My village can't be like this

Chapter 219 Rainstorm
At night, Zhang An was sleeping soundly.

Suddenly feeling a chill coming from his body, Zhang An woke up in a daze, and found that it was raining heavily outside the window.

There were also some raindrops falling into the room. Just listening to the sound of the rain, one knew that the battle was not small, and there was a clattering sound outside.

Zhang An quickly got up from the bed and closed the windows of the house.

The temperature at night was not high at all, and after the rain, it was quite freezing.

Zhang An looked around the windows at home to check if there were any leaks.

When I got downstairs, I found that my parents had woken up and were taking care of the weak little white worms in the silkworm room.

The temperature in the silkworm room downstairs was not affected much, because the windows were closed tightly by Wang Fang.

Moreover, there was an old quilt hanging on the window, so there was no cool wind blowing in, and the temperature didn't drop too fast.

Then Zhang An went to the third floor, he was going to see Huatou's lair.

The flower head's nest is placed under the eaves, which can usually shelter from wind and rain.

But not only was it raining heavily tonight, but the wind was also strong, and it just blew the rain into the room.

At this moment, the eggs were hatching in the eagle's nest, and Zhang An didn't want them to be drenched by the rain.

Eggs at this time are more likely to become bad if they are exposed to rain.

This is also the main reason why there are more villains when goshawks in the wild hatch their eggs.

The open-air nest is fine if it is exposed to the sun every day, but if it rains too much, no matter how good the eggs are, they can't help but turn bad.

Zhang An came to the roof, and a deep layer of rainwater had already accumulated on the roof at this moment.

Fortunately, Zhang An was wearing sandals, and the depth of the water had already submerged Zhang An's insteps.

Sure enough, as Zhang An expected, the degree of deflection of the rain had already hit the wall of his house.

At this moment, Zhang An saw that the wooden board used to build a nest for the flower head was already full of rainwater.

And the nest under Huatou and Baiyu also became wet.

Zhang An took the bamboo hat he brought with him and tied it to the edge of the eaves.

In this way, the rainwater that floats in can be blocked by the bamboo hat, and the flower heads can also drill out from the side, without affecting travel.

When Huatou and Baiyu noticed the movement, they became a little alert, and when they saw that it was Zhang An, they squatted back.

Zhang An found that Huatou's feathers all over her body had been soaked by the rain.

This guy is worthy of being a father, using his body to cover the white feather inside from the rain.

As for the white feather squatting in the nest, only one piece was wetted, and the rest were blocked by the flower head.

With Zhang Anfang's bamboo hat, you don't have to worry about rainwater coming in when it rains heavily.

Zhang An brought Huatou into the house, and wiped off the rainwater still dripping from his body with a dry towel.

Huatou was fine here, so Zhang An went downstairs to visit the fish pond.

With such a heavy rain, the depth reserved in the fish pond may not last long.

Zhang An returned home and found a simple raincoat made of plastic cloth.

Putting on a big bamboo hat, I went out with a flashlight and walked towards the fish pond.

The rain is really too heavy. If you come out with an umbrella, it is estimated that the umbrella will not last long.

When he got to the edge of the pond, Zhang An saw that the water level in the fish pond had skyrocketed, and now the water in the pond was about to come out.

Because of the lack of oxygen in the rainy water, there are fish jumping in the air constantly in the water, breathing fresh air.

Seeing that the water level was about to turn over the pond mouth, Zhang An hurried to open the sluice gate.

Even so, some fish will flow down the drain into the big river.

But Zhang An didn't care at all, there wasn't much in his space, except that there were a lot of fish.

Zhang An fully opened the water outlet in the drainage gate, and the water in the pond slowly disappeared.

But the situation was much better than Zhang An imagined, and few fish swam outside.

It turned out that the fish in the pond were all scrambling to breathe on the surface of the water at this moment, and few were left at the bottom.

Even if there are, only some small fish fry are carried out by the current.

After the rain lasted for an hour or so, it gradually became smaller.

Although the water surface of the fish pond was still very lively, it was much calmer than before.

Zhang An estimated the amount of rain, so he closed the opened sluice, leaving only a small opening to continue to discharge water.

After a long time, the water turned out of the pond and flooded my backyard.

