Ye Yunniang prayed in her heart that Bao Min would withstand Cai Damei's wrath.
Bao Min had no idea that Cai Damei was waiting for him.
They emptied the secret room of gold and silver, keeping Bao Min so busy he barely had time to breathe.
He had to plan how to use part of it as wages and the rest to buy materials to build the river embankment.
In addition, personnel were assigned to inspect and repair houses in Jiangcheng and its subordinate counties, townships, and villages, and to prepare for rain.
After the river embankment was completed, the people wondered what Bao Min would do next.
The long-awaited clouds reappeared in the cloudless sky.
The clouds are getting thicker and thicker.
A loud rumble rang out.
Ye Yunniang came out of the house and looked up at the sky.
It's going to rain.
It's finally going to rain!
Boom! Whoosh! A torrential downpour!
"It's raining!"
It's raining—
The crowd cheered with joy.
Some young people, undeterred by the cold, ran into the rain to experience the downpour.
When it started raining, the people were overjoyed and cheered.
It has been more than two years since the last rain.
It's raining, there's water, we can farm.
With food available, they will not starve.
Three days after the torrential rain, the people showed no smiles.
Two weeks later, people started to panic.
The low-lying area has been flooded, and the people living there have been relocated.
The Wanxia Lane where Ye Yunniang and the others live is on the edge of the city, in a high location, so there's no need to worry for now.
Ye Yunniang checks the cellar every day to make sure there's no water in.
The people Bao Min arranged dug the cellar very well; there was no water seepage.
After another ten days or so of rain, water began to accumulate in the alley of Wanxia Lane, and the water could not drain out of the small courtyard.
As the rain continued, the yard became flooded. Sandbags were piled up at the entrance to block the rain.
If it keeps raining, it's only a matter of time before water gets into the house.
"Yunniang, we're moving to Jinyu Mantang. Why don't you come with us?"
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