Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

Because the bed was occupied by two sons, Mengzhen had nowhere to sleep, so he sat under the lamp and read a book.

The rain was getting heavier at night, and the rain was pouring down from the eaves, pouring and pouring, as if there was nothing else in the world except the sound of rain.

Suddenly there was a "bang", a bolt of lightning struck down, followed by a burst of thunder.Meng Zhen remembered Meng Che's words about being afraid of thunder before going to bed, and hurried to the bedside with the light on, only to see this stinky boy who was afraid of thunder sleeping soundly, with the blanket rolled up under him, his younger brother Meng Yuan Naked and sleeping beside him.

With a slap, Meng Zhen slapped Meng Che's butt, no wonder your second brother doesn't sleep with you, he's a ten-year-old boy, it's fine to kick the quilt at night, why do you still snatch the quilt? If you don't cover it, you have to be caught under your body.

Meng Zhen struggled for a long time and couldn't pull it out, so he had to find another blanket to cover Meng Yuan.Although it is hot weather now, it has been raining for three consecutive days. If you don’t cover your body with a quilt at night, you may catch cold. Besides, children are weaker than adults. doctor to go.

After finishing all this, Mengzhen pulled the recliner where he slept during the day, and fell asleep next to the two little guys.

On the second day, I still woke up to the sound of rain. Although the rain was a little lighter than last night, it still showed no signs of stopping. The room was dark and gloomy, and people felt heavy and depressed.

After breakfast, Mengzhen wanted Ah Qing to go to Wang Xinyu's room to see how the mother and daughter were doing. Ah Qing went there for a while and came back, saying: "The eldest young mistress and the child are very happy, the child didn't make trouble at night, and he is still sleeping now." It's on."

Meng Zhen unconsciously shifted his gaze to Meng Yuan. Meng Yuan and Meng Che were sitting on the mat playing cards. This kid has never been safe since he woke up in the morning. He even tore up the books on his desk just now. After reading two pages, Meng Zhen refrained from hitting him, but thought, they are also children, why the little girl is obedient and quiet, and the boy wants to beat him up when he reads it.

Sure enough, after playing cards for a while, Meng Yuan lost interest again and clamored to play outside.

"How do you go out to play when it's raining outside? Come, come to your father, and I'll show you a picture book."

Meng Zhen beckoned to call Meng Yuan to him, then held him in his arms, and told him the story in the picture book.However, Meng Yuan couldn't sit still at all, Meng Zhen hadn't spoken a few words before Meng Yuan tore up the book in his hand.

"You..." He was so angry that he almost threw him on the ground, the child is unteachable, he is really too stubborn.

Meng Yuan still clamored to go outside.Meng Zhen sighed, not to mention such a small child, even an adult can't bear to stay at home for a few days, let alone this kind of rainy weather, mushrooms can grow on his body.

Mengzhen held the child under the umbrella and went to the eaves to watch the rain pouring down from the sky, hitting the ground with big splashes.It has been raining for four consecutive days. Thanks to the drainage system of their house, otherwise, the house will be flooded sooner or later.

He suddenly thought of the artificial lake in the garden. He was afraid that the water would overflow the lake, so he was busy with Ah Qing going over to have a look, but Ah Qing said, "Master, you are confused. There are several drains in that lake, how could it overflow?" Come."

This is not to blame for Mengzhen being confused, there are too many things that happened to Yuanshen, it is impossible for Mengzhen to accept all of them, many things are usually only remembered by him after thinking for a while when others remind him in his ear.

When the ancestors of the Meng family built this house, they gave priority to the drainage problem and dug several ditches underground. If there is heavy rainfall, the rainwater accumulated in each yard will be discharged outside the house through the ditches.

"Ah Qing!" Meng Zhen seemed to be thinking of something again, and suddenly put Meng Yuan into Ah Qing's hands, asking him to take care of the child, while he went into the rain with an umbrella.

"Master, why are you going?" Ah Qing shouted loudly holding the child, feeling anxious, what is the master doing in this heavy rain, if he falls, how will he explain to the young masters at home? .

It happened that there were other servants in the room, so Ah Qing randomly handed Meng Yuan to one of them, then waved an umbrella and chased after his master.

