Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Although the exact time of the flood is not certain, the rainy season does last for several months.

Looking at the drizzling rain outside, Song Shiwei felt a rare sense of melancholy.

It was still fine during the day, but the sound of raindrops hitting the ground was louder than those people moving house. It was as if there was a hole in the sky, and rain kept falling. Even if you were wearing a raincoat and a straw hat, your clothes would get wet.

After lunch, Song Shiwei took out oilcloth and gave it to Huang Ying, asking her to sew a layer of oilcloth inside the raincoat. The four of them should make one each, so that they would not be afraid of getting wet when they went out again.

With something to do, Huang Ying no longer felt bored. She sat in a corner of the main room with needle and thread and began to sew. Seeing this, Feng Ru hurried back to the room to get paper and pen, and started drawing next to Huang Ying, as if drawing a rainy day.

Song Shiwei woke up too early in the morning and felt sleepy after eating. He said goodbye to a few people and went back to his room to take a nap.

It was naturally noisy outside and made it impossible to sleep, so Song Shiwei locked the door and went into the space to catch up on his sleep.

In the main room, Huang Ying looked at Song Shiwei's room with worry: "This won't work. Shiwei is used to getting up late in the morning."

Huang Ying turned to look at Zhang Wu and said, "Can't you think of a solution? Can't we ask those people outside to move in the afternoon?"

Zhang Wu frowned and shook his head: "There is a way, but the master doesn't agree."

Huang Ying sighed softly, "It's okay now that it's raining. I'm used to it raining every day. The noise from moving was too loud, especially the sound of the wheels of the carriage. I was woken up by it this morning, not to mention Shi Wei. No wonder she's in a bad mood."

"This is the only way. They also want to move in soon. It's normal for a big family to have a lot of stuff."

Huang Ying glanced outside and lowered her voice, "What do you think those big families are thinking? They don't want to live in big houses in the city, but choose to move to our small mountain village and bring all their assets here. Is something going to happen in the city?"

"It's okay, don't worry, even if something happens it won't affect us."

The aristocratic families have a deep foundation. Even the Li family, which was attacked and retaliated against, had a lot of property to transfer. In addition, when the houses were built in the Desert Village, although each house had only two entrances, cellars were dug. Valuable items were moved into the cellar and stored in a waterproof manner. The other furniture was moved in in the afternoon.

All boxes and furniture were covered with oilcloth to prevent them from getting wet by rain.

The Li family was just the vanguard. The second day was the Zhou family, and the third day was the Liu family. The servants in the mansion all moved in early in the morning. In the next few days, the three families would also move in their less important items that they were reluctant to discard.

Song Shiwei slept in the space for several days in a row, and only went to sleep outside after several families had moved out.

It rained for nearly a month, and the Fucheng River rose by several centimeters. This was the result that Zhou Huai asked people to pay attention to every day.

News of the upper reaches of the river bursting the dike continued to spread in the city. With the rumors of extreme cold and rainy season before, this time the people all chose to believe them, and the city was filled with an atmosphere of panic and anxiety.

At noon that day, Zhang Wu brought Huang Hai back, and the two went straight to the main room to talk to Song Shiwei.

Huang Ying saw that the two of them looked worried, pursed her lips, took the needle and thread and went to Feng Ru's room.

"Master, the news about the river bursting has spread in the city, and I have also observed that many shops are secretly trading their belongings and preparing to move out of the city."

Huang Hai said with a gloomy face: "Zhang Wu and I went to the city to look around. There were no gatekeepers at the gates of the big families in the city. Our village chief said that many houses were built in other villages, but they were not as big as our two villages. However, one room can still accommodate a whole family. I wonder if someone knew something in advance and made preparations in advance."

Song Shiwei opened his eyelids and looked at Huang Hai, his eyes full of meaning: "There are many capable people in the world, and those with power and means will naturally know it first. Since they chose to build houses in the surrounding villages, I think the villages will not be affected. Go back and tell everyone not to worry too much."

Song Shiwei's words did have a calming effect. Huang Hai nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell everyone when I get back. My dad hasn't been able to sleep well recently. I'm afraid something will really happen. Hey, God has really not made it easy for him these past few years."

"I'll take you back later. Yingying hasn't been out for a while. Take her back to see the old couple."

Huang Hai smiled and patted Zhang Wu on the shoulder: "Okay."

After lunch, Zhang Wu and Huang Ying drove the carriage to send Huang Hai back to Xiahuang Village. They also told the village chiefs of the two villages the news they had found out so that everyone would be aware of it.

Not long after Zhang Wu and his wife returned home, Li An came. They had not seen each other for more than a month, and Li An's face showed fatigue from traveling for days.

Song Shiwei called everyone to sit in the main hall, and asked Zhang Wu to bring tea. Then he looked at the big bag of food that Li An had sent to the door and said, "There is no shortage of food at home. You should take it back later. Thank your son for his kindness on my behalf."

Li An took a gulp of tea and said with a smile, "My master didn't ask me to send it here. It was my own idea. I bought a lot of food from Jiangnan this time. The main force is still behind us, so I rushed back first. I thought that there would be no food in the city, so I sent some to you."

Hearing this, Song Shiwei raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Thank you very much, I see you are very tired, why don't you go back and have a good rest, and then come to my house and sit down after you have rested."

Li An waved his hands hurriedly: "It's just a matter of time. I'm used to it. I haven't seen you for more than a month, but you look the same. I guess the rainy season hasn't affected you."

"I don't go out much, so it doesn't affect me. You all have moved to the village. Are you not going back to the city?"

"The city is evacuating its people to the surrounding villages. Soon the city will be an empty one. What's the point of going back? We have already moved everything we need to move. So we will live in the village. We are so close. I will have to come to bother you later."

Song Shiwei glanced at him lightly: "If you want to find Zhang Wu, you can go next door. If you want to find me, you are welcome at any time, but don't come too often. I don't like crowds."

Ang Lee: ...

It sounds like I'm the kind of person who likes to hang out at other people's houses no matter what.

But he also understood it. After all, they had known each other for such a long time, and Li An knew Song Shiwei's personality, so he naturally wouldn't get close to her all the time.

"Is Shen Qianxue going to Jiangnan with you this time?"

Li An looked up suddenly: "How do you know, girl?"

Song Shi smiled but said nothing.

If I were Shen Qianxue, I would definitely not let go of Jiangnan's food. With a magical artifact like space, even if the space is limited, if Shen Qianxue's space is filled with food, it would be a considerable amount.

As for Li An, he thought it was Zhou Huai who said it, so he didn't ask any more questions and just said, "Miss Qianxue has a close friend in Jiangnan, and it will be convenient for us to buy food, so we took her with us."

As for Shen Qianxue's magical powers, Li An did not know about it and was puzzled by it.