The world of rebirth

Ning Yunjin lived in this area since he was a child in his previous life. After he ran out of the nursery, he wandered around nearby. He couldn't be more clear about which area was seriously affected by the disaster.

This year there has been a lot of rainfall. The start of this catastrophic flood was the bursting of the embankment in Haining. Originally, only the Haining area was affected by the disaster, but then it rained continuously for nearly half a month. The water level in various places gradually increased, and the embankments collapsed one after another. Floods stretching across the coast of Zhejiang.

You must know that since ancient times, the four prefectures of Hangzhou, Jia, Ning, and Shao will build long seawalls because they are adjacent to the sea. Because the river flows downstream in these four places, the sea tide is easy to go against the tide, and it is washed by the tide twice a day. If the sea defense dam If it is not built firmly, it is very easy to be washed away.

However, as local officials, they regard this coastal defense project as one of the means of making profits, and they will ask for repairs regardless of whether the seawall is still safe or not.After the money was allocated, some of them prevaricated, some demolished the old and repaired the new, and some even cut corners.

Originally, the requirements for this coastal defense dam were high. According to the standard, it should be a dense row of huge boulders, long piles and deep builds. However, those who cut corners are often exposed stones with mud inside. How can such a dam withstand the beating of the rolling tide! ?

Wenzhen previously saved money from the Ministry of War to build river and coastal defenses for the benefit of the people, and his intentions were naturally good.He knew that the officials in the Jiangnan area were corrupt, but he thought that even if some of them were corrupt, at least the construction project he requested would be completed, but he underestimated those moths who were so greedy that they didn't even have a conscience.

For this construction, they used the method of tearing down the old embankment to build a new embankment. The materials were used on the old embankment, and the labor was almost free. The corvee provided by the people, there were even materials in several places after the new embankment was completed. If there is more, it is sold for a fortune.Among the places where this phenomenon is most serious are Haining, Tongxiang, and Jiaxing.

The embankments newly built in this way are worse than the original ones. It is a dream to resist such turbulent floods this year!

So this time it was a natural disaster but it was also a man-made disaster. Ning Yunjin really wanted Wen Zhen to see how miserable this prosperous land would be in half a month.

There were more and more victims on the official road, and they brought news of Haining. They heard that there was a vast ocean there, and the heavy rain yesterday became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Many people's food and money were washed away by the flood, and their fields were flooded. Seeing that the water was still rising, they could only leave their homes to find a way to survive.

Ning Yunjin has been very silent. He knows that this group of people who chose to go to Jiaxing is lucky, at least they have a few days more buffer than the group of people who fled to Tongxiang.

Looking at those victims, Wen Zhen didn't know why he felt a little angry, but he didn't know who the anger was directed at.

Ning Yunjin noticed that his face was getting more and more gloomy, thinking that his wound was hurting, and thinking that this man had been walking with a limp for a long time, don't really let him have any sequelae, so he asked, "Is the road here still Pingping, Erba, come up and rest!"

Wen Zhen didn't appreciate it, and wanted to push back, how could a big man let a child push him.However, because of his walking in the morning, the place where the wound was covered with medicine was cracked again, and the blood had already soaked the clothes, leaving black and red marks.

An old man who followed them couldn't stand it, "Young man, your brother is doing it for your own good. There is no medical center along the way, and even if there were, we wouldn't have the money to go to see it. If you try to be brave and your wound is serious, it will be even more of a drag. "

"Yeah, it's really disturbing to see you limping." Someone beside him began to echo.

Although they spoke in Wu Nong's soft language, Wen Zhen still understood the general meaning. Seeing the child looking at him with bright eyes filled with concern, he stopped being stubborn and asked Ning Yunjin to help him. cart.

After he got in the car, the two traveled much faster, and their group arrived in a small town near noon.The townspeople did not allow such a large group of distressed victims to enter, and the refugees scattered in search of food.

Ning Yunjin helped Wen Zhen to sit beside a tree, "You wait here, I'll go find something to eat."

Seeing the child's figure disappear from sight, Wen Zhen's eyes became a little dark.

The Uncle Wang who first persuaded Wenzhen sighed, "Your brother is really good."

"It's not my brother." Wen Zhen said darkly, then supported himself on crutches and began to look around for firewood.

After Ning Yunjin entered the town, he first went to the medical clinic to buy some wound medicine, so that no one could die of illness.Then he knocked on the door of a townsman's house. At this time, Ning Yunjin didn't dare to go to restaurants and restaurants. There were always people with some money on them, and he didn't want to be discovered by his fellow travelers.

The family he knocked on was a widow who lived alone. Ning Yunjin had a sweet mouth like a grandma, and he described his troubles in a pitiful way. Such a beautiful child wants to spend money to eat, how can the old widow not do it? , even if it is free, she is willing to provide it.

After the meal was over, Ning Yunjin began to plan for Wen Zhen's lunch, seeing that there was still some wheat bran in the widow's house, so he spent some extra money to buy it.

The widow was very kind, but she was a little embarrassed by him. It was just a little worthless thing, but the child gave herself a lot of money, so she wanted to postpone it.

Ning Yunjin knew that the price of rice would rise in a while, and by that time the wheat bran and chaff would be considered good things. The life of a widow was not easy in the first place, and he didn't want such a kind person to suffer, so he forced the money to her , just asked for some more dry firewood, and when he left, he specifically told him that the floods were getting worse, and that the family must remember to stockpile food in the near future.