Meng Zhen came to the gate, stood on the doorstep, and saw the river rushing past their house, as expected, this terrible weather may have flooded other places in the county.Looking at the accumulated water discharged from the five or six tunnels under the wall of their own courtyard, I can't help but sigh again. Thanks to the thoughtfulness of the ancestors of the Meng family, they dug several ditches to drain water, otherwise they would also be flooded now.

"Master!" Ah Qing chased after him, and saw a river appearing in the sky in front of the door. The secret passage is not good, if the river water rises any further, it will flood into the door of their house.

"Master, this...what to do." Ah Qing panicked and took a step back, fearing that the ruthless river would suddenly rise and hurt herself.

"What are you afraid of!" Meng Zhen looked at him, "The water flows downhill. The threshold of your house is so high that it won't be able to flood in for a while."

Hearing this, Ah Qing's heart was somewhat relaxed. The master is good at reading, and he can say anything.

"Father!" Meng Che also chased him out at this time, and ran to his father's side. He was shocked when he saw the river flowing in front of the door. The yard was fine, but there was a flood outside.

"Why are you running out?" Meng Zhen said angrily, then led Meng Che and walked back.

Meng Che looked back and asked, "Father, will such a big water flood our house?"

Meng Zhen said: "No, the rain will stop soon."

Meng Che immediately asked again: "Really? Dad, when will you stop?"

"Probably tomorrow, no matter how bad the day after tomorrow is, we can't keep going." Meng Zhen replied like this.In fact, he didn't know when the rain would stop, but it was just a comforting word for the child, and it also made him feel relieved.

However, he was right. The rain lasted for five consecutive days, and finally stopped on the sixth day.

The two children were so happy that they ran to the yard to step on puddles with their wooden clogs.

Meng Zhen told Ah Qing to go out and inquire about Meng Qing's situation. Three days ago, Meng Qing was called to the surrounding villages for disaster relief, and he has not returned until today, so he was a little worried.

Ah Qing was a little embarrassed: "Master, the front of our house is besieged by water, and there is no boat here, and I can't get out for a while, so tell me how to find it."

That's right, Meng really thought, the waterlogging outside is serious now, and it is difficult for the people to travel, so they can only go out after the flood recedes.

However, before noon, Meng Qing came back.Seeing him, Mengzhen was a little surprised: "How did you come back? The flood outside has receded?"

Meng Qing replied: "Not yet retreated, the officials sent the whole city to search and rescue the trapped people, I came back by their boat." Then he gave a general overview of the outside situation.

After five consecutive days of torrential rain, several rivers in the county swelled sharply, and some nearby low-lying villages suffered from river backflow and were directly submerged.

Meng Qing was called to the village where the disaster was being rescued. When they arrived, many people’s homes were flooded and the farmland was flooded. They hurriedly pulled the villagers out one by one before dark. , How can I care about other things outside of me.

The rescued villagers were taken back to the county seat and placed in shelters.The heavy rain was torrential, and not only one village was destroyed, but at least two dozen, this is what Meng Qing heard from the people in the government.

Including the county town and several towns below, about three to four thousand people were affected by the disaster. With so many victims, the shelters in the county town couldn’t accommodate them at all. Some of the temples that were placed outside the city had nowhere to go, and were thrown directly at the base of the city wall, where they would survive starvation or freezing.

And not only Xianghe County where they are located, but even Shuntian Prefecture and several counties under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture were also hit by this heavy rain, but the damage was not as serious as their Xianghe County.

Shuntian Mansion is also the capital, where the emperor lives. The drainage system in the city is quite good. The accumulated flood water is discharged into several rivers, large and small, through multiple ditches, and finally flows into the North Canal.

The North Canal is the northern section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and there are many dams in between, carrying functions such as drought prevention and drainage.When Shuntianfu suffers from drought, the North Canal Dam opens to deliver water to it. When it is flooded, the dike of the embankment is opened to receive the floodwater discharged from Shuntianfu, which enters the storage dam and is stored. When it is dry, the gate is opened again. After such a repeated cycle, for hundreds of years, the city of emperors has been in good weather, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe.

However, this heavy rain affected a large area, and most of them were concentrated in some low-lying villages and towns. When the disaster happened, it was reported to the county magistrate immediately. It was handed over to the front of the imperial court, and the emperor paid great attention to it. Not only the government soldiers, but also the guards who guarded the security of the capital were sent to Xianghe County for disaster relief.

