frightfiction Chapter 248 Flood
Chapter 248 Flood
As the autumn harvest was approaching, the weather forecast said that there might be continuous heavy rain, so the team hurried to harvest the rice early.
But after only two-thirds of the harvest had been collected, it started to rain heavily and continued to rain.
The team couldn't care less. After the machine couldn't go down, everyone picked up sickles and rushed down to cut the rice.
I don’t know how long this rain will last, so the more we can harvest, the better.
They didn't rest at night either, the whole team was scrambling for rice and soybeans.
Meals were also provided at the brigade headquarters. Each person was given a bowl of brown sugar and ginger water. After drinking it, they went back to work in the fields. Many people were sick, but they still had to continue to participate in the harvest.
The wet rice and soybeans were distributed to everyone. They dried them on the kang and slept on the floor at night.
We worked like this for a week and finally got back all the soybeans and rice!
As for the corn cobs, let's wait until the rain stops. There is no place to dry them now, and they will easily go bad if they are piled up. Many people in the team have fallen ill.
Every day everyone was busy drying the rice they brought, packing it and piling it in the house, and then going to the brigade headquarters to get the wet grain and continue drying it. The wet grain would sprout directly at the end.
That night, there were lightning, thunder and heavy rain. Jiang Yanqiu tossed and turned but couldn't fall asleep.
Suddenly, she remembered the treasure at the scrap collection station, so she jumped up and went into the space, got on her bike and went straight to the scrap station.
This kind of weather is perfect for doing bad things!
No one knew who the treasure belonged to, but even now it still showed that it was ill-gotten gains. Jiang Yanqiu didn't care who it belonged to, as long as she took the ill-gotten gains!
When they arrived at the scrap collection station, Jiang Yanqiu first used smoke to knock out the guards, then collected all the scrap copper piled on top of the treasure in the yard into the space, and then began digging.
When they dug down, they found that it was sealed with cement. However, this did not pose a problem for Jiang Yanqiu, as she had plenty of tools in her space.
She took out an electric drill and drilled a hole. Using explosives would have been easier, but she used an electric drill because she was afraid of damaging the things inside.
After digging a hole, they found a basement inside, which was full of things. Jiang Yanqiu put all the boxes into the space. There were a total of fifty large camphorwood boxes!
After making sure nothing was missing, she put some more stones in to fill it in. Before leaving, she also used the space to restore the yard to its original appearance.
After the heavy rain stops, the traces of her digging should no longer be visible!
After returning, Jiang Yanqiu opened the box with great joy. Most of the items inside were gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
What surprised her even more was that the copper boxes that Wang Haiyang had been searching for were still there! Five of them at once!
These treasures still have an owner. She used to think it was a relative of Wang Haiyang who was in charge of the scrap yard, but now she is not sure!
If these things really belonged to Wang Haiyang's relatives, why did he ask around for the whereabouts of the copper box before? Wasn't it just to vindicate his parents and father-in-law and mother-in-law?
If his relatives had these things, there was no way they wouldn't tell him, unless...
Moreover, according to the plot in the book, the first thing Wang Haiyang did after returning to China after being rehabilitated was to go straight to the Shanshui Brigade.
Before, Jiang Yanqiu thought he came back for nostalgia, but after knowing about these treasures, she felt that it was more likely that Wang Haiyang came back to take these treasures away.
But now that there are these five copper boxes inside, it’s hard to say.
Jiang Yanqiu couldn't figure it out, so she simply stopped thinking about it.
She is not smart and is too lazy to think about it. If she can't figure it out, she will wait for an opportunity to hand it in and let the people above investigate it themselves!
Jiang Yanqiu had just finished washing up and fallen asleep when she was awakened by a loud noise. She quickly got up, put on her raincoat, and went out to see what was going on.
People living in low-lying areas have been flooded and are evacuating to higher ground. A lot of water has also accumulated in the front yard of the educated youth site.
Jiang Yanqiu also felt strange. There wasn't so much water when she just came, so how come there was so much water all of a sudden?
The third team leader ran to the educated youth camp in the rain and shouted, "You educated youth, pack up all your valuables and put all the food on the beams. When the water reaches your knees, pick up your valuables and quickly retreat to the mountains. Don't worry about the food. Do you understand?"
