My village can't be like this

Chapter 465 Searching for someone

Whether it was Zhang Jianwen or others, listening to the neat thanks from the seventy or eighty children, they felt in their hearts that the hard work in the heavy rain tonight was completely worth it.

"Okay, okay, it's getting late now. The children must be hungry. Let's let everyone eat while the food is still hot."

With that said, Zhang Jianwen opened the oilcloth on the steamer and the large steel basin, and the hot food inside was steaming in the cold night.

Smelling the aroma of potato and chicken nuggets in the basin, every child couldn't help but swallow. They were really hungry, and the teachers next to them were no exception.

After Zhang An and others distributed bowls and chopsticks to the children, Zhou Yang subconsciously picked up a spoon and served everyone food and food.

After all, in the past two or three years, whether he first went to the river to deliver meals to the fishermen or later served meals to the students at home, this action had long become his habit.

The bowls used for the children to eat are all big bowls. These bowls belong to Zhou Yang’s family, and only their family has so many big bowls, because

Usually when students go to eat with them, they always have big bowls like this.

After all, these children are in the growth stage. If they don't do it, then let them do it. If they do, try to let them eat as much as possible.

When Zhou Yang finished preparing meals for the children, Ou Lin and the other teachers were still standing.

"Principal Ou, you can eat together too. We have prepared a lot of food."

So Zhang An shouted. He knew that these teachers had not returned to the dormitory yet and had been guarding the students in the classroom. They must not have eaten yet.

So when they were at Zhou Yang's house, Zhang An asked Zhou Yang to cook more meals.

After all, these things are just a matter of putting in more rice for them.

Ou Lin and others were a little shocked, because they subconsciously felt that these meals were prepared by the village for the children, and they were not included in them.

If they ate, these students might not have enough to eat, so they kept watching.

I thought that after the students had eaten, they would go back to the dormitory to deal with them casually. After all, they lived on campus, which was quite convenient.

Unexpectedly, Zhang An also prepared rations for them. Now they changed from taking care of others to being taken care of.

"In that case, let's stop being polite. It just so happens that we have never had the opportunity to eat with the students."

Ou Lin looked at the remaining rice in the steamer and the remaining vegetables in the basin. There was indeed a lot, so he didn't pretend to be polite.

After calling out to the other teachers who were at a loss next to him, he picked up a big bowl, filled himself a bowl of rice, and then took two vegetables from the basin.

At first, when Ou Lin put the spoon down, he found that there was a lot of chicken on the spoon. He immediately put it back in the basin and prepared to scoop it out again.

When I took the second spoonful, I found that there was even more chicken.

Only then did he realize that there was no more chicken than potatoes in the pot, and he became even more silent.

When he first saw chicken in other children's bowls, he already felt good about it.

But in his heart, he felt that there wouldn't be much chicken in this big pot of chicken.

After all, in his opinion, these meals were prepared by the village, and what they could give them in one bite was already good enough, so it was impossible to expect more.

Because everyone in the village is actually not very wealthy, although everyone raises chickens, they are not willing to kill one to eat themselves, and they always keep it and sell it for money.

But now it seems that there are not a few chickens in this big pot of potato stewed chicken. It is estimated that a lot of chickens have been killed.

Usually the meals they teachers had were not as good as this meal, so he remained silent and sighed in his heart that the people in the village were so simple and kind.

When the other teachers saw Ou Lin taking action, they also put down their reserve and followed Ou Lin behind.

Because tonight is still very long, there is no way to go back to the dormitory. They must guard the students in the classroom.

After all, the rain outside is still the same as when it first started falling. It is still unknown whether it will stop tonight.

They don't dare to leave students alone in the classroom. If someone gets naughty and runs out in the heavy rain at night, they, the teachers, are not responsible for what happens.

While they were eating, Zhang An went home again in the rain.

Because he saw that the candles lit in the classroom were about to burn out, and when he came, he forgot about the candles, so he did not bring the candles.

And this time he not only went home to get some candles, but also picked up two buckets of water.

In addition to eating, the children also need to drink water, but there are no water pipes in the teaching building. Even if they want to drink tap water, they have to go out in heavy rain.

