Chapter 034 Chapter 34 Flood Warning

The next day, Lin Yue got up quietly at dawn. The rain last night was heavy and fast, but in the morning it turned into a drizzle. She locked the door while the two little ones were still asleep, and went up to the dam of the reservoir alone.

She tossed and turned the whole night last night, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that what Zhang Shoucang said made sense.

The entire Dacang Mountain stretches for more than 20 miles, with mountain ranges running all the way. Xiaotian Village is located at the intersection of two hills. The structure of the village is high in the north and low in the south. The reservoir is located in the southwest of the village. Lin Yue's home is in the southeast of the village. If there is a flood, the water will rush out of the reservoir and her home will definitely be flooded.

Lin Yue is not alone now, she also has two children to take care of. But she dare not take chances and take the safety of herself and her two children lightly.

She climbed up the dam and saw that the reservoir was almost full of rainwater. She didn't know the structure of the dam, and didn't know where the flood discharge Zhang Shoucang mentioned would come from, but she could see that if the rain didn't stop, the dam would collapse in a few days.

Without hesitation, she raised her hand and pumped out one third of the water in the reservoir.

The reservoir in Xiaotian Village is not small, and Lin Yue does not have enough space to store so much water. She can only store the water in the thick fog.

In her perception, this space was revealed from the mist based on the soil she had taken in. But now she was surprised to find that the mist had slowly dispersed in one area, revealing a small lake. Although it was still very turbid, she could clearly see that there was land on the lakeshore. Unlike the yellow soil she had taken in, the color of the soil by the lake was very similar to the black soil she had seen in her previous life.

Lin Yue stood on the dam and thought for a long time before turning around. It turned out that the space itself had soil. Otherwise, the little soil she collected from outside would not be enough for her to grow crops. It would be better to grow vegetables in flower pots.

When we got home, the two kids were still sleeping soundly.

The sky outside was still dark and it was impossible to tell the time. Lin Yue still hadn't gotten a watch yet, but judging by the time the little brother and sister woke up, it shouldn't be too late.

The people in the village were not rich, and most of them did not have a separate firewood room. Thanks to the recent rainy days, the firewood and straw were soaked by the rain. Fortunately, Lin Yue had a space with a lot of straw stored inside, so it was not affected to make a fire and cook.

She made a triangular stove with mud next to the stove, which could hold a clay pot for cooking porridge. This morning we had millet porridge, boiled eggs and fried potato cakes.

The meal was ready, and the two kids got up after smelling the food. Little Wanli had a cute face, holding a rabbit made of scraps of cloth in his arms, sitting on the kang very seriously. No one could tell that he was actually in a daze. Little Lingling rested one hand on the kang, rubbed his eyes with the other hand, and shouted, "Mom, hold Lingling, Lingling needs to pee!"

Lin Yue hurried into the house and couldn't help but mutter, "Lingling, be good. We are little girls. We can't say pee, but we can say pee, ...

Lingling pouted her lips and said unwillingly: "Why? That's what Brother Lele said."

Lin Yue was helpless. There were not many children in the village who could play with them. There were a few little girls around six or seven years old, but they were either too far away or they could not play together.

The advantage of playing with a group of naughty boys every day is that both children have good physical development. The disadvantage is that Xiao Lingling has no concept of being a girl at all, and is becoming more and more like a tomboy.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with being a tomboy, she was just worried that her child wouldn't be able to establish the correct concept of men and women and would have gender barriers. Maybe it was a little too much, but she had never been a mother before, so she could only figure it out on her own.

It was not cold this season, so the clothes they wore were light, and the two kids could change their clothes by themselves. Lin Yue did not help them, but only gave them some occasional reminders. He stood by the kang and waited for them to pull up their pants crookedly, then he carried them down to pee, wash their faces and brush their teeth.

Lin Yue couldn't buy a children's toothbrush and toothpaste specifically for brushing children's teeth, so he could only use the same adult toothbrush and toothpaste as her. At that time, toothbrushes had transparent plastic handles of various colors, and there was no distinction between soft and hard bristles. All of them were hard bristles, like shoe brushes in later times. They were not cheap, but fortunately they could be bought without a ticket.

Lin Yue himself felt uncomfortable using such a toothbrush, and the two little ones disliked brushing their teeth even less.

Lin Yue finally finished washing the two children and made two Nezha hairstyles for Xiao Lingling. Xiao Wanli had already set up the small square table and ponytail for dining and was sitting at the table waiting for dinner.

Lin Yue brought the meal to the table, patted little Wanli's head, and praised: "Our Wanli is really capable!"

Little Lingling walked with his short legs to the cupboard, got a handful of chopsticks and spoons, and tilted his head upward, waiting for his mother to praise him.

Lin Yue ignored the chopsticks on the table that were enough for ten people, closed his eyes and praised: "Well, Lingling is also great, she can help me with the work!"

