My village can't be like this

Chapter 463 In the Rain

Although it rained so hard, it did not have much impact on the village of Changqing.

At this time, I have to say that the ancestors chose the place well. Although the entire village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the river cannot flood the village at all. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a geomantic treasure.

Because the water cannot come up and the house cannot collapse, everyone naturally squats at home peacefully. The only impact is that everyone cannot go out to work.

"The rain has been so heavy since the afternoon, and there is no intention of stopping. The children in the school may not be able to return home."

The two stood at the gate, looking at the heavy rain outside. Su Ying kept looking in the direction of the school and said with some worry.

Changqing Middle School has only two classes this year, with more than a hundred students, but Su Ying is teaching them all.

After giving them classes for nearly a year, she has become familiar with these students and children.

Although Su Ying is not the head teacher, she is still a little worried about them in this situation.

"The rain is probably going to keep falling. It may not stop tonight. It is very dangerous for the children to go home. It will be safer if they stay in school. There are so many teachers watching, so you don't have to worry too much."

Although it was already bright outside and there was no further lightning or thunder, it had been raining for so long that the mountain roads between the villages had long since become muddy.

Not every village is like Changqing. The main roads in the village are cement roads, so it is really difficult for students to walk home.

And with such heavy rain outside, it would be very difficult for even adults like Zhang An to brave the heavy rain, let alone the children of twelve or thirteen years old.

What's more, the biggest danger is not the muddy mountain road and the pouring rain, but the hillside that is hit by such heavy rain.

You can't see anything when walking in the rain. If the mountain collapses somewhere, you won't be able to hide away even if you want to.

Compared with the heavy rain outside that can knock people down, the classroom is the safest place, protected from wind and rain.

Moreover, the school is located in the village and the terrain is relatively high, so even if the river overflows, it will not be flooded.

In this case, even the most irresponsible teacher would not dare to release the students easily.

Moreover, the principal Ou Lin was pretty good to the students, so after discovering the sudden change in the sky today, he immediately made a decision. The students in the village could be let go, but all the students further away were kept.

"But there is no canteen in the school. With so many students now, just eating is a big problem. Even if the school wants to solve it, it will not be easy."

Su Ying is a woman with a delicate mind by nature. She immediately considered the issue of feeding the children.

To be honest, Zhang An really didn't notice this aspect before she spoke.

Changqing Middle School is only a rural school, and it is also a school with incomplete enrollment. Because the number of students is too small, it has been unable to open a canteen.

If there are only a few students, they can squeeze in with the teachers who live on campus and make do for a while.

But there are dozens of people here, and even if all the teachers don't eat or drink, they can't solve this problem.

"You stay at home and stay at ease. I'll go to the school to see what's going on. With so many children, we can't let them go hungry all the time. If that doesn't work, I'll go to my uncle to discuss it and let everyone in the village help."

Zhang An silently thought about it for half a minute before speaking.

If it was just a matter of food, Zhang An could handle it himself. After all, the food at home has never been sold and the reserves are still very abundant.

Besides, there are piles of rice in his space. Although there are many students, they are nothing in his eyes.

It’s just that food alone is not enough, we need everyone’s help.

And with so many students in school, it’s not just about food, there are other aspects to consider.

For example, the quilt that is most needed at night is more important to Zhang An than the issue of eating.

Although it is summer now, with the rain, the temperature has dropped from over 20 degrees to single digits.

Even Zhang An, who was not afraid of the cold, felt chilly all over his body.

And it's still daytime now, so it will probably get even colder at night.

If you don't eat a meal, you will at most be hungry. You can survive it if you endure it, but if you don't pay attention at night, you will get a cold, cold, or illness. This is the biggest problem.

After saying that, Zhang An picked up the umbrella from the shelf and prepared to go out.

But after walking a few steps, I turned around and put the umbrella back and chose a raincoat.

Although the quality of umbrellas these days is quite good, as long as you cherish them enough, it is not a problem to use any umbrella for more than ten years.

But now it is raining heavily outside. No matter how thick the umbrella frame is, it will definitely not be able to withstand the heavy rain, and it is not as convenient as a raincoat.