So Zhang An also picked up two buckets. Although there were a lot of children, the buckets in Zhang An's house were not small. One bowl for each person would definitely be enough to survive the night.

And it is also beneficial to prevent them from drinking too much, so as to avoid having to go to the toilet when they are anxious at night.

Originally, in this kind of weather, I should have prepared two buckets of boiled ginger water.

But Zhang An didn't do this because he thought it was too much trouble. It would be better to just pick two buckets of space spring water and go there.

After everyone had finished eating, Zhang An and his group packed up the dishes and went home from school.

It's very late now, and it's time for everyone to go home and sleep. Normally, everyone would have fallen asleep at this point, not to mention when it was raining heavily, everyone would have gone to bed earlier.

Early the next morning, when it was only six o'clock, Zhang An had already gotten up from bed.

At this time, everyone at home was still sleeping. Zhang An opened the door and looked outside.

The good news is that the rain is lighter than yesterday, and he can see farther in the rain than yesterday. But the bad news is that the rain is not much lighter, and it is still falling from the sky.

Then Zhang An came to the third floor and found that the water level in the river had risen a lot overnight.

At this time, the paddy fields on both sides of the river bank were full of bright river water, and no fields could be seen at all.

Even Zhang An's strawberry field and grass planting area were completely submerged by water.

But compared with yesterday, the water flow is no longer so fast. The entire river surface has become much gentler in the rain, and there is no longer the roaring roar of yesterday.

At a glance, even in the paddy fields that were not flooded, all the seedlings were completely wiped out and were already crawling in the water.

Even the peach and cherry trees in the orchard behind the house, which were flourishing just a few days ago, have been damaged by heavy rains and are now bare without a single leaf.

While Zhang An was watching everything outside in a daze for a while, the old uncle's voice came from downstairs, and Zhang An came down from upstairs.

"I'm so anxious, uncle. Is there something wrong?"

Zhang Jianwen was wearing a raincoat when he came, but he was still wet in many places from the rain, and his voice was full of anxiety.

Although this old man usually acted like the wind and fire, he was rarely in such a hurry, so Zhang An expected that he had something important to come to see him.

"Chen Laoliu and his wife didn't go home last night, and they haven't come back yet."

Zhang Jianwen took a breath and spoke to Zhang An in a very low tone.

"what?"

Zhang An's eyes widened immediately. It rained so hard last night that there were still people in the village who had not returned from the mountain.

"I only found out this morning. His wife ran to me at dawn and said that Chen Laoliu and his gang went to the fields yesterday and haven't come back yet."

Before it rained yesterday, Zhang and his party used a loudspeaker to shout for a long time, telling people in the fields to go home quickly. The loudspeaker is very big and the sound can be heard far away, even from the Wild Boar Rock.

Many people in the village who went to the fields yesterday rushed towards their homes when they heard the horn.

Some people went farther away, so they came back despite heavy rain.

"That's troublesome. It's been a whole day and a night. Even if we find a place to hide temporarily because of the heavy rain, but it's been so long, I'm afraid something will go wrong."

If it's just because the rain is too heavy and you find a cave or somewhere to take shelter first, then there's no problem.

But if something goes wrong on the road, it will probably be bad after such a long time.

"No matter what, we are all from the same village. I want to organize people to go out to help search. And although the rain today is heavy, it is not as severe as yesterday. There is no problem walking. So I came here to ask you if you want to go together."

Zhang Jianwen has always had a strong sense of responsibility. Now that he encountered something like this, Zhang An was not surprised at all when he made such a decision.

However, Zhang Jianwen did not force him this time, but asked one by one. After all, in the current situation outside, if others are willing to go out of love or not out of duty, he can't say anything.

And he made this decision only after seeing that today's rain was not as violent as yesterday.

If it were yesterday, he wouldn't have dared to organize people.

Because if someone went to find something wrong with Chen Laoliu and his wife, he simply couldn't bear the responsibility.

"We must go here. We are all neighbors of the village. If we can lend a hand, we will definitely help."

