Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 23 Facing the Flood
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Qiao Bin asked, "Don't you need to help?"

Qiao Mi slightly raised his head to look at the heavy rain, thought for a while and said, "Go back and rest, I'll go and have a look." After speaking, he turned and turned to flip through the poncho.

Chen Xuehua followed her worriedly, "Be careful when you get there, you are a girl, I guess they can't use you for work, show your face there, and come back if you can."

Qiao Mi nodded slightly, "I know, don't worry, I will be careful." She put on her poncho, changed into her slippers, took a shovel and went out.

She didn't know if she was standing in the rain. The heavy rain was heavier than what she had seen. Even walking would be restricted when it was poured on her body, just like walking in water. At this time, the sky was already dark, and she was afraid of falling, so she walked very slowly. When she reached the village, she had already thought of a plan, and the strong labor began to work.

People had eaten at her house, so they all knew the girl who had just moved here. When they saw her coming, they greeted her one after another, but Qiao Miwei didn't recognize each other, and just responded politely one by one.

There is a shallow waterway in the village, which usually flows when it rains heavily, but this is the first time in hundreds of years that there is such a large amount of water. Looking from a distance, Qiao Miwei saw that several houses had already been flooded. At this time, the men and women in the family were washing water with buckets, and sandbags were piled up at the door.

The village chief was in front of the crowd, directing the crowd to dig a ditch, and when he turned around, he saw Qiao Miwei with a shovel in his hand. He beckoned Qiao Miwei to come forward, "Little Qiao, your house is fine, I don't need you here, hurry up!" Let's go back."

Qiao Mi wiped the rain from his face slightly and asked, "How is the situation? Are there many flooded places?"

The village chief pointed to the narrow ditch in front of him and said, "This ditch is usually used for drainage. In previous years, it could still be used. Today's rain is too heavy, so it's useless. We just dig it up and wait for the water to drain. A few houses around here have been flooded, but it's not serious, and it will be fine after a while."

Qiao Miwei listened, and the boss comforted her in her heart. If the water can be drained, the village will not be afraid of the heavy rain. She watched it for a while, because the water is too strong, and it is still necessary to stand by the side of the ditch when digging the ditch. Dangerous, the village chief arranged shifts, and replaced people after digging for a while. The efficiency was good, but because the heavy rain fell too fast, the water was stored too fast, and the water potential rose faster, so the speed of drainage was not obvious. Joe After observing for a while, Mi Wei greeted everyone and went back with a shovel in hand.

When she was halfway up the mountain, she heard the roar of thousands of galloping horses, and within two seconds she saw a strip of water rushing down the mountain next to her house. It was a flash flood!

She was so frightened that she stood still and didn't dare to move. The water poured down along the low-lying place where the two mountains connected, unstoppable. The turbid waves seemed to swallow everything, and rushed to the distance roaring. Qiao Miwei's eyes kept on Staring at the flood until it went away, the water level behind it did not drop, but because she knew the direction of the flood, she would not run into her house or wash into the village, so she was relieved.

After watching for a while, they slowly moved back home despite the heavy rain. Qiao Bin and Chen Xuehua were standing at the gate watching the flood. Seeing Qiao Miwei came back, Chen Xuehua grabbed Qiao Miwei, "You're back, and you scared us to death. I'm afraid you'll encounter floods along the way you're going." After groping Qiao Miwei's whole body up and down, and feeling the temperature under her hands, Mother Qiao calmed down, "I just now You and your father were looking at you, when you heard a rumbling sound behind you, and when you looked back, you saw the flood rushing down, it was terrifying."

Qiao Bin also had lingering fears, "Fortunately, the water doesn't go this way."

Qiao Mi smiled and said, "What are you worried about? This house was built by the locals, and it can still be built on the waterway." She forgot her worry just now, and now she turned around and teased the two of them.

Chen Xuehua helped Qiao Miwei take off the poncho, and pushed her back to the house to take a hot shower, "Don't catch a cold."

Qiao Mi nodded slightly. Although she was wearing a poncho, but the heavy rain was too heavy, she was already wet a lot, and she was about to take a hot bath.

After taking a shower and rubbing her clothes, she came out and found that her parents were still watching at the gate. She walked over while wiping her hair, "Don't look at it, you two, aren't you tired after standing for so long? Go back to sleep."

Chen Xuehua looked away, sighed, "It's not a good sign."

The three of them went back to the room in silence, and Qiao Miwei added firewood to the kang of his parents' house, and when the kang heated up, Qiao Bin and Chen Xuehua lay down.

Qiao Miwei went back to the room, packed up and went into Taoyuan. She went to the rice field and looked back and forth. The seedlings were a little wilted, but she was still energetic. She was not sure if the seedlings were alive or not. Dare to move.

