Liujiazhuang is a large-scale village with more than 200 households and a population of more than 1,000.

The village follows the trend of a mountain range and is located about two or three miles away from the foot of the mountain.

Surrounding the village are large areas of farmland, vegetable fields and orchards.

For hundreds of years, people here have lived an idyllic life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

If the Japanese had not invaded China, this simple and peaceful life would have continued like this.

A few days ago, there were rumors in the village that the Japanese had invaded eastern Henan, and some even said that the vanguard of the Japanese soldiers had arrived in certain places in Zhongmou.

But that is a rumor after all, and whether it is true or false is unknown.

Most of the people in Liujiazhuang were indifferent to this. What they thought in their hearts was that no matter how ruthless the Japanese soldiers were, they would always have to eat, and someone would have to plant land and provide food for them.

The land in Liujiazhuang is quite fertile, and the wheat production is good in two seasons a year. After paying the imperial grain rent, the family can barely make ends meet.

In a good year, you can still have a little surplus.

If you are worried about the spread of the war and leave this land, you will have no choice but to leave your hometown to beg for food. It is better to stay at home and face the unknown future.

In their simple and numb hearts, as long as they pay the royal rations honestly and in accordance with the rules, there is no need for them to worry about who hands the rations to.

To take a step back, even if the Japanese soldiers are as vicious and murderous as the rumors say, the villagers feel that the most they can do is run into the ravines and hide for a while to avoid the limelight when the Japanese soldiers enter the village.

No matter how ruthless those Japanese soldiers are, they can't stay in such a remote place for a long time.

Of course, there are also some timid villagers who have thought of leaving here to temporarily avoid the war.

But like Wei Dayong's parents, they were reluctant to part with the upcoming summer harvest.

Everyone agreed that the national army was resisting desperately on the front line, and as long as they could hold on for another ten days, they could harvest the wheat in the fields.

At that time, we can sell the grain and flee to the south of Zheng County with the money, and it won't be a problem to fill our stomachs.

The day it happened was like every other day.

There was no warning at all, nor any official warning.

It was already dawn.

People in rural areas go to bed early and get up early.

Liu Tiezhu, his parents, and his six-member family were sitting around eating, as usual, steamed buns with pickles and corn soup.

Their father told them that after eating, everyone should go to the vegetable field and finish the work in the field so that they could be free to harvest wheat in a few days.

Before the meal was finished, it started to rain heavily outside.

Looking out from the house, the sky and the earth were completely white, and the raindrops splashed water on the dirt floor of the yard, quickly forming small puddles.

The sound of rain was also very loud, and a lot of movement was covered up in the sound.

Originally, the family thought that summer rain would come and go quickly, and it might stop raining just after dinner, so they didn't take it to heart.

Unexpectedly, the rain became heavier and heavier...

Through the heavy rain, Liu Tiezhu seemed to hear some movement outside and felt something was wrong.

After all, he had a young heart, so he ignored his father's scolding, put on a bamboo hat, and waded through the stagnant water in the yard with bare feet. He ran outside the gate and took a look, and saw the cats and dogs in the village, as if they were crazy, risking their lives.

The rain rushed to the southwest.

Before he could recover, the old buffalo at the head of the village galloped past him with all four hooves spread.

The old man regarded the buffalo as more precious than his own mother-in-law. He didn't even have time to put on his bamboo hat and raincoat. He grabbed half of the rope in his hand, and with his short legs, he chased after it desperately, running and shouting: "Don't run!"

Stop it!"

Liu Tiezhu was still hesitating whether to go up to help in such a heavy rain. If he got himself covered in mud, he would probably be scolded by his parents.

Just when he was hesitating, he saw the old sow from the third aunt's house next door actually pushed through the fence of the pig pen, and with her litter of more than a dozen piglets, followed closely behind the big buffalo.

He also rushed into the rain curtain and began his victory escape.

Liu Tiezhu was dumbfounded. What happened to this crazy situation?

At this moment, there seemed to be a rapid "bang bang bang" sound of a gong in the distance, penetrating through the rain curtain and reaching Liu Tiezhu's ears.

It seems that the person who struck the gong saw something extremely urgent.

Since there had been news of Japanese soldiers attacking eastern Henan during this period, the villagers, after several rounds of discussions, decided to send one person to watch outside the village every day, on a hillside less than half a mile away from the village.

A wooden shed was set up there as a temporary sentry post.

Liu Tiezhu knew that if the sentry saw the Japanese soldiers, they would immediately sound the gong to warn them.