When Ning Yunjin returned to the tree, he found that Wen Zhen was trying to make a fire with a fire pocket, but it rained so much yesterday, so there was no dry firewood.Even though he tried his best to find some dry branches, he still couldn't start the fire for a long time.

Wen Zhen saw the pile of firewood behind him, his face darkened, and he sat back on his spot in a daze.

Ning Yunjin suppressed a smile and put away all the things in his hands, and said with concern on his face, "Why are you messing around, Erba, just wait for me to do it!"

Wen Zhen remained silent, watching the child remove the wet sticks, and then started to light a fire, only then did he realize that the child had brought back other things.

He picked up those wound medicines and two separate bags of wheat bran and rice bran, and asked seriously, "Where did you get money to buy these?"

Ning Yunjin didn't speak, but pursed his lips and looked at him aggrievedly, but quietly moved the small dagger at his waist.

Wen Zhen was very impressed with that beautiful little dagger, which was not as long as his own palm, small and cute, and looked like it could only cut fruit.There used to be a big gemstone on it, but now it has been dug out, and the bareness looks particularly ugly.

He sat silently leaning against the tree trunk, staring at Ning Yunjin, watching the child busily fetching water to cook the last bit of brown rice with rice bran and wheat bran.

Still the same as yesterday, Ning Yunjin only filled a small bowl for himself, and left the big jar for Wen Zhen.

Wen Zhen glanced at it, and it was finally not porridge this time, at least it was a bowl of dry rice.He waved towards Ning Yunjin, "Come here."

Ning Yunjin walked over to him with a small bowl and sat down, looking at him puzzled.

Wen Zhen scooped a large spoonful of rice into a bowl for him, pressed it tightly, "Eat it."

Although he knew that this was Wen Zhen's awkward way of expressing his concern, but Ning Yunjin really didn't want it! ! ! !

He was too full just now, and he hasn't digested it yet. After eating such a bowl of multigrain rice, his stomach will definitely feel uncomfortable.

Confused in his heart, Ning Yunjin still blinked his eyes and looked at Wenzhen with emotion, "Erba, you are so kind to me!"

Wen Zhen felt that the word "er baby" was really harsh, but the child's expression made him a little ashamed, it was obvious that the child got everything by himself!

He rubbed Ning Yunjin's head, and said in a deep voice, "Eat quickly, it will get cold later."

Wen Zhen ignored him, and took a bite by himself first. Compared with yesterday's porridge, today's multigrain rice is simply a delicacy, although it is all finely crushed yellow rice grains or bran, and even smells like wine. But at least the taste wasn't as terrible as yesterday, Wen Zhen endured the bad taste and managed to eat up the multigrain rice in the jar spoonful after spoonful.

Ning Yunjin snickered in his heart, these two days he was seriously injured and still had to eat some good food occasionally to replenish his strength, but the next meal would be elm rice or bark rice! ?

Wen Zhen's appetite is already large, he didn't eat enough yesterday, he didn't eat in the morning, and he was already hungry at noon, and he was only [-]% full after eating the food in the jar, so he could only scrape the bottom of the jar regrettably.Suddenly a ball of rice fell to the bottom of the pot, and he looked up at the child who was retracting the bowl.

Ning Yunjin touched his stomach on purpose and said, "I can't finish eating, Erba, help me!"

Looking at the ball of rice that was bigger than his own, Wen Zhen's expression was a bit complicated, and he started to eat without taste.

After finishing his lunch, Ning Yunjin packed up his things and began to chat with people around him, and the one who bore the brunt was naturally the enthusiastic Uncle Wang.

"Uncle Wang, why don't you stay in this town?"

Uncle Wang shook his head and sighed, "Little boy, you don't know, since Haining has been hit by a disaster, most of the towns here won't be able to survive, just wait and see, after another rain or two, the water will flood over, or go to Dacheng safer."

Ning Yunjin pretended to be puzzled and asked, "So the government didn't care about such a disaster?"

"If it wasn't for those corrupt officials, how could there be such a dike breach!" Uncle Wang said angrily, "When we left Haining, the officials over there were all crazy. It seems that the emperor was assassinated there. You didn’t see it, wave after wave of officers and soldiers are searching for assassins everywhere, they are vicious, not to mention organizing disaster relief, it’s good not to be caught by them as assassins!”

"The family next door to me was taken away by assassins." One person came over and sighed, "His family is also unlucky. A relative from another place happened to come to his house two days ago. A group of officers and soldiers rushed to his house without asking , just copy the person away first, I'm afraid there will be more bad luck!"

A burst of anger suddenly rose in Wen Zhen's heart, "Is there no king's law!?"

Uncle Wang smiled wryly, "Aren't they just kings in this land? I only hope that the emperor will be wise and mighty, and punish these corrupt officials properly."

"If it weren't for those damned assassins..." the man cursed, and suddenly glanced at Wen Zhen's blood-stained clothes, a little suspicious, "It's just a flood, why are you injured all over and sprained your feet, can't you be with Wen Zhen?" Those assassins, right?"

When he said this, the others began to look at Wen Zhen with surprise. Even though this man was wearing shabby clothes and was injured, he didn't look like an ordinary person.

"No, we are not assassins!" Ning Yunjin quickly explained, "We were attacked by a thief, and he was injured to protect me. Don't talk nonsense."

Even though he pleaded in this way, the refugees who were with him began to stay away from the two of them, fearing that they would bring disaster.