Early the next morning, Zhang An was woken up by his mother.

Zhang An got up and took a look, and found that the old uncle had come to call for someone.

No wonder the old mother would wake him up today. Wang Fang would not wake him up when he was free.

"Uncle is here, what's the matter?"

While washing his face, Zhang An greeted the old uncle.

"It rained heavily last night. A wall of mud washed down on the slope of Shiyakou, and now it's blocking the road to death."

Hearing this, the old uncle told Zhang An about his reason for coming.

"That's why I'm here to look for you. Later, everyone will go over and clear the road together, otherwise the village will not be able to go out."

"Okay, I'll change my clothes and go."

When Zhang An was washing up, Zhang An saw that he had gone out first with tools, and the old uncle also went to notify other people.

This is a collective matter, and it doesn't matter which family has more or less people.

Anyone who is at home will come when they call, and when the old uncle calls, he will bring a shovel and a hoe to help.

After all, the earlier the excavation, the earlier the passage of this road is a good thing for everyone.

At Shiyakou, although there is a stone character, it is actually a bag of earth, next to a large earth slope.

In Zhang An's impression, whenever it rains heavily every year, a wall of mud will be washed down by the water.

There is nothing anyone can do about this kind of thing.

The mountain is strange to say, there are no rocks on the side facing the road, it's all mud.

In the past, many trees were planted on the mountain, but when the rain was heavy, even the roots of the trees could be washed down together.

This phenomenon of landslides and mudstone roads does not happen every day in the mountains, but it can be said to be very common.

Compared with other places, Changqing is just an intersection, and it doesn't have much impact on everyone.

In previous years, it was suggested that a fortress be built from the road sill.

This will block the falling mud, and you don't have to dig the road every time.

But experienced people can see that this method will not work at all.

The soil slope is quite high. If you want to build a fortress, you need to build a high stone wall.

This would cost a lot, and the village couldn't afford it at all.

And even if a stone wall is built, such a large mudstone road rushes down, and the fortress is really not able to withstand it.

If you want to solve this problem fundamentally, you can directly dig the soil slope on the mountain.

In this way, there is no mud on the slope, and no matter how heavy the rain is, there is nothing to wash it away.

But this idea is even more unrealistic for now, and it is not realistic at all.

Although the slope in front of me is not big, it is not like Yugong Yishan, but how much money it will cost to get in, it is not worth it.

So after much deliberation, let's wait until it washes down and clean it up slowly.

Anyway, everyone just spared a little time, and nothing else was delayed.

Moreover, the mud and rocks washed down in the past two years are much, much less than before.

In a few more years, it is estimated that it will not collapse so much.

As for safety, everyone is used to it now. It rains so heavily, and everyone knows that this place will collapse, and no one will come here.

What's more, the old man asked someone to make a few warning signs and planted them at the intersection.

In the past, Changqing Bridge left the village gently, and there was no earth bag like Shiyakou at all.

However, every time it rained, a block collapsed from the mountain, and after a long time, it piled up here.

Zhang An changed his clothes and put on a pair of long-tube glue shoes.

Although it wasn't raining heavily outside at the moment, it was still falling sporadically.

So Zhang An still wore the same equipment as last night, and went out to help with a shovel.

"Uncle."

"Brother An Zi."

Zhang An walked to the road and found that Huang Ming and Zhou Yang were also coming with a hoe and dung dustpan.

"You guys are here too, I thought you were still sleeping."

"I heard so much rain last night, so I knew I was going to work together today, so how could I continue to sleep."

This job is basically done every year, and everyone in the village is used to it.

Anyway, just treat it as everyone coming to play together, bragging, and finishing it in the morning.

A few people came to the blockage of Shiyakou, and many uncles had come early, and now they have started to clear it.

Zhang An and the others didn't stand and watch, they joined the emergency repair team with the things in their hands.

The cleaned up mud doesn't need to be transported very far, it can be piled directly under the side road.

The bottom of this road is considered a den, and some people used to grow some peppers here.

But this place does not belong to anyone else. After everyone knows that it will be used to pile mud, the village will not allow them to plant here.

It might be possible to fill in the soil year after year and fill it up in the future.

It is uncertain at that time, and it is also a good choice to make a parking lot here.

