Yao Xiaoqing nodded and watched them carrying hoes and walking separately towards the north and south walls.
Yao Hu looked at her worriedly, "Xiao Qing, tell Hua what medicine you want to take and ask her to get it for you."
What Yao Xiaoqing was most afraid of in his past and present life was drinking herbal medicine. He smiled and shook his head, "Father, I'm really much better. I'll just drink more hot water and I'll be fine."
Yao Hu could only nod, "Okay, Amu has cooked porridge, you can have a bowl."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, took the hot porridge and drank it.
Yao Hu felt relieved when he saw that she could drink the porridge.
Mu Feng and the others went out from the small door and saw that the water in the ditch had overflowed into the field and was flowing down the drainage ditch.
The fallen sugar cane in the sugar cane field was picked up by someone and tied up with wooden sticks.
Going further, we found that there was no water in the taro field, but the kudzu and yam fields were full of water. A Lin and A Gen were digging drainage ditches with hoes.
Muba stepped forward and shouted: "Uncle Gen, Uncle Shui, when did you run out?"
"Hehe!" Agen said with a smile, "We couldn't sleep because we were worried that the animals in the pen would come out to take a look."
The rain was so loud that several people had to shout to talk.
Mufeng took away the hoes from the two of them and said, "Look, you are all soaked. Go back and have a bowl of ginger tea."
Seeing this, the two of them had no choice but to nod, "Okay, the drainage ditch here has been dug, but the potato field has not been dug yet."
Mufeng responded loudly: "I know, you should be careful when you go back."
"Okay." The two of them walked back with hoes.
After they cleared the drainage ditch in the potato field, they went to the orchard and saw that the few fruits on the trees had been blown off by the strong wind, and on some trees not even a single fruit was left.
Zhi looked at the fruits on the ground and sighed, "I thought there would be fruits to eat this year."
"It will be ready next year!" Muba thought for a moment, "There is still one side of the wall that has not been built yet. You need to be careful with these taro, yam and kudzu to avoid being stolen."
Mu Feng nodded, "When the weather clears, we will come over and dig them all back."
Jiang Li took Heiba, Bao and the others to the Su Valley in the south. When they saw that the water in the ditch was almost overflowing into the Su Valley, they all picked up the fallen soil on both sides of the drainage ditch and piled it on both sides.
Walking south along the ditch, when we arrived at the earthen kiln, we saw white smoke rising from the entrance of the earthen kiln.
The water in the pond flows out loudly, and then flows along the ditch into the river.
Heiba said loudly: "Are there any bricks in the kiln?"
Leopard raised his voice, "The kiln was closed just yesterday morning. It rained so hard that we didn't even have to carry the kiln water."
Daliang felt a little strange, "Why didn't the earthen kiln collapse?"
Jiang Li thought for a moment, "The kiln is filled with bricks and tiles, so it won't collapse easily."
Leopard thought of Yaoshan, "the tribe living in the cave..."
Jiang Li said: "Just look at the cave where the food is stored. Fortunately, the earthquake occurred during the day. At this time, everyone is busy harvesting beans and millet. As long as they are not in the cave, there should be no casualties."
He was worried that if it kept raining and those people's food would be buried in the cave, they would be in trouble.
Leopard sighed, "Yes! Fortunately, the ground moved during the day, otherwise..."
The bull laughed and said, "What are you afraid of? You see, not one of our houses collapsed, only two of the sheds upstairs collapsed."
Leopard nodded, "That's what you said."
The bull held the hoe and said, "Let's go to the river and see where the water has risen."
Heiba smiled and said: "It would be great if the rain stops. Let's go to the river to catch fish."
Xiong Niu thought about the last time he fished for fish in a flood, and said, "There are a lot of fish coming out of the pond at the foot of the mountain. Let's go fishing when we get back."
"Okay, let's go fishing when we get back."
Everyone walked down the ditch and walked for nearly half an hour before reaching the bushes. They found that the water had already reached the bushes.
We also found goats, wild boars, roe deer and a large ox stuck in the bushes that had been washed down by the water.
Heiba said: "Brothers, they must have rushed down this morning. Let's go over and pull them up."
"Let's go and take a look first, so we can get the fresh ones." Jiang Li said with a smile.
Everyone carried their hoes and went down into the water, slowly approaching the drowned goats, wild boars, roe deer and cattle. The water was already up to their chests.
Jiang Li grabbed the goat and cut it with a knife. He saw blood seeping out and said, "It's still fresh. It died not long ago."
Several people dragged the wild animal to an area upstream that was not submerged by water, and then went back to help drag the big ox. It took a lot of effort to drag it up.
After Mu Feng and the others checked the north side and cleared it, they came back and saw that Jiang Li and the others had not returned yet, so they went out to check. They saw a dozen people carrying a big ox walking over, all wet.
She stared at the scalper, "Where did you get it from?"
The male bull looked proud and said panting: "I picked them up from the river. There are wild boars and goats by the ditch. Go and get them back."
Zhi laughed happily, "Okay! Let's have a barbecue today."
Everyone carried the wild animals to the canteen and left them in the canteen. They happily went to the training ground and told them the news about the wild animals they had picked up.
Mufeng said cheerfully, "Xiaoqing, let's go have a barbecue."
Yao Xiaoqing said hoarsely, "I have a sore throat, and you still want to eat barbecue. It's too bad."
Mu Feng smiled proudly and said: "Hehe! You can watch us eat later!"
Yao Hu slapped him, "You brat, your sister is not feeling well, yet you still laugh."
Mu Feng covered his head and looked at Yao Hu with a sad look on his face, "Father..."
"Brother, who asked you to eat alone!" Yao Xiaoqing looked at him with a look of gloating.
Mu Feng said flatteringly: "When you are ready, I will go into the mountains to hunt a goat and come back. I will give you kebabs to eat."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Okay, don't forget it."
Yao Hu laughed at the side and said: "If he dares to forget, I will take care of him."
Everyone followed them to the canteen, where they were busy tearing apart the bones and skinning the wild animals. Yun Amu led others to stew a pot of beef bones and radish, marinated the meat and prepared it for barbecue.
Yao Xiaoqing leaned on the chair holding a bowl of carrot soup and watched them happily eating barbecue. It was not until it was getting dark that the rain gradually subsided.
After dark, Yao Xiaoqing let everyone stay in the wooden shed for one night. After seeing no movement, they moved back to the house early the next morning when the rain stopped.
The rain stopped for more than half an hour, then started again.
Yao Xiaoqing took the medicine and came out, standing under the eaves of the corridor, looking at the sky above her head, only to see dark clouds.
She said to Yao Hu: "Father, I don't know when this rain is going to start. We have to pick all the ripe pumpkins and put them away."
Yao Hu nodded, "Okay, let's get the food back first. You rest at home, and I'll take someone to pick pumpkins."
All the people in the tribe went out to pick all the ripe pumpkins from the field in the rain, dried them and stored them.
Most of the beans collected were not dried yet. It was raining heavily and the beans on the roof were about to sprout.
As soon as the rain stopped, the men were busy digging taro and potato. Yao Xiaoqing and his men peeled the beans and spread them on the Kang bed to burn the beans and dry them.