Xu Boan sank into it and instantly saw the heavy rain.
Fortunately, the several pools I built with mortar have passed the initial setting period of the concrete mortar and can still be maintained.
However, the ground in the courtyard of the earth building, which the villagers had flattened with their own leftover mortar, was hit by heavy rains, and a layer of skin appeared on it. Some of the cement slurry was washed away, exposing the sand and gravel.
The original torrential rain fell to the ground, and turbid water appeared on the ground.
Water also poured into the gutters on the eaves, like a faucet being turned on, continuously, impacting the circle of mortar under the eaves to the point where it was already out of shape.
There was also a piece of mortar that had not been compacted in place and was washed away completely. It disappeared and the original soil underground was exposed.
"Oh my god, this is Grandpa Mountain God's Heaven-Building Mud. How could this happen?"
"Maybe when we used it, this batch of Tian Mending God Mud was stored for too long. After all, things like mud are in the best condition for use."
"Oh, what can we do? It's hard to get the hard rock floor done."
"What are you talking about? It's raining heavily. Isn't this a good thing? It's been dry for so long."
"It's a good thing, but with Grandpa Mountain God taking care of us, we won't be short of water. But the hard stone floor, which was made with great effort, is really a waste."
"You are really spineless. Grandpa Mountain God has already helped us enough. We have to rely on our own efforts. We can't rely on Grandpa Mountain God for everything."
"You sound nice, but what about this hard rock ground? I just watch it being washed away!"
People were talking a lot. At that time, Li Kanshan and a few people were seen rushing out of the earth building wearing raincoats and hats, holding a large piece of coarse cloth sheets from their home in their hands.
He held a shovel-like tool in his hand and quickly started digging at the scattered mortar under the eaves of the courtyard.
"Young and old men, stop making noises. Follow the old village chief's work! We must dig a ditch quickly."
Someone shouted, and more people rushed out and joined the team working in the rain.
Soon, a calf-deep drainage channel was dug.
Because of the existence of drainage channels, the water flowing down from the eaves can no longer directly and strongly impact the concrete floor that has not yet completely solidified, and the damage to the ground has been greatly alleviated.
This time, Xu Boan just kept watching and did not rush in to help or anything.
Xu Bo'an had already secretly decided that unless it was a near-death situation, Xu Bo'an would try not to interfere too much with the situation in the bonsai world.
This matter of mortar loss is not worth mentioning in front of Xu Bo'an, so naturally he will not take any unnecessary action.
Fortunately, the actions of these villagers did not disappoint him.
Xu Bo'an couldn't help but nodded, expressing his satisfaction with the actions of these villagers.
In addition, Xu Bo'an once again saw the power of numbers. If this was still the same situation when he first came to Kaoshan Village, few people going out to work today would be able to swing a shovel.
Xu Bo'an couldn't help but once again have the idea of finding ways to increase the number of residents here.
"Oh my god, you guys, come up and take a look, there's a flash flood."
A villager standing on the fourth floor of the earth building shouted.
Hearing this, all the little people hurriedly ran upstairs.
Xu Bo'an's vision changed and he saw the flash flood situation that the little man mentioned.
In the distance, on the pebble flat between the two peaks, at this moment, a ball of yellow muddy water rushing like a tsunami rushed from top to bottom.
The momentum is a bit like the tide of the Qiantang River, or the rapids of the Hukou of the Yellow River.
In Xu Boan's eyes, although the scene was shrunk many times, Xu Boan was still shocked by the sudden changes in the bonsai.
This place was originally a river!
Hey, what is that?
Xu Boan was fascinated by the river he was looking at. Suddenly, a cloth bundle in the river not far away caught Xu Boan's attention.
Originally a small baggage that looked like sesame seeds or even banana seeds, Xu Boan couldn't even notice or even see it.
But when Xu Bo'an focused his attention on the river, the scene in the river suddenly became larger and clearer in Xu Bo'an's sight.
Ever since, Xu Boan saw the strange baggage at a glance.
Although the baggage was made of cloth, under the impact of the heavy rain, many stones were hit and tumbled left and right.
Only the baggage lay motionless in the river, and due to the impact of the rain, a little light inside was exposed.
It seems like the glow of metal?
Xu Boan immediately took out the baggage.
Silently thinking about getting bigger, the next moment, the wet baggage suddenly grew bigger in Xu Boan's hands.
