Propose a hundred times

At a certain moment in the middle of the night, a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared—the thunder and lightning resounded through the sky without warning.

The sleeping villagers were suddenly awakened. Some got up and put away their things and closed the windows.

Therefore, those who can't sleep can feel it. After those few thunderclaps, the gust of wind came whistling, and then began to rain...

A heavy rain fell from the middle of the night until the early morning of the next day without any weakness.One night, when the villagers got up to see it, they sighed and paid no attention to it, thinking it was just a normal thunderstorm, which should stop today.

Unexpectedly, after half a day, the rain has not stopped, the wind has not subsided, the rainwater from the eaves keeps dripping down, and the yard is wet and muddy everywhere, flowing into the ditch beside the house, making the color of the water gradually deepen, and the water level slowly rises... ...At noon, the villagers who had been cooped up at home for half a day and couldn't go out began to feel anxious.The rain was not weakening, and they finally began to worry that the grain seeds that had been sown in the past few days were already rotten.

It was raining heavily and the roads were muddy, making it difficult to go out at this time.Even so, there are always some people who can't bear the worry, put on coir raincoats and hats, rolled up their trousers and bare feet, stepping on the unsightly road, step by step, and go out the door with difficulty...

At this time, in the hall of the Yuan family, the two elders of the Yuan family were sitting in the hall, their brows were tightly furrowed, you sighed, and I sighed.

"It's raining so persistently that it doesn't look like it's going to stop."

"Hey, it was fine yesterday. Why did it come so suddenly? You said... After all, it hasn't rained so much for so long in our place for many years."

Father Yuan's brows tightened, he stroked his mustache and recalled the past: "Yeah, I'm afraid the river has risen quite a bit now, and if it keeps going down like this, it will probably flood to the shore... I remember when I was young There was a flood..."

What he said made the atmosphere in the hall suddenly become delicate. Yuan raised his eyes to look at him, and his face became serious, but he glanced at Shao'an Qiuyue who was sitting in a row, and said with relief: "The children are here. Well, why are you talking about this! I haven’t seen any natural disasters for so many years, and the weather has been smooth for so many years..."

Two elders who have been eating salt for many years talked about this, and the two juniors who had no experience and could not imagine had no idea, but judging from the expressions of the two elders, they also deeply felt something was wrong.

Geng Qiuyue's expression became gloomy every time she heard a sentence, Yuan Shaoan bumped her shoulder with his shoulder, cast a comforting look, and said softly: "Don't listen to what your parents say to scare yourself so much, don't worry, everything is up to me. Something will happen."

The comforted Qiuyue looked back in a daze, and the unconcealable worry in her eyes gradually faded due to the comforting words of this reliable person, and she sighed softly: "I don't know what's going on at my mother's house. It was just yesterday." The grain seeds that were sown may have been washed away by now. If the rain stopped and the water was released, it would be better, and they might still grow. If the rain keeps falling, the grain seeds would be soaked like that, so it would be a waste of work, and the seeds are so expensive..."

Shaoan knew that she was worried about the situation of her natal family. Although she didn't like farming, after all, the Geng family was also a real farmer, who didn't look forward to a bumper harvest every year.

"Don't worry too much, just look at the sky. If it rains like this all the time, my father-in-law should take action. He is the reliable head of our village."

This statement undoubtedly gave Qiuyue a dose of reassurance. Although the situation is not optimistic, it is not bad enough after all. Why should I be so pessimistic?As the person beside him said, there is still her in everything, and her courageous and reliable father.

After thinking about it, Qiuyue calmed down for a while, sat for a while, and got up: "It's okay to be idle here, I'm going to wash clothes."

Shao'an hurriedly stopped: "Don't wash it, there is no place to dry it after washing this day, and it will stink if you don't dry it for a few days."

This is the reason, clothes that have not been exposed to the sun, in a rainy and humid day, I am afraid that they will not be dried in the house for a few days.But Qiuyue just glanced at her, rolled her eyes and said, "I'll go and wash that suit of yours with water, there will be a lot of mud, it will be so hard to wash then!"

As he said that, he had already left the living room, and quickly slipped back to the room against the corner. He took the set of underwear that Shaoan had replaced this morning when he went to feed the pigs in the rain, and was about to go to the kitchen to wash the clothes on top. mud……

The remaining two elders of the Yuan family and Yuan Shao'an, you looked at me and I looked at you, and they were speechless for a while.

On the other side, everyone in the Geng family was also worried about the weather.Zhang Shunde couldn't go out to do business today, so he just stayed at home to comfort and take care of his pregnant wife, while discussing countermeasures with his father-in-law.Just now, he had already discussed with his family members, and now he just put on the rain cape, put on the hat, and picked up the shovel, ready to go out to see what kind of world has become outside.