A part of the guards were sent to the North Canal section to dig dikes to divert the flood water from several swollen rivers into the North Canal, thus restoring the affected villages and farmland to their original appearance.

Soon the stagnant water in their Xianghe County will be drained away, but this is not the most important thing. Meng Qing heard from the county magistrate that the most difficult thing is the reconstruction after the disaster and the possible diseases after the flood recedes. This is what the government is worried about right now.

"Father!" Meng Zhen was fascinated by Meng Qing's description of the outside situation, and Meng Qing suddenly called him.

"What's wrong?" Meng Zhen saw that Meng Qing's expression was not right, as if something bad was about to happen.

"Recently, you and your younger brothers are staying at the mansion, and don't go anywhere. After the flood recedes, there is no guarantee that there will be no disease. It is the safest to stay at the mansion. Then send a servant to buy Just the food."

When the flood receded, the bodies of animals and people submerged in the flood were exposed. These dead bodies contained a large number of germs. If they were not treated in time, they could easily be transmitted to living people through the air, and then spread to hundreds of people. form a disease.Especially in the hot weather now, if there is an epidemic, a lot of people will die, and it will be troublesome if the city is locked down.

Meng Qing looked at the scorching sun hanging high outside, it was obviously still in the rainstorm yesterday, but today it turned back to the dog days, as if the heavy rain in the past few days had never come.At the same time, he was also faintly worried, for fear that the epidemic that the magistrate said would come true.

Meng Zhen saw that he got up suddenly and seemed to want to leave, so he hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?"

Meng Qing said: "I'm going to see Xin Yu and the child, and then I'm going to go out to work again." Now there are many disaster victims in the city, in addition to government relief, these grain merchants who have been dealing with the people all the year round should also express themselves, or donate money or To release food and help the victims tide over the difficulties together. "

Not long after Mengqing left, he came back that evening, bringing Wang Xiucai's family with him.

It turned out that when he went out in the afternoon, he abducted Wang Xiucai's house, and he didn't know what happened to his father-in-law's house due to such a heavy rain.After he arrived at Wang Xiucai's house, he found that a large area of ​​residential buildings here had been flooded, and Wang Xiucai's family was missing.

He went to the shelter in the county to look for it, and finally found his father-in-law's family in a simple shed built by the county government.The Wang family was disheveled and their clothes were muddy. If Wang Huan hadn't called him out, he wouldn't have recognized them.

When Wang Xiucai saw him, his nose was full of tears, and he said that the sky has no eyes, whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, he is looking for poor people.

How could Mengqing listen to his complaints, a large number of victims were crowded together in this simple shed, the weather was hot and there were many mosquitoes, if there was an epidemic, it would be over, so he took his father-in-law's family back to him without saying a word home.

At this moment, Wang Xiucai's family took a bath and changed into new clothes. Sitting in Mengzhen's yard, blowing the gentle evening breeze, they felt lucky to survive the catastrophe. Although the world treated them poorly unfairly, but Better to be alive than dead.

The torrential rain in the past few days has haunted the hearts of the Wang family like a nightmare. They live in a one-story house, and the drainage system in the entire area is not well done. Soon the house was flooded to the height of half a person, and the officers and soldiers came to rescue them when they were almost up to their necks. If they were one step later, they would be buried in the flood.

First the previous stroke, this time the flood, and what will be the next time.Wang Xiucai had a frowning face, and felt that life was like gambling. If he won the bet, he made money, and if he lost, he got his life.

"Alas..." Wang Xiucai sighed, a thousand words were endless, and all of them were expressed in this lament.

Sitting next to her father, Wang Xinyu wiped away tears quietly. In the first lunar month, her father suffered a stroke suddenly, and she was confinement at that time. The family kept the matter hidden from her until she was confinement.

Now, only half a year later, her natal family was flooded, and her parents and younger brother became homeless.Wang Xinyu really couldn't figure it out, how could this God make things difficult for their Wang family and deliberately not see them well.

As soon as Wang Xinyu cried, Mrs. Lin next to her also wiped away her tears.Who says it's not, this disaster has fallen on their royal family, how can people cheer up.

