Chapter 226 The water is rising
Chen Fu licked his face and turned to the other side.
Forget it, forget it, what's the point of arguing with an ignorant woman.
Seeing Jiang Sanlang, Chen Fu quickly walked over and asked, "Is Ying Bao okay?"
Ying Bao was caught in the rain yesterday and was soaked all over. He was really afraid that the little baby would get sick from it.
"Fortunately, don't worry, Uncle Chen." Jiang Sanlang looked across the stream and said, "When the rain subsides a little, please quickly pull the cart over."
Chen Fu nodded, then frowned and said, "I don't know what's going on in the old village. Those two brats Jiaxing Jiazhen refused to move to Nanpo when I told them to. I think they are just seeking death!"
Jiang Sanlang was speechless.
They have done their utmost to be benevolent and righteous, and it is up to them whether they listen or not.
By noon, the rain finally stopped and the water in the stream weakened considerably.
Chen Zhu and Chen Yin invited several villagers to pull over two carts, and then transported two pieces of longevity materials into their homes and found a hut to store them.
At this time, many West Village villagers drove their cattle and sheep up the south slope with their burdens on their backs, and lived in previously built thatched huts.
After a night of heavy rain, the water level of the Chuanhe River surged, almost overflowing the river banks.
The timid villagers were frightened. When the rain stopped, they hurriedly packed their things and led their parents, wives and children up the south slope.
There are also those who do not believe in evil, such as Chen Laoshuan. He stood at the door of his house and looked at the villagers who were moving, and sneered in his heart.
"Everyone's head is broken, huh!"
He turned back to the house and said to his wife Chen Fengshi: "In which year does the Sichuan River not rise? Some people believe Jiang Sanlang's lies. He doesn't know what An's intention is, asking everyone to move to the south slope."
Chen Feng was a little uneasy and said to her husband: "The rain yesterday was really scary. I didn't dare to close my eyes all night."
"Isn't it stopped now?"
Chen Laoshuan sat down on the edge of the Kang, took a sip of tea and said, "It's just a little water in the house. Summer doesn't always happen like this every year? You, don't listen to the wind, it's rain, you're really sick." For water, let’s go to the town, or in the worst case, go directly to the county seat.”
The water flows from west to east, and I have a carriage at home. There is no need to cross the bridge and the river to go to the county seat. I can just take the carriage directly.
He didn't believe that even the county seat was flooded.
After the rain stopped for a day, it started to rain again in the evening.
Since there was not much thunder, no one paid much attention.
In the middle of the night, Han's son Xu Bao kept crying, so she touched the fire fold and lit the candle.
I got off the kang in a daze and wanted to help my son pee, but he stepped into the water.
"Ah!" Ms. Han exclaimed. When she lowered her head, she found that the room was full of water, reaching up to her ankles.
Mrs. Han was frightened and hurriedly ran to the door and opened it.
A steady stream of water rushed in, making Han take a few steps back in shock.
"Mom! Mom! There's water in the house!" Ms. Han shouted in the direction of her parents-in-law's house: "Get up quickly!"
After shouting several times, Chen Laoshuan and his wife were finally woken up.
Chen Feng quickly got up from the kang, touched the fire stick and lit the oil lamp, and saw the room sparkling with light.
"Oh! How wonderful is this!"
Chen Feng was shocked and hurriedly found shoes to wear.
Fortunately, there was a pedal beside the kang, and my shoes were placed on the pedal, but they were already completely wet.
Chen Feng put on her wet shoes and waded directly out of the house.
Chen Laoshuan also followed him off the kang and came to the door.
Under the illumination of the oil lamp, the yard was full of water, and it was still raining.
"What should I do? I'm really upset!" Chen Feng was so panicked that she turned to her husband and asked, "How about we go to town."
Chen Laoshuan looked at the dark sky and sighed: "If we want to go, we have to wait until dawn. How can we get out of this dark sky?"