The Geng family and the Zhang family all sowed seeds yesterday, because of the rain, they couldn't imagine what the situation is like now.Zhang Shunde rolled up his trouser legs, the cold and muddy muddy water soaked to his ankles, the bamboo hat on his coir raincoat was slapped by the rain, and his feet were sometimes soft mud and sometimes hard stones, walking forward step by step It's hard.

After leaving the yard, the fields in front of the yard are full of water, and some low-lying ridges cannot escape flooding, and the ditches beside the fields have the same landscape.

"This is bad!"

Zhang Shunde frowned and sighed softly, and saw a few people in coir raincoats from a distance, just like him going out to visit.The fields of his family and Geng's family are not too far away from home. According to the current situation, if you want to go there, you have to spend some time walking through the water. The path along the field ridge that you must pass is full of water and you can't see the road clearly. is dangerous.

But you have to go.In the whole village at this moment, even though it is facing strong wind and heavy rain, there are still many men who come out. Fei Zhe went to his own field to see if he could open the mouth of the field to divert water and release the water. of grain.

As expected, the rain was so deep that the fields of each family were basically flooded. The situation on the higher ground was a little better, but it had already ruined the fruits of people's hard work for several days.Many people sowed the seeds a few days ago, and these two days have sprouted and grown seedlings. They were so flooded that they could not see a little green. The geometry of the water depth has to be carefully explored to know.

There are few natural disasters here, and the scene today has not been seen for many years. This kind of thing happened so long after the end of the new year. I am afraid that this year will not be good.

The rain did not fall, so Zhang Shunde took great effort to find his way through the water, first went to his own field, and then went to Geng's field to have a look one by one, because the fields of their two families are not high, almost Even if a piece of field is open, it has been connected to the canal and filled with water, directly submerging the edge of the field, and the paddy fields and ditches are not spared.

Looking at the tragic situation around him, Zhang Shunde slumped his shoulders, raised his head to look at the sky, a gust of wind blew past, and took away the bamboo hat on his head, and the raindrops hit his face and head unceremoniously...

It's hard not to be enraged and hated by such an encounter.Shunde hurriedly picked up the bamboo hat, patted it on his head, wiped his face, feeling helpless, he had no choice but to go back with the shovel.While walking, I kept thinking in my heart: Could it be that I, Zhang Shunde, have had a bad time? !God can't let my surname Zhang have a happy event!

Carefully exploring the way and walking home step by step, Zhang Shunde went home and back, half an hour has passed.Seeing him coming back covered in moisture, everyone greeted him in the hall and asked each other.

"Well, what's the scene outside?"

Village Chief Geng looked solemn. Looking at the sky from the hall, he could tell that the rain was very bad. Although he was not discharged from the hospital, he could already imagine what happened to the low-lying outside world. It was probably bad.

Zhang Shunde took the water from Qiumei, poured it down with a long sigh, frowned and said solemnly: "Father, the rain is too heavy, the water has already flooded all the low-lying fields and the ridges, if it continues like this, It will be a matter of time before the remaining fields suffer."

"So, don't the fields of our two families all..."

Geng Qiumei interjected, her face becoming more worried.Zhang Shunde patted her hand, pulled her to sit down first, and looked at the old man again.The latter squeezed his brows into the word Chuan, and murmured,

"The fields are flooded, and the canals are full... So the water level of the Sishui River has risen a lot. If it rains like this, then..." The disaster is inevitable.

Before he could express his thoughts, Boss Geng collected himself, turned around and glanced at his family one by one, and said calmly: "Thanks for your hard work, Shunde, let's go back to the house and change clothes. I'll go out and see if I can find someone to discuss the countermeasures."

Aunt Geng was so anxious that she stopped her with a stern face: "Where are you going to find someone in such a heavy rain? Everything will be discussed when the rain calms down!"

This is the reason.It is extremely unwise to go out at this time.If he hadn't been in a hurry to visit, Zhang Shunde, a young and strong man, would not have liked to brave the wind and rain to go out.Besides, the torrential rain was unstoppable, so even if he had to go out to gather people, what good strategy could he have?The Sishui River from top to bottom has already swelled. How can they find a place to divert water to release the flood in this high-lying village?Now it seems that the loss of fields is a foregone conclusion, and the most important thing is to take care of your own yard.

After being persuaded by his family, Boss Geng gave up his desire to venture out and sat down to meditate quietly.

But when they regained their composure for a while, they suddenly recalled together, the low-lying place—the Yuan's house in the east of the village!

That's right, the east of Fenghuang Village is located on the low side, the bank land used by the Yuan family for killing pigs is the lower reaches of Surabaya, and further up is the Yuan family's pig farm, and further up, isn't it the Yuan family's compound!

Fortunately, the young couple in the Yuan family are still worried about their in-laws, but they don't know that their family is already in the most dangerous situation!

Thinking about it this way, the members of the Geng family became even more anxious, their baby, Geng Qiuyue, was in danger!

God, please fasten your hands and spare us!

The author has something to say: Sorry, this chapter dragged on for too long!