My village can't be like this

Chapter 471 Loss

It turned out that this person was a villager from Huangjiapingba. No wonder he fell into the river and was washed away.

Huangjiapingba is a village on the upper reaches of the river, not very far from Changqing.

However, that part of the river in their village is not as gentle as the one in Changqing. On the contrary, the drop is still a bit high and the water flow is relatively rapid.

Therefore, their villages are basically halfway up the mountain, built against the mountain.

"Okay, let's go back and take shelter from the rain."

Now that the person has been rescued, there is no need to stay here any longer. The old uncle shouted, and everyone, whether they came to save the person or came to join in the fun, went back to their homes.

After all, it's still raining now. If there is nothing to do or can't join in the fun, who would be stupid enough to get soaked in the rain here.

"Uncle, don't leave in a hurry. Now that we're here, let's find something to block both sides of the bridge to prevent anyone from running down."

At this time, Zhang An opened his mouth and called out to everyone who was about to go back.

There are guardrails on both sides of the bridge, so there is nothing to worry about.

But the intersections at the end of the bridge are all flooded with river water, and the depth is not shallow at all.

If you are an adult in the village, there will usually be no problems and you will basically rest at home at this time.

Even if something happens, he will not run to such a dangerous place.

Zhang An is worried about the children in the village. The rain is now light, and some wild children will sneak out.

If something goes wrong in a place like this, it will be too late to regret it.

This is what Zhang An thought about from Zhang Tie. With someone as strict as his third aunt, Zhang Tie was still able to run out in the rain with Little Swallow, and other naughty children in the village had the same possibility.

After all, adults can't keep their children in their belts 24 hours a day. There will always be times when they are busy.

So I wanted to take advantage of the large number of people now and unite everyone to work together to block several places in the village that can directly enter the water.

Otherwise, everyone will go back later, and it will be more troublesome to find someone else.

"Yes, yes, that's the truth. The water on this stone road is too deep now, and it is indeed very dangerous."

When Zhang Jianwen heard this, he immediately reacted. He really didn't think of this just now, but now that Zhang An said it, he understood it clearly.

"The men will stay first, and the women will go back with their children. It's raining now, and everything is flooded. You should wear glasses and watch your children closely. Be strict, don't let the time come. If something happens, you won’t be able to find the medicine to regret it.”

Zhang Jianwen always talks like this. Although it doesn't sound good, everyone knows that his words are for everyone's good.

So no one had any thoughts, but they looked at their child with even more unkind eyes.

Huang Qinggang was also taken back by the villagers. Although he is fine now, it is definitely not realistic for him to go back in the rain like this.

Zhang Jianwen directly asked him to take him to his home to avoid the rain for the time being.

After the two days of heavy rain, the phone lines have long been out of order. Even Zhang An's magical tool that can smash walnuts has lost signal since yesterday.

Therefore, it is unrealistic to call people from their village to come and take her back. We can only wait until the rain subsides before making plans.

"Everyone follow me to the village committee. The wooden boards that used to block the road are still in the office. We just happened to carry them to block the road."

After the women all took their children home, Zhang Jianwen took the men present to the village committee office.

These wooden planks blocking the road are not good wood. They were used to cover the road bed and block the road when the road was built in the past.

Later, after the road was repaired, these wooden planks were left idle.

Because the material is not good, it is not suitable for other uses.

Now, we can reuse them and let them shine and heat the village again.

If one day it is no longer needed, or if the board rots, then it can only be cut down and used as firewood for everyone to burn.

Not only is there more power when there are more people, but everyone also works in a very lively atmosphere.

Although it was raining heavily in the sky, the men in the village laughed and walked through the heavy rain while looking at the wooden planks blocking the road. The scene was in full swing, as if the rain had never fallen at all.

Soon, the stone intersections leading upstream and downstream on both sides of the bridge were blocked, but everyone did not stop working.

Because Changqing Village is not small, there are at least a dozen such intersections.

If you don't do it, forget it. Since you do it, block them all.

So after everyone finished working in one place, they moved to another place and blocked all the intersections in the village that were flooded by the river.

