Li Hui opened his mouth dry and sat up. The thin quilt on his body slipped off, revealing dry, clean and soft satin underwear.
Li Hui reached out and touched his face. His face was smooth and clean, and his hair was soft and loose. Li Hui was a little dazed for a moment. In his mind, wasn't he on the lake embankment? His body was all dirty and muddy, and he was still in the flood.
While struggling, why did he suddenly lie down on the bed?
Li Hui wanted to speak, but nothing came out when he opened his mouth. His throat was dry and painful. He hurriedly got up and went to the ground, feeling weak all over. He stumbled to the table, grabbed the teapot on the table and banged it against the spout.
A few sips of the cool water moistened his mouthpiece, rejuvenating his thirsty body like dry rice seedlings getting rainwater.
Li Hui put down the teapot and looked out the long window. The sun shone through the shade of the trees, casting the shadows of the swaying trees outside the window on the edge of the window. The noise of cicadas and the rustling of leaves could be heard in the yard.
The memory in Li Hui's dizzy mind has been completely restored. He knew that he was sent back to the county government after fainting. For a moment, his expression became tense again. How is the dam? Has the flood receded? The farmland.
Have you saved it?
"Come here! Come here!" Li Hui shouted hoarsely.
There were rapid footsteps, and A-Zhu's figure came in from the door of the room like a gust of wind, shouting in surprise: "Sir, you're awake. Thank God, this is great."
Li Hui walked a few steps towards the door of the room, his legs and feet seemed to have stepped on a pile of cotton, and he staggered and fell. Ah Zhu screamed and rushed over, pressing his body into Li Hui's arms to support Li Hui's body.
"Sir, be careful, how can you get out of bed and walk at this time? I will help you sit down."
Ah Zhu was thin but very strong. Step by step, he half-carried Li Hui to the chair. Li Hui sat down on the chair and gasped for air.
"What's wrong with me?" Li Hui said with a bitter smile.
"Young Master has been in a coma for a day. He came back last night and has been sleeping until now. It's too late. He didn't drink water or eat anything, so of course he is weak. Young Master, sit down and take a breath. I will serve you some porridge right now."
Azhu said hurriedly.
Ah Zhu turned around and walked out of the room quickly. Li Hui rubbed his forehead and thought: It turns out that he has been asleep for so long. It was around noon last night, which was more than ten hours. It seems that he is really exhausted.
Ah Zhu soon came in with a bowl of fragrant millet porridge and a pile of side dishes. The bowl of porridge was golden brown and contained red dates, lotus seeds, red beans and other items.
"Eat a couple of bites quickly, or you will lose your energy," Azhu said.
Li Hui nodded. He was indeed very hungry. He picked up the spoon and took two big mouthfuls. The rice porridge was sweet and very delicious. After three or two mouthfuls, he finished the bowl of porridge.
"Do you want more? I'll give you more. But you can't eat too much at once. Aunt Zhang said you can't eat too much if you've been hungry for a long time." Ah Zhu said with a smile.
Li Hui wiped his lips and said with a smile: "I'll eat it later. Let me ask you something."
Ah Zhu nodded. Li Hui asked: "How is the dam? Has the flood receded? Is there anyone still watching on the dam?"
Azhu pursed her lips and smiled and said: "I knew the young master was going to ask this. Dachun just came back from the embankment, so I asked him specifically. He said that the water receded last night and has never risen again. Everyone is going back to the city.
Well, the dike is safe. Lieutenant Zhou came to see you in the morning and said that you were just too tired to wake you up. He took people to patrol the dike. Don't worry."
A stone fell in Li Hui's heart, and he took a long breath and said: "That's good, that's good. It's not in vain. After all, I don't have any memory at all, and I don't know how I came back."
Azhu smiled and said: "Young Master is so tired that you fainted even when you got ashore, which scared me. They brought you back and invited the groom to take a look. They said it was nothing serious and you just need to rest."
.I feel relieved now.”
Li Hui smiled bitterly and said: "This is too shameful of me. No one else fainted, but I fainted. It's really embarrassing."
Azhu said: "Don't say that. Who doesn't know how hard you have been during this time? Everyone in the city is talking about it. This time, the dam farmland was saved, thanks to the master's preparation for a rainy day. Someone from Wujiang County and Wuhu County came here and said
The news came that many county towns were washed away, farmland was completely destroyed, and many people died. Only in our Juchao County, no one died, and the dams and farmland were all saved. Everyone is praising the young master."
Li Hui was surprised and said: "Is it so serious?"
Azhu pouted and said: "Yes. I heard that this is a once-in-a-century flood. The water in the river overflowed a few days ago. Many dams were washed away and many places were broken. All the great dams in the south of the Yangtze River collapsed.
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Li Hui didn't know where Dawei in the south of the Yangtze River was, but he knew what it meant. It turned out that what he and the people of Juchao County had just experienced was a great flood that had never happened in a century. No wonder the water suddenly rose and the water level was so high. Do it yourself
I was prepared, but I never expected that the situation would catch people off guard.
It's hard to tell whether the previous preparation measures were in place or whether I was lucky and God took care of Juchao County. Otherwise, I would be in big trouble.
