Chapter 281 283 The house leaked and it rained all night
Shishan moved back and forth several times, then turned around and saw Grandma crying endlessly.
He was so angry that he stepped forward and kicked her, "Axing knows how to help, but you don't know how to bring a woman to help carry the food?"
Seeing Shishan's rage, the eldest mother stopped crying, put the child in the straw shed, and led others to help carry the food and salt he grabbed into the wooden shed.
Just after carrying some of the things out, aftershocks struck again, and the shaky mountain collapsed again.
Some caves were filled with collapsed debris, and some caves were blocked by debris.
Several more tribesmen were injured, and Shi Shan did not dare to let anyone enter the cave to carry food and salt.
Entering the wooden shed and looking at the unconscious young son and the wounded warriors, I burst into tears thinking of You Lu who still didn't know whether he was dead or alive.
"The mountain god is angry and the gods have punished him..."
Ah Xing looked at Shishan with tears in his eyes, "Father, move the food and animal skins into the wooden shed first, and then have someone build some more wooden sheds to live in until the elder brother comes back."
Shishan looked at his daughter with relief, wiped away the tears on his face, "Okay!"
Several wooden sheds were set up, but it was already dark before they were even covered with thatch. Shishan asked people to light a bonfire and cover them with thatch overnight.
The ground shook a few times from time to time, but luckily it passed immediately and was not as strong as it was at noon.
While everyone was cleaning up and grabbing food from the cave, they silently prayed that the disaster would be gone soon.
Unexpectedly, it started raining heavily just before dawn, and the open space was soon filled with water.
A group of people were busy moving food and animal skins to the wooden bed.
Shishan looked at the wooden bed and was glad that he had followed the Yaoshan tribe and built a wooden bed when building the wooden shed. Otherwise, all the salt and food would have been wasted.
It rains heavily and the weather gets cold.
Axing looked at Shi Shan, who was frowning and saying nothing, "Father, do you think the houses of the Yaoshan tribe collapsed?"
Shishan shook his head, "I don't know! It probably didn't collapse!"
It took a long time for the light to turn on, but the rain showed no sign of abating, and the water in the open space was already up to the calves.
The old lady who cooked food took people to the ravine to fetch water, and found that the water in the ravine was all muddy water.
"Chief, the water in the mountains is full of mud. How can we drink it?"
Shishan thought of Yao Xiaoqing's words and said: "Put it in a bucket of water and let it settle, boil it and drink it."
The old woman looked at him with a sad face, "The firewood has been soaked by the rain, and I can't find any firewood to boil water."
Only then did Shi Shan realize that the firewood was soaked by the rain. Looking at the heavy rain, his mind came to him, "Move out all the cans and catch the rain."
"Yes, leader!" Old Amu led a few women with a sad look on his face and rushed into the rain carrying the animal skins.
The jar was filled up very quickly, and I felt a chill after drinking a bowl.
Ah Xing thought of the charcoal used to filter salt and said to Shishan: "Father, we still have charcoal!"
Shishan looked at her in confusion, "Charcoal? What charcoal?"
Ah Xing said: "Mufeng taught me about the black thing used to filter salt, which is made of firewood. I heard Mufeng said that it can also be used to cook food and make a fire."
Thinking that it could be used to make a fire, she led her people to bake a lot of them after she came back.
"Oh! I remembered, that thing was not buried." Shishan shouted happily, "Someone come and get the charcoal with me."
He carried the animal skins on his head and led people to the wooden shed under the mine. He saw that the wooden shed had been crushed by falling mud and rocks, and was filled with mud and stones.
A few brave men lifted up the collapsed thatch roof and saw that it was filled with dark things.
Shishan shouted, "That's it, move it all to the open space quickly."
The warrior covered the basket with animal skins, picked up the basket and ran away.
Shi Shan pulled a handful of the thatch from the lower layer that was not soaked, and ran back to the wooden shed with the warrior.
Someone brought a pottery basin, rolled the thatch into small handfuls, took out a fire stick and blew on it, the fire started, lit the thatch and put it into the pottery pot.
Ah Xing placed small pieces of charcoal on top of the thatch, and the charcoal gradually burned.
Shishan rubbed his hands excitedly, "Okay, okay, now there is a fire. We have to thank Mufeng very much. Fortunately, he taught you how to burn charcoal, otherwise everyone would have to drink cold water."
Axing blushed, "Mu Feng said Qing Wu taught them to cook it. Father, everyone was caught in the rain, so I boiled the ginger tea sent by Qing Wu for everyone to drink!"
Shishan nodded, "Okay! Let's have a bowl of it for everyone."
Ah Mu, who was cooking the food, poured the rainwater into the jar, and Ah Xing grabbed two handfuls of ginger rice and put it in it.
Shi Shan looked at the cave where the food was stored, and his heart ached. "I have to wait until the rain stops before I go in and dig out the food." He looked at Grandma, "Is there a lot of food stored in the thatched shed?"
Big Ammu shook his head with a sad look on his face, "Only the millet, beans, and pumpkins harvested these days have not been returned."
Shi Shan remembered that Yao Xiaoqing had said that pumpkins should not be soaked in water, and quickly ordered, "Come a few people and go see how the pumpkin patch is doing."
A few warriors rushed out in the rain with their animal skins on their backs. After a while, several of them ran back, each holding several old pumpkins in his arms.
"Chief, there is a piece of land buried by mud and rocks. These melons were picked there without being buried by mud and rocks."
One person asked: "Chief, shall we go pick all those pumpkins?"
Shishan looked at the warriors who were covered in mud, and then at the mud and rocks that had been washed down by the rain and rolled down to the foot of the mountain. He sighed and said, "There are rocks rolling down the mountain all the time. Please don't go over there."
"Yes!" Several people agreed.
While they were talking, the ginger tea was also served. Everyone drank a small bowl and felt warm.
Shi Shan looked at the barren tribe and frowned.
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The heavy rain started falling before dawn and continued until the afternoon without even abating at all.
Yao Xiaoqing took a nap with her head covered and felt better when she woke up.
Listening to the pounding of rain in my ears, I turned around and saw that the heavy rain still showed no sign of abating.
When Shan Amu saw her waking up, he came forward happily and said, "Xiaoqing, are you feeling better?"
"It's better." Yao Xiaoqing said anxiously to Shan's mother: "Amu, call my father here."
"Oh!" Shan Amu saw that her face was no longer so red, so he went to the next door to call Yao Hu over.
As soon as Yao Xiaoqing saw Yao Hu, he said: "Father, I have to go and see the crops in the field. The grains are being filled these days. The heavy rain will definitely reduce the production. Taro, yam, kudzu, and pumpkin cannot be soaked in water."
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Yao Hu nodded and said, "You rest here while my father takes the others."
Just as Yao Xiaoqing was about to speak, he saw Jiang Li walking in wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat.
Jiang Li glanced at her and said, "Qing Wu, please rest, Mu Feng and I will go take a look separately."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Be careful."
Jiang Li smiled and said, "Don't worry!"
Mu Feng also said: "Xiao Qing, have a good rest while Brother and Jiang Li go watch."