The dog excitedly ran back and delivered the message to the people in both caves.
"Great! Great! At this rate, the water should be almost completely receded by tomorrow!"
"We should be able to get down the mountain by the day after tomorrow at the latest! That's great, I want to go back and check if my house is still there!"
"My chickens! My hard-earned laying hens! Two of them can lay two eggs a day! I wonder if they're still there when I go back home, boohoo."
Upon hearing the good news that the floodwaters had receded, everyone was overjoyed and wept with excitement, eager to return home and see how things were going. Everyone says natural disasters and man-made calamities are unavoidable, but how would they survive now...?
Xu Zijiang didn't have any attachment to those things. He might feel a little regretful, but life was more important. At least everyone on his team was alive and well, and that was enough. The rest could be dealt with slowly.
Thinking about it, he looked at Yu Jiu's beautiful profile, a smile flashing in his deep eyes. The young educated youth was truly his lucky star! If it weren't for the young educated youth, he wouldn't have let everyone go up the mountain so quickly. Even if they were to go, it would have been on the day the flood came, which would have been too late. Young people would be fine, but how could the elderly and children move?
Even if we don't get swept away by the flood, getting injured is inevitable. We're already very lucky to be able to stay here safely.
Why are you looking at me?
Yu Jiu felt his burning gaze. He raised his eyebrows and looked at her, his pretty face regaining some of its former radiance. His almond-shaped eyes widened and shone brightly.
I want to kiss you.
Xu Zi leaned closer and whispered in her ear, his voice sexy and deep. Yu Jiu's earlobe instantly felt tingly. She glanced at him coquettishly and then leaned in to whisper back.
"No."
Then she raised a mischievous smile, tilted her head playfully, and ran back to the educated youth settlement. She still wanted to sleep with Yu Caihong and the others that night, otherwise it would be too much. They were all lovey-dovey during the day and very clingy with Xu Zijiang at night.
Xu Zi watched helplessly as his wife ran away. He glanced at his injured leg and sighed in exasperation. Oh well, there were too many people around now, so it wasn't a good time to kiss her. Once the floodwaters receded, he would definitely kiss her back with interest!
He closed his eyes tightly and fell asleep again, dreaming of Yu Jiu's hazy, graceful figure.
The next morning around 7 a.m., everyone erupted in huge cheers.
"The water has receded by half! The rain has stopped! The sun is out!"
"Great! Great! The rain has stopped and the water won't rise anymore!"
Xu Zijiang was awakened by everyone's joyful shouts. Dragging his injured leg, he went down to check. The wound had receded by half. At this rate, he should be able to go down the mountain and go home by tonight. Thinking of this, Xu Zijiang waved his hand and gave the order.
"The food has been distributed to everyone. Once everyone has filled their stomachs, we'll prepare to head down the mountain tonight!"
Knowing that everyone was eager to get down the mountain, he didn't suggest waiting until the next day and simply went along with their wishes.
"Great! That's wonderful! We can finally go down the mountain! It was so suffocating in the cave; everyone could smell my farts."
"Hey kid, we don't even mind the stench of your farts, but you're worried about being embarrassed?"
Everyone was laughing and joking, their faces ashen, but they still had the energy to crack jokes. In any case, going home was the best option!
At 5 PM, the water receded to knee level, and by 6 PM, it had reached ankle level. Although the roads were still muddy and flooded, this did not dampen everyone's enthusiasm for returning home. Today, Xu Zijiang did not lead the charge but instead selected several strong young men who could swim to go back first to check on the flood situation in the team's area and whether it was suitable to return.
The terrain inside the team is a bit lower, and the water is about up to the middle of an adult's calves, but it doesn't affect walking anymore. It is estimated that it will recede almost completely in another hour. Floods come suddenly and go quickly.
“Okay, in that case, each family can send one or two adults to go back and collect their belongings and clean up the mess. Once the floodwaters have completely receded, they can come back and bring the elderly and children back.”
"Okay, we'll do as the captain says!"
Xu Zijiang's arrangement was reasonable, so everyone went back in batches. Originally, Yu Jiu also wanted to go down the mountain to Xu Zijiang's house to tidy up so that he could recuperate as soon as he got down the mountain, but Xu Zijiang was unwilling.
“This water is so murky and filthy. If you soak in it, your skin might get itchy and red. Look at your delicate skin, is it suitable for you to wade in this muddy water? Listen to me, just stay in the cave with me. We’ll go back and collect the water after the water recedes. There’s no rush.”
He held onto Yu Jiu's hand tightly.
"But···"
"Ouch, my legs hurt, oh dear, my hands hurt too, it hurts so much, is it going to break?"
Just as Yu Jiu was about to retort, she saw Xu Zijiang immediately clutch his wound and howl in pain. At first, Yu Jiu was startled and quickly went over to check his wound, but after a few seconds she realized what was happening and glared at him calmly.
Is it fun to scare me?
"I'm not trying to scare you, it really hurts a bit. Don't go down, stay with me. When I'm injured, I just want someone to be with me."
Xu Zi held onto Yu Jiu's porcelain-white wrist tightly, refusing to let go. Like a big wolfhound, he rested his head on Yu Jiu's shoulder and said in a slightly deep voice.
Yu Jiu struggled to suppress the smile that was creeping onto her face, and she nodded reluctantly.
"Okay."
"Wife, I knew you loved me the most."
With fewer people in the cave, Xu Zijiang became even more shameless, even making flirtatious remarks in public. He also took the opportunity to bite Yu Jiu's fair earlobe with his cool, thin lips. Yu Jiu almost cried out from the bite and her whole body went limp.
"you!"
She stared at Xu Zijiang with tears welling up in her eyes, shyly on the verge of tears. There were so many people around; didn't he have any shame?!
"Don't be afraid, you have your back to them, and I'm blocking them. I'm tall and strong, they can't see me."
Xu Zi said in a sticky, mushy tone, and whispered "wife" in Yu Jiu's ear again and again. Yu Jiu wanted to push him away but was afraid of touching his wound, so she could only let him tease her softly, while she had to sit up straight and pretend to be dignified. She was simply like a shameless farmhand of a proper young lady and a seductive young lady!
"The captain... never mind. If we were to remind him, the captain's shamelessness wouldn't matter, but Yu Zhiqing might be so embarrassed she'd jump into the river. Look at how red her face is, even a monkey's butt isn't that red, is it?"
"You're talking nonsense. Have you ever seen a monkey's butt before saying that? I think it's similar to a red plum, the ripe kind."
"You're always arguing for the sake of arguing! Isn't that just... a descriptive term? You have to have actually seen it to say that!"
They started arguing again as they were talking, but they were all laughing during the argument.
More than an hour later, the people who had gone back earlier came up one after another to pick up their elderly relatives, children, and wives. They said that the water in the team area had mostly receded, and now it was only barely up to their ankles. The water level was acceptable, so Xu Zijiang allowed his precious young educated youth to go down the mountain. The two of them helped each other down the mountain.
Yu Jiu was still figuring out how to clean and disinfect, mainly because Xu Zijiang was injured, and she was worried that the dirty floodwaters might bring some viruses that would stay in the house and infect Xu Zijiang's wound, which would be disastrous.
She was wholeheartedly good to someone, but little did she know that he was plotting how to take advantage of her. Yu Jiu, the young intellectual, almost lost her virginity that night!
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