After Xu Lai was reborn, she actually forgot about the sudden drop in the floodwaters.
Hearing her mother's question, she tilted her head and carefully recalled the information from her past life about the sudden drop in the flood level.
She remembered that when the floodwaters suddenly receded, everyone in her community ran into the corridors and connecting passageways, just like they are now, and cried and shouted with joy.
But the floodwaters suddenly dropped to half the height of the first floor, because it was still raining continuously from the sky.
In her memory, the floodwaters did not rise as much as before, but they did not fall below the current level.
It wasn't until more than seven months later, when extremely hot weather arrived, that the floodwater, which was half the height of the building, evaporated.
As for why the flood suddenly came down, at that time she and her younger brother Xiao Chao were living under the oppression of their uncle's family, busy all day trying to figure out how to survive, and had no time to understand anything else.
The floodwaters in the community were only about 1.5 meters high, and even shallower in higher areas.
People in the neighborhood didn't even have time for breakfast. Some were paddling kayaks, while others were making rafts out of buckets and planks. They all went out onto the water and celebrated with great joy.
"Smack!"
Suddenly, someone on a raft saw a large fish leap out of the water, perhaps startled by the movement of the oars.
"A fish! What a huge fish! There's a fish in the water!"
The residents, who had been eating vegetarian food for months and had never even had enough to eat, jumped into the water with great excitement when they heard that there were fish in it.
Before long, someone caught a fish about a foot long in the water.
Fish that seem to have come from nowhere have been feeding on residents' excrement and various kinds of garbage that they throw into the water for the past few months, and they've grown quite fat.
The residents who were watching from the connecting corridor saw that the man had actually caught a rather large fish in the water.
They all ran downstairs and jumped into the water without hesitation.
Some people even caught fish in the flooded first-floor apartments.
The residents of the neighborhood erupted in excitement once again.
Everyone looked at the flood with shining eyes, and no one cared whether the fish in the flood had eaten something unclean.
What could be more important to them now than eating fish?
"Shall we go down and take a look too?"
The Xu and Xiao families opened the door, and seeing people rushing downstairs in a frenzy, they decided to go downstairs to check the situation.
Ever since her second great-uncle injured his arm while out, Xu Lai has tried to minimize the number of times she takes the two old men out with her.
But when they heard that they were going out to catch fish, the two old men shamelessly followed along.
Song Qiu'e and Li Qingya had no choice but to stay at home to look after the house.
So the group of six carried rubber boats, buckets, and drain baskets, which served as fishing nets, downstairs.
Unexpectedly, when they went down to the 9th floor, they encountered Lu Ping and his son, who were carrying fishing nets, large net bags, baskets and buckets.
"Girls, are you going down to catch fish too?"
Lu Yongbing, who was carrying tools in both hands, saw Xu Lai and quickly walked over.
"Yes, but we weren't as well prepared as you were!"
Xu Lai glanced at Grandpa Lu, who was carrying several tools, and greeted him with a smile.
Lu Yongbing's eyes lit up instantly upon hearing Xu Lai's words.
He looked up at the rubber boat behind Xu Lai, and his heart was suddenly filled with conflict.
But a few seconds later, he mustered up his courage and asked, "Miss Xu, will you be taking your big boat out to fish again today?"
Lu Yongbing had spent his entire life in the countryside, and this was the first time he had ever seen Xu Lai and his men's speedboat. He couldn't recall the full name of the speedboat for a moment.
Xu Lai and the others carried the rubber boat down, which was originally intended to prepare for her to retrieve an assault boat from her spatial storage when she went to a remote place later.
Although there are fish in this community, the water is now teeming with people, like dumplings being dropped into a pot. Even if there are fish, you probably won't be able to catch many.
So their goal was to go to a more distant and open place to catch fish.
Seeing the expectant look on Grandpa Lu's face, Xu Lai nodded to him: "We'll take the speedboat out for a look today!"
Having lived a second life, Xu Lai, now more mature, naturally guessed what Grandpa Lu meant.
However, she had a very good impression of the father and son last time, and she didn't want to make things difficult for them this time.
He smiled and invited directly, "Grandpa Lu, would you and your son like to come out and have a look around with us?"
"Yes, yes, thank you so much, young lady!"
When Lu Yongbing heard that the kind girl had offered to let him and his son ride in her speedboat, he was extremely excited.
His son, Lu Ping, also thanked Xu Lai gratefully.
After thanking her, Lu Yongbing looked at the residents who were continuously going downstairs behind Xu Lai.
He took another step closer and lowered his voice to Xu Lai, saying, "Young lady, before the rainstorm, when there was no work on the construction site, I often rode my electric bike to the wild to fish. I know there's a large reservoir for raising fish there. The location is a big depression. Now that the floodwaters have receded a bit, there must be a lot of fish in that reservoir!"
Xu Lai and the people behind her were incredibly excited when they heard that it was their turn.
This time, the eight people sat on the speedboat and followed the route given by Grandpa Lu, which took about an hour and a half.
Finally, about forty miles north of the city, they saw a dam that emerged above the water and three other low hills that surrounded a large reservoir.
The assault boats were too heavy, so they could only moor them in the water below the dam.
Then they dragged the kayaks and various fishing and fish-loading tools onto the dam.
Due to prolonged erosion by rain and floods, some sections of the dike have been destroyed.
Water from the reservoir inside the dam also flowed down the dam from the breached sections.
"Let's set up a big net here, there's bound to be fish!"
Old Master Lu, who had extensive fishing experience, hurriedly instructed his son to take the largest net over.
He went barefoot and used tree branches to secure the net, which had an opening about a meter long, to the gap in the dam.
After setting the net, Grandpa Lu picked up the large net he had collected, stood on the edge of the reservoir, and threw it forcefully into the water.
"Quick, everyone help pull the net up, I can't pull it anymore..."
When it was time to pull in the net, Grandpa Lu felt the weight coming from inside, and he immediately called for help from everyone.
Apart from Xu Lai, who is a girl, everyone else who came here this time was male. They all seemed to have a natural interest in things like fishing.
Before Old Master Lu could finish speaking, they ran over and joined in casting the net.
The group used all their strength to pull the net out of the water, and even a bunch of plump fish were struggling in the net, trying to break free.
Xu Lai exclaimed, "So many fish!"
Seeing so many fish, everyone else was also very motivated.
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