The mayor led us to a fortune

Chapter 28 Mayor Qiao, are you sacrificing yourself to save yourself?

The next morning, Qiao Xin and Xiao Rui took twelve poverty alleviation workers and six medical staff to the border mountain village of Honghe.

The government's official car sent them to the foot of the mountain, and they walked into the village just like last time.

However, this time the weather was not good, and just halfway there, the sky began to rain heavily.

Everyone was carrying luggage and daily necessities, and the medical staff even carried a medicine box on their backs. They couldn't run and had nowhere to hide.

Fortunately, everyone has a folding umbrella in their suitcases, otherwise they would be drowned.

The rain was getting heavier and more and more water was flowing down from the top of the mountain. Everyone climbed up the mountain with difficulty.

Qiao Xin: "Everyone hold on, try to walk as fast as possible, this kind of rain can easily cause flash floods or mudslides. It's very dangerous!"

Just as Qiao Xin finished speaking, a big rock rolled down in front of her.

"The stone is rolling down, everyone hurry up and dodge." Qiao Xin, who was walking in the front, turned around and shouted at everyone, but she forgot to dodge.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Xiao Rui hurriedly dropped the suitcase in his hand and rushed up to pull her away.

The falling boulder just crushed the suitcase and stopped.

Everyone was dumbfounded, thinking that if they were crushed by this big rock, they would be disabled even if they didn't die.

He Xiaoxiao sarcastically said: "Mayor Qiao, did you just want to sacrifice your life to save us?"

Qiao Xin ignored her, looked at the crushed suitcase and said to Xiao Rui: "Your clothes are stained."

Xiao Rui said angrily, "Is clothes more important than human life?"

The torrential rain continued, and the rain washed down from the top of the mountain along the path. Everyone couldn't walk. It seemed that they had to find a place to hide.

Qiao Xin glanced at the tombs not far away. The tombs built here are different from those in other places. There is a small hut built on top of each tomb, just like the ones people live in.

"The rain is too heavy. It's not safe for us to walk on the mountain path. Let's find a place to take shelter first." Qiao Xin said.

He Xiaoxiao immediately retorted: "Didn't you just say that there is no place to hide? Mayor Qiao, I found that you are very capable."

Qiao Xin: "One moment, another moment, the rain is too heavy now, and there may be sudden flash floods."

Everyone remembered that a village flood broke out not long ago, and a poverty alleviation worker died in the line of duty. They were frightened and asked Qiao Xin to take them to find a place to hide.

Qiao Xin was struggling with how she should tell everyone that the place to shelter from the rain was a grave.

There are four or five graves in the col over there, each of which can hold five or six people, just enough for so many of them to hide in.

Xiao Rui saw that Qiao Xin's expression was not right and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Qiao Xin beckoned to him and asked him to put his ears close.

"Let me tell you, I know there's a place where I can get shelter from the rain, but that's the grave, shall I go?"

Xiao Rui: "Go!"

Then he looked at everyone and said humorously: "Let's go to a mysterious place to shelter from the rain. No matter what you see later, don't make a sound. Life is the most important thing!"

Everyone said that it is good to have a place to shelter from the rain.

However, when they entered the thatched hut and saw the graves, sacrifices and things of the dead, they screamed and blamed Qiao Xin and Xiao Rui for not telling them in advance.

Especially He Xiaoxiao, she was so frightened that she sat limply on the ground, but when she realized that she was sitting on the grave, she passed out directly.

Qiao Xin: "Actually, you don't need to be so afraid. It is a custom in our mountains to build houses for Yin people. Usually, when villagers go up the mountain to cut firewood or herd cattle, they will hide in when there is a heavy rain. They are not afraid, and we are all educated. Why do educated people still believe in feudal superstition and be afraid of ghosts and gods?"

Qiao Xin's words made everyone feel very ashamed. As a worker who goes to the countryside to help the poor, the first thing to do is to do as the Romans do.

(End of this chapter)