Chapter 128 It’s Raining

The path the villagers were talking about was a wild road covered with thorns and overgrown weeds. If you were not familiar with the terrain, you would not be able to find your way to the other side at all.

Led by the villagers, they took a rugged and steep path around the point where the fire was the heaviest and successfully reached the opposite side of Tongxinling.

The flames raged in the night, illuminating tense and determined faces.

Someone took the lead and shouted, "Don't be afraid, let's go together and clear the way!"

These words were like a shot in the arm, and many villagers who were originally panicked and at a loss responded. They threw away their fear, resolutely picked up hoes, sickles, and even branches, and rushed forward.

As the hoe was swung, the thorns were broken and the weeds were lifted up in patches. Amidst the flying dust, a lifeline gradually emerged. The villagers were sweating, but their eyes became more determined.

In the light of the fire, a group of people dressed in official uniforms suddenly appeared in the south, marching in neat and powerful steps.

The villagers were stunned at first, then burst into cheers: "Look, it's the police! The county government sent us to help!"

Hope is like a spring in the desert, instantly nourishing everyone's heart.

They all stopped what they were doing, tears and excitement flashing in their eyes, and rushed towards the team of "officials" as if they had found their backbone.

Wang Xiaoer stood in front of the crowd, waving his arms and shouting loudly: "Everyone, follow me!" Under his leadership, the crowd's morale was high and they formed an unstoppable force, advancing towards the place where the fire was brighter.

Half an hour later, the firebreak slowly took shape, and heavy raindrops began to fall.

The villagers, whose faces were almost dried by the sun, touched the raindrops dripping on their faces and couldn't help crying with joy. The tears and rain mixed together, blurring their vision but clarifying the hope in their hearts.

They looked up at the gray sky, as if they could see God's mercy through the clouds.

The rain gradually became heavier, soaking their clothes, but it could not extinguish the fire in their hearts.

They supported each other, murmuring, "Great, great, God, you finally opened your eyes. It seems that God will not abandon me, Tongxinling!"

"We're saved, we're saved, it's raining!"

"Thank goodness, it's raining!"

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Many people threw down the hoes in their hands, knelt on the ground excitedly and kowtowed continuously, with tears and smiles on their faces!

Zhang San reached out and wiped the dirt off his face, sighing in his heart, this Miss Xia is really an amazing person, she said it would rain, and it really rained!

In a moment of joy, he reached out and took off the whip from his waist, and lashed at Helian Zhi: "Why are you stopping? Hurry up and work for me. Don't think you don't have to work just because it's raining. We must finish the work today before the fire starts again!"

The rain comes in bursts, and I don't know how long it will last.

They are afraid that the fire in the mountain will not be put out and will eventually reignite, so they have to build a firebreak quickly!

Helian Zhi and his men were like driven slaves, suffering terribly, as if their family was the one that was burned down.

Helian Rong's face had long been blackened by smoke. At first, she thought Xia Xing'er was dreaming, but when she was really pushed out to put out the fire, she hoped all the time that it would rain.

She didn't expect that it would actually rain!

She didn't think it was Xia Xing'er's credit. It must be that God heard her prayers and sent down the rain!

Yes, that must be the case!

Seeing that Zhang San was about to swing the whip at her, she didn't dare to be immersed in her own thoughts anymore, so she picked up the hoe and started working quickly.

At first, she couldn't even hold a hoe, but after being whipped a few times, she now uses a hoe more skillfully than Helian Zhi.

Helian Rong didn't know what the meaning of her life was now. She didn't have enough to eat or sleep well every day, and she had to keep walking.

The once harmonious family is now torn apart, with my father and my second brother in a group.

My eldest brother was half dead every day. Ye Qingyu had been acting crazy for half a month, and kept shouting: "System, system, where are you? Come out quickly, I can't live without you..."

She now feels that there is a green grassland above her elder brother's head, so green that you can even run horses on it.

But my eldest brother is immersed in his own world every day and doesn't care at all.

That girl called System is so despicable. She actually dared to cheat on her own big brother. Don't let her know where he is. If she knows, she will definitely kill him.

The only thing to be thankful for is that his mother woke up and he was no longer an orphan.

She was originally a rich lady, and had never done such rough work.

When had she ever suffered so much? It was that bitch Xia Xing'er who caused all this. It was all her fault!

Even though she was extremely unwilling, she had no other choice now. She only hoped to reach the place of exile as soon as possible so that she could escape this miserable life.

The rain continued to fall in bursts until the evening. When Zhang San and others finished work and went back, Xia Qingyu also came back with a few carts of food.

Along with the grain carts came many doctors carrying medicine boxes, all of whom he had summoned from the county town.

"I can only buy this much food for now. Eat it first. I'll find a way to deal with it when it's not enough!"

Xia Qingyu was very happy to see that the wildfire had been put out, but when he thought about his current lack of food and clothing, he couldn't help but frown.

He stood in the rain, his eyes sweeping across the land ravaged by fire. He saw the villagers in tattered clothes, with pale faces and thin bodies. Many of them were sitting around a simple fire, warming their wet bodies. Their eyes showed both the relief of surviving the disaster and confusion about the future.

Xia Chengsheng came out and said, "We've checked with the villagers here. This wildfire has burned down a total of 783 houses. Three villages have suffered heavy casualties, with over 500 people dead and 893 burned!"

As soon as this number came out, everyone fell silent. They really couldn't imagine what the scene would be like if there hadn't been this rain.

Xia Qingyu said in a deep voice, "The entire Yushan County has run out of food. I went to the county government office to ask, and the county magistrate said that the entire county government has been out of food for a long time."

Zhang San was shocked. "How is this possible? The entire county government collects taxes from the people twice a year: the summer tax and the autumn harvest tax. Two taxes a year, one in fifteen. Even if the harvest is terrible, it's impossible for the entire county government to be unable to provide any grain at all!"

Xia Qingyu said with a bitter face: "I had to lead people to travel all over Yushan County to buy these carts of food."

What Xia Xing'er was thinking was that the county magistrate was just following the rules, and he couldn't be said to be wrong. After all, this was a matter of life and death.

But does the county government really have no food?

Is it true that the county government has no manpower to come to the rescue?

Since the county magistrate was so tactless and didn't take the initiative to take out the food, she could only do him a favor and take out the food for him.