It has been raining for ten consecutive days. This morning, it just stopped for a while. In the afternoon, it started to thunder again.
Lin Dahu, wearing a raincoat, rushed into the rain with several brothers and was cleaning the drainage ditch behind the house.
The rain was so heavy that without cleaning up, the drainage ditches were filled with sediment and dead branches and leaves washed down from the mountains. If we didn't act quickly, the rain would have crossed the threshold and spread into the house.
"Boom~Long~"
Following this sound, another bolt of lightning flashed across the sky. Qiaoer in the room had been frightened for days and her voice was hoarse from crying, but her small voice could not compare with this thunder.
"Sister-in-law~Sister-in-law~"
Under the dark sky, in the raindrops like beads, the family from the second house with their mouths dripped from the rainwater.
Ye Chuqiu looked at them and saw that each of them was soaked in the rain, their hair stuck tightly to their foreheads, and water dripped down.
"What's wrong, is this?"
Seeing them like this, Ye Chuqiu couldn't help but stand up.
"Sister-in-law, our house was washed away by the rain."
Li Youmei slowly trickled over from the muddy water in the courtyard. She was wearing a bamboo hat and a raincoat, her half-rolled trouser legs were covered with mud, and the straw sandals on her feet were all loose after being washed away by the muddy water.
Her eyes were red, and she was holding two large baskets in her hands. The things inside were all wet from the rain.
"First, the roof leaked. I thought about asking the housekeeper to go up to the roof to repair it, but just as he climbed onto the roof, the entire roof collapsed. Then, the walls also fell down with a crash. It was scary to death."
Li Youmei stood under the eaves and said to Ye Chuqiu.
"Fortunately, there is a bed underneath. The owner didn't fall, but the house is uninhabitable." Li Youmei said, "I'm worried that the house where Dabao and the others live will be like this, so quickly ask them to pack their things and come to your place to take shelter."
"Hehua, go and make a bowl of ginger soup for your second aunt and the others." After hearing this, Ye Chuqiu said something to them, and then said: "The conditions are difficult now, the well is full of muddy water, and it will be impossible to take a bath for a while.
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"We understand. We follow the method you taught me before, filtering some water to drink. We don't have much charcoal at home, so we don't dare to waste it." Li Youmei responded.
"Let's take Niuniu to warm up by the fire first. The adults are fine, but the children have to change into clean clothes." Ye Chuqiu said calmly, and asked Wufeng to call Lin Dahu and others to come over and lend some clothes to Lin Qingyun and others.
When Lin Qingyun heard this, he waved his hand, "Sister-in-law, don't bother me. I'm wearing a raincoat and I'm just going to clean the gutters. Previously, the gutters of our house were cleaned too slowly and were flooded."
As Lin Qingyun spoke, he turned around and rushed into the water with his eldest son. Ye Chuqiu took his clothes and helped Li Youmei and the others settle down.
Although they were noisy and noisy on weekdays, at this critical moment, they were a family after all, and Ye Chuqiu couldn't just sit back and watch.
Li Youmei wiped herself clean, changed into a set of clothes and came out, sitting next to Ye Chuqiu, looking at the rain and worrying, "This damn weather is really going on non-stop, God, can't we let people live in peace for two days?"
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When she said the last sentence, she was gritting her teeth. Thinking of the days when she was fleeing famine, her nose couldn't help but feel sour. "It's only been two days since my family had a happy birthday. I finally bought an acre of land and planted crops.
With this rain, we can't even hope for a harvest, and Leopard can't go out to sell melon seeds. I've been sitting on nothing for the past few days, and I'm very worried."
She seemed to be speaking to Ye Chuqiu, or talking to herself, her words full of helplessness.
"When the rain subsided a little in the morning, I asked the head of the house to quickly go to the fields to take a look. The fields had long been flooded. Many houses in the village were full of mud and water, especially those living by the river. It is said that the water was all over the place.
The table was flooded, and several houses in the village were flooded, and they were all wiping away tears. I didn’t expect that it would be our turn so soon.”
Li Youmei looked up at the sky with a desolate expression. Ye Chuqiu knew that there was infinite pain in her heart.
Although she usually talks a little bit and likes to take advantage of small things, she is actually a hard-working woman, and all she wants is to live a peaceful and prosperous life.
"Hey, Qingshi and the others are here?"
As he was talking in a low tone, Li Youmei was suddenly startled. After a while, he saw the third roommate also dragging his family over.
"Sister-in-law~Sister-in-law~"
At this time, Ye Chuqiu became their savior, and Ye Chuqiu's home was their haven.
"Lao San, why are you here? Is your house flooded too?" Li Youmei asked.
"No, not long after your family collapsed, ours also collapsed."
Lin Qingshi said, "Fortunately, when I saw your house collapsed, I quickly asked my mother-in-law to pack things just in case. Otherwise, I might not be able to save any of the things in the house."
"Then it's okay for you. I haven't taken out my bedding or clothes." Li Youmei said.
"What's the use of taking it out? I was still thinking that I had always cleaned the ditch, so it should be fine, but it collapsed from the top. First, water leaked everywhere in the house, and then at the back, the straws didn't hold up and opened from the middle.
It’s a big hole.” Lin Qingshi smiled bitterly.
"Come on, don't come up here. Take Big Bear to the backyard to clean the ditch. Let your Chunfang wipe herself down with Ganoderma lucidum and drink a bowl of ginger soup." Li Youmei gave the order directly.
Lin Qingshi and his son put the things under the corridor and rushed directly into the rain.
With so many people joining in, there was no problem with drainage in the backyard. They dug the ditch wide and deep, and the water that was about to reach under the eaves gradually disappeared.
At dusk, the rain became lighter and lighter, and finally a golden-red sunset appeared in the drizzle.
"Great, the rain has finally subsided." Li Youmei said happily.
"That's not necessarily the case."
Lin Qingshi took off his bamboo hat and raincoat and hung them under the eaves, "Look at the dark clouds above, I'm afraid it will still rain at night."
"You crow's mouth, please stop talking. It was you who said a few more words before, and the rain continued for ten days. If it rains again, I think there will be a flash flood!" Li Youmei said.
"You really need to be on guard against this."
Ye Chuqiu also said worriedly that she lived on a mountain and although it could not be flooded, there was still the possibility of flash floods and mudslides.
Thinking of this possibility, Ye Chuqiu could no longer calm down. She put on her bamboo hat and raincoat and walked out. She came to the roadside of the mountain. She looked at the vast ocean of mud below and turned to look at the people following her. "What if?"
If there is really a flash flood, how should we deal with it?"
"If a flash flood really breaks out, then we will have no choice but to wait to die."
Li Youmei followed her, glanced down, and her heart was filled with worry, "There is water at the foot of the mountain now. Are the villagers okay?"
"It shouldn't be washed away by the mud and water, but the house must be full of water." Lin Qingyun also said.
Ye Chuqiu: The terrain here is high, and ditches must be constantly cleaned, let alone the low terrain at the foot of the mountain.
The previous rain had already caused the river to overflow. Coupled with the heavy rain in the afternoon, the village was completely submerged by the rain. Ye Chuqiu and the others looked down from a high place and could only see a few shallow roofs.
, the rest is all yellow mud.
And the mountain road they originally built was washed away by the mud and water and turned into a ditch. Their place has become an isolated island.
Ye Chuqiu and the others were completely trapped on the mountain.