There are quite a few people coming from the village at this moment, and the road is full of heads, everyone talking to each other.

Bragging while working, even though they were sweating profusely, everyone worked hard.

It is also at this time that a young man like Zhang An can feel the atmosphere of the big group in the past.

Now it is different from the past. There are many people at home in the village.

The old man just walked around the village, one or two people came from each house, and there were six NO.70 people on this road.

If it is put in the future for many years, it would be good to call out more than a dozen people for such a job.

Because at that time, the village was full of toddler old people, and the young people went out to work.

Although the pile of mud that collapsed was not small, it blocked this section of the road tightly.

But everyone came here and worked for more than three hours, and the road surface was completely cleared.

Some people even find it unsatisfactory. The mound has been dug up just after warming up.

So there is nothing wrong with saying that there are many people and there is great power.

"Anzi, come to my house for a drink tonight."

On the way home for dinner, the old uncle greeted Zhang An.

"That's fine, I'll go there tonight."

Zhang An did not refuse the old uncle's invitation.

According to the old uncle's usual temperament, if he could speak in front of so many people, he must have something to look for.

Otherwise, he would just come to the door to say something later.

At the end of the bridge, Zhang An originally planned to go to the river to wash the mud off the water shoes.

But at this moment, not only the water level in the big river has risen, but the river water has become extremely turbid.

So Zhang An also gave up his plan to go down the river, and went home to rinse with the tap on.

When Zhang An and Zhang Jianguo returned home, Wang Fang was wiping the newly picked mulberry leaves.

It rained all night last night, and even when I woke up this morning, there was still light rain.

So the mulberry leaves are full of water, very moist.

Although the environment in the mountains is very good now, the rain is still clean.

But if such mulberry leaves are directly fed to the silkworms, they will definitely start to have diarrhea immediately after eating, and will die soon.

So you have to wipe it with a clean towel and let it dry for a while.

Wait until the water vapor on the leaves is dry before putting them into the silkworm plaque for feeding.

Seeing Zhang An and his father came back, Wang Fang lifted the bamboo cover on the table and prepared to have lunch.

Zhang An got up in the morning and went out to dig the road with a shovel without having breakfast.

Looking at the steaming food on the table now, I can't bear it in my stomach.

Immediately, I took a few spoonfuls of green bean soup in a bowl and began to worship my five internal organs temple.

"Xiao An, those two little fragrant pigs at home seem to have brought cubs."

It is raining today, so the animals in the pen are not released.

They all stayed in the pen obediently, waiting for Wang Fang to feed them.

When Wang Fang went to feed the pigs, she noticed something strange about a few fragrant pigs.

I was very excited some time ago, and I like the fragrant pig who climbs the wall through the arch.

Today he became very docile, and fell asleep lying on the ground after eating.

Wang Fang has been raising pigs for so many years, and she can tell from the appearance that these two pigs in the family must be pregnant.

All the pigs raised in the family were cut off, but Zhang An kept the male Xiang pig.

Because it is not easy to find a fragrant pig breed near here, and there will be no match after cutting it.

"You already brought a cub?"

Zhang An felt that it was a little too soon, and in his impression, it was not long before he bought those few fragrant pigs.

But in fact, the time is not short. I bought it at the beginning of the year, and it has been five or six months now.

As for the species of fragrant pig, it is generally ready to breed when it is four or five months old.

"Then according to this situation, you can roast a head and try it after the Chinese New Year."

In the future, not only can roast sheep be roasted at home, but suckling pigs can also be roasted. This life is becoming more and more exciting.

For the family, this is also a good thing.

After lunch, the dark clouds cleared and the sky began to clear.

"Godfather, can you make me a spinning top? They all have it but I don't."

Zhang An, who was about to go out to see Tian, ​​found that Li Yao came to him dragging a sand tree stick.

"Okay, godfather will make you a good one."

Li Yao was very obedient during this time, not only finished his summer homework, but also practiced his handwriting very obediently.

Of course, such a good performance should be rewarded, so Zhang An readily agreed.

Zhang An took a look at the sand tree stick that Li Yao had brought over, then threw it aside.

"This wood is not good, godfather will find you a good one."

Hardwoods are generally used for chopping tops, and softwoods such as sand trees are not suitable.

(End of this chapter)