In the end, the remaining wooden planks in the village were not enough, so we had to put together a lot of wooden pillars one by one to block all the intersections.

Even the intersection of rivers and ditches behind the village was not spared. The rivers and ditches that usually did not have much water were now completely filled with river water.

But this is normal, after all, the rainwater collected from so many mountains is no joke.

Fortunately, when the village was digging ditches in the past, the ditch embankments of this river ditch were built with stones.

When the road was being built before, the ditch embankment was raised and widened again, so now the river water is flowing honestly in the ditch.

If it were not for this dam, it is estimated that the river water would definitely rush into the village.

It is possible that some houses in relatively low-lying areas may be flooded.

"Okay, the blockage is all done. Let's call it a day and go home. When you get back, remember to cook some ginger soup and drink it to drive away the cold. And I'll say it again, it's really dangerous outside now. You must watch your children at home."

After all the intersections were blocked, Zhang Jianwen asked everyone to call it a day.

Zhang An was finally able to go home and rest. He was really tired today. He had never felt this way before.

He has not returned home since he went out to look for someone in the morning until it is almost three or four o'clock.

"I'm back. I've boiled some ginger water. You can drink it first."

After Wang Fang came back, she boiled ginger water and waited for Zhang An to come back.

Although she knew that Zhang An was in very good health and had not even had a minor cold in these years.

However, precautions should be taken, and this is what she, as a mother, can do for her children.

In the past, there was no medicine for colds, so after getting caught in the rain, everyone would boil a pot of boiled ginger water and drink it.

Even now, although medicines can be dispensed in clinics, this habit has still been retained.

But this is a good habit. Ginger boiled water has a good effect in dispelling cold and preventing colds. It is better than taking medicine anyway.

Zhang An is not used to eating ginger, so he has always stayed away from ginger. Even if there is ginger in the dish, he will pick it out.

But now that Wang Fang was staring at him eagerly, he could only hold his nose and drink the ginger water in the bowl with his eyes closed. "Okay, okay, it's just a bowl of boiled ginger water. It's really strange to see you like this. Your dad and I can both eat ginger, but you can't eat any."

Wang Fang has long been accustomed to Zhang An's behavior. In the past, when Zhang An was eating, he would pick out the tiny pieces of ginger in the dish.

Zhang An was still young at that time, and she did a lot of educating Zhang An not to be picky eaters, but no matter what, it had no effect at all.

After drinking the ginger water, Su Ying had poured a basin of hot water. Zhang An washed his face and wiped the accumulated sweat on his body.

When we were on the mountain today, even though it was raining heavily, everyone sweated more than when we were under the bright sun.

Zhang An's wet clothes were not just rain water, but also sweat.

There was a power outage yesterday, and the water heater at home didn't work at all. The idea of ​​taking a hot shower came to nothing.

Although he could boil water at home, he didn't want to bother him. He just wanted to find a place to lie down and have a good sleep.

As for taking a shower, you can wait until you enter the space at night and take as long as you want.

Back in the room, Zhang An just lay down and fell asleep as soon as he touched the bed.

Su Ying came in and saw that he was asleep, so she pulled the quilt for him and closed the window so that the rain outside would be smaller and would not affect Zhang An's sleep.

Zhang An slept soundly that night and didn't wake up until about eight o'clock in the evening, sleeping for more than four hours.

When he got up and went downstairs, he found the whole family sitting by the stove.

It turned out that in the afternoon, Wang Fang lit the big stove at home.

Due to the continuous rain in the past two days, the temperature has dropped very low, probably only in single digits.

If it were winter, this would certainly be nothing.

But now it is summer. The high temperature, which was originally in the 20s or 30s, suddenly dropped to single digits. The body must not be able to adapt, and everyone feels a little freezing.

There was a pregnant woman like Su Ying at home, so she couldn't be allowed to freeze, so Wang Fang simply lit up the stove.

Not to mention, after the stove burned, the room became warm, and it was a completely different world from the outside.

"You're awake, get ready to eat."

