Wangfu small peasant girl

Chapter 1466 The Flood

When it was decided to allow the common people to grow rice, it was obviously a good idea. Planting the seeds earlier would allow the common people to harvest the rice earlier even if there was a flood.

I have been implementing this idea, but at this time, Xu Ruyue realized that the plan was far from keeping up with the changes. Of course, the flood in my imagination did not happen at this time, but my heart was nervous, and I felt my heart rose in my throat when the weather was cloudy. eyes.

Xu Ruyue found a lot of books to read, and wanted to study how to know whether there will be heavy rain or flood this year.

She felt that she was going to be in a daze. Sometimes when she took a nap, she could even dream that it started to rain, and it was pouring heavily, and water would accumulate on the ground in no time.

Today I had a dream again. After waking up, I hurriedly called Xiao Rou in. The first thing I said was, "Is it raining outside? Is it raining?"

Xiao Rou was confused, "Ma'am, it's not raining, the sun is shining outside."

Xu Ruyue was stunned for a moment, then covered her face with her hands, and rubbed her face, "Okay, I know, it's fine if it doesn't rain, but it can't rain in this weather, the rice in the field finally started to turn yellow."

Xiaorou naturally knew what she was worried about, so she hurriedly comforted her, "Madam, don't think about it, it's going to rain, mother is going to get married, even if it's going to rain, what's the use of Madam worrying about it? I still have to go down, be careful to worry about my body, the servant has seen that the madam has lost a lot of weight recently, and the master asked yesterday if the madam didn't eat well at home."

Xu Ruyue smiled, "I didn't eat well anywhere, you know how much I eat in a meal, just tell him honestly, it's really a waste of time to worry about."

Although he said so on his mouth, his heart was sweet.

Xu Ruyue's favorite thing to do now is to go out of the city in a carriage to look at the crops in the field. Every day, the rice is turning yellow at a speed visible to the naked eye. The rice in the garden is taken back, so I feel at ease.

She asked shopkeeper Lin to help collect food in secret, and now it is almost ready. Even if there is a flood this year and the court does not provide relief, the people will not be hungry.

In addition to worrying about the safety of the common people, Xu Ruyue also had some selfishness in mind. If there was a flood this year, the imperial court would not open the warehouses to release grain, so that the common people could see what kind of face the emperor had.

This time, because of the construction of the dam, the people of Xinchuan have already trusted Han Yuan. In the future, if the emperor and the Han family conflict, as long as the people of Xinchuan stand on Han Yuan's side, it will always be of some use.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, this saying is actually true.

There is also a saying that is true, the more you are afraid of something, the more it will happen.

Xu Ruyue was too worried about floods this year, but now she is afraid that there will be floods.

It started to rain just after the tenth day of July. After the first rain, Xu Ruyue felt that something was wrong. The weather was always gloomy. Although the sun would come out occasionally, the clouds in the sky were thick. rainy.

She also specifically asked some elderly people in the area for advice. These people can also judge whether it will rain or not based on their years of life experience.

The result she got was similar to what she thought, so she quickly asked Minglang to send a message to Han Yuan to let the people below start harvesting rice, even if it is not fully mature, it has to be harvested, it is better to not be so full than to be flooded up.

With the matter of building dams and watermelons to make money ahead, the common people now have 1 trust in Han Yuan, no matter what he said, the people under him immediately followed suit.

Within a few days, all the rice fields in Xinchuan area were harvested. God was kind enough to save face. There were several big suns in a row.

The rain this time was different from before. The first day was fine, that is, normal rain. There were also a lot of thunder and lightning. It looked scary, but the rainfall was not too heavy.

But the taste changed on the second day. The rain has not stopped, and it is getting bigger and bigger.

Once the heavy rain started, the river rose up very quickly. In less than a day, the river, which was far away from the shore before, immediately flooded to the shore.

The common people were terrified. At this time, the government came forward, and a few yamen servants went to a village, leading the common people to run up the mountain. Long ago, the yamen had already ordered the localities to start building bamboo houses on the mountain, and now it really came in handy.

When the flood comes, you must run. No matter how stupid a person is, he will not wait for the flood to submerge. However, the flood is usually accompanied by heavy rain.

Ordinary people will wait and see, the flood may not be able to submerge, but at a certain stage, the flood will rise very fast, and in the end it is often too late to run away.

There are also those who are reluctant to part with the livestock raised at home. If they have been raised for several months, if they are swept away by the flood, they will have nothing.

Every village has built several bamboo buildings on the mountain. The upper floors are used to store grain, and the lower floors are for villagers to hide.

When there was a flood, Han Yuan naturally couldn't stay in the mansion. At this time, he had to stay with the people, and Mingming was worried about his safety, so he went with him. When there was such a big flood, everyone wanted to go Even if there is an eyeliner placed by the emperor here, those people can't care about it at this time.

Such a big flood would not only submerge the villages along the river, but even the city would not be spared. Before Minglang left home, everything in the house had been settled. Xu Ruyue, Chu Yang, and all the servants followed. A bamboo house on the mountain.

This is the first time Chuyang has seen such a heavy rain when he grows up. Even though he is usually quite courageous, he was frightened at this moment. He curled up in Xu Ruyue's arms and kept crying, hugging her neck tightly. , for fear that my mother will disappear if I don't pay attention.

Xu Ruyue was worried about Qingming, but she couldn't bear to let go of her son when she was holding her son. The little guy was frightened at the moment, and she cared about the child so much that she couldn't care about it.

"Mother, I'm afraid." Chu Yang muttered softly.

Xu Ruyue hugged him tightly, and patted his back lightly, "Chuyang, good boy, mother is here, don't be afraid."

"I want Daddy."

Xu Ruyue kissed her son on the forehead, "Hey, sleep well, and when you wake up, Daddy will come back. It's fine, okay? The rain will stop soon, and we can go home."

　The rest of tomorrow morning, good night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)