As soon as he went out and walked into the yard, Zhang An felt a heavy weight on his body. This was the feeling of heavy rain falling on his body.

Coming out of the yard, the water on the road instantly covered the shoe tubes on Zhang An's feet.

You must know that Zhang An was wearing rubber water shoes, and the shoe tube almost reached his knees.

But even so, it was still submerged in water, which shows how deep the water is on the road now.

Zhang An had no choice but to turn around and go home and put on a pair of sandals, because the water shoes were already filled with water.

It is difficult to walk on the road with deep water, and it is even more difficult to carry two large buckets of water.

After Zhang An went out again, his trouser legs had been rolled up to his knees, and he was still holding a stick about the height of a person in his hand.

No one could be seen at first glance, only Zhang An himself.

In fact, even if there were people, Zhang An couldn't see them because the rain was too heavy. Standing in the rain curtain, the visibility would never exceed two meters.

On the way to school, you can see that in the fields on the edge of the village, the seedlings that have started to grow have been interrupted by the heavy rain, and now they are all crawling in the muddy fields.

Even if such seedlings recover again after the rain stops, the output will definitely drop sharply. Therefore, there is no hope for this year's crop harvest. This year's farmers' lives will be difficult again.

But Zhang An soon felt relieved. After all, he knew this would be the result before this.

Although it was raining heavily and there was water on the ground, which made walking very difficult, Zhang An still walked slowly towards the school with a stick.

Fortunately, my uncle had the foresight to lead everyone to completely repair the roads in the village in the past two years.

So even if the water is so deep, it's just water.

If it had been the mud roads in other villages, the road would have been soaked into mud by the rain, and half of the legs would have been stuck in it when he stepped down.

If this were the case, Zhang An would never come out.

When I arrived at the school, I saw the water on the playground flowing crazily towards the gate.

The main gate of the school is two large iron doors welded with steel pipes. The water flowing out of the school is not blocked, so the school does not accumulate too much rainwater.

Walking to the teaching building, Zhang An found no one in the classroom. Could it be that all the students were let go?

As soon as this idea came up, Zhang An shook his head. This was obviously impossible.

Because when he came to pick up Su Ying in the afternoon, it started raining heavily just after he got home. At that time, even if the school wanted to let the students go, it was too late, so those students must still be in the school.

Soon, Zhang An heard a faint movement among the noisy rain, coming from the second floor.

Zhang An followed the cement ladder to the second floor of the teaching building and found that all the students were here.

The second floor is Su Ying's office. Although there are classrooms, there are currently no students in the second and third grades of junior high school, so they are still empty.

"Principal Ou, it turns out you are here. I didn't see anyone on the first floor. I thought everyone had gone back."

Zhang An walked into the classroom and found that there were not only students inside, but the teachers except Su Ying had not returned to the dormitory and were all staying here.

Maybe it was because there was a power outage and the classroom was a little dark, or maybe it was because it was raining heavily and they couldn't go home. The students' interest was a little low. They all lay on their desks and rarely made any noise.

Occasionally, individual students whispered, but they were quickly drowned out by the sound of heavy rain.

"It's raining so hard. I'm worried that the classrooms on the first floor will soon be flooded, so I just brought the students to the second floor. By the way, it's raining so hard. Why did you come here?"

It wasn't until Zhang An took off his raincoat and spoke that Ou Lin recognized the person as Zhang An.

Zhang An couldn't help but nodded when he heard this. Ou Lin was worthy of being the principal. He was aware of this potential danger in advance, but he still underestimated the flood discharge capacity around the school.

Although walls were built around the school, there were also many large holes for drainage.

Even if it rains for three days and three nights, the water on the ground can reach the classroom floor at most.

"Su Ying couldn't bear to worry about these children at home, so she asked me to come over and see them."

"Hahaha, did you hear that, although Teacher Su is not here, he still misses you, so stay safe and content. There are so many teachers accompanying you. We will send you back after the rain stops."

Ou Lin laughed after hearing this, turned to the students in the classroom and said.

