This heavy rain in Leiming Mountain will be remembered by many people for a lifetime.
The people from Leizhai who had gathered on the basketball court to celebrate just now put on their clothes, picked up their rice bowls, and left in an instant.
They walked a few steps into the house and barely got wet.
But the hundreds of men, women, and children who came to watch and cheer (demonstration) in Yucun suffered a disaster.
They followed Shi Zhenxing and walked a few minutes earlier. They happened to be rained on the road not far from the Shimen Cave of Lei Village.
Shi Lang and the boys from the basketball team all rode motorcycles up the mountain, and now they wanted to force their way down the mountain in the rain.
Seeing that the mountain road had turned into a flood discharge river, Shi Zhenxing was worried that they would fall down the hillside and get injured, so he stopped in front of the motorcycle team and refused to let them go. The father and son actually faced off in the pouring rain.
Hundreds of Yucun villagers watched indifferently, and no one came forward to persuade him. In the end, Shi Zhenxing snatched the motorcycle key, and Shi Lang angrily walked down the mountain in the rain, and no one could stop him.
Shi Zhenxing wanted to chase after him, but when he turned around he saw all the women, children, old and young in the village shivering in the woods wrapped in their clothes. After much hesitation, he humbly asked Liu Dingding and Xue Zhuang to help look after Shi Lang.
Liu Dingding felt guilty for not listening to Shi Zhenxing's arrangements at the last moment of the game, and because he couldn't save face, he dragged Xue Zhuang away.
As for the remaining hundreds of villagers, looking at the wilderness, there is not even a place to shelter from the wind and rain. They can only follow Shi Zhenxing back and hide under the stone wall outside Lei Village for a while, in the hope that the heavy rain will stop before returning.
On the way.
The cold rain, coupled with the frustration of losing the ball game and being ridiculed by the people in Leizhai, quickly broke down the psychological defenses of the people in Yucun. I don't know who cried first, triggering a series of sobbing and wails.
Inside Leizhai, which is separated by a wall, every household lights up in advance, smoke rises from cooking stoves and the aroma of wine overflows.
People will kill chickens and sheep to celebrate today's hard-won victory, and entertain the leaders, referees, commentators, etc. who stayed in the stockade to take shelter from the rain.
The strong festive atmosphere in the village is in sharp contrast to the miserable and miserable refugee scene outside.
Fortunately, Yu Yan thought of this.
She originally took the leaders to Long Xiaochuan's house to take shelter from the rain, and called Shi Zhenxing while standing under the eaves.
After understanding the general situation, he found Long Zaitian who was busy entertaining the leaders: "Uncle Zaitian, there is something I know is difficult for you, but you must promise me today."
"Commander Yu, look what you said, you have helped our Lei Village a lot. The first credit for today's victory must be attributed to you. Of course we must agree to your matter."
"If the people in Yucun are still getting wet outside, are you willing to let them come to the village to take shelter from the rain?"
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"I know you have grudges in the past, but the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and it looks like it won't stop for a while. We can't just watch and do nothing, right?"
Long Zaitian wrapped up his pipe and pot: "You are right, in the new era, we cannot see people starving and freezing. I will go to the village now to issue a notice, and every household will clear out a piece of eaves, boil some water, and it will just take a little effort.
That’s all.”
With his approval, Yu Yan immediately reported the situation to the leading cadres, turned around and ran into the rain.
She is not a lesbian who is afraid of getting wet. Township cadres and members of the village work team naturally cannot lag behind.
Everyone ran to the stone gate of Leizhai Village and invited people from Yucun Village to take shelter from the rain and warm themselves by the fire.
Shi Zhenxing was very grateful to the leaders for taking care of them and not preventing anyone from Yucun from going to Leizhai: "I won't go."
He didn't go, and neither did the other Yucun people. They all lowered their heads and remained indifferent.
Yu Yan was furious and put away her umbrella: "If you don't go, I won't go either. I'll stay here with you!"
At this time, a messy flashlight beam shone from the Shimen Cave. The Fifth Grandpa of Lei Village took the lead and led hundreds of people, men, women and children, holding umbrellas and walking over in raincoats.
"Come on, everyone. We are all neighbors up and down the mountain. There is no reason to see you suffer. Come inside and drink some hot water to escape the rain..."
The folks from Leizhai came to support and invite them in person, so the people in Yucun got up with difficulty and followed them to each house.
When Shi Zhenxing saw that the villagers had been safely resettled, he immediately complained to the township leaders and Yu Yan, saying that he was worried about his son's safety and insisted on going down the mountain in the rain.
Long Zaitian sneered: "This old fox is always scheming, he just doesn't want to owe us anything!"
Grandpa Wu pushed him: "We can't control what people think, just do your own thing. Hundreds of people have settled in the village, so we have to put aside our grudges and hatred and treat them as guests!"
"Yes, I have already done everyone's ideological work, and I can't be laughed at."
Long Zaitian agreed and asked Long Xiaochuan and Long Zaitian to set an example, entertain the Yucun basketball players to drink and eat meat, and implement the principle of friendship first, competition second.
That day, the residents of the two villages sat under the same roof, warming themselves by the fire, drinking, chatting, and eating. They went from strangers to familiarity, from restraint to enthusiasm, from hundreds of years of grievances and resentments to family feuds, and disappeared in the intertwining of glasses of wine.
There was already very little hatred and hostility.
Long Xiaochuan held a wine bowl and met with the Yucun team members, asking about the whereabouts of two people, one was Shi Lang and the other was Shi Zhenyue.
After learning that Shi Zhenyue and Tian Sihai were taken to Long Xiaonian's home, he immediately turned back to Long Zaiyuan: "Uncle, do you want to meet Shi Zhenyue? I'll ask Xiaonian to call her out? Or Tian
It’s okay to open the four seas.”
Long Zaiyuan sat drinking and sighed: "Xiaochuan, don't you think that if you win this game and show kindness to the people of Yucun and give some small favors, we can do whatever we want? They are a legal couple, who am I?"
What is the reason and identity for meeting her? So what if I meet her, what can I say and what can I do?"
Long Xiaochuan was speechless and reluctantly comforted him: "At least we won the game and are moving towards the goal step by step. Take your time. I believe we will succeed sooner or later."
"Hey, I'm still saying that your team's shortcomings are too obvious. You won't be able to go far in the national competition like this."
Not sure whether he was tired or drunk, he patted Long Xiaochuan on the shoulder and stood up unsteadily: "Basketball requires talent and discipline. You are still far behind."
At another wine table, Long Zaitian, Yu Yan, and township leaders were drinking and discussing the football game, the heavy rain, and the bad road.
Since there were no people from Yucun around, the leaders pointed out the problem sharply: "It is not so much a rugged and steep mountain road that limits the development of Leizhai, but it is the grudges and entanglements of generations that constrain the development of the entire Leiming Mountain."
Yu Yan was a little moved: "Dear leaders, today's guest rain has allowed everyone to sit under one roof. See if you can take this opportunity..."
Long Zaitian shook his head: "Yu Cadre, you are still young. The grievances between Leizhai and Yucun are not reflected in the relationship between the villagers, but in tangible interests. This favor is nothing. Shi Zhenxing refuses to reconcile
The fact that we sat together drinking wine speaks volumes."