Sure enough, when Li Changfeng came back, his body was soaked by the rain. While changing the clothes Xu Qing had prepared for him, he said, "I'm afraid it will rain for a few days."
"It's not a nuisance at first sight. The water in the pot is hot, so let's take a hot bath." Xu Qing put the dirty clothes that Li Changfeng had changed into a bucket beside him.
"I want West too! Father!"
Tuantuan hugged Li Changfeng's trousers and said eagerly.
"Okay, let's wash together." Li Changfeng picked up Tuan Tuan, and was suddenly startled by the high Tuan Tuan, and then burst into laughter.
"I don't know who this kid goes with, he always likes to laugh." Xu Qing didn't think he liked to laugh, and Li Changfeng was even more boring.
"This is the child, we're going to wash up, don't be busy here, I'll come later." Li Changfeng specially instructed Xu Qing.
Xu Qing was not idle, he did everything he could, the child in his belly was very good, and Xu Qing had no reaction during pregnancy, except that he felt an extra piece of meat with "life", he really didn't feel it. When he broke his child, Li Changfeng often said that such a well-behaved child must be a brother.
The rain didn't end in just a few days. Seeing that the rain didn't stop for four or five days, the villagers began to feel a little anxious. Some people even said that last year was a disaster, and this year will not be a flood, right? !
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. After a famine, you can still buy some food for storage. This flood is much more severe than the famine! If the house is not strong, it is even more anxious. It's no wonder that these two broken wooden boards are not washed away!
Although the courtyard wall of Xu Qing's house is made of large stones, the rain falls from the sky. Once the courtyard is filled with water, let alone livestock, people will also be threatened.
A village meeting is being held in the village, and every family is ordered to take all precautions. Once the rain does not stop, they have to take refuge in a higher place.
After the meeting, Li Changfeng was not calm. At this time, he suddenly remembered what the old man said to Xu Qing, "Yintang is darkened, and his life is worrying!" If this disaster really comes, does that mean that Xu Qing will meet at this time? ... !
Li Changfeng didn't dare to let himself think, he hurried back home.
Xu Qing looked expressionless at the straightened eaves on the eaves, and didn't know what to think.
Tuantuan was young and only knew that it was raining and could not go out to play. After tossing around at home for a while, he fell asleep.
Li Changfeng hurriedly pushed open the courtyard door soaked by the rain, came to the eaves, and put away his umbrella.
"Why are you standing outside here, come in quickly."
Xu Qing withdrew his eyes and looked at Li Changfeng whose clothes were slightly wet by the rain.
"What did the village chief say?"
Li Changfeng breathed a sigh of relief, "Let's pay attention, get ready, and enter the room."
Xu Qing looked at the pouring rain outside the house again, his face moved slightly, it was time to get ready.
For the next three consecutive days, the rain did not stop, and the water level of the river kept rising in the worried eyes of the villagers.
Li Changfeng came back in the rain again.
"How is the Huang family?" Xu Qing asked.
There is only one widow in the Huang family, and the house was washed away this morning. He was a thatched cottage for many years and could not withstand such a heavy rain.
"The people are all right, they have already been sent to the ancestral hall to stay first. When this happened, the villagers panicked even more." Li Changfeng was not even in the mood to drink water. He was upset when he looked at the water now.
"You are pregnant... ,"
"Changfeng!" Before Li Changfeng finished speaking, Uncle Xie appeared in a hurry at the gate of the courtyard.
"Changfeng, something happened! Something big! Quick! Go to the ancestral hall with me!"
Just as Uncle Xie said these words, Xu Qing and Li Changfeng heard the sound of gongs coming from the village. The sound of gongs would only sound in a very urgent situation.
"Let's go! I'll tell you more on the way!" Uncle Xie heard the sound of the gong in the village and pulled Li Changfeng to the village in the rain. His steps were very urgent, and Li Changfeng knew it was nothing without asking good thing.
"Daughter-in-law, stay home!"
"Go!"
Xu Qing's heart was beating wildly, and he always felt that something was about to happen.
"The moat outside the town was washed away by the flood. A group of officials came to our village just now, saying that every man from every family, as long as he was not too old or young, had to repair the embankment!"
Uncle Xie walked very fast, but his mood now is much more anxious than the one under his feet!
After hearing this, Li Changfeng's heart pounded fiercely. If he went to repair the embankment, only Xu Qing and Tuantuan would be left at home. Xu Qing was seven months pregnant again. If he wasn't there, the rain would be so heavy..., Li Changfeng thought. Can't even think about it!
"Can't I use silver?" Li Changfeng asked.
Uncle Xie shook his head heavily, "If it could be solved with money, the officials wouldn't have to work so hard. What they lack is people and coolies!"
When Li Changfeng and Uncle Xie arrived at the ancestral hall, the ancestral hall was already full of villagers, and everyone's faces were not good-looking, especially when they saw the officials sitting above the ancestral hall, the farmer's heart trembled.
"Master, everyone who can be the head of the family is here."
After Li Zheng counted the people, he said in front of one of the officials.
