Infrastructure: I survive in troubled times

Chapter 521
Hong Lianshuo and the others walked around the city and knew where the water was, and the low adobe houses couldn't stop the raging rainwater from pouring into the house.

On this street, all the men are holding wooden basins and splashing water vigorously, but it seems futile, but they never stop.

It was raining heavily outside, and it was raining lightly inside the house. The thatched roof couldn't stop the downpour at all.

The rainwater that splashed outside happened to splash Hong Lianshuo and the others all over.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The simple man apologized anxiously.

"It doesn't matter, the rain also drenched us thoroughly." Hong Lianshuo looked at him with a gentle face and said, "You guys are doing nothing like this! The water still flows into the house."

"Then what can we do? It's the only way to do this, don't let the water enter the house!"

"Our adobe house can't stand the rain."

"Ms. Hong, why are you here? It's raining so much."

The men on the street ran out in all directions, looking at them worriedly in the rain.

"It seems that the waterlogging situation is more serious than I imagined. The road needs to be repaired, and the house needs to be rebuilt." Hong Lianshuo looked at them standing in the rain and said dejectedly.

"I also know that when the house is rebuilt, it has to be taller, but we don't have the ability to build a house!"

"It costs a lot of money, I don't have that much money?"

"I always want to build a house in my dreams. The built house is not afraid of wind and rain, but I can only dream."

"Then do you know how to work as masons?" Hong Lianshuo asked while looking at them, wiping the rain off his face.

"A little bit!"

"I will be on the beam!"

"Can you make adobe?" Hong Lianshuo looked at them with dark eyes and asked.

"Who wouldn't do that!"

"Then let's knock down the adobe house, repair the road, and build the house again. That's okay! Together." Hong Lianshuo pointed his index finger at them and said, "All of you should do your best!"

"Really?" They looked at Hong Lianshuo in disbelief and said.

"Why should I lie to you?" Hong Lianshuo said, looking at them with unusually bright eyes washed by the rain.

"What do you want me to do? What am I going to do?" Each of them responded readily.

"Then when it's autumn, let's re-plan, build roads, and build houses. Let the roads no longer have stagnant water, and the houses will no longer be soaked by rain. It will no longer rain heavily outside the house and light rain inside the house." Hong Lianshuo announced happily road.

"Hey!" They nodded excitedly, and looked at the adobe house again, "Did you hear me, my mother? We will have a new house soon."

"I heard it!" All the men, women and children in the room ran out and shouted in unison, "Thank you, Mrs. Hong."

"Hey! Go in, go in, it's still raining! What if you get gonorrhea!" Hong Lianshuo hurriedly urged, watching the whole street standing in the rain.

"It's hot, a little rain is fine." They said carelessly.

"Go back, go back, there are old people and children!" Chen Zhongyuan urged, waving his hands.

"It's okay, it's raining, let's cook some ginger soup and pour it into two bowls."

"Go back, go back." Chen Zhongyuan Dahuan looked at them who were stubborn and said, "We have to leave to see other places. Go back quickly."

"The water has flowed in, hurry up and splash it out!" Hong Lianshuo pointed to the rainwater channel washed down.

"Anyway, if you want to build a new one, just go for it!"

"That's right, that's right, the old ones don't go, and the new ones don't come."

"This house wasn't built in a day, and you won't have a place to sleep tonight if it's destroyed." Hong Lianshuo kindly reminded them.

"Oops!" They broke up in a rush, rushed into the house and continued to splash water outside.

"Let's go! Don't delay him." Hong Lianshuo looked around and said.

"En!" Chen Zhongyuan nodded, and they left Nancheng, taking advantage of the heavy rain to go around the county.

"The outside of the city is better than I imagined." Hong Lianshuo stood on the ridge of the field and watched the rainwater flowing eastward.

"This is the mouth of the sea. It is high in the west and low in the east. There will be no stagnant water." Han Qinhu smiled and said, "Unless the flood peak passes through the border, otherwise it will not be flooded."

"Oh! The rain is getting smaller." Chen Zhongyuan raised his hand and tried it, "It's really small."

"You see the sun is out, and there is a rainbow." Lin Nanzheng pointed to a very obvious rainbow hanging in the sky where the dark clouds dissipated.

Hong Lianshuo took off his bamboo hat, looked at the fields on both sides of the ridge and said, "It finally stopped, and it won't cause too much loss."

Although there is stagnant water, it will soon seep down.

"Let's go! Let's go back." Hong Lianshuo shook the water off the bamboo hat and said while watching them.

"The real estate of rich gentry and wealthy households in the city can't be distributed to the widowed elderly. What about the remaining houses?" Han Qinhu looked at her with light brown pupils and asked.

"Turn it into a school. For the rest, listen to the ideas of the people in the city! If you want to live in their house, then draw lots. But the house has to be well planned, so as not to cause disputes and fights in the future." Hong Lianshuo raised his eyebrows lightly when he heard this looked at them and said.

"Fight?" Lin Nanzheng looked at her suspiciously and said.

"There are more people living in the courtyard, so naturally there are too many people." Hong Lianshuo said as he looked at them with eyes as black as ink.

"It's better to have a detached house like this, and it's a new house." Chen Zhongyuan heard that Dahuan looked at them and said, "It doesn't matter, let them choose by themselves, and don't regret it if they choose."

"Is there any problem?" Hong Lianshuo shook the bamboo hat lightly and said, after a heavy rain, it didn't cool off much.

"You have divided the land, and let them put the food into the warehouse. How do we collect the tax!" Han Qinhu looked at her with brown pupils and said.

"The road will be easy in two days. Post tax notices." Hearing this, Hong Lianshuo thought for a moment seriously, then shook his head and said, "No, they don't know how to read. Let's knock on the gong of the county government and announce it door to door. !"

"Okay!" Chen Zhongyuan responded readily, "I have a loud voice, so I'll come."

While talking, Hong Lianshuo and the others returned to the county office, took a quick shower, and changed into clean clothes.

In the corridor, Hong Lianshuo was sitting cross-legged on the grass dumpling, drying her hair, when suddenly the cry of an eagle caught her attention.

Hong Lianshuo stared warily at the vulture that swooped down on her.

"Ah!" Hong Lianshuo looked at the bamboo tube tied to its foot and recognized it as his own little bird.

Hong Lianshuo's eyes suddenly softened, watching it fall on the ground and walking towards him.

Hong Lianshuo reached out his hand to pull out a small note from the bamboo tube on its feet, unfolded it, and smiled, "The wheat is harvested, and the grains are returned to the warehouse." He said to himself, "That's great." Patting the vulture on the head, he said, "Wait here, I will reward you later."

He tied his half-dry hair into a bun, and took the note to the back office.

Standing at the door, Hong Lianshuo shouted to the screen wall, "Central Plains, capture the tiger, march south, there is news from home. The news from the vultures, the wheat is harvested and the grains are returned to the warehouse."

(End of this chapter)