Shen Qingyu didn't go out. For several days, before dawn, she heard someone's footsteps passing by the door.
It is the men in the village who are planting under water from wells.
"Can just a little water make the seeds germinate and come alive?" Shen Qingyu didn't understand.
Uncle Shen paused and sighed: "Who knows? You have to try it! If you wait for it to rain, the day lilies will get cold."
Shen Qingyu fell silent.
Agricultural societies rely on the sky for food.
Look, they have tried their best just to stay alive.
Seeing that there were too many people queuing up to carry water at the entrance of the village, and they couldn't even carry a load of water for a long time, Shen Qingyu was also very worried.
There is no water in the well, but if there is always water in the water tank at home, what will the whole family think?
supernatural event?
When we went to the town, people at the dock were also worried: there was too little rain and the Hengshui River was dry! Where can I take a boat?
Qi Han's business was affected, the workers at the dock had no money to make, and the glutinous rice was no longer easy to sell.
It would be nice if it rained...
Not only Shen Qingyu thinks so, but also people in Shenjia Village, Hengshui Town and even the whole city think so.
Perhaps sensing the suffering of the people, a heavy rain finally came down in the middle of the night!
As the heavy rain fell, Shen Qingyu even heard someone cheering: "Oh! It's raining!"
From dark until the evening of the next day, it rained heavily and showed no intention of stopping.
At first, everyone braved the rain to go to the Tiankan to collect water, but later they stopped going out and just waited for the rain to stop.
The glutinous rice business also stopped.
The heavy rain did not subside until early the next morning.
Shen Qingyu hadn't woken up yet when she heard a rumble and the earth shook!
Shen Qingyu woke up with a start: What's going on?
"Ouch! Save people quickly! There is mud on the mountain! Widow Xiao's house is buried..." someone in the distance exclaimed.
Landslide?!
mudslide?
Shen Qingyu jumped up and rushed out the door!
Xiao Yunqi, who happened to be in the next room, had also rushed out. The two of them looked at each other and looked into Wenche's room.
Wen Che happened to come out as well, with a sullen face: "What should I do?"
"You are at home, watching the three children and that..." Xiao Yunqi made arrangements.
Wen Che nodded decisively: He couldn't carry it with his shoulders, so stationing in the rear was the best arrangement.
Shen Qingyu and Xiao Yunqi walked away.
Not only was Widow Xiao's home buried, but most of Shen Dasong's home next door to Widow Xiao was also buried.
Shen Dasong was pawing the mud with his hands, shouting: "Madam! Little tree..."
Those who see it are sad.
Li Zheng shouted: "Don't be stunned, everyone, hurry up and help!"
Xiao Yunqi rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward to join the poaching army.
The mud doesn't look very deep, but it won't take an hour or two to dig someone out.
Shen Qingyu hurried to find Li Zheng: "Everyone is busy working, and my family happens to have food, so my family will take care of the food. Can Cuixi and I prepare food for everyone and deliver it to everyone? We will not be hungry and work hard, and we will not hold on for a long time. ."
"Okay! Cuixi..." Li Zheng greeted loudly, calling Liu Cuixi over and asking them to go back first. He then raised his voice and said, "Qingyu said, she and Cuixi will cook for everyone." , you don’t have to go home to cook!”
"Okay!" Upon hearing this, everyone felt more relieved and started digging with more energy.
There were so many people that cooking was not that convenient, so Shen Qingyu simply made glutinous rice for everyone.
There is already soaked glutinous rice, just put it in the steamer.
On the other side, stir-fry various ingredients, minced meat, and sauerkraut, and it will be ready in just half an hour.
"Let's go! Send it over first for everyone to have breakfast."
After the fragrant and solid glutinous rice was delivered, Shen Qingyu greeted: "Everyone, come and eat something first, and then continue digging!"
When everyone heard this, they ran to a puddle and washed their hands, and then came over to eat glutinous rice.
A ball of glutinous rice is equivalent to a large bowl of rice, and it also contains pickled cabbage minced meat and chili oil. Everyone ate it like crazy.
The battle was resolved in a few minutes, and everyone once again joined the army of diggers.
Soon, the first person was found, Shen Dasong's wife.
The woman, who looked like a clay figurine, had long since lost her breath. The kind-hearted villagers brought a basin to wash her face, and then she could see her facial features clearly. There was mud in her mouth and nose...
This is so hard to hold in!
"Madam... I just went out to pee..." Shen Dasong cried like crazy.
Everyone felt sad: Yin and Yang were suddenly separated, and everyone felt uncomfortable.
Li Zheng stepped forward and interrupted: "Don't cry yet! It's important to find the child!"
So everyone started working again.
Seeing that she couldn't finish it all at once, Shen Qingyu took Liu Cuixi home again: she wanted to prepare lunch.
I made big pancakes for lunch, beat eggs into multigrain noodles, put wild onions on them, and gave them to everyone.
The two children of Shen Dasong's family were found, covered in mud, and lined up with their mother.
Shen Dasong was completely stunned. He sat beside his wife and children without saying anything, and could not help but let the drizzle keep falling on him.
Everyone is already digging at Widow Xiao's house.
Widow Xiao also had two sons. It took a long time to dig them out but they would be dead.
But after all, those two children are the sons of the Shen family, and they should be dug up.
No one had any hope, so they acted quickly.
"Woo..." A faint cry came out.
Everyone didn't take it seriously at first, but someone with pointed ears pointed at the mud pit in horror: "There is crying in there!"
Everyone looked over and became speechless.
This time the cry became clear: it really came from underneath!
this……
"Stop pretending to be a dead body, right?" Someone's voice trembled.
I've been buried for a long time, how can I still cry?
"What are you talking about?" Li Zheng shouted, "Hurry and dig! Maybe the person is not dead yet!"
"It's broad daylight, there are so many people, what are you afraid of?" someone shouted again.
Everyone started digging quickly.
The cry was like a compass. Everyone moved towards that place, and soon they heard a "bang" sound in the air, and they dug into the box?!
Everyone's eyes lit up: If the person was in the box, he might actually be alive!
Not long after, the box was dug out, and when the lid was opened, everyone was shocked by what was inside!
There were two children inside. The older one was only six years old, and the younger one was only three years old. They were both curled up and their faces were blue from holding back.
"Mother... mother... is in the cellar..."
When everyone heard this, they asked, "Where is the cellar?"
There is mud everywhere, who can find the cellar?
The older boy added: "The cellar is under the box!"
When everyone heard this, they hurriedly took action.
Soon, Widow Xiao was dug out. She was in a coma due to lack of oxygen, but she was still alive.
Shen Qingyu hurried forward and asked all three of them to drink some spiritual spring water.
When Widow Xiao woke up, she hugged her two children and cried together.
Everyone also has different thoughts.
Also encountered landslides and mudslides, Shen Dasong's wife and children were gone, but Widow Xiao's family of three survived!
It’s true that each person has his or her own life!
It was only after Widow Xiao said it that everyone understood.
It turned out that Widow Xiao was a light sleeper and had no time to run out when she heard the noise. She could only stuff the two children into the box, drag the box to the entrance of the cellar and block it while she jumped into the cellar herself.