Seeing their family crying sadly, Meng Qing hurriedly spoke out to comfort him: "It happens that there is a courtyard in the west courtyard that is vacant. I will find someone to clean it up later. Father-in-law and mother-in-law will live here in the future."

"Sigh..." Wang Xiucai sighed again, "It's such a troublesome uncle. We'll go back after the flood recedes. The dilapidated house can be tidied up and lived in."

"Father!" Wang Xinyu, who was sitting next to Wang Xiucai, said suddenly, "Just listen to me, our house won't be able to live in our house even after the flood recedes, and it won't be worth it if it collapses and hits people."

Alas, who said otherwise.Wang Xiucai lowered his head. When the rainstorm hit, one room of their house collapsed, and the others leaked. Even if the flood receded, repairs would have to be made before people could live in it. Otherwise, as Wang Xinyu said, the dilapidated house If you live there, you will crush people to death.

Seeing that his father-in-law was silent, Meng Qing knew that he had acquiesced, so he hurriedly asked his servants to clean up the empty yard in the west courtyard so that his father-in-law and mother-in-law's family could live there.

"It's just a pity," Wang Xiucai sighed again suddenly, "All the books I had treasured for many years were all washed away by the flood. But luckily," he looked at Mengzhen, "luckily I asked Wang Huan to Those few booklets were sent to you, otherwise there would really be nothing left."

Seeing his dejected look, Meng Zhen didn't know how to comfort him, so he just pursed his lips and said nothing.

In this way, the Wang family lived in the Meng Mansion.In the early morning of the next day, Meng Qing went out again to cooperate with the government for disaster relief. In the afternoon, the water flow in front of Meng's house completely receded, leaving a small amount of sludge quickly cleaned up by the government. Once the water was sprinkled in the sun and exposed to the sun, In front of the gate is a clean bluestone road, which is so clear that it doesn't look like it has been flooded, but it looks like it was newly built.

Meng Hong came back in the evening.Meng Che and Meng Yuan were very happy to see him, and they ran to him one after the other and hung on him for a long time.

After the two children had had enough trouble, Meng Hong sent them away, and then said to his father: "Father, the rainstorm these days is really scary. Although I am in the capital, I think about you every day. A bad..."

"However," Meng Hong suddenly smiled knowingly, "Seeing that you are all well now, I am relieved."

He came out of the capital this morning. Some sections of the road were washed away by the flood and he couldn't move forward. He took a long detour and finally walked back.

Afterwards, he heard his father talk about things in the county, and about Meng Qing going out to help with disaster relief, and Wang Xiucai staying in their house, Meng Hong didn't say much after hearing that.On the way here, he saw that many corpses were dug up after the flood receded, and then thrown into the big pit dug by the officers and soldiers, and one place was burned by fire.

He thought, in the current disaster, as long as people are alive, other things are not worth mentioning in front of life.

Seeing Meng Hong's distraught look, Meng Zhen felt that people had changed a lot. In fact, after Meng Hong and Deng Zhaozhao got engaged, Meng Zhen found that Meng Hong was quite different from before. Less, which makes Mengzhen somewhat uncomfortable.

After looking at Meng Hong from head to toe again, Meng Hong felt uncomfortable being looked at by him, and said with a smile: "Father, why are you looking at me like this, did I look good again?"

"Get out!" Just now he said that he had become serious, but in a moment he revealed his true colors, Meng Zhen scolded him angrily, Meng Hong's mouth was twitching.

He just saw a lot of mud on his shoes, thought about his hardships, and just wanted to say something to let him go back to the house to have a good rest, but he was distracted by his hippie smile.

"Okay, okay, I know, what dad means is that I want me to go back and take a shower and change clothes, I'll go right away." Meng Hong waved to his father, turned around and ran out of his yard.

Meng Zhen shook his head, as if he had nothing to do with him.

After coming back that day, Meng Hong never went out again, but Meng Qing still went out early and returned late to help the victims.

At noon that day, the family gathered at Mengzhen's place for lunch. Mengqing suddenly brought a few people back. Everyone was very curious, and put down their bowls and chopsticks one after another and came out from the door to see what was going on. Among the people who were brought back were two One is long and the other is young, and the other is being carried on a stretcher, and the male and female cannot be distinguished.

Meng Zhen was very surprised when he saw one of them, isn't this Chen Qiushi, why did Meng Qing bring him back.