Now the gong sounds suddenly sounded. Could it be that the Japanese have entered the village?

Did the Japanese come to the village to have breakfast in the rain?

Isn’t it too early?!

Liu Tiezhu had this idea in his mind.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly turned around and ran back into the house, shouting in a panic: "Oh no, the Japanese soldiers are coming!"

The family also faintly heard the sound of the gong. When Liu Tiezhu shouted, Liu's mother hurriedly tried to pack the clothes.

Liu's father knocked the baggage out of her hand and said, "I heard that the Japanese are very ferocious and will kill people as soon as they enter the village. If you have to escape, do you still have time to pack your things?"

So, the family simply took the little money they had at home, poured the dough on the table into their bags, and hurried out.

Liu Tiezhu's neighbors also heard the sound of the alarm gong. They ran outside the yard wearing various rain gears and hurriedly asked each other for news on the village road.

Others climbed up the wall and looked around.

As a result, they found nothing.

Liu's father ran outside the yard with his family. When he saw so many people still watching, he hurriedly shouted to everyone: "Folks! The Japs are coming! Everyone, hurry up the mountain and hide!"

Devil...

At first hearing this familiar yet unfamiliar word, many people subconsciously followed Liu Tiezhu and his family and ran out.

When they arrived at the open area at the end of the village, someone looked back towards the head of the village. There was no moving figure there, so they grabbed Liu Tiezhu's father and asked, "Where are the Japs? Who said the Japs are coming?"

The private school teacher in the village was among the crowd. He was holding an oil-paper umbrella and was running out of breath. Now he came back to his senses and said dubiously: "Normally, it is impossible for the Japs to come to the village... I have never heard of the Japs attacking."

To the county town... Even if the Japanese invade the county town, they will first occupy the big towns. How could they come quietly to a rural place like Liujiazhuang?"

When Liu's father heard that it made sense, he turned around and asked his son: "Who told you that the Japanese were coming?"

"I...I guessed..."

When Liu's father heard that he was angry, he raised his hand and was about to slap him: "You bastard..."

Liu Tiezhu hurriedly stepped aside: "Then why did the watchman beat the gong?"

When everyone heard this, they realized that it was true, the person who was standing guard on the hill could not beat the gong for no reason.

Listening to the sound of the gong, which sounded loud and clear, it must have been some major emergency.

Everyone was talking about it, and suddenly someone pointed in the distance and shouted: "Look! What is that?"

Everyone looked up and saw an extra yellow line on the horizon, but it was far away and the specific situation could not be seen clearly.

The yellow line came quickly and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a yellow wall!

At this time, people with sharp eyes saw clearly that these were not yellow lines and walls, they were monstrous floods, rushing towards here!

"It's so hot!"

I don't know who screamed at the top of their lungs, and then ran towards the back mountain.

No one cared about where the flood came from. The only thought in everyone's mind was: run!

It's already too late!

Even if it had four legs, it would not be able to move faster than the flood.

The yellow turbid waves flooded the farmland, submerged the vegetable fields, and rushed into the village.

In the rain curtain, the seemingly solid houses with dry-cast mud walls suddenly fell down one by one like dominoes, washed away by the huge water flow.

The flood followed the footsteps of the crowd, and the waves suddenly hit the chaotic crowd. Everyone was swept up and down, and was instantly swallowed by the raging torrent.

Liu Tiezhu was running forward with his father and mother, when he suddenly felt his feet go weak.

Before he realized it, he was already in the water, choking on several mouthfuls of yellow mud water, and at the same time, his body was rushing forward with the current!

Liu Tiezhu relied on his youth, strength, and ability to swim, so he struggled hard to surface.

However, the power of the flood cannot be resisted by human beings.

He tried several times without success, and finally gave up, held his breath, and floated dozens of meters away with the current.

Perhaps he was not destined to die, so in a hurry, he actually grabbed a piece of driftwood.

So, he hugged the driftwood tightly and finally put his head out of the water.

"Bah, bah, bah...huh..."

Liu Tiezhu vomited out his mouth full of yellow muddy water in several mouthfuls. Although his mouth was full of mud and sand, he was finally able to breathe.

The cold rain hit his face, and his body was completely immersed in the muddy water. Liu Tiezhu was breathing heavily, and his body was shaking violently due to excessive tension. He looked around eagerly, trying to find his relatives.

The surrounding area has turned into a vast ocean, and all the familiar houses and trees have disappeared.
Chapter completed!