Xu Bo'an saw the burden getting bigger and bigger and hurriedly put it on the carpet aside.
The next moment, the small bundle had grown to the size of a crossbody bag, and then stopped.
Xu Bo'an lowered his head and looked down. What was shining brightly in the baggage was actually a small dagger with a handle as wide as two fingers and as long as the palm of his hand!
It's a bit like the knife coins that people used to use in ancient times before the unification of weights and measures.
But it's much more exquisite.
There is also a tail made of red thread wrapped around the back of the knife, which is particularly eye-catching.
These knives were neatly inserted into a thick curtain made of unknown animal skin. There were ropes reserved at both ends of the thick curtain, which seemed to be able to be tied around his waist.
Xu Bo'an casually picked up the thick curtain. Under the curtain was a book made of unknown animal skin.
As soon as Xu Bo'an saw the words on it, he knew that he didn't recognize them.
Opening the book, luckily it was full of drawn figures. After some fumbling and guessing, Xu Boan discovered that this thing seemed to be a secret technique for practicing the art of darts.
Um! Dart skills?
Xu Bo'an couldn't help but think of Xiao Li's flying knife, his favorite in childhood.
This stuff is very good if you learn it well.
It is said to be a perfect example.
If I could master this skill, I would be able to become even more awesome.
Although Xu Bo'an had previously learned some fighting skills from the "Thirty-six Mountain-Running Techniques" in the Mountain God's inheritance, he had not mastered the long-range attack skills. Now that he has mastered the dart technique, he is quite complete.
Xu Bo'an thought happily, but the incense and wish power in the sea of consciousness did not move.
Xu Boan knew that this was because he had not yet started.
The power of incense and fire can only enhance the skills you have already mastered, but it will not have the effect of making you self-taught.
But Xu Bo'an was not in a hurry. Although he didn't recognize the words on the scroll, the little figures painted on it were easy to understand.
If it doesn’t work, I can ask Chen Shishi for help on these unfamiliar words.
In the future, when your incense and wish power are abundant, you must consume some to master the writing of the Jing Dynasty.
In this case, no matter what martial arts secrets I have in the future, I won't have to go through so much trouble to beg my grandfather and grandma to trouble others.
After all, the fewer people who know about secrets, the better.
Xu Bo'an was happily thinking about the bright future here. Suddenly, there were waves of shouts coming from the mountain village.
"Look, the flood looks spectacular as it passes by."
"Oh my god, why do I feel like I'm going to suffer? This flood is so big, it's about to spread to us."
"No, take people down to build a retaining wall. If the flood really comes, the food we store on the first floor will suffer."
"Ah? I'm afraid it's too late now. If we go down now, if the flood comes, even people and shovels can be swept away by us."
While these little people were chatting, the flood peak had already rushed over.
"Bang...boom!"
There was a loud noise, like waves crashing on the embankment, and a powerful flood wave hit the earth building.
The wooden structure of the earth building even trembled under this huge impact. Many people staggered around because of their carelessness.
Xu Boan's eyelids jumped.
For the sake of convenience, I just placed the earth building on the ground without any reinforcement measures or any consideration of connecting the foundation.
A few more violent impacts will knock the earthen building upside down!
If the flood gets bigger, the earth building will have to be floated!
This cannot continue.
Seeing another flood coming, Xu Bo'an quickly picked up a small women's makeup mirror on the bedside table and inserted it into the position between the earth building and the flood river.
This should be Ouyang Najie's handy mirror. It is only half the size of a palm. It is placed in a bonsai, but it completely blocks the bend of the river, blocking the momentum of the flood peak.
The next moment, the sudden flood wave hit the mirror and bounced back into the river.
On the contrary, the back side of the mirror happened to face the earth building, and was clearly seen by the little people in the earth building.
"Oh my God, look, what is that?"
"It must be Grandpa Mountain God. Grandpa Mountain God has appeared. It is Grandpa Mountain God who has protected us."
"Grandpa Mountain God? So beautiful, that's Grandma Mountain God, right? Why do you keep calling me Grandpa Mountain God!"
"It's obviously Grandpa Mountain God. The voice I heard from Grandpa Mountain God is a man's voice."
"Seeing is believing, hearing is believing. Haven't you heard of this? Look at it, it's clearly the appearance of a goddess."
"This...is really a woman. She is so beautiful. No wonder she is called a fairy."
