Chapter 204: Continuous Rain (Additional chapter for Yunqi's recommendation votes of 190,000)
Of course, the water in one night could not flood the school, after all, it was still quite a distance away from the river.
So Zhou Silang, who ran over to visit, came back quickly, but he was soaked even with an umbrella after going and coming back.
But the weather wasn't cold, so he didn't care much and said, "Master asked me to come back. The Bai family also sent someone over, saying that we would temporarily move to the Bai family's house after the rain stopped. However, Mr. Zhuang didn't seem very willing and declined."
However, before he came back, the Bai family was still there, and the village chief and several other families in the village whose children were studying there had sent people to check on them.
Old Zhou nodded and said, "Whether you go or not, wait until the rain stops and then go take a look. If they need to move, you can help. The furniture and books in Mr. Zhuang's yard must also be moved."
Zhou Silang agreed.
However, they were all too optimistic. Since the morning, the rain had never really stopped. Even at the lightest point, there was a drizzle, not heavy, but annoying.
Then, in less than three quarters of an hour, it began to grow bigger again. When it was at its loudest, there were lightning and thunder just like last night. It should have been a bright afternoon, but dark clouds were pressing down, as if night had fallen.
Old Zhou sat on the doorstep, looking up at the dark clouds, his expression becoming more and more solemn.
Manbao was sitting next to him, also looking up at the dark clouds, in a similar posture to how he and his daughter had looked up at the sky yesterday under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village.
After a night of heavy rain, the rain subsided again. Someone knocked on the Zhou family's front door. Without even opening the door, the person walked to the wall, stood on tiptoe, and peeked inside, calling out, "Uncle, open the door! I'm Dazhu."
Zhou Liulang jumped into the water first and ran to open the door.
Zhou Dazhu didn't even go in. He stood outside and shouted, "Uncle, my father asked each family to send one person to clean the ditches on the other side of Xiaowan and Dawan."
Zhou Silang was shocked. "It's raining."
Zhou Dazhu smiled bitterly. "I have to go. My father took advantage of the light rain at noon to take a look. The water on the road and the overflowing river have all flooded in. Some fields are low and the crops are half submerged. A large piece of your field to the east has been completely washed away."
When Old Zhou heard this, he couldn't sit still any longer. He thought for a moment and said, "Big brother, you go. Second brother, you take the third and fourth brothers and put on straw raincoats and go take a look. You have to look at every field... Forget it, I'll go with you."
"Is there not enough raincoats at home?"
Old Zhou ignored them and took one for himself. After thinking for a moment, he said to them, "The rain isn't too heavy. You're young, so it's okay to get wet."
Zhou Dalang and his brothers: ...
Upon hearing this, Qian came out of the house, glared at him and said, "The ground is very slippery now. Why are you joining in the fun at your age? Let the second and third sons go. Big brother, you go with the villagers to clean the ditch."
Of course they would listen to their mother.
Zhou Erlang silently pulled the raincoat away from his father. Manbao was eager to try it out, but before she could say anything, her mother nodded at her and said, "Don't try to do anything bad to me. If I find out that you went out in the rain, I'll beat your butt."
Manbao subconsciously covered his butt and went back to the house silently.
She felt like she had nothing in common with them, so she started chatting with Keke, "How long do you think this rain will last?"
Koko was silent for a long time, then finally said, "I can't predict the weather, but based on the cloud distribution and the activity of atmospheric water molecules that I've scanned so far, I conservatively estimate it will rain for at least three days."
Manbao's eyes lit up, "Then I can have three days off?"
Koko: ...
Manbao was happy for a moment, then slumped his shoulders and said, "But it's so boring not being able to go out and play when it rains. I might as well go to school."
Koko breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately its host was not a complete loser.
"Yes, and this kind of heavy rain is very destructive to current production and operations. The host should think about stopping the rain as soon as possible."
Manbao was stunned. "Can I make it stop?"
"……cannot."
Even in the future, it would be very risky to disperse such a large-scale thunderstorm cloud. If it were smaller... No, no, it's a collection system, even if it were smaller it would be impossible.
"Then I can only pray to the Lord of Heaven." Manbao walked to the doorstep and sat down. He clasped his hands together and looked up at the sky, making a wish: "Lord of Heaven, please stop raining soon. I'm so worried."
Maybe Lord Tianzun didn't hear what Manbao said. The rain continued until the evening. It stopped briefly and then started to drizzle again.
After they finished dinner and went back to their rooms, they were almost falling asleep when a heavy rain started to pour outside.
Manbao opened her hazy eyes and it took her a while to come to her senses. Listening to the heavy rain outside, she began to worry from the bottom of her heart. Could there really be a flood like Koko said?
But she can't swim. What if she gets washed away by the water?
Should I go find my parents first, so I can just hold my father’s arm when the time comes…
Manbao was lost in thought and gradually fell asleep again. In her dream, she was splashed to the bottom of the river by the water. She kicked her legs and then woke up.
I opened my eyes and looked outside. There was light outside, but it was still raining.
This rain was beyond everyone's expectations, including Mr. Zhuang.
Although he was full of worries, he didn't have time to think too much, because the river water had risen rapidly and had reached the school gate. If it rose further, it would flood the school.
He had no choice but to follow Mr. Bai's advice and temporarily move all the furniture and books in the courtyard to the Bai family.
Fortunately, it is already the third day. Although there is a lot of rain, it is not raining all day like before. Instead, it has changed to intermittent rain, and sometimes the sun comes out for a while.
But looking at the dark clouds rolling in the sky, Mr. Zhuang didn't think the situation was much better.
He was very worried and came to join in the fun. No, Manbao, who came to help, was also worried. Seeing that the gentleman was looking up at the sky like her father, she also looked up and asked, "Sir, will this rain continue for another three days?"
Three more days of rain is the conclusion of Coco after another scan, but it also said that the rainfall will decrease.
But this is not good news for Qili Village, which is about to be flooded.
Because even if the rainfall has decreased, the duration of the rain is still very long.
Mr. Zhuang sighed and said, "It's hard to say. If it goes down any further, I'm afraid the dam upstream won't be able to bear it."
“It was just repaired last year.”
"Yeah, I should be thankful that it was repaired last year, otherwise..."
Otherwise, Qili Village would have been flooded on the first night.
Mr. Zhuang looked at the dark clouds and said in a deep voice, "The situation in Qili Village is okay, but I wonder how it is elsewhere?"
Manbao sighed, "It's a pity we don't have wings, otherwise we could fly and see."
Even though Mr. Zhuang was filled with worry, he couldn't help but smile. He stroked her little head and said happily, "What a child! How dare a bird fly out when it rains? Even if you have wings, you can't fly out when it rains."
Manbao pondered it for a moment, and it was indeed true. After a moment's thought, he said, "What about a thousand-mile ear? With it, one can hear people talking from far away, and thus know whether it will rain or not."
Mr. Zhuang couldn't help laughing, and then said, "Come over to study tomorrow as soon as the rain stops. I'll give you and Bai Shan and Bai Cheng extra lessons.
Manbao was stunned.
(End of this chapter)
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