining walls and ditches to evacuate villagers at the foot of the mountain first and minimize casualties."

Mu Yibai had worked on this kind of defensive fortifications when he was in the army, so he was quite familiar with it.

"Yes, the trees on the back hill are quite lush, and hopefully they can be used. If the trees can't stop the flood, we can still build a retaining wall and dig a ditch to divert the flood to the open fields. This should be the best solution at the moment."

Fu Yunxi agreed with Mu Yibai's words. This idea was exactly what she had in mind!

"Okay, it's settled. Let's go find the village head now!" Mu Yibai said decisively.

Wang Ling said solemnly with a serious face: "This matter is of great importance. It is difficult for us to deal with it alone. The best way is to gather the strength of the entire village."

Mu Yibai nodded, and then began to make arrangements in an orderly manner: "Jianzhong, go tell Uncle Yun and the others about this, and ask them to bring their tools and go directly to the back mountain to wait for us."

"Yiheng, go back to the house and explain the situation to mother and the others. Tell them not to worry. We will be back soon. Brother Chen and Brother Wang, go home and make arrangements first. I and the others will go find the head of the village, and then we will gather directly at the back mountain."

At this time, it was not completely dark yet, and some households were cooking dinner while others were resting.

But for Mu Yibai and the others, this is a rare opportunity.

After all, no one knows when the heavy rain will come, so we must race against time to be prepared.

"Okay, Master, I'll go there right away!" Chen Jianzhong responded without hesitation.

Mu Yiheng also responded: "Okay, second brother."

"Everyone, please be careful. We brothers will go home first." After saying this, Brother Chen and Wang Ling turned around and walked home.

"Brother Mu, see you later." Wang Ling also added.

Everyone acted quickly without any hesitation.

They all knew that this was a race against time and that preparations had to be completed as quickly as possible to cope with the coming rainstorm.

Everyone rushed to their respective mission locations with a sense of responsibility and mission, and a rescue operation was about to begin.