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Bai Manshan always thought that he would die.
real.
He didn't know how to swim, he was too far away from the mountains, and his horses were washed away. Who would die if he didn't die in the raging flood?
Fortunately, there is always a path, and it can be said that good people are rewarded. He did not expect that before the flood came, he instinctively rushed to the village and shouted, but it was his own life that was saved.
The man named Hong Daniu beside him looked at the torrential flood in front of him with dull eyes, and said truthfully: "I know how to swim, and most of us in Zhuangzi know how to swim;
But it was useless to know how to use water. The water was too big and there was no place to borrow strength. Just when I thought I was going to die, I grabbed something.
It was a door panel. I clung to it. It was easy to swim to the mountains in the distance. At this time, I saw you sinking in the water. "
"I didn't want to save you. You are not from my village and I don't know you. Who can care about you at this time?
But it suddenly occurred to me that the person who was close to me and didn’t know me at this time would only be the person who woke us up late at night. Do you think I can’t help you? "
He couldn't help but save him.
Even if he couldn't survive, he had to save this person first.
"Fortunately, the door panel can barely support you. I pushed the door panel and relied on the force of the door panel to drift along the current for most of the day, and finally got the two of us to the mountainside."
"Thank you." Bai Manshan thanked him sincerely.
Hong Daniu had a dull look on his face and did not respond.
The heavy rain continued, hitting the two of them in the face.
Bai Manshan felt the pain. He turned to look at Hong Daniu beside him, his face still expressionless.
Bai Manshan vaguely felt that something was wrong, and started to ask for words: "Are you married?"
Hong Daniu, who had been expressionless next to him, burst into tears!
She was crying so hard that her whole body was shaking and she couldn't stop.
Bai Manshan understood.
He didn't dissuade him, but waited quietly until Hong Daniu went from crying loudly to sobbing quietly, then handed over a baked potato.
This was baked in the kitchen cave while Baijiazhuang was waiting for the people in Zhuangzi to evacuate.
There was firewood on the mountain, and he couldn't bring all the firewood in Sunzhuangtou's house. He thought it couldn't be wasted, so he roasted all the small bag of potatoes he brought with him.
Potatoes are more delicious than dry food, easy to carry, and easy to eat. They can be steamed, boiled or baked. When he goes out these days, he just needs to carry some salt and money and bring potatoes with him.
After it was baked, he ate a few to fill his stomach, and put the rest into a small cloth bag and tied it on his belt.
The horse was washed away, and everything hanging on the saddle was gone, but the salt he was carrying, the gold pieces and silver bars tied to his belt and hidden on his body were all still there.
Fortunately, Hong Daniu is an honest man.
"Eat, we can't go find them until we're full."
Hong Daniu wanted to cry again.
The adults know how to swim, but his mother-in-law and children don't know how to swim, especially when the children are so young.
He did not take the food, but looked at the still rushing flood and murmured in a daze: "It's impossible, the water is so big, it's higher than the house;
During the day, I looked around and there was water all around. There was no one, just the two of us, and there was no place to stay. I could only keep drifting along the current;
do you know? I can't see my own house, nor the familiar Zhuangzi. They all disappeared. I carried you to this mountain range with great difficulty and stopped. "
He didn't say that he later saw several corpses crashing towards him. He turned them over and found that they were not from his village. He was relieved but even more worried.
This is because people in other villages also suffered from floods!
Too many people died, and his family was among them, as small as a grain of sand.
But those were his mother-in-law and children, as well as his father, mother, brothers and sisters... Last night, he fell asleep with a sweet dream that the rain would stop as soon as he woke up. How come there was nothing when he woke up again?
He is the only one left...
Bai Manshan didn't know how to persuade him.
At this moment, any words of comfort are weak.
After a moment of silence, he said: "Whether it's still here or not, let's go look for it when the flood recedes!
If they are still here, continue to live a good life. If they are no longer here, we will let them rest in their graves. From now on, you can follow me and I will arrange a place for you to live. "
Hong Daniu looked at Bai Manshan beside him with red eyes.
He knew that he was a good person, a great person, otherwise he would not have informed them of Zhuangzi in such a dangerous time.
When he thought that his mother-in-law and children were gone, he didn't want to live anymore, but he was right, they had to be laid to rest. He had to find the people first and let them be laid to rest before he could follow him.
Seeing Hong Daniu reaching out to take the potatoes, Bai Manshan breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the person is still willing to eat and has mood swings, the person has the will to live.
Hong Daniu had always had a dull face before, looking like he was helpless, how could he want to live?
Although it's not too good now, at least I won't seek death for the time being.
"Don't worry, I can arrange a place for you to live, you don't have to go far, you're still on this land."
"When the flood recedes, I will go find out who your owner is. If you are willing to sell this field, I will buy it along the way."
"If you don't want to get hurt here, I can also arrange for you to go somewhere else. No matter what, we have to live well."
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The heavy rain hit his face and hurt him. Bai Manshan ate the cold baked potatoes that had been soaked in water, thinking that he must survive.
He hasn't seen Hu Yu or Qian'er yet, so he can't die.
Hu Yu is in Nandu, and Nandu won't have such a flood, so it should be fine.
I don't know what's going on with Qian'er.
I wanted to visit Baijiazhuang and then go to see Qian'er, but I didn't expect an accident on the way. I still feel uneasy if I don't take a look....
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The heavy rain lasted for four days and five nights, and finally showed signs of reduction on the morning of the fifth day.
The embankment at the entrance of Shanshui Village has been built up to the same height as the house. The further back we go, the more frightened we become.
Thinking of the bodies in the water, we couldn't sleep well at night, fearing that the flood would break through the embankment and flood the village with the bodies.
Fortunately, the heavy rain has a tendency to stop.
In the afternoon, the rain stopped and the sky gradually cleared up.
The old village chief came out trembling with a cane.
"Dad, it just rained, and the road is very slippery. What if you fall?" Li Wen followed on both sides, holding his father's hand and admonishing him.
Li Wu also hurried up and supported him from the other side without much persuasion.
His father would not be at ease if he did not come out to take a look at the situation in the village, and it was useless to persuade him.
The road surface washed by the heavy rain was covered with dead trees, branches, fallen leaves and withered grass. In addition, the mud from digging ditches made the entire dirt road muddy and difficult to walk on.
But people from every household in the village came out, old and young, men and women, all stretched their necks and tiptoed to look into the distance.
Seeing the old village chief come out, it was as if they had seen the backbone, and they all asked: "Old village chief, is it true that Uncle Ding said there would be a plague after the flood?"
"Will there be a plague in our village?"
"Why is there a plague?"