This official is tall and strong, and his temperament is straight. He stood up and looked at the villagers in the ancestral hall.
"I won't talk nonsense! It's time for the town's river embankment to need villagers! The court has ordered officials from all sides to fight the flood! Defend the fields! Therefore, all the men in the family who are over fifteen and under the age of fifty. All follow us!"
As soon as these words fell, there was a burst of noise in the ancestral hall.
"I'm the only youngest in my house. If I leave, he won't be able to see! How can this happen!" A thin, thirty-something man said with a frown immediately.
"No! There are only a few children in my family!"
"I'm leaving, what about my daughter-in-law?"
"My daughter-in-law is still pregnant! She's about to give birth!"
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For a time, the shouting of the ancestral hall fluctuated continuously, getting louder and louder.
Li Changfeng clenched his fists, he couldn't leave, if he left, he wouldn't believe Xu Qing if nothing happened!
"Can't you donate money!"
Li Changfeng's low and powerful voice sounded in everyone's ears, and the family with some spare money also looked at the official with hope.
The officer looked at Li Changfeng, who was the first to make a sound. He was a good figure and had a lot of strength.
"no."
It is not impossible, it is impossible.
Li Zheng looked at the villagers in Happy Village, and his heart was full of helplessness.
"Folks, the moat and dykes must be resisted! Once the dykes fail, our homes and fields will be destroyed, and even our family's lives will be lost!"
Li Zheng's words made the ancestral hall quiet.
Just when the official was about to speak, Li Changfeng spoke again.
"But we don't worry about our children, daughter-in-law, and old people. Once we leave, what if something happens in the village! What do you use to ensure that when we come back, we can see the intact family members! "
Li Changfeng's words expressed the thoughts and concerns of the villagers in Xingfu Village.
"Yes! Lizheng, we still don't know whether we are alive or dead!"
"We are not afraid of death! But we are afraid that we will not be able to see our family when we come back!"
"right!"
"right!"
When the official saw Li Changfeng's words, the villagers who were still relatively obedient to the arrangement became restless, and immediately said angrily.
"This is an order from the imperial court! It's not that you won't go if you don't want to go! I'll give you half a day to go home and clean up. If everyone doesn't arrive this evening, hmph, the consequences are not something you can afford!"
After speaking, he walked away with the people behind him, and there was another Anle Village that had not been notified.
After the official left, Li Zheng looked at the people who looked at each other and sighed, "What are you still doing, go back and clean up."
Lizheng is forty-six this year, and his son Xia Feng is also over fifteen years old. Even if he doesn't want Xia Feng to go, there is no way to do it, and he is also worried.
Second Youngest Wei, Li Changfeng, and Uncle Xie left the ancestral hall together.
"Oh, I really don't give people a way to live, and I don't know if I will have a chance to see my child born."
Wei Laoer said in a sour tone.
"If you say anything frustrating, just hold your breath and come back to see our family!" Uncle Xie couldn't hear the most frustrating words.
"I'll go back first." Li Changfeng opened his umbrella and disappeared into the rain.
Xu Qing was putting on small clothes for the awakened Tuan Tuan. The rain outside was so loud that Tuan Tuan didn't like listening to it, so he buried his head in Xu Qing's arms.
"Good, get dressed."
Xu Qing touched Tuantuan's little head and put him on the ground.
"Father!"
As soon as they saw Li Changfeng entering the room, they called out softly.
Li Changfeng picked up Tuantuan, kissed him fiercely, and then embraced Xu Qing who was looking at him.
"I'm going to build a river bank outside the town... I don't know when I'll be back. You and the child must wait for me to come back." Li Changfeng sniffed the familiar and reassuring smell on Xu Qing's body and was reluctant to let go hand.
Xu Qing felt the stiffness on Li Changfeng's body, and the man was afraid.
"Don't think too much, you forget that the old man also said that I will have a way to protect myself, and I will be fine."
Xu Qing hugged Li Changfeng back, looked at Xu Qing, then looked at Li Changfeng again, grinned with a small mouth, stretched out his short fat hand and hugged Li Changfeng and Xu Qing's head with difficulty.
No matter how reluctant the family is to be separated, no matter how uncomfortable, no matter how reluctant they are, they can only pack up for Li Changfeng who is about to leave.
"You don't need to bring so many clothes, I guess you won't be able to put them on." Li Changfeng opened Xu Qing's pack and took out the extra clothes, leaving only two pieces to change and wash.
Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Qing took out a small bottle from his arms. This is the spiritual spring water he filled, and a bottle can be used for a long time.
"Take this with you, if you have a cold or something, drink a little bit, don't drink too much, just a little bit."
Li Changfeng took the bottle and put it in his arms without asking anything.
He squatted down on Xu Qing's stomach and listened to the movement inside, but there was no response. Li Changfeng smiled and stretched out his hand to touch it.
"It's nice of you to be so good, but don't toss you while Grandpa is out."
Then stood up and looked straight at Xu Qing, "You must be safe, you must."
Xu Qing smiled and said, "Of course." He wouldn't have an accident so easily.