Zhang An did not hesitate and immediately agreed to Zhang Jianwen. After all, human life is more important than heaven.

As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Sometimes neighbors in the village are more useful than relatives at home.

"Then I'll notify the others and meet at my place later."

The first person Zhang Jianwen came to see was Zhang An. Hearing Zhang An's readily agreed, his face was very pleased, which also showed that he had not misjudged the person.

After Zhang Jianwen left, Zhang Jianguo also got up and came out of the room.

"Zhang Ping's father is here, what's the matter?"

The two did not meet, so Zhang Jianguo didn't know what was going on.

"Chen Laoliu and his wife went to the fields yesterday and haven't come back yet. My uncle wants to organize everyone to help find them."

Zhang An said to his father while preparing the things he would need later.

"Then I'll go with you. When your grandma left, I was always helping you until you sent your grandpa to the mountains."

When Zhang Jianguo heard this, he was also ready to change his clothes and follow him.

In the village, when an elderly member of the family passes away, relatives cannot send him away, so all the help from the village neighbors is relied upon.

Therefore, this kind of favor has a very important weight in everyone's heart. When someone is in trouble, you must take the initiative to help, so as not to make others feel sad.

Otherwise, the next time something happens to your family, no one will be willing to help.

"Dad, please don't go. It won't work if you don't leave someone at home."

Zhang An, however, didn't want his father to go with him, because of the two men in the family, one of them had to stay at home so that he could have someone who could make up his mind about anything.

Whether it's to help or to return a favor, one person per family is enough.

If they all go, what will Wang Fang and Su Ying do if something happens to their family?

Moreover, Su Ying is still pregnant, and Wang Fang will definitely not be able to do it alone at home.

If Zhang Jianguo is allowed to go, Zhang An will definitely be worried.

It’s still raining heavily, so I’m not sure what the situation will be like if I go to the mountains.

He has his own space and doesn't worry about anything he encounters, but Zhang Jianguo can't.

In the end, Zhang Jianguo was convinced and stayed at home to watch. He just kept telling Zhang An to be careful outside.

When Zhang An was ready, he put on his raincoat and went out with a walking stick.

When we arrived at Zhang Ping's house, a lot of people had gathered, at least twenty or thirty people.

Young people like Zhou Yang, Huang Ming, etc. were all there, and Zhang An also saw his second uncle and third uncle coming.

This is the cohesion of a village. If any family has difficulties, everyone is willing to help.

Of course, it must be normal people. If it were Li Jinbiao's family in the past, no one would be willing to do it at this time.

After all, people like them only have themselves in mind, and they have offended everyone all the time.

This is why everyone clapped their hands and applauded when their family was driven out of the village.

"Xiao An is here, come and eat the noodles quickly."

When the old aunt saw Zhang An coming, she immediately picked up a bowl of hot noodles from the kitchen and brought it over.

This is also the attentiveness of the old aunt. She knew that Zhang Jianwen was looking for people early in the morning and no one had time to eat, so she prepared it at home.

After all, we have to go out in the heavy rain later, and we definitely can’t go hungry. There’s no reason for that.

The people who came over now were all holding bowls of noodles and eating them.

Zhang An was not polite and took the noodles from the old aunt's hand smoothly. He really forgot about breakfast just now.

After a while, Zhang Jianwen came back, followed by several people.

"Xiao An, why don't you bring Xiao Hu with you?"

After Zhang Jianwen saw Zhang An, he suddenly spoke.

In the past, Mr. Huang chased a cow into the mountains, and it was Xiaohu who found it.

Later, when we were looking for wild boars, everyone saw with their own eyes the abilities of the little tigers.

"Uncle, there is no need to carry Xiaohu. It's not that I can't bear to part with it, but it's useless to carry it with me."

Although Xiaohu's nose is very sensitive, there is no one he can't find in the mountains.

But it has been raining now, and any traces left by humans have long been washed away by the rain.

So even if he took the tiger cubs with him, there would be no use for them, so he might as well leave them at home.

Everyone saw Zhang An pointing at the rain that was falling outside, and they immediately understood why Zhang An didn't bring the dog with him this time.

(End of this chapter)