Only if you have experienced some things yourself will you know how dangerous they are.
Just like crossing a river, before entering the water, Cheng Wanwan felt that she could swim after all, which gave her some advantages. But when her body entered the water, she realized that even if you are a good swimmer, there is no use in the flood. , the current was so fast that my legs were washed unconscious in the water, and I had to hold on to the rope with both hands to barely stabilize my body...
Several times, Cheng Wanwan almost fell. Fortunately, Cheng Yi followed her closely and immediately picked her up when she was about to fall.
This short stretch of path took a dozen people almost half an hour to finally reach the other side.
The two boats were dragged ashore, walked a long way up, and then fixed back and forth to a thick tree with ropes.
They set out early in the morning. By this time, it was already afternoon. The sky was full of dark clouds, and the trees on the mountains blocked the light, making it look like evening.
From morning to now, everyone has basically had no food.
"Let's rest here for a while." Yang Laosan found a relatively dry place, spread the sacks on the ground, and respectfully asked Cheng Wanwan to sit down, "Sit down, Sui Gong, I'll pick some." Wild fruits are here to fill everyone’s stomach.”
"Don't go, I have something to eat here." As soon as Cheng Wanwan opened her mouth, she saw Cheng A and Cheng B looking at her as if they were like this. She coughed and said, "When we came out of Nanyang City in the morning, Lu Everyone will share a share of the solid food that the adults gave me."
She took out a bag of dry food from her sleeve. It was a very dry and choking dry food pancake. Each person shared half of it. She also carried a kettle with her so that everyone could take a sip.
Because of the looks from Cheng A and Cheng Yi, she couldn't bear to hide and eat alone, so she had to swallow the choking pancake in one bite at a time.
After eating, everyone continued to go up the mountain.
"Kyouto, there are footprints here!"
Cheng Jia suddenly shouted and squatted down to observe the messy footprints on the ground.
Cheng Yi was overjoyed: "Young master, they must have gone up the mountain successfully. They should have taken shelter from the water on the top of the mountain. Let's go up quickly."
Cheng Wanwan's tense heartstrings also relaxed a little.
A group of people followed the footsteps up the mountain. This road was far away from the river and was in the forest. It was in an area with thick trees and was not prone to mudslides. Although it was not easy to walk, it was very safe.
In this way, we walked all the way to the top of the mountain, but could not find anyone.
Standing on the top of the mountain, you can see the torrential floods below the mountain. The entire village has been submerged, and the county seat in the distance is also a vast ocean. It is shocking to see.
Yang Laosan's eyes were filled with sadness: "Such a huge flood, I don't know when it will recede..."
His family, his house, his fields, and his peaceful life were all destroyed by this flood... If it weren't for his young son, he would have killed himself.
"There is not much water flowing downstream. In about three or four days, the water should recede." Cheng Wanwan said, "No matter what, those who are alive must continue to live."
Yang Laosan nodded, even if it was for his son, he had to cheer up again.
Just as he was talking, the drizzle suddenly turned into crackling heavy raindrops, hitting people densely.
Cheng Wanwan's heart skipped a beat.
Just now we were saying that the floods would recede in about three or four days, but if it continues to rain like this, everything will be uncertain.
Madam Huang said hurriedly: "There is a big tree over there, let's go over there and take shelter."
"No!" Cheng Wanwan immediately stopped him, "You can't hide under a tree. Find a cave quickly."
At this juncture, she couldn't explain why she couldn't hide under a tree when it rained, so she quickly asked Yang Laosan, who was familiar with the terrain, to find a cave.
Yang Laosan often went up the mountain to cut firewood and hunt. He pointed to the east and said, "There is a cave down here. Let's go quickly."
Each of them is soaked to the skin. If they get caught in the rain again, they will definitely catch wind and cold. Getting sick at this time is tantamount to death.
A dozen people followed Yang Laosan towards the cave. They walked very fast, and after a while, they arrived at the entrance of a cave.