"That's right, with this look, I'm afraid she's even more beautiful than the legendary oiran in the Yihong Courtyard of Baihua Pavilion in Juxiang Pavilion."
"You bastard, what nonsense are you talking about? How dare you compare Grandma the Mountain God to those mortals."
"That is, no matter how beautiful the oiran is, she is just an ordinary person. Please stop talking nonsense."
Xu Bo'an was quite puzzled when he heard the voices of these little guys talking.
Looking down, I discovered the reason.
It turns out that the small makeup mirror in her hand was customized by Ouyang Najie using her own artistic photos as the background.
He turned the mirror to the side of the river, and the photo of Ouyang Najie on the north side came into view of these little people.
They took Ouyang Najie's appearance as that of a mountain god.
For a moment, Xu Boan couldn't laugh or cry.
Originally, Xu Boan was not going to explain, because in his opinion, this matter was a bit insignificant and there was no need to explain.
But as these little guys kept calling them "Grandma the Mountain God" one after another, Xu Bo'an couldn't bear it any longer.
It's so awkward.
This needs to be explained clearly. My gender issue is not something to be trifled with.
"Okay, don't make any noise. The woman in the mirror is not me. Don't talk nonsense."
As soon as Xu Bo'an's words came out, some of the villains who initially believed that Xu Bo'an was a man became arrogant again.
"Listen, listen, Grandpa Mountain God has spoken personally."
"But what I said is right. This fairy must be the fairy companion of Grandpa Mountain God. Otherwise, how could Grandpa Mountain God have this fairy's private things?"
In the eyes of people from the Da Jing Dynasty, a woman's own portrait was a very private thing.
"Uh... It seems to make sense. I've also heard that the mountain god's grandfather always has a wife, and the two of them manage all the affairs together, and they are called the mountain god's grandmother."
Xu Boan heard this and did not deny it. Anyway, he and Ouyang Najie also had a physical relationship, so it was not an exaggeration to understand.
On the contrary, in a small house in the earth building, Chen Shishi, dressed in white, stood at the window, looking at the photo of Ouyang Najie in Noda in the distance with a lonely face, feeling a little lost for a moment.
Grandpa Mountain God, it turns out he has a wife!
Bah, bah, bah, what are you thinking about? How can you, an ordinary person, have such wild hopes?
Thinking of this, Chen Shishi knelt down on the ground with a look of shame, and knelt down several times in the direction of Ouyang Najie's photo.
"Mountain God Grandma is here, the little girl doesn't know the general situation, which makes the Mountain God Grandma laugh. I hope the Mountain God Grandma will understand."
Xu Bo'an noticed Chen Shishi's movements and words, but he looked confused.
What is Chen Shishi doing?
Where do you start talking about this?
Chen Shishi quickly closed the window after getting up, and Xu Bo'an didn't go to ask her. After all, Xu Bo'an didn't like gossip by nature.
Because the flash flood was still continuing, Xu Bo'an was not in a hurry to take out the small mirror and just inserted it into the soil in the river, temporarily helping the earth building block the incoming flood.
Since there is no danger in the bonsai for the time being, Xu Boan's attention is focused on the scroll on the dart technique on that side.
The little figure in the scroll, who looks like a simple figure, sometimes bends his knees, sometimes stands astride, sometimes shakes his wrists, sometimes jumps up.
There is a small flying knife in his hand, which can be shot out quickly during various tricky movements.
Xu Bo'an saw a deck of playing cards not far away. Xu Bo'an used playing cards instead of flying knives to learn the essentials of the action, but he couldn't get what he wanted for a long time.
I tossed it around but couldn't find any feeling.
Although I can rely on my body's instinct to throw playing cards far away, I can't find the slightest sense of skill in hitting where I want as described in the book.
Is it possible that we have to try it with a real knife?
But this is Ouyang Najie's residence, and Xu Bo'an doesn't dare to mess around.
After thinking about it, Xu Boan temporarily put away the flying knives and books, stuffed them into the bag again, then took them back to the mountain temple and put them away first.
Picking up the note left by Ouyang Najie again, Xu Boan had a lot of thoughts.
This night is like a dream, I don’t know when we will see each other again.
Ouyang Najie, just left like this?
2023 has passed like this, and I have gained a lot. I have written a book, described a world, and met lovely readers. In the new year, I wish everyone happiness. The author lives on the Loess Plateau, praying to the mountain god Tuzao Prince for blessings for everyone!
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