"Well, let me pack my things first..." Chen Feng rushed to pack Xinruan in a panic.
Silver, clothes, jewelry boxes, and deeds to houses and fields, nothing can be left behind.
But the more I packed, the more things became piled up, and even three big bags couldn't be packed.
Mrs. Han waded over and saw her parents-in-law collecting things. Knowing that they might be going to the county town, she went back to pack as well.
Finally waited until dawn.
Not only did the rain not stop, it got heavier and heavier.
Chen Laoshuan put on his raincoat and bamboo hat, opened the courtyard door, and saw water rolling outside, like a wild horse running loose.
He screamed inwardly and returned to the yard.
Go to the stable, take out the old horse, and hitch it to the shaft.
Then he told his old wife to put all the luggage into the carriage.
Han Juniang came out with an umbrella in one hand and a bag in the other, and asked, "Dad, where are we going?"
Chen Laoshuan: "Go to the town first. If the town is also flooded, go directly to the county seat."
When Mrs. Han heard that she was going to the county seat, she was very happy.
My husband has passed the county examination and has now gone to Fucheng to take the provincial examination. It is estimated that he will be back soon and their family will be reunited in the county seat.
She was so bored with this country that she didn't want to stay any longer.
It would be best to take advantage of this flood to escape from this place.
Mrs. Han put the baggage into the carriage and went back to hug her son Xu Bao.
Chen Laoshuan glanced at his daughter-in-law's back and frowned.
"Dad! Where are you going?"
Chen Laoshuan's youngest son, Chen Changhai, waded over and saw his father leading the carriage to the gate and asked.
Chen Laoshuan: "Go to town. I'm about to pick you up. Have you packed your things?"
The eldest son and the youngest son live not far away, just a few steps away.
Chen Changhai: "It's all packed up. Dad, you don't have to pick it up. I'll call my sister-in-law and the others to come over."
"Okay, go quickly, the water is getting bigger and bigger, don't be trapped here." Chen Laoshuan urged his son.
Chen Changhai responded and turned back.
He first went to his eldest brother's house to tell his eldest sister-in-law and asked them to pack their things quickly, and then went back to pick up his wife and children.
His wife Cui Shi carried her son Chen Kang tightly on her back with a cloth belt, holding her husband in one hand and holding an umbrella in the other.
"Husband, how many people can fit in my parents' carriage?"
Chen Changhai held two big bundles in his arms and said, "It doesn't matter how many people it can accommodate, just you and Akang can sit on it."
Cui: "Oh."
The two of them finally reached the old house. Chen Changhai stuffed the two bags into the car and put his wife and son on the carriage.
After a while, Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Zhao, who was dressed in a raincoat, also came over holding her ten-year-old son.
Chen Changhai put his nephew and his wife, Chen Fengshi, on the carriage, and then led the carriage out.
Mrs. Han chased after Xu Bao, "There's still me."
Chen Laoshuan said coldly: "Give Xu Bao to your mother to hold, and you can follow the carriage."
Seeing that her sister-in-law was also walking through the water, Mrs. Han had no choice but to hand her son over to her mother-in-law.
The carriage moved slowly, but the water flow became more and more rapid.
Ms. Han was holding an umbrella in her hand and almost fell down several times. Fortunately, her sister-in-law Ms. Zhao held her back.
Passing by the door of other villagers' houses, someone asked: "Changhai, where are you going?"
Chen Changhai: "Go to town!"
The town is a little higher than here, so it should not be flooded.
The man said: "It's not safe to go to the town. It's better to go to Beishan for shelter."
Chen Changhai said angrily: "Your family built a house in Beishan? It's raining so hard, are you standing in the rain?"
He really regretted not going to Nanpo to build a house with Chen Changsheng, otherwise he wouldn't have been running around like a refugee.
What if the town is also flooded, and I only have a carriage at home, how can I get to the county seat?