Li Hui actually didn't understand how effective his measures were. A large number of flood discharge areas absorbed a large amount of flood water. This ensured that the dam did not bear too much pressure from the beginning. When the final flood peak arrived,
It only took more than two days. By then, the dike was almost unable to hold up. If it had been under pressure from the beginning, under the pressure of high water levels for more than ten days, the dike would never have been able to withstand the final wave of floods.
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Because of this, we were able to last for two days until the water level dropped and the pressure became smaller. This is not luck, it is entirely the result of proper handling.
"Sir, now that the flood has receded, you must rest peacefully for a few days and stop working so hard. You have lost a lot of weight during this period, and your ribs are all gone. It's sad to see you." Azhu looked at it.
Li Huidao.
Li Hui was stunned and said: "I have ribs all over my body? How do you know?"
Azhu said: "I saw it when I helped you take a bath last night. My son was covered in muddy water last night. I changed three buckets of water before washing you clean. There was a layer of mud under the water. I injected the soap three times.
I rubbed it three times."
Li Hui said in shock: "Did you wash my body?"
Azhu said: "Yes, who is it if it's not me?"
Li Hui looked at the silk clothes and pants on his body and said blankly: "Did you take a bath for me, change my clothes, and help me go to bed?"
Azhu said: "Yes, I carried the young master on my back to bed. I also changed the clothes for the young master."
Li Hui said in astonishment: "Isn't that... isn't that..."
Ah Zhu blinked his eyes and said, "What's wrong? Master, did Ah Zhu do something wrong?"
Li Hui looked at her blankly, sighed and said: "It's nothing, you didn't do anything wrong, thank you for your hard work."
Ah Zhu thought for a while, then suddenly blushed and said: "Young master, it's because Ah Zhu touched your body and scrubbed you... scrubbed and changed clothes... or something..."
Li Hui quickly waved his hand and said: "Nothing... nothing."
Azhu's face turned red and she murmured: "Young Master is angry. I didn't look. I blew out the lamp and only used my hands... to fumble..."
Li Hui said quickly: "Don't say it, don't say it, I'm not angry."
Ah Zhu shut her mouth and stood in a daze with a red face. Li Hui didn't know what to say. It was fine that Ah Zhu didn't explain. She also explained that she touched it with her hands. This explanation made Li Hui couldn't help but think.
Incredible visual sense.
Azhu actually recalled the scene of bathing Li Hui last night. She didn't think much about it at that time, she just wanted to wash the young master's body. When the young master was brought back, his body was covered with mud. How could she, a maid, not
Clean your body for the young master.
I really didn't look at it at that time. I turned on the lamp and fumbled around to scrub Li Hui in the dark. I did come across something at that time, but I didn't dare to touch it at all, let alone look at it. Instead, I tried my best to avoid coming into contact with it.
After wiping it with a dry cloth, he carried Li Hui to the bed and dressed him.
But now that I think about it, it seems that it really shouldn't be like this. Will the young master be angry? Will he think that he is a shameless woman? Men and women are not close to each other. It seems that I shouldn't do this.
However, he is his son, shouldn’t he?
"Azhu, go get another bowl of porridge, I still want to eat it." Li Hui said to break the awkward atmosphere.
Ah Zhu hurriedly nodded in agreement, lowered his head and went out to serve another bowl of red date and lotus seed porridge for Li Hui. Li Huixi gulped down the food and felt much more comfortable and energetic.
Li Hui stood up and walked out slowly. Ah Zhu said softly from the side: "Young master, it's better to rest for a while. Don't be too tired."
Li Hui nodded and said, "I'll just go for a walk in the yard. I won't go far."
Ah Zhu nodded and watched Li Hui take a few steps, which was relatively steady, and then he turned around and put away the dishes with confidence.
Li Hui slowly walked out of the gate of the back house and came to the yard. The temperature in the yard was scorching hot. Once the rainy season is over and the sky clears up, it will be a scorching summer. Although it is not past half time, the temperature is the hottest of the day.
when.
Li Hui stood under the shade of a tree for a while and started to sweat. When Ah Zhu saw him, he came up to persuade him, "Young master, it's better to go back to the house, sit down, drink some tea and rest your mind."
Li Hui nodded, returned to the main room and sat down. Ah Zhu poured a bowl of light yellow tea for Li Hui. Li Hui looked at the petals in the tea and asked in surprise: "What kind of tea is this?"
Azhu whispered: "Young Master, you will know after just one sip."
Li Hui picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. He felt that the fragrance filled his mouth. He was surprised and said: "Jujube tea? It tastes good. Where did the jujube flowers come from at this time?"
Azhu smiled and said: "Young Master said before that you like to drink jujube flower tea. When the jujube flowers bloomed, I dried some and stored it in a jar. The taste may not be too fresh, and it is not as good as the jujube flower tea from your hometown."
Li Hui then remembered that when he was chatting with Azhu before, he told her about making jujube flower tea for his mother and Chou Gu. He didn't expect that this little girl was so thoughtful and actually remembered it in her heart.