Before they entered, they heard voices.
Madam Huang was overjoyed: "Here, they are all here!"
Cheng Wanwan quickly walked to the entrance of the cave. Due to the light, she couldn't see clearly inside. She said loudly: "Are these all villagers from Huaihua Village?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a figure rushed out: "I've seen Gongren, there are a total of 120 people here, all from Sophora Flower Village."
She took a closer look and saw that it was Zhou Yong, the boy who was following Zhao Dashan. When she saw that Zhou Yong was safe, Cheng Wanwan's old mother's heart finally fell back into her stomach.
And many people in the cave also walked to the entrance of the cave, and they all burst into tears of gratitude.
"It's Sui Gongren who's here!"
"Master Zhao's mother-in-law, Sui Kyouto, is here to save us!"
"I knew someone would definitely come to save us. It's great, great, our Huaihua Village is saved."
"..."
The villagers cried with joy and knelt on the ground to kowtow to Cheng Wanwan.
Madam Huang saw her man and cried loudly and threw herself into his arms...
Cheng Wanwan glanced around the crowd and asked hurriedly: "Where is Dashan, where is he?"
Zhou Yong burst into tears immediately: "My lord, my lord, he..."
"People in Suigong, it's all the old woman's fault!" A woman in her sixties cried loudly, "When we were going up the mountain, a big rock suddenly rolled down. In order to save the old woman, Mr. Zhao himself... My old woman is old I deserve to die when I’m old, but Mr. Zhao is still so young...I deserve to die, I really deserve to die, why wasn’t I the one who died..."
Cheng Wanwan's legs suddenly went weak.
Cheng A and Cheng Yi held her on the left and right, not daring to let go.
She took a deep breath, stabilized her body, and strode into the cave. Zhou Yong took her to the deepest part of the cave. There was some hay on the damp ground. Zhao Dashan just lay on the ground, covered with Zhou Yong's hair. Outerwear.
There were strips of cloth randomly wrapped around his head, which had long been stained with blood. His face was pale, his lips were dry, and his body seemed to be still hot.
"Dashan, you have to hold on..."
Cheng Wanwan sat down on the floor and held Zhao Dashan's hand tightly.
Zhou Yong knelt on the ground, wiping his tears in self-blame, and carefully explained the several injuries to Zhao Dashan.
One is the back of the head, which was smashed by a big stone. The second is the right hand, which was crushed by a big stone and fractured. The third is the right leg, which was scratched and bleeding...
The most serious injury was the head injury.
If she hadn't come here to find him, perhaps the mountain wouldn't be able to survive tonight...
The two Hubu adults who came to Nanyang with Zhao Dashan whispered: "Mr. Suigong, is there anyone else coming with you?"
They thought that the imperial court had sent people to come to the rescue, but just now, he only saw a few eight government officials, and they did not bring any food or medicine... The people in this cave did not eat anything for two days and two nights, and Most of them are sick. The most important thing is that Mr. Zhao is seriously injured. If he is not treated in time, his life may be in danger.
"Nearly a hundred villages have been affected by the disaster, and the magistrate's manpower can no longer be arranged." Cheng Wanwan lowered his eyes and said, "The light in the cave is too dark. Thank you two adults for helping to find dry firewood."
Zhou Yong said dejectedly: "There is firewood in the cave, but there is no firewood..."
Because of this, many people have been sick in the past two days. He also tried drilling wood to make fire, but even dry wood was a little damp and couldn't make a fire.
Before Cheng Wanwan could say anything, Cheng Jia spoke up: "Gongren brought the fire sticks, hurry up and bring the dry firewood."
Cheng Wanwan silently took out the fire certificate from his sleeve and handed it over.
After everyone gathered around to move dry firewood, she immediately bought antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs and stuffed them into Zhao Dashan's mouth, and then drank them with mineral water.
