It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Even after the rain stopped, the people of Dongshan Village could not return home immediately.

It took a quarter of an hour to clean up the fallen objects in front of the cave entrance. When I walked out, I found that there was only a smooth sloping mountain wall above the cave entrance. There was no trace of the weathered gravel, soil and rooted grass.

Looking out from the cave entrance on the south side of the mountain, a large amount of vegetation has fallen or been buried by mud. The northern slope of Daqing Mountain is no longer as lush and green as before, with dozens of "yellow mud tears" flowing out.

In the valley between Tiankeng Mountain and Daqing Mountain, there used to be a shortcut used by the people of Dongshan Village, but now there is only a new river channel that has been washed out. Even now, you can still see a large amount of flood water rushing eastward, carrying mud and sand.

"Jiang Shun, this direction... shouldn't lead to our village, right?" In Jiang Wang's impression, the direction of water coming from the two streams in the village was inconsistent with the direction of the flood in front of him.

Jiang Shun knew what Jiang Wang meant. He wanted the water to flow to other villages, and Dongshan Village might be spared from the flood.

But there are so many ditches and roads in Qinshan, and no matter which route the flood takes, it is possible to turn to Dongshan Village at any time.

However, the section in front of us... "This direction is closest to Majia Village. The terrain over there is low, and if all the water rushes out, it will flood the western suburbs of the county."

Majia Village, like Dongshan Village, is built next to Qinshan Mountain. However, the two villages are separated by the mountains, so they may meet each other when entering the county town, but they usually do not interact with each other.

"Everyone is safe and sound." Jiang Wang sighed softly.

Looking out from the cave entrance on the north side of the mountain, apart from the fact that the bottom of the tiankeng was too deep and not much change could be seen, the surrounding mountain walls were in a similar condition to the north slope of Daqing Mountain.

The corn on the plateau was blown down by the wind and rain, but everyone could only watch from afar, unable to do anything.

The path down and the surrounding soil were all waterlogged and loose, and could collapse at any time.

However, before the rain came, they dug several deeper ditches and many drainage outlets, hoping that the rainwater would flow down the mountain in time and not accumulate, so that perhaps more corn could survive.

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It will take at least ten days to wait for the flood to recede and for the sun to dry up the muddy mountain road back to the village so that it is walkable.

Uncle Jiang Xing took a fancy to a few large rocks that had fallen not far from the west side of the cave. After making sure there was no risk around and above them, he tied them up with hemp ropes and dragged them back with a few old men, as well as Jiang Hu, Jiang Fu, and Jiang He.

Now a group of them were outside the cave entrance, using tools to make a stone mill and a stone mortar, which they planned to use in the cave to pound corn and grind into flour for eating.

The rest of the people had nothing to do, so they just sat in the cave and chatted or took a breath of fresh air at the entrance of the cave and watched Jiang Xing and the others work.

On June 30th, there was no more water flowing through the valley bottom.

On July 5, Jiang Shun took Jiang Ju down to the bottom of the valley, where they could stand for a short time even in the thickest part of the mud.

Jiang Wang planned to send a team back to Dongshan Village tomorrow morning to check the situation and then decide whether to move back.

Whether Dongshan Village was destroyed by the flood, whether other villages were seriously affected, whether the relatives who did not go up the mountain to avoid the disaster were safe... As the time to return to the village drew closer, the worries and fears that had been deliberately suppressed for nearly half a month burst out, and many people could no longer hold back their tears.

Jiang Yan, Jiang Nian and Jiang Ying secretly walked out of the cave and looked towards the direction of Dongshan Village.

From the cave to Dongshan Village, there are actually Daqing Mountain and Xiaoqing Peak blocking the way.

Apart from the dark mountains and the twinkling stars above, there was nothing to see. Even the chirping of insects that used to occur one after another was almost inaudible.

They just looked at each other quietly.