"understood!"
Everyone was busy packing up their things, the most common of which was the dried grain that had been recently delivered.
There was no room for housing in the brigade headquarters before, so we didn’t move there. We just packed everything up and put it on the roof beams.
Fortunately, the rain stopped before it flooded the area, but the water was still rising. The brigade also organized young people who could swim to go to other brigades for rescue.
As long as their place is flooded, other brigades will definitely not be able to escape. This is one of the reasons why the brigade has been reluctant to move away.
The female educated youth at the educated youth point, Jiang Yanqiu, Gu Qingqing, Tian Mi, Li Yun, and Zhou Qianru, can all swim, and they all signed up to participate in the rescue!
Gu Qingshi was the only male educated youth there, and the other three couldn't swim, so no one took care of the three newcomers.
The team took out the little-used small boats, with three people in each boat, and everyone carried them aboard.
This road is like a vast ocean. If people can't get through, they have to row a boat.
When we arrived at the next brigade, we saw that many houses in low-lying areas were flooded.
Jiang Yanqiu and her colleagues were responsible for rescuing those trapped on rooftops and trees and moving them to a safe place.
When it was almost dark, the rescue team from the nearby military unit arrived.
The man continued the search and rescue, while the woman went back to do logistical work.
The next day, everyone went to the brigade headquarters together, sorted out the herbs for relieving wind and cold in the brigade warehouse, and sent them to the commune or other brigades.
The flood was caused by the collapse of the river embankment. It happened in the middle of the night, and the losses were most severe near the collapsed river embankment. People did not have time to move away, let alone property.
On the third day, the water level finally dropped. The losses in Linjiang Commune were relatively small, but many people were missing and many houses collapsed. However, the grain that had been collected earlier was saved and could still be eaten even if it was moldy.
This flood is even more serious than the one in 1969. However, it is now the autumn harvest season. The wheat harvest is over, and those who are diligent can still collect some grain so that there will not be a complete loss.
After the water level dropped, everyone rushed to harvest the corn. Most of the corn had fallen over, so machines couldn't be used and it had to be harvested by hand.
Judging from the situation, there won't be much food to distribute this year. The brigade has arranged for people to dry the dug sweet potatoes and potatoes, instead of distributing them to individuals as in previous years.
The commune was also keeping an eye on the Shanshui Brigade's food supply, and they sent people over to keep an eye on it before the road was even opened.
Shanshui Brigade has many mountains and is the least affected. It would be strange if the commune did not keep an eye on them to collect grain.
Once the road was opened, all the grain seeds were taken away without leaving any seeds, regardless of whether they had sprouted or not. The remaining wheat, rice and soybeans were also taken away.
This year's wheat was distributed after the public grain tax was paid. The only things left in the granary were wheat seeds and emergency grain, which have now been taken away.
Anyway, the commune sent people to supervise the entire autumn harvest. Once the crops were collected, they were registered and taken away without any grade assessment.
The team leaders did not stop him. Although the team leader was usually stubborn, he knew his limits when faced with major events.
After the flood, Jiang Yanqiu and his colleagues were recommended by the brigade to join the party because of their outstanding performance in rescuing people from the disaster.
No one had ever thought about joining the party before. If Secretary Wang hadn't brought it up, they wouldn't have thought about joining the party.
After the autumn harvest, everyone except Gu Qingqing and Qiao Lei, who were teachers, packed up their luggage and went to repair the river embankment.
We set up camp directly on the river bank. It was called camping, but in fact it was just a shack made of corn stalks.
The gap that was washed away was large, and the troops had rushed to repair it before. After the autumn harvest, the surrounding production teams and military corps came to repair the river embankment.
Grain and oil were distributed by various communes. The vegetable brigade arranged to deliver radishes and potatoes, and the commune also distributed some fish, meat, eggs, and tofu from time to time to improve the food.
Generally speaking, the treatment is quite good. No wonder many people in the brigade are willing to participate in agricultural infrastructure construction. They eat well, earn work points, and save their own food.
However, a lot of the grain distributed this year has sprouted. Some taste sour, and some taste very bitter, but no one has any objections, as long as it doesn't kill people.