Heavy rain has been falling for half a month, and the water level of the flood has risen to the mountainside. As time goes by, the number of edible things is slowly decreasing, and many trees on the mountain have been cut down. Gradually, the trees are becoming denser.
The woods turned into sparse mountain forests.
Just in the morning, because there were fewer trees on the mountain, the corner of the mountain was washed away by floods day and night. Now a corner of the mountain has collapsed. If the collapse continues, the mountain will soon turn into mud in the water.
Yun Miaomiao's heart has sunk to the bottom of the valley. If the collapse continues, it will soon collapse to the cave.
She looked at the food bag and saw that there were only a few days' worth of food left. If she continued like this, she would starve to death even if it was not washed away by the flood.
Before, she thought that as long as they hid in the mountain and the water level did not rise, they would be rescued as soon as the rain stopped. But now, not only did the rain not stop, the mountain also collapsed.
She sat under the firelight, lowered her head and thought, "Mom and Dad, there are more and more landslides outside. In less than two days, judging from the pattern of the flood, the water will rush to us, but we are like this
With multiple people, it’s definitely not possible to build a raft.”
"Miao Miao." Father Yun raised his bloodshot eyes, "Your mother and I are old and will only drag you down. If you can make a raft to get out, take Yun Su and him out."
He was talking about the man on the bed. Ever since Yun Miaomiao brought him back, he had shown no sign of waking up. Although he almost burned him to death at the beginning, in the end, the fever was brought down by relying on the herbs Yun Miaomiao brought back.
, the person seemed to be fine, but for some reason he just didn't wake up.
She didn't know why Yun's father cared so much about him, and now was not the time to ask.
"If you want to leave, just go together. Dad, we are a family. Wherever you and mother are, we will be there. If we don't have you and mother, our lives will be meaningless."
Just when she was still frowning, a loud noise came from outside, and Jiang Lizheng ran in.
"It's not good, it's not good, there's another landslide outside." Jiang Lizheng shouted, and many people came to the entrance of the cave. The water rose a little more, but the land under their feet was already hanging in the air.
Yun Miaomiao walked over with a sullen face. This situation was worse than she imagined.
"Goudan, Goudan, wake up, don't scare me." The shout from behind brought back part of his thoughts.
Yun Miaomiao turned around and looked at the man named Goudan. The person holding him was Aunt Wu. Her husband died many years ago. It is said that she died on the battlefield. The orphans and widowed mother had lived together for so many years. Unexpectedly, this
This time I was really at my wits end.
Wu Goudan's face was red and he was obviously having a fever. Yun Miaomiao walked over. Before she could speak, Wu Goudan started to twitch all over, his face turned purple, and his eyes rolled up.
"Goudan, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me." Aunt Wu's face turned pale, and she hugged Wu Goudan and cried.
Yun Miaomiao opened her hand and said, "It's a convulsion. Let go of him. He will die if you hold him like this. Hurry up."
Aunt Wu let go of her hand in a daze, and Yun Miaomiao took the person over, put the person flat on the ground, and tilted her head to one side. This was done to prevent Wu Goudan's spit from being sucked into the trachea.
Then Yun Miaomiao found a small wooden stick as thick as a finger and stuffed it into his mouth to prevent him from biting himself when he convulsed.
Then, Yun Miaomiao untied Wu Goudan's clothes piece by piece to let his body temperature drop as quickly as possible.
"Aunt Wu, go get a basin of water to wipe his body and cool him down." Aunt Wu responded with dull eyes. After a while, she walked in with a basin of water and helped Wu Goudan over and over again.
Wipe yourself.
After a while, Wu Goudan's body temperature slowly dropped, his convulsions gradually eased, and his breathing became much smoother.
Seeing that her son was well, Aunt Wu finally came back to her senses, took Yun Miaomiao's hand and said gratefully, "Thank you, Girl Yun, I only have a son. If he is gone like this, how will I go to see him then?"
Dad, fortunately you are here. If you hold this thing, I will thank you for it."
Yun Miaomiao looked down and saw that it was a lock. She couldn't tell what material it was made of. She stuffed it back and said, "I can't have this thing. Aunt Wu, please give Goudan some saliva, otherwise it will start to burn again later."
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Just now, Yun Miaomiao had decided to make a raft and leave. The rumbling outside did not stop and the mountain began to shake.
With a heavy heart, she found Jiang Lizheng. What Jiang Lizheng said was quite convincing to the people of Jiangning Village.
After Yun Miaomiao and Jiang Lizheng discussed it, Jiang Lizheng also agreed with Yun Miaomiao's idea.
"Everyone, please be quiet. I know what everyone is worried about. We have survived half a month and are still standing here. We have survived for half a month more than many people. If we continue to sit here,
, we will only be washed away by the flood, we can’t just sit back and wait for death.”
"Then what should we do? There is no way down the mountain. What else can we do except wait to die?"
"Yeah, besides waiting to die, what else can we do?"
"That's right, let's all die together."
Jiang Lizheng raised his hand and pressed it to make people quiet, "Young man said those depressing words, do you think I don't know what kind of virtue you are? Everyone wants to live more than anyone else, and you are out there fighting for a wild vegetable.
It's life and death, don't think I don't know."
As soon as his words came out, everyone's faces turned ugly, but Jiang Lizheng did not continue to attack them, "But fortunately, there is nothing else on the mountain. There is a lot of bamboo left. Several people here are always cutting firewood."
Well, let's count the heads and make a bamboo raft. If you don't have a bamboo raft, you can use a wooden raft. In short, the faster we make it, the sooner we can leave here, and the greater the chance of survival."
"But the flood is so strong. If the bamboo raft is scattered, wouldn't we be swept away by the water? Wouldn't we still die the same way?"
"Everyone is still dead, why should I bother with this?"
"I'm not going."
"You..." Jiang Li was very angry and pointed at the men who were talking. They were hiding in caves and had become lazy.
Yun Miaomiao glanced around and said with a smile, "Since you don't want to go, let those who want to go go. Then those who made the raft will leave together, and those who are willing to stay here can stay. After all, everyone
The choices are all different. Our Jiang Lizheng did not force us. Uncle Lizheng, I will go chop bamboo with you. We have a large family, so the bamboo raft needs to be bigger."
Aunt Wang also came up and said, "I'll go too. Although our family has a small number of people, we won't be afraid of overturning it if it gets bigger."
Aunt Wu put down Wu Goudan and echoed, "Although I'm not very strong, Goudan and I are the only two people in my family. The bamboo raft doesn't have to be too big, so it can be counted as my family."
After those who spoke, many people began to follow suit. Jiang Lizheng counted the number of people and then took the lead up the mountain to chop bamboo.
And the people who were still making a fuss just now and said they couldn't go, all followed suit with their heads hanging down. If they all left, they would be the only ones left, really waiting to die.