Seeing Zhang An getting up, Wang Fang brought out the prepared meals from the kitchen.

"It's so late. You can eat first. When I do something, I can just eat something when I wake up."

Zhang An knew that his family must be waiting for him, otherwise they usually eat at five or six o'clock, and now it is already dark.

In fact, Wang Fang had already prepared dinner, but Zhang An had been sleeping deeply.

Normally he wouldn't be like this at all. Everyone knew that Zhang An must be exhausted today, so he didn't eat dinner, waiting for Zhang An to wake up.

"I had a late lunch at your Mistress Chen's house, and I'm not hungry at all because I've been idle, so I'll just be a little later."

Wang Fang said nonchalantly, holding a bowl and serving food to the family.

"By the way, Brother Ze drove the car back in the afternoon and said that he was already admitted to the hospital and there were no other problems."

While eating, Su Ying told Zhang An something about Chen Ze and the others going to the hospital.

Although Chen Ze is not from the village and Li Hongbin is only half a Changqing person, they did a lot of work after sending the person to the hospital today.

Not only did the Chen family not bring enough money when paying the hospitalization fee, they paid for it, but they were also busy running around.

After all, they couldn't bear to see Mr. Chen as an old man, let alone his daughters-in-law. They couldn't find anything in the hospital.

In the end, Mr. Chen was so moved that he almost knelt down in front of the two of them.

"It's okay, as long as it's okay. There will be unforeseen circumstances today, and the fortunes and misfortunes are unpredictable. But as long as we get through it, there is still hope."

Even though he has been a man for two generations, Zhang An feels quite emotional at this moment.

Not to mention anything else, if Chen Laoliu and his wife are really dead this time, then their family will have another outcome.

Even though the brothers in their family now act like brothers and sisters, and work together, if they are really gone, they will most likely not want to take care of the children, and they can only follow the elders without telling them, and they may even beat them to stay. family property.

This kind of thing is very common in rural areas. If you are still there, there is still a favor to be said.

But if you are gone, everything will be gone.

. . . . .

Although it is difficult to spend time at home, the time passes quickly after all.

In the following days, the rain outside became lighter and lighter day by day. It rained for more than a week in total, and the torrential rain finally turned into a light drizzle.

However, the water level in the river has not subsided at all. It is still the same as the previous few days, flooding the paddy fields on both sides of the river.

Just like the scene in Zhang An's memory in his previous life, at a glance, the entire fields on both sides of the river bank became bright.

Those who knew about it naturally knew that this was fertile farmland, but those who didn’t knew looked at it and thought it was a lake.

In the past few days, Zhang Jianwen took the villagers and visited them door to door.

I just want to know how much damage this sudden flood caused to everyone in the village.

There were no major losses in the entire village. In terms of casualties, only Chen Laoliu and his wife were injured due to the heavy rain, and no one was missing or dead.

This is better than in many villages. It is said that in many places, more or less people are missing, ranging from one or two to dozens.

There is even no news about some people to this day, and we don’t know whether they are dead or alive.

However, there are no such big losses, but there are many small losses.

Because many people's houses are a bit old, the slates on their roofs are severely weathered. The roofs were damaged by heavy rain a few days ago, and now there is still rain leaking into the house.

Those whose leakage is not serious can still live crowdedly in their own homes, but those whose leakage is more serious and cannot be accommodated at all can only borrow a place from the village to live first.

According to Zhang Jianwen's statistics in the past two days, there are more than a dozen families whose houses are completely uninhabitable, and there are many more, about thirty or forty families, who can still live in a slightly crowded house even if the rain leaks.

Zhang Jianwen lost his temper over this, because in the past he would remind everyone to pay attention to choosing tiles and better slates and rafters.

But some people just ignore it because they are lazy and see that the house is not leaking and there are no leaks.

The families whose houses were damaged this time were basically the ones whose slates, tiles and rafters had aged without maintenance for many years. They were not unfair at all.

And not only that, this season's crops in our fields will definitely be gone this year. All the losses added up are not small at all for the villagers. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are breaking their muscles and bones.

(End of this chapter)