Ling Ling was dissatisfied: "Mom, Ling Ling is a little tiger, you said little tigers are awesome!"

When little Wanli heard this, he quickly said, "Mom, I'm a giant dinosaur!"

All right, today it's the little tiger and the big dinosaur. "Little tiger is awesome! The big dinosaur is awesome too! Come eat, little tiger and big dinosaur, let's have a competition to see who eats faster and better, okay?"

She sincerely felt that she had chosen the wrong job in her previous life. She should have been a kindergarten teacher.

After breakfast, the village cadres came to our house. The team was afraid of flooding, so they notified the families living in the south of the village to move to higher ground for shelter. In case the dam could not hold up and burst, it was important to keep the family safe.

There were several families living in the south of the village, and the team asked them to find their own place first. However, the houses were not big these days, and there were many people in the family, so most of them had seven or eight people sleeping on a big kang. It was not easy for these families to find a place to stay, but fortunately, several cadres added that if they couldn't find a place to live, the team could arrange it for them.

As soon as they left, Zhang Shouliang came over with a large wooden basin on his head, and panted and told Lin Yue: "My mother told you to live in my house. My eldest brother lives in the staff dormitory recently. You can sleep with my eldest sister-in-law!"

Lin Yue agreed with a smile. The two little ones saw Zhang Shouliang's strange look, and they struggled to climb off the kang and run into the rain.

Zhang Shouliang had some friends waiting for him, so when he got the message, he ran away.

It was impossible to go out and play on such a day, and the house was small. It was okay for a few days occasionally, but they couldn't go out for so many days in a row. The two children were already anxious. When they saw Zhang Shouliang running away, they were so anxious that they almost cried. Lin Yue had no choice but to put on straw sandals for them, give each of them a smaller basin, and run madly in the rain for a while.

Seeing that their clothes were wet, she coaxed them into the house and carried them to the kang to change their clothes. The two little guys still refused to settle down, so Lin Yue had no choice but to tell them a story.

Lin Yue had almost forgotten the stories she had heard when she was a child. The only ones she still remembered were about values ​​and outlook on life. She was afraid of giving her child the wrong guidance, so she could only make up a story about a little tiger who went back to the age of dinosaurs and went on adventures with his good friends.

"…The little tiger walked and walked, and finally met a little triceratops. It didn't recognize the little triceratops, so it asked: 'Hello, strange guy, have you seen my father and mother? They look like me.'"

Little Wanli pouted, tears were about to fall, and Lin Yue was so scared that he stopped talking. Just as he was about to coax him, Xiao Lingling started asking a thousand whys: "Mom, why is the little tiger calling him mommy?"

"Mom, what is dad? Is it daddy?"

"Mom, what's this weird guy?"

Little Wanli's attention was diverted and his tears stopped immediately.

Lin Yue was busy answering questions for little Lingling when little Wanli suddenly asked, "Mom, where is our father? Wanli had a father before, but why doesn't he have one now?"

Lin Yue...Okay, they are of the same generation now!

She thought to herself, you drank the maltose your father sent you this morning, and now you say your father is dead. You are really a good son of your father!

Soon after Zhang Yuandong returned to the army, he sent back another large package, which contained a large bag of various foods, ranging from maltose, canned fruit, to dates, grapes, dried fish, dried shrimps, and candies. There were also several meat and grain coupons that were valid throughout the country.

There was also a letter sent with the package. Lin Yue opened it and saw only a short line of words: "You have arrived safely at the unit. You can contact the unit by phone. I hope you are well." Lin Yue felt that with just these few words, sending a telegram would not be much more expensive than sending it by mail.

In the following months, Zhang Yuandong would send back some supplementary food every month, which made Lin Yue wonder how much he was actually paid.

Every time a package was sent, there was a letter. Although the handwriting was short, the caring meaning was very obvious. Especially for the two children, Lin Yue could see that he really cared about these two children.

The change was so great, and combined with what he blurted out that day, Lin Yue immediately understood that he must have guessed something.

When it comes to unsolvable problems, Lin Yue's motto is "Nothing is difficult as long as you are willing to work hard." It only took her three days from being nervous to giving up. Now she doesn't care at all. She even wants to confess.

Maybe because he had saved him, Zhang Yuandong's letters were always well-intentioned. Lin Yue felt bad for accepting so many things from him, so he wrote back a letter some time ago, briefly describing the situation at home, saying that everything was fine and asking him to rest assured outside and not to worry. He also asked him to keep some money and tickets for himself and not to send so many things home.

As a result, I never received a reply after I sent the letter. In the past half month, I only received the remittance slip from the army, and I didn’t even receive the package that was sent on time every month.

What Lin Yue didn't know was that Zhang Yuandong's package was not sent by mail this time, but was held in someone's arms and was on the way.