After adding fish food to the fish pond, she dug out the tools and continued to plow the land. This time, she planned to plant wheat. She worked hard all night, and she didn't wash her hands and feet in the river until dark and went back to her room to rest. She was lying on the bed and listening to the heavy rain outside, but she couldn't fall asleep anyway. She took out her notebook and looked, and found that the house she ordered with color steel tiles should be ready tomorrow. Not to get it now.

At the beginning, the boss said that it could be done in more than ten days, but it was very difficult when it was actually started, so he called Qiao Miwei. If he wanted to extend the time, Qiao Miwei could only agree, otherwise the other party She couldn't give her the house, so the matter was delayed, and she forgot about it herself. If she hadn't flipped through her notebook today, she might have forgotten about the house.

She took out her mobile phone and checked the time. It was [-]:[-] in the evening, which was not too late. Then she took out the boss's business card from the business card holder, called back, and told the other party that she would pick up the house after the rain stopped. , the other party fully agreed, just let her hurry up, otherwise that thing would take up a lot of space.

Qiao Miwei naturally agreed, and hung up the phone. She rolled on the bed for a long time before falling asleep in a daze. Before sleeping for a few hours, she was woken up by the heat, feeling sweaty and uncomfortable. She looked at the bright sky outside, and got up with a sigh. After more than half a year, she felt that she was sleeping less and less, so she washed up lightly. She first went to the front yard to look at the heavy rain outside. There is no sound at all, but the pond under the mountain has disappeared. It seems that the ditch dug last night has played a role. As long as there is no water here, it will not be afraid of heavy rain.

Although it was raining heavily outside, she couldn't water a drop of water in her yard. Seeing that the garden in the front yard was already a little dry, she carried a bucket to water the ground. When she squatted down to look, she felt that there seemed to be some small seedlings in the ground. outcrop.

Qiao Miwei squatted there excitedly watching for a long time, and then realized that his behavior was a bit stupid, so he went to the backyard to continue farming. In addition to the usual cucumbers and persimmons, her field is planted with cabbage, lettuce, coriander, rape, fennel, sweet potato, kidney beans, strawberries, five melons, and watermelon. Ten, shallots, peppers, kohlrabi, there are many varieties and miscellaneous, and now she knows what to grow in what season, and she still has some seeds in her hand, and she will plant them as soon as June and July come.

Seeing that there are so many vegetables in the garden, Qiao Miwei feels satisfied now. Although the garden is large, the area occupied by each seedling is not too large on average. She is next to the courtyard wall on the other side, There is a space next to the two trees left by the family, and they plan to continue planting some fruit trees. Because the weather is too hot, the two fruit trees in the yard also germinated. Qiao Bin observed carefully, and it was Qiao's father who later figured out the species of the trees. Yes, they turned out to be jujube trees and fig trees that are rare in the north. Qiao Miwei decided to protect these two trees after knowing it, but she also planned to plant two trees in Taoyuan. Have you eaten any fruit?

Seeing that it was still early after planting the garden, she was about to go to the kitchen to make breakfast. As soon as she returned to her room, she saw that Mother Qiao had already woken up. She asked, "Did you sleep well?"

Chen Xuehua nodded, "Very good, how is the rain?"

Qiao Mi shook her head slightly, "I don't see it getting smaller." After she finished speaking, she went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast. The night before, she made pork rib noodles and there were no other leftovers. Qiao Mi thought about it and decided to make potato shredded pancakes. After washing the rice, I grabbed a handful of millet, threw in two dried dates, and cooked the porridge. Then I took out two potatoes, peeled them, shredded them, put them in a small pot, added water, and Add cumin powder and salt, then add flour, stir evenly, turn on the induction cooker and add two tablespoons of oil, when the oil is warm, she pours the batter into the pan, spreads it flat, adjusts to medium heat and fry slowly, wait for it to fry on this side After that, she turned over to the other side and continued frying. After a while, the rice cooker tripped, and the shredded potato cakes were ready. She put the hot cakes on the cutting board, cut them into small pieces with a knife, and put them on the plate. There was also a small pickle missing, so she had to go to the refrigerator again, and when she looked up, she saw half a big white radish. She took out the radish, shredded it, put it into a glass bowl, then turned on the induction cooker, and poured oil on it. , add chopped green onion, pepper noodles and soy sauce, wait until the soy sauce boils, turn off the fire, shake the bottom of the pot gently, wait for the oil temperature to drop slightly, pour the sauce into the shredded radish, then add the old vinegar, mix well, and pick it up with chopsticks Take a bite, it's crispy, crispy and fragrant.

As soon as she put the things on the table, Father Qiao also woke up. While walking to the bathroom, he said, "It's a rare cool day, I slept really well."

Chen Xuehua, who had finished feeding the chickens and ducks over there, said, "No, I also slept comfortably." Seeing the breakfast on the table, he smiled and said, "Yo, breakfast is ready." After speaking, he quickly washed his hands and went to the table.

After Qiao Miwei finished serving three bowls of porridge, Qiao's father also finished washing and sat over, Qiao's mother took a bite of the shredded potato cake and said, "It tastes good."

(End of this chapter)