After hearing this, Uncle Wang, the oldest among the uncles, stood up directly by holding the handrail.

The others quickly stood up and supported him.

"Li Zheng! Do you know what you are saying?"

The village chief repeated what he had just said in a steady voice.

Uncle Wang saw that he didn't seem to be lying, so he slowly sat back.

"Li Zheng, please explain it carefully. This is not a joke!"

"What I said is true. You know I never joke around."

Uncle Wang was so excited because he knew that he would never say anything nonsense.

A natural disaster!

He himself survived the natural disaster more than 20 years ago, but he was the only one in his family who survived.

His wife, son, daughter, parents, all died in the natural disaster.

He was left alone in this world.

Uncle Wang said weakly, "How did you know?"

Uncle Wang told all the uncles and aunts what Gu Manzhu had said to her.

Uncle Wang Er, who was sitting next to them, spoke after listening.

"I know this lady of the master's house. This year, many people in our village have received a lot of wages because they are their tenant farmers. And the mother of Gou Sheng'er, who everyone thought would not survive this winter, can now go to the fields."

After listening to this, Uncle Wang pondered for a while.

"Li Zheng, are you sure what she said is true?"

Uncle Wang replied earnestly, "Uncle, the sixth day of the first lunar month is cold, and March is chilly."

Now no one questioned it anymore.

They ignored the current season and lived too comfortably.

"Li Zheng, you can make all the arrangements as you wish!"

"Yes!"

Uncle Wang instantly felt more confident. With the support of his uncles and aunts, what he would do next would not be too difficult.

After seeing off all the uncles and aunts, Uncle Wang called over several young men in the village who had more say.

Among them was Zhang Sheng.

When Zhang Sheng heard the head of the village calling him over at home, he knew what he was going to say.

Uncle Wang looked at these outstanding younger generations of Shangshan Village in front of him. The future of Shangshan Village will be handed over to them.

"I called you all here today because I have something important to announce."

After saying this, Uncle Wang paused.

"I'm sure everyone has experienced the heavy rain in the past two days. I'm telling you now that in the coming days, heavy rain like this may not stop. I don't know how long it will last. What we need to do now is to unite all our forces and arrange for those people living in the shaky thatched houses in the village to move out and live in the homes of people with more solid houses."

Except for Zhang Sheng, who had known about this for a long time, the others sighed and looked at each other, with disbelief in each of their eyes.

Uncle Wang ignored their doubts and said, "In addition to making proper arrangements for people, you should also save your food and treat it as a drought!"

The villagers have not experienced other disasters, but they rely on farming and have more or less experienced the situation of having no harvest due to drought. The feeling of having no food to eat is really painful.

Now everyone became alert.

"Also, most of the houses in our village are built with mud and straw. If the rain is light, we should hurry up and reinforce the houses. Put stones where necessary and put wood where necessary. After the distribution, each family will have more people. There is strength in numbers. Don't be lazy!"

"Yes!"

After Uncle Wang explained what he wanted to say, he let the people go.

When the villagers were walking back, one of them, who was usually on good terms with Zhang Sheng, touched his arm.

"Shengzi, what do you think of what the chief said today?"

Zhang Sheng looked up at his friend and said a few more words, "The head of the village won't harm us. Even if it doesn't rain continuously, what we do won't be in vain. If it really rains non-stop, then what we do is just saving our own lives!"

Zhang Sheng's friend seemed to be thinking deeply after hearing this.

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