On the mountain, everyone was anxiously waiting for them to come back. Seeing the expressions of Kang Yueran and others from afar, they knew that the situation in the village was probably not good.
Many people gathered around Kang Hong. Gao Hong talked about the situation in the village. In a nutshell, the village was now completely uninhabitable.
The excitement brought by the sunny weather was completely destroyed by this news.
A woman grabbed Gao Hong and asked anxiously, "Dahong, has our house collapsed? I don't know if we can still keep our food. How can we survive?"
When she cried, many people followed her because the situation of each family was similar.
Thinking they were just taking shelter in the mountains, they had hidden their food in the higher parts of their homes. But when their houses collapsed, the food was most likely soaked in water. Unfortunately, most of the food in the villagers' homes consisted of bean flour or mixed flour.
Kang Hong also shed tears, "Alas! There are still many people at home who didn't come with us."
For a moment, there was a burst of crying.
Kang Hong asked Kang Yueran, "Is it possible to organize people to go to the village to transport the grain out?" It's sunny today, and no one knows whether it will rain again tomorrow. It's safest to keep the grain with us.
"Sure! Let the young and strong ones who are not injured go."
Everyone was concerned about their own food, and when Kang Yueran said it was okay, they all expressed their willingness to go.
Kang Yueran ran a while, her stomach rumbling. She said loudly, "It will take an hour to go back, and another hour to carry the food back. Let's all go back and have a meal. We'll set off in two quarters of an hour."
The bundle of steamed buns was with Huang. She gave two steamed buns to Kang Yueran and Kang Yuanchen respectively, and said, "Eat more, so you can have more strength."
Kang Yueran took the steamed bun and started eating it. "Just sit here and don't walk around. Just eat the steamed bun. I'll find a way to light a fire when I come back." As long as the fire was lit, they could cook.
Kang Yuanfeng warned: "Sister, be careful!"
Kang Yueran patted his head and said, "Don't worry, take good care of mother and Yuanhao, don't run around."
Kang Yuanhao also nodded, "Big sister, I am the most obedient, I will definitely not run around."
The issue of food is of great importance. There are more than seventy people going down the mountain to get food this time.
After hearing Gao Hong describe the situation in the village, many people couldn't help but shed tears when they saw the real scene.
Kang Yueran announced loudly that they would meet at the foot of the mountain. She would wait until the end of the afternoon at the latest and go up the mountain as soon as the sun sets.
Everyone supported each other and waded through the water towards the village. The water was shallow up to the thighs and deepest up to the waist.
Before entering the village, I heard a chaotic noise everywhere. There were cries, cries for help...
Kang Yueran and others stopped at the door of a house at the entrance of the village.
Kang Youzhao asked loudly, "Yuanrong, what's wrong? Where are your grandparents and your parents?"
Kang Yuanrong saw Kang Youzhao crying even louder, he stumbled to Kang Youzhao and threw himself into his arms, "Uncle Youzhao, my grandparents, my father, my eldest uncle and my second uncle have been guarding the house watching over the food.
The river at the end of the village flooded the village, and my house collapsed, burying them all. My mother and several of my aunts were watching over things in the kitchen, and some of them were killed or injured.
Kang Youzhao patted Kang Yuanrong on the shoulder, wanting to offer some words of comfort, but found himself at a loss for words. No matter who he spoke to, it would not change the outcome before him.
The people valued food more than their lives, so many families stayed in their houses to guard their food when the river water rushed into the village.
This reminded Kang Yueran of Liu Zongyuan's poem "The Lament of Drowning", in which the protagonist tied all his wealth around his waist while swimming across the river, and drowned due to the heavy weight of the money.
People say that this is stupid and ignorant, but in fact, it is very common for people to die for money.
Kang Yueran looked at Kang Youzhao. She didn't dare to make the decision whether to help other families rescue people first or go back to her own home to rescue food.
Kang Youzhao was also in a dilemma, but soon someone solved the problem for him.
Kang Youping let go of the hand of the person next to him and said, "So many houses have collapsed in the village. Oh... I don't know what happened to my house. What are you waiting for? Go home and take a look."
This resonated with most of the villagers, and everyone echoed, "Yes, yes, let's go home and take a look."
Kang Youzhao took advantage of the situation and said, "Since everyone wants to go home first, then go home and take care of yourselves. Then we can help other families in the village."
He pushed Kang Yuanrong away from him and said, "Yuanrong, stop crying. I'll come over and help you clean up later."
Kang Yuanchen's house also collapsed. He and Kang Yueran peeled off the wall for a long time before they saw the bags of grain.
The mixed noodles were soaked in water and could not be eaten. Although the two bags of bean noodles that Kang Yuanchen placed in the box were soaked in water, they were not wet in many places and could still be eaten.
He smirked, "I'm finally smart for once!"
"Yes, you are the smartest. Let's go quickly!" Kang Yueran used a bundle to take away several of Huang's clothes that were pressed under the box.
The two of them went out and passed by Kang Youping's house. They saw Kang Youping looking for help because his house had collapsed. But everyone was busy with their own affairs and no one was willing to help.
When Kang Yueran and Kang Youping's eyes met, she instantly turned on the disabled mode.
Kang Yuanchen didn't understand what was going on and asked Kang Yueran nervously what was wrong.
Kang Yueran pinched his arm and said, "I'm fine, let's go!"
Kang Youping shouted, "Yueran, come here!"
Kang Yueran replied: "My leg is injured, I can't help you!"
Kang Yuanchen finally understood, "Uncle Youping, how can a grown man like you need help from a little girl?"
"Don't meddle in my family's affairs! Yueran, even if you don't care about me, you should still think about your grandma."
Seeing that Kang Yueran didn't reply and was walking further away, Kang Youping was so angry that he wanted to jump up and down, and shouted loudly: "Don't ask me for help in the future!"
Kang Yueran and Kang Yuanchen went to the village headman's house. The village headman's house was a blue brick house. It had some damage but it did not collapse, and the food was well preserved.
She discussed with Kang Youzhao that she would take some young and strong people to transport grain up the mountain first, and the elderly, women and children would also go with her.
Some young and strong people stayed behind to check every house in the village to see if there were any survivors.
Kang Youzhao agreed and quickly assigned the personnel. An hour later, Kang Yueran led a group of people back to the mountain.
Those who went up the mountain for the first time cried and told the villagers about their experiences in the village.
After finding out that others were just offering lip service to their comfort and had no intention of giving them a bite to eat, these people went to the village head Kang Hong.
After Kang Hong asked the young man who brought back the grain about the situation in the village, he was immediately arranging people to go to the village tomorrow to rescue people and grain.
As soon as he finished making the arrangements, he turned around and was surrounded by several old women.
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