Chapter 159: Humans are too insignificant in the face of floods
Bai Manshan didn't think much, nor could he think much. He rode forward and rushed to the village, shouting: "Wake up! Come out! Run!"
The horse turned a circle on the road in the village, and he also shouted at the top of his voice.
At that moment, many young and strong men with nimble hands and feet rushed out.
They also heard the roaring sound of rushing water!
Only then did they react that the reservoir dam collapsed and the raging flood came!
The strong young men rushed into the house like crazy, waking up their sleeping family members, and desperately ran outside the house to a place where there were no houses in the thick darkness of the dead of night.
If they stayed in the house, the flood would come and the house would collapse, and there would be only one way to die.
If they rushed outside, there would be a glimmer of hope!
Bai Manshan didn't say much, and ran to the opposite side of the sound of water with a whip in his hand.
He just wanted to run faster and faster!
It's not about running past the flood, as long as you run to a place where the flood is not so strong.
Listening to the roaring sound of water, it was not that the flood overflowed the dam and leaked out, but that the dam collapsed and was destroyed, and the water in the reservoir mixed with the boulders and gravel from the mountain torrents, and rushed out together!
Bai Manshan just felt a little regretful at this moment, regretting that he shouldn't have gone to the village to call people to inform people and delayed the precious time to escape.
He took the time to look back at the village, and saw the dense crowd of hundreds of people there, dragging their families and running out. Suddenly, he felt that as long as these people lived a few more than they did in their dreams, he would make a profit!
Not a loss.
Seeing the huge waves behind the crowd, rolling and surging, after all, even if he didn't call them to delay time, he might not be able to escape.
The house, the fields, and the livestock disappeared in an instant, and hundreds of people stumbled to run to higher places, hoping to avoid the flood, but the water was surging, and how could people's legs run against the rushing flood.
The rolling water was higher than the house, rushing forward and engulfing more than half of the people.
Bai Manshan was riding on the horse, and the horse was spiritual, running faster than him.
But, it was still too slow.
The horse could not outrun the rushing flood.
Bai Manshan felt that tonight was the most terrifying scene in his life.
He watched the village being washed away and hundreds of people being drowned and unable to do anything.
The fields and crops were all in sight, and behind him was a flood that was taller than the house and the towering trees!
He was swept into it in an instant.
He fell heavily into the flood, was washed up and down by the flood, and sank in the water, choking and coughing.
Big mouthfuls of flood water poured into his ears and nose, his feet could not touch the ground, suspended in it, and was quickly hit by the water.
Unprecedented fear spread, and Bai Manshan felt that people were still too small in front of the flood.
I will sleep here forever tonight.....
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The heavy rain did not stop all night.
After a night of heavy rain, the water in Shanshui Village has flooded, and the houses of several families in the village are in it.
The first to bear the brunt is Fan Qian's house at the entrance of the village.
On weekdays, the entrance of the village is a good location in the village. It is the most convenient and quickest to go to the city or go to the fields to farm.
But in this flood that has not happened in decades, it is also the first to be affected.
The flood has already poured into Fan Qian's yard. The terrain of the main house has been raised a little, and there is a threshold to block it, so the water has not entered the main house.
However, the firewood room, duck shed, and goose shed on one side of the yard are flush with the yard, and there is no threshold to block it. The flood has already overflowed!
The ducks and geese are okay, they can swim, and they only quack inside, but the firewood is miserable, and the bottom layer is all wet.
It makes the already poor family even worse.
Fan Qian can't sit still.
Fan Damu can't sit still either!
"Dad, the flood can't rise any higher. What should we do if our house is flooded?" Fan Dazhu was anxious and walked around the house, muttering.
Fan Erzhu was also anxious, "Didn't Uncle Li come yesterday to say that he wanted to build a dam to prevent floods? I thought they were going to build it overnight, why hasn't there been any movement for so long?"
"On weekdays, they would like to do everything for the village, but now they are not anxious about the flood. How can they do this!" Fan Sanzhu complained.
Fan Damu has been thinking about his lack of a house these two days, and the old village chief can't do anything about him!
Now looking at the flood that is about to flood the house, he is panicking.
Their family lives in Fan Qian's house. If Fan Qian's house is flooded again, where can they move to?
A big family, nearly ten people, who in the village is willing to accept them?
This rainstorm is still unknown when it will last!
Moreover, the flood is dirty and smelly, bringing mud, dead wood, rotten leaves, feces, etc. into the house, how can they walk and live.
He rushed out and said to Fan Qian and the others in the main hall: "We must go find the old village chief!
Let him mobilize the whole village to build the dam. You can't say that your family is in front and others are behind, so you have to build it against your family. This is the whole village's business, and other families in the village must send people to work!"
Fan Qian had originally planned this.
If they want to build a dam to prevent floods, their family alone is definitely not enough!
Not to mention that there are not enough sacks, even if they load the soil and transport it over, he and his four sons at home can't send all of them.
Just, "When Li Wen came last night, we talked like that, didn't we offend him?"
You know that the rainstorm will not stop, and the flood is rising so fast, we shouldn't have said it so absolutely yesterday evening!
At least leave some room and have a way out.
Fan Qian regretted it a little, and Fan Dazhu and the other four also regretted it a little.
It would be bad if Li Wen held a grudge.
Fan Damu curled his lips indifferently and said, "Who knew that the flood would rise so fast later?
Besides, we are not doing this for ourselves now. We are doing this for the people of the whole village and for everyone's houses. That's why we asked the old village chief to call on the men to build the dam!"
Not for our own family, but for everyone.
The old village chief and Li Wen should not affect the whole village for their private grievances!
We must not ignore the village and everyone's houses.
Fan Qian understood immediately.
Grinning and showing a mouthful of yellow teeth.
"Yes, Brother Damu is right! Let's go find the old village chief now."
The old village chief looked at the people in front of him coldly, drinking tea slowly and not speaking.
After Fan Qian said it once, he saw that the old village chief was a little anxious because he didn't speak, and urged: "Old village chief, this is a matter for everyone in the village, not just my family, you have to come out and make a decision!"
Fan Damu nodded heavily on the side.
The old village chief blew the tea foam in the bowl, and finally spoke slowly: "No hurry, wait a little longer."
Fan Dazhu couldn't help asking: "Grandpa village chief, what are you waiting for?"
Such a heavy rain, without even a pause, as if there was a hole in the sky, what are you waiting for?
If he waits any longer, his house might be washed down by the flood or the foundation might be destroyed by water!
"Wait until the rain stops, maybe it will stop.
I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious yet.
Let's see after today."