The next day, the villagers began to bury the dead.
Time was urgent and there was no time to ask a Feng Shui master to calculate the date. There was not even any incense, candles or paper. All the shops in the town and the county had collapsed. Even if you had money, there was no place to buy these things.
It would be OK for some old people who had prepared coffins, burial clothes and shoes in advance before they died. They could just dig them out from the rubble, repair them and use them. But some families are not well off and have not made any preparations in advance for the old people. Their children and grandchildren can only dig out door panels from the rubble with tears in their eyes, and put a few door panels together to make do.
If there are not even enough door panels, you can only use all the boards you can find, such as bed boards and table boards, to piece them together and use them together. At least you have a place to stay and don't have to wrap yourself in a straw mat.
There was a mournful cry on the grave hill. Filial sons knelt before the immortal's grave and cried out, "Your children and grandchildren are unfilial and you will not have a good end in your old age!"
With so many things happening, it was definitely impossible to go to the village school, so Xiaokang and Xiaoqi followed Tian An all day long, accompanying her and directing people to organize the grain in her family's granary.
Although the granary collapsed, the grain was not spoiled. Fortunately, it didn't rain. All we had to do was move the grain out and find a place to store it away from moisture.
Tian An chose a place with relatively high terrain, had people cut down trees to place on the ground, and spread oilcloth on the tree trunks before piling the grain on top. After the grain was piled up, he wrapped it with oilcloth and secured it with hemp ropes.
Most people went to the mountain to help, and the remaining people only moved one-third of the food in a day. The remaining food had to be covered with oilcloth and continued another day.
Time passed quickly and it was the day to perform labor service. Unfortunately, it started to rain in the middle of the night. At first it was just a drizzle and no one paid much attention to it. Only Tian An hurriedly asked people to get up and check the food at home.
As dawn approached, the rain got heavier and heavier. Suddenly, there was a loud thunder, lightning and thunder. The sky seemed to have broken open, and heavy rain poured down. Soon, the low-lying areas were flooded.
When everyone was awakened by the thunder and hurriedly got up, the water on the ground was high enough to float their shoes. A gust of wind blew and the thatch on the roof was directly blown over.
Tian An quickly pulled off the oilcloth from the straw shed and wrapped up Xiaokang and Xiaoqi. Qingmei followed suit and quickly wrapped up the puppy Dan, holding him in her arms.
Tian Mingcai's family also built a straw hut next to Tian An and the others. After a flurry of activity, they finally managed to wrap the four children in oilcloth, but the adults were already soaked.
Seeing that Tian An was only concerned about the two little ones, Zhao Yiming quickly pulled a piece of oilcloth over her to protect her from the wind and rain, while he himself was exposed to the rain and wind.
Seeing this, Tian An quickly pulled him down and pulled the oilcloth towards him so that both of them could cover their heads.
When Zhao Yiming came in, the oilcloth was no longer enough, so he held Tian An in his arms. Tian An protected the two children, while Zhao Yiming protected her.
Seeing that the rain was getting heavier and there was no sign of stopping, Zhao Yiming was shocked and thought of the dam that had cracks.
"An An, the rain is too heavy. It's too dangerous to stay here. We have to find a high place to take shelter." Zhao Yiming shouted loudly.
But even so, Tian An could only hear a few scattered words. There was nothing he could do because the rain was too heavy and the sound was broken by the rain as soon as it came out.
"Brother Yiming, what did you say?" Tian An didn't hear clearly what Zhao Yiming said, so he could only shout at him loudly.
Zhao Yiming vaguely heard her say "what?" and guessed she didn't hear clearly, so he put his mouth close to her ear and said loudly: "It's too dangerous here, we need to take shelter in a higher place."
Tian An heard it clearly this time, but his ears were almost deafened. He rubbed his ears vigorously and then shouted to Zhao Yiming: "Okay."
Zhao Yiming looked at the mountains in front of him, weighed the pros and cons, pointed at one of them and said, "Go up that mountain."
He had just seen Tian An rubbing her ears, so this time he didn't dare get too close to her ears.
Tian An only heard the general idea, but when he looked in the direction of his hand, he understood what he meant.
I stretched out my hand and made an OK gesture to him, then realized that he didn't understand what I meant, so I nodded at him heavily.
"You take the men up the mountain, I'll go notify the others," Zhao Yiming said loudly. After making sure Tian An understood what he meant, he draped the oilcloth over her and walked out into the rain.
Tian An and his men were preparing to go up the mountain. When passing the fork in the road leading to the granary, he thought about it and handed Xiaokang and Xiaoqi over to Deng Xue and Chunxi.
"You two take everyone up the mountain and take good care of Xiaokang and Xiaoqi. I'll be there soon." After saying that, Tian An ran towards the granary.
Grandma Qin, who was supported by Mangzhong and Deng Shuang, shouted a few words from behind, but when no one stopped her, she had no choice but to follow the main group up the mountain.
After being reminded by Zhao Yiming, the villagers saw his family heading up the mountain, so they also took their belongings, children and wives and followed them up the mountain.
After Zhao Yiming informed everyone, he turned around and was about to rush up the mountain when he saw a person who looked somewhat like Tian An running towards the granary.
He hesitated for a moment, then ran towards the granary.
After Tian An arrived at the granary, he checked everywhere and made sure that there was no one around before opening the door and going in.
She wanted to store the food in the space. It was unknown how long this disaster would last. Taking the food outside could save many people. The warehouse was still too low. If a flood really hit, the food would definitely be submerged. That would be a shame. It would be safer to store it in the space.
The warehouse had no roof and was filled with water. The food on the bottom layer definitely couldn't be kept, so they just left it there as a cover.
She simply placed her hand gently on the grain covered by the oilcloth. With a thought, half of the grain in the granary, except for the grain on the bottom layer, disappeared out of thin air in an instant.
"Done." Tian An clapped his hands and was about to run away.
As a result, when she turned around, she saw Zhao Yiming looking at her in shock and disbelief.
Tian An's mind went blank, and her face turned pale. Her first thought was, "It's over! Zhao Yiming must have mistaken her for a monster!"
In just a moment, Tian An thought of countless explanations, but in the end she rejected them all. How else could she explain it when others had seen it with their own eyes?
"Could it be that the rain was too heavy and he was dizzy and saw it wrong?" Don't be ridiculous. He doesn't even believe such a far-fetched reason.
Just as Tian An was thinking about how to explain this matter to Zhao Yiming, a rumbling sound suddenly came from the distance, followed by a scream of "Ah..." that resounded through the sky.
When Tian An looked up, he saw a surging and rolling mountain torrent in the distance, and an uncle who fell behind was swallowed up in an instant.
Tian An's face turned even paler, and a chill instantly ran through her body. She felt her feet had lost all feeling.
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