Meng Qing hurriedly explained: "Father, they are Wu Niang's natal family, and they have nowhere to go now, so I will bring them home." Meng Zhen only looked at Chen Qiushi and ignored Meng Qing's words, but Chen Qiushi He lowered his head and said nothing.

Standing next to Mengzhen, Meng Hong thought, Meng Qing is really a living Bodhisattva, it's fine to bring Wang Xiucai's family back, at least Wang Xiucai is his father-in-law.

But what's going on with these three people, it's the fifth lady's natal family, what does it have to do with him, his father, the son-in-law, didn't say a word, he brought them back home because of him Does father perform the duties of son-in-law?

Besides, Meng Hong looked at the dirty young man in front of him. This man was the one who slandered his father for stealing books in the academy. Although he bowed his head and said nothing at the moment, Meng Hong knew that this He was very arrogant when he slandered his father at the beginning, maybe he is not a person who will repay his kindness, Meng Qing rescued their family today, but they don't know how to "repay" Meng Qing in the future.

Meng Hong was not very optimistic about the three people brought back by Meng Qing, he only took one look and then moved his eyes away, as if one more look would stain his eyes.

Over there, Meng Qing was still explaining to his father that the three members of the Chen family were brought home.Today, as usual, he went to the shelter to deliver clothes and food to the affected people. Suddenly he heard someone arguing inside, so he ran in to see that it was the officers and soldiers who saw a woman was sick and wanted to take her away, fearing that the woman would die. Spread the disease to everyone.

However, the young man next to the woman refused, insisting that his old lady was just not feeling well, not a disease.

But the officers and soldiers didn't care what he said, they insisted on taking him away, but the young man stood in front of him and refused to move away, and was slapped by the officers and soldiers who became angry from embarrassment.

Meng Qing happened to see this scene when he rushed over, and hurriedly intervened between the two parties to persuade him. At this moment, the elderly man who had been guarding the woman suddenly fell to his knees at Meng Qing's feet with a plop, and said tearfully: " Lord of the Meng Mansion, we are the natal family of the fifth lady of your mansion. Please help us with your noble hand. My old lady is just sick and not an epidemic. She cannot be taken away, or they will be burned as an unknown. Your mansion please Master, please help us with your noble hand, we are also willing to be cattle and horses for the master in the next life."

The elder kowtowed on the ground, crying and pleading for Mengqing.How could Mengqing stand such kneeling, his father's old man kneeled down on him, wouldn't that cut his life?

He hurriedly pulled the man up, who knew that the man was as obstinate as a cow, so he couldn't get up anyway.

It happened that these officers and soldiers in front of him were known by Meng Qing. He troubled them to be accommodating, and then found a doctor to show the woman. The doctor said that the woman was just suffering from an ordinary illness, not an epidemic.Seeing that these three people were people Meng Qing knew well, the officials gave Meng Qing a face and asked him to take the three people away.

Meng Qing didn't know where to go with these three people for a while, after thinking about it, he brought them home.But now, looking at the charcoal-like faces of his family members, he knew that these three people were not welcome by his family members.

It's just that since the person has been brought back by him, he can't throw it away, so he said to his father cheekily: "Father, the doctor said that the fifth lady's mother is very ill, and I am afraid that time is running out, so I want her to go home." People are ready for the funeral. It's just that their home is submerged now. If they leave people outside and don't care, the fifth lady's mother will be arrested by the officers and soldiers again as a disease, and then set on fire. .”

Meng Zhen looked at Meng Qing, he was the one who rescued Meng Qing, why tell him these things now, can he drive people out?

So he called his servants and cleared out two vacant rooms in his yard for the three people in front of him to live in.

"Father!" Meng Hong shouted, not understanding why his father would intervene in this matter, he was rescued by Meng Qing, let him take care of him, what to do with him.

However, just after shouting, he was glared at by his father, and Meng Hong didn't say anything.

As for the others, Wang Xiucai's family were all on temporary leave. They had no face to criticize this matter, and the rest of Wang Xinyumengche didn't say anything.

In this way, the Chen family also lived in the Meng family.At night, there was a sudden cry from the Mengzhen Courtyard. It turned out that Chen Qiushi's mother had passed away.

The author says:

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