"Don't worry, Zhang An. You go back and tell Teacher Su that all our teachers are here to watch. Nothing will go wrong. Ask her to take care of herself. After all, we only have her as a Chinese teacher. After the rain stops, But you still have to go to class.”

"I think so too. With everyone here, there won't be any problems. By the way, Principal Ou, the children haven't eaten yet, have they?"

At this time, Zhang An mentioned the purpose of his coming.

"Not yet. This is what I plan to do. I just bought two hundred kilograms in my dormitory. After the rain subsides a little, I will ask the two teachers to go back and cook a few pots of porridge. In this emergency, we can make do together. .”

Ou Lin actually thought about this problem. In fact, he originally wanted to keep the students in school temporarily and let them go home after the rain stopped.

But he didn't expect that the rain would be so heavy all at once, and it wouldn't stop raining at all, and it seemed like it wouldn't stop at night, so he had to find a way to solve the problem of students eating as soon as possible.

After much thought, he only came up with the idea of ​​cooking porridge.

After all, it is easy to cook porridge. Even with so many students, it would be difficult to cook a meal of more than ten meters at most.

As for cooking, that is simply impossible. Meals for dozens of people cannot be cooked without preparation in advance.

"Forget it, it's not convenient for you here. Let me solve this matter. I'll go back to the village to find help and finish it first. I'll send it over when the rain subsides a little, so that everyone can bear with it a little bit."

Zhang An thinks that cooking porridge is indeed a good way. Although people are like this, it definitely doesn't require much rice.

After all, our ancestors have long proven that porridge is a good thing, and every time we need to provide disaster relief, it is porridge.

It's definitely not possible to drink it every day, but drinking it for a few meals at special times like this won't do you any good.

Although the teachers in the school cook their own rice, they use small pots and small stoves. It is not easy to cook porridge for so many people.

When Ou Lin heard what Zhang An said, he originally wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't.

He originally wanted to say that the students' problems should be solved by their school and not bother the village.

But he suddenly thought that it would be okay for the school to stay temporarily for a day or two, but if God doesn't open his eyes and the rain keeps falling for several days, it will definitely not be possible without the help of the village.

"Then I'll go back and get ready. By the way, it's dark now. I remember there are a few candles in Su Ying's drawer. You can go over and light them first, otherwise it will be too dark."

When Zhang An arrived, the sky had already begun to darken, and now it is even darker.

"Don't worry, we have only a few candles here. I thought I'd wait until dark before lighting them."

The teachers in the school usually prepare candles themselves. After all, power outages are common, but there are not many of them. With so many people, they probably won’t last long.

That's why Ou Lin thought that if it was completely dark, he would be able to hold on longer.

"It's okay, Principal Ou. Let's light them now. I have candles at home. I will send more later."

Zhang An's family hasn't bought a candle in several years, but he has been making honey for so long that all the remaining honeycombs have been made into beeswax.

Now no one is collecting this stuff, so Zhang An has made all the beeswax into candles, and there are a lot of them. It will probably take a long time to use them up.

"Okay, then I'll go get it and light it now. There happen to be a few young students who are a little afraid of the dark. It's still raining heavily. You should pay attention to safety when you go back."

Seeing that Zhang An was about to go back, Ou Lin gave a warning.

Zhang An nodded, put on his raincoat and walked into the rain again.

Soon, they arrived at Zhang Jianwen's house. The three of them were sitting in the main room, looking at the heavy rain outside.

After Zhang An explained his purpose, Zhang Jianwen dragged out two bags of rice from his home without saying a word.

The meaning is obvious, let Zhang An take it and cook for those students.

Zhang An shook his head and refused. He might not have anything else, but he ate a lot.

He came here just to tell Zhang Jianwen about borrowing a quilt.

They couldn't make the quilt together as a family, so they had to make it together.

Now that everyone's life is better, every family will have extra old quilts.

Zhang Jianwen naturally agreed and asked Zhang An to get busy preparing meals first, while they went to borrow quilts from everyone.

After saying that, he and Zhang Ping put on their raincoats and prepared to go out.

Zhang An originally didn't want Zhang Jianwen to go out in the rain, but Zhang Ping said that with him there, nothing would happen, which reassured Zhang An.

(End of this chapter)