Cheng Wanwan stood at the gate of Nanyang City.
It was already daylight now, and in the distance, more and more victims were fleeing with their families, and more and more people were surrounding the city gate.
If this trend continues, tens of thousands of people may gather at the gate of the city. It is indeed a big problem for so many people to seek medical treatment and food.
But now, she doesn't have the energy to deal with these things.
Call her selfish or callous, the premise for her to help the people is to protect her own family first.
She looked at everyone and said, "Are there any villagers from Huaihua Village in Qing'an County?"
At the very back of the crowd, more than a dozen ragged villagers raised their hands: "We are from Huaihua Village."
She continued to ask: "Do you know what the current situation is in Sophora Flower Village?"
A woman held a child in her arms and said with a sad face: "The sun was shining brightly yesterday morning, and everyone in the village was planting rice in the fields. It was such a beautiful weather. Suddenly, a torrent rushed down from the mountain. The farmland was suddenly flooded, and several children were killed." Washed away... At that time, Li Zheng didn't know the seriousness of the situation, and he was planning to organize people to salvage the child's body... Who would have thought that the water in the river was getting stronger and stronger, and there was more and more water in the river. Within half an hour, the river was flooded, and the main body was flooded. The road was also flooded... Everyone thought the water would stop after a while, but it didn't. The water slowly rose into the house, flooded the windows, and slowly reached the roof..."
"My man experienced a flood when he was a child. He was the first to react and told everyone to run away. The villagers who believed in my man escaped, including a dozen of us. The villagers who didn't believe it, probably..." The woman began to cry. , "After my man pushed our mothers out of the village with a big wooden basin, he went back to save people, and then never came back..."
Cheng Wanwan counted and found that there were only seventeen people present in Huaihua Village, including children.
A village leader said there were four to five hundred people, but there were only a dozen or so left. One can imagine how violent the flood was...
She felt sad in her heart and asked softly: "When the flood happened, could Zhang Mianling Shi be in your village?"
The woman thought for a while and said: "The Master of Cotton, he must be Mr. Zhao who taught us how to grow cotton. When the flood came, he was raising seedlings in the field. Later, the water became stronger and stronger. I seemed to see him there. Li Zheng’s house, Li Zheng’s house is on a high ground, and its foundation is built with big rocks from the mountain, so it should be able to withstand floods..."
She was not very sure about this herself.
It is true that the flood may not destroy the stone house, but it will definitely submerge it... Even people who know how to water have no way to do anything in the flood.
Cheng Wanwan suppressed the emotions in her heart and said, "Can you take us to Sophora Flower Village?"
The people arranged by the magistrate know how to get to Huaihua Village, but they definitely don’t know where Zheng’s home is in Huaihua Village, and they are not familiar with the terrain... At worst, even if something really happened, the child’s body would have to be taken away. get back……
The woman turned her eyes and looked at the three children standing beside her. All three were boys, the oldest was ten years old and the youngest was four or five years old.
Just now, her youngest son took the fever-reducing medicine Sui Kyouto brought out.
"I will take good care of my brother." Her eldest son said, "Mom, please accompany Sui Gongren to save people."
An old woman on the side also followed up and said: "I will help take care of your three boys. You quickly take the Suigong people to rescue people. There are still hundreds of people trapped in our village. How many can be rescued?" ah……"
The woman probably thought of her man, and her eyes became firm: "Boss, take your brother and stay with us in Huaihua Village. Don't get separated. Mom will be back soon."
She touched the heads of her three sons, nodded to the villagers, then got up and walked towards Cheng Wanwan.
Cheng Wanwan's eyes were a little obscure. In order to save her own son, she separated other people's mothers and sons...
She stepped over, looked at the eldest child and said, "Take good care of your brother, I will bring your mother back safely."
She said and pinched the boy's wrist. The boy felt his sleeves sinking. Just as he was about to take a closer look, Cheng Wanwan shook his head, turned around and left with the person.
After she left, the boy quietly took something out of his sleeve, and it turned out to be a large bag of dry snacks.
His eyes suddenly turned red, Sui Kyouto is such a good person...
Walking west from Nanyang City, we slowly arrived at the county seat. The disaster situation in this county town was relatively good. The water only reached the calves. There were still people in the city who had not yet fled. Most of them were sitting on the roofs, probably believing that the flood would recede soon.
There was a slight drizzle in the sky, and my hair got wet along the way.
"Gong Ren, we can't go any further." Cheng Yi said, "This water is too dirty. If it is contaminated, you will easily get sick. Please take people to Huaihua Village."
The Nanyang city official said: "We can build a simple wooden boat on site and we can make do with it."
Cheng Wanwan looked at the water flow. It was far away from the disaster center and the water flow was slightly gentle. However, the further in, the stronger the current was and the temporary wooden boat could easily be overturned...
She paused and said, "When we were walking along, I seemed to see a ship in the grass over there. Let's go and look for it."
Cheng Yi said: "The boat abandoned on the roadside must be broken, otherwise it would have been picked up long ago."
"It's better to repair a broken ship than to temporarily build a ship." Cheng Wanwan walked forward, "Look for each other separately, and shout when you find it."
Her identity is here, and although the order is somewhat unreasonable, the people present can only obey it.
While looking for boats, many people escaped from the direction of the disaster, all soaked to the skin and in extreme embarrassment.
Seeing that some people were about to go to the flooded areas, the victims kindly advised: "You can't go any further, everything is flooded, everything is gone, God has done evil..."
Seeing that many people had escaped death, Cheng Wanwan couldn't help but ask: "Are there any people from Qing'an County?"
Everyone shook their heads: "The tallest building in Qing'an County was flooded, the county magistrate didn't even escape, and tens of thousands of people in dozens of villages are probably dead..."
The woman who followed Cheng Wanwan turned pale and almost lost her balance and fell into the water.
Cheng Wanwan gave her a hand: "Madam Huang, don't panic, your man has his own destiny, so he should be fine..."
The woman's husband's surname was Huang, and she was known as Mrs. Huang. She forced the corners of her lips to smile and said, "Xie Suigong is lucky, let's find a boat quickly."
Cheng Wanwan didn't dare to delay any longer, so she found a deserted corner, bought two second-hand small broken boats from the mall, threw them directly in the grass, and then called someone over.
These boats are the assault boats specially used for flood relief in later generations. They are fast and can withstand rapids, so they are best used at this time.
Cheng Jia was extremely surprised: "Such a good boat with no holes, how could it be abandoned here?"
"Don't worry about this, push the boat into the water first. There are twelve of us in total, six people in one boat. Let's go quickly." Cheng Wanwan directed the people to launch the boat into the water, and took the lead in getting on the boat and sitting down.
The government officers rowed in pairs, and the assault boats floated on the floodwaters, heading towards Qing'an County.
