After He Liangchang reported the identity of his son-in-law to Xu He, he did not continue to torment Xu He.
He just ordered people to tie Xu He up and go with Lu Heng and the others.
Over the next two days, the floodwaters receded.
The heavy rain that had been pouring down was slowly getting lighter.
Seeing the flood receding little by little and the house gradually emerging from the water, Xu He, Lu Heng, and Granny Liu were not happy at all.
It's not because of the torture by He Liangchang and others, but because they haven't eaten a grain of rice in the past two days. If it hadn't been raining and drinking some rainwater, the three of them would have died long ago.
But even so, the three of them looked haggard at this time and were so hungry that they had no strength to speak.
Finally, on the third day of drizzle, the flood receded completely, revealing the earth full of mud.
Before that, everyone had already withdrawn from the roof.
After the flood receded, He Liangchang was busy tidying up his residence, so he tied the three people into a wing in the inner courtyard, and sent the big man who rescued Xu He to the roof to guard them outside.
The big man threw the three people into the room, then brought three bowls of porridge, and then untied them one by one, holding a knife and staring at the three people to eat one by one.
After the three of them finished eating, they were tied up one by one and then went out to guard the door.
At this time, Xu He saw that there was no one in the house, struggled a few times, and found that the rope was tied tightly, and there was no chance to escape, so he gave up and turned to ask Granny Liu: "Grandma, where is your little grandson? "
Who knew it would be a good thing not to ask, but when asked, Granny Liu burst into tears.
At this moment, the door was opened by the big man. The big man glared at Granny Liu and said: "Damn old woman, if you cry again, I will throw you into the lake immediately!"
Grandma Liu immediately stopped her voice when she heard this, but her face was full of tears and she couldn't stop them.
Seeing this, the big man glanced at the three of them coldly, then turned around and closed the door.
After he left, Granny Liu sobbed and whispered the whole story.
It turned out that on the night that Xu He and others left, Chief He Liang got entangled with a group of He family members, came to the house, beat up Granny Liu, and then robbed Xu He and others of the money they had left.
Finally, the mother-in-law and grandson were brought to the He family, which is the courtyard where they are now.
He Liangchang said that he would wait until tomorrow to make Granny Liu look good in front of the farmers.
When Lu Heng heard this, he said bitterly: "Is it because of us that day?"
Grandma Liu nodded with despair.
When Lu Heng saw this, he cursed: "These bastards, no, they will die a good death!"
Xu He then asked: "What then?"
Grandma Liu wiped her tears and continued: "My grandson and I thought that tomorrow we would be beaten by the He family, but who knew that there would be a flood that night? Fortunately, the He family knew that our grandson would not run away, so we didn't Don't care about us, I took my grandson to climb to a higher place, but we were almost on the roof. My grandson..."
Grandma Liu could no longer speak at this moment. She just suppressed her voice, cried muffledly, and beat her skinny chest.
When Xu He and Lu Heng heard this, they knew that the little guy with a runny nose and an agreement with Li Sikui and Zhang Sanrang to play together next time was probably in danger.
Grandma Liu tilted her head upward, tears rolling down her eyes, and finally choked with sobs: "The dog was holding on to the eaves before it fell into the water, but they pulled me and didn't let me save him!"
Lu Heng cursed: "Why? Are all these people hard-hearted?"
Xu He said with a cold face: "Because they are afraid of death!"
The tile-roofed houses in the south of the Yangtze River are usually on the top of the mountain, with tiles laid layer upon layer on the slope. Grandma Liu's grandson was holding on to the eaves. This group of people probably did not dare to save them because they were afraid that the tiles would fall off in a large area. .
But this is a living life, and so many grown men on the roof just watched helplessly as he was swept away and swallowed up by the flood.
Just like Lu Heng said, are they hard-hearted?
At this time, among the three people in the room, only Granny Liu was sobbing softly. Xu He and Lu Heng were both immersed in shock, especially Lu Heng. In her previous life, she had never thought that this world could be so dangerous.
A grain manager who was worse than even an ant in her eyes turned out to be so cruel and ruthless.
Just when the three of them were almost unable to breathe due to the pain, suddenly He Liangchang hurriedly pushed the door open and entered.
Behind him was the big man guarding the door.
As soon as he entered the door, he couldn't help but stuff a rag ball directly into the big man's hand, and then took the remaining cloth ball in his hand and stuffed it into Xu He's mouth.
Then, he followed the same pattern and stuffed the cloth ball into Lu Heng's mouth.
At this time, the big man also blocked Granny Liu's mouth.
After doing all this, he winked at the big man and hurriedly left the room.
After he left, the big man opened the bamboo bed in the house without saying a word, and then groped for a while on the brick wall. Xu He was surprised to find that after a small piece of brick was removed from the wall, a mezzanine appeared behind the wall. .
The big man saw Xu He's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief, so he laughed and said: "Boy, have you never seen this before? Our He family is the hereditary grain chief, a famous big family from all over the country, do you think you are so Over the years, how can we hide people and food when thieves come!"
Xu He suddenly understood after hearing this.
It is normal for wealthy families to build side walls. When encountering soldiers, bandits, harboring fugitives, etc...
Thinking of this, Xu He suddenly turned his head and looked outside the room.
The big man saw this and said with a ferocious smile: "Hey, you are quite smart. Did you know that someone is coming to save you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't give the three people a chance to struggle at all, and stuffed the three people into the hole one after another.
After the three of them entered, he picked up bricks to seal the hole, and finally put up a bamboo bed.
If Xu He was still outside at this time, he would find that there was no trace of their presence in the house.
Xu He, who was stuffed into the wall, found that it was dark inside and could only hear Lu Heng's shouts next to him.
He tried to feel around Lu Heng's hands that were tied behind his back in the darkness, thinking of taking this opportunity to untie the rope.
But when he just found Lu Heng in the dark, the woman next to him made a frightened "hmm" sound with her nose.
"Okay, I touched the wrong place!" Xu He quickly retracted his hand in the darkness.
But after a while, his fingers touched Lu Heng's hand. It turned out that this woman realized what he was thinking.
Xu He endured the discomfort of being tied behind his back and searched for the knot bit by bit with his fingers.
Finally touching the knot, Xu He was overjoyed in the dark and quickly tried to untie Lu Heng.
At this moment, they suddenly heard something moving outside.
Then, a human voice faintly came in: "Wu Decao, are you sure Xiaohe had a conflict with the owner of this house yesterday?"
When Xu He heard the noise, he immediately moved his body vigorously, and even knocked his head and knees against the wall. It was Xue Yongzhi, it was Xue Yongzhi who came here!
Xu He knew that they would search and rescue them as soon as the flood receded, but he didn't expect that they would arrive so soon.
